This month, as we count down to Oscar night on February 26, join us each Monday night as we screen past Best Picture Oscar winning films. All Monday night screenings are at 7:30 at the Spring Street Gallery, 110 Spring Street, and are free and open to the public.
The line up is:
Mon., Feb. 6th, 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Woody Allen
93 min., USA
1977
Rated PG
Woody Allen's Annie Hall, which won four Oscars (including Best Picture) at the 1978 Academy Awards, chronicles the romantic adventures of neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer (Allen) and his equally neurotic girlfriend Annie Hall (Diane Keaton).
Annie Hall at the Internet Movie Database
Watch the trailer for Annie Hall:
Mon., Feb. 13th, 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
152 min., USA
1961
Not Rated
1962's Best Picture (one of 10 Oscars that West Side Story took home), based on the Broadway musical that updates Romeo and Juliet, transports the star-cross'd lovers to urban New York, where Tony and Maria fall in love amid the feud between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks.
West Side Story at the Internet Movie Database
Watch the trailer for West Side Story:
Mon., Feb. 20th, 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Billy Wilder
125 min., USA
1960
Not Rated
The 1961 Best Picture winner (one of five Oscars The Apartment won) is Billy Wilder's dark comedy about Bud Baxter (Jack Lemmon), a struggling insurance company clerk who has found a novel way up the corporate ladder: lend out his apartment to company executives for their extramarital trysts.
The Apartment at the Internet Movie Database
Watch the trailer for The Apartment:
Mon., Feb. 27th, 7:30 p.m.
Directed by William Friedkin
104 min., USA
1971
Rated R
The Best Picture (one of five Oscars) at the 1972 Academy Awardswais William Friedkin's gritty police drama about two New York City cops (Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider) trying to intercept a heroin shipment coming from France. The car chase is one of the most gripping and memorable ever filmed.
The Apartment at the Internet Movie Database
Watch the trailer for The French Connection:
