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:

Cimarron - rated 5.8/10 (1931) Yancey Cravat, a newspaperman and lawyer, and his family were Boomers in Oklahoma. Later on, he began to feel confined again and headed for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. His wife learned to take care of herself and soon become prominent in her own right.

•  Directors: Wesley Ruggles

•  Writers: Edna Ferber, Howard Estabrook and Louis Sarecky

•  Stars: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne and Estelle Taylor

Red River - rated 7.8/10 (1948) Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.

• Directors: Howard Hawks and Arthur Rosson

• Stars: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift and Joanne Dru

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.