WTVS Detroit Public TV's Friday Night Chase Film Festival is your destination for uncut, uninterrupted classic films. Each Friday at 9 p.m., host Elliot Wilhelm, film curator for the Detroit Institute of Arts and founder of the Detroit Film Theatre, introduces the film and offers his insight and commentary.

Lust for Life
Friday, 8/8 from 9-11:05 p.m. ET
Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness, propels him through an unhappy life full of failures and unrewarding relationships.

Moby Dick
Friday, 8/15 from 9-11 p.m. ET
Gregory Peck triumphs in his starring role as the obsessed Capt. Ahab in this big-screen version of Herman Melville's classic novel.

A Star Is Born
Friday, 8/22 from 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. ET
Drunken waining movie star Norman Maine (James Mason) meets showgirl Esther Blodgett (Judy Garland) when he literally stumbles into her act one night.

That's Entertainment!
Friday, 8/29 from 9-11:10 p.m. ET
MGM musical numbers from the introduction of sound in the late '20s through to the 1950s.

Ocean's Eleven
Saturday, 9/27 from 9-11:15 p.m. ET
A band of soldier friends from the 82nd airborne regroup 15 years later to rob millions of dollars from five Las Vegas casinos.

What's New Pussycat?
Saturday, 9/27 from 1:40-3:30 a.m. ET
Michael James, a notorious womanizer, desperately wants to be faithful to his fiancée Carole, but runs into serious problems since every woman he meets seems to fall in love with him.