During May the Videosala at the Ex Convento del Carmen is showing some classic English-language movies from the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s (with a few contemporary movies thrown in for good measure).
Screenings are at 4, 6 and 8 p.m. The Ex Convento is at Av. Juarez 638 in the city center, one block from Federalismo. Cost of admission is 25 pesos.
Saturday, May 10 & Sunday, May 11:“The Duchess” – 2008 – Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling; dir. Saul Dibb.
Tuesday, May 13:“The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp” – 1943 – Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr; dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.
Wednesday, May 14:“Tribute to a Bad Man” – 1956 – James Cagney, Irene Papas, Vic Morrow; dir. Robert Wise.
Thursday, May 15:“The Picture of Dorian Gray” – 1945 – George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed; dir. Albert Lewin.Friday, May 16:“Wait Until Dark” – 1967 – Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna; dir. Terence Young.
Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18:“Jane Eyre” – 1997 – Samantha Morton, Ciaran Hinds, Gemma Jones; dir. Robert Young.
Tuesday, May 20: “Dark Passage” – 1947 – Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett; dir. Delmer Daves.
Wednesday, May 21:“There’s Always Tomorrow” – 1956 – Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett; dir. Douglas Sirk.
Thursday, May 22:“Lady Windemere’s Fan” – 1949 – Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders; dir. Otto Preminger.
Friday, May 23:“The Fearless Vampire Killers” – 1967 – Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate; dir. Roman Polanski.
Saturday, May 24 & Sunday, May 25:“Anastasia” – 1956 – Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes; dir. Anatole Litvak.
Tuesday, May 27:“Union Station” – 1950 – William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald; dir. Rudolph Mate.
Wednesday, May 28:“Remember the Night” – 1940 – Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi; dir. Mitchell Leisen.
Thursday, May 29:“The Importance of Being Earnest” – 1952 – Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison; dir. Anthony Asquith.
Friday, May 30: “Talk Radio” – 1988 – Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, John C. McGinley; dir. Oliver Stone.
Saturday, May 31 & Sunday, June 1:“Cromwell” – 1970 – Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley; dir. Ken Hughes.
Videosala CAAV
The May schedule at the Videosala at the Universidad de Guadalajara’s Centro de Medios Audiovisuales or CAAV (Lerdo de Tejada 2071) includes classics from Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Czech Republic and Germany. Show times are 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Cost: 25 pesos. The English-language schedule includes three films by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock.
Friday, May 16:“Stage Fright” – 1950 – Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Michael Wilding; dir. Alfred Hitchcock.
Saturday, May 17 & Sunday, May 18: “The Invisible Woman” – 2013 – Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Michelle Fairley; dir. Ralph Fiennes.
Friday, May 23:“I Confess” – 1953 – Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden; dir. Alfred Hitchcock.
Saturday, May 24 & Sunday, May 25: “Mansfield Park” – 2007 – Billie Piper, Michelle Ryan, Blake Ritson; dir. Iain B. MacDonald.
Tuesday, May 27 & Wednesday, May 28:“G.B.F.” – 2013 – Michael J. Willett, Evanna Lynch, Sasha Pieterse; dir. Darren Stein.
Friday, May 30:“The Wrong Man” – 1956 – Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle; dir. Alfred Hitchcock.
Sunday, May 31: “Galileo” – 1974 – Topol, Edward Fox, John Gielgud; dir. Joseph Losey.