Name: Hitchcock Retrospective: TORN CURTAIN
Start: 2027-01-01T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2027-01-01
Location: Palm Springs Cultural Center

Hitchcock Retrospective: TORN CURTAIN

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Experience Alfred Hitchcock's TORN CURTAIN on the BIG SCREEN in the Historic Camelot Theatre!

HITCHCOCK RETROSPECTIVE

Experience the timeless brilliance of Director Alfred Hitchcock with a year-long retrospective at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. See the films on the big screen in our Historic Camelot Theatre!

JANUARY 1 | Torn Curtain (1966)Starring: Paul Newman, Julie AndrewsA scientist defects behind the Iron Curtain—but nothing is quite what it seems.Hitchcock enters the tense landscape of Cold War espionage with Torn Curtain, following an American physicist and his bewildered fiancée into East Germany. Paul Newman and Julie Andrews lead a thriller concerned with secrecy, divided loyalties, and the brutal realities beneath the polished mythology of the spy film—including one of Hitchcock’s most deliberately difficult and unforgettable murder sequences. 5PM Foodie Fridays6PM Pre-Show: Vintage Trailers, Clips7PM Screening + Film Q&amp;A with Richard L. Edwards + Vanessa Theme AmentHistoric Camelot Theatre | Palm Springs Cultural Center

Richard L. Edwards is Executive Director of XCITE at UC Riverside and holds a PhD in Film Studies from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He taught the acclaimed TCM online course 50 Years of Hitchcock, co-hosts the popular podcast Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir, and co-authored The Maltese Touch of Evil: Film Noir and Political Criticism. A noted Hitchcock and noir scholar, Edwards also hosts NoirCon at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, featuring classic noir screenings at the Camelot Theatre.Vanessa Theme Ament brings a rare combination of firsthand Hollywood experience and film scholarship to the Hitchcock Retrospective. An award-winning Foley artist, author, educator, and scholar with a Ph.D. in Moving Image Studies, Ament offers an insider’s perspective on the history, craft, and evolution of cinema.

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Enjoy food trucks and live music at our weekly outdoor event prior to the show!

FOODIE FRIDAYS

Come early for a special curated screening of vintage trailers, commercials, interviews from the year the film was made.

PRE-SHOW

FILM

Join hosts Richard L. Edwards + Vanessa Theme Ament for a discussion featuring the evenings screenings.

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