We're partnering with the Sacramento Public Library to bring you the Podcast and Film Group: Polly Platt and the Invisible Woman, a series of four monthly film viewing and discussion events. We hope to bring people together to inform our viewing of film by listening to a topical podcast before the film. Please plan to come prepared. We will discuss the outlined podcast episodes listed in each program description. Library staff will lead a discussion about the film and podcast following the film screening. This series is for adults only (18+) and registration is required.
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW 1971
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty, Jacy, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach’s wife, Ruth. As graduation nears, both boys contemplate their futures. While Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business, each boy struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Wednesday, August 7
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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Starring: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Timothy Bottoms
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Runtime: 119 min., USA
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Language: English
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PAPER MOON 1973
After meeting a newly orphaned girl named Addie Loggins (Tatum O’Neal), con man Moses Pray (Ryan O’Neal), who may or may not be Addie’s father, is enlisted to deliver the newly orphaned Addie to her aunt in Missouri. Shortly after however, the two realise that together they make an efficient scam-artist duo. Adventure ensues as the pair blaze through the American Midwest, stealing, swindling, and selling the moon…
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With its stunning black-and-white cinematography shot by the great László Kovács and its superb evocation of Depression-era locales, Paper Moon endures as one of the key American comedies of the 1970s.
Wednesday, September 4
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Khan
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Runtime: 102 min., USA
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Language: English
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THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK 1987
Three small-town friends, Alexandra (Cher), Jane (Susan Sarandon) and Sukie (Michelle Pfeiffer), each having lost the man in their lives, are feeling unfulfilled — until a furtive stranger, Daryl Van Horne (Jack Nicholson), arrives and begins courting each of them in turn. Eventually, Daryl tells them that they are witches. But as the three friends spend more time at his mansion, enjoying themselves and learning about their powers, they begin to worry about Daryl’s ultimate intentions.
Wednesday, October 2
Director: George Miller
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Starring: Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jack Nicholson
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Runtime: 118 min., USA
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Language: English
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BROADCAST NEWS 1987
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.
Wednesday, November 6
Director: James L. Brooks
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Starring: William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks​
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Runtime: 133 min., USA
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Language: English
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