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Apr. 29, 2010 at 2:23pm It's a wrap!

We have just ended another season of Saturday afternoon movies at the library. This series has been supported, financially and with the labor of love, by the Friends of the Library. More specifically, Paul Jacobson, has spent his time and energy choosing a variety of movies and documentaries to entertain, educate and inspire.
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Posted in Film in general, Saturday film series by Larisa John

Apr. 12, 2010 at 9:13am Saturday Movie - Every Little Step

About 35 years ago, Michael Bennett, an American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer, recorded more than 12 hours of conversations with aspiring Broadway actors. Those conversations eventually were molded into the innovative musical - A Chorus Line - which opened off-Broadway in 1975. The musical’s story line dealt with the lives and auditions of seventeen dancers who tried out for eight places in the lowly chorus line of an impending musical production. Read more

Posted in Film review, Musical, Saturday film series by Larisa John

Apr. 6, 2010 at 12:56pm Saturday Movie - Marley & Me

A man's best friend

Essentially, the film Marley and Me captures a mostly serious story about the establishment of a family, including the many joys and sorrows which pertain thereto. The tale is not that unusual in that the humor, the crises, and the problems attendant to the arrival of kids is familiar to many if not most married couples. However, the unusual and cementing theme throughout the story is the abnormal behavior of the loving and faithful family dog, Marley. He’s every bit a member of the group, but he's much more of an immediate challenge than any of the others. While family life is relatively normal, Marley flunks out of his obedience school, generally behaves in an uncontrolled manner, and chews everything in sight. In short, Marley just doesn’t get the idea of his owners' expectations.

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Posted in Book into film, Saturday film series by Larisa John

Mar. 27, 2010 at 4:46am Saturday Movie - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

By the 1950s, World War II was over and Europe was largely preoccupied with clearing up debris, rebuilding and worrying about the emerging confrontation with Communist Russia. The main-stream film industries in the Allied countries, perhaps trying to take the public’s mind off more serious concerns, were busy producing comedies and films which reflected the heroics and victorious efforts of the recent past. In France however, and shortly thereafter in England, a new and grittier kind of film dealing with disillusion and rebellion (the New Wave and the Kitchen Sink genres) was beginning to emerge. One of those films, which arrived at American independent theaters from England, was The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which will show at the Puyallup Public Library on Saturday, March 20 at 2:00 pm.

Posted in Saturday film series by Larisa John