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Martha's Vineyard Film Society Happenings Newsletter - February 21, 2023
Arts and Entertainment
February 21, 2023
From: Martha's Vineyard Film SocietyCelebrating 20+ years as the Vineyard's Premiere
Non-Profit Member-Supported Film Organization
This weekend we have the honor of collaborating with the Cultural Affairs Office of the Consulate General of Israel to New England in presenting Israel’s Official Submission for the 94th Academy Awards -- LET IT BE MORNING.
NEW THIS WEEK...
LET IT BE MORNING is the story of Sami (Alex Bakri) a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem who receives an invitation to his brother’s wedding forcing him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding finishes, with no explanation, Sami’s hometown is put under a military blockade lockdown by the Israeli government. Despite its melodramatic story, the movie also has dashes of humor and social commentary that are fairly bold and quite poignant. Anchored by Bakri’s complex performance, Let It Be Morning was directed by acclaimed Palestinian-Israeli auteur Eran Kolirin (THE BAND’S VISIT).
CONTINUING THIS WEEK...
WOMEN TALKING — Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. For years, the men have occasionally drugged the women and then raped them. The truth comes out and the women talk about their new situation. Sarah Polley’s film has been nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay Oscars, and co-stars Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Jessica Buckley, Judith Ivey, and Claire Foy.
NOMINATED OSCAR SHORTS — LIVE ACTION, ANIMATION, & DOCUMENTARY. For the 18th consecutive year, the Film Society presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films. With all three categories rotating – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar ballot)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. Playing until the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12th. All nominees and trailers scroll down.
TURN EVERY PAGE explores the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now 86, Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 91, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them. With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects at the culmination of a journey that has consumed both their lives and impacted generations of politicians, activists, writers, and readers.
COMING ATTRACTIONS...
SCIENCE ON SCREEN® – EX MACHINA with Guest Speaker YOGESH GIRDHAR. Prior to the film, WHOI Computer Scientist
Yogesh Girdhar will give a presentation entitled
“Enabling Ecologically Curious Robots for Monitoring Coral Reefs”
Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company’s brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test—charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan’s latest experiment in artificial intelligence.
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SCARLETT'S CHILL SPOT
In an effort to go plastic free, we have installed a new water dispenser FREE to use.
Whether you desire crisp cool water or hot water for tea, just bring a vessel with you when you come to the movies.
If you prefer to purchase water instead, we will still have aluminum bottled water for sale as well. No more single use plastic bottles.
2023 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: DOCUMENTARY
Feb 22nd @ 7:30 pm
Mar 2nd @ 4:00 pm
166 MINUTE PROGRAM OF 5 SHORTS (Rated R):
THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, India, 40 min.
HAULOUT
Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, UK, 25 min.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR
Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 29 min.
THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT
Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison, USA, 40 min.
STRANGER AT THE GATE
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones, USA, 29 min.
WOMEN TALKING
Feb 23rd @ 4:00 pm
Feb 26th @ 4:00 pm
Mar 2nd @ 7:30 pm
Oscar Nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay
Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. For years, the men have occasionally drugged the women and then raped them. The truth comes out and the women talk about their new situation. Sarah Polley’s film has been nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay Oscars, and co-stars Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Jessica Buckley, Judith Ivey, and Claire Foy.
TURN EVERY PAGE:
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB
Feb 23rd @ 7:30 pm
Sat 25th @ 4:00 pm
One of the TOP 5 Documentaries according to the NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
Turn Every Page explores the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now 86, Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 91, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them.
With humor and insight, this unique double portrait reveals the work habits, peculiarities and professional joys of these two ferocious intellects at the culmination of a journey that has consumed both their lives and impacted generations of politicians, activists, writers, and readers.
2023 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: LIVE ACTION
Feb 24th @ 4:00 pm
Mar 1st @ 1:00 pm
115 MINUTE PROGRAM OF 5 SHORTS (Rated R):
AN IRISH GOODBYE
Tom Berkeley and Ross White, UK, 23 min.
IVALU
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, Denmark, 17 min.
LE PUPILLE
Alice Rohrwacher, Italy, 39 min.
NIGHT RIDE
Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen, Norway, 16 min.
THE RED SUITCASE
Cyrus Neshvad, Luxembourg, 18 min.
LET IT BE MORNING
Feb 24th @ 7:30 pm
Feb 25th @ 7:30 pm
Feb 26th @ 1:00 pm
Israel’s Official Submission for the 94th Academy Awards.
LET IT BE MORNING is the story of Sami (Alex Bakri) a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem who receives an invitation to his brother’s wedding forcing him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding finishes, with no explanation, Sami’s hometown is put under a military blockade lockdown by the Israeli government. When chaos erupts overnight amongst the villagers stuck behind the wall due to the blockade, Sami is cut off from the outside world and trapped in an unexpected situation. As he deals with questions about his own identity and hidden secrets are revealed, Sami watches everything he holds dear begin to fall apart. Written and directed by award-winning Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin (The Band’s Visit), and adapted from the international best-selling novel by Palestinian author Sayed Kashua, LET IT BE MORNING is a film about a state of siege, both internal and external – centered around a man who has built a wall around his heart, and how that inner wall starts coming apart when an actual, real wall goes up around his hometown.
2023 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: ANIMATION
Feb 26th @ 7:30 pm
97 MINUTE PROGRAM OF 5 SHORTS:
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud, UK, 33 min.
THE FLYING SAILOR
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan, Denmark, 17 min.
ICE MERCHANTS
João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano, Portugal/France/UK, 15 min.
AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT
Lachlan Pendragon, Australia, 12 min.
MY YEAR OF DICKS (Rated R)
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon, USA, 26 min.
SCIENCE ON SCREEN: EX MACHINA
with Guest Speaker YOGESH GIRDHAR "Enabling Ecologically Curious Robots for Monitoring Coral Reefs"
FREE ADMISSION -- GET YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE ONLINE
Mar 8th @ 7:30 pm
Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, Ex Machina. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company’s brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test—charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan’s latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated––and more deceptive––than the two men could have imagined.
VOTING IS NOW OPEN FOR MV MAGAZINE BEST OF THE VINEYARD 2023
VOTE FOR THE MV FILM CENTER IN THE CATEGORY OF BEST MOVIE THEATER, FESTIVAL, OR SERIES
and MV INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL for Best Off Season Event
The perfect date night to cure your winter blues!
At a loss for what to do this winter outside the home? Join the MV Film Society and the Little House Cafe with
DINNER & A MOVIE
Starting at 4 pm, enjoy a fantastic dinner at the Little House Cafe in Vineyard Haven. Then make your way over to the Film Center to enjoy that night's 7:30 pm movie, with a $3 discount!
WE’RE HIRING
Theatre Operations Coordinator
Theatre Coordinator is responsible for the daily/year-round operation of the film center/cinema and coordination of part-time and volunteer staff (when needed in summer) to operate the center efficiently (show management, concessions, maintenance, etc). The Theatre Operations Coordinator must ensure the successful execution of all film and non-film events on time collaborating with several colleagues. Work schedule is afternoon-nights, weekends, and some holidays: typical off-season schedule (September to June) is daily Wednesday, to Sunday 3-10 pm with occasional 1 pm matinees on weekend. In summer it’s 6-10 pm, 5-6 nights a week (we're open every night). Some deviations to this schedule occurs during the year.
A job description will be sent to interested candidates by email upon request.
Looking to hire immediately. Full-Time, Year-round.
Send resume, cover letter, to [email protected]
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We can’t wait to see you, but… if you are not feeling well or you've been in contact with someone that recently tested positive for COVID-19, we trust you will stay home until you are well.
Please be respectful and kind to everyone regardless of their mask-wearing preference.