A German baker and an Israeli widow share loss and pastries in The Cakemaker. "Critics Pick! Sad and sweet, and with a rare lyricism, The Cakemaker believes in a love that neither nationality, sexual orientation nor religious belief can deter." -The NY Times
Ethan Hawke stars in Paul Schrader's extraordinary examination of faith. Reverend Ernst Toller is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction
An impressionable, shaggy-haired young cinephile moves to Paris and immerses himself in a bohemian world of artists and intellectuals -- a bittersweet ode to the heady days of student life that evokes the films of the French New Wave.
Friday, Sept 14 at dusk at Twin Lakes Sports Park Our summer series of free outdoor movie screenings continues with The Natural. Robert Redford stars as the iconic baseball player, Roy Hobbs, in Barry Levinson's 1984 adaptation of the novel by Bernard Malamud. The supporting cast includes Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Wilford Brimley, Kim Basinger and Michael Madsen. presented in
The 1st Annual NY Cat Film Festival™ at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater is made up of two different programs that are a mix of short films that honor the mysterious felines who have enchanted us for centuries.
A quiet young man mysteriously disappears soon after starting a new life in Brooklyn’s artistic circles.
The true story of three identical triplets who are separated at birth, each adopted by a different family, each unaware of the existence of the others. Then as college students they are reunited. Their jaw-dropping, feel-good story sets in motion a series of events that unearth an unimaginable secret - a secret with radical repercussions for us all.
Single Tickets $6 Semester Passes $35 Where Are Films Shown? Where Can I Park for free on Campus? WATCH THE TRAILER Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and complex relationship with her mother into their
It’s 1944 Nazi-occupied France, and Marguerite (Mélanie Thierry) is an active Resistance member along with husband Robert Antelme and a band of fellow subversives. Memoir of War is adapted from the 1985 autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras.
Recommended ages: 3-7 in English, No dialogue BUY TICKETS (one ticket admits you into both programs) Kid Flicks One gives a warm welcome to all budding cinephiles with this lively international lineup of fun. Kick off the festivities with good hygiene and great dubstep in Party Mouth (USA), then let your hair—or, er fur—down and hang loose in I Want
Program 2 Shorts | 79 min.Recommended ages: 8-80 in English, No dialogue, with English subtitles BUY TICKETS (one ticket admits you into both programs) With a compelling range of styles and themes, Program 2 offers clever, thought-provoking films sure to inspire audiences ages 8+ to expand their horizons. In the Grand Prize award-winner Game (USA), AJ has the drive to
DARK MONEY, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections. Everyone should see this before Election Day.
She will forever be remembered as the writer who gave the world Frankenstein. But the real life story of Mary Shelley—and the creation of her immortal monster—is nearly as fantastical as her fiction.
England, 1959. A free-spirited widow risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative seaside English village. Based on the beloved novel by Penelope Fitzgerald.
Welcome to Monrovia, Indiana. With a dwindling population of 1,083, the small town, first founded in 1834 as one of many farming communities that served as the backbone of early America. Acclaimed non-fiction filmmaker Frederick Wiseman’s newest film explores the conflicting stereotypes and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity and authenticity are formed, experienced and lived.
Single Tickets $6 Semester Passes $35 Where Are Films Shown? Where Can I Park for free on Campus? WATCH THE TRAILER It may not receive much notice at this year's Academy Awards but this low-budget comedy is one of the best American films of the year. Lisa is the last person you'd expect to find in
We are screening four films at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Sunday, Nov 18th. EATING ANIMALS (2pm) How much do you know about the food that’s on your plate? Produced and narrated by Natalie Portman, based on the bestselling book by Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals is an eye-opening look at the environmental, economic, and public health consequences of factory farming.
trail-blazing comedienne Gilda Radner reflects on her life and career. Weaving together her recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with friends (Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Laraine Newman, Paul Shaffer and Martin Short), rare home movies and diaries read by modern-day comedians
What happens when four legends of British stage and screen get together? Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of our time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, and BAFTAs between them. They are also longtime friends who hereby invite you to join them for a weekend in the country
How much do you know about the food that’s on your plate? Based on the bestselling book by Jonathan Safran Foer and narrated by co-producer Natalie Portman, Eating Animals is an eye-opening look at the environmental, economic, and public health consequences of factory farming. Tracing the history of food production in the United States, the film charts how farming has gone from local and sustainable to a corporate Frankenstein monster that offers cheap eggs, meat, and dairy at a steep cost
Fourteen-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry—a housewife and a golf pro—in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job—and his sense of purpose—he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves.
December 1st is World Aids Day. As the first feature-length film to deal with AIDS, Buddies (1985) was a groundbreaking independent film. When 25 year-old gay yuppie David (David Schachter) volunteers to be a "buddy" to an AIDS patient, the gay community center assigns him to Robert (Geoff Edholm), a 32 year-old politically impassioned gay California gardener abandoned by his friends and lovers.
Dec 8-17 It's Christmas eve in northern Finland, and an 'archeological' dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus. But this particular Santa isn’t the one you want coming to town.
Mark Hogancamp was attacked outside of a bar by five men. After nine days in a coma and 40 days in the hospital, Mark was discharged with little memory of his previous life. Unable to afford therapy, Mark creates his own. In his backyard, he built Marwencol, a 1/6th scale World War II-era town that he populated with dolls representing his friends, family and even his attackers. After a few years, Mark started documenting his miniature dramas with his camera. Through Mark’s lens, these were no longer dolls – they were living, breathing characters in an epic WWII story. Exactly the sort of mysterious and almost holy experience you hope to get from documentaries and rarely do. -The Village Voice
The most anticipated Taiwanese film of the year. A night watchman and his buddy uncover some unsavory video of his politically well-connected but overly amorous boss.
