Film & Media Culture

Thanksgiving Break Screening of PREY!

The epic PREDATOR legacy continues with this action-thriller set in the Comanche Nation in 1719, where Naru (Amber Midthunder), a fiery young woman consumed with proving herself as a hunter, stands up against the male leaders of her tribe in order to rid the Northern Great Plains of a malevolent otherworldly visitor. Casting consists almost entirely of Native and First Nations talent.

When their son Ilya stops talking, Haleh and her husband Amir start searching for the reason and the remedy for his mutism. The more they try to talk to the boy or consults experts, the worst things become.

WRITER DIRECTOR DORNAZ HAJIHA will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.

Our unique once-a-month Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM.

IRAN, 78 minutes, 2022.

Sponsored by the Film and Media Culture Department and the Hirschfield Film Endowment.

BOO! Did we scare ya? Well this movie sure will!
Come to our first annual Hirschfield Fright Night!

Pizza, popcorn and candy will be provided at 4:30.
Costumes are highly encouraged.

TALK TO ME - SYNOPSIS
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill and high-stakes party game — until one of them goes too far by unleashing terrifying supernatural forces.

Official Trailer

Join us in celebrating our ancestors and departed loved ones on Día de los Muertos.  Meet outside the Anderson Freeman Center (Carr Hall.)  Along the procession there will be music, performances, dance, and much more. Visit: go/ddlm23 for more information. Bring along a memento of your loved one, a photo, favorite food, an object to honor your dead on the Procession… open to all!

Join the Dia de Muertos Celebration ‘23 for a screening of this modern classic, animated film. Book of Life is a funny, irreverent, touching story of heroes, lovers, life, and after life…

For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel’s suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect

Our unique once-a-month event every first Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza and popcorn at 6:30 PM.

Directed by Justine Triet - France - 2023 - 150 Minutes - Rated R

Hirschfield is back with a unique once-a-month event every first Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza at 7:00 PM.

Americans Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia and take a temporary live-in job in a remote Outback mining town. Soon, they find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant)- Australia/UK - 2023 - 91 minutes

Official Trailer

Shawn Ryan ‘88, Board of Trustees member and acclaimed TV writer and producer, will discuss the recent WGA and SAG strikes, considering how they might change the future of Hollywood.

“Song of Rapa Nui” tells the story of Mahani Teave, who left Rapa Nui (Easter Island) at age 9 to pursue her dream of becoming a classical pianist. At age 30, on the brink of international success, Teave gives up her career to pursue a new dream; a free music school for the island’s children. Teave hopes to shape a bold future for Rapa Nui and inspire change on Earth, our island home.  Enjoy the screening in advance of Teave’s Middlebury concert on Friday. A brief Q&A with Teave will follow the film.

Hirschfield is back with a unique once-a-month event every first Thursday. Join us outside Dana to celebrate with pizza at 6:30 PM.

Feña, a young trans guy bustling through life in New York City, is afflicted with an incessantly challenging day that resurrects ghosts from his past. Laundromats, subway turnstiles, and airport transfers are the hectic background to this emotional drama that overlaps past, present, and future.

Directed byVuk Lungulov-Klotz- USA - 2023 - 87 minutes