It gives me great pleasure to host this session’s “Movie Matinee.” Although I have never worked in the film industry, I have been a cinephile since First Grade. When I sat in a small improvised theater with my classmates, I was transfixed as I watched “Black Beauty” and “Arabian Nights.” I was hooked as they took me to places I had never been, and dazzled me with their thrilling action and nail-biting suspense.

My film preferences changed when my children grew and watched films of their own choosing. Newly divorced and free to choose my own entertainment, I gravitated to independent films like “Cinema Paradiso,” “Sex Lies and Video Tape,” and my first Almodovar film, “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.” I fell in love with cinema all over again.

Since then, I have developed an eclectic taste for many different genres: Road Movies, Coming of Age Movies, Comedies, Serious relationship movies, Musical theater pieces, and Emotional dramas. I hope you can join me to experience the wonderful world of make believe or better yet, stories that pluck at our heartstrings, make us laugh, think, and enrich our own personal lives.

Class limit: 60