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Join us for the Petoskey Film Series
Every Wednesday at 7:00pm
Upper Carnegie Building (451 East Mitchell St.)
Film Hotline: 231-758-3108
Thanks to a partnership with the Little Traverse Civic Theater, the Petoskey Film Series continues! There is no cost to attend, though donations will be accepted. Doors to the Carnegie Building will open at 6:30pm with first-come seating. Those attending may bring their own snacks. People are encouraged to review available information about each movie to determine whether the content and mature subject matter are acceptable to them personally before deciding to attend. Brief summaries and trailers are available below for upcoming movies.
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2025 Film Schedule
| January 1 --- Cancelled |
| Happy New Year! |
| January 8 --- Argo |
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Argo (2012 • Political Thriller/History • R • 2H) Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979. |
| January 15 -- Whale Rider |
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Whale Rider (2002 • Drama • PG-13 • 1H 41M) A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize. |
| January 22 --- The Talented Mr. Ripley |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999 • Psychological Thriller/Drama • R • 2H 19M) In late 1950s New York, a young underachiever named Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures. |
| January 29 --- Stand and Deliver |
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Stand and Deliver (1988 • Biography/Drama • PG • 1H 43M) The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus. |
| February 5 --- The Outsiders |
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The Outsiders (1983 • Coming of Age/Drama • PG • 1H 31M) In a small Oklahoma town in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other. |
| February 12 --- The Fall Guy |
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The Fall Guy (2024 • Action/Comedy • PG-13 • 2H 6M) A stuntman, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right? |
| February 19 --- Strangers on a Train |
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Strangers on a Train (1951 • Psychological Thriller/Film Noir • PG • 1h 41M) A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person. |
| February 26 --- One Life |
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One Life (2023 • Docudrama/Biography • PG • 1H 49M) Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. |
| March 5 --- The Prestige |
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The Prestige (2006 • Period Drama/Mystery • PG-13 • 2H 10M) Rival 19th-century magicians engage in a bitter battle for trade secrets. |
| March 12 --- Tracks |
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Tracks (2013 • Adventure/Biography • PG-13 • 1H 52M) A young woman goes on a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of West Australia with four camels and her faithful dog. |
| March 19 --- Sing Street |
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Sing Street (2016 • Coming-of-Age/Comedy/Drama • PG-13 • 1H 46M) A young lad notices a beautiful girl who begins to occupy his thoughts. While struggling with poverty, personal relationships and life's woes, he starts a band, hoping to catch her attention. |
| March 26 --- East Side Sushi |
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East Side Sushi (2014 • Comedy • PG • 1H 46M) An immigrant single mother discontented by her regular life decides to take a chance working at a Japanese restaurant and realize her dream to become a sushi chef and provide a better future to her family. |
| April 2 --- Garden State |
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Garden State (2004 • Comedy • R • 1H 42M) A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade. |
| April 9 --- Every Brilliant Thing |
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Every Brilliant Thing (2016 • Documentary • Not Rated • 1H 2M) A son creates a list of things worth living for--all in an attempt to raise the spirits of his chronically depressed mother--in this adaptation of the acclaimed one-character show. |
| April 16 --- Red |
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Red (2010 • Comedy/Action • PG-13 • 1H 51M) When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last-ditch effort to survive and uncover the assailants. |
| April 23 --- Polite Society |
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Polite Society (2023 • Action/Comedy • PG-13 • 1H 44M) Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends' help, she attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood. |
| April 30 --- Finding Forrester |
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Finding Forrester (2000 • Coming-of-Age/Drama • PG-13 • 2H 16M) Forrester, the author of a famous book, decides to help Jamal, a 16-year-old student, discover his writing prowess by mentoring him and enrolling him into a prestigious private school. |
| May 7 --- Here Today |
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Here Today (2021 • Comedy/Drama • PG-13 • 1H 57M) When veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz meets New York street singer Emma Payge, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust. |
| May 14 --- Searching for Sugar Man |
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Searching for Sugar Man (2012 • Documentary • PG-13 • 1H 26M) Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. |
| May 21 --- Smoke Signals |
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Smoke Signals (1998 • Coming-of-Age/Comedy • PG-13 • 1H 29M) Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family. |
| May 28 --- Amelie |
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Amelie (2001 • Romantic Comedy • R • 2H 2M) Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love. |
2024 Film Schedule
| PREVIOUSLY SHOWN IN 2024 AT THE CARNEGIE |
All movies previously shown at the Carnegie can be borrowed from the Library!
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2023 Film Schedule
| PREVIOUSLY SHOWN IN 2023 AT THE CARNEGIE |
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All movies previously shown in 2023 at the Carnegie can be borrowed from the Library! Click on any link to find the DVD in our catalog. September 13 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind September 20 - Dr. Strangelove September 27 - Seconds October 4 - 12 Monkeys October 11 - The Lobster October 18 - Harvey October 25 - A Clockwork Orange November 1 - The Nightmare Before Christmas November 8 - Idiocracy November 15 - Boogie Nights November 22 - Trainspotting November 29 - Chinatown December 6 - Seeking a Friend for the End of the World December 13 - The Prestige December 20 - The Shop Around the Corner December 27 - The Grand Budapest Hotel
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