Tag: drama

Maxwell Matinee

June 25, 2024 By Mary Maxwell

The Boys in the Boat

Tuesday, July 9
2:00 to 4:30 PM

Registration required

The Boys in the Boat
2023
PG-13
123 minutes

The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.

Maxwell Matinee: Ordinary Angels

May 29, 2024 By ml-admin

Tuesday, June 11
2:00 to 4:30 PM

Registration required

Ordinary Angels

Ordinary Angels
2024
PG
116 minutes

Hilary Swank stars in Ordinary Angels, inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.

Maxwell Matinee

May 6, 2024 By ml-admin

The Holdovers

2023
R
133 minutes

Tuesday, May 14
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

The dramedy tells the story of a disagreeable schoolteacher named Paul Hunham. With no family or friends, Paul ends up staying at school during Christmas break to supervise holdover students who can’t travel home for the holidays. Troublemaker Angus and head cook Mary build an unexpected bond with Paul on campus. Together, they go through hilarious adventures, celebrating Christmas in their own unique way. Da’Vine Joy Randolph won the 2024 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mary.

Maxwell Matinee

April 2, 2024 By ml-admin

The Color Purple

2023
PG-13
140 minutes

Tuesday, April 9
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

NOTE: This is not the original 1985 film.

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman’s journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Alice Walker won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the 1982 novel this new musical adaptation is based on.

Maxwell Matinee

March 5, 2024 By ml-admin

A Haunting in Venice

2023
PG-13
104 minutes

Tuesday, March 12
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

The film is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of Agatha Christie’s celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets. Stars Kenneth Branagh and Michelle Yeoh.

Maxwell Matinee

December 27, 2023 By ml-admin

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

2023
PG-13
91 minutes

Tuesday, January 9
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Nia Vardalos and John Corbett star in the third installment of the series franchise as the Portokalos clan travels to Greece for a family reunion.

Maxwell Matinee

November 30, 2023 By ml-admin

Last Christmas

2019
PG-13
103 minutes

Tuesday, December 12
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

A dysfunctional young woman working as Santa’s elf at a year-round Christmas store in London finds her life taking an unexpectedly optimistic turn after becoming romantically entangled with a handsome and mysterious stranger over the holiday season. Starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, and Emma Thompson.

Maxwell Matinee

September 1, 2023 By ml-admin

Tuesday, September 12
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret

2023
PG-13
111 minutes

A plucky eleven-year-old named Margaret finds her life on the cusp of change as her family uproots from the heart of the city to a quiet suburban neighborhood. Margaret must then navigate the ups and downs of adolescence, including new friends, new feelings, and, ultimately, a new sense of self.

Based on the novel by Judy Blume.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

July 24, 2023 By ml-admin

Tuesday, August 8
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Crooked House
2017
PG-13
115 minutes

A private detective heads to an English manor to investigate the murder of a wealthy patriarch, but soon realizes that everyone is a suspect—including his former lover.

Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Starring Glenn Close, Max Irons, and Gillian Anderson.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

July 6, 2023 By ml-admin

Tuesday, July 11
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

My Happy Ending
2023
R
89 minutes

If we knew how much longer we had to live, what would we choose to do with the time we have left? Set in a British hospital, this film starring Andie MacDowell follows poised and put-together Hollywood star Julia Roth as she begins her journey with a critical medical issue. Preferring to be incognito, Julia is instead thrust into a room with three remarkable women who, with humor and camaraderie, help Julia take on the most important and challenging role she has ever played: herself.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

June 6, 2023 By ml-admin

Tuesday, June 13
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

80 for Brady
2023
PG-13
98 minutes

Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Lily Tomlin star as a group of four lifetime Tom Brady fans who decide to take a road trip to watch him play in the Super Bowl. When they arrive in Houston only to find that tickets are out of their price range, they go to hilarious ends to gain entrance to the game.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

May 4, 2023 By ml-admin

Tuesday, May 9
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

A Man Called Otto
2022
PG-13
120 minutes

Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

The film tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

April 6, 2023 By ml-admin

Tuesday, April 11
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

The Fabelmans
2022
PG-13
151 minutes

Inspired by true events in the life of Steven Spielberg, the narrative follows Sammy Fabelman on a journey of self-discovery. At the age of 7, Sammy lives a simple life with his parents. After finding out an unsettling family secret, Sammy falls in love with cinema and its power to tell stories.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

March 7, 2023 By ml-admin

Rescheduled to 3/21 due to the storm
Tuesday, March 21
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
R
109 minutes

In the remote town of Inishmore, Padraic and Colm share a close, intimate bond of friendship that spans their lives. Yet when one of the men brings their lifelong bond to a swift, abrupt end, the other reels, questioning their decades of friendship and his own identity in the process.

This film is a 2023 Golden Globe winner.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

January 5, 2023 By ml-admin

The Good House
2021
R
114 minutes

Tuesday, January 10
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Hildy, a divorced small-town realtor, struggles to feel normal in her day-to-day life. A struggling alcoholic, Hildy constantly spends her days lying and creating excuses to justify her drinking. Her family then stages an intervention, forcing her to come to terms with what her drinking is doing to everyone around her.

Based on Ann Leary’s novel of the same name.

Starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

December 5, 2022 By ml-admin

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
PG-13
125 minutes

Tuesday, December 13
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Kya is a young woman who raised herself in the North Carolina marshlands after being abandoned there by her mother when she was a little girl. She feels detached from the small-town community near the marshes until two men show interest in her. However, when one of them later dies, she becomes the town’s prime suspect.

Based on the bestselling novel by Delia Owens.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee

September 27, 2022 By ml-admin

House of Gucci
2021
R
157 minutes

Tuesday, October 11
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Over the course of three turbulent decades, the Gucci family of Florence develops a luxury fashion brand. Yet as the family continues on its meteoric rise, it is plagued by deceit, vengeance, and murder.

Based on the book by Sara Gay Forden.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee: Downton Abbey: A New Era

August 29, 2022 By ml-admin

Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
PG
125 minutes

Tuesday, September 13
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

There is something about the South of France that is luring the Crawleys in; the fact that the dowager countess has mysteriously inherited a new property there is also quite an attraction. Meanwhile, a film production decides to make Downton its backdrop. Suddenly awash with the starlets and production people of the roaring 1920s, the huge house has never seen so much action in its existence. As the staff works to maintain normalcy, new and modern realities make themselves known.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee: Fatherhood

July 5, 2022 By ml-admin

Fatherhood
2021
PG-13
1 hour 50 minutes

Tuesday, July 12
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

This month’s film is Fatherhood, starring Kevin Hart.

An eager expectant father finds his world is torn asunder when his wife inexplicably passes away after giving birth. He must then reconcile his challenging past with his grief if he is to be the father he always dreamed of being.

Based on the novel by Matt Logelin.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee: Cyrano

June 9, 2022 By ml-admin

Cyrano
2021
PG-13
2 hour 4 minutes

Tuesday, June 14
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Nobleman, military man, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is secretly in love with Roxanne. However, his insecurity over his dwarf stature prevents him from professing his love, especially when Roxanne confesses that she’s interested in Christian, a recruit. Elated that Roxanne would like a guy like him, Christian feels anxious about speaking to her. Cyrano agrees to ghostwrite love letters for him.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.