Friday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m. - Meek's Cutoff (2010) Starring Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano; Rated PG; 104 minutes

The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as the natural enemy.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. - Weekend One-Acts

In lieu of a Friday Night Film, Darien Library is proud to present for the second time “Weekend One-Acts,” a theatrical weekend featuring free performances of one-act plays from two esteemed American playwrights. We had to turn people away from last year's performance so you’ll want to arrive early this year. The program of two works includes Tennessee Williams’ I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow and David Ives’ Variations on the Death of Trotsky.

Friday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. - The Trip (2010) Starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, and Claire Keelan; Not Rated; 107 minutes

Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

Friday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. - Page One: Inside The New York Times (2011) Rated R; 92 minutes

Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.

For more information, please watch the film's trailer.

 All films are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen's).