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 [...]
WEST NEWTON CINEMA READS: A Night of Mystery at the West Newton Cinema Come celebrate the launch of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest “nail-biting” thriller, ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, with Newtonville Books at the historic [...]
TY BURR’S MOVIE CLUB is hosted by the nationally recognized film critic Ty Burr. Each month Ty presents and discusses one of his favorite films with the audience. His selections span the spectrum from classics [...]
Celebrate National Silent Movie Day with a showing of the vintage silent film "Snow White" (1916) at the nonprofit West Newton Cinema on Monday, September 29 at 7 pm. The event boasts a magical live [...]
The historic West Newton Cinema will celebrate Silent Movie Monday with a special live score screening of the 1916 silent film Snow White on Monday, September 29 at 7 pm. The vintage film was heroically [...]
Agathe (Camille Rutherford) works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris, where she dreams of becoming a successful writer and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel. Instead, she finds herself [...]
TY BURR’S MOVIE CLUB is hosted by the nationally recognized film critic Ty Burr. Each month Ty presents and discusses one of his favorite films with the audience. His selections span the spectrum from classics [...]
Join Historic Newton, West Newton Cinema, and Newton Cultural Alliance for a film showing and panel discussion of the original film “An Uncommon Education: The Allen School”. The panel will feature key members of the [...]