Nominated for 3 Academy Awards

Based on the real predatory sex scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the Rupert Murdoch’s powerful and controversial media empire, Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Directed by Jay Roach and written by Charles Randolph. Oscar nominations for both Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie. Bombshell also stars Kate McKinnon, Nicole Kidman, and John Lithgow as Fox president, Roger Ailes. (R, 107 mins)

“Bombshell” is a scalding and powerful movie about what selling, in America, has become. The film is about selling sex, selling a candidate, selling yourself, selling the truth.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety

“Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow at the top of their game in a solid recap of sexual harassment at Fox News.” – Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture

Following the lives of four sisters, Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg, as they come of age in New England in the aftermath of the Civil War. Though all very different from each other, the March sisters stand by each other through difficult and changing times. This new adaptation of the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott is directed by Greta Gerwig (Ladybird). The stellar cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, Florence Pugh, and Timothée Chalamet. (PG, 135mins)

“This is a big, generous-hearted movie, as smart as it is pretty; as an homage to female ambitions, appetites and irrepressible will, it feels both true to its period and entirely of the moment.” – Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

“Warm but never wishy-washy, cosy without being cutesy, this is a superb adaptation of the source and further evidence that Gerwig is the real deal.” – Helen O’Hara, Empire

“Alcott’s March sisters have personalities that could fill any room. They remain delightfully full of spunk, bravery and love.” – Kristin Smith, Plugged In

The legendary story of painter Paul Gauguin, who left France for Tahiti in 1891, in search of a deep immersion into lush nature. This stunning state-of-the-art cinema event travels from Tahiti to Paris, Bretagne, Edinburgh, and to the Marquesas Islands to meet Gauguin’s ancestral off-spring. Gauguin’s artworks are viewed in the most prestigious art museums of the United States, where most of his masterpieces are preserved: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; The National Gallery of Art in Washington; and The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. (90 mins)

Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture

Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide “indispensable” luxury services while the Parks give the Kims a way out of their shabby circumstances. But this new ecosystem is fragile, and soon enough greed and class prejudice threaten to upend the Kims’ newfound comfort. (R, 132 mins)

“What keeps you rapt in ‘Parasite’ is the visual wit — every shot distills the movie’s themes — and the richness of the characters and performances.” – David Edelstein, Vulture

“In his latest, Bong Joon-Ho blends a con man story with a tale of suspense, to uproarious and enlightening effect.” – Hau Chu, Washington Post

Wednesday, January 29th, at 7:15pm

From his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the world’s most visionary choreographers, Merce Cunningham and his modern dance company had no equal. In Alla Kovgan’s beautiful new film, Merce’s philosophies and stories are woven together in a timely tribute to modern dance, both past and present. (93 mins)

“What Kovgan’s utterly transporting film does, through a thoughtful and dynamic combination of curated material and new performances, is radiate the rapturous power of dance” – The Hollywood Reporter

Thursday, January 30th, at 7:00pm

A program of all five Oscar nominated animated shorts plus a selection of award-winning new animated shorts. (85 mins)

Hair Love – Matthew A. Cherry, USA, 7 min.
Dcera (Daughter) – Daria Kashcheeva, Czech Republic, 15 min.
Memorable – Bruno Collet, France, 12 min.
Sister – Siqi Song, China/USA, 8 min.
Kitbull – Rosana Sullivan, USA, 9 min.

ADDITIONAL ANIMATED SHORTS:
Henrietta Bulkowski – USA, 16 min. (featuring the voices of Chris Cooper and Ann Dowd!)
The Bird and the Whale – Ireland, 6 min.
Hors Piste – France, 5 min.
Maestro – France, 2 min.