This month we will be watching Fargo (1996), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), The Thing (1982), and Cold Mountain (2003).
On Wednesdays at 2 pm, Montclair Public Library hosts The Every Wednesday Matinee, a film series presented in its auditorium. In January 2023 we will be celebrating the new year by watching the following "cold" movies:
Fargo (1996)
A midwestern policewoman investigates a series of brutal and interconnected crimes. Steadily, she tightens the net on the killers and their accomplices in a kidnapping scheme gone wildly wrong.
Starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Peter Stormare.
*** Rated R | ADULTS ONLY ***
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Based on the novel of the same name by John Le Carré. A burnt-out British agent refuses to take a desk job -- instead he decides to go after an East German agent.
Starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies, Cyril Cusack, Peter Van Eyck.
*** Rated PG ***
The Thing (1982)
Set in the winter of 1982 at a research station in Antarctica, a twelve-man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, the THING creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them.
Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas Waites.
*** Rated R | | ADULTS ONLY***
Cold Mountain (2003)
Preacher's daughter struggles during the Civil War as she tries to keep the family farm afloat and awaits the return of her soldier beau.
Starring Jude Law, Rene Zellweger, Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland
*** Rated R | ADULTS ONLY ***
Mon, Apr 22 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Apr 23 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Apr 24 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Apr 25 | 10:00AM to 8:00PM |
Fri, Apr 26 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Apr 27 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Apr 28 | 1:00PM to 6:00PM |
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