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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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