Join us at the West Newton Cinema on October 29th for a screening of War Game, followed by an engaging panel discussion. War Game immerses audiences in a high-stakes future-set simulation, exploring the threat posed [...]
Celebrate Halloween at the movies! Join us at the West Newton Cinema for a special screening of "Get Out" as part of our Political Horror screening series this October! About the Film: In Universal Pictures’ [...]
To honor the late, great David Lynch, Ty Burr’s Film Club will screen one of the director’s very best works, “Mulholland Drive” (2001), on February 6th at 6:30 p.m., with a discussion following. The film [...]
Join us for a screening of this 2022 documentary featuring the Newton South Debate Team. Set in the cutthroat, male-dominated world of high school debate, where tomorrow’s leaders are groomed, GIRL TALK tells the compelling [...]
This Valentine's Day, join the Gen X Movie Club for a special screening of Singles, writer-director Cameron (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Say Anything) Crowe’s Grunge-era romantic comedy that captures the trials, tribulations, and awkward [...]
The Pneumafractalist is about the life of autistic writer, actor and visual artist Harmon dot aut, who grew up in poverty in rural Kansas. Harmon was a spirited, creative and naïve child, and like many [...]
Made in Ethiopia takes viewers on an immersive journey into a rural Ethiopian town transformed by a sprawling Chinese industrial park. Over four years of exclusive access, the film captures the unfolding drama as the [...]
Join us after this screening for a very special Q&A with the director, Sandi DuBowski. A 39th generation ex-Orthodox rabbi embarks on a remarkable 21-year personal journey, also embracing life as a drag queen.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film's directors, Carter Oakley and Heather Hogan. ABOUT Death is inevitable, suffering may be optional. After three separate cancer diagnoses, and undergoing nauseating and difficult [...]
Q&A with Director Justin Schein and Chuck Collins, senior scholar at The Institute for Policy Studies, following the screening! DEATH & TAXES is a feature documentary about wealth, inequality and the American Dream, viewed through [...]
On August 27, 2024, thanks to the extraordinary support of over 1200 donors — including a transformational anchor gift — the West Newton Cinema Foundation purchased the historic Cinema, preventing its demolition, and began operating [...]
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (风流一代) is an ambitious, genre-blending film from acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke. Spanning over two decades, the film interlaces newly shot scenes with archival footage, fragments from Jia’s earlier films, and [...]