Denver Film and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science joined forces to untangle fact from fiction in your favorite science fiction films. Museum scientists and Vincent Piturro, Ph.D., Professor of Film and Media Studies at MSU Denver, screen classic sci-fi films and lead discussions exploring where science and film meet.

All screenings will take place at 6:30pm.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Come before the event to get a drink from the cash bar or for a book sale and signing of The Science of Sci-Fi Cinema: Essays on the Art and Principles of Ten Films with Vincent Piturro and Museum scientists. Inspired by the Sci-Fi Series, this volume of essays examines 10 films, with a focus on discerning the possible, the unlikely and the purely science fictional.

Event Locations:

• Sie FilmCenter
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science

THEM!

🗓: July 12 | 6:30pm
📍: Sie FilmCenter

Post-film discussion with Educations Collections Manager and Museum Science Liaison Jeff Stephenson.

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

🗓: July 19 | 6:30pm
📍: Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Post-film discussion with Peak Nova Solutions Owner & Astronomer Naomi Pequette

NOPE

🗓: July 26 | 6:30pm
📍: Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Post-film discussion with Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Paula Cushing, Ph.D.

THE MUMMY

🗓: August 2 | 6:30pm
📍: Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Post-film discussion with Erin Baxter, Ph.D., Acting Curator of Anthropology

BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES

🗓: August 9 | 6:30pm
📍: Sie FilmCenter

Post-film discussion with Assistant Curator of Space Science Ka Chun Yu, Ph.D.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

🗓: August 16 | 6:30pm
📍: Sie FilmCenter

Post-film discussion with Gussie Maccracken, Ph.D., Assistant Curator of Paleobotany.

View Denver Film film guide.