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2019 MOVIE SHOWTIMES PROGRAM CHANGE 3 DAILY! July 31 - August 15 July 31 - August 15

We will be closed July 30th for Billy's 50th Birthday! Comedy Classic! Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play struggling musicians on the run from the mob, who disguise themselves as women, to join an all female band. And Marilyn Monroe is Sugar Kane, the bombshell lead singer, who Wed 7/31 6:00 gets all the hearts thumping in Billy Wilder's screwball 1959 comedy. "One of the enduring treasures of the movies, Thu. 8/1 9:00 a film of inspiration and meticulous craft." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times (NR, 121m) "A fascinating documentary about ragtag political activists making fundamentally serious mockery at a high level of media savvy." -Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal When members of the Satanic Temple organize a series of public actions designed to advocate for religious freedom and challenge corruption, they prove that with little more Wed 7/31 9:00 than a clever idea, a mischievous sense of humor, and a few rebellious friends, you can speak truth to power in some Thu. 8/1 6:25 truly profound ways. "Religious plurality is a cornerstone of constitutional freedom, and sometimes it takes a protester wearing Day-Glo-pink horns to remind us of that." -Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out (R, 95m) Special Guest Event! The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives, were born at General Magic, Fri. 8/2 8:50 a secretive Silicon Valley start-up that shipped the first "smartphone" in 1994. While the device and company ultimately Sat. 8/3 6:00 failed, the team behind General Magic has gone on to change the lives of billions. Chautauqua's own Megan Smith Sun. 8/4 3:15 was a part of that team, and will attend the Sunday and Monday screenings. "As a literal origin story about how we live today, it's a captivating history lesson with global appeal." -Nick Schager, Variety (PG, 93m) Mon. 8/5 6:00 Films For Change Series! FREE ADMISSION! Five friends set out through the unknown wilds of the Texas borderlands on a twelve hundred mile adventure to explore the potential impacts of a border wall on the natural environment. But as the wilderness gives way to the more populated and heavily trafficked Lower Rio Grande Valley, Sun. 8/4 6:00 they come face-to-face with the human side of the immigration debate. "Compelling, gorgeously shot, super-timely... required viewing" -Gary Goldstein, LA Times (Presented in co-operation with Drs. Carol and Larry Rizzolo. 100m) Jack Malik (Himesh Patel, EastEnders) is a struggling singer-songwriter, whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie (Lily James). After a freak bus accident Fri. 8/2 6:00 during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed...presenting a Sat. 8/3 8:30 very interesting problem indeed. Directed by Danny Boyle (). "Invites the audience, along with the Sun. 8/4 8:45 characters on screen, to hear some of the finest songs ever written for the very first time."-Ann Hornaday, Washington Mon. 8/5 3:00 8:45 Post "Great fun with a great premise!" -Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail (PG-13, 112m) A stunningly photographed and utterly fascinating testament to the immense complexity of nature, The Biggest Little Farm follows Molly and John Chester as they pursue their dream to develop a natural, sustainable, systemically Tue. 8/6 9:00 integrated farm on 200 acres of land outside of Los Angeles. "A thoughtful and often profoundly moving portrait of the Wed. 8/7 3:45 6:15 remarkable work involved in producing mindful food." -Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly "In a time when climate news is near-uniformly depressing, this is a nature documentary that pays loving and hopeful tribute to the complex Thu. 8/8 6:15 web of life." -Sara Stewart, New York Post (PG, 91m) Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them Tue. 8/6 6:00 behind. Director Joe Talbot's "magnificent debut often feels like something utterly new." -Inkoo Kang, Slate "A story Wed. 8/7 8:45 about gentrification, but that word hardly captures the movie's mystery and its heartbeat."-Stephanie Zacharek, TIME Magazine "A poetic and picturesque ode to the title city, to friendship and to the universal urge to find a place to call Thu. 8/8 3:15 8:45 home." -Peter Howell, Toronto Star (R, 120m) In the conclusion to Pixar's much loved series, a new toy called "Forky," voiced by Tony Hale, joins Woody and Fri. 8/9 6:00 the gang for a road trip alongside old and new friends. "As an ode to spunk, ingenuity, teamwork, storytelling and Sat. 8/10 6:00 animation artistry, Toy Story 4 fires on every spirited cylinder." -Ann Hornaday, Washington Post "An emotionally Sun. 8/11 6:00 rewarding film." -Mark Daniel, Toronto Sun "It's hugely enjoyable and speaks, with bewitching buoyancy, to nothing less than the purpose of living and the mystery of life." -Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal (G, 100m) Mon. 8/12 6:00 Films For Change Series! FREE ADMISSION! In 2015, Larycia Hawkins, a black, female professor at a prominent Christian college wore a hijab to show support for Muslims feeling targeted in the wake of terror attacks, and stated that Sun. 8/11 3:30 Christians and Muslims worship the same God. The firestorm that followed exposed the rifts among evangelicals over race, Islam and religious freedom. (Presented in co-operation with Drs. Carol and Larry Rizzolo. 95m) Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in this look at the final days of playwright William Shakespeare. Co-Stars Ian McKellen and Judi Dench. "A fresh look at Shakespeare, behind the guise, flaws and all. And if ever there was a man Fri. 8/9 8:40 for that job, it's Branagh." -Adam Graham, Detroit News "Shuns the idea of the Bard as a literary rock star to find the Sat. 8/10 8:40 flawed, touchingly human man inside." -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone " A poignant portrait of a man whose painful and Sun. 8/11 8:40 belated acquisition of self-knowledge finally saves him and enriches everybody around him. If Shakespeare wasn't like Mon. 8/12 3:00 8:40 this, he should have been." -Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald (PG-13, 101m) Academy Award winner Ron Howard's film gives us a look into the life and work of opera legend,Luciano Pavarotti, featuring history-making performances, intimate interviews and never-before-seen footage. "Reinforces the image of Tue. 8/13 2:30 Pavarotti as a robust man who loved life." -Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times "The singer's optimism is contagious, Wed. 8/14 6:00 9:00 and his schoolboy-like wonder is jubilant. There's a lot to smile at here." -Ken Jaworowski, New York Times "A warm, Thu. 8/15 3:00 6:00 emotional and completely involving film." -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times (PG-13, 114m) Chautauquan Bestor Cram's new documentary reveals Puerto Rico's history and relationship with the United States, through the eyes of Juan Segarra, a Harvard educated man who chose to embrace the independence movement and Tue. 8/13 5:30 The Last American Colony become a member of Los Macheteros, a group dedicated to achieving its goals through armed struggle. Bestor will host Q&A after the screening (NR, 90m) One-of-a-kind filmmaker 's (Brazil, ) much anticipated return to the screen stars Adam Driver as Toby, a cynical advertising director who finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish Tue. 8/13 8:45 shoe-maker (Jonathan Pryce) who believes himself to be Don Quixote. "Witty, goofy, and glorious!" -Brian Tallerico, Wed. 8/14 2:45 RogerEbert.com "An exquisitely bonkers fantasy adventure." -Matt Donato, Atom Insider "An exuberant, not always Thu. 8/15 9:00 disciplined work of critical appropriation." -A.O. Scott, New York Times (NR, 132m) COMING SOON: ECHO IN THE CANYON MAIDEN THUNDER ROAD TONI MORRISON GREEN BOOK THE FAREWELL