Program Notes
Too Good to Pass Over: A Celebration of Black Oscar Winners
Fox 4 movie critic Shawn Edwards helps the Library celebrate Black History Month with the four-part film series Too Good to Pass Over: A Celebration of Black Oscar Winners on Saturdays in March.
Program Notes: Hannah and her Sisters (1986)
In Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen once again explores his familiar obsessions: fear of nothingness, the uncertainties of romantic love, urban neuroses. Yet it's also as close to an optimistic statement as he has ever made.
Program Notes: Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
2002’s film version of Nicholas Nickleby captures just about everything important in the tale: rich characters, compelling and complex storytelling, and a deep fascination with the human condition.
Program Notes: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Prior to 1989’s Crimes and Misdemeanors, Woody Allen tended to be either hilarious or dour, but neither at the same time. But he achieved a precarious, breathtaking balance in Crimes...
Program Notes: The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Hollywood has a long history of movies about aliens who come to Earth bent on conquest. But how do you fight an alien germ? That’s the question posed by The Andromeda Strain, Robert Wise’s nail-biter adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel.
