Friends of the Library Events

The Princess BrideFebruary 29, 2024 When the beautiful maiden Buttercup (Robin Wright) hears that the true love Westley (Gary Elwes) is dead, she reluctantly agrees to marry the loathsome Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). After Westley returns to rescue Buttecup, the two begin an epic adventure filled with fencing, fighting, giants, monsters, miracles, true love and hilarity! […]

WonkaMarch 7, 2024 Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock […]

The HoldoversMarch 14, 2024 From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them—a damaged, brainy troublemaker […]

The Marsh King's DaughterMarch 21, 2024 In this tense thriller, a woman with a secret past returns to the wilds of her youth to face the most dangerous man she’s ever met: her father. Helena’s (Daisy Ridley) seemingly ordinary life hides a dangerous truth: her estranged father is the infamous Marsh King (Ben Mendelsohn), the man […]

The Grand SeductionMarch 28, 2024 A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the village winds […]

Bank of DaveApril 4, 2024 Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick (Rory Kinnear); 'Bank of Dave' tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank. To do it he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to […]