Silver Screen Society
Movies at Hyde Park Art Center
With CHPV & UChicago Service League & Hyde Park Art Center
NEW TIME!
Gather at 1:30
Screening begins at 2pm
Monthly on the First Fridays
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave
The Hyde Park Art Center, University of Chicago Service League, and Chicago Hyde Park Village invite you to a monthly movie screening of a celebrated classic film. Our sincere thanks to the Hyde Park Art Center for generously supporting this series and sharing their space.
Suggestions: Enjoy lunch (with friends) before the film at the Art Center's Almendro Cafe, offering many yummy Mexican-themed delights or meet there afterwards for a snack and informal film discussion. Also, some participants have found the HPAC chairs to be hard so you may want to bring a cushion. We will also have a few available.
1:30 - 1:45 — Arrive and enjoy light refreshments while settling into your seat.
1:45 - 2:00 — Short introduction to film
2:00 - approx 3:45 — Screening
Light refreshments will be provided.
Strangers on a Train (1951) — Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Inspired by the novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
What begins as a casual conversation between two strangers spirals into a deadly pact in Alfred Hitchcock’s taut noir thriller. When a charismatic psychopath proposes a “crisscross” murder swap to a disinterested tennis star, the line between coincidence and conspiracy becomes fatally thin.
The film draws its tension and twisted logic from Patricia Highsmith’s 1950 debut novel—establishing her trademark themes of moral ambiguity, queer subtext, and the sinister potential of identity.
About the Writer:
Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) was a trailblazing American novelist known for her psychological thrillers. Her works, including The Talented Mr. Ripley and Carol, often explored themes of duplicity, desire, and the shadowy corners of the self.
This screening is part of “She Wrote the Shadows: Women, Mystery & the Cinematic Mind,” the fall film series from the Silver Screen Society at the Hyde Park Art Center. Films screen the first Friday of every month at 2PM from October through December 2025. This program is designed with older adults (65+) in mind—but all are warmly welcome.
Getting There:
Parking at Hyde Park Art Center is extremely limited and street parking is scarce. Please consider carpooling or making transportation arrangements other than driving.
CHPV Members may also request transportation. Requests are due by 4pm on the Friday prior to the event. Call 773-363-1933 or email servicerequest@chpv.org.
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