Film Club

Instead of books, a club for those interested in films to meet fellow movie lovers and to discuss, share and explore new ideas.

Watch the selected film and then join us for a lively discussion each month.
From the casual viewer to the cinephile, all levels of interest in film are welcome.

SELECTED TITLES

All films can be viewed for free on Hoopla with your library card. Click the poster image.

September 16

The Hunt

Following a tough divorce, 40 year-old Lucas has a new girlfriend, a new job and is in the process of reestablishing his relationship with his teenage son, Marcus. But things go awry. Not a lot. Just a small comment. A random lie. And as the snow falls and the Christmas lights are lit, the lie spreads like an invisible virus.

October 08

A Girl Walks from Home Alone at Night

Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the town’s most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom…blood red.

 

November 11

Son of Saul

In this searing drama, a concentration camp inmate tasked with burning the dead discovers the body of his young son, and must choose between participating in the clandestine uprising being planned among the prisoners, or securing a proper Jewish burial for his child.

 

December 09

Shoplifters

A poverty-stricken family of small-time crooks on the margins of Tokyo informally adopts a neglected child they find outside in the cold. This dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty and a penchant for petty theft. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that up-end their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.