MARC ELIOT'S ART OF FILM
Among Marc's Favorites
See the Greatest Films on Illinois' largest movie screen, the way they were meant to be seen!
EVERY FRIDAY AT 6:30 PM & SUNDAY AT 2:30 PM
Join New York Times best-selling author, film scholar and historian, and resident film curator MARC ELIOT, for the ART OF FILM featuring the Greatest Films ever released, presented the way they were meant to be seen on the Giant Screen. Marc Eliot personally selects each film, focusing on directorial art and influence (auteur theory), and examines the masterworks of legendary film directors, providing a virtual pre-film introduction and a full post-film discussion for each film.
Go behind the scenes with Marc Eliot. Get the exclusive Art of Film newsletter. Sign up for Film Society emails HERE!
Sponsored by Kathy & Harry Puterbaugh, Dr. Darrel & Dr. Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society.
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Fri, Dec 16 | 6:30 PM
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Sun, Dec 18 | 2:30 PM
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ALREADY SCREENED
Fri, Sep 30 & Sun Oct 2
Fri, Oct 7 & Sun, Oct 9
Fri, Oct 14 & Sun, Oct 16
Fri, Oct 21 & Sun, Oct 23
Fri, Oct 28 & Sun, Oct 30
Fri, Nov 4 & Sun, Nov 6
Fri, Nov 11 & Sun, Nov 13
Fri, Nov 18 & Sun, Nov 20
Fri, Nov 25 & Sun, Nov 27
Marc Eliot, a well-known and highly respected film critic and historian, is the New York Times bestselling author of 26 books including definitive biographies on Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Charlton Heston, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Ronald Reagan (Reagan: The Hollywood Years), Walt Disney, The Eagles and his latest work, The Hag, about Merle Haggard.
Eliot began his career as a child actor and student at the High School of Performing Arts. He went on to earn two post-graduate degrees in writing and Film History and Criticism from Columbia University, where he was mentored by the renowned film critic and scholar Andrew Sarris, who brought the French Auteur Theory to America.
A New York City native and resident, Eliot has become a regular visitor to the Peoria region, first serving as artist-in-residence at Eureka College in 2012. He hosted his first "Art of Film" festival, on Alfred Hitchcock, in March of 2019 at the Peoria Riverfront Museum, where he serves as resident film curator.
Go behind the scenes with Marc Eliot. Get the exclusive Art of Film newsletter. Sign up for Film Society emails HERE!
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Kathy & Harry Puterbaugh, Dr. Darrel & Dr. Jane Gumm, Nancy Snowden, Film Society
