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FILMS SERIES

Registration required.  Registration begins Monday, December 19, and Monday, December 12 for members of the Friends of the Library. Movies are shown at multiple locations. If one is filled please check with another location. As space is limited, please be sure to cancel any reservations you are unable to keep. Any unclaimed reserved seats are released 5 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the program.

Register online - or call or visit the hosting library.

The films series is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Beginners
Wednesday, January 11, 2 p.m. - Headquarters
Thursday, January 12, 2 p.m. - Naples Regional
Tuesday, January 17, 5 p.m. - South Regional

Directed by Mike Mills
Starring Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor, Melanie Laurent
When a graphic designer with a history of failed relationships meets a pretty French actress shortly after his father has passed away, he realizes just how much of a beginner he is when it comes to long-lasting romantic love.  Memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 45 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a fully re-energized life, encourage him to explore the potential of a truly loving relationship.
2011, USA. Comedy, 104 minutes, color, rated R

Midnight in Paris
Wednesday, February 8, 2 p.m. - Headquarters
Thursday, February 9, 2 p.m. - Naples Regional
Tuesday, February 21, 5 p.m.  - South Regional

Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Marion Cotillard
Iconic American director Woody Allen returns with this romantic comedy, his strongest film in years. As a young couple engaged to be married experiences a profound transformation during their visit to Paris, an idealistic man with a romanticized view of the city finds that there's plenty of truth to that old adage about the grass being greener on the other side.
2011, USA/Spain. Comedy, 94 minutes, color, rated PG-13

Made in Dagenham
Tuesday, March 13, 5 p.m. - South Regional
Wednesday, March 14, 2 p.m. - Headquarters
Thursday, March 15, 2 p.m. - Naples Regional

Directed by Nigel Cole; starring Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson
We celebrate Women’s History Month with this period docudrama, which brings to life a pivotal event in British labor and gender history.  In 1968, the female workers at the Ford auto plant in Dagenham walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.  Their actions played a major role in the battle for equal pay for all women, both nationally and internationally.
2010, UK. Drama, 113 minutes, color, rated R

The Help
Wednesday, April 11, 2 p.m. - Headquarters
Thursday, April 12, 2 p.m. - Naples Regional
Tuesday, April 17, 5 p.m. - South Regional

Directed by Tate Taylor
Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Sissy Spacek
Kathryn Stockett's phenomenal 2009 debut novel comes to the big screen in this faithful 2011 adaptation. Mississippi during the pre-civil rights 1960s: a white southern society girl returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her small hometown upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.
2011, USA. Drama, 146 minutes, color, rated PG-13
 

The Last Station
Wednesday, May 9, 2 p.m. - Headquarters
Thursday, May 10, 2 p.m. - Naples Regional
Tuesday, May 15, 5 p.m. - South Regional

Directed by Michael Hoffman
Starring Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti
In honor of his newly created religion, Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy renounces his title, property, and family in favor of poverty and celibacy.  For the Countess Sofya, his wife of nearly fifty years, this is the last straw.  After she discovers his plans to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family, she decides to use every trick of seduction in her considerable arsenal, to fight for what she believes is rightfully hers.
2009, USA/ Russia/Germany. Drama, 113 minutes, color, rated‘R