Family
Remember experiencing great entertainment with your entire family? Here’s a chance to share that feeling (and get out of the house) with fun-filled, imaginative movies and events sure to please everyone, whether you’re 3 or 93. All your favorites are here, from beloved icons of the past to the new stars defining today’s childhoods. What better way to come play?
The Cat in the Hat
Director: Alessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja Run Time: 114 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2026
Starring: Bill Hader, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, Tiago Martinez, Xochitl Gomez
Known for taking things too far, The Cat in the Hat has one chance to prove himself and cheer up two siblings (and their curmudgeonly goldfish) after a move, without making a mess. With his imagination, heart, some childhood dreams and a Thing or 3, the Cat aims to pull off the impossible. Screenings include the new animated short "Daffy Season"; Daffy Duck faces his worst nightmare when his Looney Tunes friends become obsessed with soccer.
The Gold Rush with Live Piano by Ben Model
- Sun, Nov 22
Director: Charlie Chaplin Run Time: 95 min. Rating: Not Rated Release Year: 1925
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Mack Swain, Malcolm Waite, Tom Murray
Bedford Playhouse welcomes back musician and historian Ben Model providing live piano accompaniment to the classic silent comedy The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin’s acknowledged masterpiece. This feature-length film contains some of the most iconic scenes in silent film comedy history. Recommended for ages 3 to 93. Charlie Chaplin’s comedic masterwork—which charts a prospector’s search for fortune in the Klondike and his discovery of romance (with the beautiful Georgia Hale)—forever cemented the iconic status of Chaplin and his Little Tramp character. Shot partly on location in the Sierra Nevadas and featuring such timeless gags as the dance of the dinner rolls and the meal of boiled shoe leather, The Gold Rush is an indelible work of heartwarming hilarity.
Disney’s Hexed
Director: Fawn Veerasunthorn, Jason Hand Run Time: 109 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2026
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Jodie Foster, Rashida Jones, Tracey Ullman, Walton Goggins
In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ all-new magical coming-of-age saga, “Disney’s Hexed,” an impulsive and unconventional teenage girl named Billie (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) discovers secret magical abilities which, once unleashed, hurtle her out of suburbia and into a spectacle-filled journey through a vast witch realm called Hexe. Forced to team up with her cautious mother, Alice (voiced by Rashida Jones), they uncover family mysteries that could change the world of witches forever. Screenings include the new animated short "Lilo & Scratch"; when Lilo introduces Stitch to her new cat, it just might drive him crazy.
Time Bandits
- Tue, Jan 12
Director: Terry Gilliam Run Time: 116 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1981
Starring: Ian Holm, John Cleese, Katherine Helmond, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall
In this fantastic voyage through time and space from Terry Gilliam, a boy named Kevin (Craig Warnock) escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarfs. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they plunder treasure from Napoleon (Ian Holm) and Agamemnon (Sean Connery)—but the Evil Genius (David Warner) is watching their every move. Featuring a darkly playful script by Gilliam and his Monty Python cohort Michael Palin (who also appears in the film), Time Bandits is at once a giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire of technology gone awry. Part of our Cult Classic series, guest introduction by Joel Fenster (Director, Murder Among Friends at Curtain Call)