From the Film Vault
New on DVD: 50/50 (2011)
It’s one thing to make a raunchy comedy. It’s another to tell a serious story about someone coping with a life-threatening disease. 50/50 puts those two genres together so that they complement rather than cancel each other.
February Films at the Library
Bob Butler talks about the many film offerings at the Kansas City Public Library in the month of February!
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.
