Events Tagged with 'film'

Thelma tells the story of a 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a con artist on the phone who pretends to be her grandson. With help from a friend and his motorized scooter, she soon embarks on a treacherous journey across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her. The action-comedy film made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and features June Squibb in her first starring role opposite the late Richard Roundtree. Delicious meal options are also available as an add-on from Adelita! See https://theumbrellaarts.org/performing-arts/films-umbrella

Enjoy the best of classic, independent, and foreign films curated by The Concord Film Project, with pre-show dinner options.

In this acclaimed satire, Monk is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own -- a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Tickets: $10.  Optional pre-ordered dinner at 6:30. Film tickets and additional concessions available at the door. Delicious meal options are available as an add-on from Adelita!

Realizing that they share common foes in Margaret Thatcher, the police, and the conservative press, London-based gay and lesbian activists lend their support to striking miners in 1984 Wales. Dramedy • 2 hrs 14 mins • Rated R.  Optional pre-ordered dinner at 6:30; Film tickets and additional concessions available at the door.  Delicious meal options are available as an add-on from Saltbox Kitchen

Join Randall Warniers for a talk about Twenty Classic Feature Animations and Why They Are Good for You! Short animated films—cartoons—have entertained audiences for over a century. In 1937 Walt Disney elevated the genre when his studio released the first feature-length animation—Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs— to widespread acclaim and box-office success.

Join filmmaker Raouf Zaki on September 27 for a screening of his film Dream, in celebration of Blindness Awareness Month. Frank, an autistic man, loses his parents to COVID-19. He visits a petting zoo where he meets Daisy, a blind woman with dreams of sailing solo. Immersing himself in the world of the blind, Frank experiences how they rely on their other senses through activities such as fencing, and begins to face his own fears. 

Enjoy the best of classic, independent, and foreign films curated by The Concord Film Project at The Umbrella Arts Center, with pre-show dinner options. This December, join us for My Penguin Friend (2024, dir. David Schurmann, rated PG), a family-friendly film based on the true story of a lonely fisherman who unexpectedly finds companionship with a South American Magellan penguin.