Five Films will be shown this Saturday and Sunday!
Smithsonian Theaters Presents Holiday Film Festival
If Beale Street Could Talk | Final Trailer | New Poster
Academy Award-winning writer/director Barry Jenkins’ first film since the Best Picture Oscar-winning Moonlight is If Beale Street Could Talk, his adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel — the first English-language feature film based on the work of the author, to whom the movie is dedicated.
Screenings feature a live-streamed Q&A with Director/Co-Writer Ryan Coogler
New Trailer for BLACK PANTHER – Returning to Theaters Today for #GivingTuesday
Black Panther returns to the big screen with free screenings for #GivingTuesday at nonprofit art house theaters nationwide on Tuesday, November 27th. Presented by Film Comment, a publication of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and supported by the Art House Convergence, the event will feature a post-screening live-streamed Q&A with director Ryan Coogler. The one-night-only event offers audiences an opportunity to experience the acclaimed film on the big screen once again with their local communities.
Movie Revue "Creed II"
Creed II Is A Knockout
The story of Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) continues in director Steven Caple’s phenomenal sequel Creed II from Warner Bros. Pictures. Three years after shocking the world with his ability to go the distance with world light heavyweight champion “Pretty Ricky” Conlan, Adonis is on top of the world. Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, (Sylvester Stallone) Adonis claims the crown of world heavyweight champion, and his relationship with aspiring musician Bianca (Tessa Thompson) is flourishing.
Movie Revue: At Eternity's Gate (Middleburg Film Festival Exclusive)
At Eternity’s Gate: An Over-Done Portrait of a Mad Genius
“Maybe God made me a painter for people who aren’t born yet.” The line seems a bit obvious, but it’s an accurate depiction of renowned painter Vincent Van Gogh. This sentiment is reflected throughout At Eternity’s Gate, a biopic following Van Gogh through the last few years of his life. Following Van Gogh as he travels and eventually settles down in Arles, France and the effect of mental illness on his life, the film is ultimately an exhausting, accurate, meta portrait of a genius trying to make art and live with his mental illness.
Movie Revue: Instant Family
Instant Family is Instantly Charming
Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne deliver charismatic performances in Paramount Pictures Instant Family from director Sean Anders. Wahlberg and Byrne portray Pete and Ellie Wagner, childless spouses who have great success in flipping houses. After starting working on their latest home renovation project, the Wagners flirt with the idea of becoming foster parents. The Wagner’s have to first past a parenting class led by Karen (Octavia Spencer) and Sharon (Tig Notaro), which they do.
Movie Revue "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald"
This Beast Should Stay Caged
Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) returns to the screen in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald from director David Yates & Warner Bros. Pictures. The second installment of the “Fantastic Beasts” series opens with our primary antagonist Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) escaping from prison and recruiting a team of minions for his own evil doings. The key to his victory is Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller) a powerful magical young adult who is an obscurial. In the world of “Fantastic Beats,” obscurials are children who attempt to repress their magical abilities.
Movie Revue "Widows"
Viola Davis & Steve McQueen bring Widows to Life
Viola Davis electrifies the screen in director Steve McQueen’s Widows from 20th Century Fox. Davis portrays Veronica Rawlings a teacher union delegate in Chicago. Veronica’s husband Harry (Liam Neeson), a renowned bank robber, makes the mistakes of robbing crime boss Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry), which results in his death, as well his gang. Jamal then decides that Veronica will inherit Harry’s debt, which causes Veronica to seek out the help from the widows of Harry’s crew.
Green Book Tries to Write a New Narrative About Race
There is one every single year. Preying on the divisiveness of racial politics with the notion that we are more similar than we are different. The Oscar-bait race film is a delicate breed of manipulation, white guilt, and genuine feels. In past, these films do great at the Oscars but age rather poorly (see The Helpor The Blind Side). Tired tropes such as the white savior and the magical negro grace our screens and because race is such a tricky subject to navigate
Exclusive Middleburg Film Festival with Jason Reitman, Producers Matt Bai, Helen Estabrook and Jay Carson
Talking About The Front Runner with the Crew at Middleburg
