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Piaffe
7:30 pm
—Part of SONIC WAVE WEEKLY— After 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 o , ...
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★Dream Scenario – Sneak Preview
7:00 pm
Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is a run-of-the-mill biology professor leading a normal life until strangers begin seeing him in their dreams. At first this stardom is interesting, but when his cameos take a nightmarish turn, Paul’s life is turned upside down. (dir.Kristoffer Borgli, US, 2023, 100m) , ...
★CLOSE UP: Anonymous Sister
7:30 pm
—FREE TICKETS PLEASE RSVP— with DIRECTOR JAMIE BOYLE and PRODUCERS MARILYN NESS and BETH WESTRATE — When a young woman turns to the camera for refuge, she ends up with a firsthand account of what will become the deadliest man-made epidemic in United States history. Thirty years in the making, Anonymou , ...
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Dream Scenario
Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is a run-of-the-mill biology professor leading a normal life until strangers begin seeing him in their dreams. At first this stardom is interesting, but when his cameos take a nightmarish turn, Paul’s life is turned upside down. (dir.Kristoffer Borgli, US, 2023, 100m) , ...
★CLOSE UP: I Like It Here
4:30 pm
—WITH DIRECTOR RALPH ARLYCK IN PERSON— 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. Ralph Arlyck, U.S, 2022, 88 m) “A nosta , ...
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★Sinterklaas Festival Day 2023
12:00 pm
—FREE! FIRST COME FIRST SERVED TO CAPACITY— First Show – 12:00 —Last Show – 3:15—  In collaboration with Rhinebeck’s annual Sinterklaas celebration, swing by Upstate Films for these fun live shows presented by the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus! , ...
★Holiday in the Village
2:00 pm
—FREE! FIRST COME FIRST SERVED TO CAPACITY– 2:00-2:30 and 3:00-3:30—  As part of the celebrations of Saugerties’ Holiday in the Village. The Ulster Dance Company performs holiday-inspired dance pieces, including excerpts from “A Christmas Carol” , ...
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★CLOSE UP: I Like It Here
1:00 pm
—WITH DIRECTOR RALPH ARLYCK IN PERSON— 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. Ralph Arlyck, U.S, 2022, 88 m) “A nosta , ...
SAFE (1995) by Todd Haynes
This shivery, styled psychological drama stars Julianne Moore as an affluent housewife with an increasingly debilitating and mysterious illness that starts when her family renovates their Los Angeles home. Filmed in 1995 and set in 1987, director Todd Haynes offers an exciting foray into the idea of trust, illness, and , ...
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We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment
—Part of the SONIC WAVE film series— The punk band The Embarrassment, which formed during the Reagan-era 1980’s, had that special kind of live show magic that catapulted them from Kansas party houses to New York City. Like most indie bands, this one’s mainstream success was kept at bay due to creative diffe , ...
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SAFE (1995) by Todd Haynes
This shivery, styled psychological drama stars Julianne Moore as an affluent housewife with an increasingly debilitating and mysterious illness that starts when her family renovates their Los Angeles home. Filmed in 1995 and set in 1987, director Todd Haynes offers an exciting foray into the idea of trust, illness, and , ...
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★Foreword!: Vernon Benjamin at Standing Rock book release
7:00 pm
Upstate Films, ShoutOut, and Inquiring Minds Bookstore celebrate the publication of the book Crossing Divides: My Journey to Standing Rock, by the late Vernon Benjamin, which recounts the Standing Rock protest. The event features guest speakers, readings, and select video accounts of the 2016 protests against an oil pi , ...
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Eileen
Based on the propulsive award-winning novel by Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen is about a strange young woman who takes a job at a prison only to be lured into an odd camaraderie with a new friend, Rebecca.The friendship twists and turns into a dark and surprising finality. , ...
★Jim Morrison’s 80th Birthday Celebration
7:00 pm
Upstate Films and Radio Woodstock 100.1 WDST celebrates the iconic poet and The Doors frontman Jim Morrison on his 80th birthday with a special evening of lively discussion and music. WDST’s Gregg Gatine will moderate a discussion with Village Voice veteran journalist Richard Goldstein, who, among other things, held , ...
The Boy and the Heron
This deep and visually complex Studio Ghibli film is about a young boy who, while yearning for his dead mother, develops a relationship with a heron. The heron guides the boy to a world shared by both the living and the dead. Rumored to be Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, and perhaps his finest. , ...
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★Maxwell Miranda Parsley’s Christmas Special 2023
7:00 pm
—A Live from Upstate series event—$30 advance/$35 door— It’s Christmas time again and nobody could be happier about that than our heroes Chris Maxwell, Holly Miranda, and Ambrosia Parsley. One year after their sold-out holiday special at the Orpheum and six months after the infamous camping show, MMP , ...
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Mr. Jimmy
—Part of the SONIC WAVE film series— The tagline for this movie, “Everybody wants to be Jimmy Page — one man will never stop,“ is really all you need to know. For over 30 years, Aiko Sakurai recreated vintage Zeppelin concerts note-for-note in small Tokyo clubs, until the real Jimmy Page gave him an ovation , ...
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★CLOSE UP: Another Body
6:30 pm
—WITH EDITORS Rabab Haj Yahya and Isabel Freeman—A college student’s search for justice ensues after she discovers deepfake (the manipulation of facial appearance through digital technology) pornography of herself circulating online. Another Body subverts deepfake technology by using it in place of its subj , ...
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★It’s a Wonderful Life
7:00 pm
James Stewart strikes a gripping portrait of turmoiled banker George Bailey, whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel. The angel shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he did not exist. A heartfelt investigation into humanity and lo , ...
Wonka
A candy-coated musical fantasy about Willy Wonka’s (Timothée Chalamet) early days as an eccentric chocolatier. Packed with psychedelic flora and fauna, as well as a colorful ensemble cast including Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant. (dir. Paul King, U.S/U.K, 2023, 116m) , ...
Maestro
This clever technical masterpiece uses music, history, and sweeping visuals to detail a lifelong partnership of genius musician Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and his wife Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). (dir. Bradley Cooper, 2023, US, 129m) , ...
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Mama Africa, Miriam Makeba
—Part of the SONIC WAVE film series— World-famous South African singer Miriam Makeba spent half a century traveling the world to sing for fighting racism, poverty, and to promote justice. This documentary highlights moments in her life and visits family and friends who pay tribute to a woman who embodied th , ...
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★Poor Things
7:00 pm
An absurdist black comedy filled with visual treats and gutsy performances about a young Victorian woman (Emma Stone) who, after being resurrected by a mad scientist (Willem Dafoe) following her suicide, runs off with a debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo), where she learns about what it’s like to become a woman, again.  (d , ...
Poor Things
— Part of our UTMOST LANTHIMOS Film Series — An absurdist black comedy filled with visual treats and gutsy performances about a young Victorian woman (Emma Stone) who, after being resurrected by a mad scientist (Willem Dafoe) following her suicide, runs off with a debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo), where s , ...
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The Boy and the Heron
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