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Matinee: The Stranger (1946)

Date: Wednesday, May 23
Time: 2:00 P.M.


Starring: Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young
Rated: NR; 95 minutes

Orson Welles stars as an unreformed fascist and mysterious stranger who comes to a middle-of-the road New England town hiding as a school teacher and attempting to assimilate himself into the everyday lives of the townspeople. Later, Edward G. Robinson, a Federal Agent arrives, looking for an escaped Nazi criminal and strange things begin to happen. There is a classic chase scene in an old clock tower.

Matinee: Jane Eyre (1943)

Date: Wednesday, May 30
Time: 2:00 P.M.


Starring: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien
Rated: NR; 96 minutes

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre (Joan Fontaine) is hired by Edward Rochester (Orson Welles), the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter. As Jane goes about her duties at Thornfield Manor, love blooms between her and Rochester and it appears her dreams will come true, but a dark secret looming over Thornfield threatens to engulf them all.

Film: The Artist

Date: Friday, June 1
Time: 2:00 P.M.


Starring: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller
Rated: PG13; 100 minutes

Set in the Hollywood of 1927 when the advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for silent movies, George Valentin (Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar - a swashbuckling hero who swaggers and dances through any silent motion picture. The fans and his boss (Goodman) adore him and his best friend is an adorable dog who almost steals the show. But as the era of silent pictures wanes so does his popularity. His career is on a downward spiral and he sees himself falling into oblivion. For young, beautiful movie extra Peppy Miller (Miller) with whom he has a relationship the sky is the limit. She is moving towards major movie stardom while he is fading out of the scene. Dujardin won the Academy Award for best actor playing the silent Valentin and one critic called the Academy Award-winning film "100 minutes of toe-tapping entertainment." Truly unique.

Film: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Date: Friday, June 15
Time: 2:00 P.M.


Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Viola Davis
Rated: PG-13 (emotional material, some disturbing images & language); 129 minutes

Oskar (Horn) is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. He feels disconnected from his grieving mother and is driven by a relentlessly active mind. He begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's belongings.

Film: Tower Heist

Date: Friday, June 29
Time: 2:00 P.M.


Starring: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick
Rated: PG (language, sexual content); 105 minutes

Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy lead an all-star cast in this comedy caper about working stiffs who seek revenge on a Wall Street billionaire and swindler Arthur Shaw (Alda) who conned them by stealing their retirement funds. They plot revenge by planning a heist to reclaim what he took from them. The plan is to steal what they are sure is hidden in Shaw's guarded penthouse condo.