January 23rd, January 30th, February 6th
Showtimes at 5:30pm
Late Nights with Shaolin Temple TBD
The Nickelodeon is partnering with the University of South Carolina Confucius Institute and USC’s Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) for the annual Chinese Film Festival, which will take place January 23 – February 6, 2012.
The partnership between the Nickelodeon and MIRC is especially relevant as the Nickelodeon Theatre makes plans to move to its renovated theater on Main Street, where MIRC and the Nickelodeon will collaborate more than ever before.
This year’s Chinese Film Festival will screen films on three consecutive Mondays, beginning on Monday, January 23, which marks the Chinese New Year.
• Mon., January 23: Piano in a Factory 5:30pm
• Mon., January 30: Uproar in Heaven (part of the MIRC) 5:30pm
• Mon., February 6: TBA 5:30pm
January 27 - February 10 Friday-Thursday
January 27th - February 2nd Fri-Thurs
Friday, Jan 27th - Noon, 3:00, 5:30, and 8:00PM
*** Note: Our 3:00 Friday film is cancelled ***
Our 5:30 screening should be fine.
One of the reels during the Noon screening was labeled incorrectly, and the film has to be fixed. The 5:30 screening will be fine!
Saturday, Jan 28th - 3:00, 5:30, and 8:00PM
Sunday, Jan 29th - 3:00, 5:30, and 8:00PM
Monday, Jan 30th - 3:00 and 8:00PM
Tuesday, Jan 31st - 3:00, 5:30, and 8:00PM
Wednesday, Feb 1st - 3:00, 5:30, and 8:00PM
Thursday, Feb 2nd - 3:00, 5:30, and 8:00PM
This modern-day silent film artfully recounts the poignant end of the silent-movie era in the late 1920s. The story contrasts the declining fortunes of a silent-screen superstar with his lover's rise to popularity as a darling of the "talkies."
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