Martha's Vineyard Film Center
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE – ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
UK | | 220 mins. | Rated PG-13 | Drama, National Theater - Live, Opera/Theater/Ballet, RomanceWritten by William Shakespeare
Thursday December 06, 2018, 7:30 PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $17 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Written by William Shakespeare
Starring Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo
Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power. Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian…
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE – THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III
UK | | Not Rated | Drama, Opera/Theater/BalletWritten by Alan Bennett
Tuesday November 20, 2018, 7:30 PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $17 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Written by Alan Bennett
Multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III will be broadcast live to cinemas, in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse. Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van), this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following…
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE – ALLELUJAH!
UK | 2018 | 2 hrs 35 mins. | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama, National Theater - Live, Opera/Theater/BalletWritten by Alan Bennett
Thursday November 01, 2018, 7:30 PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $17 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Written by Alan Bennett
Allelujah! is a brand new play from one of Britain’s best-loved writers Alan Bennett. His celebrated plays include The History Boys, The Lady in the Van and The Madness of George III. This hilarious drama was filmed live during its limited run at the Bridge Theatre in London. The play takes place…
THE KING AND I – one night only!
USA | 2018 | 3 hrs. | Not Rated | Drama, Musical, Opera/Theater/Ballet, Romance
Thursday November 29, 2018, 7:30 pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $17 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Starring Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe
The multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And I comes to cinemas in this unmissable event recorded live from London’s iconic Palladium. Reprising her Tony Award-winning role, ‘Broadway musical’s undisputed Queen’ (The Sunday Times) Kelli O’Hara (Anna) takes to the stage alongside Tony and Oscar…
FUNNY GIRL – one night only!
USA | 2018 | 160 mins. | Not Rated | Comedy, Musical, Opera/Theater/Ballet
Wednesday October 24, 2018, 7:30 pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $17 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Starring Sheridan Smith
Following its record-breaking, sell-out run in London’s West End and national tour, the critically-acclaimed musical Funny Girl comes to a cinema near you, featuring Sheridan Smith in “an unforgettable star turn” (The Times). Funny Girl is semi-biographical, based on the life and career of Broadway star, film actress and comedienne Fanny Brice…
WARREN MILLER’S FACE OF WINTER
International | 2018 | 120 minutes (included intermission raffle drawings) | Not Rated | Action, Adventure
Saturday November 17, 2018, 7:30pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$25 General Admission, $22 MVFS Member
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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If winter puts a smile on your face, it’s something you had in common with the late, great Warren Miller. The warm, witty, mildly eccentric godfather of the ski-and-ride film was the man who got us started on this long, crazy ride. This fall, don’t miss Volkswagen presents Warren Miller’s Face of…
2018 MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL hosted by MV Film Society
International | 2018 | 130 mins | Not Rated | HolyCowThisMovieHasEverything!!, Short Film
Thursday September 27, 2018, 7:30pm
Friday September 28, 2018, 7:30pm
Saturday September 29, 2018, 7:30pm
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Film Lovers of Martha’s Vineyard can unite with an audience of over 100,000 film buffs in over 300 cinemas across 6 Continents during this week when the MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center. MANHATTAN SHORT announced the Final 9 for its 21st Annual Short Film Festival, a…
FAR FROM THE TREE with Director Rachel Dretzin and Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
USA | 2018 | 93 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryRachel Dretzin
Friday August 10, 2018, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$10 child age 14 or younger
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Rachel Dretzin
Q&A with Director Rachel Dretzin and Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. afterward FAR FROM THE TREE follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Based on Andrew Solomon’s award-winning, critically acclaimed,…
Saturday October 06, 2018, 12:55pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida (Anna Netrebko), Amneris (Anita Rachvelishvili), Radamès (Aleksandrs Antonenko), Amonasro (Quinn Kelsey), The King (Ryan Speedo Green)
Soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as her formidable rival Amneris. Aleksandrs Antonenko is the warrior Radamès, and Nicola Luisotti takes the podium for the Met’s monumental production. An enslaved Nubian princess, Aida, finds her heart entangled with Radames, an Egyptian soldier who is betrothed to the Pharaoh’s daughter,…
Saturday October 20, 2018, 12:55pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Written by Camille Saint-Saëns
Samson (Roberto Alagna), Dalila (Elīna Garanča), High Priest (Laurent Naouri), Abimélech (Elchin Azizov), The Old Hebrew (Dmitry Belosselskiy)
Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic Samson et Dalila stars Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna in the title roles; the pair was last seen together by HD audiences in the acclaimed 2010 transmission of Bizet’s Carmen. Laurent Naouri co-stars as the High Priest, with Elchin Azizov as the Philistine King Abimélech and Dmitry Belosselskiy as…
Saturday November 10, 2018, 12:55pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Written by Nico Muhly
Marnie (Isabel Leonard), Mrs. Rutland (Janis Kelly), Marnie’s Mother (Denyce Graves), Terry Rutland (Iestyn Davies), Mark Rutland (Christopher Maltman)
Nico Muhly’s Marnie, based on Winston Graham’s novel, which in turn inspired Alfred Hitchock’s suspenseful thriller, has its U.S. premiere at the Met this season. Isabel Leonard stars in the title role opposite Christopher Maltman as her blackmailing husband Mark Rutland, Iestyn Davies as his brother Terry, Janis Kelly as Mrs. Rutland, and…
Saturday January 12, 2019, 12:55pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Francesco Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur (Anna Netrebko), The Princess of Bouillon (Anita Rachvelishvili), Maurizio (Piotr Beczała), The Abbé (Carlo Bosi), Michonnet (Ambrogio Maestri), The Prince of Boullion (Maurizio Muraro)
For the first time at the Met, Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Adriana Lecouvreur, the great 18th-century actress in love with the military hero Maurizio, sung by Piotr Beczała. Gianandrea Noseda conducts Cilea’s tragedy, directed by Sir David McVicar, with the action partially set in a working replica of a…
Saturday March 30, 2019, 12:00pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Written by Richard Wagner
Brünnhilde (Christine Goerke), Sieglinde (Eva-Maria Westbroek), Siegmund (Stuart Skelton), Fricka (Jamie Barton), Wotan (Greer Grimsley), Hunding (Günther Groissböck)
The second installment of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Die Walküre, stars heroic soprano Christine Goerke as the warrior goddess Brünnhilde, whose encounter with the mortal twins Siegmund and Sieglinde, sung by Stuart Skelton and Eva-Maria Westbroek, leads her on a journey from Valhalla to earthbound humanity. Philippe Jordan conducts.
Saturday May 11, 2019, 12:00pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Written by Francis Poulenc
Blanche de la Force (Isabel Leonard), Mme. Lidoine (Adrianne Pieczonka), Constance (Erin Morley), Mère Marie (Karen Cargill), First Prioress (Karita Mattila), Chevalier de la
Force (David Portillo), Marquis de la Force (Dwayne Croft)
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads an accomplished ensemble in Poulenc’s devastating modern masterpiece of faith and martyrdom. Isabel Leonard is the young Blanche de La Force, opposite Met legend Karita Mattila as the First Prioress
Saturday December 15, 2018, 12:55 PM (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Giuseppe Verdi
Violetta Valéry (Diana Damrau), Alfredo Germont (Juan Diego Flórez), Giorgio Germont (Quinn Kelsey)
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s timeless tragedy La Traviata. Directed by Michael Mayer, this new production features a dazzling 18th-century setting thatchanges with the seasons. Diana Damrau is the doomed heroine Violetta, opposite Juan Diego Flórez as her lover, Alfredo, and as Alfredo’s protective father, Giorgio Germont.
Saturday March 02, 2019, 12:55pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Gaetano Donizetti
Marie (Pretty Yende), Tonio (Javier Camarena), Marquise of Berkenfield (Stephanie Blythe), Sulpice (Maurizio Muraro)
Bel canto stars Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena team up for a feast of vocal fireworks on the Met stage. Maurizio Muraro is Sergeant Sulplice, with Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. Enrique Mazzola conducts. La Fille du Régiment is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; the Royal Opera House,…
Saturday October 27, 2018, 12:55 PM (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Giacomo Puccini
Violetta Valéry (Diana Damrau), Alfredo Germont (Juan Diego Flórez), Giorgio
Germont (Quinn Kelsey)
Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, alongside star tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw Dick Johnson. Baritone Željko Lučić is the vigilante sheriff Jack Rance, and Marco Armiliato conducts.
Saturday February 02, 2019, 12:55pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$24 General Admission, $21 Member,
$15 child age 14 or younger
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Georges Bizet
Carmen (Clémentine Margaine), Micaëla (Aleksandra Kurzak), Don José (Roberto
Alagna), Escamillo (Alexander Vinogradov)
Clémentine Margaine is opera’s ultimate seductress, opposite Roberto Alagna, who captivated Live in HD audiences as Don José in 2010. Louis Langrée conducts Sir Richard Eyre’s lively production, a favorite in the Met’s repertoire.
THE MET: LIVE IN HD 2018/19 MINI SEASON PASS (any 5 performances)
International | 2018-19 | Not Rated | MET OPERA: LIVE
Saturday October 06, 2018,
SPECIAL EVENT
$110 Season Pass, $100 Member's Season Pass
When purchasing a pass, we will email you to ask which operas you would like to attend with your pass.
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, will begin its 13th season on October 6, with the Met’s grand production of Verdi’s Aida, starring one of the world’s most acclaimed sopranos, Anna Netrebko. The company also announced that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will become the Met’s…
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THE MET: LIVE IN HD 2018/19 SEASON PASS TO ALL 10 LIVE PERFORMANCES
International | 2018-19 | Not Rated | MET OPERA: LIVE
Saturday October 06, 2018,
SPECIAL EVENT
$220 Season Pass, $200 Member's Season Pass
Once you purchase a pass, we will email you to identify which operas you would like to attend.
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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MET OPERA LIVE — SEASON PASSES ON SALE NOW! The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, will begin its 13th season on October 6, with the Met’s grand production of Verdi’s Aida, starring one of the world’s most acclaimed sopranos, Anna Netrebko. The company…
Women in Film: Past, Present, & Future w/ Julie Taymor, Diana Barrett, Misan Sagay, and Julia Spiro
USA | 2018 | 75 mins | Not Rated | Art House & International
Tuesday August 14, 2018, 7:30pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $17 for MVFS members
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A special event to benefit the MV Film Society and its youth Scholarship awards. Several panelists from the Film Industry will join together on the Film Center stage to discuss candidly the topic: Women in Film: Past, Present, & Future. A wine reception will be held in our lobby starting at 6:45…
SONGS FROM CINEMA with Siren Mayhew and Friends on stage at the Film Center
USA | 2018 | 90 mins | Not Rated | Music Concert
Friday July 27, 2018, 7:30pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
$20 General Admission, $15 Member,
$10 child age 14 or younger
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Siren Mayhew and her cohorts perform live music from beloved films that span the decades. Join us for a night of nostalgia that will include musical numbers from the likes of The Lion King, Grease, The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and many more. Siren and Friends —…
SOLD OUT! FAIR GAME (Director’s Cut) with Valerie Plame, former covert CIA ops officer, and Director/Producer Doug Liman in person for Q&A
USA | 2010 | 130 minutes | Rated PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery/SuspenseDirected by Doug Liman
Sunday June 24, 2018, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
Directed by Doug Liman
Based on a Book by Valerie Plume
Produced by Doug Liman
Starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn
Valerie Plame, former covert CIA ops officer, and Director/Producer Doug Liman in person for Q&A As a covert officer in the CIA’s Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie’s husband, diplomat JOE WILSON (Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substantiate…
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2018 DOC WEEK: 306 HOLLYWOOD with Co-director Jonathan Bogarin
2018 | 82 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryCo-directed by Elan Bogarin, Jonathan Bogarin
Friday August 03, 2018, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Co-directed by Elan Bogarin, Jonathan Bogarin
Written by Elan Bogarin, Jonathan Bogarin
Executive Produced by Laurie David and Geralyn Dreyfous
Co-director Jonathan Bogarin will join us for a Q&A afterward. 306 Hollywood is a magical realist documentary of two siblings who undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house. They embark on a journey from her home in New Jersey to ancient Rome, from fashion to physics, in search of what…
SOLD OUT — 2018 DOC WEEK: SAY HER NAME with Co-Director/Co-Producer Kate Davis (Film Society Board Member) and David Heilbroner
USA | 2018 | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected, produced and edited by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
Thursday August 02, 2018, 7:30 pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed, produced and edited by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
Joining us after the screening — directed, produced and edited by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, Sandra Bland’s mom: Geneva Reed Veal and sisters: Shante Needham and Sharon Cooper, all national spokespeople for Sandra Bland and activists to eliminate police brutality, and Cannon Lambert, lead attorney from Chicago. The Vineyard screening will be…
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2018 DOC WEEK: BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY with Steve Young (Subject of the Film) and director Dava Whisenant
USA | 2018 | 87 mins | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Dava Whisenant
Tuesday July 31, 2018, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Dava Whisenant
Written by Ozzy Inguanzo and Dava Whisenant
Starring: Martin Short, David Letterman, Chita Rivera
WINNER! 2018 Nantucket Film Festival: Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature WINNER! 2018 Tribeca Film Festival: Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director When he started as a comedy writer for the LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, Steve Young had few interests outside of his day job. But while…
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2018 DOC WEEK: LOVE, GILDA with Director Lisa D’Apolito — SOLD OUT
2018 | 88 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Lisa D'Apolito
Monday July 30, 2018, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening -- THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Directed by Lisa D'Apolito
Starring: Gilda Gadner, Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader
In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together her recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends (Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Laraine Newman, Paul Shaffer and Martin Short), rare home movies and diaries read by modern-day comedians inspired by Gilda (Bill Hader, Melissa…
Monday July 30, 2018, 5:30pm (Film Center)
Tuesday July 31, 2018, 7:30pm (Film Center)
Thursday August 02, 2018, 7:30pm (Film Center)
SPECIAL EVENT
$65 for General Admission, $55 for MV Film Society Members
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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In recognition of the rising importance of documentaries to public dialogue, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is proud to announce its 4th Annual Documentary Week from July 30th through August 4th, 2018 (excluding August 1, sold separately*). To see the entire line-up of films click here. PASS HOLDERS, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL with your selected…
SOLD OUT — LIVINGSTON TAYLOR: LIFE IS GOOD, A Benefit for the Vineyard House
USA | 2017 | 68 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, MusicDirected by Tracey Anarella
Wednesday August 22, 2018, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$25 General Admission, Benefit for Vineyard House, No MVFS discount on event
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
SOLD OUT
Directed by Tracey Anarella
Co-Producer Peter Fish
Starring Livingston Taylor, Carly Simon, Ian Anderson, Kate Taylor, Ben Taylor
Director Tracey Anarella and Livingston Taylor will join us for a Q&A afterward. JUST ANNOUNCED – Livingston will perform an acoustic set of music after the film and Q&A. Award Winning Director Tracey Anarella has teamed up with Livingston to create a compelling documentary about Livingston, his life, his career and his unique and amazing…
Thursday August 16, 2018, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 for MVFS Members,
$10 child age 14 or younger
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Commentary throughout the program of short film segments with John Wilson. We are excited to collaborate with 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 Vineyard dating back almost one hundred…
SOLD OUT — 2018 DOC WEEK: JANE FONDA IN FIVE ACTS with Director and Producer Susan Lacy and Producer Jessica Levin
USA | 2018 | 133 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Susan Lacy
Saturday August 04, 2018, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
SOLD OUT
Directed by Susan Lacy
Co-produced by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin
Starring Jane Fonda, Tom Hayden, Ted Turner, Robert Redford
Director and Producer Susan Lacy and Producer Jessica Levin will join us for Q&A on August 4th at the Film Center. In collaboration with HBO Documentary Films Girl next door, sex kitten, activist, fitness tycoon: Oscar-winner Jane Fonda has lived a life marked by controversy, tragedy and transformation, and she’s done it all…
2018 MV Environmental Film Festival Opening Night Event: LIVING IN THE FUTURE’S PAST
2018 | 83 minutes | Not Rated | Documentary, EnvironmentDirected by Susan Kucera
Thursday May 24, 2018, 7:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$10 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open at 6:30pm for Opening Night Reception
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Directed by Susan Kucera
Produced by Jeff Bridges
Narrated by Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges, alongside prominent scientists and authors, weaves evolution, emergence, entropy, dark ecology, and what some are calling ‘the end of nature’, into an engrossing story that helps us understand our place among the species of Earth’s household. This powerful, poetic and thought-provoking feature challenges our current way of thinking and provides…
Fundraiser for the Production of the Opera “1854”
USA | 2016 | 66 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Abby Ginzberg and Frank Dawson
Thursday April 19, 2018, 6:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$25/person
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Directed by Abby Ginzberg and Frank Dawson
Starring Danny Glover
You are cordially invited to 1854’s Spring Gala at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on April 19th at 6:30 pm. You’ll be hearing more about this project in coming months, but for now here’s a brief introduction. When he died in 2015, the late Jack Schimmelman, a great fan of the spirituals…
THE MIGHTY QUINN, a fund-raiser for WYOB radio (MVRHS student run station)
1989 | 120 minutes | Rated R | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, HolyCowThisMovieHasEverything!!, Mystery/SuspenseDirected by Carl Schenkel
Saturday March 31, 2018, 6:30pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$30/person, ticket price is tax deductible
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Directed by Carl Schenkel
Written by Hampton Fancher
Starring Denzel Washington
On Saturday, March 31 at 6:30PM 105.5 FM, WYOB (MVRHS student-run station) and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society collaborate with the showing of “The Mighty Quinn”, a thriller filmed in Jamaica starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Reviews say, “The Mighty Quinn is smart, pleasant entertainment offering an early…
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2018 OSCARS VIEWING PARTY, a Benefit for the 2018 Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival
International, USA | 2018 | 180 mins | Not Rated | Mixed
Sunday March 04, 2018, Red carpet arrivals begin at 7PM; the Oscars telecast ceremony begins at 8:30PM,
SPECIAL EVENT
Advanced Purchase: $35 General Admission, $25 Member. At the Door: $40 for all.
Doors Open for admissions at 7PM. Buy tickets at Film Center or online. Reservations Recommended.
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel
Join the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society and fellow film-lovers as we watch the 90th Academy Awards and host our Annual Oscar Party. The event is complete with light appetizers, desserts, and beverages. We’ll begin at 7pm with the Red Carpet Arrivals with guests getting the opportunity to have their picture taken with…
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
Wednesday April 18, 2018, 1:00pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
Free to All!
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Chris Columbus
Written by J.K. Rowling
Starring Daniel Radclife, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint
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…
2018 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: ANIMATION
International | 2017 | 83minutes | Not Rated | Animation, Short Film
Wednesday February 28, 2018, 4:00pm
Sunday March 04, 2018, 1:00pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Catch all of this year’s Oscar nominated short films before the 90th Annual Academy Awards telecast on Sunday, March 4th, 2018! And the winners are?… Once again, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is proud to present this nationally-touring program highlighting all of the Live Action, Animated, and Documentary Short Films that received…
2018 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: LIVE ACTION
International | 2017 | 99 minutes | Rated R | Drama, Short Film
Thursday March 01, 2018, 4:00pm
Sunday March 04, 2018, 4:00pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$12 General Admission, $9 Member,
$7 child age 14 or younger
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Catch all of this year’s Oscar nominated short films before the 90th Annual Academy Awards telecast on March 4th, 2018! And the winners are?… Once again, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is proud to present this nationally-touring program highlighting all of the Live Action, Animated, and Documentary Short Films that received Academy…
EX LIBRIS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (FREE ADMISSION)
2017 | 197 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Frederick Wiseman
Sunday December 03, 2017, 2pm (Film Center),
SPECIAL EVENT
Free Admission
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening
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Directed by Frederick Wiseman
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL COURTESY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE AQUINNAH, CHILMARK, EDGARTOWN, OAK BLUFFS, VINEYARD HAVEN, AND WEST TISBURY LIBRARIES, AS WELL AS THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. At the film we are asking for donations to either the Island Food Pantry or The Red Stocking Fund (a gift) to help…
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HUMAN FLOW in Collaboration with MV Peace Council, MV Friends, and Sense of Wonder Creations, Introduced by State Rep. Dylan Fernandes
2017 | 140 minutes | Not Rated | DocumentaryDirected by Ai Weiwei
Sunday March 25, 2018, 4:00pm,
SPECIAL EVENT
$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 Ai Weiwei
Dylan Fernandes, our Rep. to the MA Statehouse, will attend the screening of Human Flow and will speak briefly about the state of immigration policy in our community. In collaboration with these Vineyard groups dedicated to Peace: MV Peace Council Sense of Wonder Creations MV Friends Meeting Over 65 million people around…
Saturday January 13, 2018, 12:55pm (Film Center),
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$15 General Admission, $12 Member,
$10 child age 14 or younger
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Directed by Susan Froemke
The Opera House, a new film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for New York. Featuring rarely seen archival footage, stills, recent interviews, and a soundtrack of extraordinary Met performances, the film chronicles the creation of…
BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE IN CINEMA: THE NUTCRACKER
Russia | 2017 | 120 minutes | Not Rated | Dance, Opera/Theater/Ballet
Sunday December 17, 2017, 12:55pm (Film Center),
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As the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Eve, Marie’s wooden nutcracker doll comes to life and transforms into a prince! Soon joined by her other toys that have also come to life, Marie and her prince embark on a dreamy unforgettable adventure. A holiday tradition for the whole family, The Nutcracker…
BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE IN CINEMA: ROMEO AND JULIET
2017 | 150 minutes | Not Rated | Dance, Opera/Theater/Ballet
Sunday January 21, 2018, 12:55PM (Film Center),
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In Verona, Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love while their respective families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are caught in a bitter rivalry ending in heart-wrenching tragedy… Alexei Ratmansky, former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, stages the company’s premiere of his production with dramatic urgency and a fresh re-telling…
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
2017 | 185 minutes | Not Rated | National Theater - LiveDirected by Benedict Andrews
Thursday February 22, 2018, 7:00pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Benedict Andrews
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Benedict Andrews, this thrilling revival of Tennessee Williams’s 1955 Pulitzer Prize winner burns bright enough to both scorch and illuminate. Starring a perfectly paired Jack O’Connell and Sienna Miller, this Young Vic production brings combustible conviction to a smoldering classic that has only rarely ignited in performance in recent years….
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: AMADEUS
2017 | 180 minutes | Not Rated | National Theater - LiveDirected by Michael Longhurst
Sunday January 07, 2018, 1:00pm,
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Directed by Michael Longhurst
Written by Peter Shaffer
Lucian Msamati (Luther, Game of Thrones, NT Live: The Comedy of Errors) plays Salieri in Peter Shaffer’s iconic play, broadcast live from the National Theatre, and with live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to…
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: YOUNG MARX
2017 | 140 minutes | Not Rated | National Theater - LiveDirected by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman
Thursday December 07, 2017, 7:00pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman
Rory Kinnear (The Threepenny Opera, Penny Dreadful, Othello) is Marx and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night, Green Wing) is Engels, in this new comedy written by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. Broadcast live from The Bridge Theatre, London, the production is directed by Nicholas Hytner and reunites the creative team behind Broadway and West End hit…
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: FOLLIES
UK | 2017 | 145 minutes | Not Rated | National Theater - LiveDirected by Stephen Sondheim
Thursday November 16, 2017, 7:00pm (Film Center),
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Directed by Stephen Sondheim
Written by James Goldman
Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical is staged for the first time at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a…
Wednesday October 25, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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PATRONS WHO PRESENT THEIR CLAM/MV PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD AT BOX OFFICE WILL RECEIVE THE MEMBER PRICE. Captured live from London’s Royal Festival Hall, join us for a celebration of one of the world’s greatest writers as he shares the secrets behind the creation of his most beloved character. From his extraordinary Cold War…
Saturday November 18, 2017, 7:30pm (Film Center),
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Featured Athletes
Scotty Arnold | Jeremy Jensen | Neil Provo | Ian Provo | Jonny Moseley | JT Holmes | Errol Kerr
Ty Peterson | George Rodney | Arielle Gold | Taylor Gold | Lexi duPont | Amie Engerbretson
McKenna Peterson | Tyler Ceccanti | Collin Collins | Julian Carr | Keith Curtis | Kalen Thorien
Michael "Bird" Shaffer | Seth Wescott | Rob Kingwill | Kevin Giffin | Marcus Caston | Kaylin Richardson
Linda Haaland | Tommy Moe | Jess McMillan | Griffin Post
Snow riders are a family—one big tribe comprising of many smaller ones. Familial rites pass down through generations. Skier roots grow deep in high mountain soil. Line of Descent celebrates just that, the lineage of legendary athletes through a multi-generational cast of skiing’s icons and fresh faces, including Tommy Moe, Jonny Moseley, JT Holmes,…
Saturday January 27, 2018, 12:55pm (Film Center),
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Written by Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by Emmanuel Villaume
Tosca is an opera by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The work, based on Victorien Sardou’s 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples’s control of Rome threatened by Napoleon’s invasion of…
THE MET LIVE: SEMIRAMIDE
1823 | 240 minutes | Not Rated | MET OPERA 2017-18Written by Gioachino Rossini
Saturday March 10, 2018, 12:55pm (Film Center),
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Written by Gioachino Rossini
This masterpiece of dazzling vocal fireworks makes a rare Met appearance—its first in nearly 25 years—with Maurizio Benini on the podium. The all-star bel canto cast features Angela Meade in the title role of the murderous Queen of Babylon, who squares off in breathtaking duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by…
THE MET LIVE: CENDRILLON
1895 | 167 minutes | Not Rated | MET OPERA 2017-18Written by Jules Massenet
Saturday April 28, 2018, 12:55pm (Film Center),
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Written by Jules Massenet
“Glorious,” raved the New York Times when Joyce DiDonato sang the title role of Cendrillon at the Royal Opera in 2011. “Her performance was thoroughly enchanting.” Now, for the first time ever, Massenet’s sumptuous take on the Cinderella story comes to the Met, with DiDonato starring in the title role. She is…
THE MET LIVE: LUISA MILLER
USA | 1849 | 218 minutes | Not Rated | MET OPERA 2017-18, OperaWritten by Giuseppe Verdi
Saturday April 14, 2018, 12:30pm (Film Center),
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Written by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Bertrand de Billy
Plácido Domingo adds yet another chapter to his legendary Met career with this rarely performed Verdi gem, a heart-wrenching tragedy of fatherly love. Sonya Yoncheva sings the title role opposite Piotr Beczała in the first Met performances of the opera in more than ten years. Luisa Miller, which has not been seen…
THE MET LIVE: COSI FAN TUTTE
1789 | 211 minutes | Not Rated | MET OPERA 2017-18Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Saturday March 31, 2018, 12:55pm,
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Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott’s clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes, set in a carnival-esque, funhouse environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island—complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters, and a Ferris wheel. Manipulating the action are the Don Alfonso of Christopher Maltman and the Despina of Tony Award–winner…
THE MET LIVE: THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL
2017 | 147 minutes | Not Rated | MET OPERA 2017-18Written by Thomas Adès
Saturday November 18, 2017, 12:55pm (Film Center),
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Written by Thomas Adès
Hailed by the New York Times at its 2016 Salzburg Festival premiere as “inventive and audacious … a major event,” The Exterminating Angel is a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can’t escape. Tom Cairns, who wrote the libretto, directs the new production, and Thomas Adès conducts his…
THE MET LIVE: THE MAGIC FLUTE (die zauberflöte)
1791 | 189 minutes | Not Rated | MET OPERA 2017-18Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Saturday October 14, 2017, 12:55pm (Film Center),
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Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Golda Schultz as Pamina , Kathryn Lewek as The Queen of the Night, Charles Castronovo as Tamino, and Markus Werba as Papageno
The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with the Queen and her cohorts vanquished. Tony Award winner Julie Taymor’s…
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THE MET LIVE: L’ELISIR D’AMORE
1832 | 159 minutes | Not Rated | MET OPERA 2017-18Written by Gaetano Donizetti
Saturday February 10, 2018, 12:00pm (Film Center),
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Written by Gaetano Donizetti
Nemorino, a poor peasant, is in love with Adina, a beautiful landowner, who torments him with her indifference. When Nemorino hears Adina reading to her workers the story of Tristan and Isolde, he is convinced that a magic potion will help him to gain Adina’s love. Donizetti’s comic gem L’Elisir d’Amore,…
THE MET LIVE: LA BOHEME
1895 | 175 minutes | Not Rated | MET OPERA 2017-18Written by Giacomo Puccini
Saturday February 24, 2018, 12:35pm (Film Center),
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Written by Giacomo Puccini
The story of four Bohemians, the poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard, and the philosopher Colline in an old attic.They are poor, but happy. Set around 1830 in Paris, France. An exciting young cast stars in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history. Sonya…
Saturday October 07, 2017, 12:55pm (Film Center),
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Conducted by Carlo Rizzi
Written by Vincenzo Bellini
Sondra Radvanovsky as Norma
NORMA is set in Gaul (France) at the beginning of its occupation by the Roman Empire. Almost all of the characters are druids, members of the Gallic priesthood, the only exceptions being the tenors, both of whom are Romans. It is interesting that the Roman Empire, long depicted in European culture as…
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION and FILM: THE TRIP TO SPAIN – SOLD OUT
UK | 2017 | 115 mins. | Not Rated | Adventure, Comedy, DramaDirected by Michael Winterbottom
Thursday September 07, 2017, 5:30pm,
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Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Marta Barrio
On Opening Night of the Festival, enjoy meeting fellow festival attendees and special guests inside 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 sponsor OUR MARKET) and Tapas appetizers (provided by…
COLETTE
Friday October 19, 2018, 7:30 pm
Saturday October 20, 2018, 7:30 pm
Sunday October 21, 2018, 4:00 pm
TEA WITH THE DAMES
Wednesday October 17, 2018, 7:30 pm
Thursday October 18, 2018, 4:00 pm
Friday October 19, 2018, 4:00 pm
MET OPERA LIVE: SAMSON ET DALILA
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Saturday October 20, 2018, 12:55pm (Film Center) ,
A STAR IS BORN
Friday October 19, 2018, 7:30 PM
Saturday October 20, 2018, 4:00 pm , 7:30 pm
Sunday October 21, 2018, 4:00 pm, 7:30 pm