In Joan Micklin Silver’s subversive black comedy Chilly Scenes of Winter, depressed hopeless romantic and Salt Lake City civil servant Charles (John Heard) can’t seem to get over his ex-girlfriend and ex-coworker Laura (Mary Beth Hurt). Unfortunately for Charles, Laura has moved on and is now back together with her previously estranged husband, a successful A-frame log home salesman (Peter Riegert). The obsessive Charles finds himself increasingly driven to desperate actions to bring her back into his life. Griffin Dunne produced the film and also cameos as Charles’ pragmatic brother-in-law, Mark.
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Saturday, Nov 15
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OCOpen Captioned
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Chilly Scenes of Winter
Q&A with Griffin Dunne
Tickets: $25 (members), $30 (nonmembers)
"Joan Micklin Silver’s humble PG-rated romantic dramedy is, in its brisk 95 minutes, a more adult entertainment than nearly any studio-backed film you could name from the past decade or so."
"Chilly Scenes is about the aftermath of that turbulent time, about the children of the 60's when they came of age, and the film's allusions to it are oblique. When Sam remarks that Charles's younger sister 'never even went to Woodstock,' Charles reminds him that they didn't either... Life is a series of missed opportunities, even for those who imagined they were on the scene."
SPECIAL EVENTS
Q&A with Griffin Dunne
Saturday, Nov. 15 2025, 4:00
- Griffin Dunne, beloved for his starring roles in iconic films like An American Werewolf in London and Martin Scorsese's After Hours, continues to charm audiences and critics alike almost 30 years later. Most recently, Griffin can be seen in Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing and series like HBO’s The Girls on the Bus and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. Before that he was in the hit NBC series This is Us, opposite Mandy Moore and Sterling K. Brown. Other credits include the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club, as well as a starring role in Joey Soloway’s provocative Amazon Studios dramedy I Love Dick opposite Kevin Bacon and Kathryn Hahn. Griffin is also an accomplished filmmaker having directed such films as Addicted to Love with Meg Ryan, Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, and the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary The Center Will Not Hold about his aunt Joan Didion. His family memoir The Friday Afternoon Club was released in bookstores in June of 2024.
Tickets: $25 (members), $30 (nonmembers)
This film is part of the All Dunne: A Griffin Dunne Retrospective series.
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