Movies

Friday, May 23 @ 7 pm
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
The Screening Room

On paper it shouldn’t work. A comedy about the Nazi occupation of Poland set while the occupation was still happening? Jokes with references to concentration camps? Jack Benny versus Nazis? And yet, this is one of the funniest comedies of its era, and certainly one of the most audacious.

Saturday, May 24 @ 3 pm
RICHARD III (1995)
The Screening Room

The winter of our discontent has rarely been so fun. The great Ian McKellen himself updated the Bard’s bloody tale, set here in an alternate universe 1930s England, and it is a blast to watch him devour this role, and to watch the stellar supporting cast strive to meet his level.

Thursday, May 29 @ 7 pm
RAN (1985)
The Film House

40th anniversary 4K restoration. Kurosawa’s take on King Lear is the Japanese master’s most impressionistic and experimental film, filled with swathes of clashing colors, clouds of arrows, buildings engulfed in flames, and oceans of soldiers doing battle. It’s one of those rarified movies that demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible.

Friday, May 30 @ 7 pm
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
The Screening Room

Singin’ in the Rain was born of modest circumstances. But sometimes, magic happens, and Singin’ in the Rain is undeniably magical. In the Sight & Sound poll of the greatest films of all time, this cornerstone Hollywood musical cracked the top 10.

Saturday, May 31 @ 3 pm
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964)
The Screening Room

There’s really nothing else like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. A melancholy, sung-through musical with astonishing candy-color design and staggeringly gorgeous lead actors, it’s a singular achievement in musical cinema.

Saturday, May 31 @ 7 pm
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964)
The Screening Room

There’s really nothing else like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. A melancholy, sung-through musical with astonishing candy-color design and staggeringly gorgeous lead actors, it’s a singular achievement in musical cinema.

Thursday, June 5 @ 7 pm
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (2024)
The Film House

The preeminent dramatist of China’s rapid 21st-century growth and social transformation, Jia Zhangke has taken his boldest approach to narrative yet with this marvelous, free-flowing work assembled from footage shot over a span of 23 years.

Friday, June 13 @ 7 pm
COLD WAR (2018)
The Screening Room

This gorgeous romance—inspired by the director’s own parents—charts fifteens years in the turbulent relationship between a musical folklorist and a captivating young singer, and earned Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski a Best Director Oscar nomination.

Saturday, June 14 @ 3 pm
HOLY COW (2024)
The Screening Room

When calamity strikes, undisciplined 18-year-old Totone finds himself in charge of the family farm and his kid sister. To make ends meet, he enlists his layabout friends to try to win a cheesemaking competition cash prize of €30,000.

Saturday, June 14 @ 7 pm
HOLY COW (2024)
The Screening Room

When calamity strikes, undisciplined 18-year-old Totone finds himself in charge of the family farm and his kid sister. To make ends meet, he enlists his layabout friends to try to win a cheesemaking competition cash prize of €30,000.

Thursday, June 19 @ 7 pm
FOOD AND COUNTRY (2023)
+ CLIMATE KITCHEN CONVERSATION
The Film House

As part of the nationwide Science on Screen initiative, VTIFF presents Food and Country, an investigation of American food systems by acclaimed food writer Ruth Reichl. The film is paired with a lecture/conversation by UVM’s Climate Kitchen.

Friday, June 20 @ 7 pm
WILL (1981)
The Screening Room

In 1981, Jessie Maple became the first African American woman to direct an independent film with this raw, unflinching, and resonant portrait of heroin addiction and recovery.

Saturday, June 21 @ 3 pm
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)
The Screening Room

When an Air Force One crash strands the U.S. president (Donald Pleasence, inexplicably British) on the lawless isle of Manhattan, merciless mercenary Snake Plissken (a resplendently eye-patched Kurt Russell) is the only man who can get him out alive…

Saturday, June 21 @ 7 pm
THEY LIVE (1989)
The Screening Room

The greatest movie ever made starring a professional wrestler, and—yeah, we’ll say it—one of the best political movies of the 1980s, They Live is, like a handful of other Carpenter films, a masterpiece disguised as kitschy ’80s sci-fi.

Friday, June 27 @ 7 pm
VIET AND NAM (2024)
The Screening Room

Banned in Vietnam, Trương Minh Quý’s brilliant film is an achingly tender romance and a mysterious, deeply felt portrait of his homeland. It’s also one of the year’s most overlooked gems.

Saturday, June 28 @ 3 pm
PARIAH (2011)
The Screening Room

The path to living as one’s authentic self is paved with trials and tribulations in this revelatory, assured feature debut by Dee Rees—the all-too-rare coming-of-age tale to honestly represent the experiences of queer Black women.

Saturday, June 28 @ 7 pm
POISON (1991)
The Screening Room

Essentially the starting gun for the New Queer Cinema of the 1990s, Todd Haynes’ debut feature was the surprise Grand Prize winner at Sundance and was publicly attacked by right-wing figures. It’s also audacious, disturbing, and thrillingly cinematic.

Sunday, June 29 @ 1 pm
KID FLICKS: PRIDE (2025)
The Screening Room

Kid Flicks: Pride is a celebration of self-expression, community, legacy, and love. Curated specifically for ages nine and up, these shorts from around the world feature a wide range of LGBTQ+ identities and experiences in as many unique styles.

Sunday, June 29 @ 3 pm
KID FLICKS: PRIDE (2025)
The Screening Room

Kid Flicks: Pride is a celebration of self-expression, community, legacy, and love. Curated specifically for ages nine and up, these shorts from around the world feature a wide range of LGBTQ+ identities and experiences in as many unique styles.