This Friday, January 8th at 7 p.m., please join us at the Community Center for another stimulating and fun evening with film scholar Rick Winston, who will introduce this month's film and lead a discussion of it afterwards.

Jacques Tati's 1953 film introduced us to his "M. Hulot," an amiable sort who cannot help but leave a trail of disaster wherever he goes - in this case a beach resort where his fellow vacationers strain to enjoy themselves. The movie is constructed with the meticulous attention to detail of a Keaton or Chaplin. Sight gags are set up with such patience that they seem to expose hidden functions in the clockwork of the universe. It is not a comedy of hilarity but a comedy of memory, nostalgia, fondness and good cheer. There are some real laughs in it, but “Mr. Hulot's Holiday” gives us something rarer, an amused affection for human nature--so odd, so valuable, so particular.

Jan 13, 2025, 6 to 8 PM

Jan 18, 2025, 7 to 9 PM

Jan 19, 2025, 9 to 11 AM