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Film critic to discuss Chaplin film ‘City Lights’

Fans of silent movie star Charlie Chaplin will want to visit Waterstone this Sunday to listen in on a fascinating lecture about Chaplin’s film, “City Lights.”

Film critic Dan Kimmel, a former Boston correspondent for Variety who taught film at Suffolk University, is visiting on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the 1931 film.

The film follows Chaplin’s famous “Little Tramp” as he falls in love with a blind, flower girl who needs money for a special operation to regain her sight. Luckily for the girl, the Tramp’s acquainted with the Eccentric Millionaire who eventually gives Chaplin the money, but not before several hijinks ensue.

You can read an original 1931 New York Times review of the film here.

Kimmel is the past president of the Boston Society of Film Critics and served as a founding co-chair of the Boston Online Film Critics Association.

Dan Kimmel presents ‘City Lights’

Sunday, Sept. 14 at 2:30 p.m.

Click here to RSVP or call 781-235-1614.

If you can’t make the discussion, we’re also hosting a performance by Stephen Collins, an actor and theater enthusiast, on Sept. 16 at 2:30 p.m. Collins will present his one-man show, “The Theater of the 1903s, 1940s, 1950s.”

Stephen Collins performs

Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 2:30 p.m.

Click here to RSVP or call 781-235-1614.