Film
Films and Feast
This Saturday, Jan 7, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival throws open the doors of the Chilmark Community Center for another night of films and food. At 5 p.m. there is a program of short films for kids and at 6:30 p.m. Chris Fischer takes the stage with a farm fresh meal. Todd Christy provides his Chilmark Coffee and Amy Miller brings on the sweet treats.
Tonight the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is screening The Way at the Capawock Theatre in Vineyerd Haven.
The folks at Cinema Circus are hosting another winter screening to be held on Saturday, Jan. 7, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. The event includes food, activities and, of course, a series of short films. Earlier this week a screening of the films was arranged with two young Island cineastes to give the kids’-point-of-view on what’s good, great and not so much.
The review for this weekend’s kids’ movie comes from brother and sister team, Tristan and Charlotte Scott.
The Lost Thing
The Rap on Kid Critics Tristan and Charlotte Scott
Name: Tristan and Charlotte Scott
Ages: 7 1/2 and almost 5
School: Second grade and kindergarten at the Chilmark School
Pets: Two cockatiels named Nelly and Mary, a hamster named Chalissa, plus chickens, ducks, guinea hens, cows, sheep and pigs. And bees too.
Something new you are learning: Tristan - Rock and water cycles, and our life cycle too. Charlotte - numbers and letters. I’m also trying not to cry about small things.
Silent Film Celebrates Silent Film Era
The Artist is a movie that celebrates the silent film era even as it tells the story of its decline. The focus is on two stars of that era, an aging male lead and a rising actress, just as the medium is about to change and talkies become all the rage.
Film Festival Honored
Those living on or visiting Martha’s Vineyard have long recognized the Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival as a particular gem. Each year Richard Paradise, the director and founder, programs numerous series of movies all year round, culminating in the four-day festival each fall. The films are always ones you can’t see anywhere else; foreign films being a particular specialty of the festival.