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French auteur Jacques Tati's Playtime is a genre-less collection of scenes observing the absurd and often comedic banalities of everyday modern life. The set, called "Tativille," was created with its own high-rises, offices, power plant, and airline terminal. The characters on screen interact with the glass and steel of the whimsical world, often disappearing and […]
You’ll work with award-winning horror film director Corey Norman to understand how suspense works, then build a series of shots that will bring terror to life. Don’t wear your best clothes for this session — lots of fake blood around! Open to Maine students ages 12 and up.
Vermont poet Ruth Stone is still not well known outside of the poetry world, though she won accolades and vaunted accolades such the National Book Award. Now, Vermont filmmaker Nora Jacobson, many of whose films have been favorites at the Maine International Film Festival, returns to Waterville with the premiere of a new feature, 12 […]
Three beloved films starring the late, great Sidney Poitier: the first Black winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. All three screenings are on Wednesdays, January 19 and February 9 & 16, at 7:00 p.m. Regular admission prices apply. In the Heat of the Night Best Picture Oscar-winner (as well as winner of four […]
One showing only! Teamed with a relentlessly cheerful producer (Andie MacDowell) and a smart-aleck cameraman (Chris Elliott), TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities, an assignment he's not exactly thrilled about. But on his way out of town, Phil is caught in a giant […]
One Night Only! Recently nominated for 10 Oscars, Dune returns to Railroad Square for one night only. With a cast that’s topped by Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, and Charlotte Rampling, “Dune reminds us what a Hollywood blockbuster can be” (Xan Brooks, Guardian). (PG-13, 155 min., 2021) Regular admission prices apply. For more information […]
Maine Film Center requires proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test and masking at all indoor events. Details here. FREE FOR MEMBERS Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the celebrated annual festival presented by Film at Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films, returns for its 27th edition with a lineup that exemplifies the variety and vitality of contemporary […]
For one night only, we bring back the poignant comedy Everything is Illuminated, about a young man exploring his Jewish heritage in a visit to Ukraine. Elijah Wood plays Jonathan, a spectacled neurotic American intent on finding the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. The film starts as a humorous road movie, then […]
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, Maidan chronicles the civil uprising that toppled the government of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovich in 2014 in "The Revolution of Dignity." Filmed in stunning long takes without commentary, Maidan is a record of a momentous historical event and an extraordinary study of the popular uprising as a social, […]
Join us April 11, 8 p.m. for a community conversation about the new film, Revolution from Afar. Program partners Black Public Media, Maine Film Center, Maine Public Television, and Indigo Arts Alliance are excited to host this virtual panel discussion, featuring director Bentley Brown, artists Khadega Mohammed, Nyamuon aka “Moon” Nguany Machar, and moderator Hana Baba, as we engage […]
Scroll down for schedule of Pride screenings in June. Walk With Me One Night Only for PRIDE! Post-film video discussion with director and cast. In Isabela del Rosi’s beguiling coming-out film, comfortable New Yorker Amber Evans leaves her husband and so needs to find a new apartment. She finds that—and also something quite unexpected to […]
One Show Only! Very recently, the "real-life" Erin Brockovich visited Central Maine to help throw her support to the fight and clean-up efforts made against dangerous PFAS in Fairfield. But Erin Brockovich became a household name in large part for the similar fight she waged in this crackerjack movie, based on an environmental disaster of […]
Turquoise Jones is a single mom who holds down a household, a rebellious teenager, and pretty much everything that goes down at Wayman's BBQ & Lounge. In Fort Worth, Texas, Turquoise is also a bona fide beauty queen: she was once crowned Miss Juneteenth, a title commemorating the day slaves in Texas were freed, two […]
Special advanced screening of the 2010 viral video turned family-friendly feature film, courtesy of A24 Films. Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a […]
Maine International Film Festival Passes + packages are now available for MIFF25! July 8-17 in Waterville, Maine. This year’s incredible artwork is from All Over It, paying homage to our home base at Railroad Square Cinema! Thanks to Waterville Creates, Colby College, and the Lawry Family Foundation. Click for Tickets and Schedule: MIFF.org.
Join us for the closing reception of Abbott Meader’s exhibition A Rock Made Out of Stone. Light refreshments will be served from 5:00 to 6:00, with a selection of Meader’s short films to be screened starting at 6:00.
One screening only! Politics got you down? Well, it could be a lot worse. On Election Day we're showing 2006's Idiocracy, "easily the most potent political film of the year" (Reihan Salam, Slate). Despite having never benefitted from a wide release or big studio marketing budget, Mike Judge's follow-up to Office Space has earned its place as one […]
In preparation for our relocation to the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville, we're announcing the final film series at our Railroad Square Cinema location, “The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship.” Running Nov. 12-23, the film series includes several fan favorites, important milestones in cinema history, and interactive screenings. The series is named […]
Met Opera Live in HD: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi! Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in Michael Mayer’s vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy. Tenor Stephen Costello is her self-centered lover, Alfredo, alongside baritone Luca Salsi as his disapproving father, and Maestro Daniele Callegari on the podium. TICKETS […]
We’re starting a new chapter in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center with free holiday films. The more the merrier! December 17: The Muppet Christmas Carol (10:30, pictured) and Miracle on 34th Street* (1:00) December 18: Fiddler on the Roof (noon) December 19: Gremlins December 20: Bridget Jones’s Diary December 21: Monty Python’s The Meaning […]
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is “the Greatest Film of All Time.” In a stunning surprise, Chantal Akerman’s feminist masterpiece just won the Sight and Sound poll of over 1400 global film critics’ once-every-decade vote for that honor, knocking off past winners Vertigo (2012 winner) and Citizen Kane (winner of the previous […]
In the first image of the incredibly great documentary All That Breathes, the camera slowly takes us into the rain-soaked, dirty, unpaved streets of Delhi, India, where, by the end of the shot, we’ve gone from disgust to delight—the ugly streets are actually teeming with animal life! We are now ready to join brothers Nadeem […]
Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and John Heffernan (Dracula) lead the cast in Shakespeare’s rom-com of sun, sea, and mistaken identity. The legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riveria has been visited by artists, celebrities, and royalty. But when the owner’s daughter weds a dashing young soldier, not all guests are in the mood […]
There's nothing like a good monster movie. When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay (Julie Adams). The stunning underwater […]
NATIONAL POPCORN DAY National Popcorn Day is Thursday, January 19! Celebrate with the Maine Film Center - they're offering FREE small bags of popcorn that day!