The Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College presents Tambakos Film Festival & International Film Series beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1.
The schedule is below.
Tambakos Film Series: "The Shop Around the Corner" on Wednesday Feb. 1 at 7 p.m.
This 1940 comic romance finds James Stewart working in a small shop in Budapest and longing for a girl to call his own. His coworker, Margaret Sullavan, feels the same, and soon they are both corresponding and falling in love with their respective pen pals.
What they don't realize is that they are writing to and falling in love with each other, but the problem is that they can't stand each other in person.
International Film Series: "J.S.A.: Joint Security Area" on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.
In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean Soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean solider. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with five remaining bullets in the assassin's magazine clip, amount to 16 bullets for a gun that should normally hold 15 bullets.
The investing Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved- all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic.
Tambakos Film Series: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" on Wednesday, March 7 at 7 p.m.
James Stewart and Doris Day play American tourists who discover more than they wanted to about an assassination plot. When their son is kidnapped to keep them quiet, they are caught between concern for him and the terrible secret they hold. Directed by "The Master of Suspense," Alfred Hitchcock.
International Film Series: "Ten" on Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m.
Seen through the eyes of a beautiful, chador-clad divorcé©e, the film catches her impromptu conversations with various female passengers (and her imperious young son) as she navigates Tehran's congested and vibrant streets over the course of several days.
As Abbas Kiarostami's "dashboard cam" eavesdrops on these extraordinary and moving stories of sex, divorce, love and religion, an entirely original and fascinating portrait of modern Iran emerges.
Tambakos Film Series: "Night and Day" on Wednesday, May 16 at 7 p.m.
Cole Porter was the most sophisticated name in the 20th -century songwriting. This fictionalized biography follows the legendary composer from his days at Yale in the 1910's through the height of his success to the 1940's.
"Night and Day" is directed by Michael Curtiz and Stars Cary Grant, John Alvin and Alexis Smith.
The Rogers Center for the Arts is located at Merrimack College, 315 Turnpike St., North Andover.
For more information, email tavernak@merrimack.edu or call 978-837-5367.
