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  • Library joins NJCH Community History Program

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    HVAC system begins March 11

    taken 11.29.23Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, March 11, to replace the HVAC system at the Main Library – located at 1 North Tennessee Ave. The project is expected to take approximately two months to complete. The library asks for the public’s patience. It is anticipated there will be increased noise inside the Main Library at times due to the ongoing work, and certain phases of the construction might require closing the Main Library temporarily. Click here to read more.
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The following is a list of classes taught at the ACFPL Film Society.


  • Meet & Greet
  • History Of Film: 1890's - 1940's
  • History Of Film: 1950's - Present
  • Filmmaking Job Responsibilities
  • How Films Are Made
  • Film Language & Structure
  • Classic Hollywood Cinema
  • Director Ernst Lubitsch
  • Film Set Jargon
  • Special Effects Basics
  • Film Sequels
  • Neorealist Cinema
  • Hollywood Musicals
  • Director Billy Wilder
  • Anti-War Films
  • Cinema's Influence On Society
  • Screenplay: Format
  • Screenplay: Structure
  • Screenplay: Story Analysis
  • Screenplay: Page-By-Page Analysis
  • Film Restoration
  • Shot-By-Shot Analysis
  • Production Design
  • Actor Spencer Tracy
  • Visual Style: Static
  • Visual Style: Movement
  • Film Noir
  • Actor Gene Kelly
  • DVD Transfers
  • Documentary Films
  • Actor Audie Murphy
  • The Academy Awards
  • Academy Award Omissions
  • Director Sergio Leone
  • Producer Talk w/guest Gary W. Goldstein
  • Movie Buff Game Night w/guest Justin Purvis
  • Silent Films
  • Actress Audrey Hepburn
  • Director William Wellman
  • Shakespeare On Film
  • Director Alfred Hitchcock
  • Violence In Cinema
  • An Afternoon with guest Brian Dennehy
  • Native Americans In Cinema
  • Video Essays with guest Jacob T. Swinney
  • Actor Alan Ladd
  • Concert w/guests Martin Payne & Friends
  • Actor Sean Connery with guest Alec Baldwin
  • Racism in Hollywood Cinema

  • Actor Steve McQueen
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Editing
  • Director John Ford
  • Film Theme Songs
  • Actor William Powell
  • Hollywood Blacklist
  • Actor Bruce Lee
  • Costume Design
  • Film Stardom
  • Sports Films
  • Biopics
  • Film Research with guest Edward McGinty
  • Page-To-Screen: Fiction
  • Blockbuster Films
  • Posthumous Performances
  • Film Dialogue
  • Actor Cary Grant
  • Film Criticism
  • Martial Arts Films
  • Film Publicity with guest Gary Springer
  • National Film Registry
  • Plot Twists
  • Actor Jack Lemmon
  • Page-To-Screen: Comics
  • Soviet Cinema
  • Disaster Films
  • Director Sidney Lumet
  • Page-To-Screen: Stage Play
  • Storyboards
  • Page-To-Screen: Print Articles
  • Director Preston Sturges
  • Actor Gary Cooper
  • Movie Spoofs
  • Movie Satires
  • Concert Films
  • Actor Leslie Howard
  • Auteur Theory
  • Actor James Dean
  • Cult Films
  • Director George A. Romero
  • World War I in Cinema
  • Sound Design
  • Actor Frank Sinatra
  • Homosexuality In Cinema
  • Film Monologues & Speeches
  • Director Ingmar Bergman
  • 1940's Films
  • Actor Sidney Poitier

  • Page-To-Screen: Short Story
  • Film Scores
  • Actor William Holden
  • Directors' Cuts
  • Film Iconography
  • Phenomenon Of "Gone With The Wind"
  • French New Wave
  • Tearjerkers
  • Gangster Films
  • James Bond Films
  • First Features
  • Slasher Films
  • Voice-Over Narration
  • Director Charles Chaplin
  • Film Remakes
  • Chase Scenes
  • Theme, Story & Plot
  • Director Stanley Kubrick
  • Actor Gregory Peck
  • Character Entrances
  • Opening Scenes
  • Closing Scenes
  • Film Soundtrack Albums
  • Death Scenes
  • Title Sequences
  • End Credits & After Credits
  • GS Film Festival w/guest Diane Raver
  • Breakthrough Performances
  • Director Howard Hawks
  • Film Franchises
  • Director Frank Capra
  • Courtroom Dramas
  • 1980's Action Films
  • Actor Discussion with guest Brian Dennehy
  • Director George Stevens
  • Actor Robert Walker
  • Non-linear Narrative Films
  • Actor Paul Newman
  • Guilty Pleasure Films
  • Actress Katharine Hepburn
  • Western Films
  • Director Leo McCarey
  • Mise En Scene
  • Film Montage
  • Director John Huston
  • Documentary Talk w/guest Craig Dudnick
  • Actor Henry Fonda
  • Film Trilogies
  • Actress Barbara Stanwyck
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