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Northwest Chicago Film Society Sets Fall Screenings at NEIU

 The Northwest Chicago Film Society will launch its fall film series Sept. 2 with a screening of the classic Hitchcock thriller
The Northwest Chicago Film Society will launch its fall film series Sept. 2 with a screening of the classic Hitchcock thriller "Marnie."
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PORTAGE PARK — The Northwest Chicago Film Society will launch its fall film series Sept. 2 with a screening of the classic Hitchcock thriller "Marnie."

Starring Sean Connery — rocking an American accent — and Tippi Hedren — with a Southern accent — and directed by Alfred Hitchcock at the height of his fame, "Marnie" will be shown in 35mm "as nature intended," organizers said.

The 11-flick fall series will be the film society's second season at Northeastern Illinois University where it moved this summer after being homeless for more than a year.

The society, which was founded to show a "potpourri of classics, oddball discoveries and unaccountable artifacts," now has a permanent home at 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in a 400-seat auditorium that has a new projection screen designed to showcase the film society's beloved 35mm films.

The Sept. 16 screening of Ernst Lubitsch's "So This is Paris" will reunite the film society with Dennis Wolkowicz, who ran the Portage Theater while it was the group's home.

Wolkowicz will accompany the film under his nom de cinema Jay Warren on organ.

Tickets cost $2 for Northeastern students and $5 for the general public. Parking for $5 will be available on campus, with street parking available for free, organizers said.

All screenings start at 7 p.m.

The lineup for the Northwest Chicago Film Society's fall season is:

• Sept. 2: "Marnie," 1964, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

• Sept. 9: "Westward the Women," 1951, directed by William A. Wellman

• Sept. 16: "So This is Paris," 1926, directed by Ernst Lubitsch

• Sept. 30: "Out of the Blue," 1980, directed by Dennis Hopper

• Oct. 13: "Illusion Travels by Streetcar," 1954, directed by Luis Bunuel

• Oct. 21: "A New Leaf," 1971, directed by Elaine May

• Oct. 28: "Witchcraft Through the Ages," 1968, directed by Antony Balch

• Nov. 4: "Cooley High," 1975, directed by Michael Schultz

• Nov. 25: "Ruggles of Red Gap," 1935, directed by Leo McCarey

• Dec. 9: "Tiger Shark," 1932, directed by Howard Hawks

• Dec. 22: "Susan Slept Here," 1954, directed by Frank Tashlin

For more information, go to northwestchicagofilmsociety.org.

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