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The Next Picture Show: Revisiting Western Frontiers
April 15, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cinema scholars and movie fans Eddy Von Mueller and Gabe Wardell are proud to present “The Next Picture Show: Revisiting Western Frontiers,” an eight-week film series celebrating the evolution of the Western genre and its enduring impact on American cinema and culture. This hand-selected series offers audiences a unique opportunity to experience an eclectic mix of iconic and iconoclastic Western films on the big screen, with expert introductions and post-screening discussions that place these works in their historical and cultural contexts.
Running on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM from April 15 through June 3, 2025, at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema, “The Next Picture Show” will feature weekly screenings of classic and contemporary Westerns that have shaped and redefined the genre.
“The Western remains an indispensable cinematic mirror, reflecting and interrogating the ever-evolving and often contradictory story of America itself,” says author and historian Mueller, formerly of Emory University. “From the foundational narratives of ‘The Great Train Robbery’ through the iconic works of Ford and Leone, and onward to the contemporary visions of the Coen Brothers and Taylor Sheridan, these films continue to captivate and challenge us.”
Wardell, who teaches film at the University of North Georgia and has more than three decades of film festival experience, adds: “In these divisive times, film screenings provide a common experience for viewers with varied perspectives to begin conversations. They create a shared space where people of all backgrounds can come together. Cinema serves as our modern hearth—a gathering place where communities form and thrive.”
SCREENING SCHEDULE (Tuesdays at 7:00 PM):
- April 15: THE SEARCHERS (hosted by Eddy Von Mueller)
- April 22: PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (hosted by Gabe Wardell)
- April 29: LONE STAR (hosted by Eddy Von Mueller)
- May 6: DEAD MAN (hosted by Gabe Wardell)
- May 13: WINCHESTER ’73 (hosted by Eddy Von Mueller)
- May 20: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (hosted by Gabe Wardell)
- May 27: BLAZING SADDLES (hosted by Eddy Von Mueller)
- June 3: THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (hosted by Gabe Wardell
