Monday Afternoon @ the Movies: The Birdcage (1996)
The Birdcage (1996) Mike Nichols remake of La Cage aux Folles (France, 1978), stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest.
The Birdcage (1996) Mike Nichols remake of La Cage aux Folles (France, 1978), stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest.
Join renowned ecologist Jay Westerveld as he delves into the impact of greenwashing on ecology, drawing on examples to highlight its most deceptive manifestations and strategies for prevention. Jay will discuss the most insidious forms of greenwashing and how to avoid them, from the 1983 incident that inspired the term, to our current dawn of artificial intelligence.
Come join us for a slice of pizza and some brain science!
In Honor of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: The Farewell (2019) Comedy-drama written and directed by Lulu Wang, it stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin and Zhao Shuzhen. The film follows a Chinese American woman named Billi, who learns her grandmother, Nai Nai, has only a short while left to live.
AWPL Classic Monday: Charade (1963) Is Anyone Really Who They Seem To Be? Stanley Donen’s suspense thriller/romantic comedy stars Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, and features Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass and Jacques Marin.
In Honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day: Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) Spy political thriller directed by Anatole Litvak and the first explicitly anti-Nazi film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio. Stars Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders, Paul Lukas, and a large cast of German actors, including some who had emigrated from their country after the rise of Adolf Hitler.
The Lost Daughter (2021) Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut: a psychological drama, based Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novel, stars Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Dagmara Domińczyk, Jack Farthing, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Peter Sarsgaard and Ed Harris; a woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past. Rated R: 2 hours, 1 minute.
In Honor of the Solar Eclipse: Moonstruck (1987) When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore. When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore. Romantic comedy stars Cher as Loretta Castorini, an Italian-American widow and bookkeeper from Brooklyn, who finds herself in a bit of a pickle when she falls for her fiancé’s brother.
Beginning at 1pm, the Library will live-
AWPL Classic Monday: Harvey (1950) Comedy based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize Winning 1944 play, and stars James Stewart and Josephine Hull. The story centers on a man whose best friend is a puca named Harvey, a 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in tall white invisible rabbit, and the ensuing debacle when the man's sister tries to have him committed to a sanatorium. Not Rated: 1 hour 44 minutes.