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Notorious

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
102 min

In the first of our new Film Studies series, Ingrid Bergman is pimped out by US agent Cary Grant to Nazi-sympathizer Claude Rains (ironically the most likeable character in the film). Hitchcock's classic is a prime example of classic Hollywood star power.

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2:00 pm
Wed Jun 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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4:30 pm
Sun Jun 15
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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All About Eve

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
138 min

Arguably the best backstage melodrama of them all, this story of a young actress on the make seems to have been dipped in acid before the cameras rolled. Bette Davis is the uncomfortably peaking diva Margo Channing and it's her finest role.

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5:30 pm
Wed Jun 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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8:10 pm
Fri Jun 13
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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1:30 pm
Tue Jun 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Sunset Boulevard

Dir. Billy Wilder
111 min

Hollywood on Hollywood: the tale of a screenwriter, Joe Gillis (William Holden), who stumbles into the orbit of a now-forgotten movie star, Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), and realizes this silent film diva could be his meal ticket.

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8:20 pm
Wed Jun 11
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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6:00 pm
Fri Jun 13
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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A Double Life

Dir. George Cukor
104 min

In this fascinating lesser known George Cukor picture matinee idol Roland Colman plays a quintessentially English classical theatre actor, Tony John, whose dedication to playing Othello on Broadway leads to jealous fits off-stage.

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1:30 pm
Sat Jun 14
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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4:20 pm
Tue Jun 17
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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Red River

Dir. Howard Hawks
133 min

Mutiny on the Bounty out on the range. Cattle driver Tom Dunson (John Wayne) is a pioneer, a self-made man who sees no reason to trust anyone but himself. In just his second film, Method man Montgomery Clift is Dunson's adopted son Matt Garth.

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11:45 am
Sun Jun 15
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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1:00 pm
Tue Jun 17
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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12 Angry Men

Dir. Sidney Lumet
96 min

12 strangers (all of them white men) deliberate on the likelihood that a Puerto Rican teenager murdered his father. It's an open-and-shut case for 11 of them. But Juror 8 (Henry Fonda) is not convinced.

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2:15 pm
Sun Jun 15
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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6:30 pm
Mon Jun 16
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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The Heiress

Dir. William Wyler
115 min

Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar for playing Catherine, a shy and insecure young woman who blossoms under the courtship of handsome gentleman caller Morris (Montgomery Clift). Her wealthy father, Ralph Richardson, looks on with severe skepticism.

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4:00 pm
Fri Jun 20
VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
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2:00 pm
Sun Jun 22
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8:20 pm
Tue Jun 24
VIFF Centre - Lochmaddy Studio Theatre
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