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Winter 2026
Blue Moon
Wednesday, January 21st @ 7PM
It is March 31, 1943 and the opening night of Roger and Hammerstein’s blockbuster Broadway production of “Oklahoma”. Down-on-his-luck, the witty lyricist, Lorenz Hart sits alone, washed up at Sardi’s bar. Waiting for the opening night celebration to begin, will Hart set off verbal fireworks or exercise self-restraint? He and composer Richard Rodgers were a highly successful songwriting team for 20 years, before Rodgers moved on and collaborate with Hammerstein, to produce what would become a series of great Broadway hits. Professionally cast adrift, ironically, the brilliant Hart could be the singer of his own unforgettable lyrics in “Blue Moon”.
Sentimental Value
Wednesday, February 4th @ 7PM
During the funeral reception for his ex-wife in Oslo, the aging, charming, self-centred filmmaker Gustav Borg reunites with his two daughters, Nora and Agnes, whom he abandoned at a very young age. When Nora and Agnes sort through things, they find out that their father still has the legal rights to the house. Rather than living in the family home, he wants to use it as a shooting locale for a new film. The girls are unhappy about their father’s plans: the family home will always be more for them. It will always hold sentimental value: filled with generational ghosts, it will serve as a repository for invaluable memories.​
The Colours of Time
Wednesday, February 18th @ 7PM
Descendants of Adele Meunier, a woman who lived during La Belle Epoque are gathered at a meeting in Paris. They are notified about the imminent demolition of her farmhouse in Normandy, and as interested parties, they decide to send a delegation. Four very different and seemingly incompatible cousins comprise the group. Director Cedric Klapisch sketches Adele’s world as a masterpiece in time: characterized by exciting changes: Impressionism, photography, the electrification of the city and more. The crowd-pleasing film cuts seamlessly back and forth between Adele’s world and the modern world of her descendants.
Photo: emmanuelle jacobson roques/ Cineart
H is for Hawk
Wednesday, February 4th @ 7PM
Helen MacDonald’s love of nature and wildlife help her to recover from her grief, after the sudden and unexpected death of her photojournalist father. Having some falconry experience, seeking distraction from her own profound feelings of loss and isolation, Helen decides to train Mabel, a goshawk, the fiercest of raptors, to hunt and to fly free. Based on Helen MacDonald’s prize-winning best-seller memoir, this film illustrates how powerful a love of nature and wildlife can be in healing grief and rebuilding resilience.
Photo: ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
Summer Book
Wednesday, March 25th @ 7PM
Accompanied by her somewhat emotionally distant, grieving father, 9-year-old Sophie spends summer vacation time with her elderly grandmother at their traditional family retreat on an island in the Gulf of Finland. Sophie is impetuous, curious and volatile; her grandmother, both tender and tough, affectionate yet unsentimental. On this austerely beautiful and timeless island, they explore and communicate things that matter a great deal to both young and the old. With its stunning cinematography and meditation on living and loving, this film is a beautifully crafted adaptation of Tove Jansson’s bestseller The Summer Book.
The Choral
Wednesday, April 8th @ 7PM
In 1916, in the Yorkshire mill town of Ramsden, the local Choral Society search for a new music director to replace their current one who has enlisted in the war effort. They appoint the only serious candidate available, the demanding and talented, but controversial Dr. Guthrie who also starts out making a number of highly controversial decisions. In order to fill the vacuum created by the male choral members who have gone off to war, Guthrie opens up membership. In the end, in a united effort after resolving their own differences, Choral members discover that the best way to drive out the despair and chaos of war is to make truly beautiful music.
TBA
Wednesday, April 22nd @ 7PM
To be announced.