Greenwich Library | Friends Friday Films

Friends Friday Films - Michael Clayton

When: Friday September 19th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007)
Directed by Tony Gilroy. With George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack. A fixer for a high-priced law firm finds himself up to his eyeballs in a dangerous, swirling series of events that could spell disaster for all involved. A riveting piece of suspense. Director/ Producer Sydney Pollack’s last film, this time as an actor. 119 min. Rated R
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free.
This series is made available by your membership contributions.
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - The Kite Runner

When: Friday September 26th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

THE KITE RUNNER (2007)
Directed by Marc Forster. With Khalid Abdalla, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan. Filmization of the beloved novel by Khaled Hosseini. The friendship of two boys growing up in Afghanistan from the last days of the monarchy in 1979 to the present.
In English and Dari with English subtitles. 122 min. Rated PG-13 (for strong thematic material, violence, and brief strong language).
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - Once

When: Friday October 3rd, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

ONCE (2006)
Directed by John Carney. With Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova. A street musician, his girlfriend, and music: pure and simple. It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Mesmerizing. A charming low budget film that wears its heart on its sleeve.
88 min. Rated R (for conversational swearing).
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

When: Friday October 10th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (2007-France)
Directed by Julian Schnabel. With Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Max von Sydow. The editor of a French fashion magazine suffers a paralyzing stroke and can only communicate by blinking his left eye. He astonishingly succeeds in writing his memoir blink by blink. A truly heroic story and fascinating film. 112 min. In French and English with English subtitles.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - La Vie en Rose

When: Friday October 17th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

LA VIE EN ROSE (2007-France)
Directed by Olivier Dahan. With Marion Cotillard. Tells the life story of the French singer Edith Piaf through a turbulent, chaotic arc that ended in her death at age 47. All of her songs and heartaches are here. Stunningly portrayed by Marion Cotillard who earned an Academy Award for Best Actress. 140 min. In French with English subtitles.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - The Savages

When: Friday October 24th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

THE SAVAGES (2007)
Directed by Tamara Jenkins. With Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco. Brother and sister Linney and Hoffman come together to move their father from a retirement community to an assisted living facility. A film of nuance, humor, and intelligence. 113 min. Rated R
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - Iron Jawed Angels

When: Friday October 31st, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

IRON JAWED ANGELS (2004)
Directed by Katja von Garnier. With Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Angelica Huston. The true story of how defiant and brilliant activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns took the women’s suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk. A pre-election look at a different time (1914) with resonances strikingly like those of today.125 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - Cold Mountain

When: Friday November 7th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

COLD MOUNTAIN (2003)
Directed by Anthony Minghella. With Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renee Zellweger, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman. An epic Civil War saga of love, separation, battle, colorful characters, great performances, and visual beauty; compared by some to Homer’s Odyssey. 155 min. Rated R
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - The Nanny Diaries

When: Friday November 14th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

THE NANNY DIARIES (2007)
Co-directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. With Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti. Upper East Side Manhattan natives and their nanny lifestyles come under the microscope in this jaundiced view by a nanny who got the job by accident. From the best seller by two NYU grads. 107 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - Shadow of a Doubt

When: Friday November 21st, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Joseph Cotton, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Harry Travers.. Is Uncle Charlie really the “Merry Widow Murderer?” Hitchcock teamed up with Thorton Wilder to write the flip side of Our Town, a small town America that is sunny and pleasant on the outside but dark and disturbed underneath. Hitchcock considered this his favorite film. 108 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - She

When: Friday December 5th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

SHE (1935)
Directed by Lansing C. Holden and Irving Pichel. With Helen Gahagen, Randolph Scott. Long thought to be lost, this film was painstakingly restored. A thrilling tale of adventure, immortality and lost love where explorers are taken to the heart of a lost glacier. Art Deco sets, Busby Berkeley-style choreography, and the lush powerful music of Max Steiner all contribute. 102 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

When: Friday December 12th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

MA AND PA KETTLE AT HOME (1954)
Directed by Charles Lamont. With Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray.
Down home humor abounds as the Kettles try to impress an eastern magazine editor to win a scholarship. Slapstick, wild chases, and Christmas with the Kettles and their 15 kids. All this long before The Beverly Hillbillies. What more could you ask? 81 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - No Film

When: Friday December 19th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

Friends Friday Films - No Film

Friends Friday Films - No Film

When: Friday December 26th, 2008 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

Friends Friday Films - No Film

Friends Friday Films - Persepolis

When: Friday January 2nd, 2009 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

PERSEPOLIS (2007)
Co-directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. An animated film that tells the life story of Marjane Satrapi by adapting her two graphic novels to the animation medium. She grew up in Iran, then left for Vienna and freedom, but returned home to find Iran an inhospitable place. Animated in rich black and white with shades of gray and occasional color. 95 min. In French with English subtitles.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - I am Legend

When: Friday January 9th, 2009 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

I AM LEGEND (2007)
Directed by Francis Lawrence. With Will Smith, Alice Braga. A deadly virus has killed every human in Manhattan except one, Will Smith. Well constructed and vividly acted version of the classic 1954 sci-fi novel by Richard Matheson. This is the third filming of the novel and has the advantages of stunning special effects. 114 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - Cars

When: Friday January 16th, 2009 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

CARS (2006)
Directed by John Lassiter. With the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Michael Keaton, and Tom and Ray of Car Talk. An animated trip down old Route 66 by the creators of The Incredibles and Finding Nemo. For car, animation and humor lovers; a tale that says life is about the journey, not the finish line. 118 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - The Namesake

When: Friday January 23rd, 2009 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

THE NAMESAKE (2006)
Directed by Mira Nair. With Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Sahira Nair. An Indian couple in an arranged marriage move to New York to discover a new country and raise a family. The film concerns itself with being Indian and American at the same time, with split-level suburban houses and all. Covers 30 years and lovingly illustrates the story familiar to all immigrant groups in America. From the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. 122 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.

Friends Friday Films - Kiss of Death

When: Friday January 30th, 2009 - 08:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Cole Auditorium

KISS OF DEATH (1947)
Directed by Henry Hathaway. With Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark. Powerful film noir tale about small-time hood Mature who makes a deal with the assistant D.A. only to find his life in jeopardy. Features Widmark’s screen debut as the psychopathic Johnny Udo. Full of the classic noir touches. 98 min.
Admission to the Friends Friday Films is free
This series is made available by your membership contributions
Show time is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.