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Cinema at The Varsity - The Searchers (1956)
Friday, July 10, 7 PM Showtime
Cinema at The Varsity kicks off our Summer Film Series 2026 with our first classic Western to be featured in our line-ups - from 1956, The Searchers.
John Wayne stars as an American Civil War veteran who embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece (Natalie Wood) after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.
Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond
Directed by John Ford
Runtime:119 minutes
Rated: Unrated/TV-PG
Cinema at The Varsity - Seconds (1966)
Friday, July 17, 7 PM Showtime
Our Summer Film Series 2026 continues with Rock Hudson in one of his most notable roles under the direction of John Frankenheimer - from 1966, Seconds.
John Wayne stars Antiochus Wilson, an unhappy middle-aged banker, who agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
Starring: Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer, Jeff Corey
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Runtime:106 minutes
Rated: R
Cinema at The Varsity - All The President's Men (1976)
Friday, July 24, 7 PM Showtime
Cinema at The Varsity Summer Film Series 2026 continues with Academy Award winners Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman starring in this true story as Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose investigation of a seemingly minor hotel room break-in uncovers the greatest political scandal in United States history and leads to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.
A film nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning four:
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Jason Robards
- Art Direction - Art Direction: George Jenkins; Set Decoration: George Gaines
- Sound - Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Jim Webb
- Writing (Screenplay — based on material from another medium) — William Goldman.
-- from 1976, All The President's Men.
Starring: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Runtime:138 minutes
Rated: PG
Cinema at The Varsity - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Friday, July 31, 7 PM Showtime
Cinema at The Varsity Summer Film Series 2026 declares Leisure Rules. After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister. -- from 1986, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey
Directed by John Hughes
Runtime:103 minutes
Rated: PG-13
Cinema at The Varsity - Twister (1996)
Friday, Aug 7, 7 PM Showtime
Cinema at The Varsity Summer Film Series 2026 has issued a Tornado Watch in effect until Aug 7th. Academy Award winner Helen Hunt stars as Dr. Jo Thornton-Harding, who as a small girl watched her father sucked to his death from her family's storm cellar by a massive tornado. Now a storm chaser, a scientist who risks her life to study the dark side of nature by taking her data-transmitting instruments directly into the path of a deadly storm, Jo chases the largest tornado ever to strike Oklahoma as her marriage implodes and rival scientists will stop at nothing to steal her breakthrough. Go for the ride of your life with this blockbuster from executive producer Steven Spielberg, director Jan de Bont (Speed) and writer Michael Crichton ("ER," Jurassic Park).
Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith
Directed by Jan de Bont
Runtime:113 minutes
Rated: PG-13
Cinema at The Varsity - The Departed (2006)
Friday, Aug 21, 7 PM Showtime
Cinema at The Varsity Summer Film Series 2026 presents an undercover cop who infiltrates a Boston mob crew that has a mole in the state police department. This Best Picture winner, based on the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, picked up three additional Academy Awards -- including Martin Scorsese's first Oscar ever, for Best Director. This 2006 film is The Departed.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Ray Winstone
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Runtime:113 minutes
Rated: R
Cinema at The Varsity - The Nice Guys (2016)
Friday, Aug 28, 7 PM Showtime
Cinema at The Varsity Summer Film Series 2026 caps off the summer series in 1970s Los Angeles, with the down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) as they must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. During their investigation, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power in the 2016 film The Nice Guys.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley
Directed by Shane Black
Runtime:116 minutes
Rated: R
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