Experience performances from the great opera houses of Europe in the comfort of our living room style high-def digital cinema, with sound so clear and powerful that you'll think you're sitting right in front of the orchestra pit.

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UPCOMING OPERAS

TUESDAY, MARCH 9 @ 7:30PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 13 @ 2:00PM
IL TROVATORE

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 @ 7:30PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 28 @ 2:00PM
VIVA LA MAMMA

TUESDAY, MARCH 30 @ 7:30PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 3 @ 2:00PM
L'ORFEO

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 @ 2:00PM (LIVE)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 @ 8:00PM (TIME DELAY)
THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO

THURSDAY, APRIL 29 @ 2:00PM (LIVE)
THURSDAY, APRIL 29 @ 8:00PM (TIME DELAY)
SIMON BOCCANEGRA

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 @ 2:00PM (LIVE)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 @ 8:00PM (TIME DELAY)
DAS RHEINGOLD

THURSDAY, JULY 1 @ 2:00PM (LIVE)
THURSDAY, JULY 1 @ 8:00PM (TIME DELAY)
THE QUEEN OF SPADES

Join us for this twice-monthly musical and cross-media stewpot that draws its off-kilter pulse from Cape Ann, the North Shore and world cultural exploration. James Good Eye, former sessions leader at Pleasant Street Tea Company and The Emperor of Righteous Egalitarian Soul, corrals the talent and hosts the night.

Odd Tuesdays combine an invited artist showcase in the first hour, followed by a shared session in the second half of the night. Showcase artists will be selected from the region's wealth of singer/songwriters, composers and reverential tributists.

The second half of the night may assume different forms and formats. Featured musicians may lead master workshops to share/discuss approaches to writing, performing and playing...poets and spokenwordistas may read, supported by improv music...a song circle may ignite.

THE COVER ON ODD TUESDAYS IS $5.00.

How many times have you watched the Oscars and felt like a big dummy during the live action and animated shorts awards? Well, no more, as we present all the nominees in both categories (and you're watching the Oscars with us on the 7th, right?).


Each program approx. 105 minutes

"Shot through with a bold, extravagant generosity of spirit, this journey behind the literal and figurative looking glass marks a gratifying return to form for Gilliam, whose recent films haven't quite lived up to his capacities." -Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

"Longtime fans who wondered if Gilliam had simply run out of steam should have a grand time." -Daniel M. Kimmel, NorthShoreMovies.net

In modern London, a centuries old carriage stops randomly to present sixteenth century style entertainment. The very old man (Christopher Plummer) who runs the show is carrying a great weight - a deal he with Mr. Nick (Tom Waits) for youth in immortality is about to come due on the sixteenth birthday of his only daughter, Valentina (sweetheart faced Lily Cole). His herald, Anton (Andrew Garfield), who has loved her from afar, must try to seduce five souls before his boss's newest player Tony (Heath Ledger), in order to win her within "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." Completed after Ledger's untimely death, the film, by ex-Python Terry Gilliam, features Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, the film is a tribute both to the late actor and the film's visionary creator, the director of such cult favorites as "Brazil" and "The Fisher King."


A film by Terry Gilliam; Rated [PG-13]; 118 minutes

"An astonishingly wide-ranging film. An informed and heartfelt examination of the tug of war between public health and private interests." -New York Times

"Lively and engaging...smartly done" -Los Angeles Times

Join local citizen's group Who Decides for a discussion and screening of Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.

In F.L.O.W. (For Love Of Water), Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question "CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?"

Beyond identifying the problem, F.L.O.W. also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.

NEXT WATER MOVIE:
TO BE ANNOUNCED


Presented by Who Decides and the
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.

The next "Democracy School" is
Monday, March 22nd.



A film by Irena Salina; Not Rated; 93 minutes

A brutish but well-meaning Irishman, Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaglen), informs on his best friend Frankie McPhillip (Wallace Ford), who is a member of the Irish Republican Army, in order to collect the reward of £20 and sail to America with his girlfriend Katie Madden (Margot Grahame). The film traces his conscience-stricken emotional disintegration that eventually leads him to give himself away.


A film by John Ford; 1935; Not Rated; 91 minutes

"John Marin: Let The Paint Be Paint!" tells the story of one of the most important artistic figures of the first half of the 20th century, and the undisputed father of American Modernism. Utilizing more than 70 of Marin’s paintings, drawings, and etchings, including those in the private collection of the Marin estate seldom seen anywhere, filmmaker Michael Maglaras tells the story of Marin's life, from his beginnings in New Jersey, and his early experiments in watercolor, to his days at Cape Split in Down East Maine, where, with his late oils, he established himself as one of the preeminent masters of American art.

Writer/director/narrator Michael Maglaras will personally present the film and conduct a Q&A after.


A film by Michael Maglaras; Not Rated; 95 minutes

MR. HULOT’S HOLIDAY
A film by Jacques Tati
1953; 88 minutes; In French with English subtitles
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 @ 7:30PM

MON ONCLE
A film by Jacques Tati
1958; 116 minutes; In French with English subtitles
SATURDAY, MARCH 27 @ 1:00PM

PLAYTIME
A film by Jacques Tati
1967, 124 minutes;
In English, German & French with English subtitles
SATURDAY, MARCH 27 @ 3:00PM

TRAFIC
A film by Jacques Tati
1971, 97 minutes;
In English, German & French with English subtitles
MONDAY, MARCH 29 @ 7:30PM

A true comic and cinematic treat, we are proud to present four newly restored feature films from French screenwriter, director, and actor Jacques Tati — Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (sneak previewing this holiday season), Mon Oncle (February TBA), Playtime (February TBA) and Trafic (February TBA).

One of cinema’s greatest comedians, Tati was also one of its most radical modernists. His experiments with sound, color, image, language, and technology are a fundamental, if often overlooked, bridge between the innovations of Buster Keaton and Max Linder in the silent era and those of his contemporaries Jean-Luc Godard, Marguerite Duras, and Robert Bresson—and have had an unmistakable influence on the style and humor of many filmmakers today.

Academy Award-winning producer Pamela Tanner Boll ("Born Into Brothels") features in her riveting new documentary five bold women who navigate some of the most problematic intersections of our time: parenting and creativity, partnering and independence, economics and art. Through their lives Tanner Boll explores what it means to nurture children and family, and keep the creative fire burning within.

The film considers an era when women were revered as cultural muses, and the modern era when most people are unable to name a handful of female artists. Tanner Boll’s energetic camera documents actual work, giving us a feel for the creative process. In interviews with the artists, and in some cases, their families, Boll raises important questions about how art is valued in our culture.


Produced by Pamela Tanner Boll; Not Rated; 80 minutes

On this national day of protest and awareness, come share in the tale of two women who lead their communities in a battle for control of the ocean. Angela Sanfilippo of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Shareen Davis of Chatham, Massachusetts were born into fishing families and married men who continue to make a living from the sea. Fishing defines who they are and has sustained their communities for generations. But their way of life is threatened when a powerful coalition of national environmental groups file a lawsuit that could put hundreds of fishermen out of business. Three hundred years of fishing tradition and the health of the ocean hangs in the balance.

Courtney Hayes, one of the producer-directors of the film, will present the film and host a Q&A after.


Directed by Courtney Hayes and Tim Gallagher; Not Rated;
60 minutes

Until as late as the 1950's, insensitive cartoons produced by all the major studios were commonplace. We have wrangled about a dozen of them for you, so that they do not pass from the footnotes of history where most of them now reside, disacknowledged by those who produced them.

There is no charge for this special program,
though donations are welcome.

Various directors; Approximately 105 minutes

This is the first feature-length adaptation of James Barrie's beloved childrens play, and it is one of the best. It is extra special to us, in that it was one of the favorites of our friend Henry's late son, Cameron. Henry and Cameron founded The Brain Candy Project in 2006, an organization that provides support for families of children undergoing treatment for critical illnesses.

Our plan is to create a new musical score for the film, which we will debut live sometime this year or next. Musicians of all stripes are invited to attend this screening and possibly collaborate with us on this great benefit project.

Directed by Herbert Brenon; 1924; 105 minutes;
Silent with English intertitles

In Akira Kurosawa’s "Seven Samurai" ("Shichinin No Samurai"), sixteenth-century villagers hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This gripping three-hour ride is one of the most beloved movie epics of all time.


Directed by Akira Kurosawa; Not Rated; 207 minutes;
1954; In Japanese with English subtitles
SHOWN WITH ONE INTERMISSION