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Fall 2024
Thelma
Wednesday
September 25 @ 7pm
93-year-old Thelma Post pays out $10,000 in a phone scam to an imposter grandson for his release from arrest. When she discovers that her kindly but somewhat aimless grandson Danny is not in trouble, she is determined to retrieve her lost money and to punish the fraudsters. In a comic parody of Mission Impossible with the help of old friend Ben, she embarks on a difficult and sometimes scary, but highly entertaining quest.
Wicked Little Letters
Wednesday
October 16 @ 7pm
Set in the 1920’s, in Britain’s sea-side town of Littlehampton, pious and prim Edith Swan and some other residents of the town, receive crudely insulting anonymously-authored missives. Scandalized, Edith’s father, contacts the local constabulary to find out who is behind these poison pen letters. The town’s only female officer, recruits 3 busy-bodies, allegedly friends of Edith, who help Gladys track down the letters’ real writer. Based on an actual 1920’s small town scandal that attracted national British press, this film’s comic plot digs up more than the case’s real culprit.
Firebrand
Wednesday
October 30 @ 7pm
Firebrand is a gripping psychological thriller, based on Elizabeth Freemantle’s acclaimed novel. The film features the not-so-well-known story of Katharine Parr, Henry VIII’s sixth wife. Aware of the demise of all of his previous wives, the intelligent and accomplished Katharine very reluctantly agrees to marry the king. She serves as his regent in 1544, when he is at war in France. After Henry’s return, Katharine finds that she is the object of his court’s scrutiny and suspicion. In this suspenseful and ever-changing world of court intrigue, who is the true firebrand?
Image: BROUHAHA ENTERTAINMENT
The Critic
Wednesday
November 6 @ 7pm
Set during the rise of fascism in pre-WWII England, this scintillating tale of ambition and deceit in the theatre world stars Gemma Arterton and Ian McKellen as adversaries forced to take desperate measures to save their careers. Directed by Anand Tucker and adapted by Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal) from Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call, The Critic brims with intrigue — each of its central characters struggling within a web of blackmail and fraught desire to hang on to what they hold dear.
Coup!
Wednesday
November 20 @ 7pm
Joseph Schumann’s and Austin Stark’s Coup! is itself a cinematic coup where Jay Horton’s high-end island retreat becomes the microcosm for class warfare in a time of national crisis. Don’t miss this lively, highly entertaining and clever cautionary comedy.
Image: Greenwich Entertainment
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