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2024 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts: The After – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham, 18 min., UK (in English) Red, White and Blue – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane, 23 min., USA (in English) Knight of Fortune – Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk, 25 min., Denmark (in Swedish/Danish) Invincible – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron, 29 min., Canada (in French) The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales, 40 min., US/UK (in English) Documentary Shorts showing at 3:30pm [...]

2024 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts: Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó– Sean Wang and Sam Davis, 17 min., USA (in Mandarin) The Barber of Little Rock – John Hoffman and Christine Turner, 35 min., USA (in English) Island In Between – S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien, 20 min., Taiwan (in English/Mandarin) The ABC’s of Book Banning – Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic, 27 min., USA (in English) The Last Repair Shop – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers, 39 min., USA (in English) 2024 Live [...]

When a hula dancer on the run crashes into a broken spirit of a man, they begin a journey into a hidden world, developing a connection through humanity, nature, and culture. PURHCASE TICKETS HERE

ROISE AND FRANK follows grief-stricken widow Róise who becomes convinced that a stray dog is her husband Frank reincarnated. As Róise begins to open herself back up to the outside world and regain the happiness that she had lost, she allows her canine companion to coach the local children’s Hurling team. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't, in Charlotte Wells’ superb and searingly emotional debut film. [...]

From acclaimed filmmaker Nicole Holofcener comes a sharply observed comedy about a novelist whose long standing marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband give his honest reaction to her latest book. A film about trust, lies, and the things we say to the people we love most. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Set in 1996, the film follows tech geniuses Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, portrayed by Jay Baruchel and Matt Johnson, as they embark on the ambitious task of inventing a revolutionary device. Their company, Research in Motion, faces numerous challenges, primarily their lack of business acumen. However, their fortunes change when savvy businessman Jim Balsillie, played by Glenn Howerton, joins forces with them, catapulting the BlackBerry into the hands of millions. Almost overnight, the BlackBerry becomes an essential tool, transforming the way people work [...]

32 Sounds is an immersive feature documentary and profound sensory experience from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground) featuring original music by JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN). The film explores the elemental phenomenon of sound by weaving together 32 specific sound explorations into a cinematic meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Join Oscar-nominated filmmaker Green as he takes the audience on a journey through time and space [...]

Bones of Crows is a multi-generational epic and story of resilience told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears (played throughout her life by Summer Testawich; Grace Dove, Alaska Daily; and Carla Rae, Rutherford Falls). Removed from their family home and forced into Canada’s residential school system, young musical prodigy Aline and her siblings are plunged into a struggle for survival. Over the next hundred years, Aline and her descendants fight against systemic starvation, racism and sexual abuse — and to build a [...]

Laemmle Theaters, the beloved art house cinema chain in Los Angeles has an astonishing legacy, with ties to the origins of Hollywood. This is a story about a 3rd generation family business and their determination to survive. BUY TICKETS HERE

A group of women in an isolated Mennonite religious colony in Bolivia as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a string of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men. BUY TICKETS HERE

Turn Every Page is a fascinating documentary that explores the lives and work of two of America's greatest storytellers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro and legendary editor Robert Gottlieb. The film provides humor and insight as Caro and Gottlieb discuss their fifty-five-year relationship and the challenges they faced while working on Caro's critically acclaimed biographies of Lyndon B. Johnson. Purchase Tickets Here

Set in 1952 London, the film will follow Williams, a veteran civil servant, who has become a small cog in the bureaucracy of rebuilding post-WWII England. As endless paperwork piles up on his desk, he learns he has a fatal illness. Thus begins his quest to find some meaning to his seemingly grey, monotonous life before it slips away. He first attempts, with limited success, to throw himself into debauchery during a wild night in Brighton in the company of a bohemian writer he [...]

We're gonna mix it up a little bit this month and celebrate the world of short films! For the Monday Night Movie, we will be screening the five DOCUMENTARY SHORTS that have been nominated for an Oscar this year at the 95th Academy Awards. We'll start at 6:30pm sharp and screen the first three: Haulout Stranger at the Gate How Do You Measure a Year? At the 20-minute intermission, you'll have time to grab an adult beverage or a snack and then we'll get to preview [...]

HALLELUJAH: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song is a definitive exploration of singersongwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.” This feature-length documentary weaves together three creative strands: The songwriter and his times; the song’s dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit; and moving testimonies from major recording artists for whom “Hallelujah” has become a personal touchstone. Approved for production by Leonard Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2014, the film accesses a wealth of [...]

Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things — each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries. Ultimately, they lost their lives in a 1991 volcanic explosion, leaving a legacy that forever enriched our knowledge of the natural world. Director Sara Dosa and the filmmaking team fashion a lyrical celebration of the intrepid scientists’ spirit of adventure, drawing from the Kraffts’ spectacular archive. FIRE OF LOVE tells a story of primordial creation [...]

Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their [...]

Together impossible goals can be reached. Like playing a song as a tribute to your favorite rock band after putting together 1.000 musicians playing perfectly in synch. It’s what Rockin’1000 achieved, a group of Italian friends who quickly became a global community bringing together musicians from all around the world. In 2015, Fabio, a marine biologist with a huge passion for rock music, convinced 1.000 musicians from all over Italy gathering in Cesena to play “Learn to Fly”, the famous Foo Fighters' hit. His [...]

Our June offering will be "Montana Story" on Monday June 27th 6:30pm.  From the acclaimed writer/directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel comes a neo-Western with an emotional tremor hiding beneath it. Two estranged siblings (Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague) return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop. BUY TICKETS HERE

Our May 2022 offering for the upcoming season will be "Small Town Wisconsin" on Monday May 30th at 6:30pm. After losing a custody battle, perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski steals his son away for one last father-son weekend to the city of their dreams - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What's supposed to be a light-hearted adventure, transforms into a journey of profound redemption. Buy Tickets Here

Our third offering for the upcoming season will be "Pig" on Monday, March 28th at 6:30pm. Starring a nearly unrecognizable Nicolas Cage, Pig is mysterious thriller that is perhaps one of Cage’s best career performances as a truffle hunter living alone in the Oregon wilderness. He returns to Portland to find the person who stole his beloved pig. One critic’s review:  “If you have an open mind, you will be rewarded with a melancholic and poignant story, and a superb, triumphant performance from Cage [...]

Wow, what a great turnout last night for our first Monday Night Movie at the Galaxy Theatre! We hope you enjoyed the eclectic sets and sly humor of director Wes Anderson in The French Dispatch. The uplifting energy of watching films together is so powerful and we appreciate every friend that joined us last night. In recognition of our supporters, we made our first announcement last night for our February movie. Please join us for C’mon, C’mon which will be shown on Monday, February [...]

SAVE THE DATE for Monday, January 31 at 6:30pm for our first Monday Night Movie! We will be showing The French Dispatch, “A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in “The French Dispatch Magazine.” The all-star cast sounds amazing and had us hooked. Come join us for a great film, grab a glass of wine (or visit another Uptown restaurant), and let’s [...]

We are sorry, but our March screening of "Oscar Nominated Shorts" will not show on March 25th as planned due to the ever changing situation with public gatherings.  We will suspend screenings until further notice but check back as we will resume our monthly screening when we are able. Our March offering of "Oscar Nominated Shorts" will show on Wednesday, March 25th at 6:30pm. Tickets are just $10 per person and can be purchased at the door (inside the lobby of the Galaxy Theatre). [...]