(Harry Edwards, US 1926, 62 min.)

Making his feature debut, legendary comedian Harry Langdon plays a hobo who enters a cross-country walkathon. This charming comedy with some jaw-dropping stunts was co-written by Frank Capra and features Joan Crawford as Langdon’s love interest. Preceded by the great Charley Chase in MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE (Leo McCarey, US 1926, 23 min.). Live piano by Philip C. Carli.

OUTER SPACE (Peter Tscherkassky, Austria 1999, 10 min.)

DREAM WORK (Peter Tscherkassky, Austria 2002, 10 min.)

THE ENTITY (Sidney J. Furie, US 1983, 125 min.)

This unique program pairs an effective, if little-known early ’80s psychological horror movie with two avant-garde short films that manipulate footage from the feature to create entirely new cinematic visions. In The Entity, Barbara Hershey stars as a divorced mother who is repeatedly attacked by an invisible force until a team of parapsychologists (led by Ron Silver) team up to trap the menacing mass. Tscherkassky’s Outer Space and Dream Work re-edit The Entity to explore an even more visceral sense of horror. Note start time.

(James Benning, US 2007, 111 min., 16mm)

Without any sort of conventional narration and using a stationary camera, avant-garde filmmaker Benning films 43 trains in locations all over the United States. What ultimately emerges through a carefully structured series of shots and a subtle, but evocative sound design, is a study of American consumerism and consumption. Benning’s last film on 16mm is an unusual and unforgettable movie experience not to be missed. Members admitted free.

(LES FEMMES DE LA BRUKMAN, Isaac Isitan, Canada 2008, 90 min., Spanish/subtitles, Digital Projection)

Argentina’s “fabrica ocupada” phenomenon, where workers run abandoned factories where they had previously been employed, is explored in this rousing documentary about what happened at one specific suit manufacturer. The women who took over the Brukman factory have become international symbols for workers, standing as an inspiring solution to daunting economic challenges.

(Sidney Lumet, US 1974, 127 min.)

In the first of several lavish Agatha Christie adaptations, Albert Finney stars as the author’s most famous character, detective Hercule Poirot. Returning to England from Istanbul on the title train, Poirot is called upon to solve the murder of the mysterious Mr. Ratchett (the late Richard Widmark). The all-star cast of suspects includes Ingrid Bergman (in an Oscar®-winning turn), Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, and Michael York. Presented through the support of the Cornell/Weinstein Family Foundation, in loving memory of Regina Cornell.