Eleanor the Great
Monday November 3, 2:00 pm and 7:15 pm
98 min
Season Sponsor: Rastin's Pharmacy
Film Date Sponsor: To be announced
Proceeds to Hamilton Out of the Cold
After seventy years with her best friend, Eleanor (June Squibb) moves to New York City for a fresh start. Making new friends at ninety proves difficult. Longing for connection, she befriends a 19-year-old journalism student. Debut direction by Scarlett Johansson.
Tickets 2:00 pm: https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/eleanor-the-great
Tickets 7:15 pm: https://www.memorialarts.ca/films/eleanor-the-great-evening
Deauville Film Festival: won audience award
The definition of truth, and the nature of grief, are explored through a salty, shrewd and satisfying performance from Squibb, who deserves and elevates all the roles that come her way. Thelma Adams/AARP movies for grownups
The film allows [Squibb] a complexity rarely afforded to elderly characters. She radiates warmth in scenes with Kellyman, serving as a wise and witty grandmotherly figure, and exhibits sharp comedic timing when playing opposite Jessica Hecht. Sonia Rao/Washington Post
Sqiibb, Kellyman, Johansson, and first-time screenwriter Tory Kamen have made a film about loss, friendship, and compassion. Eleanor may not always be great, but this movie lets us see the parts of her that really are. Nell Minow/Movie Mom
This was a heartfelt, emotionally resonant story about the power of our lives and the capacity of our stories lingering on long after we've left this world. Take someone you love and see it. Kristen Lopez/The Film Maven
Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor the Great is exactly the kind of conventional, performer-led film one would expect from an actor. It also has the jackpot combination of being tear-inducing and laugh-out-loud funny. Ed Potton/The Times(UK)
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AFF Season 20 - 2025
Screenings will be at 2:00 and 7:15 p.m.
Dates
January 20: Lee, 2:00 p.m.
January 20: Goodrich, 7:15 p.m.
February 24: I'm Still Here, 2:00 p.m.
February 24: Emilia Pérez, 7:15 p.m.
March 17: Small Things Like These, 2:00 p.m.
March 17: No Other Land, 7:15 p.m.
April 7; Bob Trevino Likes It, 2:00 p.m.
April 7: There's Still Tomorrow, 7:15 p.m.
April 28, The Penguin Letters, 2:00 p.m.
April 28: Shepherds, 7:15 p.m.
May 12: Maria Montessori: Une Nouvelle Femme, 2:00 p.m.
May 12: Bad Shabbos, 7:15 p.m.
May 26: So Surreal: Behind the Masks, 2:00 p.m.
May 26: Santosh, 7:15 p.m.
June 9:Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, 2:00 p.m.
June 9: White Bird, 7:15 p.m.
September 22: The Life of Chuck, 2:00 p.m., 7:15 p.m.
October 6: The Marching Band, 2:00 p.m.
October 6: Exhibiting Forgiveness, 7:15 p.m.
November 3: Eleanor the Great, 2:00 p.m.
November 3: TBA, 7:15 p.m.
December 8: Blue Moon, 2:00 p.m.
December 8: TBA 7:15 p.m.
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