Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Friday October 02, 2015, 8:45PM (Capawock),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Paul Weitz
Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden
Lily Tomlin stars as Elle who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle’s granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and…
MV Fashion Week – DIOR AND I
USA | 2015 | 90 min | Rated R | Documentary, FashionDirected by Frédéric Tcheng
Thursday September 17, 2015, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Frédéric Tcheng
Grace Coddington, Marion Cotillard, Isabelle Huppert
Frédéric Tcheng’s solo directorial debut brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director-a true labor of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators. Melding the everyday,…
MV Fashion Week – IRIS
UK | 2014 | 80 min | Rated PG-13 | Documentary, FashionDirected by Albert Maysles
Wednesday September 16, 2015, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Albert Maysles
Iris Apfel, Carl Apfel
The latest film from legendary documentarian Albert Maysles (GREY GARDENS, GIMME SHELTER), IRIS pairs the late 88-year-old filmmaker (who passed away on March 5) with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. More than a fashion…
2015 Manhattan Short Film Festival hosted by MV Film Society
International | 2015 | 130 mins | Not Rated | HolyCowThisMovieHasEverything!!, Short Film
Friday October 02, 2015, 4:00pm (Film Center)
Saturday October 03, 2015, 7:30pm (Film Center)
Sunday October 04, 2015, 7:30pm (Film Center)
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$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Film Lovers in Martha’s Vineyard can unite with an audience of over 100,000 Film Buffs in over 250 cities across 6 Continents during this week, when the 17th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center. MANHATTAN SHORT is not a touring Festival; rather, it is an instantaneous…
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL
USA | 2015 | 102 min | Rated R | Drama, RomanceDirected by Marielle Heller
Thursday September 17, 2015, 6:00PM (Capawock),
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$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Marielle Heller
BEL POWLEY, ALEXANDER SKARSGARD, KRISTEN WIIG
Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother’s (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend, “the handsomest man in the world,” Monroe Rutherford (Alexander Skarsgård). What follows is a sharp, funny and provocative account…
Closing Night Film: GOOD FOR NOTHING (Buoni a Nulla) and Wrap Party at La Soffitta restaurant
Italy | 2014 | 87 mins | Not Rated | ComedyGianni di Gregorio
Sunday September 13, 2015, 4:30PM (MV Film Center),
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Gianni di Gregorio
Gianni di Gregorio, Marco Marzocca, Valentina Lodovini
The incomparable Gianni Di Gregorio follows Mid-August Lunch(Pranzo di Ferragosto) and The Salt Of Life (Gianni e le donne) with another gem, sprinkled with his sly wit and irresistible charm. Easygoing Gianni is looking forward to a life untroubled by the demands of his ex-wife and nosy neighbours. On the eve of his retirement, he is informed…
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Saturday September 05, 2015, 9:30pm (Strand)
Tuesday September 08, 2015, 7:00pm (Strand)
Wednesday September 09, 2015, 6:30pm (Capawock)
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Directed by John Erick Dowdle
LAKE BELL, PIERCE BROSNAN, OWEN WILSON
An intense international thriller, NO ESCAPE centers on an American businessman (Wilson) as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city. Directed by…
Sunday October 04, 2015, 4:00PM (Film Center),
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Directed by James Ponsoldt
JASON SEGAL, JESSE EISENBERG, ANNA CHLUMSKY
THE END OF THE TOUR tells the story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter (and novelist) David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, Infinite Jest. As the days go on, a tenuous…
SOLD OUT– VANISHING SAIL with director Alexis Andrews
Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada | 2015 | 88 min | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Alexis Andrews
Friday September 11, 2015, 7:00pm (Capawock),
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Directed by Alexis Andrews
Filmed in the Grenadines, Vanishing Sail tells the story of trading by sail in the West Indies, and follows a community of boat builders in Carriacou who struggle to maintain their tenuous grip on a dying skill. Writer, Director, Cinematographer Alexis Andrews will be joining us. Alexis Andrews was born in…
RICKI AND THE FLASH
USA | 2015 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Comedy, Drama, MusicDirected by Jonathan Demme
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Directed by Jonathan Demme
MERYL STREEP, KEVIN KLINE, MAMIE GUMMER
Three-time Academy Award (R) winner Meryl Streep goes electric and takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar (R)-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award (R)-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in the uplifting comedy RICKI AND THE FLASH. In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep…
SHAUN THE SHEEP
USA | 2015 | 85 min | Rated PG | Adventure, Animation, ComedyDirected by Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
Thursday September 03, 2015, 6:30PM (Capawock),
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Directed by Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
JUSTIN FLETCHER, JOHN SPARKES, OMID DJALILI
Warm, funny, and brilliantly animated claymation, SHAUN THE SHEEP is yet another stop-motion jewel in Aardman’s family-friendly crown (creators of WALLACE AND GOMIT). When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan, and…
Sunday September 06, 2015, 9:30pm (Strand),
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Directed by F. Gary Gray
O'SHEA JACKSON, JR., COREY HAWKINS, JASON MITCHELL, PAUL GIAMATTI
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A.,…
Saturday September 12, 2015, 4:00PM (Film Center),
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The animation showcase will encompass extraordinary international animated films curated by Signe Baumane from the past year. Signe was born in Latvia, educated in Moscow, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She has made 15 animated shorts and one feature film, “Rocks In My Pockets”. You, the audience, will decide on the best…
SOLD OUT – Juried Competition — International Shorts — WINNING FILM: GROUNDED
International | 2015 | 108 mins | Not Rated | Short Film
Saturday September 12, 2015, 7:00PM (Capawock),
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A festival selection committee whittled 2000+ entries down to 10 finalists. We will screen each finalist short film and our jury will choose Best Over-all Short at the conclusion of the program. Program notes to be added very very soon. Our jury participants are: Diana Barrett, The Fledgling Fund; Tim Miller – Cape Cod…
HEUNG GONG JAI (ABERDEEN)
China | 2014 | 97 min | Not Rated | DramaDirected & Written by Ho-Cheung Pang
Saturday September 12, 2015, 7:00pm (Film Center),
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Directed & Written by Ho-Cheung Pang
JACKY CAI, DADA CHAN, LOUIS KOO
The extended Cheng family, which, like Aberdeen harbor’s Chinese namesake, represents today’s “Little Hong Kong” and its myriad of contradictions between traditions and modernity; superstitions and materialism; family and individuality.
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Sunday September 13, 2015, 12:00pm (Capawock),
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Directed by Ivano de Matteo
Written by Ivano de Matteo, Valentina Ferlan
In this finely observed family drama (loosely based on the novel by Herman Koch), a civilized dinner between brothers Paolo (Luigi Lo Cascio) and Massimo (Alessandro Gassman) and their wives Clara (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and Sofia (Barbora Bobulova) simmers with uncomfortable tension as they must face the truth of their children’s involvement with…
Sunday September 13, 2015, 12:00pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Rolf de Heer
Written by Rolf de Heer, David Gulpilil
DAVID GULPILIL, PETER DJIGIRR, LUKE FORD,
Living in a remote Aboriginal community in the northern part of Australia, Charlie (David Gulpilil) is a warrior past his prime. As the government increases its stranglehold over the community’s traditional way of life, Charlie becomes lost between two cultures. His new modern life offers him a way to survive but, ultimately,…
Friday September 11, 2015, 9:15pm (Capawock),
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Directed by Alonso Ruiz Palacios
Screen Play by Alonso Ruiz Palacios, Gibrán Portela
TENOCH HUERTA, SEBASTIAN AGUIRRE, ISLE SALAS
Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra and Santos have been living in angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the strike will bring, they begin to look for strange ways to kill time. But their idiosyncratic routine is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Tomas, Sombra’s kid…
SOLD OUT – LISTEN TO ME MARLON
UK | 2015 | 95 min | Not Rated | Biography, DocumentaryDirected by Stevan Riley
Friday September 11, 2015, 7:00pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Stevan Riley
Marlon Brando
Unbeknownst to the public, Marlon Brando – a great star who remained deliberately mysterious to the press and the world at large for his entire professional life – created a vast archive of personal audio and visual materials over the course of his lifetime, often deeply confessional and completely without vanity or…
NOUS DEUX ENCORE with Maxie Leoussis followed by Music and a special Greek themed reception
France, Greece, USA | 2009 | 17 min | Not Rated | Short FilmDirected by Heather Harlow
Tuesday September 01, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Heather Harlow
NOUS DEUX ENCORE is a poignant tribute to Yiannis Leoussis; the remembrance of true love told by Maxie Leoussis. The short film takes place in Greece. In the spirit of the movie, the screening will include live Greek music and Greek food. AVRAM PENGAS (Bouzouki, Guitar, Vocals). Born in Greece, Pengas’ extraordinary…
Saturday October 03, 2015, 4:00PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Asif Kapadia
AMY WINEHOUSE, MITCH WINEHOUSE, MARK RONSON
From BAFTA award-winning director Asif Kapadia (SENNA), AMY tells the incredible story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse – in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archive footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving and vital film shines a light on the world we live in, in a way that very…
Friday September 11, 2015, 4:00pm (Capawock),
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Directed by Trey Edward Shults
OLIVIA GRACE APPLEGATE, BRYAN CASSERLY, ALEX DOBRENKO
An especially fraught Thanksgiving holiday brings a woman’s troubled, booze-soaked history into blistering yet compassionate focus in KRISHA, an intimate and unnerving character study that marks a ferociously impressive feature debut for 26-year-old multihyphenate Trey Edward Shults.
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
USA | 2015 | 116 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Action, Comedy, Mystery/SuspenseDirected by Guy Ritchie
Wednesday August 26, 2015, 9:00PM (Capawock)
Thursday August 27, 2015, 9:00PM (Capawock),
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Directed by Guy Ritchie
HENRY CAVILL, ARMIE HAMMER, ALICIA VIKANDER, ELIZABETH DEBICKI, JARER HARRIS, HUGH GRANT
Henry Cavill (MAN OF STEEL) stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer (THE SOCIAL NETWORK) as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie’s THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series. Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, THE MAN…
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 5: ROGUE NATION
USA | 2015 | 132 minutes | Rated PG-13 | ActionDirected by Christopher McQuarrie
Saturday September 05, 2015, 7:00pm (Strand),
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Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
TOM CRUISE, JEREMY RENNER, SIMON PEGG, REBECCA FERGUSON, VING RHAMES, SEAN HARRIS, ALEC BALDWIN
With the IMF disbanded, and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly trained operatives are hellbent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan gathers his team and joins…
UNE NOUVELLE AMIE (THE NEW GIRLFRIEND)
France | 2015 | 116 minutes | Rated R | Comedy, DramaDirected by Francois Ozon
Saturday October 10, 2015, 4:00PM (Film Center)
Sunday October 11, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Francois Ozon
In French with English subtitles. Francois Ozon’s humorous psychological drama The New Girlfriend stars Anais Demoustier as Claire, a young woman whose closest friend since childhood, Lea, passes away leaving behind a husband, David (Romain Duris) and a newborn baby. One day she drops by David’s house unexpectedly, and finds him dressed…
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THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT A WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED
Sweden | 2013 | 114 min | Rated R | Adventure, ComedyDirected by Felix Herngren
Thursday November 05, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center)
Saturday November 07, 2015, 4:00PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Felix Herngren
Written by Felix Herngren and Hans Ingemansson
ROBERT GUSTAFSSON, IWAR WIKLANDER, DAVID WIBERG
Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Jonas Jonasson, the unlikely story of a 100-year-old man who decides it’s not too late to start over. For most people it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but Allan Karlsson’s unexpected journey is not his first. For a century he’s made the world uncertain,…
Thursday October 01, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Wim Wenders
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna…
MERU
USA | 2015 | 87 min | Rated R | Adventure, Documentary, SportDirected by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Friday September 25, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center)
Wednesday September 30, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
JIMMY CHIN, GRACE CHIN, CONRAD ANKER, JENNIFER LOWE-ANKER, AMEE HINKLEY, JON KRAKAUER, RENAN OZTURK
In the high-stakes pursuit of big-wall climbing, the Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. Sitting 21,000 feet above the sacred Ganges River in Northern India, the mountain’s perversely stacked obstacles make it both a nightmare and an irresistible calling for some of the world’s toughest climbers. In October…
I AM ELEVEN
USA | 2014 | 98 min | Not Rated | Biography, Documentary, Family & KidsDirected by Genevieve Bailey
Sunday September 13, 2015, 2:00pm (Capawock),
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Directed by Genevieve Bailey
Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey travelled the world for six years talking with 11-year-olds to compose this insightful, funny and moving documentary portrait of childhood. From an orphanage in India, to a single-parent household in inner-city Melbourne, to bathing with elephants in Thailand, I AM ELEVEN explores the lives and thoughts of children…
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Norway | 2014 | 101 min | Rated PG-13 | Comedy, DramaDirected by Roy Andersson
Saturday September 12, 2015, 4:00pm (Capawock),
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Directed by Roy Andersson
Written by Roy Andersson
HOLGER ANDERSSON, NILS WESTBLOM, CHARLOTTA LARSSON, VIKTOR GYLLENBERG
Like his previous features SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR and YOU, THE LIVING, master Swedish director Roy Andersson takes up the theme of “being a human being” with this meticulously crafted, dreamlike black comedy. Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesman, take us on a kaleidoscopic tour of the human…
Friday September 11, 2015, 4:00pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Talya Lavie
Written by Talya Lavie
DANA IVGY, NELLY TAGAR, SHANI KLEIN, HELI TWITO, MEYTAL GAL
Set in a remote desert military base, a platoon of young women soldiers, all Israeli conscripts, serve out their time playing computer games, singing pop songs, and conspiring to get transferred to Tel Aviv — while endlessly serving coffee to the men who run the show. Here’s an Israeli film filled with…
Saturday September 12, 2015, 9:15pm(Film Center),
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Directed by Eskil Vogt
Written by Eskil Vogt, Steve Wedding, Jeff Wedding
ELLEN DORRIT PETERSEN, HENRIK RAFAELSEN, VERA VITALI, MARIUS KOLBENSTVEDT
Ingrid can see in her dreams. The way the world around her looks, her husband’s office, their favourite restaurant…memories. It’s when Ingrid awakes each morning and opens her eyes that she suddenly remembers she is blind. With her life suddenly and dramatically changed, Ingrid has retreated to the safety of her apartment…
IRRATIONAL MAN
USA | 2015 | 96 minutes | Rated R | Comedy, Drama, Mystery/SuspenseDirected by Woody Allen
Tuesday August 18, 2015, 7:00PM (Strand)
Thursday August 20, 2015, 7:00PM (Strand),
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Directed by Woody Allen
JAMIE BLACKLEY, JOAQUIN PHOENIX, PARKER POSEY, EMMA STONE
When a burned-out, brilliant professor – one who believes in lessons from life rather than textbooks – takes a job at a small college, everyone there is abuzz. He becomes involved with a teacher as well as a precocious student, but it takes a dramatic, existential act to turn his life around…
Monday August 03, 2015, 7:00PM (Strand)
Tuesday August 04, 2015, 6:30PM (Capawock)
Thursday August 06, 2015, 7:00PM (Strand)
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Directed by James Kent
ALICIA VIKANDER, TARON EGERTON, KIT HARINGTON
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again,…
Thursday August 06, 2015, 9:30PM (Strand),
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Directed by Chris Columbus
ADAM SANDLER, KEVIN JAMES, MICHELLE MONAGHAN, PETER DINKLAGE, JOSH GAD, BRIAN COX, ASHLEY BENSON, JANE KRAKOWSKI
As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), Will Cooper (Kevin James), Ludlow Lamonsoff (Josh Gad), and Eddie “The Fire Blaster” Plant (Peter Dinklage) saved the world thousands of times – at 25 cents a game in the video arcades. Now, they’re going to have to do it for real. In…
Monday August 03, 2015, 9:30PM (Strand)
Tuesday August 04, 2015, 9:00pm (Capawock)
Wednesday August 05, 2015, 9:30PM (Strand)
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Directed by Antoine Fuqua
JAKE GYLLENHAAL, FOREST WHITAKER, RACHEL MCADAMS
From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and screenwriters Kurt Sutter (“Sons of Anarchy) and Richard Wenk (THE MECHANIC), SOUTHPAW tells the riveting story of Billy “The Great” Hope, reigning Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award (R) nominee Jake Gyllenhaal). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive…
Thursday August 06, 2015, 6:30pm (Capawock)
Monday August 10, 2015, 9:30PM (Strand)
Tuesday August 11, 2015, 9:00PM (Capawock)
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Directed by Maya Forbes
MARK RUFFALO, ZOE SALDANA, IMORGEN WOLODARSKY, ASHLEY AUFDERHEIDE, KEIR DULLEA
Maya Forbes autobiographically inflected Infinitely Polar Bear stars Mark Ruffalo as Cameron, a man who suffers from bipolar disorder. After a breakdown forces him to leave his family and move into a halfway house, he attempts to rebuild a relationship with his two daughters, and win back the trust of his wife…
The 9:49 Show — WILD THINGS
USA | 1998 | 108 min | Rated R | Crime, Drama, Mystery/SuspenseDirected by John McNaughton
Thursday September 03, 2015, 9:49pm (Film Center),
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Directed by John McNaughton
MATT DILLON, KEVIN BACON, DENISE RICHARDS, NEVE CAMPBELL
When teen debutante Kelly (Denise Richards) fails to attract the attention of her hunky guidance counselor, Sam (Matt Dillon), she cries rape, igniting a scandal that results in his arrest. Sam appeals to Ken (Bill Murray), a hack personal-injury lawyer who has never handled a case that couldn’t be helped by a…
Thursday August 27, 2015, 9:49pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Alexander Payne
MATTHEW BRODERICK, REESE WITHERSPOON
In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he’s been unhappy in both his personal and professional life, and…
Tuesday September 08, 2015
Wednesday September 09, 2015
Thursday September 10, 2015,
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All-Access pass gives you access to the Opening Night reception and film, Closing Night film and festival wrap party, as well as selecting to attend any festival film we screen throughout the duration of the festival. It also includes access to any special filmmaker receptions and pre-festval events. There are other benefits…
The 9:49 Show – THE BIG LEBOWSKI
USA | 1998 | 117 min | Rated R | Comedy, CrimeDirected by The Coen Brothers
Thursday August 13, 2015, 9:49pm (Film Center),
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Directed by The Coen Brothers
JEFF BRIDGES, JOHN GOODMAN, JULIANNE MOORE, STEVE BUSCEMI, DAVID HUDDLESTON, JOHN TURTURRO
THE BIG LEBOWSKI is a 1998 crime comedy film with neo-noir elements, written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. After he becomes the victim in a case of mistaken identity, The Dude finds a millionaire also named Jeffrey…
The 9:49 Show – SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD
USA | 2010 | 112 min | Rated PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, RomanceDirected by Edgar Wright
Thursday July 30, 2015, 9:49pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Edgar Wright
MICHAEL CERE, MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD, KIERAN CULKIN, CHRIS EVANS, ANNA KENDRICK, BRIE LARSON, ALISON PILL, AUBREY PLAZA, BRANDON ROUTH, JASON SCHWARTZMAN
Based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Oni Press comic book of the same name, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World follows the eponymous slacker rocker on his colorful quest to defeat his dream girl’s seven evil ex-boyfriends. Twenty-two-year-old Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) may not have a job, but rocking the bass for his band,…
The 9:49 Show – FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
USA | 1982 | 90 min | Rated R | Comedy, DramaDirected by Amy Heckerling
Thursday July 23, 2015, 9:49pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Amy Heckerling
SEAN PENN, JENNIFER JASON LEIGH, JUDGE REINHOLD, PHOEBE CATES, BRIAN BACKER, ROBERT ROMANUS, RAY WALSTON
Based on 22-year-old Cameron Crowe’s undercover exposé on life in a Southern California public high school, this groundbreaking effort presents alternately poignant and funny looks at episodes from the lives of some of the students as they prepare themselves for life in the outside world. Many popular stars made their debuts in…
Thursday August 06, 2015, 9:00pm (Capawock),
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$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Peyton Reed
PAUL RUDD, EVANGELINE LILLY, COREY STOLL, BOBBY CANNAVALE, MICHAEL PEÑA, TIP "TP" HARRIS, WOOD HARRIS, JUDY GREER, DAVID DASTMALCHIAN, MICHAEL DOUGLAS
The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.” Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor,…
Tuesday August 11, 2015, 6:30PM (Capawock)
Wednesday August 12, 2015, 9:00PM (Capawock)
Friday August 14, 2015, 9:30PM (Strand)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Judd Apatow
AMY SCHUMER, TILDA SWINTON, BILL HADER, JOHN CENA, BRIE LARSON, COLIN QUINN
Since she was a little girl, it’s been drilled into Amy’s (Schumer) head by her rascal of a dad (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo-enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment-but in actuality, she’s kind of…
Documentary Week MV: THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR with Directors Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine
2014 | 120 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Dayne Goldfine and Daniel Geller
Friday August 07, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Dayne Goldfine and Daniel Geller
Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR is a fascinating documentary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Floreana Island. But after…
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Directed by Crystal Moselle
Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed the Wolfpack, the brothers spend their childhood re-enacting their favorite films using elaborate homemade props and costumes. With no friends and living on…
Thursday August 27, 2015, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Bill Condon
SIR IAN MCKELLEN, LAURA LINNEY, HIROYUKI SANADA, MILO PARKER
MR. HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end…
Wednesday September 02, 2015, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Aviva Kempner
Aviva Kempner’s ROSENWALD is the incredible story of Julius Rosenwald, who never finished high school, but rose to become the President of Sears. Influenced by the writings of the educator Booker T. Washington, this Jewish philanthropist joined forces with African American communities during the Jim Crow South to build over 5,300 schools during…
BEST OF ENEMIES
USA | 2015 | 87 min | Rated R | DocumentaryDirected by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon
Sunday September 06, 2015, 7:30pm,
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Directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon
In the summer of 1968, television news changed forever. Dead last in the ratings, ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. William F. Buckley, Jr. was a leading light of the new conservative movement. A Democrat and cousin to Jackie Onassis, Gore…
Documentary Week MV: THE DIPLOMAT, Skype Q&A with Executive Producer Marshall Sonenshine
USA | 2015 | 104 min | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by David Holbrooke
Tuesday August 04, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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Directed by David Holbrooke
THE DIPLOMAT tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Told through the perspective of his eldest son David, the documentary takes you behind the scenes of high stakes diplomacy where peace is…
Wednesday August 12, 2015, 8:00pm (Strand),
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Get ready for endless laughs and…well…possibly a few split sides, as the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society continues its diverse summer program with stand-up comedians Tom Hayes and Will Noonan of the Headliners Comedy Club. Many of the Headliners Comedy Club comedians have appeared on a national stage, including Comedy Central and XM…
Documentary Week MV: UNBRANDED Q&A w/ Executive Producer Cindy Meehl
USA | 2015 | 105 minutes | Not Rated | Action, DocumentaryDirected by Phillip Baribeau
Thursday August 06, 2015, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Phillip Baribeau
UNBRANDED the Film is more than a documentary. It’s an adventure, a message, and a wakeup call for better land and wild horse management. Follow along as Ben Masters, Ben Thamer, Jonny Fitzsimons, and Thomas Glover travel 3,000 miles from Mexico to Canada through the deepest backcountry in the American West on wild…
Monday September 07, 2015, 7:00PM (Strand),
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Directed by Joe Swanberg
JAKE JOHNSON, ROSEMARIE DEWITT, ORLANDO BLOOM, BRIE LARSON, SAM ROCKWELL, ANNA KENDRICK, MIKE BIRBIGLIA
Young married couple Tim and Lee have planted the seeds of a family in their East L.A. duplex. Three years after the birth of their son, they’re still adjusting to the joy and pain of life with kid, navigating potty talk at the dinner table, disagreeing over preschools, and putting off doing…
Thursday July 16, 2015, 9:49PM (Film Center),
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Directed by David Fincher
EDWARD NORTON, BRAD PITT, HELENA BONHAM CARTER
The 9:49 Show — The Early Late-Night Movie. Game show, late-night entertainment and cult movie — all-in-one! In this darkly comic drama, Edward Norton stars as a depressed young man (named in the credits only as “Narrator”) who has become a small cog in the world of big business. He doesn’t like his work…
SOLD OUT — WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? with director Liz Garbus and Miss Simone’s guitarist/arranger Al Schackman
USA | 2015 | 102 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Liz Garbus
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Directed by Liz Garbus
A documentary using never-before-heard recordings, rare archival footage and her best-known songs. “What Happened, Miss Simone?” tells the story behind the life and legend of Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the “High Priestess of Soul.” Filmmaker Liz Garbus (“Brain Imaging,” “What Is Addiction?”) co-founded Moxie Firecracker,…
Thursday October 08, 2015, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Julie Taymor
The play presents love in all its glory, warts and all: Love at first sight, innocent love, love twisted by the mind, by drugs, by lust, by jealousy, by a marriage on the rocks and even violence. Once a year, there is a day of midsummer madness, that Shakespeare was riffing off…
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Directed by Rick Famuyiwa
SHAMEIK MOORE, KIERSEY CLEMONS, TONY REVOLORI, ZOË KRAVITZ, KIMBERLY ELISE, CHANEL IMAN, TYGA, BLAKE ANDERSON, A$AP ROCKY
A critical hit and audience favorite out of the Sundance Film Festival, in DOPE, Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow…
Monday August 17, 2015, 4:00PM (Strand),
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Directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
PIERRE COFFIN, SANDRA BULLOCK, JON HAMM, MICHAEL KEATON, ALLISON JANNEY, STEVE COOGAN, STEVE CARELL
The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Minions begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters-from T. rex to Napoleon-the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into…
The 9:49 Show– MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN
1979 | 92 minutes | Rated R | ComedyDirected by Terry Jones
Thursday July 09, 2015, 9:49PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Terry Jones
GRAHAM CHAPMAN, JOHN CLEESE, TERRY GILLIAM, ERIC IDLE, TERRY JONES, MICHAEL PALIN
The 9:49 Show — The Early Late-Night Movie. Game show, late-night comedy and cult movie — all-in-one! This week’s theme: RELIGIOUS SATIRE. Monty Python delivers the group’s sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood’s epic films with the story of Brian Cohen, born in a stable in Bethlehem right next door…
2017 DOC WEEK: I AM JANE DOE
SPECIAL EVENT
Monday July 31, 2017, 7:30PM ,
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
Monday July 24, 2017, 8:30 pm (Strand)
Tuesday July 25, 2017, 7:30 pm (Strand)
Wednesday July 26, 2017, 6:00 pm (Capawock)
2017 DOC WEEK: I AM ANOTHER YOU
SPECIAL EVENT
Tuesday August 01, 2017, 7:30pm ,
2017 DOC WEEK: CITY OF GHOSTS
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Wednesday August 02, 2017, 7:30 pm ,
AUTOMATIC AT SEA
SPECIAL EVENT
Sunday July 30, 2017, 6:00PM ,
DESPICABLE ME 3
Thursday July 27, 2017, 3:30pm (Capawock)
Saturday July 29, 2017, 3:30pm (Strand)
Monday July 31, 2017, 3:30pm (Strand)
JAWS
Friday July 28, 2017, 3:00pm (Capawock Theater)
Friday August 04, 2017, 3:00pm (Capawock Theater)
Friday August 11, 2017, 3:00pm (Capawock Theater)
2017 DOC WEEK: ALL ACCESS PASS
SPECIAL EVENT
Monday July 31, 2017 ,
THE HERO
Sunday July 30, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center)
Friday July 07, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center)
Sunday July 09, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center)
ATOMIC BLONDE
Friday July 28, 2017, 8:00pm (Capawock)
Saturday July 29, 2017, 8:30pm (Capawock)
Sunday July 30, 2017, 5:45 (Strand)
HISTORIC MOVIES OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD
SPECIAL EVENT
Wednesday July 26, 2017, 7:30pm
Wednesday August 16, 2017, 7:30pm ,
SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
Friday July 28, 2017, 5:45pm (The Capawock)
Saturday July 29, 2017, 3:15pm (The Capawock)
Sunday July 30, 2017, 3:30pm (The Strand)
THE BEGUILED
Thursday July 27, 2017, 8:30pm (Capawock) ,
THE BIG SICK
Tuesday July 25, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center)
Wednesday July 26, 2017, 6:00pm (Strand), 8:45pm (Strand)
Thursday July 27, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center)
BEATRIZ AT DINNER
Thursday July 27, 2017, 5:30pm (Strand Theater)
Friday July 28, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center)
Sunday July 30, 2017, 5:30pm (Capawock)
WONDER WOMAN
Tuesday July 25, 2017, 8:30pm (Capawock)
Wednesday July 26, 2017, 8:45pm (Capawock)
Friday July 28, 2017, 5:30pm (Strand)