Welcome the unruly and enigmatic creatures of the season with Spring Peepers, an extravaganza of Studio Ghibli movies shown at Forbes Library. Grab a chair, or bring your own cushion and get comfy. 

Today we're screening Ponyo. 

About the film:
A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.

Welcome the unruly and enigmatic creatures of the season with Spring Peepers, an extravaganza of Studio Ghibli movies shown at Forbes Library. Grab a chair, or bring your own cushion and get comfy. 

Tonight we're showing My Neighbor Totoro. 

About the film:
Two young sisters spend a summer in the Japanese countryside with their father. The children's strange new home turns out to be a wonderland filled with creatures and a trio of furry woodland sprites who can only be seen by children.

Welcome the unruly and enigmatic creatures of the season with Spring Peepers, an extravaganza of Studio Ghibli movies shown at Forbes Library. Grab a chair, or bring your own cushion and get comfy. 

Tonight we're showing Pom Poko.

About the film:

From acclaimed director Isao Takahata. Celebrate the magic of the forest and the beauty of the creatures that live among us. An extraordinary tale of transformation and hope is told as the human world begins to encroach upon the animal world. 

Welcome the unruly and enigmatic creatures of the season with Spring Peepers, an extravaganza of Studio Ghibli movies shown at Forbes Library. Grab a chair, or bring your own cushion and get comfy.

Tonight we're showing The Boy and the Heron.

About the film:

A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

Far Out Film Discussion functions like a book club - watch the film on your own and gather at the library on the first and third Wednesdays to discuss.  

Join us on Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 in the Community Room in the basement where we will discuss the 1999 film All About My Mother by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar.

DVDs will be available in the Arts and Music department. The film can also be streamed via Kanopy using your Forbes library card, or your Boston Public Library e-card. 

Welcome the unruly and enigmatic creatures of the season with Spring Peepers, an extravaganza of Studio Ghibli movies shown at Forbes Library. Grab a chair, or bring your own cushion and get comfy.

Today we're showing Spirited Away. 

About the film:

When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents. Chihiro and her parents accidentally wander into another world ruled by witches and monsters. When her parents are captured by the ruler of the world, she tricks the witch into hiring her so she can figure out how to free them.

Free for All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.

Registration Requested 

Filmmakers: Dawn Logsdon (Director, Producer, Editor) and Lucie Faulknor (Co-director, Producer).

Click here to watch the Film Trailer