Events at the Library of Congress
Thursday October 5, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings'Cornered' (1945)
Thursday
October 5, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Pickford Theater (LM-302) A former P.O.W. investigates the murder of his bride, a member of the French Resistance. His quest takes him from London to France, then Switzerland, and finally to Buenos Aires. -
Event | film and video screenings'Vertigo' (1958)
Thursday
October 5, 2023
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater James Stewart and Kim Novak star in this Alfred Hitchcock suspense film about a retired detective who suffers from acrophobia. It was added to the National Film Registry in 1989.
Friday October 6, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
'Black Swan' (2010)
Friday
October 6, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater Natalie Portman stars in an Academy-Award winning performance as a ballerina losing touch with reality.
Saturday October 7, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
'King Kong' (1933)
Saturday
October 7, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater The greatest tale of Beauty and the Beast ever told. Fay Wray stars as the beauty, and ground-breaking special effects make up King Kong, the greatest of beasts.
Thursday October 12, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
'Cat People' (1942)
Thursday
October 12, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater In one of the low-budget horror films from producer-director team of Val Lewton and Jacques Tourner, Simone Simon stars as both beauty and beast. PLUS: a special mystery second feature.
Friday October 13, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
'Carrie' (1976)
Friday
October 13, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater Sissy Spacek stars as an innocent high schooler tormented by the cool students, who finally get their comeuppance. “Carrie” was placed on the National Film Registry in 2022.
Thursday October 19, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings'Creepshow' (1982)
Thursday
October 19, 2023
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Pickford Theater (LM-302) Five creepy tales written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero to put you in Halloween mood! -
Event | film and video screenings
'Diabolique' ['Les Diaboliques'] (1955)
Thursday
October 19, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater Part horror, part thriller this is the story of a woman and her husband’s mistress who plot to kill the man they have in common. This film was an inspiration for Hitchcock's "Psycho."
Friday October 20, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
'Vampire Lovers' (1970)
Friday
October 20, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater Hammer horror films, low on budget but high on gore, are favorites of scary movie lovers. This one starring Peter Cushing has become a cult classic.
Thursday October 26, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
'Candyman' (1992)
Thursday
October 26, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater In this film, Virginia Madsen plays a graduate student researching urban myths, only to learn that sometimes the myths are all too true.
Friday October 27, 2023
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Event | film and video screenings
'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (1992)
Friday
October 27, 2023
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Packard Campus Theater Francis Ford Coppola directed an all-star cast, including Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves, in this retelling of the life and exploits of Vlad the Impaler (or Dracula as his friends would call him).