Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Rated PG
INCREDIBLES 2
USA | 2018 | 126 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Animation, Family & KidsDirected by Brad Bird
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
Thursday June 14, 2018, 7:00pm
Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in “Incredibles 2”–but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voice of Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. It’s a…
RBG: RUTH BADER GINSBURG with special guest Nina Totenberg (via SKYPE)
USA | 2018 | 96 minutes | Rated PG | DocumentaryDirected by Julie Cohen, Betsy West
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Thursday May 31, 2018, 6:45pm
Friday June 01, 2018 7:30pm
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Our Opening Night screening of RBG on May 31 is in collaboration with island law firm Reynolds, Rappaport, Kaplan & Hackney, LLC, who will host a wine and cheese reception at 6:45 pm in our lobby. Special guest Nina Totenberg (via SKYPE) will comment on the movie and RBG’s legal career. As the…
2018 MV Environmental Film Festival: THE FARTHEST with Executive Producer John Rubin
USA | 2017 | 121 minutes | Rated PG | Documentary, EnvironmentDirected by Emer Reynolds
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Sunday May 27, 2018, 7:30pm
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It’s one of humankind’s greatest achievements. More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space – the first human-made object ever to do so. Launched in August 1977, Voyager has defied all the odds, survived countless near misses and almost…
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE, A Free Interactive Screening in Collaboration with the West Tisbury Public Library
2011 | 152 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Family & Kids, FantasyDirected by Chris Columbus
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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This event is co-sponsored by the West Tisbury Free Public Library. Goodie Bags, Interactive Script, and a Sorting Hat to help young witches and wizards decide their Hogwarts House will all be provided. Doors Open at 12:30pm Adaptation of the first of J.K. Rowling’s popular children’s novels about Harry Potter, a boy…
Science on Screen! DINOSAUR 13 (Free for Members) with Guest Speaker Ph.D Candidate Zachary Morris of Harvard University
2014 | 94 minutes | Rated PG | DocumentaryDirected by Todd Douglas Miller
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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This film is part of our Science on Screen® Program, which is supported by The Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation as well as the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Special Guest Speaker Zachary Morris is a Ph.D. Candidate at Harvard University in the department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. His studies integrate the fields of…
FACES PLACES (Visages Villages)
2017 | 90 minutes | Rated PG | Art House & International, DocumentaryDirected by JR, Agnès Varda
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Agnès Varda and JR have things in common: a passion for and the exploration of images in general, and more precisely, for places and for ways of showing, sharing, and exhibiting them. Agnès chose cinema. JR chose to create open air photography galleries. When Agnès and JR met in 2015, they immediately…
THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS
2017 | 104 minutes | Rated PG | Comedy, DramaDirected by Bharat Nalluri
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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The Man Who Invented Christmas tells of the magical journey that led to the creation of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer), Tiny Tim and other classic characters from A Christmas Carol. Directed by Bharat Nalluri (MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY), the film shows how Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) mixed real life inspirations…
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (FREE SCREENING)
2011 | 97 minutes | Rated PG | Animation, Comedy, Family & KidsDirected by Sarah Smith and Barry Cook
Capawock Theatre VH
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The 3D, CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas, an Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation, at last reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child’s question: ‘So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?’ The answer: Santa’s exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the heart…
COCO
2017 | 128 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Animation, Family & KidsDirected Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
Capawock Theatre VH
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Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain…
WONDERSTRUCK
2017 | 117 minutes | Rated PG | Drama, Family & Kids, FantasyDirected by Todd Haynes
Capawock Theatre VH
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Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish that their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he’s never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue and Rose reads an enticing headline, they both…
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN – our last showing!
2017 | 107 minutes | Rated PG | Drama, Family & KidsDirected by Simon Curtis
Capawock Theatre VH
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GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne, and his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in…
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (40th Anniversary)
1977 | 137 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Fantasy, Sci-FiDirected by Steven Spielberg
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975), his first major box-office success, with this epic science fiction adventure about a disparate group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is an electrical lineman who, while sent out on emergency repairs, witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a…
MVIFF 2017: THE WEDDING PLAN (laavor et hakir)
Israel | 2016 | 110 minutes | Rated PG | Comedy, RomanceDirected by Rama Burshtein
Capawock Theatre VH
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At 32, Michal (Noa Kooler), an Orthodox Jewish woman, is finally looking forward to the comfort and security of marriage, when she is blindsided by her fiancé’s decision to call off the wedding with only a month’s notice. Unwilling to return to lonely single life, Michal decides to put her trust in…
JAWS – Last showing of summer
USA | 1975 | 130 Minutes | Rated PG | Adventure, Drama, ThrillerDirected by Steven Spielberg
Capawock Theatre VH
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Fridays, all summer long! Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, JAWS set the standard for edge-of-your seat suspense quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the movie industry. When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town’s chief of police (Roy…
DESPICABLE ME 3
USA | 2017 | 90 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, AnimationDirected by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin
Strand Theatre OB
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Gru (Steve Carell) faces off against Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker), a former child star who has grown up to become obsessed with the character that he played in the ’80s, and gets into some sibling rivalry when he meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team…
PARIS CAN WAIT – Last Showing!
France, USA | 2016 | 92 minutes | Rated PG | Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirected by Eleanor Coppola
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Anne (Diane Lane) is at a crossroads in her life. Married to a successful but inattentive movie producer (Alec Baldwin), she unexpectedly finds herself taking a car trip from Cannes to Paris with her husband’s business associate (Arnaud Viard). What should be a seven-hour drive turns into a carefree two-day adventure replete…
FILMUSIC Festival: BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: ADIOS
Cuba, USA | 2017 | 111 minutes | Rated PG | DocumentaryDirected by Lucy Walker
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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The musicians of the Buena Vista Social Club exposed the world to Cuba’s vibrant culture with their landmark 1997 album. Now, against the backdrop of Cuba’s captivating musical history, hear the band’s story as they reflect on their remarkable careers and the extraordinary circumstances that brought them together.
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE
USA | 2017 | 89 mins. | Rated PG | Action, Animation, ComedyDirected by David Soren
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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Based on the worldwide sensation and bestselling book series, and boasting an A-list cast of comedy superstars headed by Kevin Hart and Ed Helms, DreamWorks Animation brings audiences the long-awaited global movie event, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. George Beard and Harold Hutchins are two overly imaginative pranksters who spend hours…
MV ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL CHILDREN’S EVENT – FREE
USA | 2012 | 86 minutes | Rated PG | Animation, Environment, Family & Kids, Music, MusicalChris Renaud
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Come join The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society’s Environmental Film Festival’s Children’s Event on May 28th at 1pm at the film center for a FREE screening of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax! Afterwards Vineyard Conservation Society will speak about their work on how they are helping to protect our island. All children are welcome to…
2017 MV Environmental Film Festival: BEFORE THE FLOOD
International | 2016 | 96 min | Rated PG | Documentary, EnvironmentFISHER STEVENS
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Special Guests: Charter School students ( Astrid Tilton, Clancy Conlin, Lucy Thompson, Jared Rivard, Lily Tilton) who participated in a climate change field trip to Alaska. If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a…
THE RED TURTLE
Belgium, France, Japan | 2017 | 80 minutes | Rated PG | Animation, FantasyDirected by Michaël Dudok De Wit
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
Through the story of a man shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by turtles, crabs and birds, THE RED TURTLE recounts the milestones in the life of a human being.
HIDDEN FIGURES
USA | 2017 | 127 minutes | Rated PG | Biography, Drama, HistoryDirected by Ted Melfi
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as…
MOANA
USA | 2016 | 103 minutes | Rated PG | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family & Kids, MusicalDirected by Ron Clements, John Musker, Chris Williams (IX) , Don Hall
Capawock Theatre VH
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Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows exactly why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes MOANA, a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who…
CORALINE
USA | 2009 | 101 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Animation, Family & Kids, Fantasy, Sci-FiDirected by Pete Kozachik, Henry Selick
Capawock Theatre VH
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Coraline Jones is a girl of 11 who is feisty, curious, and adventurous beyond her years. She and her parents have just relocated from Michigan to Oregon. Missing her friends and finding her parents to be distracted by their work, Coraline tries to find some excitement in her new environment. Coraline seriously…
QUEEN OF KATWE
South Africa, USA | 2016 | 124 minutes | Rated PG | Biography, DramaDirected by Mira Nair
Capawock Theatre VH, Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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QUEEN OF KATWE is the colorful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence…
STORKS
USA | 2016 | 87 minutes | Rated PG | Animation, Comedy, Family & KidsDirected by Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior (Andy Samberg), the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl. Desperate to deliver this bundle…
LITTLE MEN
Greece, USA | 2016 | 85 minutes | Rated PG | DramaDirected by Ira Sachs
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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When 13-year-old Jake’s (Theo Taplitz) grandfather dies, his family moves from Manhattan back into his father’s old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends the charismatic Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia), a dressmaker from Chile, runs the shop downstairs. Soon, Jake’s parents Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) —…
ITHACA
USA | 2016 | 90 minutes | Rated PG | DramaDirected by Meg Ryan
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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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,…
2016 MVIFF — OUR LITTLE SISTER
Japan | 2015 | 128 mins | Rated PG | Drama, ForeignHIROKAZU KOREEDA
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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The beautiful film from Japan, OUR LITTLE SISTER, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda revolves around three sisters who live in their grandmother’s home after the death of their father, and the arrival of their thirteen-year-old half sister. The Huffington Post writes, “Our Little Sister is a film of surpassing beauty and sensitivity, a fully realized…
FINDING DORY
USA | 2016 | 100 minutes | Rated PG | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family & KidsDirected by Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
Capawock Theatre VH
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FINDING DORY reunites the friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way. The all-new big-screen adventure dives into theaters in 2016, taking moviegoers back to the extraordinary underwater world from the original film.
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
USA | 2016 | 101 minutes | Rated PG | Adventure, Animation, Family & KidsDirected by Travis Knight
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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Older viewers will tune in to its melancholy – its battles between memory and loss, its themes of filial piety and betrayal – while younger ones will dig the more basic emotions of Kubo’s epic journey. Staggeringly beautiful and immensely true, this is the best animated film of 2016. Voice cast includes Charlize Theron,…
LIFE, ANIMATED
France, USA | 2016 | 89 minutes | Rated PG | DocumentaryDirected by Roger Ross Williams
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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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…
PETE’S DRAGON
USA | 2016 | 102 minutes | Rated PG | Adventure, Family & Kids, FantasyDirected by David Lowery
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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A reimagining of Disney’s cherished family film, “Pete’s Dragon” is the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon. Wonderful live-action family film from Disney.
Film Club: LIFE OF PI
Taiwan, USA | 2012 | 127 minutes | Rated PG | Adventure, Drama, FantasyDirected by Ang Lee
Capawock Theatre VH
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Director Ang Lee creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor…a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Film Club: THE PRINCESS BRIDE
USA | 1987 | 98 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family & Kids, FantasyDirected by Rob Reiner
Capawock Theatre VH
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An elderly man reads the book “The Princess Bride” to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations. The grandson is sure he won’t like the story, with a romance at its core, he preferring something with…
Special Event: JIMMY TINGLE FOR PRESIDENT– LIVE
2016 | 90 minutes | Rated PG | ComedyMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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As the upcoming 2016 Presidential election season unfolds against the backdrop of Donald Trump as Republican candidate on the right and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on the left, Jimmy Tingle has constructed another hilarious, thought provok-ing and politically charged one-man show based on his 2016 run for the presidency (shall we say he’s…
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS
USA | 2016 | 90 minutes | Rated PG | Animation, Comedy, Family & KidsDirected by Chris Renaud , Yarrow Cheney
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A comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Comedy superstars Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart make their animated feature-film debuts in The Secret Life of Pets, which co-stars Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks. Directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable…
BIG FRIENDLY GIANT (THE BFG)
UK, USA | 2016 | 117 minutes | Rated PG | Adventure, Family & Kids, FantasyDirected by Steven Spielberg
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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Steve Spielberg’s BFG minimizes the darker elements of Roald Dahl’s classic in favor of a resolutely good-natured, visually stunning, and largely successful family-friendly adventure. A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because,…
THE YOUNG AMERICANS multimedia and live-music performance
USA | 2016 | 90 mins | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Art, Documentary, Drama, History, Music, Music Concert, ScienceMartha's Vineyard Film Center
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A unique multimedia performance with live music chronicles the race to reach the moon. With rare archival footage and interviews with the major players, astronauts and their families, John Monsky, creator and narrator, takes us inside the capsule and the control room to trace the great rush to the lunar surface. The drama,…
DARK HORSE
UK | 2016 | 85 minutes | Rated PG | Adventure, Documentary, Drama, Family & KidsDirected by Louise Osmond
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Set in a former mining village in Wales, DARK HORSE is the inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men’s club who decide to take on the elite ‘sport of kings’ and breed themselves a racehorse. Raised on a slagheap allotment, their foal grows into an unlikely champion,…
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
France, Ireland, Netherlands, USA | 2016 | 94 minutes | Rated PG | Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirected by Whit Stillman
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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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
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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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…
PELÉ: BIRTH OF A LEGEND
USA | 2016 | 107 minutes | Rated PG | Biography, Drama, SportDirected by Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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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…
THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)
USA | 2016 | 111 mins | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Family & KidsDirected by Jon Favreau
Capawock Theatre VH
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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…
THE LUNCHBOX – preshow reception with Indian food and live music
India | 2013 | 104 mins | Rated PG | Drama, RomanceDirected by Ritesh Batra
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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In tribute to the late Jonathan Revere of West Tisbury who was a big fan of cinema. Co-sponsored by the West Tisbury Library. Free (Indian inspired) refreshments and drinks in lobby starting at 6:30 PM in the film center lobby. Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice…
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
USA | 2015 | 100 mins | Rated PG | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family & KidsDirected by Peter Sohn
Capawock Theatre VH
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“The Good Dinosaur” asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While traveling…
Classic Film Night: HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
USA | 1949 | 87 Mins | Rated PG | Comedy, RomanceDirected by Don Hartman
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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War widow Janet Leigh hasn’t the money to buy the model train that her son Gordon Gebert wants for Christmas. Robert Mitchum overhears the boy’s plight, and offers to purchase the train for him, even though it will deplete his own money supply. This little gesture of kindness from Mitchum snowballs into…
MEET THE PATELS
India, USA | 2015 | 88 minutes | Rated PG | Comedy, Documentary, RomanceDirected by Geeta V. Patel and Ravi V. Patel
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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MEET THE PATELS is a laugh-out-loud real life romantic comedy about Ravi Patel, an almost-30-year-old Indian-American who enters a love triangle between the woman of his dreams … and his parents. Filmed by Ravi’s sister in what started as a family vacation video, this hilarious and heartbreaking film reveals how love is…
THE WALK
USA | 2015 | 123 minutes | Rated PG | DramaDirected by Robert Zemeckis
Capawock Theatre VH
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THE WALK is the true story of a young dreamer, Philippe Petit, and a band of unlikely recruits who together achieve the impossible: an illegal wire walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. With little more than nerve and blind ambition, Petit and his ragtag crew overcome daunting…
CLASSIC FILM NIGHT: BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
USA | 1985 | 116 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-FiDirected by Robert Zemeckis
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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Don’t miss the pre-show documentary that filmmakers made on those technology and cultural changes they expected to see in 2015 30 years ago. From Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes BACK TO THE FUTURE— the original, ground-breaking adventure that sparked one of the most successful trilogies ever. When teenager…
SOLD OUT! Opening Night: Tented Reception and Film: MEET THE PATELS
India, USA | 2015 | 88 mins | Rated PG | Animation, ComedyGeeta V. Patel and Ravi Patel
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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On Opening Night of the Festival, we will be holding a tented reception, from 5:30-7:30 PM, on the beautiful water-front lawn adjacent to Ferryboat Pond, just off Beach Road at the Tisbury Marketplace. We’ll be serving wines, beer ( festival sponsorStella Artois) and appetizers (provided by ) while Jeremy Berlin, Eric Johnson,…
INSIDE OUT
USA | 2015 | 102 minutes | Rated PG | Animation, Family & KidsDirected by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen
Capawock Theatre VH
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Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy…
SHAUN THE SHEEP
USA | 2015 | 85 min | Rated PG | Adventure, Animation, ComedyDirected by Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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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…
MR. HOLMES
USA | 2015 | 105 minutes | Rated PG | Drama, Mystery/SuspenseDirected by Bill Condon
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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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…
MINIONS
USA | 2015 | 91 Minutes | Rated PG | AnimationDirected by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
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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…
MAX
2015 | 111 minutes | Rated PG | Action, AdventureDirected by Boaz Yakin
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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After U.S. Marine Kyle Wincott is killed in Afghanistan, Max, his highly trained service dog, is too traumatized to remain in service. Back in the U.S., Kyle’s family adopts the dog, but teenage brother Justin (Josh Wiggins) has problems of his own and doesn’t want the animal. However, Max may be Justin’s…
TOMORROWLAND
USA | | Rated PG | Family & Kids, Fantasy, Sci-FiCapawock Theatre VH
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From Disney comes two-time Oscar winner Brad Bird’s riveting, mystery adventure TOMORROWLAND, starring Academy Award winner George Clooney. Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an…
THE WRECKING CREW
2015 | 95 minutes | Rated PG | Documentary, MusicDirected by Denny Tedesco
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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What the Funk Brothers did for Motown…The Wrecking Crew did, only bigger, for the West Coast Sound. Six years in a row in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to Wrecking Crew recordings. And now, THE WRECKING CREW tells the story in pictures and that…
JAWS – 40th Anniversary of its release by Universal
USA | 1975 | 124 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Drama, Mystery/SuspenseDirected by Steven Spielberg
Capawock Theatre VH, Strand Theatre OB
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Two Shows/Two Theaters — The Capawock Theater at 6:30 PM, The Strand Theater in Oak Bluffs at 9:30 PM. Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, JAWS set the standard for edge-of-your seat suspense quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the movie industry. When the seaside community of Amity finds…
Classic Film Night: SUDDENLY
USA | 1954 | 75 minutes | Rated PG | Action, Drama, Mystery/SuspenseDirected by Lewis Allen
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
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In advance of a presidential visit to the small town of Suddenly, California, a trio of FBI agents enters the Benson family’s home to assess potential security risks. Once inside, leader John Baron (Frank Sinatra) reveals himself as a psychopathic assassin, and he kidnaps the family in order to use their house…