The Student Film Club will meet again this Wednesday at 7:00pm in ECTR 118. The evening’s screening will be Hal Ashby’s Harold and Maude(1971). Ruth Gordan and Bud Cort co-star in the moving tale of a young man (Cort) obsessed with death who falls in love with an eccentric 79 year-old woman (Gordan). This BAFTA and Gold Glove-nominated film is a must-see. Join us 7:00pm this Wednesday.

Timothy Corrigan is Professor of English and Cinema studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of of The Essay Film: From Montaigne, After Marker (Oxford University Press, 2011), which won the prestigious Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2012 Kovacs Book Award. He is also author of New German Film: the Displaced Image, The Films of Werner Herzog: Between Mirage and History, Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader, and The Film Experience (with Patricia White) which is now in its 3rd edition. Dr. Corrigan will host an informal forum on the subject of the essay film in Addlestone Library, room 227, at 5:00pm on Monday (October 1). For more information, click here.

The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival has established itself over the last six years as an increasingly popular event of the academic year. Charleston is one of the most prominent cultural centers in the southern United States, and it shares a common bond with Italy. The Italian influence on the establishment of Charleston as a primary tourist destination is particularly important due to the establishment over thirty years ago of the Spoleto Festival USA as a cultural exchange between due mondi. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Giovanna DeLuca (Associate Professor of Italian and Film Studies) as well as teh generous support of dozens of sponsors, this year’s festival is the biggest and best so far. The festival begins at 6:00pm with an opening night reception. Join us at Sottile Theatre, the only 35mm venue in Charleston. Click here for more details.

The Student Film Club meets Wednesday, and if you have an interest in joining the Student Film Club, then feel free to drop by. The Club will be screening the Coen Brothers’ cult classic, The Big Lebowski (1998), as part of its ongoing film series devoted to Classic and Contemporary Cult Films. Join us at 7:00pm.

Every Wednesday evening this semester, in ECTR 118 (Septima Clark Auditorium, Education Center) at 7:00pm, the College of Charleston Student Film Club will have its meetings and screenings. This semester’s series is devoted to Classic and Contemporary Cult Films. Screening this week is the Stanley Kubrick classic, A Clockwork Orange (1968). Join us at 7:00pm this Wednesday (Sep. 12). For more information, contact Matt Paul (Student Film Club President) or Davin Turkewitz (Student Film Club Vice-President).

The College of Charleston is once again host to the Italian Film Festival. This year’s festival, to be held September 20-23, is expected to be the largest and most exciting yet. The progam will include 17 features and shorts, as well as special Q&A sessions with filmmakers. The festival will be held at Sottile Theatre, which is now, thanks to a recent restoration, the only 35mm venue in the region. For more information, click here.