A curmudgeonly prep school professor babysits the left-behinds
Playing at the M.V. Film Society this week is “The Holdovers,” an awardwinning comedy about a crew of preppies stuck at Barton Academy, their New England boarding school. They end up there for the...
MV NAACP hosts Screening of ‘Rustin’
The Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP and the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society will present one showing only of the highly acclaimed new film “Rustin,” on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4 pm at the...
Warren Miller provides the best ski experience
Warren Miller’s “All Time” arrives at the M.V. Film Center on Saturday, Nov. 18. This film describes the work of the legendary cinematographer who made more than 130 documentaries, and not only pushed the...
What happens when two former lovers get stranded together?
“What Happens Later” comes to the M.V. Film Center on Friday, Nov. 10. This rom-com stars director Meg Ryan as Willa and David Duchovny as Bill. What’s more important is the snowstorm that leaves...
How did Samuel fall and die?
“Anatomy of a Fall” comes to the M.V. Film Center on Friday, Nov. 3, running through the weekend and into next week. Directed by Justine Triet, winner of the 2023 Cannes Palme d’Or, this...
Love comes at last in this Italian film
“Never Too Late for Love,” a 2022 Italian romantic comedy, comes to the M.V. Film Center on Friday, Oct. 27, and plays through Nov. 2. It stars Gianni Di Gregorio as Astolfo, a retired...
‘Golda’: The legendary Israeli leader
“Golda” arrives at the M.V. Film Center on Thursday, Oct. 19, and also plays Oct. 21 and 22. Unfortunately, this 2023 biography of Israel’s first woman prime minister comes during the current Israeli-Hamas conflict.
Based...
Joan Baez sings as part of the Women in Film Festival
The fifth annual Martha’s Vineyard Women in Film Festival begins on Friday, Oct. 13, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 15. As a celebration of women, both in front of and behind the camera, it...
‘Isle of Hope’ comes to the Film Center
The M.V. Film Society hosts its annual Women in Film Festival coming up, and one of the films, “Isle of Hope,” focuses on the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters. Starring Mary Stuart Masterson...
‘Stop Making Sense’ is considered the best music documentary ever
Coming to the M.V. Film Center on Friday, Oct. 6, is the 2023 remastered documentary of the Talking Heads “Stop Making Sense” from 1984. Directed by the late Jonathan Demme, the film is considered...
Every vote counts at the Manhattan Short Film Festival
The Manhattan Short Film Festival begins at the M.V. Film Center on Thursday, Sept. 28, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 1. It’s the 26th event featuring the top 10 entries. The Best Film and...
‘Scrapper’ gives us a story about a feisty girl
“Scrapper” returns to the M.V. Film Center on Friday, Sept. 22, after a run at the International Film Festival. This charming comedy tells the story of Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old played by Lola Campbell,...
‘Jules’ is a visitor from a different world
“Jules” is the film playing at the M.V. Film Center on Friday, Sept. 15. Directed by Oscar nominee Marc Turtletaub, this sci-fi comedy features a flying saucer that crashlands in the backyard of Milton,...
A friendship grows in the mountains
Playing as part of the MV Film Center’s International Film Festival on Thursday, Sept. 7, is “The Eight Mountains.” Adapted from the novel by Paolo Cognelli, this spectacular film begins with a childhood friendship...
Playing politics with peoples’ lives
“Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis” is a must-see film about the debacle a year ago and the excellent way our community — and those outside of it — helped us rally around the 49 Venezuelan...
18th annual International Film Festival comes to the Film Center
Arriving at the M.V. Film Center on Tuesday, Sept. 5, is the International Film Festival, now in its 18th year. It will run for six days, from Sept. 5 to Sunday, Sept. 10.
The festival...
Another side to the atomic bombmakers
“A Compassionate Spy” comes to the M.V. Film Center on Sunday, August 27. This remarkable documentary tells the story of Ted Hall, the Manhattan Project physicist who is much less well-known than “Oppenheimer,” the...
Gun violence in the spotlight in ‘Honor Student’
Director and co-writer Tamika Miller’s stunning indie feature “Honor Student,” which screened at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival on August 5, is one of the most arresting films I’ve seen in a...
‘Oppenheimer’: The brilliant physicist and the nuclear bomb
Directed by Christopher Nolan, this film, biography and thriller, tells about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant theoretical physicist responsible for America’s first nuclear bomb. Oppenheimer is played by Cillian Murphy, and the film is...
Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz “Flower” at the MVAAFF
World-renowned ballerina Misty Copeland and Emmy awardwinning writer-producer Leyla Fayyaz’s astounding short film “Flower” explodes with creativity. It screened as part of the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival on August 10.
The powerful contemporary...