Movies Coming Soon
Battle at Versailles
- Tue, Jan 7
Director: Fritz Mitchell Run Time: 60 min. Release Year: 2016
Starring: Ajak Deng, Grace Mahary, Kate Hutchinson Driscoll, Stanley Tucci, Vanessa Moreira
This original documentary explores the iconic 1973 fashion event at the Palace of Versailles. Pitting French designers against a group of American talent - this film provides an in-depth look at the artistry, cultural significance, and impact of this pivotal point in fashion history. A Q&A follows the screening with director, Fritz Mitchell.
The New Yorker Short Film Showcase
- Wed, Jan 8
Run Time: 120 min.
Presenting 4 films from The New Yorker - Eternal Father, Incident, Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr, and I'm Not A Robot, which are shortlisted for Academy-Award consideration. One Night Only!
The Player
- Thu, Jan 9
Director: Robert Altman Run Time: 124 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1992
Starring: Fred Ward, Greta Scacchi, Peter Gallagher, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg
A morally dubious Hollywood executive (Tim Robbins) finds himself entangled in a criminal plot that mirrors the dark twists of his own movies. Blending film noir with sharp industry satire, this adaptation of Michael Tolkin’s novel is both a stylish murder mystery and a self-aware Hollywood critique. Featuring a stellar supporting cast—including Peter Gallagher, Whoopi Goldberg, and Greta Scacchi.
A Complete Unknown
- Fri, Jan 10
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- Thu, Jan 16
Director: James Mangold Run Time: 138 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Nick Offerman, Timothée Chalamet
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota named Bob Dylan arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.
The Big Parade
- Sun, Jan 12
Director: King Vidor Run Time: 151 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 1925
Starring: Claire Adams, Claire McDowell, Hobart Bosworth, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée
One of the greatest silent films and a landmark in World War I cinema, is celebrated for its realistic portrayal of warfare and lasting influence on war films. It follows the idle son of a wealthy businessman who joins the Army, befriends two working-class soldiers, and falls in love with a Frenchwoman before heading to the frontlines. Starring silent-era icon John Gilbert, the film will be introduced by his grandson, Gideon Fountain.
Amend: The Fight for America – Screening and Discussion with Antioch Baptist Church
Run Time: 120 min.
The 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Seminar presents Episode 3 of the acclaimed series Amend: The Fight for America. Screening begins promptly at 10am followed by a discussion. Admission is free; seating is first-come, first-served. Participants are asked to bring a donation of non-perishable food or snack items.
The Brutalist
Director: Brady Corbet Run Time: 215 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy
Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...
Purple Rain
- Fri, Jan 24
Director: Albert Magnoli Run Time: 111 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1984
Starring: Apollonia Kotero, Jerome Benton, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Prince
Experience a special screening of winner of Grammy and Academy Awards for its pulsating song score, Purple Rain. Prince’s electrifying film debut featuring iconic hits like "Let’s Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry," hailed by Rolling Stone as “the smartest, most spiritually ambitious rock-‘n’-roll movie ever made.” After the film, join Bedford resident and lifelong music fan Rob Cavenagh for an engaging conversation about the unforgettable soundtrack that shaped this cinematic masterpiece.
Gaslight
- Tue, Jan 28
Director: George Cukor Run Time: 114 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 1944
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty
Young Paula endures flickering lights and haunting sounds from a sealed-off attic, leading her to fear she’s losing her mind—a sinister scheme orchestrated by her husband, Gregory. Directed by George Cukor, this suspense classic stars Ingrid Bergman in her Oscar-winning role as the tormented Paula and Charles Boyer as the deceptively charming Gregory. The cast also includes Joseph Cotten, Dame May Whitty, and Angela Lansbury in her Oscar-nominated debut. The film’s atmospheric Victorian setting won the Academy Award for Best Interior Decoration, enhancing its gripping tension.
Dog Man
Director: Peter Hastings Run Time: 94 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2025
Starring: Isla Fisher, Lil Rel Howery, Pete Davidson, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root
When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve — and fetch, sit and roll over. As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. But when Petey's kitten clone, Lil Petey, falls into the clutches of a common enemy, Dog Man and Petey reluctantly join forces in an action-packed race against time to rescue the young kitten, discovering how family can bring even the most hostile foes together.
The [M] Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause
- Wed, Feb 5
Director: Jacoba Atlas Run Time: 56 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 2024
Presented in association with Women's Wolfpack. Menopause is a silent epidemic that affects the health and well-being of millions of American women. In addition to experiencing traumatic physical symptoms, women are struggling with the related stresses of billions of dollars in lost wages, upended careers, family disruptions, and emotional chaos. This film confronts this neglected crisis, challenges societal and medical shortcoming and advocates for a revolutionary approach to women's health in America. A Q&A discussion follows the film.
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
- Tue, Feb 18
Director: Mark Cousins Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Alfred Hitchcock, Alistair McGowan, Mark Cousins
A century after Alfred Hitchcock's debut, his influence on cinema endures. Award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins revisits Hitchcock’s legacy with a fresh, radical approach, using Hitchcock's own voice to guide us through his career. As Hitchcock “rewatches” his vivid silent films, iconic 1950s-60s masterpieces, and later works, we embark on a playful and revealing exploration of his enduring impact.
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Director: Bernard MacMahon Run Time: 121 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2025
Starring: Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant
Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group.
Shadow of a Doubt
- Tue, Feb 25
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 108 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1943
Starring: Henry Travers, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Teresa Wright
Joseph Cotton star as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie (Teresa Wright). But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
- Tue, Mar 4
Director: Matthew Miele Run Time: 105 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 2024
Starring: Bob Mackie, Carol Burnett, Cher, Pink, Tom Ford
This film captures the six-decade career of award-winning costume designer Bob Mackie, whose bold personality mirrors his unique, unfiltered designs. It explores his unusual upbringing, close relationships, and surprising family connections that shaped his optimistic and daring work. Featuring original interviews with Mackie’s clients, collaborators, and those he's inspired, plus his own insights into his most iconic looks.
Quick Change
- Thu, Mar 6
Director: Bill Murray, Howard Franklin Run Time: 89 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1990
Starring: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Jason Robards, Randy Quaid, Stanley Tucci
The star of Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day headlines and co-directs this uproarious Big Apple heist-and-pursuit caper. Bill Murray plays Grimm, a frazzled urbanite who disguises himself as a clown - and sets out to rob a bank. Geena Davis and Randy Quaid play accomplices in Grimm's daring scheme, and Jason Robards is the blustery cop caught up in Grimm's "Clown Day Afternoon." Swiping a million bucks is a snap compared to getting out of town. Grimm and cohorts commandeer a car, a cab, a bus, a baggage tram and a plane to make what becomes a less-than-merry escape. But for comedy lovers, Quick Change is a ticket to ride!
The Man Who Would Be King
- Tue, Mar 25
Director: John Huston Run Time: 129 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1975
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Doghmi Larbi, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey, Sean Connery
Based on a Rudyard Kipling story and packed with spectacle, humor, excitement and bold twists of fate, John Huston's film of The Man Who Would Be King earns its crown as "an epic like no other. One of the screen's great adventure yarns" (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Sean Connery and Michael Caine - chins out, shoulders squared and with a sly wink - star as British sergeants Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnehan. The Empire was built by men like these two. Now they're out to build their own empire, venturing into remote Kafiristan to become rich as kings.
Darkman
- Thu, Apr 10
Director: Sam Raimi Run Time: 95 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1990
Starring: Colin Friels, Frances McDormand, Larry Drake, Liam Neeson, Nelson Mashita
Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when a gang, led by the sadistic Robert G. Durant (Larry Drake), obliterates his laboratory. Burned beyond recognition and altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake attempts to rebuild his laboratory and reestablish ties with his former girlfriend Julie (Frances McDormand). But his most challenging task lies within himself. Torn between his desire to create a new life with Julie and his quest for revenge, the man known as Darkman begins to assume alternate identities in this stunning, fast-paced action thriller from director Sam Raimi.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House with Special Guest Ileana Douglas
- Sun, Apr 27
Director: H. C. Potter Run Time: 94 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 1948
Starring: Cary Grant, Melvyn Douglas, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett
New York adman Jim Blandings is ready to say goodbye to his cramped city apartment and build from the ground up a Connecticut home with room enough for his growing family and dreams. All it will cost him is his time and money ... and perhaps his job, marriage, happiness and what's left of his sanity. Goodbye, Manhattan. Hello, comedy. Following the film, renowned actress and author Illeana Douglas will discuss her book “Connecticut in the Movies: From Dream Houses to Dark Suburbia” and take questions from the audience. A copy of the book is included with each ticket.
Inherit the Wind
- Tue, Apr 29
Director: Stanley Kramer Run Time: 128 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 1960
Starring: Dick York, Donna Anderson, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy
Two-time Best Actor Oscar winners Spencer Tracy and Fredric March go toe-to-toe in this thrilling re-creation of the most titanic courtroom battle of the twentieth century. The controversial subject of evolution versus creation causes two polar opposites to engage in one explosive battle of beliefs. Attorney Henry Drummond (Tracy) faces off against fundamentalist leader Matthew Harrison Brady (March) in a small Tennessee town where a teacher has been brought to trial for teaching Darwinism. Let the trial begin ... and watch the sparks fly!
Clue
- Thu, May 8
Director: Jonathan Lynn Run Time: 94 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1985
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn, Michael McKean, Tim Curry
Here is the murderously funny movie based on the world-famous Clue board game. Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You'll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes.
Bad Day at Black Rock
- Tue, May 27
Director: John Sturges Run Time: 81 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 1955
Starring: Dean Jagger, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Spencer Tracy, Walter Brennan
Folks in Black Rock have their own way of welcoming mysterious, one-armed stranger John J. Macreedy. He's welcome to leave. Or they'll make sure he leaves in a pine box. Spencer Tracy plays World War II veteran Macreedy, who keeps his own counsel about why he's come to Black Rock and who keeps his wits about him when confronted with threats and violence. Director John Sturges ramps up the tension while revealing Macreedy's mission and the town's grim secret. "I'm half horse, half alligator," one says. They'll find Macreedy is even tougher stuff.
Superbad
- Thu, Jun 12
Director: Greg Mottola Run Time: 113 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2007
Starring: Bill Hader, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen
From the guy who brought you Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin comes SUPERBAD. Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) want nothing more than to lose their virginity before they head off to college. To do that, though, they need to get liquor for the big party that night. With the help of their friend Fogell, a.k.a. McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), and his fake I.D., the three of them go on a hilarious chase for that elusive booze, dodging incompetent cops (Knocked Up's Seth Rogen and "Saturday Night Live's" Bill Hader), angry neighbors and jealous boyfriends. Hailed as an "iconic comedy...a true classic of its times" (Pete Hammond, Maxim), SUPERBAD is a laugh-out-loud masterpiece!"
A Night at the Opera
- Tue, Jun 24
Director: Sam Wood Run Time: 96 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 1935
Starring: Allan Jones, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle
Arts patron Mrs. Claypool intends to pay pompous opera star Lasparri $1,000 per performance. Hey, maybe that's why they call it grand opera! This is grand comedy, too, as Groucho, Chico and Harpo cram a ship's stateroom and more with wall-to-wall gags, one-liners, musical riffs and two hard-boiled eggs - all while skewering Lasparri's schemes and helping two young hopefuls get a break. To save the opera, our heroes must first destroy it. They must also gain ocean passage as stowaways, pull the wool (if not the beards) over the eyes of city hall, shred legal mumbo-jumbo down to a sanity clause, pester dowager Claypool and unleash so much glee that many say this is the best Marx Brothers movie. Seeing is believing.