Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of EMMA, starring Anya Taylor-Joy in the titular role.
The Burnt Orange Heresy
The Woodstock Film Festival hosts a special screening of Giuseppe Capotondi’s soon-to-be-released thriller THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY at Upstate Films/Woodstock! A Q&A with the film’s producer Bill Horberg (MILK, THE KITE RUNNER, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY) follows the show.
Saturday, Feb. 29, at 1:30 pm in Woodstock
Tickets on sale through WFF – http://bit.ly/burntorangeheresy
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London National Theatre: All My Sons
Wednesday, Feb 26 at 1:30 pm in Rhinebeck
Click here to purchase tickets in advance
Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama that was filmed live on-stage at The Old Vic in London.
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Oscar Shorts 2020 – Documentary (Program A)
For the 15th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of Documentary Shorts. (Running Time: Approx. 80 mins)
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Oscar Shorts 2020 – Documentary (Program B)
For the 15th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of Documentary Shorts. Running Time: Approx. 80 minutes
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Oscar Shorts 2020 – Documentary (Program A)
For the 15th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of Documentary Shorts. (Running Time: Approx. 80 mins)
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Oscar Shorts 2020 – Documentary (Program B)
For the 15th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of Documentary Shorts. Running Time: Approx. 80 minutes
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63 Up
This amazing long form series began in 1964 as 7 UP by looking at a cross-section of fourteen seven year old children representative of England’s famously rigid class system, with check-in visits every seven years to see what and how they were doing; we’ve been on board for the past 35 years.
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
Returning to cinemas on its 70th anniversary with a new 4K restoration, this wry and delightful comedy of murders stars Alec Guinness in eight different ill-fated roles.
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The Elephant Queen
Athena is a mother who will do everything in her power to protect her herd when they are forced to leave their watering hole. This epic journey, narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor, takes us across the African savannah, and into the heart of an elephant family. A tale of love, loss and coming home.
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London National Theatre: Fleabag
Wednesday, October 16th at 1pm in Rhinebeck
See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End.
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Official Secrets
In the run-up to the Shock and Awe attack on Iraq, Keira Knightley is Katharine Gun — a British intelligence officer who risked everything to expose a US plot to force UN delegates to support the Iraq war.
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Downton Abbey
Upstairs/Downstairs lives on forever as writer Julian Fellowes and the original cast return to tell the continuing story of the Crawley family, picking up the storyline in late 1927.
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Downton Abbey
The upstairs/downstairs saga of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them in the English countryside in the early 20th century comes to the big screen…
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The Farewell
30-something Billi’s life is going south – her Guggenheim grant application is denied, she’s told she must leave her NYC sublet – but this is put in perspective when she learns that her beloved grandmother back in China — her Nai Nai — is dying… so despite her parents objections, she converts every asset she has into cash, and flies to China to say goodbye to her grandma..
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London National Theatre: The Lehman Trilogy
Encore screening! Sunday, September 22nd in Rhinebeck at 1pm
The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.
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Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Filmmaker Nick Broomfield previous non-fiction films playfully dealt with Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, rocker Courtney Love, serial killer Aileen Wuornos and Sarah Palin, and here he takes on the saga of Leonard Cohen and his muse, Marianne Ihlen.
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The Secret Garden
This summer, you can read the book, watch the film, and see a live performance of The Secret Garden! The live production is currently running at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck (click here for details). And on Sunday, July 14th at 12:30pm, Upstate Films and Oblong Books will co-present a special screening of the 1993 film adaptation starring Maggie Smith, followed by an informal book group discussion. Click here to purchase film screening tickets in advance. Click here to purchase the book online through Oblong Books.
Following a silent film version in 1919 and a dramatic rendition in 1949, Agnieszka Holland’s The Secret Garden became the third, and to date the most definitive, adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel for the big screen. Both a critical and a commercial success at the time of its release, Maggie Smith received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in the film, and the British Film Institute today includes it in their list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.
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London National Theatre: Small Island
In Rhinebeck July 31st at 1pm
Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange Prize-winning novel bursts to new life on the Olivier stage. A company of 40 tells a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
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London National Theatre: Antony and Cleopatra
Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the famous fated couple. Simon Godwin (Twelfth Night, Man and Superman, The Beaux’ Stratagem) directs. Wednesday, June 26th at 1pm in Rhinebeck.
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The Souvenir
Tilda Swinton and her daughter star in this slow-burn masterpiece.
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Meeting Gorbachev
Werner Herzog’s candid conversations with the former Soviet head of state form the backbone of this illuminating documentary about one of the defining figures of the 20th century.
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Peterloo
Veteran British filmmaker Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy, Mr. Turner) takes a sobering look at the context and consequences of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre — when Britain’s working class began to fight for its rights to representation, up against an aristocracy that was determined to block an encroachment on its own privileges.
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The Aftermath
Set in postwar Germany in 1946, Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg during the bitter winter to be reunited with her husband Lewis (Jason Clarke), a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city..
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Great Expectations
March 31st at noon, Upstate Films and Oblong Books are featuring the Dickens classic Great Expectations with the 1946 Academy Award-winning film directed by David Lean, starring John Mills, Jean Simmons, Valerie Hobson and Sir Alec Guinness. Read the book, then see the film!
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They Shall Not Grow Old
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy) comes this groundbreaking WWI documentary. Applying state-of-the-art restoration, colorization and 3D technologies to century-old footage — carefully chosen from hundreds of hours of original film held in the archives of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) — Jackson has created an intensely gripping, immersive and authentic cinematic experience.
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Stan & Ollie
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star as Laurel & Hardy, leading us on an affectionate tour behind the scenes, and offering a moving portrait of the burdens and blessings of a creative bond.Read More
Mary Queen of Scots
Academy Award Nominee – Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hair
British royals battle one another for the keys to the kingdom in this story of the turbulent life of Mary Stuart.
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2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts – Documentary
For the 14th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of Documentary Shorts. Click below for information on the program. (Estimated Running Time: 137 mins)
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2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action
For the 14th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of Live Action Shorts. Click below for information on the program. (Estimated Running Time: 108 mins)
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2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts – Live Action
For the 14th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of Live Action Shorts. Click below for information on the program. (Estimated Running Time: 108 mins)
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2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animation
For the 14th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of animated shorts. This year’s program includes the 5 nominees, plus a selection of additional animated shorts.
(Estimated Running time: 75 mins)
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2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts – Documentary
For the 14th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of Documentary Shorts. Click below for information on the program. (Estimated Running Time: 137 mins)
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2019 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Animation
For the 14th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A hit with audiences around the country, don’t miss this year’s selection of animated shorts. This year’s program includes the 5 nominees, plus a selection of additional animated shorts.
(Estimated Running time: 75 mins)
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The Favourite
10 Academy Award Nominations – Olivia Colman (Best Actress), Rachel Weisz (Best Supporting Actress), Emma Stone (Best Supporting Actress), Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture
Golden Globe Winner – Olivia Colman (Best Actress)
The 18th C English royal court is re-imagined by Yorgos (The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Dogtooth) Lanthimos and not too surprisingly he lays waste to costume drama expectations, and instead gives us a trio of extravagant and ruthless women who take no prisoners but are human, all too human. Golden Globe Nominee – Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone), Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz), Best ScreenplayRead More
At Eternity’s Gate
Academy Award Nominee – Willem Dafoe (Best Actor)
Golden Globe Nominee – Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama (Willem Dafoe)
Artist/filmmaker Julian (BASQUIAT, THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY, BEFORE NIGHT FALLS) Schnabel’s new film is a journey inside the mind of Vincent van Gogh (Willem Dafoe in a magnificent performance), who, in the face of skepticism, ridicule, and illness, created some of the world’s most beloved and stunning works of art..
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A Private War
Golden Globe Nominee – Best Actress (Rosamund Pike), Best Original Song
Based on real life foreign correspondent Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike) lauded for her courage as she bore witness to wars across the world.
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The Madness of George III
Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van), this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following its premiere on stage in 1991.
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Tea with the Dames
Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actors of the stage and screen of our time, but they are also longtime friends who gather for a weekend in the country.
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The Children Act
“Smart, elegant, and deeply moving, The Children Act stars two-time Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson in a riveting performance as Fiona Maye, a British High Court judge who, in the midst of a marital crisis, must rule on a life-changing legal case concerning the survival of a teenage boy.
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