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Steven J. Venturino

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Category: Film

Watching and Reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Registration has concluded. A Newberry Library adult education class. Winter 2026. Tuesdays 2:00-4:00pm (CT) by Zoom, February 17 through March … More

Shakespeare

Literature and Film: Never Let Me Go

Registration has concluded. A Newberry Library adult education class. Summer 2025. Tuesdays 2:00-4:00pm (CT) by Zoom, July 22-August 12. Registration … More

Chaplin: Film Art and Society

Registration has concluded. A University of Chicago Graham School Open Enrollment course. Summer 2024. Registration details here. This course follows … More

Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, Modern Times, Shoulder Arms, silent film, The Great Dictator, The Kid

Reality and Illusion in Singin’ in the Rain

This seminar is concluded. (Lina liked it.) A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar (1 in-person session, October 7, 2023, 10:00am–12:30pm). Registration begins August … More

film, Gene Kelly, musicals, singin' in the rain

Lois Weber: Three Films

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar (3 sessions, April 13 to April 27). Registration begins January … More

Lois Weber, Shoes, silent film, The Blot, The Dumb Girl of Portici

Podcast: Discussing Chaplin with Aaron Strand of “Behind the Slate.”

A discussion of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and The Great Dictator, as well as Chaplin’s use of sound, his central … More

Charles Dickens, Charlie Chaplin, film theory, Modern Times, silent film, The Great Dictator

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