LIVE FROM UPSTATE
Music, theatre, poetry and more…from the stages of Starr Cinema, The Orpheum and beyond.
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- 27Carlos7:00 pmSantana’s life is like a Jungian hero’s journey, beginning as a boy in his impoverished hometown, then accepting a call to action to become a rockstar, then crossing the threshold of Woodstock, where his life again shifts and changes. With every turn, Santana seems to grow stronger, better, more fully-realized, so t , ...★ FOREWORD! (AUTHOR SERIES): Stephen Shore show & tell—LIVE FROM UPSTATE— Legendary photographer Stephen Shore’s new book, “Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography” is an experimental new memoir that documents a groundbreaking career. Writer Joe Hagan is there to facilitate this rare show & tell. —Presented by Hammertown Rhinebeck and Diamond Mill , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 28Detour—WITH FILM CRITIC LISA SCHWARZBAUM— An out-of-work pianist tries hitchhiking to Los Angeles for love, but ends up as the driver of a car with a dead body in the trunk and one of the fiercest femme fatales in cinema. A constant battle between power and morals (or some may say sanity) ensues, the pianist , ...Stop Making Sense at Catskill Community TheatreJust in time for its 40th anniversary, A-24 is re-releasing the famous Jonathan Demme-directed Talking Heads Stop Making Sense tour. The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads’ most memorable songs. Grab your oversized , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 29Fair PlayWriter-director Chloe Domont’s explosive premier film about a competitive couple contending for power in a cut-throat financial firm. Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor’s alchemical performances entice as they act out a searing commentary on ambition in the post #metoo world. (dir. Chloe Domont, U.S. 2023, 113 min) , ...Stop Making SenseJust in time for its 40th anniversary, A-24 is re-releasing the famous Jonathan Demme-directed Talking Heads Stop Making Sense tour. The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads’ most memorable songs. Grab your oversized , ...The CreatorA sci-fi film that takes a critical look at the impact of Artificial Intelligence on humanity, The Creator follows a grieving ex-special forces agent named Joshua who is called-upon to hunt and kill someone known as “The Creator.” Joshua and his team of operatives track the elusive creator, who is known for creating , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 30Detour—WITH FILM CRITIC LISA SCHWARZBAUM— An out-of-work pianist tries hitchhiking to Los Angeles for love, but ends up as the driver of a car with a dead body in the trunk and one of the fiercest femme fatales in cinema. A constant battle between power and morals (or some may say sanity) ensues, the pianist , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 2Stop Making SenseJust in time for its 40th anniversary, A-24 is re-releasing the famous Jonathan Demme-directed Talking Heads Stop Making Sense tour. The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads’ most memorable songs. Grab your oversized , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 5The Big Sleep7:00 pmWITH SPECIAL GUEST: FILM SCHOLAR DANA POLAN— part of our THE RECKLESS KIND film series Private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) stalks his way through the crime-ridden Los Angeles nightlife of the 1940s to try to crack a case involving a rich general and his partying daughters (Lauren Bacall and Martha Vickers). , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 6She Came to MeIn this absurdist comedy, New York stories about prevailing love are a comforting look at modern romance. The star-studded ensemble cast (Anne Hathaway, Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, Matthew Broderick, Tahar Rahim) breathe life into a quirky script about a composer who finds an unlikely muse, two young lovers battli , ...The OthersIn this gothic thriller, Nicole Kidman plays a high-strung mother of two allergic-to-light children and the boss of three brand-new house keepers. With a lot of nighttime activity, intense fog, hidden gravestones, and kids who see ghosts, this haunted house is ready to burst at the seams at any moment. (dir. Alejand , ...PiaffeAfter her sister is hospitalized under mysterious circumstances, Eva is tasked with sound designing a commercial for a mood-stabilizer company who harps on a horse-concept. Eager to please the company and also solve her sister’s mystery, Eva delves deeper into the ASMR world of replicating horses, where the animalis , ...The Royal HotelJennifer Garner and Jessica Henwick ignite the screen in this psychological thriller of two backpackers who, short on cash, accept a gig at a hotel in the middle of nowhere, where all of the patrons are hard-drinking men. Dread coils through the story as the women figure out their next move. (Dir. Kitty Green, Aus, 202 , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 7The Big Sleep7:00 pmWITH SPECIAL GUEST: FILM SCHOLAR DANA POLAN— part of our THE RECKLESS KIND film series Private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) stalks his way through the crime-ridden Los Angeles nightlife of the 1940s to try to crack a case involving a rich general and his partying daughters (Lauren Bacall and Martha Vickers). , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 8I Went to the Dance (J’ai Été Au Bal)5:00 pm—Part of the SONIC WAVE film series—This joyful documentary on the history of music in French Southwest Louisiana has the energy of festival season and features Cajun and Zydeco greats, like Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, and many others. It embraces the generous spirit and colorful char , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 9I Went to the Dance (J’ai Été Au Bal)7:00 pm—Part of the SONIC WAVE film series—This joyful documentary on the history of music in French Southwest Louisiana has the energy of festival season and features Cajun and Zydeco greats, like Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, and many others. It embraces the generous spirit and colorful char , ...★ CLOSE UP: Bad Press7:00 pm—WITH DIRECTORS: REBECCA LANDSBERRY-BAKER, JOE PEELER – AND STAR: ANGEL GATES—The Muscogee Nation was one of the only Native American tribes with a free and independent press…until its news outlet was suddenly beholden to the tribal government. One journalist refused to accept this change. Now, in thi , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 12In a Lonely Place7:00 pmWITH SPECIAL GUEST: FILM SCHOLAR DAVID WEIR— part of our THE RECKLESS KIND film series — Say hello to melodrama as Humphry Bogart plays an angry, struggling screenwriter who is pinned for the murder of a hatcheck girl. The only person who can give him an alibi is his damaged neighbor Gloria Grahame… but , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 13Joan Baez I Am a NoiseThe trio of filmmakers who made this ambitious documentary were given access to Joan Baez’s archives, including home movies and letters, which help paint a picture of a dynamic and suffering talent. Covering topics from Baez’s feelings on retirement, to her impact on music, to depression and sexual abuse, I Am Noise fo , ...Taylor Swift – The Eras TourAre you ready to experience the Taylor Swift concert upstate, with our 7.1 surround sound speakers? The film is directed by Sam Wrench, who is behind concert films featuring Lizzo, BTS, Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez and others. It’s gonna be one for the books. Dancing in the aisles enc , ...Taylor Swift – The Eras TourAre you ready to experience the Taylor Swift concert upstate, with our 7.1 surround sound speakers? The film is directed by Sam Wrench, who is behind concert films featuring Lizzo, BTS, Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez and others. It’s gonna be one for the books. Dancing in the aisles enc , ...ScrapperWriter/director Charlotte Regan chisels at a deceptively simple storyline of family ties in her debut film Scrapper. A young girl secretly lives alone after the death of her mother, stealing and selling bikes to make a living. One day, a man appears to her claiming to be her father. A tender dance of trust ensues, as b , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 14In a Lonely Place7:00 pmWITH SPECIAL GUEST: FILM SCHOLAR DAVID WEIR & IMOGEN SARA SMITH— part of our THE RECKLESS KIND film series — Say hello to melodrama as Humphry Bogart plays an angry, struggling screenwriter who is pinned for the murder of a hatcheck girl. The only person who can give him an alibi is his damaged neigh , ...Hour of the Wolf7:30 pm—PART OF THE WITCHING HOUR FILM SERIES— Two of Ingmar Bergman’s favorite actors, Max Von Sydow and Liv Ulman, play a husband and pregnant wife who live in artistic solitude on an island. All seems well until nightmares of monsters plague the husband and worry the wife. Strange friends from a neighboring cas , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 15Harry Smith’s “Early Abstractions” with live soundtrack7:00 pm—$15 GENERAL ADMISSION/$11 MEMBERS— Harry Smith was a wide-ranging, bohemian polymath: a musicologist, painter, magician, and linguist. He also made tactile, visionary short films with beautifully hand-painted frames, here accompanied live by the composer Will Epstein and his freewheeling band. Epstein’s al , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 16Hipgnosis: Squaring the Circle7:00 pmPart of the SONIC WAVE film series—This joyful documentary on the history of music in French Southwest Louisiana has the energy of festival season and features Cajun and Zydeco greats, like Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, and many others. It embraces the generous spirit and colorful characters of , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 18Hour of the Wolf7:30 pm—PART OF THE WITCHING HOUR FILM SERIES— Two of Ingmar Bergman’s favorite actors, Max Von Sydow and Liv Ulman, play a husband and pregnant wife who live in artistic solitude on an island. All seems well until nightmares of monsters plague the husband and worry the wife. Strange friends from a neighboring cas , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 19Out of the Past7:00 pmWITH SPECIAL GUEST: FILM SCHOLAR SYBIL A. DELGAUDIO— part of our THE RECKLESS KIND film series — A private eye escapes his past in a sleepy town until a big-time gambler seeks him out to do one last job. Now he must return to face the city that ruined him, and contend with his own broken past. If you can , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 20Dicks: The MusicalBased on the musical F**king Identical Twins, this is a bizarre, raunchy, and twisted musical comedy about long-lost twin brothers who plot to reunite their divorced parents so they can experience a true family. Narrated by God (Bowen Yang), the twins discover their mother (Megan Mullally) is a shut-in and their father , ...Killers of the Flower MoonAgainst a fraught backdrop of greed and murder, a sorrowful love story is explored in Scorcese’s newest movie Killers of the Flower Moon, where, in 1920’s Oklahoma, the discovery of oil brings a fortune to the Osage Nation. Suddenly, a number of white outsiders infiltrate the town. In order to get a cut for themselves, , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 21Out of the Past7:00 pmWITH SPECIAL GUEST: FILM SCHOLAR SYBIL A. DELGAUDIO— part of our THE RECKLESS KIND film series — A private eye escapes his past in a sleepy town until a big-time gambler seeks him out to do one last job. Now he must return to face the city that ruined him, and contend with his own broken past. If you can , ...Suspiria (2018)7:30 pm—PART OF THE WITCHING HOUR FILM SERIES— Innocent Susie Bannon joins a prestigious West-Berlin dance company only to discover that a dancer has gone missing and the teachers are a coven of witches. The longer she lasts at the school, the more violence and beauty abound. Charged with gore and ritual, this pie , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 23Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille7:00 pm—Part of the SONIC WAVE film series—Willy Deville earned the praise of artists like Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. He cut his teeth on blues and rock. He had the looks. He had the talent. But he never broke into the mainstream. Why? In this film, director Larry Locke explores the personal and professional life of , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 25★CLOSE UP: Pain Hustlers6:30 pm—WITH AUTHOR EVAN HUGHES, the writer whose book is the basis of the film— National Magazine Award finalist Evan Hughes’ book “Pain Hustlers: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup” tells the true story about a group of upstart pharma companies who made millions selling pain meds…until the whole thing ble , ...Suspiria (2018)7:30 pm—PART OF THE WITCHING HOUR FILM SERIES— Innocent Susie Bannon joins a prestigious West-Berlin dance company only to discover that a dancer has gone missing and the teachers are a coven of witches. The longer she lasts at the school, the more violence and beauty abound. Charged with gore and ritual, this pie , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 27Cat PersonBased on a short story from The New Yorker that went viral, Cat Person is about a college sophomore who has a relationship with an older man that is at first mostly based in text messages. The more she learns about him, the more she second guesses who he says he is. Worry arises. (dir. Susanna Fogel, U.S, 2023, 120 , ...Hedwig and the Angry Inch8:00 pm—Part of the SONIC WAVE film series—This cult-classic queer rock musical about Hedwig, a rock star with gender reassignment surgery that went awry and a failed songwriting career, is a fearlessly poignant film about love, identity, and artistic success. Heartbreakingly romantic, funny, and as original as ro , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 28Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me7:30 pm—PART OF THE WITCHING HOUR FILM SERIES— A prequel to David Lynch’s famous television series Twin Peaks, this film chronicles the last week of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. Laura’s secret, racy late-night lifestyle exposes the dark underbelly of an all-American town, and puts her in grave danger. Arresting , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 29★ Live From Upstate: The Unsilent Picture2:00 pmWITH DIRECTOR ALEX HARVEY and FOLEY ARTIST LESLIE BLOOME The Unsilent Picture is a new silent film about a stodgy atheist (played by Tony-award winning “Clown Prince of Broadway” Bill Irwin) who is dared to spend the night in a haunted house. Halloween hijinks ensue as we learn to always have a special regard fo , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 30Hedwig and the Angry Inch7:00 pm—Part of the SONIC WAVE film series—This cult-classic queer rock musical about Hedwig, a rock star with gender reassignment surgery that went awry and a failed songwriting career, is a fearlessly poignant film about love, identity, and artistic success. Heartbreakingly romantic, funny, and as original as ro , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 1Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me7:30 pm—PART OF THE WITCHING HOUR FILM SERIES— A prequel to David Lynch’s famous television series Twin Peaks, this film chronicles the last week of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. Laura’s secret, racy late-night lifestyle exposes the dark underbelly of an all-American town, and puts her in grave danger. Arresting , ...★CLOSE UP: Film About a Father Who7:30 pmWITH DIRECTOR LYNNE SACHS IN PERSON Over a period of 35 years between 1984 and 2019, Lynne Sachs filmed her father, Ira Sachs Sr., a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Park City, Utah. Film About a Father Who is her raw and eye-opening attempt to understand the web that connects a child to her parent and , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
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- 4Dogtooth— Part of Our UTMOST LANTHIMOS Film Series — Yorgos Lanthimos’ assured second feature unfolds inside a suburban household where the parents systematically—and inexplicably—limit their brood’s exposure to the outside world. Their two teenage daughters take pleasure at idiot games, and their son is terrifi , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
- 5★CLOSE UP: I Like It Here11:00 am—WITH DIRECTOR RALPH ARLYCK IN PERSON— In his first documentary in 18 years, legendary filmmaker Ralph Arlyck reflects on friends, family, and experiences that have become the fabric of his life. The film embraces the changes that come with age and the wonder of fulfillment during time that remains. (dir. R , ...Starr +See what’s playing at Starr Rhinebeck. , ...Orpheum +See what’s playing at Orpheum Saugerties. , ...
