The Magic Lantern Film Society of Cameron University presents the 42nd Annual Classic Film Series 2025-2026

All films are DVD presentations, screened at 7:30 p.m. in Comm 114, and presented free though donations are gratefully accepted. For more information about the society and the films, see our website: www.cameron.edu/magiclantern. In addition, please like us on Facebook. Made possible by the Lectures and Concerts Committee and the Foundation Account for Classical Film.

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5 September

The Wizard of Oz (U.S. 1939; 102 mins.)

Dir.: Victor Fleming
Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Jr.
A tornado sweeps Dorothy and Toto off to a fantastic land, and she and friends seek the aid of the Wizard. The classic fantasy.

26 September

The Social Network (U.S. 2010, 120 mins.)

Dir.: David Fincher
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social media site now known as Facebook, but quickly gets embroiled in conflict about that creation, whose idea it was, and who will control it.

31 October

Godzilla (U.S. 1954, 94 mins.)

Dir.: Ishiro Honda
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarata
Atom-bomb testing frees an ancient beast that devastates Tokyo. A scientist decides whether to use an invention to subdue it. In Japanese with English subtitles.

14 November

Beetlejuice (U.S., 1988, 92 mins.)

Dir.: Tim Burton
Stars: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis
The spirits of a deceased couple hire a maliciously unstable spirit to drive an obnoxious family out of their old house.

5 December

The Apartment (U.S., 1960, 125 mins.)

Dir.: Billy Wilder
Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred McMurray
A mid-level accountant is pressured, but also promised promotion, by executives to use his apartment for their trysts. A pointed satire of mid-century capitalism. And a sweet love story.

16 January

High Noon (U.S. 1952, 85 mins.)

Dir.: Fred Zinnemann
Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges
The newly married marshal tries to recruit a posse to fight a criminal who will arrive on the noon train and who has vowed to kill him. A classic Western with 1950s Cold War subtext.

13 February

Children of a Lesser God (U.S. 1985, 98 mins.)

Dir.: Rhanda Haines
Stars: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, James Carrington
A speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with a janitor, a former student, who remains speechless by choice.

27 February

Mississippi Burning (U.S. 1988, 128 mins.)

Dir.: Francis Parker
Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
Two FBI agents, with much different approaches, investigate the murder of civil rights workers. Based upon a 1960s case.

27 March

Rules of the Game (France, 1939; 110 mins.)

Dir.: Jean Renoir
Stars: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost
A satire of the French aristocracy at the onset of the Second World War. The rich and their servants meet at an estate for a hunting weekend. In French with English subtitles.

17 April

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (U.S. 1986, 103 mins.)

Dir: John Hughes
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara
A charmingly cocky boy plots to skip school for a bold and rollicking tour of the city with his best friend and girlfriend. A classic teenage comedy.