Reading, Pa.  – Albright College’s International Film Series will offer films throughout the spring semester. All films begin at 7:30 p.m. in Klein Lecture Hall (CFA room 235) in the Center for the Arts on the campus of Albright College. Tickets are $3.

February 15
Rio Bravo (1959, 141 min.) byHoward Hawks. 
Simultaneously accepting and altering the clichés of the classic western by infusing them with a new sensitivity and humanity, Hawks creates one of the most delightful works in this most American of genres. Directed by one of the masters of Hollywood filmmaking, featuring a “multi-generational grab bag of pop icons,” (A.O. Scott): Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Dean Martin and John Wayne.

February 22
Black Maria Film/Video Festival
John Columbus in person
A juried national tour reflecting the imaginative work being done by experimental and independent film and video makers today. John Columbus, the festival’s founder and director, will present a selection of prizewinners representing a wide range of styles and genres from this year’s competition including local director Jerry Orr’s Cowboy’s Heifers (W)rap, winner of a Director’s Choice prize this year.

Klein Lecture Hall is located in the Center for the Arts on the Albright College campus at 13th & Bern Streets in Reading, Pa.

For more information or disabled assistance, please contact the College Relations Office at 610-921-7526.

Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls more than 1,660 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 500 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education. Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.