This spring, the Figge Art Museum will presents a series of award-winning coming-of-age films in its “Free Film at the Figge” Thursday programming, according to a news release.
Admission is free to see the movies that will be shown in the John Deere Auditorium at the Figge, 225 W. 2nd St., Davenport. After each movie, the audience is invited to socialize and discuss each film with a complimentary glass of wine. (Underwritten by Barb Zimmerman.)
‘We the Animals’ (IMDb)
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, February 15: “We the Animals” (2018)
Trapped in a never-ending cycle of poverty, passion, abuse, and compromise, 10-year-old Jonah and his boisterous older brothers, Manny and Joel, navigate through childhood and their parents’ volatile relationship. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name.
Awards
Sundance: NEXT Innovator Award; Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for five awards.
WATCH THE TRAILER here.
‘Boy’ (IMDb)
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, March 21: “Boy” (2010)
An 11-year-old devout Michael Jackson fan, who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, welcomes home his absentee criminal father, who has returned to retrieve a bag of money he buried years ago. “Boy” was the highest-grossing film of all time in New Zealand. Internationally, it earned over $43 million, while ticket sales in the U.S. totaled a mere quarter of a million dollars. Director, screenwriter, and actor Taika Waititi went on to enjoy significant critical and commercial success in 2019 with “Jojo Rabbit.”
Awards
American Film Institute: Audience Award for Best International Feature Film; New Zealand Film and TV awards: 13 nominations and seven wins, including Best Film, Director, Screenplay; Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize nomination. Other international film festivals honors/awards are from the Berlin International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and Sydney Film Festival.
WATCH THE TRAILER here.
‘Mommy’ (IMDb)
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 18: “Mommy” (2014)
A mother with a sometimes-violent teenage son struggles to control his behavior in a desperate attempt to avoid the need to institutionalize him. Directed, written, and edited by then 25-year-old French-Canadian film director Xavier Dolan. “Mommy” was Dolan’s fifth film to compete at Cannes. He was 20 years old when his first film, “I Killed My Mother,” won four awards at Cannes in 2009.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize; nominated for Palme d’Or; Canadian Screen Awards: Nine awards, including Best Picture; French Cesar Award: Best Foreign Film; Chicago Film Critics: Best Foreign Language Film.
WATCH THE TRAILER here.
‘Lady Bird’ (IMDb)
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, May 16: “Lady Bird” (2017)
An artistically inclined 17-year-old high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity in Sacramento, California. “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut, was followed by “Little Women” in 2019 and “Barbie” in 2023, all written or co-written and directed by Gerwig.
Awards
Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress; Golden Globes: Best Picture, Best Actress, nominated for Best Screenplay, Supporting Actress; National Board of Review: Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Top Film.
Critics’ awards were from the National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics Society, London Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
WATCH THE TRAILER here.
For more information about the Figge, visit here.
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