Practical Magic with Griffin Dunne

Q&A with director Griffin Dunne, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin

1998. 104 m. Griffin Dunne. Park Circus. US. English. Rated PG-13.

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Join us for an evening with actor and director Griffin Dunne, including a screening of Practical Magic and a chance to hear from Griffin about his new memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club. His story of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstances.

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman sparkle in the wry, romantic tale of two sisters who discover the gift of Practical Magic.

In a small, contemporary New England town, for two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all. They struggle to use their gift for magically guiding fate to overcome their family curse: The men they fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death!

Copies of The Friday Afternoon Club will be available for purchase courtesy of The Village Bookstore. Griffin will sign books after the screening.

Presented on 35mm

Tickets: $25 (members), $30 (nonmembers)

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"Dunne is committed, thank good-ness, unapologetic for even the most fluttery sentiment or spookiest chill, enjoying the swellness of the very idea almost as much as any fanciful girl."
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. Weekly

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Q&A with Griffin Dunne, moderated by JBFC Board President Janet Maslin

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While beloved for his starring roles in iconic films like An American Werewolf in London and Martin Scorsese's After Hours, Golden Globe Award nominee Griffin Dunne continues to charm audiences and critics alike almost 30 years later. Griffin can currently be seen on the HBO Max series The Girls on the Bus. 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 will be in bookstores June 11th.