Thursday, January 5
SARAH’S KEY
Based on the novel by Tatiana De Rosnay
Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner 2010 Rated PG-13 111 minutes Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Aidan Quinn
In modern day Paris a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with that of Sarah, a young girl, whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel d’Hiv roundup of Jews which also took place in Paris, in 1942. She stumbles upon a family secret which will link her forever to the destiny of that young girl.
Thursday, January 19
THE HELP
Based on the novel by Katherine StockettDirected by Tate Taylor 2011 Rated PG-13 146 minutes Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis
The film, set in Mississippi during the 1960s, tells the story of Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college and is determined to be a writer. She turns her friends’ lives upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.