We would like to offer movie nights this semester with the usual Covid twist: 

Only 4 guests per evening which allows for maximum social distancing at the dinner table and while watching the movie.  Mask up during the movie please.  EMAIL us to reserve a spot. mail@hillhouseaustin.org

The title is an understatement, and so is the film. Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" tells the story of a Polish Jew, a classical musician, who survived the Holocaust through stoicism and good luck. This is not a thriller, and avoids any temptation to crank up suspense or sentiment; it is the pianist's witness to what he saw and what happened to him.

The film is based on the autobiography of Wladyslaw Szpilman, who was playing Chopin on a Warsaw radio station when the first German bombs fell. Szpilman's family was prosperous and seemingly secure, and his immediate reaction was, "I'm not going anywhere."