The Outrun (2024, UK, drama, 118 mm., rated 14A). May 12- 18 is Mental Health Awareness Week. In partnership with our local Mental Wellness Committee, we offer this powerful and moving film by Nora Fingsheidt (based on the 2016 memoir by Amy Liptrot) about a young woman struggling with alcoholism. Featuring an amazing performance by […]
Someone Lives Here (2023, Canada, documentary, 75 mm., rated PG). Zack Russell’s acclaimed film is a timely look at homelessness that profiles the efforts of Khaleel Seivwright, a carpenter in Toronto who builds small private shelters for homeless people during the Covid-19 pandemic despite resistance from the city government.
Gondola (2024, Germany and Georgia, comedy-drama, 82 mm., rated PG, no dialogue). A coup for the film society! Be among the first in NB to watch this gorgeous film about a young woman who takes a job as a cable car conductor on a small mountain railway in Georgia. Director Veit Helmer creates a fairytale […]
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024, Germany/Iran, drama, 167 mm., rated 14A, Persian with English subtitles). Mohammad Rasoulof, who wrote and directed this Oscar nominated film, fled Iran to avoid prison after secretly filming it in Tehran. The film revolves around the family of an investigating judge whose gun disappears during a nationwide protest […]
