Martin Scorsese Film Series
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
6:30 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. This 1974 film starring Ellen Burstyn is part of our Martin Scorsese film discussion series. Refreshments will be served.
 

Queen of the B's: Ida Lupino Film Series
The Hard Way
Thursday, February 11, 2010
2 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
Manipulative, pushy Ida shoves her younger sister into a showbiz marriage. This 1944 film starring Ida Lupino is part of our "Queen of the B's" series presented by historian Doug Deuchler. Directed by Vincent Sherman, 109 minutes.
 

Queen of the B's: Ida Lupino Film Series
The Man I Love
Thursday, February 18, 2010
2 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
Tough, wisecracking Ida works as a singer in a mobster's nightclub. This 1947 film starring Ida Lupino is part of our "Queen of the B's" series presented by historian Doug Deuchler. Directed by Raoul Walsh, 96 minutes.
 

Foreign Exchange Film Program
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2 pm Maze Branch
The film recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. Part of our Foreign Exchange Program, refreshments served.
 

Queen of the B's: Ida Lupino Film Series
Deep Valley
Thursday, February 25, 2010
2 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
An escaped convict changes the dreary existence of Lupino, a lonely rural woman. This 1947 film starring Ida Lupino is part of our "Queen of the B's" series presented by historian Doug Deuchler. Directed by Jean Negulesco, 104 minutes.
 

2nd Annual Oscar Fest
Saturday, February 27, 2010
9 am to 5 pm Veterans Room, Second Floor, Main Library
Camp out all day with a bagged lunch or drop in for your top picks. Coffee and bagels in the morning and popcorn in the afternoon as well as trivia quizzes throughout the day with three prizes from Bruegger's Bagels, one worth $150. These are the four Best Picture Nominees we will be presenting at our all-day Oscar marathon:

9 am District 9 (Neil Blomkamp, 112 min)
Produced by Peter Jackson, an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

11 am Up (Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, 96 min)
In Pixar's latest masterpiece, a 78-year-old named Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America, by tying thousands of balloons to his house. Right after lifting off, however, he learns that Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

12:45 pm A Serious Man (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, 105 min)
From the Coen brothers, a black comedy set in 1967 and centered around a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother won't move out of the house.

2:40 pm The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 131 min)
Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.

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.
 

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 16, 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.