Sun, Feb 13 / 1pm
Free Admission!
Directed by Danny DeVito
1996, USA, 98 mins, PG
This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson), a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father (Danny DeVito) and mother (Rhea Perlman). Worse, Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), the evil principal at Matilda’s school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull’s wrath and fight back against her unkind parents.
Plays with The Big Swing
Dir. Paula Gillgannon
2011, 1 min
The macabre tale of a child trying to overcome her fear of the swing.
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