Films
![Medical Projections: Shorts in Early Cinema (1892-1909)](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Medical-Projections-shorts-sos.jpg)
Medical Projections: Shorts in Early Cinema (1892-1909)
A selection of late-19th and early-20th century films using cinema as a tool to explore the human body as a site of spectacle.
![Down in the Deep](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Down_in_the_Deep.jpg)
Down in the Deep
A pearl fisherman meets the Queen of the Deep at the bottom of the ocean in this silent fantasy from 1907.
![South: Ernest Shackleton & the Endurance Expedition](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/South-Ernest-Shackleton-the-Endurance-Expedition.jpg)
South: Ernest Shackleton & the Endurance Expedition
The story of the 1914–1916 Antarctic exploration mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton. The ship sails south, breaking the ice, and ultimately getting trapped by the fast-changing weather.
![The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/The-Cabinet-of-Dr.-Caligari.png)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
In this seminal masterpiece of German Expressionist cinema, a hypnotist brings a man under his control and turns him into a somnambulist, or sleepwalker, who commits murders.
![The Marriage Circle](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/The-Marriage-Circle-sos-still.jpg)
The Marriage Circle
Ernst Lubitsch's second American silent film is a mélange of marital missteps and misunderstandings, a merry-go-round for grown-ups.
![Sherlock Jr.](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Sherlock_Jr.jpg)
Sherlock Jr.
A film projectionist who longs to be a detective puts his meagre sleuthing skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
![Our Heavenly Bodies](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/our-heavenly-bodies.jpg)
Our Heavenly Bodies
An exploration of the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe.
![Of the Deep: Films by the Department of Tropical Research](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Beebe_Bathysphere.jpg)
Of the Deep: Films by the Department of Tropical Research
A deep dive into the 1927 to 1934 films of the Department of Tropical Research, famous for record-breaking submersible dives of discovery thousands of feet under the sea.
![The General](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/General.jpg)
The General
When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive—with his girlfriend aboard—he pursues it single-handedly straight through enemy lines.
![Metropolis](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Metropolis.jpg)
Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
![King Kong](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/King-Kong.jpg)
King Kong
A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal gorilla who takes a shine to their blonde female star.
![Bride of Frankenstein](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Bride-of-Frankenstein.jpg)
Bride of Frankenstein
Dr. Frankenstein (goaded by an even madder scientist) builds his monster a mate.
![Bringing Up Baby](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Bringing_Up_Baby.jpg)
Bringing Up Baby
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and infuriating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
![The Lady Vanishes](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/The_Lady_Vanishes.jpg)
The Lady Vanishes
When an elderly lady disappears from a train, everyone aboard denies that she ever existed...except Iris, who must save her new friend and prove that she's the victim of conspiracy, not delusion.
![Reefer Madness](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/reefer-madness-sos-still.jpg)
Reefer Madness
Cautionary tale features a fictionalized take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.
![The Wizard of Oz](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/The-Wizard-of-Oz.jpg)
The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
![The Grapes of Wrath](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Grapes-of-Wrath.jpg)
The Grapes of Wrath
A poor Midwest family, forced off of their land, travels to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
![Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Dr.-Jekyll-and-Mr.jpg)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
![The Maltese Falcon](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Maltese_Falcon.jpg)
The Maltese Falcon
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
![Ball of Fire](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Ball-of-Fire.jpg)
Ball of Fire
A group of ivory-tower lexicographers realize they need to hear how real people talk, and end up helping a beautiful singer avoid police and escape from the mob.
![Madame Curie](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Madame-Curie.jpg)
Madame Curie
Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.
![Looney Tunes](/assets/films/_600x338_crop_top-center_75_none/Looney_Tunes.jpg)
Looney Tunes
Eh, what's up, doc? Classic animated shorts featuring America's favorite wabbit and friends.