A special program at the "House of Cinema" brings together lectures that explore key forms of mass cinema that have become the language of entire eras - from the songs and dances of Broadway to the setting sun of the western prairie. The first lecture in the series - "Broadway - Hollywood. The Musical as a Triumph of Style over Content" - is dedicated to how the musical genre managed to transcend theatrical boundaries and became a laboratory for visual experiments. The cinematic embodiment of the scene provided the viewer with new forms of movement, editing, and color, while giving directors the opportunity to make style more important than the plot. The second lecture - "How the West Was Won. The Mythology of the Western" - explores the birth of the American myth of freedom, justice, and solitude. Through images of cowboys, sheriffs, and travelers, cinema guests will trace how cinema navigated its own boundary between chaos and order. From the first black-and-white adventures to the tragic reflections of the Clint Eastwood era: the western became not just a genre, but a philosophy that shaped the face of Hollywood. The lectures in the series, held at the "House of Cinema," will immerse audiences in the living space of cinematic time, where behind the genre forms lie the fates of heroes, cultures, and the viewers themselves. Each meeting is a reflection on why cinema still remains a mirror of society and its dreams.