|
|
 Ongoing Programs at the Portsmouth Public Library
- 2010-2011 Adult Book Discussion Titles
Books we discussed this year are listed here.
Featured Programs at the Portsmouth Public Library
- Kids' Clothing Swap
Print out this flyer and pass it on to a friend!
- Summer Film Series - Thursday Nights
Our Summer Film Series starts up on Thursday, June 3rd. All movies begin at 7PM in the Levenson Room.
June 3rd : It's Complicated (2009) - 121 minutes
 Rated R. Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron’s adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with... Starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin. Jane ( Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has--after a decade of divorce--an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake ( Baldwin). But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son's college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable--an affair ( Rotten Tomatoes)
Read reviews at IMDB and RottenTomatoes.com. Then after the movie, write your own review and send it to us.
June 17th: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
- 121 minutes
 Rated R. Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron’s adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with... Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs -- while playing fast and loose with the law. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Also starring Eva Mendes. “… a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous.” ( the Apparition)
Read reviews at IMDB and RottenTomatoes.com. Then after the movie, write your own review and send it to us.
July 8th : An Education (2009) - 100 minutes
 Rated PG-13. Young Jenny ( Carey Mulligan) is full of promise and intent to study at Oxford, but meeting an older man ( Peter Sarsgaard) leads her to believe that she can learn things outside the classroom, casting doubt on her future plans. Screenplay by Nick Hornby. Nomininated for three academy awards, including best picture.
Read reviews at IMDB and RottenTomatoes.com. Then after the movie write your own review and send it to us.
July 22nd : The Last Station (2009) - 113 minutes
Adult Book Discussion Titles
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008
|
|
|
|
Rated R. Fact and fiction converge in this drama based on Jay Parini's novel about Leo Tolstoy. The Last Station focuses on the marriage between Tolstoy (