Contagion
Release Date
2011
Film Synopsis
Director Steven Soderbergh’s disaster thriller follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days.
When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her husband (Matt Damon) that they have no idea what killed her. Soon, many others start to exhibit the same symptoms, and a worldwide pandemic erupts. Doctors try to contain the lethal microbe, but society begins to collapse as a blogger (Jude Law) fans the flames of paranoia.
Past Programs
2015
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI
The State Theatre, Modesto, CA
2016
Film Streams, Omaha, NE
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA
2017
The State Theatre, Modesto, CA
2019
FilmScene, Iowa City, IA
2021
Martha's Vineyard Film Society, Tisbury, MA
2024
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL