Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Classic Film Wednesdays: THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
Germany | 1920 | 67 minutes | Not Rated | Film NoirRobert Wiene
Wednesday April 23, 2014, 7:30 pm,
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Robert Wiene
Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher
This German Expressionist masterpiece makes great use of its chilling premise and stylized set design. Caligari’s Expressionist style ultimately led to the dark shadows and sharp angles of the film noir urban crime dramas of the 1940′s, many of which were directed by such German emigres as Billy Wilder and Robert Siodmak….
NY Film Critics Series: LOCKE with on-screen appearances by actor Tom Hardy and director/writer Steven Knight
UK, USA | 2014 | 85 minutes | Rated R | Drama, ThrillerSteven Knight
Tuesday April 29, 2014, 7:30 pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $18 Member
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Steven Knight
Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson
Ivan Locke has worked diligently to craft the life he has envisioned, dedicating himself to the job that he loves and the family he adores. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his…
Tuesday May 06, 2014, 7:30 pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $18 Member
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Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson
Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman), he is left to figure out what’s next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara), his friend (John Leguizamo)…
Live Theatre on Screen: DRIVING MISS DAISY with Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones
Australia | 2013 | 90 minutes | Not Rated | DramaPlay directed by David Esbjornson
Sunday June 15, 2014, 7:30 PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $18 Member
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Play directed by David Esbjornson
Alfred Uhry
Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones, and Boyd Gaines
Two of the world’s greatest living actors — five-time Tony Award and three-time Academy Award nominee Angela Lansbury and two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award winner James Earl Jones star in Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer–Prize winning play Driving Miss Daisy. Driving Miss Daisy, shot during the play’s Australian tour, after sell out…
Classic Film Wednesdays: MULHOLLAND DRIVE
USA | 2001 | 147 minutes | Rated R | Drama, Mystery/SuspenseDavid Lynch
Wednesday April 16, 2014, 7:30 pm,
$12 General Admission, $9 Member
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David Lynch
Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
David Lynch’s dreamlike and mysterious Mulholland Drive is a twisty neo-noir with an unconventional structure that features a mesmirizing performance from Naomi Watts as a woman on the dark fringes of Hollywood. David Lynch wrote and directed this look at two women who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and…
Monday July 21, 2014, 7:30 PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $18 Member
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Jonathan Kent
Leading tenor of today Jonas Kaufmann stars in a brand new production of Manon Lescaut alongside Kristine Opolais
Wendy Taucher Dance Opera Theatre will present a special live ‘preview’ performance by WT DOT singers, Monday July 21 thirty minutes before Opera in Cinema Pucinni’s Manon Lescaut beginning at 7:00 PM Puccini’s first triumph returns to Covent Garden for the first time in 30 years in a new staging by Jonathan…
Sunday June 22, 2014, 12:00 PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $18 Member
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Richard Eyre's
Old favorites, star studded cast - Renee Fleming, Thomas Hampson (baritone), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Verdi’s La Traviata, based on Alexander Dumas fils’s play La Dame aux camélias, is one of Verdi’s most popular operas, combining drama, passion and memorable melodies. Verdi’s tragic tale of a Parisian courtesan who sacrifices all for love is vividly presented in Richard Eyre’s production. Alfredo and the courtesan Violetta fall passionately in…
Saturday May 31, 2014, 12:00 PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $18 Member
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Daniele Abbado’
This was Domingo's debut in the baritone role of Nabucco (over the last few years he has transitioned from tenor to baritone roles)
Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated vocal talents of our time, is making a major role debut. This is a rare chance to see a genre-defining masterwork, containing some of the greatest choral music ever written, along with some wonderful arias and ensembles. This new production of Nabucco is not-to-be-missed. Domingo…
Saturday April 12, 2014, 12:00 PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $18 Member
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Kasper Holten
Star studded cast featuring the leading Don Giovanni of today Mariusz Kwiecien and French soprano Veronique Gens.
The debut feature film of leading opera director Kasper Holten (Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), DON GIOVANNI (JUAN) retells Mozart’s classical masterpiece as a story of the modern man’s escape from himself and his demons. Star studded cast featuring the leading Don Giovanni of today Mariusz Kwiecien…
Wednesday April 09, 2014, 7:30 pm,
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Richard Quine
William Holden, Nancy Kwan
William Holden stars as an American Artist who becomes involved with the sordid underworld of prostitution in Hong Kong in The World of Suzie Wong, based on Paul Osborn’s Broadway adaptation of the novel by Richard Mason. Robert Lomax tired of working in an office, wants to be an artist. So he…
Film Center is Closed Tonight For a Private Event
Tuesday August 05, 2014 ,
JIMMY WAS A CARPENTER – a new film from Islander Taylor Toole
SPECIAL EVENT
Thursday August 07, 2014, 7:30 PM ,
CHEF
Saturday August 02, 2014, 7:30 PM ,
Summer Institute Film Series: The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
Sunday August 03, 2014, 7:30 pm ,
Helen Gillet is multi-faceted, New Orleans based jazz-based cellist, singer, composer and improviser
SPECIAL EVENT
Friday August 01, 2014, 7:30 pm ,
A Filmmaker’s Evening with Richard C. Skidmore
SPECIAL EVENT
Wednesday August 06, 2014, 7:30 pm ,