Travel the world this month as Tuesday Nights at the Movies screens films set in New Zealand, Africa, Brazil, and France

Boy

Tuesday, November 7, 7PM

2010

87 minutes

Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Jojo Rabbit) writes, directs and stars in this offbeat father/son dramedy set in his native New Zealand. A boy named Boy becomes acquainted with his wayward father (Waititi in hilarious form) who returns to recover a bag of money that he buried years ago. Waititi’s signature blend of humor and pathos is on full display.

Now Voyager

Tuesday, November 14, 7PM

1942

117 minutes

Bette Davis is at her best in this melodrama as Boston socialite Charlotte Vale, a frumpy and repressed young woman who becomes transformed into a confident and vivacious beauty-through lots of therapy, a cruise to Brazil, and a little romance. Featuring a soaring orchestral score and a stellar supporting cast, including Paul Henreid as the smoldering love interest, Gladys Cooper as the overbearing mother, and Claude Rains as her sage and sympathetic therapist.

In 2007, Now, Voyager was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

The African Queen

Tuesday, November 21, 7PM

1951

105 minutes

Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn play the consummate oddball couple as a boozy riverboat captain and a prim but spirited missionary who venture down a river in East Africa to attack a German gunship during WWI. Restored to its original Technicolor glory in 2010, this highflying adventure film thrills and enchants.

In 1994, The African Queen was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

Delicatessen

Tuesday, November 28, 7PM

1991

99 minutes

Written and directed by the inventive French creative team Caro and Jeunet, this surreal post-apocalyptic dark comedy is set in a French apartment building and focuses on the intersecting lives of its landlord and tenants. Delicatessen is utterly unique in its depiction of a visually ravishing futuristic dystopia but is not for the faint of heart. Viewer discretion is advised.