Metropolis (1927)
Part of the Horizons of Hope Film Series, presented in partnership with Boston College
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DateApril 13, 2026
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Event Starts7:00 PM
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LocationLoreto Theater
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Doors OpenLobby Opens 1 Hour Before Show | Doors 30 Mins Before Show
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Ticket PricesPay what you wish
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AvailabilityOn Sale Now
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Event Details
Meet us at the Sheen Center for this German Expressionist Sci-Fi classic, followed by a thoughtful talkback with Dr. Matthew Clemente of Boston College. This film school favorite depicts a future society ruled by an aristocracy living in luxury above ground while the workers suffer miserably underground, comforted only by the religious faith of a young woman (Brigitte Helm) in whose likeness a sinister scientist (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) fashions a robot inciting the workers to rebel but all ends in reconciliation. Directed by Fritz Lang, the story's melodramatic turns and woolly finale may be dated but not its vivid pictorial sense, grandly expressionistic decor and theme of social justice. *
About Horizons of Hope:
In 1995, Pope John Paul II released the Vatican Film List- a list of forty-five films significant to the Catholic faith. Among them were the German Expressionist SciFi film, Metropolis (1927); the 1933 classic film adaption of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, an early talkie whose cast includes a young Katharine Hepburn; and the 1922 adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, Nosferatu. What do these films have to do with our Faith? Join us and moderator Dr. Matthew Clemente, Director of Research and Curriculum at the Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics at Boston College, for a film festival celebrating art and spirituality with three classic films, three compelling post-show conversations, and of course, a lot of popcorn.
*Language adapted from USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops).
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- March 9, 2026 Nosferatu
- March 23, 2026 Little Women
About Horizons of Hope:
In 1995, Pope John Paul II released the Vatican Film List- a list of forty-five films significant to the Catholic faith. Among them were the German Expressionist SciFi film, Metropolis (1927); the 1933 classic film adaption of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, an early talkie whose cast includes a young Katharine Hepburn; and the 1922 adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, Nosferatu. What do these films have to do with our Faith? Join us and moderator Dr. Matthew Clemente, Director of Research and Curriculum at the Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics at Boston College, for a film festival celebrating art and spirituality with three classic films, three compelling post-show conversations, and of course, a lot of popcorn.
About Dr. Matthew Clemente, our Moderator
Dr. Matthew Clemente is the Director of Research & Curriculum at Center for Psychological Humanities & Ethics and an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Formative Education at Boston College. He is the Coeditor in Chief of the Journal for Continental Philosophy of Religion and the Codirector of The Guestbook Project, a 501c3 non-profit. He is the Series Editor of two book series with Routledge/Taylor & Francis and has authored or edited over a dozen books.