{"id":36,"date":"2017-01-26T21:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T21:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:31:06","slug":"cinema","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/voicesviews\/arts\/cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\">We are big movie fans here at the Silver Century Foundation, but the silver screen hasn\u2019t been overly kind to older characters. Hollywood\u2019s ageist bent is easily exposed when older adults are depicted as comic sidekicks or stereotyped grandparents\u2014when there is no role for them at all. Happily, more and more filmmakers around the world are tackling the subject of growing older with honesty, insight and beauty. Pete Croatto takes a look at films that were selected by SCF because they examine age and aging in ways that challenge us to think about our own views of growing older.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/03\/max-rose\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"384\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Max_Rose_Poster.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Max_Rose_Poster.jpg 259w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Max_Rose_Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Max_Rose_Poster-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Max_Rose_Poster-100x148.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Max_Rose_Poster-150x222.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Max_Rose_Poster-200x297.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Max_Rose_Poster-108x160.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/03\/max-rose\/\">Max Rose<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/later-life-quests\/\">Later Life Quests<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2013, United States, 83 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The death of his wife is hard enough for Max Rose (Jerry Lewis), a former jazz pianist. Then, in the middle of discarding her belongings, Max makes a discovery that casts grave doubts on their 65-year marriage. Max\u2019s emotional turmoil further erodes his already rickety health. His meek, kind, adult granddaughter (Kerry Bish\u00e9) and his frustrated son (Kevin Pollak) serve as his support system. They\u2019re also emotional punching bags\u2014you can see the heaviness of that role in every gesture and interaction. Max\u2019s attempt to confirm his past happiness allows him to soothe those relationships and to form new ones. That\u2019s great, but is it enough? What <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Max Rose <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lacks in subtlety\u2014Lewis, even in a tortured, dramatic role like this, cannot stop mugging \u2014 it makes up for in the title character\u2019s poignant quest to quell the aching of his soul.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/02\/the-sunshine-boys\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"277\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images.jpg 182w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images-100x152.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images-150x228.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/images-108x164.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/02\/the-sunshine-boys\/\">The Sunshine Boys<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/comedy-drama\/\">Comedy Drama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/friendships-cinema\/\">Friendships<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>1975, United States, 111 min.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) and Al Lewis (George Burns) were vaudeville superstars for nearly 40 years. Now, they\u2019re relics. Willy, loud and quick to anger, believes he is a comedy legend, but he can\u2019t book a gig\u2014or find it if he has one. (An audition for a potato chips commercial becomes an exasperating farce.) Al, quiet and unassuming, happily lives with his daughter\u2019s family in the New Jersey suburbs. When Willy\u2019s agent-nephew (Richard Benjamin) lands the pair a spot on a network TV special, the duo reunite. There\u2019s just a small wrinkle: they can\u2019t stand each other. This typically pleasant, thoughtful Neil Simon comedy is driven by Matthau\u2019s manic, hilarious performance and the movie\u2019s earnest belief that a friendship can endure slights past and present. Also remade as a TV movie in 1996, starring Peter Falk and Woody Allen. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/01\/the-field\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_.jpg 697w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-209x300.jpg 209w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-105x150.jpg 105w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-100x143.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-150x215.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-200x287.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-300x430.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-450x646.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-600x861.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81uN8atf31L._UF10001000_QL80_-108x155.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/01\/the-field\/\">The Field<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/mortality-cinema\/\">Mortality<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>1990, Ireland, 107 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a life of constant, thankless labor, aged farmer \u201cBull\u201d McCabe (Richard Harris) gets a break. The gorgeous, verdant tract his family has toiled on in Western Ireland for generations is for sale. The townsfolk are happy to step aside for the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> respected elder, who is stern and stoic. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But his plan is derailed when a debonair, deep-pocketed American (Tom Berenger) arrives with plans to pave over Bull\u2019s land and modernize the countryside. McCabe grows increasingly fevered in his fight for the land, which he believes will heal his emotionally fractured family. Jim Sheridan\u2019s melodrama captures the battle between tradition and progress when neither side is right, and it is fueled by Harris\u2019 Oscar-nominated performance. He is unforgettable<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> portraying a perpetually disappointed man fighting his pride and mortality. Based on John B. Keane\u2019s play.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/12\/the-friend\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_.jpg 750w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-100x133.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-150x200.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-200x267.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/81HpfahD1VL._UF8941000_QL80_-108x144.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/12\/the-friend\/\">The Friend<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/friendships-cinema\/\">Friendships<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/midlife\/\">Midlife<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2025, USA, 119 min.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iris (Naomi Watts) is crushed after her beloved mentor, Walter (Bill Murray), unexpectedly dies by suicide. Then a complication in fur arrives: he has bequeathed her his dog, Apollo. The Great Dane is the size of a Buick; Iris is tiny and lives alone. Her cozy, rent-controlled, New York City apartment prohibits animals. Iris, who is in a creative lull, needs to finish a book<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the dog demands all her attention. But the two lost souls miss their best friend, a connection that provides a foundation to build a relationship.&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Friend&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will undoubtedly appeal to dog lovers, but it\u2019s more than an ode to companionship. It&#8217;s&nbsp;a heartwarming, forthright drama about accepting loss, dealing with our past, and finding the resolve to move forward.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/11\/cocoon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1.jpg 699w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-210x300.jpg 210w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-105x150.jpg 105w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-100x143.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-150x215.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-200x286.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-300x429.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-450x644.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-600x858.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/612LP1Sl58L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-1-108x155.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/11\/cocoon\/\">Cocoon<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/friendships-cinema\/\">Friendships<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/mortality-cinema\/\">Mortality<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/retirement\/\">Retirement<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>1985, United States, 117 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three friends (Wilford Brimley, Don Ameche and Hume Cronyn) break the monotony of life at a Florida retirement village by sneaking onto a nearby abandoned estate and taking a dip in its pool. When a vacationing out-of-towner (Brian Dennehy) rents the space for a month and uses the pool to store boulder-like cocoons, the fellas aren\u2019t dissuaded. They keep swimming and feel revived, even when the new tenant and his \u201ccousins\u201d reveal their otherworldly identities. And that\u2019s when things get complicated. One part fairy tale, one part reflection on responsible aging, the film is distinguished by Brimley and Cronyn\u2019s heartbreaking, all-too-human performances. Their characters grapple with the unanticipated price that comes with a second chance and give the movie an emotional heft to complement the feel-good storyline. Followed by a 1988 sequel. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/10\/lakeboat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"392\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture2-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture2-2.png 265w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture2-2-203x300.png 203w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture2-2-101x150.png 101w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture2-2-100x148.png 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture2-2-150x222.png 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture2-2-200x296.png 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture2-2-108x160.png 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/10\/lakeboat\/\">Lakeboat<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/friendships-cinema\/\">Friendships<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2000, Canada\/United States, 98 min.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This moving, slice-of-life drama, written by David Mamet (based on his play), focuses on a group of irritable, veteran workers that grad student Dale (Tony Mamet) encounters during his summer stint on a steel freighter that slogs across the Great Lakes. The movie is really a series of vignettes capturing the day-to-day lives of these older men. As the months pass, we discover that what happens on the boat\u2014the card games, the musings on women, the tall tales\u2014is the crew\u2019s whole world. Dale has an opportunity to do something different, even worthwhile, which makes him an object of curiosity and perhaps wistful envy. Robert Forster stands out among the loaded cast (which features Peter Falk and Charles Durning) as the lone crew member who can articulate the freedom and future that Dale represents. Directed by actor Joe Mantegna, a longtime David Mamet collaborator.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/09\/nonnas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"630\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0-107x150.jpg 107w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0-100x140.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0-150x210.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0-200x280.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0-300x420.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AAAABdyeFheHCFZBLYsnCnElXB-U5itcVNL_K-4P4yTkyxi_h10lvLETv1A4yVXPL_YERwupafDNaXvTVPaX_CZrGTWf5mOrk2MXnP0sDk4uXrxq07bJEHpXtK8JQnQ1h0-108x151.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/09\/nonnas\/\">Nonnas<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/comedy-drama\/\">Comedy Drama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/families-cinema\/\">Families<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/midlife\/\">Midlife<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2025, United States, 109 min.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the death of his beloved mother, middle-aged Brooklyn lifer Joe Scarvella (Vince Vaughn) copes by cooking her Italian recipes. Warm memories of delicious food and living room <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bonhomie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spur Joe to buy a shabby, vacant restaurant in Staten Island and hire <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nonnas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Italian grandmothers\u2014to cook and summon those familial vibes. Yes, there\u2019s a makeover scene. Yes, there\u2019s a food fight in the kitchen. Despite its predictable emotional maneuvers, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonnas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shines in its depiction of four women (Brenda Vaccaro, Talia Shire, Lorraine Bracco and Susan Sarandon) (re)discovering their place in the world. \u201cHe\u2019s not using me,\u201d Vaccaro\u2019s feisty character protests to an opponent of Joe\u2019s restaurant. \u201cHe\u2019s celebrating me.\u201d The performances and camaraderie of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nonnas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the best part of this uplifting, well-intentioned drama-comedy. Based on a true story.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/08\/lonesome-dove\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-100x133.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-150x200.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-200x267.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-900x1200.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-108x144.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/p431931_b_v13_ab-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/08\/lonesome-dove\/\">Lonesome Dove<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/friendships-cinema\/\">Friendships<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/later-life-quests\/\">Later Life Quests<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><strong>1989, USA, 360 min. (four 90-minute episodes)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this classic miniseries, former Texas Rangers Augustus McRae (Robert Duvall) and Woodrow F. Call (Tommy Lee Jones) are whiling away their remaining years in Lonesome Dove, TX, a wisp of a town that features little more than dust and boredom. Then their old, rakish associate, Jake Spoon (Robert Urich) shows up. The future, he says, lies in verdant, unsettled Montana. Itchy for action, Call immediately organizes a cattle drive. The affable, silver-tongued Gus, forever devoted to the stoic Call, joins him. The dangerous trek is a last run at macho relevance for Call and a dip into nostalgia for McRae, but both men carry emotions that dwarf any frontier. The people who enter their lives\u2014including a hapless Arkansas sheriff (Chris Cooper), an orphaned teenage farmhand (Rick Schroder) and a no-nonsense farm wife (Anjelica Huston), who once loved Gus\u2014slowly and memorably showcase the duo\u2019s vulnerability. Jones and Duvall are exceptional in this bittersweet meditation on mortality and the end of the Old West. Based on Larry McMurtry\u2019s novel.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/06\/olive-kitteridge-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"919\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n.jpg 620w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-202x300.jpg 202w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-100x148.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-150x222.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-200x296.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-300x445.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-450x667.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-600x889.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/202316932_4124736884286540_8274284487970499598_n-108x160.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/06\/olive-kitteridge-2\/\">Olive Kitteridge<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/families-cinema\/\">Families<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2014, USA, 240 min. (four hour-long episodes)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prickly and curt, lifelong Mainer Olive Kitteridge (Frances McDormand) revels in control. She maintains the upper hand in her marriage to kindly Henry (Richard Jenkins), the beloved town pharmacist, and their sensitive son, Christopher (John Gallagher Jr.).<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olive exists in a disgruntled, self-satisfied equilibrium, but over 25 years, crises force emotions to surface. Henry\u2019s endless patience and health wobble; Christopher grows up and cannot comprehend his mother\u2019s indifference toward his churning turmoil. The world Olive spent her life cultivating is eroding. Can she regain her footing? Working from Elizabeth Strout\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2008 novel, director Lisa Cholodenko has crafted a gut-punch to our souls. One woman\u2019s inability to compromise forces everyone in her orbit to recalibrate their lives. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olive Kitteridge <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feels both grand and intimate, painful and joyous, because we can all relate to what unfolds.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/05\/8086\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-300x450.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-450x675.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-600x900.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-108x162.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/MV5BODQ2MTUxNWUtODY1Yy00NDlhLWIwOWQtMDQyZmYyYTJkYjRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/05\/8086\/\">Goodrich<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/families-cinema\/\">Families<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2024, USA, 110 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work is king for Andy Goodrich (Michael Keaton), more so since his boutique LA art gallery inches toward bankruptcy. Now, the rigors of family life that he has conveniently neglected have stormed the gates. His neglected second wife (Laura Benanti) suddenly enters rehab for a 90-day stint, leaving Goodrich in charge of their 9-year-old twins. Overwhelmed, he leans on his adult daughter, Grace (Mila Kunis), an arrangement that benefits Andy but wounds Grace, who is pregnant with her first child. Andy as a reliable, present dad is something she never had. The comedy-drama comes alive whenever Kunis and Keaton are together. Their characters navigate a relationship whose growth is hindered by a lifetime of resentment and Andy\u2019s perpetual unreliability. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goodrich<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> poignantly portrays how a second chance can\u2019t come at the expense of loved ones from our first go-around.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/true-grit-2010\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"901\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_.jpg 832w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-250x300.jpg 250w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-125x150.jpg 125w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-768x923.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-100x120.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-150x180.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-200x240.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-300x361.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-450x541.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-600x721.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/71pQbFx2FFL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-108x130.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/true-grit-2010\/\">True Grit (2010)<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/later-life-quests\/\">Later Life Quests<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/mortality-cinema\/\">Mortality<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2010, USA, 110 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Coen Brothers\u2019 remake of the surprisingly sunny, straight-ahead, 1969 western classic is a sparse, tight noir that ranks alongside unsentimental masterpieces such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wild Bunch <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unforgiven<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Ornery, unkempt and borderline indecipherable, aging tracker Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) takes on a no-nonsense client (Hailee Steinfeld), a 14-year-old girl of brusque and eloquent efficiency determined to find her father\u2019s killer (Josh Brolin). The pair head deep into Indian Territory, with help from a fancy-pants Texas Ranger (Matt Damon), and fall deeper into a metaphor: vengeance exacts a heavy toll on young and old alike. Nobody walks away cleansed by vindication. Thanks to Roger Deakins\u2019 haunting cinematography and a bevy of outstanding performances (Steinfeld matches Bridges, scene for scene), a tale of flawed, stoic heroism becomes clich\u00e9-free cinematic poetry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/true-grit\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_.jpg 692w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-208x300.jpg 208w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-104x150.jpg 104w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-100x145.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-150x217.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-200x289.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-300x434.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-450x650.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-600x867.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/51TQTV4XT0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-108x156.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/03\/true-grit\/\">True Grit (1969)<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/friendships-cinema\/\">Friendships<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/later-life-quests\/\">Later Life Quests<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/mortality-cinema\/\">Mortality<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>1969, USA, 128 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Far sunnier than the bluntly poignant 2010 remake, this is still eminently watchable. John Wayne plays an alcoholic, one-eyed, US marshal hired by a precocious teen (Kim Darby) to find her father\u2019s killer in the vast Indian Territory. Released the same year as&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wild Bunch&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a few years after Sergio Leone\u2019s spaghetti westerns, the film was already an anachronism. Though it is perhaps the last of the traditional, straight-ahead westerns (many of which starred Wayne), it\u2019s a rousing reminder of classic Hollywood swagger\u2014and that integrity and courage don&#8217;t dim with age. Wayne, that embodiment of rigid, matinee-idol machismo even in his 60s, is perfect in his only Oscar-winning role, which might be his most vulnerable performance. Dying is easy; aging is hard\u2014especially if you\u2019re a survivor in a lawless occupation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/02\/hope-springs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"445\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6631d97a7b2e7a3eb13a136e5d3643ae.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6631d97a7b2e7a3eb13a136e5d3643ae.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6631d97a7b2e7a3eb13a136e5d3643ae-202x300.jpg 202w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6631d97a7b2e7a3eb13a136e5d3643ae-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6631d97a7b2e7a3eb13a136e5d3643ae-100x148.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6631d97a7b2e7a3eb13a136e5d3643ae-150x223.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6631d97a7b2e7a3eb13a136e5d3643ae-200x297.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/6631d97a7b2e7a3eb13a136e5d3643ae-108x160.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/02\/hope-springs\/\">Hope Springs<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/long-lasting-marriages\/\">Long-Lasting Marriages<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/midlife\/\">Midlife<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2012, USA\/Canada, 100 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 31 years of marriage and two kids, Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) have their life in order. Arnold is satisfied; Kay, on the other hand, has been driven to quiet misery. Forget about sex\u2014any sign of intimacy has eroded. They\u2019re alone together. \u201cIs it too warm in your room?\u201d Arnold asks when she pays a hopeful visit to his bedroom, only to leave in quiet embarrassment. Desperate for change, Kay drags Arnold 1,500 miles to a famed marriage therapist (Steve Carell) for a week of counseling sessions. Jones and Streep play off each other expertly, and director David Frankel does not approach the material as a sex farce or he-said, she-said carping. The couple learns in real time through honest conversations and not-always-successful \u201csexercises\u201d how to write their final chapters. Alternately touching and insightful, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hope Springs <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is that rare treat: a sweet, tender movie about people we know.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/11\/thelma\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thelma-1200wSq-1024x1024-1-108x108.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/11\/thelma\/\">Thelma<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/comedy-drama\/\">Comedy Drama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/families-cinema\/\">Families<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2024, USA\/Switzerland, 98 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thelma Post (June Squibb) is 93 and thriving on her own. But Thelma\u2019s independent lifestyle becomes threatened after she loses $10,000 in a phone scam, prompting concerns from her overprotective, loving family. Thelma decides to get the money back, enlisting a longtime friend (Richard Roundtree) and his scooter for a trip over Los Angeles\u2019s sidewalks. The plot sounds as if it\u2019s designed to insult older adults for easy laughs, but that\u2019s a subterfuge. Thelma\u2019s growth as a person is the hook, not her quest for vengeance. Writer-director Josh Margolin\u2019s ebullient, thoughtful comedy-drama is a tender, authentic look at aging, specifically the battle between asking for help and maintaining independence. And it moves at the pace of a top-notch detective story. Squibb is excellent, but Roundtree (in his final role) is exceptional as her partner and philosophical opposite. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/10\/jerry-and-marge-go-large\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-691x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-691x1024.jpg 691w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-203x300.jpg 203w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-768x1137.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-100x148.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-150x222.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-200x296.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-300x444.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-450x666.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-600x889.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-900x1333.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge-108x160.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jerrymarge.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/10\/jerry-and-marge-go-large\/\">Jerry and Marge Go Large<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/based-on-true-stories\/\">Based on True Stories<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/long-lasting-marriages\/\">Long-Lasting Marriages<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2022, USA, 96 min.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since retiring, Jerry (Bryan Cranston) faces a string of endless days in his small Michigan town. During one, he reads the tiny print of a lottery game. Jerry, a math whiz, is stunned by his calculations. If he buys a certain number of tickets, he\u2019s guaranteed to win and the more he spends, the more he gets. When his wife, Marge (Annette Bening), learns Jerry has been (successfully) testing his theory, she\u2019s all in. \u201cLet\u2019s be stupid,\u201d she says. \u201cWe need something for us.\u201d The pair make regular road trips to buy tickets in Massachusetts, first for themselves, and then for seemingly the entire town in what becomes a lucrative investment strategy. But will the success last? What elevates&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerry and Marge Go Large&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beyond its \u201cdid-this-really-happen?\u201d story line are Cranston and Bening\u2019s winning performances as the long-married couple that find their second wind by throwing caution to it. Touching and authentic, the movie (based on a true story) never cheapens its characters or their journey.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/08\/solitary-man\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"991\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_.jpg 757w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-114x150.jpg 114w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-100x132.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-150x198.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-200x264.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-300x396.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-450x594.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-600x793.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/81EB6R3OZYL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-108x143.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/08\/solitary-man\/\">Solitary Man<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/families-cinema\/\">Families<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/midlife\/\">Midlife<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2009, USA, 90 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly seven years ago, NYC car salesman <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extraordinaire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ben Kalmen (Michael Douglas) had everything. Then it all crumbled. A health scare initiated a late-life crisis fueled by a self-destructive obsession with younger women. Pushing 60, Ben\u2014who refuses to change his impetuous ways\u2014is poised to re-enter the business world. But his misguided life philosophy continues to wreak havoc on himself and the people in his life who still love him, including his adult daughter (Jenna Fischer) and ex-wife (Susan Sarandon). Brian Koppelman and David Levien\u2019s smart, tart parable about how chasing youth and vitality spoils what we already have succeeds because of Douglas, who plays Casanova and lost soul with equal aplomb. The supporting cast is terrific, especially Danny DeVito as Ben\u2019s college friend<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who offers common sense and salvation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/nyad\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-300x450.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-450x675.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-600x900.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-900x1350.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-108x162.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MV5BNWJhMzVmN2QtODg0ZS00ODk1LWExNDItZjIyMTczYmUzNjY1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU3NDU4MDg2._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/nyad\/\">Nyad<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/friendships-cinema\/\">Friendships<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/later-life-quests\/\">Later Life Quests<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2023, USA, 121 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1978, Diana Nyad fail<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to swim from Cuba to Florida, a 110-mile ordeal in shark-infested waters. Years pass. Celebrity has dimmed. The former long-distance swimmer finds herself lost. \u201cYou turn 60 and the world treats you like a bag of bones,\u201d Nyad (Annette Bening) tells her best friend Bonnie (Jodie Foster). So Nyad heads to the pool after a 30-year break. Soon, she is convinced she can swim to Cuba. As she spends years battling nature\u2019s viciousness and pushing her threshold for pain, we learn that this is not an ego trip. It\u2019s about resolving a painful past and living life on her terms. Bening\u2019s spirited, vulnerable portrayal makes this story relatable. Foster is exceptional as the friend-turned-coach<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who alternately inspires and admonishes the swimmer.&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nyad&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a stirring reminder that there\u2019s no age limit to pushing past your boundaries\u2014especially if you lean on your allies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/06\/top-gun-maverick\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-150x225.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-300x450.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-450x675.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-600x900.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-900x1350.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001-108x162.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/top_gunmaverick_sensor_page-0001.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/06\/top-gun-maverick\/\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/midlife\/\">Midlife<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/mortality-cinema\/\">Mortality<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2022, USA, 130 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly 40 years after his aerial heroics in&nbsp;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top Gun&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1986), Captain Pete \u201cMaverick\u201d Mitchell (Tom Cruise) faces irrelevance as he rounds past middle age. His risky approach to flying jets is again considered reckless, but redemption awaits. Maverick is asked to prepare young fighter pilots for an upcoming attack mission, a gig that gets complicated when he discovers that one of his charges is Rooster (Miles Teller), the son of his late friend and former wingman, Goose. Maverick has to channel his rebelliousness into a final shot at building a worthwhile professional and personal legacy. By peeling back the high-flying machismo to reveal the vulnerability of a fading, adrenaline-fatigued hero, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top Gun: Maverick&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the rare blockbuster that finds excitement in the twisty emotional landscape of its aging protagonist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/wonder-boys\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-680x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-680x1024.jpg 680w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-768x1156.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-1361x2048.jpg 1361w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-150x226.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-200x301.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-300x451.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-450x677.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-600x903.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-900x1354.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_-108x163.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MV5BMDViMDlhNzgtNjZhZC00YjZmLWJkYzEtOGMwNjNjZDY2OWIwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_.jpg 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/wonder-boys\/\">Wonder Boys<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/comedy-drama\/\">Comedy Drama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/midlife\/\">Midlife<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2000, USA\/Germany\/UK\/Japan, 103 min.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the 1980s and 1990s, Michael Douglas garnered a reputation for playing aging men whose bubbling libidos doubled as domestic cautionary tales. This resonant, honest drama, based on Michael Chabon\u2019s novel, is about the messiness of resurrection, not the ease of destruction. Douglas plays college professor Grady Tripp, a once-hot novelist, whose life is now a mess: a failed marriage, too much pot, and an unfinished, long overdue novel that his editor desperately wants. Over the course of an unwieldy weekend, Tripp undergoes an emotional reckoning spurred in part by a troubled but brilliant writing student (Tobey Maguire) and a revelation from his mistress (Frances McDormand), who happens to be his boss. Writer Steve Kloves and director Curtis Hanson keep the action brisk and frenetic without diminishing Tripp\u2019s gradual escape from this self-made crisis. He can no longer hide in the shadows of his shortcomings.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/02\/going-in-style-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-746x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-746x1024.jpg 746w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-219x300.jpg 219w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-109x150.jpg 109w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-768x1054.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-100x137.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-150x206.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-200x274.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-300x412.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-450x618.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-600x823.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-108x148.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/02\/going-in-style-2\/\">Going in Style<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/\">Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/\">Cinema<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/comedy-drama\/\">Comedy Drama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/friendships-cinema\/\">Friendships<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/later-life-quests\/\">Later Life Quests<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/mortality-cinema\/\">Mortality<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/category\/arts\/cinema\/retirement\/\">Retirement<\/a><\/span><div class=\"content\"><p><b>2017, USA, 96 min<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Zach Braff\u2019s remake of the quiet, thoughtful<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1979 comedy-drama ups the cat-and-mouse maneuvers, raises the stakes and modernizes the story line. Brooklyn friends Joe (Michael Caine), Albert (Alan Arkin) and Willie (Morgan Freeman) decide to rob the mega bank that has taken their pension money<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after they\u2019ve been laid off from their longtime factory jobs. What ensues is more laugh-heavy than the original, sometimes to its disadvantage\u2014Christopher Lloyd\u2019s superfluous appearance as a forgetful member of the friends\u2019 social circle is flat-out ageist, a series of worn stereotypes presented as cheap comic relief . But the main characters\u2019 comradery and their refusal to be marginalized by society make for a pleasing, moving effort.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><nav class=\"display-posts-pagination\" role=\"navigation\"><h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Navigation<\/h2><div class=\"nav-links\"><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/?dps_paged=2\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/?dps_paged=3\">3<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/?dps_paged=7\">7<\/a>\n<a class=\"next page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/?dps_paged=2\">Next<\/a><\/div><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are big movie fans here at the Silver Century Foundation, but the silver screen hasn\u2019t been overly kind to older characters. 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