now playing TEA WITH THE DAMES (NR) SHOWTIMES: FRI. NOV 9 5:15 P SAT. NOV 10 3:30 P SUN. NOV 11 2:30 P MON. NOV 12 5:00 P TUES. NOV 13 2:30 P WED. NOV 14 5:15 P
What happens when four legends of British stage and screen get together? Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of our time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, and BAFTAs between them. They are also longtime friends who hereby invite you to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid, delightfully irreverent FREE SOLO (PG-13) thoughts on everything from art to aging to love to a life lived in the spotlight. Bursting with devilish wit and whip-smart insights, SHOWTIMES: Tea With The Dames is a remarkable opportunity to spend time FRI. NOV 9 7:30 P in the company of four all-time greats—up close and unfiltered. SAT. NOV 10 5:45, 8:15 P SUN. NOV 11 4:45, 7:15 P Directed by Roger Michell Featuring Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, MON. NOV 12 7:15 P Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright Running Time 1 hr 34 mins TUES. NOV 13 4:45 P WED. NOV 14 7:30 P THURS. NOV 15 5:00 P THE CINEASTE CUSTODY (NR) From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi (MERU) and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin comes National Geographic Documentary Film's SHOWTIMES: FREE SOLO, a stunning, intimate, and unflinching portrait of the THURS. NOV 15 7:30 P* free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world's most famous CUSTODY follows the battle of Antoine and rock, the 3,000 ft. El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without a Miriam for the custody of their son Julien. At rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, ten years old Julien cannot make his own Honnold's climb set the ultimate standard: perfection or death. decision about which parent he would like to live with, and as a result he becomes Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Featuring trapped in a vicious battle between parents. Alex Honnold 1 hr 37 mins Running Time * Post-screening film discussion with Prof. Peter Mascuch
Directed by Xavier Legrand Starring Denis Ménochet, Léa EXHIBITION ON SCREEN Drucker, Thomas Gioria Running Time 1 hr 33 mins VAN GOGH: A NEW WAY OF SEEING (NR) SHOWTIMES: coming soon SAT. NOV 10 10:30 A SAT. NOV 24 10:30 A PERFORMING ARTS IN CINEMA
The life of Vincent Van Gogh, as presented • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (11/17) through the collection of the Van Gogh PERFORMING ARTS IN CINEMA Museum in Amsterdam. • King Lear (12/1 & 12/6)
Directed by David Bickerstaff EXHIBITION ON SCREEN • Vermeer (12/8 & 12/22) • Can You Ever Forgive Me? (TBD)
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