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Free First-Run Films Will Be Shown Fridays in March at Pasadena Senior Center

STAFF REPORT
Published on Mar 2, 2020
From Top clockwise: Harriet (2019), Parasite (2019), The Good Liar (2019), Ford vs. Ferrari” (2019)

Every month, free movies are shown most Fridays at 1 p.m. in the Scott Pavilion at the Pasadena Senior Center. Members and non-members 50 and older are invited to attend. Reservations are not required.

In March, a first-run, award-winning or -nominated film will be shown every week:

March 6 – “Harriett” ( (2019, PG-13) starring Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. Harriet Tubman risks her life to escape from slavery, then risks it again and again as she leads hundreds of slaves to freedom and safety as the most famous so-called conductor of the Underground Railroad. The film is based on true events.

March 13 – “Parasite” (2019, R) starring Kang-ho Song and Sun-kyun Lee. A savvy low-income South Korean family cons its way into working in the household of a wealthy family, but a parasitic interloper threatens their newfound comfort and threatens to destroy the fragile relationship between the two families. Korean with English subtitles.

March 20 – “The Good Liar” (2019, R) starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen. A career British con man sets his sights on a recently widowed woman worth millions, but what should be a simple swindle becomes a potentially deadly cat-and-mouse game.

March 27 – “Ford vs. Ferrari” (2019, PG-13) starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale. American car designer Carroll Shelby and British-born driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary new race car for Ford Motor Company that will take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. The film is based on true events.

For more information about the programs and services of the Pasadena Senior Center, visit www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org or call (626) 795-4331.

Founded in 1960, the Pasadena Senior Center is an independent, donor-supported nonprofit organization that offers recreational, educational, wellness and social services to people ages 50 and over in a welcoming environment. Services are also provided for frail, low-income and homebound seniors.

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