The Film Culture Program at Gregory College House devotes itself to film-lovers of all sorts. Our regular schedule of screenings in the Gregory film lounge (newly renovated summer 2014!) covers the history of the medium and the scope of world cinema today, and provides endless opportunity for participants to analyze, appraise and argue about film... whether The Seventh Seal or The Sixth Sense, La Grand Illusion or Gladiator, L'Avventura or The Lord of the Rings. The program is located in Van Pelt Manor, 3909 Spruce Street. To fully engage with contemporary cinema, the program also offers a minimum of six excursions per semester to area theatres to view and analyze new and significant releases. In recent years, these trips, often advance screenings, have included The Social Network, Gravity, The Master, Black Swan, 12 Years a Slave, Moneyball, A Separation, The Artist, Her, The Hurt Locker, The Skin I Live In, Argo, Hugo, Drive, Inside Llewyn Davis, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Holy Motors, Nebraska, A Serious Man, Slumdog Millionaire, Zero Dark Thirty, Blue is the Warmest Color, The Descendants, Avatar, The White Ribbon, The Fighter, Amour, The Dallas Buyers Club, The King's Speech, The Wrestler, Certified Copy, A Dangerous Method, Lincoln, Milk, The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Past, Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall Past Lives, 127 Hours, Silver Linings Playbook, Precious, Star Trek, Life of Pi, Of Gods and Men and many more. All Gregorians are welcome to participate in the program for academic credit (Cine 180.301). The extremely manageable credit option lends substance to the conversations while still maintaining the low-key fun characteristic of Gregory.
