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Upcoming Schedule this week
Wednesday - May 22 - GOOD MORNING (1959) at 7:30pm
Thursday - May 23 - IN THE HOUSE at 7:30pm
Friday - May 24 - RENOIR at 4:00 pm and
WAGNER AND ME at 7:30 pm
Saturday- May 25 - MUD at 4:00 pm and
MUD at 7:30 pm
Sunday - May 26 - 2ND ANNUAL “BRAVE WOMEN, BRAVE MEN” BENEFIT CONCERT at 4:00 pm and
MUD at 7:30 pm
Wednesday - May 29 - TBD
Thursday - May 30 - MUD at 7:30pm
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Classic Film Wednesday Night
GOOD MORNING (1959)
Filmmaker Yasujirô Ozu
Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 pm
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
79 Beach Road (Tisbury marketplace) Vineyard Haven/ Martha's Vineyard
Admission: $10.00/$7.00 for Film Society members
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening - buy at center
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"Ozu's delicate, wry comedy of manners takes a sympathetic but not uncritical look at life and etiquette in a small 1950s Japanese village community."
"A brimming sense of life, in other words, gradually transforms the small talk into a richly devious portrait of humanity being human."
"This may not be one of Ozu's most acclaimed works, yet its contemplative style and its qualities of humour, tenderness and absence of cynicism make for an absorbing film."
Ozu’s hilarious Technicolor reworking of his silent I Was Born, But . . . , Good Morning (Ohayô) is the story of two young boys in suburban Tokyo who take a vow of silence after their parents refuse to buy them a television set. Shot from the perspective of the petulant brothers, Good Morning is an enchantingly satirical portrait of family life that gives rise to gags about romance, gossip, and the consumerism of modern Japan.
IN THE HOUSE
Filmmaker François Ozon
IN THE HOUSE - Dark, tense, and wryly funny, In the House is brilliantly directed by François Ozon
Thursday, May 23 at 7:30 pm
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
79 Beach Road (Tisbury marketplace) Vineyard Haven/ Martha's Vineyard
Admission: $10.00/$7.00 for Film Society members
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening - buy at center
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"The result is endlessly playful, although the rules of the game, in Ozon's hands, could hardly be graver, and what can be at stake, in the act of storytelling, has seldom been more elegantly sketched."
--Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
"Ozon is an artful provocateur and observer of human nature."
--John Anderson, Newsday
"A celebration of storytelling's power."
--Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
RENOIR
Filmmakers Gilles Bourdos
Friday, May 24 at 4:00 pm
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
79 Beach Road (Tisbury marketplace) Vineyard Haven/ Martha's Vineyard
Admission: $10.00/$7.00 for Film Society members
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening - buy at center
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"Sumptuous, savvy study of art making, love and light. Much of the passion, however, is in the pictures."
-- John Anderson, Newsday
"The director Gilles Bourdos's sunshiny Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man."
-- David Denby, New Yorker
"The performances are assured, the ambiance impeccable and the themes resonant."
-- Mark Jenkins, NPR
"A lush, involving film that deals not with one Renoir but two, as well as the strong-minded woman who was a key player in both their lives."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Gilles Bourdos' lushly atmospheric drama RENOIR tells the story of celebrated Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, in declining health at age 74, and his middle son Jean, who returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. The elder Renoir is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée will become his last model, and the wellspring of a remarkable rejuvenation. At the same time, Jean also falls under the spell of the free-spirited young Andrée. Their beautiful home and majestic countryside grounds reverberate with familial intrigue, as both Renoirs, père et fils, become smitten with the enchanting and headstrong young muse.
CLASSIC MUSIC AT THE FILM CENTER
The newest addition to the popular new Martha’s Vineyard Film Society theater in Vineyard Haven, a dazzling white grand piano, will be put to the test on Friday, May 24, when MVCMS Artistic Director, pianist Delores Stevens, and violist Lila Brown will present a 30 minute “salon” program at 6:00 pm.
At 7:30 pm we'll screen the documentary
WAGNER & ME
Friday, May 24 at 7:30 pm
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
79 Beach Road (Tisbury marketplace) Vineyard Haven/ Martha's Vineyard
Admission: $10.00/$7.00 for Film Society members
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening - buy at center
"The director, Patrick McGrady, gracefully alternates interviews and biographical passages
with stirring lyrical musical sequences."
-Andy Webster, New York Times
"Even those impervious to Wagner's music will find it difficult to resist Fry's charm."
-Ronnie Scheib, Variety
"An exuberant and deeply personal documentary about the allure and the legacy of
the German composer's work."
-Stephanie Zacharek, NPR
Stephen Fry's quest begins in southern Germany where he is granted unique access to Bayreuth's legendary annual Wagner festival. In Switzerland he discovers the origins of Wagner's masterpiece The Ring. In Bavaria he marvels at the fairytale castle inspired by Wagner's music, and in St Petersburg learns why Wagner fascinated Russian audiences.
But Fry also confronts the composer's dark side. In Nuremberg he investigates how Hitler appropriated Wagner's music, and in London meets a cellist who played in the prisoners' orchestra at Auschwitz - where some of Fry's relatives died. Animated by Fry's trademark wit and intelligence and featuring a soundtrack of Wagner's extraordinary music, "Wagner & Me" is a provocative yet enjoyable exploration of the life and legacy of one of history's great geniuses.
Stephen Fry is one of Britain’s best loved performers - a multi-talented actor, presenter and writer. He played the title role in the Hollywood movie Wilde, presents the cult quiz-show QI, and makes regular appearances in the hit US drama Bones. He is a lifelong fan of the music of Richard Wagner – the world’s most controversial composer.
MUD
Filmmaker Jeff Nichols
Bolstered by a strong performance from Matthew McConaughey, Mud offers an engaging Southern drama that manages to stay sweet and heartwarming without being sappy.
Saturday, May 25 at 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 26 at 7:30 pm
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
79 Beach Road (Tisbury marketplace) Vineyard Haven/ Martha's Vineyard
Admission: $10.00/$7.00 for Film Society members
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening - buy at center
Click Here to Watch Trailer
"Mr. Nichols's voice is a distinctive and welcome presence in American film."
--A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Mud is steeped in a sense of place, and the people inhabiting it. Southern. Superstitious. Suspenseful. Sublime."
--Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
"The story of a sympathetic fugitive who forges a bond with two teenage boys near a mighty river down south, Mud is shot through with traditional qualities of American literature and drama."
--Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter
"McConaughey, of course, is excellent."
--Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice
Mud is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn't long until Mud's visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.
2013 * Drama * 130 min * PG-13
2nd ANNUAL “BRAVE WOMEN, BRAVE MEN” BENEFIT CONCERT AT THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD FILM CENTER TO SUPPORT DUKES COUNTY VETERAN’S SERVICES AND INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND
Sunday, May 26 at 4:00 pm
Martha's Vineyard Film Center
79 Beach Road (Tisbury marketplace) Vineyard Haven/ Martha's Vineyard
Suggested Donation: $10
Doors Open for admissions 30 min. prior to screening - buy at center
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Rock Musician Jonathan Auerbach Produces and Performs a Musical Tribute Marking Memorial Day on Martha’s Vineyard to Salute America’s Troops
In honor of Memorial Day and the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation, local Massachusetts Veterans, from WWII to Afghanistan, will attend a benefit concert – a rockin’ performance of all-original music by island musicians, guitarist and singer/songwriter Jonathan Auerbach and vocalist Carole Charlin, backed by Alejandro Carreño on percussion.
The benefit kicks off at “16:00 hours” sharp with Edson Rodgers, Ret. Chief Petty Officer, of Martha’s Vineyard, playing military music calls on his trumpet.
The event is free, open to all ages, with a suggested donation of $10 at the door. All proceeds will go to the Dukes County Veteran’s Services, in the care of Dukes County Veteran’s Agent Jo Ann Murphy, to help our Island veterans.
The MV Film Society is donating its venue and resources to this event. Preceding the concert will be a powerful short film – “Fish Out of Water,” about Iraq and Afghanistan war vets with PTSD who find solace and camaraderie fishing in the waters of Ketchum, Idaho.
“With bravery and valor, American military personnel – fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters – have given us so much as Americans,” said Jonathan Auerbach. “Helping our veterans and their families is my mission, of gratitude and of giving back.”
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September 5-8, 2013
Thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers and sponsors, the 2012 International Film Festival smashed our previous records, over 4000 admissions sold for films and events over four days, and a 45% increase in box office (and that's without any changes in pricing for the last four years).
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Cultural Council, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Permanent Endowment of MV, the MV Savings Bank Foundation, and "You", our film-going public.
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