West Newton Cinema Foundation
West Newton Cinema presents Behind the Screen: The Testament of Ann Lee
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesABOUT THE FILM: From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker's irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers. The…
West Newton Cinema presents An Evening with John Sayles
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesWest Newton Cinema Reads & Newtonville Books present: The iconic filmmaker John Sayles reading from and discussing his new novel, The Crucible, along with his classic film, City of Hope, with Here & Now’s Robin Young. Join director John Sayles as he reads from his new novel, The Crucible, following a screening of his riveting…
West Newton presents Behind the Screen: Sinners
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesSINNERS is a genre-defying period horror drama written and directed by Ryan Coogler, set in 1932 Mississippi during the Jim Crow era. The story follows twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore, portrayed by Michael B. Jordan in dual roles, who return to their hometown to open a juke joint for the local…
West Newton Cinema presents Mary Pickford’s Sparrows: Live Music Accompaniment
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesJoin us for a screening of Mary Pickford's, SPARROWS (1926) with live musical accompaniment. ABOUT THE FILM: Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of. LIVE MUSIC BRUCE VOGT Bruce Vogt is a…
West Newton Cinema presents Night Fight
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesNight Fight is a hybrid documentary, nonfiction framed with creative, cinematic storytelling directed and edited by Khary Saeed Jones. The film emerges from a harrowing incident in 2017 when Jones was followed by a racist vigilante along back roads in rural Canada. Over time, that encounter cast a long shadow over his life, prompting a…
West Newton Cinema presents Behind the Screen: All God’s Children
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesIn an unprecedented attempt to heal centuries of racism and antisemitism, and combat the rising racial and ethnic tension in their Brooklyn communities, the largest reform synagogue and the oldest black Baptist Church attempt to unite their congregations and bring about peace, by becoming family. Shot over five years by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner,…
West Newton Cinema presents Behind the Screen: Hoosiers with Brad Stevens
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesABOUT THE FILM: A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship. PANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWS BRAD STEVENS Brad Stevens is the President of Basketball Operations for the NBA's Boston Celtics, a position he has held since June 2021,…
West Newton Cinema presents Ty Burr’s Movie Club: The Holdovers
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesFrom acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer…
West Newton Cinema presents Oscars Party
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesStrike a pose at our red carpet photo booth, enjoy a dinner buffet by Anoush’ella, and settle in to watch the Awards with fellow film lovers. A cash bar will be available throughout the evening. Film critic Ty Burr will serve as MC, sharing commentary, predictions, and reactions as the night unfolds. Be sure to…
West Newton Cinema presents Cosmic Coda
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesJoin West Newton Cinema for the Local Spotlight screening of Cosmic Coda with a post-film discussion with the Filmmaker MJ Doherty and Senior Research Scientist Peter Fritschel. COSMIC CODA is about the in-between moments of scientific discovery - how it feels going to work each day on a machine that tests both the limits of our…