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AMERIKATSI
Directed by Michael Goorjian Armenia / 2022 / 118 minutes Armenian, Russian, English with English subtitles Michael Goorjian plays an Armenian ex-patriot who returns home after World War II, only to be incarcerated under Stalin’s regime. When he discovers a window high in his cell through which he can peer into an Armenian couple’s apartment, he comes to be saved by living vicariously, at times magically, through their complicated, spirited life. - Peter Wortmann
Screenwriter: Michael Goorjian Producers: Patrick Malkassian, Sol Tryon, Arman Nshanian Executive Producers: Patrick Malkassian, Serj Tankian, Vartan Barsoumian Cast: Michael Goorjian, Hovik Keuchkerian, Nelli Uvarova, Mikhail Trukhin, Narine Gigoryan Cinematographer: Ghasem Ebrahimian Editors: Michael Goorjian, Mike Selemon Composer: Andranik Berberyan
w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 297:45pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Fri Sept 307:15pm
NEW YORK PREMIERE
[THE] BANSHEES OF INISHERI
Directed by Martin McDonagh UK, Ireland, USA / 2022 / 114 minutes Set in a remote island in Ireland, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationships, with alarming consequences for both of them. Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh Executive Producers: Diarmuid McKeown, Ben Knight, Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden Co-Producer: Jo Homewood Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan Cinematographer: Ben Davis Editor: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Composer: Carter Burwell
COURTESY OF: SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sun Oct 21:45pm
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CINE-SYMPHONY PLANET EARTH
Directed by Jed Parker USA / 2022 / 51 minutes This emotional, yet uplifting film was created to sync with an existing symphony. Hence, the contemporary-classical score is a star, along with a Gaia character. The story, told without dialogue, tracks our planet’s history from creation to when humans came around and messed it up. Luckily, Gaia saves the day. Screenwriter: Dyan Machan Co-Producers: Tracy Christian, Sandgrain Productions, Robert Lewis Webbe, Emanuele Michetti Cast: Mikayla Scaife Cinematographers: Brandon Ziegenfuss, Zigado Productions Editor: Jed Parker
CONFESSION
Directed by Dayna Hanson USA / 2021 /90 minutes In this disquieting story, a woman accuses three men of sexual assault. But is she an unreliable narrator? Is there something more sinister at work here? When her case is dismissed for lack of evidence, an up-and-coming attorney fights to uncover the truth, with an explosive ending guaranteed to stun. - Sierra Slaughter Screenwriter: Gregory Mulligan Co-Producers: Sarah Hay, Michael J. Rothstein, Jordan Beckerman Executive Producers: Anne Clements, Gregory Mulligan, Roseanne Mulligan, William Mulligan, Russ Posternak Cast: Sarah Hay, Sterling Beaumon, Nolan Gerard Funk, Clark Backo, Michael Ironside Cinematographer: Benjamin Goodman Editor: Marc Fusco Composer: Dana Wachs
BROKER
Directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu South Korea / 2021 /129 minutes A two-man team of self-described “benevolent” brokers sells babies on the black market. When a young mother who has abandoned her infant has a change of heart, she joins them on a road trip in search of a buyer, forming a compassionate improvised family, each touched in a different way by the specter of abandonment.
- Peter Wortmann
Screenwriter: Kore-Eda Hirokazu Producer: Lee Eugene Executive Producer: Miky Lee Cast: Song Kang Ho, Gang Dong Won, Doona Bae, Lee Ji Eun, Lee Joo Young Cinematographer: Hong Kyung Pyo Editor: Kore-Eda Hirokazu Composer: Jung Jae Il
COURTESY OF: NEON
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Thur Sept 291:45pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Fri Sept 301:00pm
DEAD FOR A DOLLAR
Directed by Walter Hill USA / 2022 / 114 minutes A famed bounty hunter runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before, while on a mission to find and return the wife of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico. Screenwriters: Matt Harris, Walter Hill Producers: Kirk D’Amico, Carolyn McMaster Cast: Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan
COURTESY OF: QUIVER DISTRIBUTIONS
w/ Q&A Bearsville Theater WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 291:45pm Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 16:45pm
CLOSING NIGHT FILM EMPIRE OF LIGHT
Directed by Sam Mendes UK, USA / 2022 / 119m minutes Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light, starring Olivia Colman who gives a powerful performance, along with Micheal Ward and Colin Firth, is a love story, at times gentle, other times intense, that revolves around a beautiful old cinema house. Set in a picturesque seaside town on the south coast of England in the early 1980s, the film is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema. Screenwriter: Sam Mendes Co-Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris Executive Producers: Michael Lerman, Julie Pastor Co-Producers: Celia Duval, Lola Oliyide Cast: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth Cinematographer: Roger Deakins Editor: Lee Smith Production Design: Mark Tildesley Composers: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
COURTESY OF: SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sun Oct 28:45pm w/ Q&A ROSENDALE Theater Fri Sept 304:30pm Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 13:45pm
HANNAH HA HA
Directed by Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky USA / 2021 / 75 minutes Meet Hannah, one of the most likable protagonists in recent memory. She is a kind-hearted person living a contented life with her aging father in a small town in Massachusetts. Hannah Lee Thompson, who plays the titular Hannah, breathes life into this deeply human character as she wrestles against the influences of the world. - Sierra Slaughter Screenwriters: Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky Producer: Roger Mancusi Cast: Hannah Lee Thompson, Roger Mancusi, Avram Tetewsky, Betsey Brown, Charlie Robinson Cinematographer: Jordan Tetewsky Editors: Jordan Tetewsky, Josh Pikovsky Composer: Arden Yonkers
FOLLOW HER GOD’S CREATURES
Directed by Sylvia Caminer USA / 2021 /95 minutes Balanced between the worlds of kinky social media stardom and the real-life pressures on a struggling actress, this psychological thriller cleverly pulls us into the dangers versus rewards Jess faces to help an all-too-charming screenwriter find just the right ending for the female lead of his movie, leaving us to contemplate where fiction becomes real. - Charles Blender Screenwriter: Dani Barker Producers: Michael Indjeian, Sylvia Caminer, Dani Barker Executive Producers: Michael Hassan, Rich Hassan, Chris Gaunt, Cindy Joy Goggins, Fenner Osmond Friedman Cast: Luke Cook, Dani Barker, Eliana Jones, Mark Moses Cinematographer: Luke Geissbuhler Editor: Alex Gans Composer: Alexander Arntzen Directed by Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer Ireland / 2022 / 100 minutes Set in a hardscrabble Irish fishing village, and anchored by the intense performances of Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) and Paul Mescal (Normal People), God’s Creatures traverses the dangerous and intimate territory of family ties that run so deep as to threaten the ordinary boundaries of right and wrong. - Peter Wortmann Screenwriter: Shane Crowley Producer: Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly Cast: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi Cinematographer: Chayse Irvin Editors: Jeanne Applegate, Julia Bloch Composers: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
COURTESY OF: A24
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Thur Sept 298:45pm
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JUNIPER
Directed by Matthew J. Saville New Zealand / 2021 / 94 minutes Charlotte Rampling plays an ailing matriarch who unexpectedly returns to her family in New Zealand. Centered around her teenage grandson, who must care for her while grieving the recent loss of his mother, Juniper explores the unlikely connection between these two troubled souls who discover how much they need each other. - Kate Sanford
Screenwriter: Matthew J. Saville Producers: Desray Armstrong, Angela Littlejohn Executive Producers: Thierry Wase-Bailey, Mark Chamberlain, Andrew Mackie Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Marton Csokas Cinematographer: Martyn Williams Editor: Peter Roberts Composers: Mark Perkins, Marlon Williams
COURTESY OF: GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT
LINOLEUM
Directed by Colin West USA / 2021 / 102 minutes Linoleum tells the tale of Cameron (Jim Gaffigan), the host of a failing children’s science show, who experiences a series of strange, scientifically inexplicable events that lead him to question his dayto-day reality, as well as his life’s history, past and future, as both a father and a son. - Peter Wortman
Screenwriter: Colin West Producers: Chad Simpson, Dennis Masel, Chadd Harbold Executive Producer: Gabrielle Nadig Cast: Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Tony Shalhoub Cinematographer: Ed Wu Editor: Keara Burton Composer: Mark Hadley
w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 3010:00am Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sat Oct 14:00pm w/ Q&A - Oct 1 WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sat Oct 110:30am ROSENDALE Theater Sun Oct 27:45pm
MAN
Directed by Tzvi Friedman USA / 2022 / 70 minutes MAN A subtle allegory about isolated, hidden people, mankind’s search for emotion and empathy in an increasingly cold, apathetic world, and perhaps a glimmer of hope that no matter how low we’ve WRITTEN, PRODUCED, AND DIRECTED BY TZVI FRIEDMAN sunk, there is always a chance at redemption. Exquisitely stylized cinematography, an atmospheric score, very little dialog, and an intensity that is visceral. - Adam Schartoff Screenwriter: Tzvi Friedman Producer: Tzvi Friedman Executive Producers: Cary Woods, Jonathan Gray, Seth Kanegis, Robert Amsel, Jonathan Tulkoff Cast: Jon Peterson, Stacie Brown, Noah Forrest, Paquito G. Myers, Joseph Doody Cinematographer: Mkhial Knaizev Editor: Kristian Otero Composers: Ethan Startzman
w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 307:00pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 27:00pm
[THE] LOST KING
Directed by Stephen Frears UK / 2022 / 108 minutes Sally Hawkins stars as a lonely introvert whose fascination with Richard III becomes a passionate quest to redeem his character and restore his rightful legacy. Co-starring Steve Coogan as her estranged husband, and sensitively directed by Stephen Frears, this historical treasure hunt is a brilliant character study in obsession and perseverance. -Kate Sanford Screenwriters: Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan Producers: Steve Coogan, Wendy Griffin, Christine Langan, Dan Winch Executive Producers: Jenny Borgars, Rose Garnett, Philippa Langley, Cameron McCracken, Jeff Pope, Andrea Scarso Co-Producer: Wendy Griffin Cast: Sally Hawkins, Harry Lloyd, Steve Coogan, James Fleet Cinematographer: Zac Nicholson Editor: Pia Di Ciaula Production Design: Andy Harris Composer: Alexandre Desplat
COURTESY OF: IFC FILMS
WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sat Oct 18:00pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 29:15pm
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE
Directed by Signe Baumane Latvia, USA, Luxembourg / 2022 / 108 minutes Signe Baumane’s My Love Affair With Marriage is the personal story of Zelma, taught from an early age she must conform to societal expectations in order to find love. In Baumane’s enchanting, signature style of hand-drawn animation over papier-mâché backgrounds, we follow Zelma on this semi-autobiographical and educational journey towards self acceptance. - Joy Buran, Noelle Melody Screenwriter: Signe Baumane Producers: Roberts Vinovskis, Sturgis Warner, Signe Baumane Executive Producers: Matthew Modine, Adam Rackoff, John Jencks Cast: Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Ieva Katkovska, Kristine Pastare, Iluta Alsberga Cinematographer: Signe Baumane Editors: Signe Baumane, Sturgis Warner Composer: Kristian Sensini
Q&A plus Animation Sets Demonstration, - Sept 30 WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Sept 3011:00am ROSENDALE Theater Sat Oct 111:00am
MY POLICEMAN
Directed by Michael Grandage UK / 2021 / 113 minutes Harry Styles (Dunkirk) and Emma Corrin (The Crown) bring both heat and heart-breaking restraint to this story of a tragic love triangle, set in 1950s England, with David Dawson (The Last Kingdom) at the tipping point of all the unrequited desire and impossible temptations — impossible because, at the time, homosexuality itself was a criminal offense. - Peter Wortmann Screenwriter: Ron Nyswaner Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robbie Rogers Executive Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Robbie Rogers, Cora Palfrey, Philip Herd Cast: Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, Rupert Everett Cinematographer: Ben Davis Editor: Chris Dickens Composers: Steven Price
COURTESY OF: AMAZON STUDIOS
OPENING NIGHT FILM MENDING THE LINE
Directed by Joshua Caldwell USA / 2022 / 122 minutes A young, wounded Marine receiving trauma care forms a bond with a man twice his age, who sees the mysteries of fly-fishing as holding the true healing power. While ostensibly a film about PTSD, Mending the Line is really a story about finding something to make living worthwhile . – Ben F. Fischer
Screenwriter: Stephen Camelio Producers: Kelly McKendry, Carl Effenson, Scott MacLeod Executive Producers: Mark Comora, Arlene Comora, Adam Comora, David Comora Cast: Sinqua Walls, Brian Cox, Perry Mattfeld, Patricia Heaton, Wes Studi Cinematographer: Eve M. Cohen Editor: Will Torbett Composer: Bill Brown
w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Thur Sept 295:30pm ROSENDALE Theater Fri Sept 301:00pm
NEW YORK PREMIERE
RAYMOND & RAY
Directed by Rodrigio Garcia USA / 2022 /100 minutes Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke star as half-brothers who have been estranged from each other and their abusive father, whose last wish is they attend his funeral and dig his grave. At the gravesite gathering, they uncover a man they never knew, and discover opportunities for self-reflection and healing. - Kate Sanford Screenwriter: Rodrigo Garcia Producers: Alphonso Cuarón, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn Executive Producers: Shea Kammer, Gabriela Rodriguez Cast: Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Maribel Verdú, Sophie Okonedo, Vondie Curtis Halll Cinematographer: Igor Jadue-Lillo Editor: Michael Ruscio Composer: Jeff Beal
COURTESY OF: APPLE TV+
w/ Q&A - Oct 1 WOODSTOCK Playhouse Sat Oct 11:30pm Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sun Oct 210:00am
REMEMBER THIS
Directed by Jeff Hutchens, Derek Goldman USA / 2022 / 95 minutes Alone on the screen, David Strathairn’s gripping 90-minute performance tells the moving story of Jan Karski, a Polish Holocaust witness and hero who, despite mental anguish and physical torture, endured to tell the story so that we will forever Remember This. - Sabina Barach Screenwriters: Clark Young, Derek Goldman Producer: Eva Anisko Executive Producers: Eva Anisko, Michael Anisko, Dan Logan Cast: David Strathairn Cinematographer: Jeff Hutchens Editor: Brandon Bray Composer: Roc Lee
w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Wed Sept 286:30pm
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[A] STAGE OF TWILIGHT
Directed by Sarah T. Schwab USA / 2022 / 106 minutes Barry (William Sadler) and Cora (Karen Allen) struggle with his impending death in the final chapter of their marriage in a touching story that ultimately speaks to the question: whose right is it to make life’s inevitable impossible decisions when the impact will be felt by the people we love most? - Sabina Barach Screenwriters: Sarah T. Schwab Producers: Brian Long, Sarah T. Schwab, Megan Smith-Harris Executive Producer: Karen Allen, William Sadler, Emily Kratter, Mia Salvaterra, Scott Dougherty Cast: Karen Allen, William Sadler, Marlon Quijije, Alfredo Narciso, Alexander Flores Cinematographer: Richard Sands Editor: Ben Rossen Composer: Greg Simon
ROOST
Directed by Amy Redford USA / 2022 / 85 minutes Amy Redford’s masterfully directed tale begins with a high school girl’s growing online connection with a charming older man. A cautious romance steadily unravels into a deepening mystery as Anna’s heart is caught with a stranger’s, and her family must reckon with secrets from the past that bring mother and daughter into perilous territory. - Kate Sanford Screenwriter: Scott Organ Producers: Eden Wurmfeld, Amy Redford, Lynda Weinman Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Katy Bettner, Scott Organ, Jeff Hays, Jamie Wolf, Charlie Pigott, Diane Stewart Cast: Summer Phoenix, Grace Van Dien, Jesse Garcia, and Kyle Gallner Cinematographer: Bobby Bukowski Editor: Emelie Mahdavian Composer: Craig Wedren
w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Sept 305:45pm ROSENDALE Theater Sun Oct 22:00pm
STAY AWAKE
Directed by Jamie Sisley USA / 2022 / 94 minutes Two brothers sidetrack their futures to help their drug-addicted single mother, who must choose between losing her sons or going to rehab. Superbly acted and based on the filmmaker’s adolescence, Stay Awake is a personal exploration of the roller coaster families ride while trying to help their loved ones battle opioid addiction. - Adam Schartoff
Screenwriter: Jamie Sisley Producers: Shrihari Sathe p.g.a., Eric Schultz p.g.a., Kelly Thomas, David Ariniello Co-Producers: Rob Cristiano, Amy Lippens, Sarah Dorman Sveen, Alvaro R. Valente Cast: Wyatt Oleff, Fin Argus, Chrissy Metz, Cree Cicchino, Quinn McColgan, Albert Jones, Lorrie Odom
SIXTY MILES NORTH
Directed by Edward Crawford, Jack Mulcahy USA / 2022 /82 minutes When a bitter and frustrated actor loses the gig of a lifetime, he is forced to move back into his childhood home. He then has to choose between continuing to pursue his dream or working a job he doesn’t want. He is empowered when he meets Wild Fall, an agoraphobic now living in his old bedroom. Screenwriter: Edward Crawford Producers: Vince Roe, Gil O’Brien, Jack Mulcahy Executive Producers: Edward Crawford, Claude Dal Farra, Debra Granik, Jack Mulcahy, Peter Joseph Rabasco Cast: Edward Crawford, Danny Doherty, Audrey Kovár, Jack Mulcahy, Marsha Dietlein Cinematographer: Patrick Greene Editors: Gil O’Brien, Karl Morton IV Composer: Spencer Hutchings
w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Thur Sept 292:15pm ROSENDALE Theater Fri Sept 307:30pm
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STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT
Directed by Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum USA / 2022 / 88 minutes Kristen Abate, who also directed, gives a brave raw performance as a young woman with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a rare inflammatory disease that has left her permanently bent over, a question-mark on the streets of New York, a maybe poet and sometimes dog walker who leads a powerful and spirited life. - Peter Wortmann Screenwriters: Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum Producers: Armando Croda, Lindsey Cordero, Rodrigo Diaz Vogel Executive Producers: Steven Tanenbaum, Brian Devine Cast: Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum, AJ Cedeño, Marianna McClellan, Mehret Marsh Cinematographer: Armando Croda Editor: Armando Croda Composer: Marco Buccelli
w/ Q&A WOODSTOCK Playhouse Fri Sept 302:30pm Orpheum SAUGERTIES Sun Oct 24:00pm w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Sat Oct 112:45pm ROSENDALE Theater Sun Oct 24:45pm w/ Q&A Tinker Street Cinema WOODSTOCK Fri Sept 3012:30pm ROSENDALE Theater Sat Oct 15:30pm
