Do you like to chat about movies? Participants view each film on their own and then join a group discussion and critique via Zoom. Movies are selected through discussion and a decision of Chat participants. Join the Movie Chat and bring your recommendations! This week’s movies are:

Molière IMDB 7.1/10 (2007) - To satisfy his creditors, the actor Molière reinvents himself as a playwright. In 1657, he is touring in Paris with his company when his benefactor, with marital problems, asks him to write a play to entice his new love, a beautiful young widow.

Director: Laurent Tirard

Actors: Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini and Laura Morante

To Be or Not to Be IMDB 8.1/10 (1942) - While the Germans occupy Warsaw, Joseph and Maria Tura star in a theater company. In England meanwhile, Stanislav Sobinski, an admirer of Maria Tura, gives the identities of the Polish underground to Prof. Siletski-who is returning to Poland, but who is a German spy. Sobinski enlists the Turas, their fellow actors, and a play about Hitler to recover the list.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Actors: Carole Lombard and Jack Benny

Copies of these movies are often available on DVD at the Edgewater Branch library for checkout with your library card or you can watch them online through a streaming service of your choice.

Registration is required. You will receive an email with the link to join the online Zoom discussion group.

This program is offered in partnership with the Edgewater Branch Library.