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The Truth About Charlie
Mon Dieu! Someone shot the piano player breathless! I'm choosing The Truth About Charlie, the 2002 remake of the Audrey Hepburn/Cary Grant romantic thriller Charade. In it, Thandiwe Newton and Mark Wahlberg run delirious circles around the "City of Love" where cops are robbers, robbers are cops, and nothing--and no one--is exactly as it seems. With his globalized update, direct Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, Stop Making Sense) weaves a tangled web between a nascent digital era, Stanley Donen's Hitchcock-lite 1963 original, and the contemporaneous French New Wave. (Don't miss appearances by Agnès Varda, Charles Aznavour, and even Anna Karina singing a Serge Gainsbourg song.) As charmingly wonky and woozily romantic as the original classic, The Truth About Charlie is an undersung home run from one of cinema’s most creative and humane masters.
Chosen by Joshua Ray, The Take-Up Podcast Host, as part of the “Critics Are Stupid” series. Be sure to listen to the podcast episode wherein it is discussed, expected to drop on February 27.
Co-presented with The Take-Up.
Unless otherwise noted, admission is:
$8 for the general public$7 for seniors, Webster alumni and students from other schools$6 for Webster University staff and facultyFree for Webster students with proper ID.
We offer general admission seating with payment of cash, check, or credit.
Note: Last-minute changes may occur.
The Winifred Moore Auditorium is the home of the Webster University Film Series. Originally used as a chapel, it now boasts the most comfortable theatre seats around. (Some of the original pews can be seen in the hallways of Webster Hall.) The auditorium seats 240.
In addition to film screenings, the auditorium hosts jazz and classical concerts, Opera Studio performances, lectures, town hall meetings, and other university events.
The Winifred Moore Auditorium is located at 470 E. Lockwood Ave.
