Northridge's Cinematheque this academic year has been devoted to examining how Hollywood treats the seven artistic culturesÑcinema and television arts, communication studies, journalism, music, theatre and radioÑthat make up the College of Arts, Media, and Communication, where the series is housed.

The free screenings take place in the Alan and Elaine Armer Theater in CSUN's Manzanita Hall, located at the southwest corner of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.

The Cinematheque's spring schedule is as follows:

• 8 March - MondayÑOrson Welles and Kafka
  The Trial (1962)
  Excerpts from Monitor (British TV)
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 9 March Ð TuesÑAn homage to AMC's Department of Music
  The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack>
  Guest: Aiyana Elliott , director
  The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack won the Special Jury Award for Artistic Achievement at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival
  Screening begins at 7 PM. Discussion to follow.
  
• 10 March - WedÑHollywood Family Melodrama
  All that Heaven Allows
  Film begins at 7 PM
  Far From Heaven
  Film begins at 9 PM
  
• 11 March Ð Thurs (Shooting HD for Film has been rescheduled to March 23)
  
• 15 March Ð MondayÑOrson Welles Rarities
  Orson's Sketchbook
  Excerpts fromDon Quixote
  Out-takes from The Deep
  AFI Tribute to Orson Welles (1975)
  One Man Band(documentary)
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 16 March Ð TuesÑThe Man Who Would Be King
  Guest: Emmanuel Wolf, producer
  Discussion begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 17 March Ð WedÑShane
  Michael Blake, guest
  Screening begins at 7 PM. Discussion to follow.
  
• 19 March Ð FriÑThe Prince and Me
  Studio Sneak
  Screenings at 6 and 8 PM
  
• 22 March Ð MondayÑOrson Welles and Shakespeare
  An homage to AMC's Department of Theatre
  Excerpts from King Lear
  Excerpts from Crimes at Midnight
  Out-takes from Othello (1952)
  Othello (1952)
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 23 March Ð TuesdayÑDigital Cinema Solutions: Shooting HD for Film
  Guest: Jim Mathers
  Screening begins at 7 PM. Discussion to follow.
  
• 24 March Ð WedÑThe Rhetoric of the Jury Room
  An homage to AMC's Department of Communication Studies
  12 Angry Men
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 27 March Ð SatÑThe Searchers
  Michael Blake, guest
  Special Event with reception
  Screening begins at 7 PM. Discussion to follow.
  
• 29 March Ð MondayÑOrson Welles Interviews
  Bernard Braden Interview(Paris, 1960)
  BBC Interview (Las Vegas, 1982)
  The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
  Parkinson Interview (British)
  The Merv Griffin Show (October 1985, Orson's final interview)
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 12 April - MondayÑLuther
  Host/moderator: Jeanine Kabrich, film scholar and alumna of CSUN's CTVA Critical Studies department.
  Screening begins at 7 PM. Discussion to follow entitled God in Contemporary Cinema.
  
• 13 April Ð TuesÑAnatomy of a Screenplay: The Last Samurai
  Guest: Michael Hauge
  Screenwriting lecture on Story Structure begins at 7 PM. Highlighted with film clips.
  
• 14 April - WedÑRadio & Television Blacklisting
  Fear on Trial
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 21 April Ð WedÑTHE CINEMA OF WORLD WAR II: World War II and the Rape of European Art
  The Train
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 28 April Ð WedÑTHE CINEMA OF WORLD WAR II: World War II and Holocaust Politics Conspiracy
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 5 May - Wed ÑDARK
  STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE AT THE TELEVISION ACADEMY
  
• 10 May Ð MonÑThe Witness
  Maria Elena de las Carreras, guest
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 12 May Ð WedÑThe Silences of the Palace
  Guest: Alexis Krasilovsky
  Lecture begins at 2 PM. Screening to follow.
  THE CINEMA OF WORLD WAR II: World War II and Catholic Church Politics
  Amen
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.
  
• 19 May Ð WedÑTHE CINEMA OF WORLD WAR II: World War II and the Cliffhanger
  Where Eagles Dare
  Lecture begins at 7 PM. Screening to follow.

The only venue of its kind in the San Fernando Valley, the Cinematheque, offered by CSUN's Department of Cinema and Television Arts, presents thematically-designed retrospectives of classic films, as well as aesthetically significant contemporary releases in conjunction with the appearance of featured guest artists for lectures and panel discussions.