Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Thursday June 16, 2016, 7:00PM (Strand)
Friday June 17, 2016, 8:30PM (Capawock)
Saturday June 18, 2016, 7:00PM (Strand)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by James Wan
Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O'Connor, Madison Wolfe, Simon McBurney, Franka Potente
Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued…
Friday September 09, 2016, 8:15PM (Strand)
Saturday September 10, 2016, 6:00PM (Strand)
Monday September 12, 2016, 6:00PM (Capawock)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Hamish Linklater, Alex Neustaedter, Sam Shephard, Jack Quaid
When his older brother leaves to fight in the Second World War, fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley takes on a job as a bicycle telegraph messenger to provide for his widowed mother, his older sister and his younger brother. Homer delivers messages of love, hope, pain and death to the good people of Ithaca,…
Wednesday June 29, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman
ANTHONY WEINER
Former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner’s catastrophic race for Mayor of New York City in 2013 is detailed in this behind-the-scenes documentary. Weiner became embroiled in his second widely publicized sexting scandal during the race, derailing his once-promising political career. Weiner is directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg and received its world…
Wednesday August 10, 2016, 6:00PM (THE STRAND),
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 MVFS or MVM Member (must show MVM card at door),
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Discussion throughout the short film segments with Tom Dunlop & John Wilson. We are excited to collaborate with the MV Museum and the Vineyard Gazette to offer this historic program to you. The Historic Movies of Martha’s Vineyard project, a pioneering and award-winning effort of the Vineyard Gazette, presents films shot on the…
Filmusic Festival: ELVIS AND NIXON
USA | 2016 | 1hr 26 mins | Rated R | Comedy, Drama, HistoryDirected by LIZA JOHNSON
Sunday June 26, 2016, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
Individual Tickets: $12 per movie, $9 for MV Film Society members (except when special pricing). Festival Pass $75, Member’s Festival Pass $60.
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Directed by LIZA JOHNSON
Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon
7:00PM – MINI CONCERT WITH SINGER SONGWRITER NATE D’ANGELO IN THE LOBBY An American comedy-drama This comedy cleverly blends fact and fiction to reveal the untold story behind the meeting between Elvis Presley, King of Rock ‘n Roll, and President Richard Nixon, that resulted in the most requested photograph in the National Archives….
2016 Doc Week: THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE — SOLD OUT
International, USA | 2016 | 1 hr. 36 min. | Not Rated | Documentary, Family & Kids, Music, Music ConcertDirected by MORGAN NEVILLE
Thursday August 04, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
Individual Tickets: $15 per movie, $12 for MV Film Society members.
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Directed by MORGAN NEVILLE
Morgan Neville, Academy Award Winner (2015 Best Documentary) will join us for a Q&A afterwards. From the director of the Oscar – winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom and the critically acclaimed Best of Enemies, the new film The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble tells the extraordinary…
POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING
USA | 2016 | 86 minutes | Rated R | Comedy, MusicDirected by Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Friday June 10, 2016, 6:00PM (Strand), 8:30PM (Capawock)
Saturday June 11, 2016, 8:30PM (Strand),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack
Universal Pictures’ POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING is headlined by musical digital-shorts superstars Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone, collectively known as The Lonely Island. The comedy goes behind the scenes as singer/rapper Conner4Real (Samberg) faces a crisis of popularity after his sophomore album flops, leaving his fans, sycophants, and rivals all…
PELÉ: BIRTH OF A LEGEND
USA | 2016 | 107 minutes | Rated PG | Biography, Drama, SportDirected by Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Saturday June 11, 2016, 3:30PM (Capawock)
Sunday June 12, 2016, 4:00PM (Strand),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Kevin de Paula, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rodrigo Santoro, Diego Boneta, Colm Meaney
Pelé. A name known around the world, a sports legend who changed soccer forever, and a national hero who carried the hopes and dreams of a country on his back. But before he was an icon, he was a kid from the slums of São Paulo, Brazil, so poor that he couldn’t…
WGBH’s NOVA: OPERATION LIGHTHOUSE RESCUE — Free Admission
USA | 2016 | 53 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary
Sunday June 12, 2016, 4:00 pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
Free Admission
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LIMIT OF TWO TICKETS PER PERSON. On the picturesque bluffs at the very tip of the island of Martha’s Vineyard, disaster looms. The historic Gay Head Lighthouse is soon to become the next victim of the ocean’s relentless erosion of the island cliffs. Built in 1856, the more than 400-ton structure soars…
LIFE, ANIMATED
France, USA | 2016 | 89 minutes | Rated PG | DocumentaryDirected by Roger Ross Williams
Monday August 29, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Roger Ross Williams
Ron Suskind, Owen Suskind
The inspirational story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films. This emotional coming-of-age story follows Owen as he graduates to adulthood and takes…
NEWTOWN with producer Maria Cuomo Cole, director Kim Snyder, and Sandy Hook Promise Mark Barden
USA | 2016 | 85 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Kim Snyder
Wednesday August 31, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Kim Snyder
Producer Maria Cuomo Cole, filmmaker Kim Snyder, and Founder and Managing Director of Sandy Hook Promise Mark Barden will join us for a post-screening discussion. Filmed over the course of nearly three years, the filmmakers use unique access and never before heard testimonies to tell a story of the aftermath of the…
ROUND MIDNIGHT with Special Guest Maxine Gordon
France, USA | 1986 | 133 minutes | Rated R | Drama, MusicDirected by Bertrand Tavernier
Monday August 15, 2016, 3:30PM (Strand),
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$15 General Admission, $12 MVFS Member,
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Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Christine Pascal, Herbie Hancock, John Berry, Martin Scorsese
Maxine Gordon will be attending to comment on the film. A French music lover befriends a once-great American jazz artist and attempts to save him from self-destruction in this moody drama. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon portrays Dale Turner, a fictional musician inspired by a number of famed jazz figures, including Bud Powell and…
Monday August 15, 2016, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Keith Fulton
A documentary that follows a group of Mojave Desert teachers as they try to improve the lives of their impoverished students. A documentary that follows a group of Mojave Desert teachers as they try to improve the lives of their impoverished students. At a remote Mojave Desert high school, extraordinary educators believe that, more…
Monday July 04, 2016, 6:30PM (Capawock),
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$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Peter H. Hunt
William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, John Cullum
Join our Theater Manager, Bob Dutton, for an entertaining afternoon as he hosts a special screening of 1776! This independent production was adapted from the hit 1969 Broadway musical by Peter Stone and Sherman Daniels. The story is set during the first Continental Congress, when the Declaration of Independence was drafted by such…
HUNT FOR WILDERPEOPLE
New Zealand | 2016 | 93 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Action, Adventure, ComedyDirected by Taika Waititi
Saturday September 03, 2016, 7:30 PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Taika Waititi
Sam Neill, Julian Dennison
In this wildly funny and endearing comedy from director/co-writer Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Boy), defiant city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison), raised on hip-hop and foster care, gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving…
Friday June 17, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center)
Sunday June 19, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilda Swinton
In A BIGGER SPLASH, rock legend Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) is recuperating on the volcanic island of Pantelleria with her partner Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) when iconoclast record producer and old flame Harry (Ralph Fiennes) unexpectedly arrives with his daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson) and interrupts their holiday, bringing with him an A-bomb blast…
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE
USA | 2016 | 136 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-FiDirected by Bryan Singer
Thursday June 09, 2016, 7:00PM (Capawock),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Bryan Singer
JAMES MCAVOY, MICHAEL FASSBENDER, JENNIFER LAWRENCE, OSCAR ISAAC, NICHOLAS HOULT, ROSE BYRNE, TYE SHERIDAN, SOPHIE TURNER, OLIVIA MUNN, LUCAS TILL
Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible….
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
France, Ireland, Netherlands, USA | 2016 | 94 minutes | Rated PG | Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirected by Whit Stillman
Tuesday July 05, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Whit Stillman
KATE BECKINSALE, XAVIER SAMUEL, EMMA GREENWELL, MORFYDD CLARK, JEMMA REDGRAVE, TOM BENNETT, JAMES FLEET, JUSTIN EDWARDS, JENN MURRAY, STEPHEN FRY, CHLOË SEVIGNY
Beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon visits to the estate of her in-laws to wait out the colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst ensconced there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and a future for her eligible but reluctant daughter, Frederica. In doing so she attracts…
THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE
Finland, USA | 2016 | 95 minutes | Rated PG | Animation, Family & KidsDirected by Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
Saturday June 11, 2016, 6:00PM (Strand)
Sunday June 12, 2016, 4:00PM (Capawock),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
JASON SUDEIKIS, JOSH GAD, DANNY MCBRIDE, MAYA RUDOLPH, KATE MCKINNON, SEAN PENN, TONY HALE, KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY, BILL HADER, PETER DINKLAGE
In the animated comedy, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, we’ll finally find out why the birds are so angry. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds–or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad), and the volatile…
Wednesday June 01, 2016, 7:00PM (Capawock),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Shane Black
RUSSELL CROWE, RYAN GOSLING, ANGOURIE RICE, MATT BOMER, MARGARET QUALLEY, KEITH DAVID, KIM BASSINGER
THE NICE GUYS takes place in 1970s Los Angeles, when down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hired enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. During their investigation, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that…
THE MEDDLER
USA | 2016 | 100 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirected by Lorene Scafaria
Friday May 27, 2016, 6:00PM (Capawock)
Saturday May 28, 2016, 6:00PM (Strand),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Lorene Scafaria
SUSAN SARANDON, ROSE BYRNE, JK SIMMONS, CECILY STRONG, JERROD CARMICHAEL, JASON RITTER, BILLY MAGNUSSEN, LUCY PUNCH, SARAH BAKER, AMY LANDECKER, CASEY WILSON, HARRY HAMLIN, LAURA SAN GIANCOMO, MICHAEL MCKEAN
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But…
THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY
UK | 2016 | 108 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Biography, DramaDirected by Matt Brown
Saturday May 21, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Matt Brown
DEV PATEL, JEREMY IRONS, TOBY JONES, STEPHEN FRY, JEREMY NORTHAM, KEVIN MCNALLY, ENZO CILENTI, DEVIKA BHISE
Written and directed by Matthew Brown, THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY is the true story of friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a self-taught Indian mathematics genius, traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where over the course of five years, forged a bond with his mentor, the brilliant…
YOSEMITE, with Filmmaker Gabrielle Demeestere
France | 2016 | 82 minutes | Rated R | DramaDirected by Gabrielle Demeestere
Monday August 08, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Gabrielle Demeestere
JAMES FRANCO, HENRY HOPPER, STEVEN WIIG, BARRY DEL SHERMAN
Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Gabrielle Demeestere. It’s the autumn of 1985. In intertwining tales by James Franco, three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto. Chris drives up to Yosemite for the weekend with his dad (James Franco) and discovers a corpse in the woods….
THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY
USA | 2016 | 90 minutes | Rated PG-13 | DocumentaryDirected by Andrew Rossi
Thursday May 19, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center)
Friday May 20, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center)
Saturday May 21, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Andrew Rossi
ANDREW BOLTON, JOHN GALLIANO, JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, KARL LAGERFELD, BAZ LUHRMANN, RIHANNA, ANNA WINTOUR, WON KAR-WAI
THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibition in history, “China: Through The Looking Glass,” an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collusion of high fashion and celebrity at…
SING STREET — LAST SHOWING!
Ireland, UK, USA | 2016 | 106 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Drama, MusicDirected by John Carney
Wednesday May 25, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by John Carney
LUCY BOYNTON, MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY, AIDAN GILLEN, JACK REYNOR, KELLY THORNTON, FERDIA WALSH-PEELO
From director John Carney (ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN), SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner-city…
Special One Night Only: PURPLE RAIN (1984)
USA | 1984 | 111 minutes | Rated R | Drama, Music, RomanceDirected by Albert Magnoli
Wednesday May 11, 2016, 7:00PM (Capawock),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Albert Magnoli
PRINCE, APOLLONIA KOTERO, MORRIS DAY, OLGA KARLATOS, CLARENCE WILLIAMS III
The Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with singer, Apollonia. But, another musician, Morris, looks to steal…
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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
USA | 2016 | 146 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirected by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Thursday June 02, 2016, 7:00PM (Strand),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
CHRIS EVANS, ROBERT DOWNEY JR, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, SEBASTIAN STAN, ANTHONY MACKIE, DON CHEADLE, CHADWICK BOSEMAN, ELIZABETH OLSEN, PAUL BETTANY, JEREMY RENNER, PAUL RUDD, EMILY VANCAMP, TOM HOLLAND, FRANK GRILLO, WILLIAM HURT, DANIEL BRÜHL
Marvel’s CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team….
Nature as Inspiration: LOVE THY NATURE
International | 2016 | 76 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, Environment, Family & KidsDirected by Sylvie Rokab
Sunday May 29, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Sylvie Rokab
Narrated by Liam Neeson
Director, SYLVIE ROKAB will join us via Skype for our post screening Q&A An award winning film narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature shows how deeply we’ve lost touch with nature and takes viewers on a cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. Love Thy…
Nature as Inspiration: MERCHANTS OF DOUBT
International | 2015 | 96 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Documentary, Environment, HealthDirected by Robert Kenner
Sunday May 29, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
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Directed by Robert Kenner
Post Screening Q&A Guest: Philip B. Duffy, Ph.D. President and Executive Director of Woods Hole Research Center The director of the acclaimed FOOD, INC brings us this provocative film, inspired by the acclaimed book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway. MERCHANTS OF DOUBT takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride…
Nature as Inspiration: BIKES vs CARS
International | 2015 | 90 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, Environment, Family & KidsDirected by Fredrik Gertten
Saturday May 28, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
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$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Fredrik Gertten
POST SCREENING Q&A GUESTS: Fredrik Gertten – Director Ed Begley, Jr – Environmentalist/Actor Dave Whitmon – MV Joint Transportation Committee The bicycle is an amazing tool for change. Activists and cities all over the world are moving towards a new system. But will the economic powers allow it? Bikes vs Cars, a…
Nature as Inspiration: SEASONS
International | 2016 | 97 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, Environment, Family & KidsDirected by Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud
Saturday May 28, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud
Post Screening Q&A with DAVID FOSTER, Ph.D. of Harvard Forest From French co-directors,Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud, the Oscar®-nominated creators of Winged Migration and Oceans, comesA poetic chronicle of Europe over the past 15,000 years, filmed through the eyes of animals. A history of Europe is told through the paws, claws, and…
Nature as Inspiration: HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD
International | 2016 | 125 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, EnvironmentDirected by Josh Fox
Friday May 27, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Josh Fox
Director JOSH FOX joins us after the screening via Skype for an exciting Q&A from the road on while tour. In HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD, Oscar nominated director, Josh Fox, maker of the film, GASLAND, continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change – the greatest threat our…
Nature as Inspiration: ICE AND THE SKY
International | 2015 | 89 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, Environment, Family & KidsLuc Jacquet
Friday May 27, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
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Luc Jacquet
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
An inspiring story about the life of 82 year old glaciologist, Claude Lorius, whose groundbreaking discoveries sounded the alarm for global warming. In 1955, scientist Claude set off with two fellow travelers for a one-year wintering journey in the Antarctic, with no possible return or support. On such unexplored lands, the young…
Nature as Inspiration: SONIC SEA
International | 2016 | 56 mins | Not Rated | Adventure, Documentary, Environment, Family & KidsDaniel Hinerfeld, Michelle Dougherty
Thursday May 26, 2016, 6:30PM (Film Center),
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Daniel Hinerfeld, Michelle Dougherty
Narrated by Rachel McAdams
Featuring Sting and Jean-Michel Cousteau
Opening Reception to Festival in MV Film Center lobby begins at 6:30 PM Post screening Q&A with: Laela Sayigh (WHOI), Patrick Ramage (IFAW), Joel Reynolds (NRDC) A documentary about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life. The film explores the critical role of sound in…
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On the heels of his success with the groundbreaking drama BOYHOOD, director Richard Linklater shifts gears to sports for this comedy about a successful college baseball team that plays hard both on and off the diamond. Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechin, Wyatt Russell, Ryan Guzman, Zoey Dutch, Will Brittain, and Glen Powell star….
NATURE AS INSPIRATION: ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016 ALL ACCESS PASS
International | 2016 | Not Rated | Adventure, Art, Documentary, Environment, Family & Kids
Thursday May 26, 2016, 4:00pm (Film Center)
Friday May 27, 2016
Saturday May 28, 2016,
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$75 General Admission, $60 Member
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Thursday, May 26 – Sunday, May 29, 2016 For four days, we combine environmental films, discussions, and an art exhibit by MVRHS students that will adorn the walls of the Feldman Family Art Space in the Film Center. A Q&A follows each film with experts, community members, and special guests. All-Access pass…
Friday April 29, 2016, 8:30PM (Capawock Theater)
Saturday April 30, 2016, 8:30PM (Capawock Theater)
Sunday May 01, 2016, 6:30PM (Capawock Theater)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Ben Falcone
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage
Academy Award nominated star Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, The Heat, Tammy) headlines The Boss as a titan of industry who is sent to prison after she’s caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America’s latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget….
New York Film Critics Series Premiere: MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
USA | 2016 | 90 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Comedy, DramaDirected by Paul Duddridge
Wednesday May 04, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$20 General Admission, $17 Member
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Directed by Paul Duddridge
SELMA BLAIR, COURTENEY COX, CHRISTINA RICCI, SUSAN SARANDON, MIRA SORVINO, SHARON STONE
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS features interwoven stories about what it means to be a mom, which are tied together via single gal Rigby Gray, a rock photographer who’s riding a career high when an unlikely and unexpected pregnancy forces her to turn her lens inward. As Rigby slowly comes to terms with what…
THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
USA | 2016 | 111 mins | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Family & KidsDirected by Jon Favreau
Thursday May 05, 2016, 7:00PM (Capawock Theater)
Friday May 06, 2016, 6:00PM (Capawock Theater)
Saturday May 07, 2016, 6:00PM (Capawock Theater)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
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Directed by Jon Favreau
Story by: Rudyard Kipling
Voiced acted by Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Kingsley, and Idris Elba.
As lovely to behold as it is engrossing to watch, The Jungle Book is the rare remake that actually improves upon its predecessors — all while setting a new standard for CGI. Directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man), based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories and inspired by Disney’s classic animated film, The…
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REMEMBER
Canada, Germany | 2016 | 95 minutes | Rated R | Drama, Mystery/Suspense, ThrillerDirected by Atom Egoyan
Thursday May 05, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center)
Sunday May 08, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Atom Egoyan
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, BRUNO GANZ, JÜRGEN PROCHNOW, HEINZ LIEVEN, HENRY CZERNY, DEAN NORRIS, MARTIN LANDAU
REMEMBER tells the story of Zev Guttman (Academy Award® Winner Christopher Plummer), a 90-year-old struggling with memory loss who is living out his final years in a serene retirement home. A week following the death of his beloved wife Ruth, he suddenly gets a mysterious package from his close friend Max (Academy Award®…
BORN TO BE BLUE
Canada, UK, USA | 2016 | 97 minutes | Rated R | Biography, Drama, MusicDirected by Robert Budreau
Thursday April 28, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Robert Budreau
ETHAN HAWKE, CARMEN EJOGO, CALLUM KEITH RENNIE
Ethan Hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend Chet Baker, whose tumultuous life is thrillingly reimagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon…
MARGUERITE
Belgium, Czech Republic, France | 2016 | 127 minutes | Rated R | DramaDirected by Xavier Giannoli
Thursday April 21, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Xavier Giannoli
CATHERINE FROT, ANDRÉ MARCON, AUBERT FENOY, CHRISTA THÉRET, DENIS MPUNGA, MICHEL FAU, SYLVAIN DIEUAIDE
1921, the beginning of the Golden Twenties. Not far from Paris. It is party day at Marguerite Dumont’s castle. Like every year, an array of music lovers gathers around a great cause at the owner’s place. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life…
VARIETÉ: Presented with live music score and performance by the Berklee Silent Film Orchestra — SOLD OUT
Germany | 1925 | 72 minutes | Not Rated | Crime, Drama, RomanceDirected by Ewald André Dupont
Thursday June 23, 2016, 7:15PM (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$30 General Admission, $25 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Ewald André Dupont
EMIL JANNINGS, MALY DELSCHAFT
Silent film giant Emil Jannings stars in this wrenching tale of love and lust, set in a circus, with trapeze artists and murder. Known as Jealousy when released in America 90 years ago, Varieté will be shown at the MV Film Center in its complete, unexpurgated form for the very first time, in a gorgeous new…
PAPA: HEMINGWAY IN CUBA
Cuba, USA | 2016 | 109 minutes | Rated R | Adventure, Biography, DramaDirected by Bob Yari
Wednesday May 11, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center)
Thursday May 12, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
REGULAR PRICING: $12 General Admission, $9 Member
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Bob Yari
GIOVANNI RIBISI, JAMES REMAR, MINKA KELLY
The first Hollywood film to shoot on location in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, PAPA is the true-life story of a young journalist who finds a father figure in legendary author Ernest Hemingway. Their relationship began in the late 1950’s when Ed Myers, then a junior reporter at The Miami Herald, wrote…
Special Event: THE MESSENGER in collaboration with Felix Neck
2015 | 89 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Su Rynard
Sunday May 08, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Su Rynard
Su Rynard’s wide-ranging and contemplative documentary THE MESSENGER explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. Moving from the northern reaches of the Boreal Forest to the base of Mount Ararat in Turkey to the streets of New York, THE MESSENGER brings…
EYE IN THE SKY – Final Show!
UK | 2016 | 102 minutes | Rated R | Drama, Thriller, WarDirected by Gavin Hood
Thursday April 14, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Gavin Hood
HELEN MIRREN, AARON PAUL, ALAN RICKMAN
EYE IN THE SKY stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” But…
THE NAVIGATORS with special guest anthropologist/filmmaker Sam Low
USA | 1983 | 59 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Boyd Estus
Sunday April 24, 2016, 4:00 PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Boyd Estus
Written by Sam Low
Produced by Sam Low
Refreshments to following Q&A with Sam Low in the lobby provided by SAIL MV. Over 1,000 years ago, the islands of Polynesia were explored and settled by navigators who used only the waves, the stars, and the flights of birds for guidance. In hand-built, double-hulled canoes sixty feet long, the ancestors of…
BAG IT (FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING)
USA | 2011 | 74 minutes | Not Rated | Comedy, Documentary, DramaDirected by Suzan Beraza
Tuesday April 05, 2016, 7:30 PM (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
FREE ADMISSION
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
Directed by Suzan Beraza
JEB BERRIER, JARED BLUMENFELD, MARTIN BOURQUE
An average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely. He comes to the conclusion that our consumptive use of plastic has finally caught up to us, and looks at what we can do…
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HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS – Final Show!
USA | 2016 | 95 minutes | Rated R | Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirected by Michael Showalter
Thursday April 14, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Michael Showalter
SALLY FIELD, MAX GREENFIELD
When Doris Miller (Sally Field) meets John Fremont (Max Greenfield), her company’s hip new art director, sparks fly—at least for Doris. Her first encounter with true romance (outside of the pages of a novel) convinces Doris that she and the mostly unaware John are meant for each other.
ANOMALISA
USA | 2015 | 90 minutes | Rated R | Animation, Comedy, DramaDirected by Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman
Friday March 25, 2016, 4:00 PM (Film Center)
Saturday March 26, 2016, 7:30 PM (Film Center)
Thursday March 31, 2016, 7:30 PM (Film Center)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman
DAVID THEWLIS, JENNIFER JASON LEIGH, TOM NOONAN
Michael Stone, an author that specializes in customer service, is a man who is unable to interact deeply with other people. His low sensitivity to excitement, and his lack of interest made him a man with a repetitive life on his own perspective. But, when he went on a business trip, he…
Special Benefit: THE HARDER THEY COME presented with WYOB-FM
Jamaica | 1972 | 105 minutes | Rated R | Action, Adventure, DramaDirected by Perry Henzell
Friday April 01, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$30 Admission
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Directed by Perry Henzell
JIMMY CLIFF
WYOB-FM and the MV Film Society have teamed up to host a fundraiser for FM WYOB in honor of Jimmy Cliff’s April 1st birthday. Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff stars as Ivan Martin, an aspiring young singer who leaves his rural village for the capital city of Kingston, Jamaica hoping to make a name…
Thursday March 24, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Jafar Panahi
JAFAR PANAHI
This lauded slice-of-life movie stars exiled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi as he poses as a taxi driver in Tehran, in this series of portraits of everyday characters hiring his driving services. Jafar Panahi’s Taxi offers another round of societal commentary from a director whose entire filmography stands as a daring act of…
THE TREASURE – Last Showing!
France, Romania | 2016 | 89 minutes | Not Rated | ComedyDirected by Corneliu Porumboiu
Thursday March 24, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
TOMA CUZIN, ADRIAN PURCARESCU, CORNELIU COZMEI
Two neighbors learn of a treasure buried in their shared yard and decide to dig it up in this allegorical comedy from Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu
RACE
Canada, France, Germany | 2016 | 134 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Biography, Drama, SportDirected by Stephen Hopkins
Wednesday March 23, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Stephen Hopkins
STEPHAN JAMES, JASON SUDEIKIS, ELI GOREE, SHANICE BANTON, CARICE VAN HOUTEN, JEREMY IRONS, WILLIAM HURT
Race is based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. Race is an enthralling…
HAIL, CAESAR!
USA | 2016 | 106 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Adventure, ComedyDirected by Joel & Ethan Coen
Wednesday March 02, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center)
Thursday March 03, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center)
Friday March 04, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
JOSH BROLIN, GEORGE CLOONEY, ALDEN EHRENREICH, RALPH FIENNES, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, TILDA SWINTON, FRANCES MCDORMAND, CHANNING TATUM, JONAH HILL
Four-time Oscar winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men, True Grit, Fargo) write and direct Hail, Caesar!, an all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Channing…
New York Film Critics Series Premiere: THE CONFIRMATION
USA | 2016 | 90 minutes | Rated PG-13 | ComedyDirected by Bob Nelson
Wednesday March 16, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center),
SPECIAL PRICING: $20 General Admission, $18 Member
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Directed by Bob Nelson
CLIVE OWEN, MARIA BELLO, PATTON OSWALT, STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY, SPENCER DREVER, MICHAEL EKLUND, RYAN ROBBINS
Post-screening simulcast Q&A with co-stars Clive Owen, Jaeden Lieberher, and Writer/ Director Bob Nelson. Clive Owen shines in this irresistible comedy as Walt, a down-on-his luck carpenter tasked with entertaining his eight-year-old son Anthony while Anthony’s mom (Maria Bello) and her new husband are away. But when Walt’s prized toolbox is stolen, a…
Thursday April 07, 2016, 4:00 PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Michael Moore
MICHAEL MOORE
This is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Moore, playing the role of “invader,” visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of FAHRENHEIT 9/11 and BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. Turns out the…
Science on Screen: EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
Colombia | 2015 | 123 minutes | Not Rated | Adventure, Drama, ForeignDirected by Ciro Guerra
Wednesday April 19, 2017, 7:30pm,
$12 General Admission, FREE for Members,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Ciro Guerra
JAN BIJVOET, NILBIO TORRES, ANTONIO BOLÍVAR
Special Guest: Holly Bellebuono, medical herbalist, award-winning author, and national speaker on influential ethnobotanists, ethnobotany in general, and her work with indigenous and shamanic healers in particular, drawing from her documentary project, Women Healers of the World. FREE ADMISSION TO MVFS MEMBERS! EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT is a 2015 Colombian adventure drama film…
THEEB
Jordon, Qatar, UK, United Arab Emirates | 2015 | 100 minutes | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, DramaDirected by Naji Abu Nowar
Friday February 26, 2016, 1:00PM (Film Center),
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Naji Abu Nowar
JACIR EIL AL-HWIETAT
1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb (“Wolf”) in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers’ quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well…
Thursday February 18, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center)
Friday February 19, 2016, 4:00PM (Film Center)
Sunday February 21, 2016, 7:30PM (Film Center)
$12 General Admission, $9 Member
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Directed by Andrew Haigh
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING, TOM COURTENAY
There is just one week until Kate Mercer’s forty-fifth wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the…
THE LAST MOVIE STAR
Friday April 20, 2018, 4:00pm
Saturday April 21, 2018, 7:30pm
Sunday April 22, 2018, 7:30pm
THE DEATH OF STALIN
Saturday April 21, 2018, 1:00pm ,
Film Noir Classics with Paul Karasik: HIGH AND LOW
Tuesday April 24, 2018, 7:30pm ,
THE LAST PIG (Free Admission)
Sunday April 22, 2018, 4:00pm ,
ISLE OF DOGS
Wednesday April 18, 2018, 7:30pm
Thursday April 19, 2018, 4:00pm
Friday April 20, 2018, 7:30pm
2018 Spectrum Film Festival: BECKS w/ Siren Mayhew and Sean McMahon Performing During the Post-Show Reception Sponsored by WMVY
Friday April 27, 2018, 7:30pm ,
2018 Spectrum Film Festival: THE LAVENDER SCARE w/ Director Josh Howard
Thursday April 26, 2018, 7:30pm ,
2018 Spectrum Film Festival: BELIEVER w/ Director Don Argott
Thursday April 26, 2018, 4:00pm ,
2018 Spectrum Film Festival: A MILLION HAPPY NOWS w/ Lead Actor and Producer Chrystal Chappell
Thursday April 26, 2018, 1:00pm ,
2018 Spectrum Film Festival: LOVE, SIMON w/ Senator Elizabeth Warren and State Senator Julian Cyr
Friday April 27, 2018, 4:00pm ,
SPECTRUM FILM FESTIVAL 2018: ALL-ACCESS PASS
Thursday April 26, 2018
Friday April 27, 2018
Saturday April 28, 2018,