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Meek housewife Thelma (Geena Davis) joins her friend Louise (Susan Sarandon), an independent waitress, on a short fishing trip. However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma at a bar. Louise decides to flee to Mexico, and Thelma joins her. On the way, Thelma falls for sexy young thief J.D. (Brad Pitt) and the sympathetic Detective Slocumb (Harvey Keitel) tries to convince the two women to surrender before their fates are sealed.

Movie Rating: R
Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes

This screening is part of the Hobart William Smith Road Movie series sponsored by the HWS First Year Seminar Program.

Join the SUNY Oswego Music Department and the Oswego Music Hall for a screening of folk duo Ordinary Elephant's award-winning documentary "Across the Quiet." This film captures the artistic evolution of the married duo Crystal Hariu-Damore and Pete Damore through recording and releasing an album along with producer Dirk Powell. With powerful moments of introspection, particularly Crystal's candid reflections on anxiety, the documentary examines what it means for these artists to explore their relationship and their music through the lens of their unconventional creative path.

Crystal and Pete Damore from Ordinary Elephant will be present to answer questions and to discuss their filmmaking process, their creative works, and the challenges of touring singer songwriters.

About Ordinary Elephant

Award-winning folk duo Ordinary Elephant has spent the better part of the last decade on a never-ending tour that’s earned married couple Crystal and Pete Damore widespread critical acclaim and made fans of luminaries like Tom Paxton and Mary Gauthier. In 2017, the pair took home the International Folk Music Award for Artist of the Year on the strength of their breakout album, "Before I Go," and two years later, they returned with the similarly lauded "Honest," which the Associated Press hailed as “one of the best Americana albums of the year.” Their most recent self-titled album was nominated for the 2024 IFMA Album of the Year by Folk Alliance International.

The band’s new stripped-down collection is the purest distillation of their sound yet, showcasing the power of the couple’s gorgeous harmonies and intricate fretwork. The songs are timeless, rooted in rich, character-driven storytelling, and the performances are similarly transportive, fueled by delicately intertwined banjo, guitar, and octave mandolin. Though the songs were born out of a period of deep uncertainty, the record itself is a work of profound self-assurance, one delivered by a duo whose personal and professional lives embody the limitless possibility of honest, organic collaboration. The new record offers more than just a husband and wife but the sound of sincerity and commitment, of patience and gratitude, of learning to let go of expectation and revel in the simple beauty of the moment.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back at The Smith this October with romance, thrills, laughs, and an interactive shadow cast!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the ultimate movie experience, a mad mix of classic horror/sci-fi, super-charged sensuality and outrageous fantasy. This cult classic from 1975 features the story of an “ordinary” couple and an unforgettable night at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transexual, Transylvania. Brad and Janet have arrived on a special night, the night Dr. Furter’s “beautiful creature,” Rocky, the Adonis humanoid created for the release of Frank’s “tension,” was to be born.

The Smith wants attendees to enjoy this ultimate movie experience (including costumes and having your audience participation script memorized,) but we do hope you’ll refrain from water spraying. It makes our mascara run and it ruins our nice big movie screen.

Rocky Horror goody bags – containing all items needed to participate along with the film – are available for purchase online in advance or at the bar prior to the show.

Motion Picture Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Hamilton professor Zhuoyi Wang and Japanese journalist and filmmaker Shori Ito present "Black Box Diaries" (2024).

The film will be followed by a discussion featuring Ito and Chinese film scholar Belinda Qian He.

Shiori Ito is a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Her primary focus is on gender-based human rights issues. In 2020, Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

"Black Box Diaries" was named one of the top five documentary films of 2024 by the National Board of Review, won a Peabody Award, and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

This and all F.I.L.M. Series events are free and open to the public.

Bradford Auditorium is located in the Kirner-Johnson Building on the Hamilton College campus. From the Village of Clinton, follow the “F.I.L.M. event” signs up College Hill Road. Just past the crosswalk, turn left onto Green Apple Way. Parking is available on the right, in lots behind the Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts.

Slim (Daniel Kaluuya) and Queen’s (Jodie Turner Smith) first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation. When the situation escalates, Slim takes the officer’s gun and shoots him in self-defense. Now labeled cop killers in the media, Slim and Queen feel that they have no choice but to go on the run and evade the law. When a video of the incident goes viral, the unwitting outlaws soon become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people all across the country.

Movie Rating: R
Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes

This screening is part of the Hobart William Smith Road Movie series sponsored by the HWS First Year Seminar Program.

Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) meets Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet store and decides to follow him home. She brings with her the gift of two love birds and they strike up a romance. One day, birds start attacking children at Mitch’s sister's party. A huge assault starts on the town by attacking birds.

Movie Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes

After the members of a team of scientists (Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to become “ghostbusters” to wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. They stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction.

Remember to stop by Concessions in the lobby to buy your popcorn and candy and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon short screening before the feature film, for that good, old-fashioned movie theater experience!

Movie Rating: PG
Runtime: 1 hour, 47 minutes