1 hour 48 minutes

(R) The third installment in the lives of Jesse and Celine (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy)–previously explored in BEFORE SUNRISE (1995) and BEFORE SUNSET (2004)–finds the couple in their early 40's and on summer vacation in Greece. The focus is on the "post-honeymoon" phase of a relationship where bonding is tested through doubt, intimacy, faithfulness and children. It's refreshing to see a sequel which offers something new about the characters involved–and whose title isn't followed by a number or Roman numeral.

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A 6 month exploration into the art form of film making. RRT will focus on one director each month, presenting two works that are meant to widen the viewer's perspective. A panel discussion with film scholars, critics and local filmmakers will follow each film. Our September Director is Steven Spielberg and the two films that will be presented are DUEL(1971) on September 24 and JAWS(1975) on September 26.

1 hour 26 minutes

(R) Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she¹s not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren't really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. FRANCES HA is a modern comic fable that explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption.

2 hours 10 minutes

(PG-13) Rural Arkansas: along the Mississippi River. Two teenage boys (Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland) discover a fugitive (Matthew McConaughey) looking to elude bounty hunters and link-up with his girlfriend (Reese Witherspoon). Skeptical but intrigued, the kids agree to help him. With a Mark Twain influenced ambiance, writer/director Jeff Nichols pieces together a stunning mosaic–having elements of poverty, youth, loss of innocence, love and violence. McConaughey gives a marvelous, award-worthy performance.

1 hour 41 minutes

[IN THE SIMCHIK CINEMA] (R) Northern Ireland in the early 1990's. When caught planting a bomb, IRA activist and single mother Collette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough) is given the choice of going to prison for 25 years or informing on her militant brothers. Suspenseful storytelling ensues as director James Marsh (MAN ON WIRE) builds an alarming atmosphere of tension and foreboding. Co-stars include Clive Owen and Gillian Anderson.

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The Woodstock Lumber Mill, of Woodstock, New Hampshire, was built along the Pemigewasset River in 1907 and operated until 1913, when it burnt down on August 14th of that year. In 2011 Brian Bollinger, of Bollinger Edgerly Scale Trains, was contracted to build an HO scale (1:87) replica of this lumber mill for Robert Liljistrand. Robert's family used to lease land to the Woodstock Lumber Mill back when it was still in operation. Brian teamed up with Jim Harr, of Stella Scale Models, to build this museum quality structure for Bob. Find out what it was like to log the timbers of the great White Mountains of New Hampshire during the turn of the century in this documentary style video including interviews with Bill Gove — who has published a number of books on logging in the White Mountains, Stuart Wallace — a professor of History at the University of New Hampshire in Manchester, Bill Mellett, a local long time resident of Woodstock and Mike Levesque, a 5th generation logger. Then join Brian and Jim to see how one of these long lost lumber mills was painstakingly recreated in miniature form.

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Quality cinema for children (and those who love them) chosen by internationally-acclaimed children's author Tomie dePaola. (A filmed intro by the author will precede each film.) We start with National Velvet (1944, 123 mins.) on 6/15 followed by Red Balloon (1956, 34mins) & White Mane (1953, 40 mins) on 6/29, Lassie Come Home (1943, 89 mins) on 7/13, and ending the series with Chaplin's The Gold Rush (w/live music by Jeff Rapsis) on 7/27.

1 hour 39 minutes

(R) A contemporary reimagining of Henry James' novel, WHAT MAISIE KNEW tells the story of a captivating little girl's struggle for grace in the midst of her parents' bitter custody battle. Told through the eyes of the title's heroine, Maisie navigates this ever-widening turmoil with a six-year-old's innocence, charm and generosity of spirit.

1 hour 39 minutes

See bold, exciting films that push the boundaries of visceral entertainment. Returning on Friday, June 21 the XTREME FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES with JOHN DIES AT THE END. Two college drop-outs (Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes) stumble across a new street narcotic (called soy sauce) that opens their minds, figuratively and literally, to another world where the present, past and future are never really clear. And then the shape-shifting creatures….. Loopy, chaotic craziness from writer/director Don Coscarelli (PHANTASM and BUBBA HO-TEP).