Martin Scorsese Film Series
Taxi Driver
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
6:30 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process. This 1975 film starring Robert DeNiro is part of our Martin Scorsese film discussion series. Refreshments will be served.
 

The Last Truck
Sunday, March 28, 2010
2 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
Film program co-sponsored by the Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice.
 

Up
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
3 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
Join us for a fabulous recent movie! No registration required.
 

French Club Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
7 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
A 2007 film by Julian Schnabel, starring Mathieu Almaric. Based on the memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby who was the editor of Elle, the French fashion magazine, when he had a paralyzing stroke. Academy Award nominations for best director and best adapted screenplay. Highly acclaimed by film critics who have described it as a poetic story of the triumph of the human spirit, portrayed with brilliant cinematography. In French with English subtitles. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
 

Foreign Exchange Film Program
Katyn
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
2 pm Maze Branch
An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940. Part of our Foreign Exchange Program, refreshments served.
 

Martin Scorsese Film Series
Raging Bull
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
6:30 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. This 1980 film starring Robert DeNiro is part of our Martin Scorsese film discussion series. Refreshments will be served.
 

Foreign Exchange Film Program
Rudo y Cursi
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
2 pm Maze Branch
Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional soccer. Part of our Foreign Exchange Program, refreshments served.
 

Martin Scorsese Film Series
King of Comedy and BAD (music video)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
6:30 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin wants to achieve success in showbiz by resorting to stalking his idol, a late night talk show host who craves his own privacy. This 1982 film stars Robert DeNiro and Jerry Lewis. Both the film and the music video are part of our Martin Scorsese film discussion series. Refreshments will be served.
 

Martin Scorsese Film Series
After Hours and Mirror Mirror (Amazing Stories)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
6:30 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop. This 1985 film stars Griffin Dunne and Rosanna Arquette. Both films are part of our Martin Scorsese film discussion series. Refreshments will be served.