KSC Film Society will bring 13 films to the Putnam Theater this fall semester including the annual Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The screenings will begin on Friday, Sept. 6 with “The Boy and the Heron” an Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli film by Hayao Miyazaki.
“We have multiple Oscar winners here, ‘The Boy and the Heron’ being one of them,” said junior and Film Society Vice President Tyler Desjardins. “Studio Ghibli is personally one of my favorite studios so I’m glad that we’re getting that.”
According to senior and Film Society President Ryan Severn, the Film Society is bringing a multitude of genres to campus.
“The Last Stop in Yuma County” is going to be in September,” Severn said. “It’s a Western setting, which I really like.”
Other films being featured at the Putnam include “Long Legs,” “MaXXXine” and “The Holdovers.”
Additionally, the Film Society is planning its annual “Rocky Horror Picture Show” screening and costume contest to be on Saturday, Oct. 26 with a midnight screening of “Late Night with the Devil” following it.
“We have a free screening open to the public, students, everyone … everyone’s encouraged to dress up,” Severn said. “It’s a great night to be happy every year.”
Severn said the midnight screening of “Late Night with the Devil” was also a screening to look forward to.
“It’s a horror film that takes place entirely during the airing of a talk show and things gradually get weirder and things go wrong and it gets scary and weird as it goes on,” Severn said. “It’s just a really interesting, spooky, weird movie and it’s really cool and well made.”
Desjardins said the Film Society hopes to attract more members of the Keene community to the Putnam Theater.
“We had a very good year last year, numbers-wise, and I think one of the biggest goals is to get more people that usually wouldn’t go and see movies into the theater to see what we have,” Desjardins said.
Severn said another goal was to use more 35-millimeter film projection within the Putnam.
“We have a film projector up and working, we have a couple of film reels that we are able to project and we need to do more training of our projectionists with the whole system and preparation but we’re hoping to schedule some,” Severn said.
Desjardins said students and community members should consider joining the Film Society this season because it isimportant to be open to new types of media.
“There’s a lot of people that just don’t really watch movies and I feel like [watching movies] is always a good way to expand your mindset on art in general to see something you usually wouldn’t think about seeing,” Desjardins said. “We have a bunch of [films] this year that if you’re not really into films, you probably wouldn’t have heard about this and now that we have it, you can go and see it for a damn reasonable price.”
Screenings at the Putnam Theater are 7 p.m. Friday through Monday with the addition of 3 p.m. screenings on Sundays. Tickets are $2 dollars for students, $5 dollars for community members, $4 for senior citizens and free for Film Society members.
The Film Society meets every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the Putnam Theater.
Nicole Dumont can be contacted at
ndumont@kscequinox.com
