Come watch Darien Library’s “Friday Night Feature” film “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Friday, June 23, in the library’s Community Room
Tina Fey steps into the well-worn shoes of journalist Kim Barker in Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of Barker’s memoir The Taliban Shuffle. This 2016 film features Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob Thornton ; Rated R; 111 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. __________
— an announcement from Darien Library
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Come watch Darien Library’s “Friday Night Feature” film “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Friday, June 23, in the library’s Community Room
Tina Fey steps into the well-worn shoes of journalist Kim Barker in Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of Barker’s memoir The Taliban Shuffle. This 2016 film features Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob Thornton ; Rated R; 111 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. __________
— an announcement from Darien Library
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Join us at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, in the Teen Lounge at the Darien Library for “Classic Teen Movie Festival” Feature “Clueless” . A rich high school student tries to boost a new pupil’s popularity, but reckons with affairs of the heart getting in the way. This 1995 film features Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy; Rated PG-13; 110 minutes. __________
— an announcement from Darien Library
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Watch the Darien Library’s Wednesday Matinee film “The Dressmaker” at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, in the library’s Community Room. An accomplished dressmaker returns to her backwoods hometown in 1950s Australia, which she fled at a young age after she was accused of murdering a boy. While running a local dress shop, she investigates the murder mystery that ruined her life. This 2015 film features Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Judy Davis Rated PG; 118 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. __________
— an announcement from Darien Library
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Darien Library’s “Pride Film Fest” will feature “The Bird Cage” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 19, in the library’s Community Room. In this remake of the classic French farce “La Cage aux Folles,” engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) shakily introduce their future in-laws. Val’s father, Armand (Robin Williams), a gay Miami drag club owner, pretends to be straight and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert (Nathan Lane), his life partner and the club’s flamboyant star attraction, so as to please Barbara’s father, controversial Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman). This 1996 film features Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman; Rated PG-13; 117 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. __________
— an announcement from Darien Library
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Darien Library’s “Pride Film Fest” will feature “The Bird Cage” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 19, in the library’s Community Room. In this remake of the classic French farce “La Cage aux Folles,” engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) shakily introduce their future in-laws. Val’s father, Armand (Robin Williams), a gay Miami drag club owner, pretends to be straight and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert (Nathan Lane), his life partner and the club’s flamboyant star attraction, so as to please Barbara’s father, controversial Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman). This 1996 film features Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman; Rated PG-13; 117 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. __________
— an announcement from Darien Library
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Darien Library’s “Pride Film Fest” continues with “In & Out” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 12 in the library’s Community Room. Upon winning an Academy Award, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) honors his high school teacher, Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), who he announces, before millions of viewers, is gay. This comes as news to Brackett’s parents (Wilford Brimley, Debbie Reynolds), his principal (Bob Newhart) and especially his fiancée (Joan Cusack). As a media blitz descends upon on his small Indiana town, Brackett attempts to convince everyone that he’s your average straight American male. This 1997 film features Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley; Rated R; 108 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired.
Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth resulting in a life-altering friendship. You can watch this Friday Night Feature at 6:30 or 8:45 p.m., Friday, June 9 in the Community Room. This 2017 film features Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, AnnJewel Lee Dixon, Thomas Sadoski, Philip Baker Hall, Gedde Watanabe, Tom Everett Scott; Rated R; 108 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. __________
— an announcement from Darien Library
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Official website | IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | Wikipedia
Darien Library’s “Pride Film Fest” continues with “In & Out” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 12 in the library’s Community Room. Upon winning an Academy Award, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) honors his high school teacher, Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline), who he announces, before millions of viewers, is gay. This comes as news to Brackett’s parents (Wilford Brimley, Debbie Reynolds), his principal (Bob Newhart) and especially his fiancée (Joan Cusack). As a media blitz descends upon on his small Indiana town, Brackett attempts to convince everyone that he’s your average straight American male. This 1997 film features Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley; Rated R; 108 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired.
Stonewall is a drama about a fictional young man caught up during the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) is forced to leave behind friends and loved ones when he is kicked out of his parent’s home and flees to New York. You can watch this film at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 5 in the Darien Library Community Room. Alone in Greenwich Village, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the local watering hole The Stonewall Inn; however, this shady, mafia-run club is far from a safe-haven. As Danny and his friends experience discrimination, endure atrocities and are repeatedly harassed by the police, we see a rage begin to build.
Businessman Ray Kroc fights for control of McDonald’s, and turns it into a global franchise in “The Founder,” Darien Library’s “Friday Night Feature” at 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. Friday in the Community Room. This 2016 movie features Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, John Carroll Lynch; Rated PG-13; 115 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. __________
— an announcement from Darien Library
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