Category Archives: Movies

Rosewater- March 23, 2015 For those of us who watch “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart, the arrival of his first directed movie Rosewater is something to anticipate. Unlike the satire of his show however, Stewart delivers a taut, gripping … Continue reading →

  It’s said that politics make strange bedfellows, and Pride may be one of the strangest, most amusing, and moving combination of all. In the midst of the government tightening of Maggie Thatcher’s England in the 1980’s, a group of … Continue reading →

  In this December-December romance, recently widowed Fred (Christopher Plummer) is forced to move his home to New Orleans where his curmudgeonly spirit just wants to be left alone. Although he’s play this type of part before, Plummer is outstanding … Continue reading →

What would You do? On Monday, February 9th at 7PM, Spinning Reels screens Force Majeure, which will pose that question. A typical, ordinary family is enjoying a not uncommon European  family trip- skiing in the French Alps- until they are … Continue reading →

A witty and resonant blend of light comedy and adult drama, My Old Lady is, in every sense, the product of a master storyteller. Kevin Kline (The Big Chill, A Prairie Home Companion) plays New Yorker Mathias who journeys to … Continue reading →

  Last seen together touring the finest restaurants of Northern England’s Lake District in the Film Circuit favourite The Trip, the dynamic duo of Steve Coogan (Philomena, Alan Partridge) and Rob Brydon (Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story) returns … Continue reading →

What says holiday season more than a film which is a thoughtful, heartbreaking, and beautifully realized ode to love, family, and both the struggles and rewards of age? Please join us on Monday, December 8th as Spinning Reels presents Love … Continue reading →

Hiding in plain sight? Vivian Maier, was a career nanny who has earned a posthumous reputation as one of America’s most accomplished and insightful street photographers with an uncanny ability to get close to people from all walks of life. … Continue reading →

Does the past truly inform our present? We’ll examine that question and many others with our next film Ida on Monday, November 10. A film Roger Ebert says is “Riveting, original and breathtakingly accomplished on every level…a masterpiece in any … Continue reading →

In an acting tour-de-force, Mia Wasikowska (Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Albert Nobbs) portrays twenty-seven-year-old Robyn Davidson who crossed the desert of Australia in a journey of self-discovery. This 2,700 kilometer ‘walk’ from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean requires to … Continue reading →