One of cinema’s all-time actor-director collaborations, Denzel Washington and Spike Lee, reunite for the first time in nearly 20 years—and their fifth movie together overall—for an interpolation of the legendary Akira Kurosawa’s stone-cold classic noir kidnapping thriller High and Low (playing in The Screening Room on September 5), now transported to the mean streets of […]
One of cinema’s all-time actor-director collaborations, Denzel Washington and Spike Lee, reunite for the first time in nearly 20 years—and their fifth movie together overall—for an interpolation of the legendary Akira Kurosawa’s stone-cold classic noir kidnapping thriller High and Low (playing in The Screening Room on September 5), now transported to the mean streets of […]
Set in the Badlands of South Dakota, East of Wall is an authentic portrait of female resilience in the “New West,” inspired and played by the women and girls who live it. Tabatha, a young, rebellious rancher, who rescues and resells horses, must make hard decisions to deal with her fractured family, financial uncertainty of […]
In honor of Spike Lee’s latest effort, Highest 2 Lowest, we present the source material for that film: Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece High & Low, as well as Lee’s most iconic film, Do the Right Thing. One of Kurosawa’s greatest modern-dress tales, High and Low (the literal translation of the Japanese title is “Heaven and […]
In honor of Spike Lee’s latest effort, Highest 2 Lowest, we present the source material for that film: Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece High & Low, as well as Lee’s most iconic film, Do the Right Thing. Just in time for the end of summer, we present one of the best summer movies ever. One of […]
“A damning and irrefutable portrait of the filmmaker… This is a masterclass on how to reveal the truth about someone who spent their entire life denying it… Riefenstahl is a marvel.” —The Daily Beast Filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Her films Triumph of the […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. Media in the Movies: a journalism series presented by VTIFF and Seven Days in celebration of Seven Days’ 30th anniversary Introduced by Sasha Goldstein, Seven Days deputy news editor Definitely […]
Hosted by Melo Grant Proof that just because a movie is gloomy and bleak doesn’t mean it can’t be incredibly hilarious, Withnail and I has earned its reputation as the ultimate cult British comedy. Bruce Robinson’s semi-autobiographical cinematic bender is a feast of delectably florid dialogue delivered with deadpan relish by stars Richard E. Grant […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. Media in the Movies: a journalism series presented by VTIFF and Seven Days in celebration of Seven Days’ 30th anniversary Introduced by Cathy Resmer, Seven Days deputy publisher It’s 1968, […]
Hosted by Syndi Zook Ken Russell was having a tumultuous 1971. His highly controversial film The Devils had been released to solid box office, but met with critical brickbats and public protests over its explicitly sexual content and anti-Catholic stance. He needed something simpler, so he took on the film version of Sandy Wilson’s 1953 […]
Join us in Lumière Hall at Burlington Beer Company to celebrate Silent Movie Day! Presenting A Vermont Romance, the first film shot entirely in Vermont, recently restored by the Vermont Movie Archive Project and the Vermont Historical Society for its centennial. This movie is an extraordinary piece of Vermont folklore. It was commissioned by the Vermont […]
Media in the Movies: a journalism series presented by VTIFF and Seven Days in celebration of Seven Days’ 30th anniversary Introduced by Dan Bolles, Seven Days culture coeditor From director Joan Micklin Silver, featuring an all-star cast at the beginning of their careers, Between the Lines spotlights the offices of a Boston alternative newspaper, The […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. Remembering Robert Redford The paranoid thriller was one of the main cinematic themes of the 1970s, so it only makes sense that the most iconic movie star of that era, […]
VTIFF members get first access to tickets for this event. Become a member any time. This year’s Vermont International Film Festival—AKA the best 10 days of fall—is right around the corner. Join us on October 8 in the Film House at Main Street Landing for the unveiling of the 2024 lineup, our biggest yet, with […]
Media in the Movies: a journalism series presented by VTIFF and Seven Days in celebration of Seven Days’ 30th anniversary Introduced by Derek Brouwer, Seven Days news reporter In this Oscar-nominated documentary, Shiori Itō directs a film about her own sexual assault at the hands of a politically connected friend of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, […]
Remembering Robert Redford Robert Redford frequently mentioned this film as a favorite of his, and it’s not hard to see why. Shot entirely on location in his adopted home state of Utah, the film is a valentine to the rugged landscape and the people who try to live in concert with it. Starring Redford as […]
This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets. Akinola Davies Jr.’s gorgeous debut shines a long-overdue spotlight on Nollywood. My Father’s Shadow is the first-ever Nigerian film officially selected at Cannes. Akinola wrote the film with his brother, […]
The film also screens on Monday, October 20 | 2 PM | SR The October 18 screening is followed by a panel discussion about Alzheimer’s resources in the Chittenden County area, featuring representatives from the organizations as well as director Heidi Levitt. In 2019, art director Charlie Hess was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. In […]
Also screens on Wednesday, October 22 | 4:30 PM | BB Three women, three stories of flight from various corners of Africa. They find refuge in one building on the outskirts of Tunis, where they form a fragile alliance and a silent bond of solidarity. But when an abandoned migrant child who has survived a […]
What did you do yesterday? On December 19, 1974, writer Linda Rosenkrantz posed this question to her good friend Peter Hujar, a since-celebrated photographer and noted New York personality. Working in the “nonfiction fiction” mode she pioneered in her novel Talk, this taped conversation was meant to be just one sliver in an anthology of […]