Big Bird is coming to the Island on Thursday, July 30.

Bob Mankoff is The New Yorker’s cartoon editor, and each week he evaluates thousands of cartoons. He is also the subject of the new documentary Very Semi-Serious, which screens Friday at the performing arts center. Mr. Mankoff, a cartoonist himself, will be on hand for a post-film discussion.

Watching Matthew Heineman’s new documentary Cartel Land is like visiting a meth lab in the desert on a dark night, being caught in the middle of a shootout between Mexican vigilantes and a drug cartel, and being a witness to torture.

The Vineyard is a place of rejuvenation and inspiration for actress Amy Brenneman and director Brad Silberling. “It becomes this very creative place where the stakes are artistically high and financially low for me to just mess around,” Ms. Brenneman said.

Two-time Academy Award winning documentarian Barbara Kopple will be on the Island tonight to present her newest feature Hot Type: 150 Years of the Nation at the Chilmark Community Center for the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival.

Plunging into shark-filled waters may sound like a nightmare, but for Chilmark summer residents Adam Geiger and Colette Beaudry, it’s just another day of work. The husband and wife film producing team's latest project, Sharks of the Shadowland, will premiere on Discovery’s Shark Week Friday night.