Chasing Trane traces the great saxophonist/composer’s career from his hardscrabble childhood in North Carolina and Philadelphia to his days playing with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.

Upon finishing her schooling in a convent Jeanne, a young aristocrat, marries a local Viscount. But marriage is not all it’s cracked up to be. Adapted from the novel Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant, A Woman’s Life is a tale of love embedded in the social and moral codes of marriage and family in 19th century Normandy.

Saturday and Sunday, July 15 and 16 at 4pm at the Art Sanctuary in Martinsville The Rural Route Film Festival was created to highlight works that deal with unique people and places outside of the bustle of the city. Taking in a Rural Route program is like choosing the road less travelled, and learning something […]

A successful Bangkok architect in the midst of a midlife crisis is reunited with an elephant he knew growing up.

It’s a shame no one wants to talk to them at parties, because obituary writers are a surprisingly funny bunch.

The musicians of the Buena Vista Social Club exposed the world to Cuba’s vibrant culture with their landmark 1997 album. Now, against the backdrop of Cuba’s captivating musical history, hear the band’s story as they reflect on their remarkable careers and the extraordinary circumstances that brought them together.

A railway worker in Bulgaria finds a sack full of money in this “incisive, funny cinematic parable.” – NY Times

From the juke joints to the church, up the mountain and down the bayou, I AM THE BLUES transports you to the Mississippi crossroads together with the last legends of the blues.

Tomorrow showcases alternative and creative ways of viewing agriculture, economics, energy and education. It offers constructive solutions to act on a local level to make a difference on a global level.

Shades of Patricia Highsmith and Claude Chabrol infuse this thinking person’s thriller set on the picturesque French/Swiss border starring two of France’s most celebrated actresses.

Two of France’s most distinguished stars, Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot, share the screen in The Midwife. Claire is a tireless midwife whose sense of pride and responsibility clash with the depersonalised efficiency of modern hospitals. One day she receives a strange phone call, a voice from the past. Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), the extravagant and frivolous mistress of her late father, has pressing news and wants to see her again.

Back By Popular Demand! – 3 Night Only! Cézanne Et Moi traces the parallel paths of post-impressionist painter Paul Cézanne and novelist Émile Zola, from school pals in Aix-en-Provence to working artists in the rowdy art world of 19th-century Paris.

Afterimage is the final film by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, who died last year at the age of 90. In a career already marked by many illustrious films, including Ashes and Diamonds, Afterimage is a late masterpiece.

Bring a blanket. Bring the dog. And watch free screenings of classic films in Bloomington’s parks.

In a middle school classroom in Czechoslovakia in 1983, a new teacher asks each student to stand up, introduce themselves and tell her what their parents do for a living. It slowly becomes clear that the pupils’ grades are related to how willing their parents are to helping her out with her errands, her housecleaning, and other random services.

Amanda and John teach English and Rock ’n’ Roll at a Hogwarts-like boarding school in Ireland. This eccentric couple have worked magic in hilarious fashion on children for nearly 50 years, but leaving is the hardest lesson to learn.

Cate Blanchett plays 13 characters in 13 unique vignettes in this amazing collaboration between the Oscar winning actress and German visual artist Julian Rosefeldt. From a raging homeless man to a stock exchange drone, from an elementary school teacher to future-world scientist, Blanchett brings each character to life with a diamond-sharp ferocity.

Sidemen: Long Road to Glory provides an intimate look into the incredible lives of three of the last Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf sidemen: piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin. These legendary bluesmen, who performed and recorded into their 80’s and 90’s, played a significant role in shaping […]

Go behind the scenes of the Paris Opera, where backstage dramas, crises, and triumphs play out each night before the curtain rises. In turns ironic, light-hearted and cruel, encompassing both music and ballet, The Paris Opera shines the spotlight on great artistic passions and tells the story of life backstage at this iconic and indispensable performing arts institution.

Once upon a time, villagers in a tiny hill town of Monticchiello in Tuscany came up with a remarkable way to confront their issues: they turned their lives into a play. Every summer, their piazza became their stage. “All the world’s a stage, but in Monticchiello that truism is movingly real.” -The New York Times

When the women’s balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, the women in the congregation confront patriarchal power in this rousing, culture-clash comedy.

Marjorie Prime stars the great character actress Lois Smith. (You might not recognize her name, but you’ve seen her in dozens of movies going back to East of Eden – how many actors working today can say they appeared opposite James Dean?)