Midweek Matinee

Come watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: a comedy film written, produced and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Steve Martin as Neal Page, a high-strung marketing executive, who meets Del Griffith, played by John Candy, an eternally optimistic, outgoing, overly talkative, and clumsy shower curtain ring salesman who seems to live in a world governed by a different set of rules. They share a three-day odyssey of misadventures trying to get Neal home to Chicago from New York City in time for Thanksgiving dinner with his family. Rated R.

When:  Nov 25 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Where: Fields Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library 1520 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122

Watch Thanksgiving-themed movies in the Community Room. 

What's Cooking: In LA's Fairfax district, where ethnic groups abound, four households (Vietnamese, Latino, Jewish, and African American) celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family tensions. In the Nguyen family, the children's acculturation and immigrant parents' fears collide. In the Avila family, Isabel's son has invited her estranged husband to their family dinner. Audrey and Ron Williams want to keep their own family's ruptures secret from Ron's visiting mother. In the Seelig household, Herb and Ruth are unwilling to discuss openly their grown daughter's living with her lover, Carla. Around each table, things come to a head. Rated PG-13. Directed by Gurinder Chadha.

When: Wed Nov 4 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Where: Fields Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library  >> Read More