Hillsborough Classic Film Society
Presents
Sunday, January 25, 2026
2PM
PASSMORE CENTER
THE CONFORMIST
Guardian Review: “A repressed upper-class intellectual is hired by Mussolini's fascist goons to go to Paris and kill a leading dissident who was once his philosophy tutor. Such is the premise for one of the most poetic and influential films ever made. Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg all cite this adaptation of Alberto Moravia's novel as a profound influence on their films. Coppola even lured Bertolucci's director of photography, Vittorio Storaro, to the Philippines to bring his talents to bear on Apocalypse Now.”
Our Speaker
Duke Professor Gary Hawkins. Gary is a screenwriter and director, a Sundance Fellow, and a fellow in Documentary Studies at Duke. He wrote and directed the film The Rough South of Larry Brown (2002), which was picked by The Oxford American as one of "Thirteen Essential Southern Documentaries," as well as the film The Rough South of Harry Crews(1990), which won both an Emmy and PBS's Gold Award. He wrote the screenplay for Joe (2013), a critically acclaimed film directed by David Gordon Green and starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan. His experimental short, Zero Irony (2015), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and various other festivals, and his jazz documentary, In My Mind, featuring pianist Jason Moran, screened at the National Gallery of Art, also in 2015. In 2016 his experimental short, Me & You premiered at the Alchemy Festival in Hawick, Scotland. Gary did The Train for us, Nights of Cabiria, and Sansho the Bailiff.
https://scholars.duke.edu/person/gary.hawkins
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SPEAKERS LIST (live link)
CLICK HERE TO MAKE COMMENTS
CLICK HERE TO BE PUT ON MAILING LIST: RSVP
Movie titles that are in bold blue have live links to film information
The 2025-2026 Schedule
Sept. 14 Tarkovsky's Mirror, speaker Gustavo Furtado
Oct. 5 Night of the Hunter, speaker Rose Steptoe
Nov. 2 M, speaker Jeffrey Stern
Dec. 7 City Lights, speaker Francesca Talenti
(The December movie will be shown in the
Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough.)
Jan. 25 The Conformist, speaker Gary Hawkins
Feb. 8 Orson Welles' Macbeth, speaker Diana Newton
March, April, and May. No dates are fixed yet for these films
Gospel According to St. Matthew, speaker Henry Veggian
Au Hazard Balthazar, speaker Tom Whiteside
Taxi Driver, speaker Gray Underwood
We are partnering with the Passmore Center. We are indebted to their staff for their gracious and professional help.
2PM
PASSMORE CENTER
THE CONFORMIST
Guardian Review: “A repressed upper-class intellectual is hired by Mussolini's fascist goons to go to Paris and kill a leading dissident who was once his philosophy tutor. Such is the premise for one of the most poetic and influential films ever made. Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg all cite this adaptation of Alberto Moravia's novel as a profound influence on their films. Coppola even lured Bertolucci's director of photography, Vittorio Storaro, to the Philippines to bring his talents to bear on Apocalypse Now.”
Our Speaker
Duke Professor Gary Hawkins. Gary is a screenwriter and director, a Sundance Fellow, and a fellow in Documentary Studies at Duke. He wrote and directed the film The Rough South of Larry Brown (2002), which was picked by The Oxford American as one of "Thirteen Essential Southern Documentaries," as well as the film The Rough South of Harry Crews(1990), which won both an Emmy and PBS's Gold Award. He wrote the screenplay for Joe (2013), a critically acclaimed film directed by David Gordon Green and starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan. His experimental short, Zero Irony (2015), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and various other festivals, and his jazz documentary, In My Mind, featuring pianist Jason Moran, screened at the National Gallery of Art, also in 2015. In 2016 his experimental short, Me & You premiered at the Alchemy Festival in Hawick, Scotland. Gary did The Train for us, Nights of Cabiria, and Sansho the Bailiff.
https://scholars.duke.edu/person/gary.hawkins
PLEASE REGISTER HERE
FREE! FREE POPCORN TOO!!
SPEAKERS LIST (live link)
CLICK HERE TO MAKE COMMENTS
CLICK HERE TO BE PUT ON MAILING LIST: RSVP
Movie titles that are in bold blue have live links to film information
The 2025-2026 Schedule
Sept. 14 Tarkovsky's Mirror, speaker Gustavo Furtado
Oct. 5 Night of the Hunter, speaker Rose Steptoe
Nov. 2 M, speaker Jeffrey Stern
Dec. 7 City Lights, speaker Francesca Talenti
(The December movie will be shown in the
Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough.)
Jan. 25 The Conformist, speaker Gary Hawkins
Feb. 8 Orson Welles' Macbeth, speaker Diana Newton
March, April, and May. No dates are fixed yet for these films
Gospel According to St. Matthew, speaker Henry Veggian
Au Hazard Balthazar, speaker Tom Whiteside
Taxi Driver, speaker Gray Underwood
We are partnering with the Passmore Center. We are indebted to their staff for their gracious and professional help.
