The next film is 84 Charing Cross Rd, on Friday, December 11, at the Community Center, at 7 pm. Come join your friends and neighbors for fun and stimulation with Rick Winston's discussion both before and after the showing of the film. We had a great turn-out last month - our biggest ever!

Time Out: David Jones' film of Helene Hanff's book, recording the transatlantic relationship between a New York bibilophile and a London bookseller, comes as a pleasant surprise. Though inevitably literary in tone - the letters between Hanff and the Marks employees structure the narrative - it is never less than intelligent, touching, humorous. Central to this success is the subtle contrast between the austerity of postwar London and the comparatively bright affluence of Hanff's New York; also rewarding is the way images wittily counterpoint and comment on the lovingly intoned letters. And the film somehow manages to convey Hanff's almost sensual passion for pages bound in leather and still resounding with the pleasurable reactions of previous readers. None of which qualities would be evident were it not for the performances: Anthony Hopkins as the staid, shy family man Frank Doel, and the marvellous Anne Bancroft, relishing the vagaries of English pronunciation, as the headstrong Ms Hanff. Thankfully, the film has nothing to do with easy nostalgia; it's about real, credible people, and as such finally becomes very moving.

Jan 17, 7 PM to 4 PM, Jan 19, 2025

Jan 18, 2025, 2 to 3 PM

Jan 20, 2025, 6 to 8:30 PM