JOIN US FOR OUR OUTDOOR SUMMER FILM SERIES AT FEATHERSTONE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
30 Featherstone Ln, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557
Every Wednesday Night – July 6th- August 10th
FILMS START Approx. 8:45 PM, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO ARRIVE EARLY (gates open at 7:30 PM) AND PICNIC ON THE LAWN
Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, pillows, food, and (BYO Wine and Beer allowable)
You are reminded to take out with you that you bring in, as there is no trash disposal at Featherstone
ONLY VEHICLES WITH TICKETS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER
NO TICKETS ARE SOLD AT THE EVENT – BUY IN ADVANCE
Tickets are $12 General Admission/$9 for MVFS members/ $7 for children under 15
FEATHERSTONE AND MV FILM SOCIETY RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU LEAVE YOUR DOG (ALL PETS) AT HOME WHEN ATTENDING ANY EVENTS AT FEATHERSTONE. THE CAMPUS HAS A NO PETS POLICY. THANK YOU AND ENJOY THE SHOW.
2022 Summer Schedule
SUMMER OF SOUL
Wednesday July 6th @ 8:45pm
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 2022 ACADEMY AWARDS
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary-part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was never seen and largely forgotten–until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ray Baretto, Abbey Lincoln & Max Roach and more.
“The events were filmed, but the footage sat in a basement for 50 years. Now it’s been compiled into a documentary about a pivotal moment in Black cultural history – and an absolutely infectious film to watch.” – Vox
“This sizzling concert film is a resurrected piece of power-to-the-people art, featuring dizzyingly rich footage from 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival. [It] reclaims a forgotten piece of Black culture with aching timeliness.” – Harper’s Bazaar
BIG
Wednesday July 13th @ 8:45pm
After a wish turns 12-year-old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) into a 30-year-old man (Tom Hanks), he heads to New York City and gets a low-level job at MacMillen Toy Company. A chance encounter with the owner (Robert Loggia) of the company leads to a promotion testing new toys. Soon a fellow employee, Susan Lawrence (Elizabeth Perkins), takes a romantic interest in Josh. However, the pressure of living as an adult begins to overwhelm him, and he longs to return to his simple, former life as a boy.
“A delightful comedy-fantasy.” – Time Magazine
“Director Penny Marshall doesn’t hammer any themes or satire into the film; she, quite shrewdly, keeps Big likeably small. The comedy is natural and unforced, in no small part because of Hanks’ wonderfully slapstick performance.” – Hollywood Reporter
REAR WINDOW
Wednesday July 20th @ 8:45pm
A newspaper photographer with a broken leg passes time recuperating by observing his neighbors through his window. He sees what he believes to be a murder, and decides to solve the crime himself. With the help of his nurse and wife, he tries to catch the murderer without being killed himself.
“The most densely allegorical of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpieces, moving from psychology to morality to formal concerns and finally to the theological. It is also Hitchcock’s most innovative film in terms of narrative technique.” – Chicago Reader
“This is Alfred Hitchcock at his best — a hugely entertaining, romantic and witty film with just a touch of mayhem.” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
THE HEARTBREAK KID
Wednesday July 27th @ 8:30pm
Soon after Lenny (Charles Grodin) marries Lila (Jeannie Berlin), the needy and unrefined side of her personality begins to emerge, and he becomes increasingly uncertain about his decision to marry her. During their honeymoon in Miami, Lenny meets beautiful and sophisticated Kelly (Cybill Shepherd). Every chance he gets, Lenny sneaks away from Lila to be with Kelly, and the more he gets to know her, the more he falls in love. Problems arise when the two women learn about each another.
“Elaine May’s second feature is a funny and sometimes side-splitting whose whole never approaches the success of its best moments in which the two levels of romantic fantasy and satire are reconciled.” – Village Voice
“Considered as a whole piece of work, The Heartbreak Kid succeeds as well as any film ever made in displaying the tragicomic implications of being human.” – Detroit Free Press
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
Wednesday August 3rd @ 8:30pm
A comedic send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.
“The material is superb, Neil Innes’ music is tremendous and Gilliam’s animations are timelessly brilliant.” – Guardian
“So unnecessarily gorgeous, there are moments where it feels like Tarkovsky with drag and farting.” – Time Out
“Grail is as funny as a movie can get, but it is also a tough-minded picture — as outraged about the human propensity for violence as it is outrageous in its attack on that propensity.” – Time Magazine
LA LA LAND
Wednesday August 10th @ 8:30pm
Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love. But as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
“It’s a story as old as Hollywood and jazz, and Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone feel like a pairing for the ages.” – SlashFilm
“When discussing the great musicals of all time, La La Land is a film that makes us dreamers remember that anything is possible. Not only can it be added to the list of greatest musicals ever made but to the top of any list as the best film of 2016.” – Reel Talk
We would like to thank TOWN Bar & Grill, EDGAR Hotel, and Featherstone Center for the Arts and SummerCamp Hotel for their generous support of this event
