Showing Wednesday, January 18 at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 18 at 1:30 p.m. - ANOTHER YEAR (2010) Starring Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, and Peter Wight; Rated PG-13; 129 minutes

A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.

Academy Award® Nominee, Best Original Screenplay (Mike Leigh)

"The best picture of the year!" -- Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

"A miracle of a movie!" -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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

Showing Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 13 at 7:30 p.m. - BEGINNERS (2011) Starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, and Melanie Laurent; Rated R; 105 minutes.

This film imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver. Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who – following 44 years of marriage – came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. The upheavals of Hal’s new honesty brought father and son closer than they’d ever been able to be. Now Oliver endeavors to love Anna with all the bravery, humor, and hope that his father taught him.

"Funny, touching and altogether extraordinary" -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

""Endlessly original! Christopher Plummer is pitch-perfect. Ewan McGregor's best performance." -- Claudia Puig, USA Today

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

Check out the rest of our Friday Films in January.

...and a special encore performance of Midnight in Paris in our Conference Room at the same time...

Woody Allen's latest film was such a big hit that we're offering a special encore screening of it. Join us in our Conference Room on the Mezzanine Level on Friday, January 13 at 7:30 p.m. More information on the film can be found here.

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

Showing this Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. -- THE IDES OF MARCH (2011) Starring George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman; Rated R; 101 minutes.

This film takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency. Based on the play by Beau Willimon.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

4 Golden Globe Award Nominations for Best PIcture (Drama), Best Actor - Ryan Gosling (Drama), Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

"The Ides of March soars." -- Rex Reed, The New York Observer

"A pulse racing thriller." -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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

Click here for a complete list of Friday Films in January.

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

Showing Wednesday, December 14 at 1:30 p.m.

Did you miss it on Friday evening? We're showing a special encore matinee performance of THE HELP this Wednesday.

Wednesday, December 14 at 1:30 p.m. -- THE HELP (2011) Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Bryce Dallas Howard; Rated PG-13; 146 minutes.

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a small Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say.

"An instant classic." - Chris Parente, FOX Denver

"One of the best movies of the year!" - Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV

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

Showing Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, December 23 at 7:30 p.m. -- SUBMARINE (2011) Starring Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins and Paddy Considine; Rated R; 97 minutes.

Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents' marriage via carefully plotted intervention and to lose his virginity before his next birthday. Worried that his mom is having an affair with New Age weirdo Graham, Oliver monitors his parents' bedroom. Meanwhile, Oliver attempts to woo his classmate, Jordana, a self-professed pyromaniac who supervises his journal writing - especially the bits about her. When necessary, she orders him to cross things out.

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

Click here for a complete list of Friday Films in December.

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

Showing Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 20 at 7:30 p.m. - CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (2010) Documentary feature directed by Werner Herzog; Not Rated; 90 minutes.

This film is a breathtaking new documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog which follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. This unforgettable cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago -- almost twice as old as any previous discovery.

"If you're a member of the human race - you owe it to yourself to see this movie." -- Dana Stevens, Slate

"Four stars! Wonderful. See this film. It takes you to a place you won't soon forget." -- Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

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

Click here for a complete list of Friday Films in January.

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

Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. - Main Street (2010) Starring Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, and Patricia Clarkson; Rated PG; 92 minutes.

Main Street is a contemporary drama about several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community -- from its Mayor to a local police officer to a once-wealthy tobacco heiress -- will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships and the very heart of their neighborhood.

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

Friday, December 9 at 7:30 p.m. - The Help (2011) Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer; Rated PG-13; 146 minutes.

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a small Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say.

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

There will be no Friday Night Film on Friday, December 16.

Friday, December 23 at 7:30 p.m. - Submarine (2011) Starring Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, and Paddy Considine; Rated R; 97 minutes.

Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents' marriage via carefully plotted intervention and to lose his virginity before his next birthday. Worried that his mom is having an affair with New Age weirdo Graham, Oliver monitors his parents' bedroom. Meanwhile, Oliver attempts to woo his classmate, Jordana, a self-professed pyromaniac who supervises his journal writing - especially the bits about her. When necessary, she orders him to cross things out.

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

Friday, December 30 at 7:30 p.m. - The Tree (2010) Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Morgana Davies; Not Rated; 100 minutes.

Blindsided with anguish after her husband’s sudden death, Dawn -- along with her four young children -- struggles to make sense of life without him. Eight-year-old Simone becomes convinced that her father is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan fig tree that towers over their house. The family is initially comforted by its presence, but then the tree’s enormous roots slowly begin to encroach on the abode and threaten their fragile existence.

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).

Showing Wednesday, December 21 at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 21 at 1:30 p.m. - THE FAMILY STONE (2005) Starring Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Claire Danes; Rated PG-13; 103 minutes

An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

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

Please note that this month's Wednesday matinee will take place in the Conference Room on our Mezzanine Level.

Showing Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, December 30 at 7:30 p.m. -- THE TREE (2010) Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies and Marton Csokas; Not Rated; 100 minutes.

Blindsided with anguish after her husband’s sudden death, Dawn -- along with her four young children -- struggles to make sense of life without him. Eight-year-old Simone becomes convinced that her father is whispering to her through the leaves of the gargantuan fig tree that towers over their house. The family is initially comforted by its presence, but then the tree’s enormous roots slowly begin to encroach on the abode and threaten their fragile existence.

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

Check out the rest of our Friday Films in December.

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

Showing Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. -- MAIN STREET (2010) Starring Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, and Patricia Clarkson; Rated R; 92 minutes.

Main Street is a contemporary drama about several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown.  In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community -- from its Mayor to a local police officer to a once-wealthy tobacco heiress -- will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships and the very heart of their neighborhood.

"Quite the cast...[a] feel good [movie]..." - Huffington Post

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

Click here for a complete list of Friday Films in December.

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