This film is being presented as part of the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library's Wednesday Movie Club, a weekly showcase of movies that matter for people who love movies.  Attendees will be invited to discuss the film immediately following the screening. Registration is not required.

What makes a film epic?  It isn’t just size or spectacle.  It’s what happens when ordinary people come up against forces larger than themselves: time, history, society, fate.  These stories can unfold anywhere—from distant galaxies to familiar streets—and over moments or lifetimes. What matters isn’t scale but endurance, how long someone can hold on, what pressure reveals, and what’s left when the dust finally settles. This "Epic April," we’ll be exploring a little of all of the above.

Interstellar is Christopher Nolan’s ambitious and emotionally charged science-fiction epic.  Set in a near future where Earth is becoming increasingly uninhabitable, the film stars Matthew McConaughey as a former pilot sent on a desperate mission to find a new home for humanity.  What begins as a space adventure gradually becomes something more intimate, a story about time, sacrifice, and the bonds between parents and children stretched across unimaginable distances. Big, bold, and surprisingly tender, Interstellar asks cosmic questions while keeping its heart firmly grounded in human emotion.

Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 2h 49m
Production Year: 2014
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck
Director: Christopher Nolan