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Schedule subject to change without notice. Movie information provided by the Internet Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes.

Sunday, August 24, 2025: 8:30 p.m.
Casablanca (1942) FREE ADMISSION
Not Rated (102 mins.)
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
With Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Format: 4k DCP
Read more about it at IMDb
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As per CWRU Film Society tradition, we begin this school year with a free screening of a true classic. Bogie, Bergman, Nazis, and romance abound in one of the greatest movies of all time. The Film Society hopes that “this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

Friday, August 29, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 11:59 p.m.
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Rated PG (124 mins.)
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
With the voices of Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui
Format: DCP
Cosponsored by Tsunagari Japan and JapanCase
Read more about it at IMDb
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Pazu’s life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.

Saturday, August 30, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:15 p.m.
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
Rated PG (101 mins.)
Directed by: Jared Hess
With Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Sebastian Hansen
Format: DCP
Cosponsored by The Athenian
Read more about it at IMDb
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Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected expert crafter.

Friday, September 5, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)
Rated PG-13 (157 mins.)
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
With Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis
Format: DCP
Read more about it at IMDb
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Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games.

Saturday, September 6, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:15 p.m.
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
Rated PG (104 mins.)
Directed by: Chris McKay
With the voices of Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson
Format: DCP
Cosponsored by Theta Chi
Read more about it at IMDb
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A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.

Friday, September 12, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Rated PG-13 (143 mins.)
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
With Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom
Format: 35mm
Cosponsored by the Big Games Club
Read more about it at IMDb
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Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate “Captain” Jack Sparrow to save Elizabeth Swann, the governor’s daughter and his love, from Jack’s former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Saturday, September 13, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Pacific Rim (2013)
Rated PG-13 (131 mins.)
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
With Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi
Format: 35mm
Read more about it at IMDb
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As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.

Friday, September 19, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 11:59 p.m.
Air Force One (1997)
Rated R (124 mins.)
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
With Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Format: 35mm
Cosponsored by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Read more about it at IMDb
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Communist radicals led by Ivan Korshunov hijack Air Force One with US President James Marshall and his family on board. Vice President Kathryn Bennett negotiates from Washington, D.C., while Marshall fights to rescue the hostages on board. Includes a scene shot at Severance Hall!

Saturday, September 20, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Rated PG (174 mins.)
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
With Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili
Format: Digital
Read more about it at IMDb
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Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater’s film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.

Friday, September 26, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m.
Top Secret! (1984)
Rated PG (90 mins.)
Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
With Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp
Format: 35mm
Read more about it at IMDb
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In this zany comedy, an American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist.

Saturday, September 27, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m.
Bottoms (2023)
Rated R (91 mins.)
Directed by: Emma Seligman
With Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz
Format: DCP
Read more about it at IMDb
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Two unpopular queer high-school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation.

Friday, October 3, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m.
Zombieland (2009)
Rated R (88 mins.)
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
With Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson
Format: 35mm
Read more about it at IMDb
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A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.

Saturday, October 4, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m.
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Rated R (158 mins.)
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
With Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds
Format: 35mm
Read more about it at IMDb
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A story of family, religion, hatred, oil, and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Friday, October 10, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:15 p.m., 11:30 p.m.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Rated PG (105 mins.)
Directed by: Shawn Levy
With Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams
Format: DCP
Read more about it at IMDb
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Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.

Saturday, October 11, 2025: 7:00 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Rated R (120 mins.)
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
With Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio
Format: 35mm
Read more about it at IMDb
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Two New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loud-mouth lawyer with no trial experience.