Barbara Steffek-Hill travels the world (and scours our DVD collection) to find the best movies you may have missed on your way to the multiplex.

Chariots of Fire (1981) 
Directed by Hugh Hudson 
Rated PG <imdb>
During the 1924 Olympic Games in France, English university student Ben Cross and Scottish missionary Ian Charleson compete for England. The Scotsman runs for the glory of God. The Cambridge man runs against prejudice.  Both athletes have trained to the maximum. A world-class American team is their biggest threat.
Saturday, March 24 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium
 
A Woman’s Face (1941) 
Directed by George Cukor 
Not Rated <imdb>
Given a new face and a fresh chance at life by her plastic surgeon, blackmailer Joan Crawford remains attached to a cash-strapped and living large Conrad Veidt, her cruel accomplice. When he concocts a diabolical plan to eliminate his main obstacle to a family fortune, will she have the will to stop him?
Saturday, April 21 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Simone (2002) 
Directed by Andrew Niccol 
Rated PG-13 <imdb>
Desperate film producer Al Pacino has a movie to make but no star. His ex-wife, studio chief Catherine Keener, is less than sympathetic. Then, somewhere out of the shadows, a dying genius appears with a CD containing a secret computer program. He begs the filmmaker to take it. What’s on the disc is nothing less than manna from heaven. Her name is Simone.
Saturday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Dark Passage (1947) 
Directed by Delmer Daves 
Not Rated <imdb>
Convicted of killing his wife, Humphrey Bogart escapes from San Quentin and a manhunt ensues. He befriends a trusting young Lauren Bacall who secrets him away in her apartment. But when a friend of his is found shot to death, he’s the prime suspect and the police double their efforts to catch him. 
Saturday, June 16 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium

Assassination Tango (2002)
Directed by Robert Duvall
Rated R <imdb>
Hitman Robert Duvall, on assignment in Buenos Aires, spies a couple performing the tango and is instantly mesmerized. When he meets dancer Luciana Pedraza in a café, she arranges tango lessons for him. They go dancing together. Now he wears two hats—assassin by day, tanguero by night.
Saturday, July 21 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium