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11 shows foundUSA, Rated R, 117 Minutes
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins
Showtimes:
Tuesday through Sunday - 7:00 pm (no screenings Monday)
Sunday & Wednesday matinees - 1:30 pm
Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Sunday evening: $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
United Kingdom, Rated PG-13, 102 Minutes
Director: Oliver Hermanus
Cast: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp
Showtimes:
Tuesday through Sunday - 7:00 pm (no screenings Monday)
Sunday & Wednesday matinees - 1:30 pm
Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Matinees and Sunday evening: $7 adults, $5 seniors, $4 members/students
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.
United States, Unrated, 88 Minutes
Director: John O'Brien
Cast: George Thrush, Marya Cohn, Ann O'Brien
Showtime:
Tuesday, February 14, 7:30 pm
Admission: Free
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this Vermont classic!
The first installment in The Tunbridge Trilogy, Vermont is for Lovers follows George and Marya, two New Yorkers who decide to get married in Vermont. Unfortunately, the idyllic setting brings out the worst in the couple, and before long even the wedding itself is in doubt. But, as the bride and groom court disaster, something extraordinary happens, ushering in a conclusion that’s wonderfully funny and happily redemptive.
Prosecco will be available for purchase.
United States, PG-13, 125 Minutes
Director: Anthony Hemmingway
Cast: Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Bryan Cranston
Showtime:
Wednesday, February 15, 6:00 pm
Admission: Free
Experience the incredible true story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American pilots to fly in combat, in the critically acclaimed film "Red Tails". Directed by Anthony Hemingway and produced by George Lucas, this action-packed war drama tells the tale of the brave and determined Tuskegee Airmen as they fought for freedom and broke barriers during World War II. Starring Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Bryan Cranston, "Red Tails" is a film not to be missed.
Film selected by guest curator Robert Farlice who will host a discussion following the film.
UK/Mexico, Unrated, 85 Minutes
Director: Marc Silver
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Charles Harding, Lorena Ivón Ton Quevedo
Showtime:
Wednesday, February 22, 6:00 pm
Admission: Free
An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo.
This Vermont Reads 2022 event is sponsored by Vermont Humanities, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Cobleigh Public Library, Catamount Arts, and Migrant Justice.
United States, PG, 102 Minutes
Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith
Cast: Stephanie Beatriz (voice), Maria Cecilia Botero (voice), John Leguizamo (voice)
Showtime:
Tuesday, February 28, 1:30 pm
Admission: Free
Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal-every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.
United States, PG, 102 Minutes
Directors: Dan Scanlon
Cast: Tom Holland (voice), Chris Pratt (voice), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (voice)
Showtime:
Thursday, March 2, 1:30 pm
Admission: Free
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. When the boys' fearless mom, Laurel, realizes that her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary winged-lion-scorpion former warrior -- The Manticore -- and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed.
United States, PG, 118 Minutes
Directors: Brad Bird
Cast: Craig T. Nelson (voice), Holly Hunter (voice), Sarah Vowell (voice)
Showtime:
Friday, March 3, 1:30 pm
Admission: Free
While the Parr family has accepted its collective calling as superheroes, the fact remains that their special heroism is still illegal. After they are arrested after unsuccessfully trying to stop the Underminer, their future seems bleak. However, the wealthy Deavor siblings of Devtech offer new hope with a bold project to rehabilitate the public image and legal status of Supers, with Elastigirl being assigned on point to be the shining example. Having agreed for now to stay home to look after the kids, Mr. Incredible finds domestic life a daunting challenge, especially when baby Jack-Jack's newly-emerged powers make him almost impossible to manage. However, Elastigirl has her own concerns dealing with the menace of a new supervillain, Screenslaver, who is wreaking havoc with his mind-control abilities. Elastigirl must solve the mystery of this enemy who has malevolent designs on the world, with the Parr family and friends key targets of this evil.
Vermont, Not Rated
Director: Liam O’Connor – Genereaux
Cast: Kade Pintado, Sophia Anthony, Despoina
Showtimes:
Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4, 7:00 pm
Admission: $9 adults, $7 seniors, $6 members/students
Created in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont by a mostly home-grown team, The Butterfly Queen is a farmpunk fairytale like you’ve never seen. Casey (a non-binary sheep Queerfarmer/cartoonist) and Robin (a committed vagabond) are lost in a magical forest, struggling to find Casey’s sketchbook so they can get the heck back home. Unfortunately, The Butterfly Queen wants the sketchbook too, and A) she’s clever, B) she’s desperate and C) she makes the rules. Includes a rusty knight, a portal salesperson and the tallest nightclub of your life.
The screening will be followed each evening by a Q&A and discussion with the director, Liam O’Connor-Genereaux, and select members of the cast & crew. The Butterfly Queen is the winner of Best Feature Film at the 2022 Chicago International Indie Film Festival.
Wednesday, March 22, 7:00 pm
Location:
Dibden Center for the Arts
NVU-Johnson
S Pond Road
Johnson, VT
Tickets: $10—general admission, NVU Community—FREE
As Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is in Antartica, he discovers that a huge ice sheet has sheared off. But what he does not know is that this event will trigger a massive climate shift that will affect the world population. Meanwhile, his son Sam is with friends in New York City to attend an event. There, they discover that it has been raining non-stop for the past three days, and after a series of weather-related disasters begin to occur all over the world, everybody realizes the world is about to enter a new Ice Age and the world population begins trying to evacuate to the warmer climates of the south. Jack makes a daring attempt to rescue his son and his friends who are stuck in New York City and who have managed to survive not only a massive wave but also freezing cold temperatures that could possibly kill them.
Wednesday, April 19, 7:00 pm
Location:
Dibden Center for the Arts
NVU-Johnson
S Pond Road
Johnson, VT
Tickets: $10—general admission, NVU Community—FREE
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth. Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem - it's on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns out warning mankind about a planet-killer the size of Mount Everest is an inconvenient fact to navigate.