Film Forum Jr. Sunday Matinee Series
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Film Forum screens classic family films on Sundays, introducing young cinephiles to Buster Keaton, Abott and Costello, and other beloved family-friendly films on a big screen.
March 24 - Buster Keaton in The Cameraman
U.S., 1928 Directed by Edward Sedgwick
With Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, and Josephine the Monkey
Approx. 69 min.
Live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner
March 31 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
U.S., 1948 Directed by Charles Barton
With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr. (Wolfman), Bela Lugosi (Dracula), Glenn Strange (Frankenstein's Monster)
Approx. 83 min.
April 7 - It Came from Outer Space (in 3-D!)
U.S., 1953 Directed by Jack Arnold
With Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush
Based on a story by Ray Bradbury
Restored by the 3-D Film Archive.
Approx. 81 min.
April 14 - Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday
U.S., 1940 Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
Approx. 92 min.
April 21 - Ken Loach's KES
U.K., 1969 Directed by Ken Loach
With David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher
Based on the novel by Barry Hines
Approx. 113 min.
April 28 - Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange in Tootsie
U.S., 1982 Directed by Sydney Pollack
With Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr
Approx. 116 min.
May 12 - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
U.S., 1977 Directed by George Lucas
With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Approx. 121 min.
May 19 - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
U.S., 1982 Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Dee Wallace, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas
Approx. 115 min.
May 26 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
U.S., 1981 Directed by Steven Spielberg
With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen
Based on the story by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman
Approx. 115 min.
June 2 - Back to the Future
U.S., 1985 Directed by Robert Zemeckis
With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover
Approx. 116 min.
June 9 - The Neverending Story
West Germany, U.S., 1984 Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
With Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Gerald McRaney
Approx. 94 min.
June 16 - Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather
U.S., 1943 Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Nicholas Brothers
Approx. 78 min.
June 23 - Laurel & Hardy in Way Out West
U.S., 1937 Directed by James W. Horne
With Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Approx. 65 min.
June 30 - James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy
U.S., 1942 Directed by Michael Curtiz
With James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston
Approx. 126 min.