Rediscover the great American novel

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Screening Party: Sun., Mar. 16th @ 2:30 p.m.
AfterParty: Tuesday, Mar. 18th @ 6:30 p.m.

About the book
About the film
Reading guide

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Can you get a life and discover love, all in one day? Two women are about to find out.

Screening Party: Sun., Feb. 16th @ 2:30 p.m.
AfterParty: Tuesday, Feb. 25th @ 6:30 p.m.

Read more about the film.
Read an excerpt from the novel.

Take a trip to Middle Earth . . .

Screening Party: Sunday, Jan. 12 @ 2:30 p.m.
AfterParty: Tuesday, Jan. 28th @ 6:30 p.m.

All Aboard for The Polar Express!

On Christmas Eve, a boy boards a magical train that's headed to the North Pole.

Screening Party:  Sunday, Dec. 8th @ 2:30 p.m.
Discussion:  Tuesday, Dec. 10th @ 6:30 p.m.

Read a sample of the book.
(Then scroll down and read "Amazon Exclusive: A Letter from Chris Van Allsburg."
Listen to the story read aloud by the author, courtesy of Barnes & Noble's online storytime. (p. 3)
Check out the book's official website for more information, games, activities and recipes.  For those who truly believe, send free polar express e-cards!

Adaptations Enters the World of Jane Austen

Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?

Screening Party: Sunday, Nov. 17th @ 2:30 p.m.
AfterParty: Tuesday, Nov. 19th @ 6:30 p.m.

Read more about it on the Focus Features site.
Download/Read the free ebook.
Breaking news: Pride & Prejudice reimagined as a computer game!

Celebrate the season with a good old-fashioned haunting!

Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House was a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the best literary ghost stories of the century. The film, produced in 1963, is the gold standard of haunted house movies, and can still spook an audience 50 years later.

Screening Party: Sunday, Oct. 13th @ 2:30 p.m.
AfterParty: Tuesday, October 22nd @ 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity. With him are the skeptical young Luke, who stands to inherit the house, the mysterious and clairvoyant Theodora and the insecure Eleanor, whose psychic abilities make her feel somehow attuned to whatever spirits inhabit the old mansion. As time goes by it becomes obvious that they have gotten more than they bargained for as the ghostly presence in the house manifests itself in horrific and deadly ways.

The Lincoln we only thought we knew . . .

Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. His choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Screening Party: Sunday, Sept. 15th @ 2:30 p.m.
AfterParty: Tuesday, Sept. 24th @ 6:30 p.m.