Heiress Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) longs to become an opera star in 1940s New York, despite possessing a horrible singing voice. With the help and encouragement of her husband (Hugh Grant) and a talented musician (Simon Helberg), she finds a very strange kind of success as a performer and recording artist. The movie will be shown at 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. in the Louise Berry Auditorium. The 2016 movie features Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Nina Arianda, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Helberg, Stanley Townsend; Rated PG-13; 110 minutes; Presented with captions for the hearing impaired.
Heiress Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) longs to become an opera star in 1940s New York, despite possessing a horrible singing voice. With the help and encouragement of her husband (Hugh Grant) and a talented musician (Simon Helberg), she finds a very strange kind of success as a performer and recording artist. The 2016 movie features Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Nina Arianda, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Helberg, Stanley Townsend; Rated PG-13; 110 minutes; Presented with captions for the hearing impaired.
“Wild Oats” (2016) will be presented at Darien Library at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7. The movie stars Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, Demi Moore, Billy Connolly, Judd Hirsch, Howard Hesseman; Rated PG-13; 91 minutes; presented with captions for the hearing impaired. Everything changes for Eva when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50,000. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
(2015) Starring Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Eddie Redmayne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw, Emerald Fennell; Rated R; 120 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. After standing in as a female model for a painting by his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander), Danish artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) becomes enamored with his feminine identity and begins living as a woman named Lili Elbe. Although their marriage becomes strained, Gerda stands by Lili as she explores her true self and eventually undergoes one of the world’s first gender-reassignment surgeries in the 1930s. This touching biopic was adapted from David Ebershoff’s book of the same name, and helmed by director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen’s)
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“The Tragic True Story Behind the Danish Girl” Daily Telegraph, Feb.
The movie Concussion (2015) is Darien Library’s Friday Night Feature for Friday, June 3. It will play at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the library. The film stars Will Smith and also features Stephen Moyer, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Eddie Marsan, Luke Wilson; Rated PG-13; 123 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. Filmmaker Peter Landesman (Parkland) wrote and directed this sports-themed drama based on Jeanne Marie Laskas’ GQ article “Game Brain,” about the potentially horrific cost of playing football. Pittsburgh-based neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) discovers a degenerative brain disease now known as CTE in the autopsies of several deceased pro-football players, but after presenting his research, he finds himself under fire from the NFL.
