Sherlock Jr. + One Week

Sunday, August 30th at 1pm & Monday, August 31st at 7pm
Two silent film classics with original live musical score! 

A kindly movie projectionist (Buster Keaton) longs to be a detective. When his fiancée (Kathryn McGuire) is robbed by a local thief (Ward Crane), the poor projectionist is framed for the crime. Using his amateur detective skills, the projectionist follows the thief to the train station — only to find himself locked in a train car. Disheartened, he returns to his movie theater, where he falls asleep and dreams that he is the great Sherlock Holmes. In 2005, Time named Sherlock Jr. as one of the All-Time 100 Movies, writing “The impeccable comedian directs himself in an impeccable silent comedy … Is this, as some critics have argued, an example of primitive American surrealism? Sure. But let’s not get fancy about it. It is more significantly, a great example of American minimalism—simple objects and movement manipulated in casually complex ways to generate a steadily rising gale of laughter. The whole thing is only 45 minutes long, not a second of which is wasted. In an age when most comedies are all windup and no punch, this is the most treasurable of virtues.” (1924, 48m)

Sherlock Jr. will be preceded by a Buster Keaton short: One Week. Film critic Walter Kerr, in his landmark book The Silent Clowns, said of this film,“To sit through dozens and dozens of short comedies of the period and then to come upon One Week is to see the one thing no man ever sees: a garden at the moment of blooming.” It was the first time in one of his own films that he used the iconic falling house front gag, using a full-size house, not a model. (1920, app. 22m)

 Featuring live original accompaniment by virtuoso pianist and composer Christopher Kypros. 

Live Original Score: Christopher Kypros received his graduate degree (M.M.) in 1973 from The Juilliard School in New York City, where he studied with Sascha Gorodnitzki. Kypros completed his undergraduate studies at Old Dominion University. He has appeared as guest soloist with the Virginia Symphony and the Jacksonville Symphony, with Skitch Henderson conducting, as well as with the Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra and regional college orchestras. As a chamber musician, he has performed with the Feldman String Quartet, the LeHigh String Quartet, and the Norfolk Chamber Consort. His solo appearances include a concert at The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Learn more about Chris at his website: https://www.chriskypros.com/

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All the President’s Men

Monday, August 3rd at 7pm (hosted) & Tuesday, August 4th at 1pm

Two green reporters and rivals working for the Washington Post, Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman), research the botched 1972 burglary of the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex. With the help of a mysterious source, code-named Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), the two reporters make a connection between the burglars and a White House staffer. Despite dire warnings about their safety, the duo follows the money all the way to the top. (1976, 2Hr 18Min)

MONDAY NIGHT PRESENTER: Jim Newsom is a musician and songwriter, retired bank executive, and was known locally as “the guy on WHRO for 40 years.”

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Monday, July 27th at 7pm (hosted) & Tuesday, July 28th at 1pm

When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents. Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Christina (Katharine Hepburn) are wealthy liberals who must confront the latent racism the coming marriage arouses. Also attending the Draytons’ dinner are Prentice’s parents (Roy E. Glenn Sr., Beah Richards), who vehemently disapprove of the relationship. The film was one of the first of the time to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light, as such marriages historically had been illegal in many states of the United States. Six months before the film was released, interracial marriage was still illegal in 17 states, and filming ended shortly before anti-miscegenation laws were struck down by the Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia on June 12, 1967. (1967, 1Hr 48Min)

MONDAY NIGHT PRESENTER: Since 1985, Mike Gooding has worked at WVEC 13 News Now, where he serves as senior military & political reporter. He has covered wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. He attended Old Dominion University.

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The Pride of the Yankees

Monday, July 20th at 7pm (hosted) & Tuesday, July 21st at 1pm

This moving biographical drama follows the life of revered baseball player Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper). Championed by sportswriter Sam Blake (Walter Brennan), Gehrig eventually gets recruited by the New York Yankees, joining a team of heavy hitters that includes the legendary Babe Ruth. When Gehrig marries his spirited sweetheart, Eleanor (Teresa Wright), things look up for him, but he is soon sidelined by a terrible illness that he bravely tries to battle. 1943, (2Hr 7Min)

MONDAY NIGHT PRESENTER: Joel Rubin had a long career in local news in Hampton Roads, starting at WNOR Radio in 1975, then at WAVY TV from 1976-1991 where he was principally a reporter, covering local and state government and hosted a popular feature beat called Joel Rubin’s Virginia. He shifted to public relations in 1991 and today continues as president of Rubin Communications Group, serving a diverse client list including Dominion Energy for whom he publishes a weekly e-newsletter called It’s WINDSday. From 1992-2008, Joel was on the air in a part time capacity as producer and host of On the Record, a weekly political and public affairs show on WVEC TV.  At RCG, Joel, a Richmond native and 1975 graduate of the University of Virginia, works with his wife Sara Jo. They have two children and five grandchildren.

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Goldfinger

Monday, July 13th at 7pm (hosted) & Tuesday, July 14th at 1pm

Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox — and obliterate the world’s economy. The third installment of the original Bond films featuring Connery, Goldfinger remains one of the most successful, influential movies in the entire franchise. An added bonus is the memorable and iconic theme song sung by Shirely Bassey, a #1 hit in 1965 that went on to receive an honorary Grammy in 2008. ​​​​​​​(1964, 1h 52m)

MONDAY NIGHT PRESENTER: Joe Flanagan started out as co-host of PM Magazine in 1980, but he is best remembered for his 31 years at WVEC-TV13 reporting, anchoring, and doing his ever popular Joe’s Job series.

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