It’s Oscar Season, and no better time to catch up on 2023’s best films before the Academy Awards broadcast!  Join Danvers-born film critic and author Charles Bramesco for the inside scoop on this year at the movies:

- How Oscar selections are made

- Nominations: Some more worthy than others

- Who will win?  Who SHOULD win?

- Great films that have been overlooked

-  Your burning questions answered

 Charles Bramesco is a freelance film and TV critic, writing for The Guardian, The New York Times, GQ, Forbes and many others, a columnist for UK magazine, Little White Lies, and the author of two books, most recently Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes (2023).  

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Peabody Institute Library of Danvers and is supported in part by a grant from the Danvers Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

AND DON'T FORGET to submit your ballot for the library's 11th Annual Academy Awards Contest.  Predict the winners of this year's Oscars for a chance to win gift cards towards dinner and a movie! A $50 value.
Ballots are due by Sunday, March 10 at 5:00pm.