Spring Glenviewings

Our spring Glenviewings film series continues this Friday and with the Academy Awards still fresh in our minds the library is showing plenty of films this season that we hope will be on your "TO SEE" list. 

Brooklyn (111min/PG-13/2015)

Friday, March 18, 2 & 6:30 PM

A young Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn. Adjusting to her strange, new life, she quickly falls into a romance. When her past catches up with her, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. Lushly filmed, meticulously acted. 



Pawn Sacrifice (115min/PG-13/2015)

Friday, April 15, 2 & 6:30 PM

American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer and Soviet Grandmaster Boris Spassky enthrall the world with their intense battle of wills and strategy during the 1972 World Chess Championship.

Bridge of Spies (141min/PG-13/2015)

Sunday, April 24, 1:30 PM

Based on the 1960 U-2 incident, this film tells the story of an American lawyer recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then to help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U-2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Trumbo (124min/R/2015)

Friday, April 29, 2 & 6:30 PM

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was one of Hollywood's top screenwriters, until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo, as portrayed by Bryan Cranston (Oscar-nominated for Best Actor), uses words and wit to expose the absurdity and injustice of the Hollywood blacklist.

Spotlight (128min/R/2015)

Sunday, May 15, 1:30 PM

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of abuse and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

The Big Short (130min/R/2015)

Friday, May 20, 2 & 6:30 PM

Four outsiders in the world of high finance predicted the credit and housing collapse of the mid-2000s, taking on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed. A serious, complicated subject approached with an impressive attention to detail. Delivered with a well-acted, scathingly funny indictment of its real-life villains.