Hitchcock Retrospective: TORN CURTAIN

JANUARY 1 | Torn Curtain (1966)

Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews

A scientist defects behind the Iron Curtain—but nothing is quite what it seems.Hitchcock enters the tense landscape of Cold War espionage with Torn Curtain, following an American physicist and his bewildered fiancée into East Germany. Paul Newman and Julie Andrews lead a thriller concerned with secrecy, divided loyalties, and the brutal realities beneath the polished mythology of the spy film—including one of Hitchcock’s most deliberately difficult and unforgettable M**der sequences.

5PM Foodie Fridays

6PM Pre-Show: Vintage Trailers, Clips

7PM Screening + Film Q&A with Richard L. Edwards + Vanessa Theme Ament

Historic Camelot Theatre | Palm Springs Cultural Center

Richard L. Edwards is Executive Director of XCITE at UC Riverside and holds a PhD in Film Studies from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He taught the acclaimed TCM online course 50 Years of Hitchcock, co-hosts the popular podcast Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir, and co-authored The Maltese Touch of Evil: Film Noir and Political Criticism. A noted Hitchcock and noir scholar, Edwards also hosts NoirCon at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, featuring classic noir screenings at the Camelot Theatre.

Vanessa Theme Ament brings a rare combination of firsthand Hollywood experience and film scholarship to the Hitchcock Retrospective. An award-winning Foley artist, author, educator, and scholar with a Ph.D. in Moving Image Studies, Ament offers an insider’s perspective on the history, craft, and evolution of cinema.

Info: Enjoy food trucks and live music at our weekly outdoor event prior to the show!

Info: Come early for a special curated screening of vintage trailers, commercials, interviews from the year the film was made.

Info: Join hosts Richard L. Edwards + Vanessa Theme Ament for a discussion featuring the evenings screenings.

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Palm Springs Cultural Center, 2300 E Baristo Rd, Palm Springs, United States

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