Browning Cinema Film Series

Celebrate Shakespeare on the big screen by enjoying one or all of these films related to the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival's 2008 season!

Films will be shown in the Browning Cinema at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Tickets: $3-$6.

For further information, please call (574) 631-FILM.

Please note that show times for the movies listed below were printed incorrectly in our 2008 season program. The show times listed in our season brochure, on the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center website, and here below are correct.

Throne of Blood (1957)

Thursday, August 7 at 6:30pm

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Japanese language with English subtitles

Regarded by many as one of the finest film adaptations of Macbeth, this international classic sets Shakespeare’s tragedy in medieval Japan to thrilling effect!

Scotland, PA (2001)

Friday, August 8 at 6:30pm and 9:30pm

Directed by Billy Morrissette

Scotland, PA is a darkly comedic look at how Shakespeare’s story of revenge is timeless. Centered on a small-town café in 1975 and featuring Christopher Walken, this independent film was nominated for the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Outdoor Screening!

The Witches (1990)

Saturday, August 9 at dusk (about 9:00pm)

Directed by Nicolas Roeg

DeBartolo Quad

This adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic book is a fantastically entertaining story of what happens when a young boy stumbles onto a witch convention led by Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston. Join us in the DeBartolo Quad for this twilight outdoor screening!