Skokie Public Library will be showing Julian Schnabel’s Oscar-nominated film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly on Monday, August 4th, 2008 at 7:00 PM. Join us for the movie and a thought-provoking post-screening discussion.
Posted under events, worldNew on the shelf for the week of July 25th, 2008:
The Air I Breathe (2008, Rated R)
A film based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. Four very different people teetering on the edge of desperation are unexpectedly linked by their destinies. Filled with surprising twists and turns, this suspenseful, action-filled drama employs both brutal violence and aching poetry in a moving exploration of the search for happiness in a gritty urban world. Stars Kevin Bacon, Julie Delpy, and Andy Garcia.
21 (2008, Rated PG-13)
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. Wanting to transfer to the Harvard School of Medicine, he learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the tuition. Then Ben is introduced into a small but secretive club by his math professor, Micky Rosa who is training students in the skill of blackjack card counting. Based on Ben Mezerich’s book Bringing Down the House, and starring Jim Sturgess, Laurence Fishburne, and Kevin Spacey.
The Bank Job (2008, Rated PG-13)
A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals, Terry finds himself deep. Quiet suddenly the group become the target of ruthless mobsters, the police, government officials at the highest level, and even the royal family. Based on the true story of a British princess and a sex scandal. Directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows.
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