NASA’s chief scientist to talk about the Moon in Poughkeepsie
Wednesday, January 30: Vassar Brothers science lecture series to examine the Moon, Lyme disease & penguins.
Stage & Screen
Barry Jenkins does full justice to James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk
“If you trusted love this far, trust it all the way.” The author’s faith in his message, and Jenkins’ skill in bringing it to the screen, keep a story that is downbeat in its particulars upbeat in its ultimate tone.
On the Basis of Sex delivers mildly inspiring look at RBG’s early career
I wish I could muster up as much enthusiasm for this movie as I feel for its subject.
The Madness of George III screens at Upstate and Downing
Sunday, Jan. 20 and Monday, Jan. 21: The cast of this new production of the Alan Bennett play includes Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall, Coriolanus) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey, Upstairs Downstairs, After the Dance).
Film tribute to ski documentarian Warren Miller in Phoenicia
Friday-Sunday, January 18-20: Just after World War II, before skiing became a trendy and accessible sport in the US, a young man named Warren Miller, fresh out of the Navy, headed off to Sun Valley armed with an eight-millimeter movie camera and began documenting skiers in their element.
A couple of queens
Saoirse Ronan is incandescent as Mary Queen of Scots; Weisz & Stone are dazzlingly nasty in The Favourite.
Doors Live at the Bowl ’68 at Rosendale Theatre
Wednesday, Jan. 16: The historic performance has been painstakingly restored, using original camera negatives. The audio was remixed and mastered from original multitracks by the group’s engineer, Bruce Botnick.
Jason Momoa finds his wet heroic niche in Aquaman
Choosing the Game of Thrones’ hearthrob to portray Aquaman was a brilliant move that goes a long way toward mitigating the new film’s lackluster script.
No sympathy for the devil
Much of the comedy works in this film about Dick Cheney; the tragedy doesn’t.
Three great places to visit in Newburgh
Check out the Downing Film Center, Shelter House Café and the Newburgh Brewing Company.