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Sunday Movie Matinees offered at the Grants Pass LibrarySunday Movie Matinees offered at the Grants Pass Library.  In order to present a series of Sunday movie matinees, the Grants Pass Museum of Art and Josephine Community Libraries Inc. are pooling their efforts.

Showings will be in the Ben Bones Room at the Grants Pass Branch of the library at 200 N.W. C Street.  The series will begin at 2 p.m. Jan. 17. Admission is free. Refreshments will be provided by the museum for a small fee.

The first movie in the series, exploring the amazing life story of painter Frida Kahlo after her marriage to famous Mexican painter, Diego Rivera, will include their journeys to America.  The film showcases the outrageous personalities that made them legends.  Kahlo was an incredible force of a woman despite the fact that her right leg was crippled by polio in her youth, and that she was in a bus accident that almost ended her life.

Following are descriptions of other films in the series. All movies will be at 2 p.m. in the Ben Bones Room.


  • Jan. 31: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble in this epic tale of fathers and sons. This powerful tale of friendship and betrayal takes us from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy to the atrocities of the Taliban reign. (In Dari and English with English subtitles.)
  • Feb. 21: Edward Bloom has always been a teller of tall tales, especially about his own life. He has created a past for himself that has taken him from a small Alabama town on journeys around the world. His stories find him encountering giants, blizzards, and witches, and he even has a run-in with conjoined-twin lounge singers. Now that he is dying, his estranged son, Will, just wants to get a glimpse of what his father is really like.
  • March 7: Thomas is a skinny, toothsome kid wearing oversized glasses and plaid shirts under three-piece suits. Victor is a brooding loner. These Coeur d'Alene Indians trek from their Idaho reservation to Phoenix, Ariz. to retrieve the ashes of Victor's estranged father. Based on Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, this is the first film written, directed, and acted completely by Native Americans.
  • March 21: This excellent example of the Western genre (The Searchers) with director John Ford's vigorous touch, features John Wayne as a driven man relentlessly searching for his niece, kidnapped by Indians.

There will be a discussion of the films after each showing.  These films are mostly PG-13.  For more information and a list of movie titles, go to the Grants Pass Library.  For more information about the Sunday matinee series, contact Cynthia Charat, (541)476-7665.

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Comments (3)

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

I love movies and go all the time, very nice post to Localism!

VB ;o)

Jan 13, 2010 02:35 PM
Morgan Evans
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Manhattan, NY
LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON

I do enjoy a good matinee movie, here in manhattan the matinees are $6 and regular movies are $12.50, quite the savings.  Watching that Frida movie with Selma Hayek sounds a bit boring to me, but to each their own.

Jan 13, 2010 02:40 PM
Rob Thomas
Prestige Homes of The Tri Cities, Inc. CALL....423-341-6954 - Bristol, TN
Bristol TN-VA & Tri Cities Agent, ABR, GRI, e-Pro

Melinda...sounds like a great time and also a great post!

Jan 13, 2010 10:32 PM