This season will bring the return of our Sunday Series, a four-part screening and lecture series with acclaimed film critic, Stephen Whitty, featuring films with none other than the award-winning actress… Meryl Streep!
Often described as the “best actress of her generation”, Ms. Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accents. Nominated for a record 21 Academy Awards, 31 Golden Globes and a slew of others, her five-decade body of work has proven her cross-generational appeal.
In every film portrayal, whether it be a strong, dominating fashion Queen (Miranda Priestly), a world renowned Chef (Julia Child), a free-spirited Mother (Donna Sheridan), or as the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century (Margaret Thatcher), viewers find themselves whisked away on that character’s journey.
Fall 2019 Schedule
Sunday, October 27 Sundays featuring Streep: Sophie's Choice
"Sophie's Choice" (1982) - A Drama/Romance starring Meryl Streep as "Sophie". Set in 1947, a young writer named Stingo moves to a boarding house in Brooklyn to write a novel and is befriended by Polish immigrant Sophie Zawistowski and her emotionally unstable lover Nathan Landau.
Sunday, November 3 Sundays featuring Streep: Out of Africa
Out of Africa (1985) - Meryl Streep in her Oscar nominated role as Karen Blixen, a wealthy Danish woman who travels to Africa to start a new life with a new husband, only to discover that all is not what she expects…, she now has to discover love and courage in ways that she never knew existed.
Sunday, November 10 Sundays featuring Streep: The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) - “Gird your loins”, as a recent college graduate (Anne Hathaway) with big dreams of becoming a Journalist in New York City who does not know the difference between “Jimmy Choos” or a basic flat shoe, stumbles into a co-assistant position supporting the top editor (Meryl Streep)….., of a prestigious fashion magazine?...
Sunday, November 17 Sundays featuring Streep: The Post
The Post (2017) – Meryl Streep stars as Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper -- The Washington Post. With help from editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), Graham races to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spans three decades and four U.S. presidents. Together, they must overcome their differences as they risk their careers -- and very freedom -- to help bring long-buried truths to light.