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Venture into the Unknown (via Movies)!
New living situations. New cultures. Routines and demands that are heretofore alien to you. A new school year can feel like a journey into a different world, so our latest movie display centers people encountering lands and entities wholly unknown to them. Sometimes they are whisked into a realm beyond imagination; sometimes they discover an […]
8/5/2026
12:57PM
Get Some Celluloid in Your Literature!
Plenty of movies are adaptations: of short stories, plays, novels, TV shows, novellas, even video games. This month, we’re highlighting movies in our collection that are adaptations of literature. You’ll find faithful adaptation that hew closely to the original, as well as films that deviate wildly from the source material. Two of the three(!) movies […]
3/23/2026
5:32PM
Uncover Cinematic Family Secrets
Many a movie concerns a family in crisis. Some families are seemingly happy but are undermined by long-kept secrets and grudges. Others are thrown into turmoil by unexpected revelations. This month, we will be highlighting family dramas that run the gamut of dysfunction, from the extraordinary to the painfully real. Both of the movies we […]
2/24/2026
11:21AM
Wander Into a Cinematic Dream (or Nightmare)
The movie magic of editing and visual effects allows filmmakers to conjure images unlike reality. For some, this is a means of introducing impossible fantasy; for others, it is a means of blurring the boundary between the conscious and unconscious, the waking world and the dreaming world. This month, the library will be highlighting movies […]
1/26/2026
2:49PM