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Martha's Vineyard Film Society Happenings Newsletter - February 14, 2023
Arts and Entertainment
February 14, 2023
From: Martha's Vineyard Film SocietyCelebrating 20+ years as the Vineyard's Premiere Non-Profit Member-Supported Film Organization
Happy Valentine's Day, to all those lovers of Cinema out there -- may your week be sweeten by escaping to the movies this week. And we have quite a few for your viewing pleasure at the Film Center.
This weekend we present the Oscar nominated Short Films. They have reached the pinnacle of recognition by being nominated, now they compete for the golden statuette.
NEW THIS WEEK...
SCIENCE ON SCREEN – MELANCHOLIA with Guest Speaker DR. PETER VERES. FREE ADMISSION
Prior to the film, Harvard-Smithsonian Astronomer Peter Vereš will give a presentation entitled “DART – A Successful Planetary Defense Mission.” about NASA’s recent Double Asteroid Redirection Test. In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth… MELANCHOLIA is a psychological disaster film from director Lars von Trier.
WOMEN TALKING — Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. For years, the men have occasionally drugged the women and then raped them. The truth comes out and the women talk about their new situation. Sarah Polley’s film has been nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay Oscars, and co-stars Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Jessica Buckley, Judith Ivey, and Claire Foy.
NOMINATED OSCAR SHORTS — LIVE ACTION, ANIMATION, & DOCUMENTARY. For the 18th consecutive year, the Film Society presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories rotating – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar ballot)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. Playing until the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12th. All nominees and trailers scroll down.
CONTINUING THIS WEEK...
TURN EVERY PAGE explores the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now 86, Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 91, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects at the culmination of a journey that has consumed both their lives and impacted generations of politicians, activists, writers, and readers.
LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Oscar nom for lead Bill Nighy. LIVING sets a high bar for itself in setting out to remake a Kurosawa classic -- and director Oliver Hermanus and star Bill Nighy clear it in triumphant fashion.
THE WHALE is a drama directed by Darren Aronofsky (THE BLACK SWAN) and written by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same name. It stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and
Samantha Morton. A reclusive English teacher (Brendan Fraser) suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter (Sadie Sink) for one last chance at redemption. Brendan Fraser received an Oscar nom (Best Actor) for this once in a lifetime performance.
COMING ATTRACTIONS...
LET IT BE MORNING (Opening February 24th)
Let It Be Morning Creates a Poignant, Quietly Devastating Story of Home, Family and the Walls that Keep Us Apart. Let It Be Morning comes courtesy of the great Israeli Arab filmmaker Eran Kolirin (The Band’s Visit), who garnered a bit of controversy at last year’s Cannes Film Festival when his mostly Palestinian cast protested the premiere because the film was submitted as an Israeli production.
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Richard Paradise, Founder/ Executive Director
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SCARLETT'S CHILL SPOT
In an effort to go plastic free, we have installed a new water dispenser FREE to use.
Whether you desire crisp cool water or hot water for tea, just bring a vessel with you when you come to the movies.
If you prefer to purchase water instead, we will still have aluminum bottled water for sale as well. No more single use plastic bottles.
THE WHALE
Feb 15th @ 4:00 pm
LAST SHOWING!
3 Oscar Nominations (Best Actor for Fraser, Best Supporting Actress for Hong Chau, and Best Make-Up)
THE WHALE is a drama directed by Darren Aronofsky (THE BLACK SWAN) and written by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same name. It stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton. A reclusive English teacher (Brendan Fraser) suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter (Sadie Sink) for one last chance at redemption.
TURN EVERY PAGE:
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB
Feb 15th @ 7:30 pm
Feb 16th @ 4:00 pm
Feb 18th @ 7:30 pm
Feb 19th @ 4:00 pm
Feb 23rd @ 7:30 pm
One of the TOP 5 Documentaries according to the NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
Turn Every Page explores the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now 86, Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 91, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them.
With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects at the culmination of a journey that has consumed both their lives and impacted generations of politicians, activists, writers, and readers.
SCIENCE ON SCREEN:
MELANCHOLIA with Guest Speaker DR. PETER VERES
Feb 16th @ 7:30 pm
FREE ADMISSION!
In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth… MELANCHOLIA is a psychological disaster film from director Lars von Trier.
Prior to the film, Harvard-Smithsonian Astronomer Peter Vereš will give a presentation entitled
“DART – A Successful Planetary Defense Mission.” about NASA’s recent Double Asteroid Redirection Test
WOMEN TALKING
Feb 17th @ 4:00 pm
Feb 19th @ 7:30 pm
Feb 23rd @ 4:00 pm
Oscar Nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. For years, the men have occasionally drugged the women and then raped them. The truth comes out and the women talk about their new situation. Sarah Polley’s film has been nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay Oscars, and co-stars Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Jessica Buckley, Judith Ivey, and Claire Foy.
2023 OSCAR NIMUNATED SHORTS: LIVE ACTION
Feb 17th @ 7:30 pm
115 MINUTE PROGRAM OF 5 SHORTS (Rated R):
AN IRISH GOODBYE
Tom Berkeley and Ross White, UK, 23 min.
IVALU
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, Denmark, 17 min.
LE PUPILLE
Alice Rohrwacher, Italy, 39 min.
NIGHT RIDE
Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen, Norway, 16 min.
THE RED SUITCASE
Cyrus Neshvad, Luxembourg, 18 min.
LIVING
Feb 18th @ 4:00 pm
Nighy was nominated for Best Actor, Kazuo Ishiguro for Best Adapted Screenplay, 95th Academy Awards.
LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. In this remake of Kurosawa’s classic Ikiru, a British bureaucrat (Bill Nighy) questions his life choices after receiving tragic news. Screenplay by Nobel Prize–winning author Kazuo Ishiguro.
2023 OSCAR NIMUNATED SHORTS: ANIMATION
Feb 19th @ 1:00 pm
97 MINUTE PROGRAM OF 5 SHORTS:
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud, UK, 33 min.
THE FLYING SAILOR
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, Denmark, 17 min.
ICE MERCHANTS
João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano, Portugal/France/UK, 15 min.
AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT
Lachlan Pendragon, Australia, 12 min.
MY YEAR OF DICKS (Rated R)
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon, USA, 26 min.
2023 OSCAR NIMUNATED SHORTS: DOCUMENTARY
Feb 22nd @ 7:30 pm
166 MINUTE PROGRAM OF 5 SHORTS (Rated R):
THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, India, 40 min.
HAULOUT
Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, UK, 25 min.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR
Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 29 min.
THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT
Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison, USA, 40 min.
STRANGER AT THE GATE
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones, USA, 29 min.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN FOR MV MAGAZINE BEST OF THE VINEYARD 2023
VOTE FOR THE MV FILM CENTER IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST MOVIE THEATER, FESTIVAL, OR SERIES
and MV INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL for Best Off Season Event
The perfect date night to cure your winter blues!
At a loss for what to do this winter outside the home? Join the MV Film Society and the Little House Cafe with
DINNER & A MOVIE
Starting at 4 pm, enjoy a fantastic dinner at the Little House Cafe in Vineyard Haven. Then make your way over to the Film Center to enjoy that night's 7:30 pm movie, with a $3 discount!
WE’RE HIRING
Theatre Operations Coordinator
Theatre Coordinator is responsible for the daily/year-round operation of the film center/cinema and coordination of part-time and volunteer staff (when needed in summer) to operate the center efficiently (show management, concessions, maintenance, etc). The Theatre Operations Coordinator must ensure the successful execution of all film and non-film events on time collaborating with several colleagues. Work schedule is afternoon-nights, weekends, and some holidays: typical off-season schedule (September to June) is daily Wednesday, to Sunday 3-10 pm with occasional 1 pm matinees on weekend. In summer it’s 6-10 pm, 5-6 nights a week (we're open every night). Some deviations to this schedule occurs during the year.
A job description will be sent to interested candidates by email upon request.
Looking to hire immediately. Full-Time, Year-round.
Send resume, cover letter, to [email protected]
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Please be respectful and kind to everyone regardless of their mask-wearing preference.
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