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Support the Crandell Renovation

In November 2024, the Crandell Theatre temporarily closed to begin its much anticipated renovation and restoration project. The theater will return to its original Spanish Renaissance splendor but the renovation will also bring several much-needed improvements, including new seating, remodeled and expanded bathrooms, a larger lobby and a new cafe, and state-of-the-art lighting, projection and sound. Many historic features, such as three dozen of the original 1926 balcony seats, will also be refurbished and reinstalled as valuable pieces of  living history. We are part way to our fundraising goal but we still need your help to make all of this happen.

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The theater will remain closed during construction and is expected to reopen in Fall 2025, in time for this grand old lady’s 100th anniversary in 2026.

Take a virtual fly through the theater and see the progress so far:

 

For all videos and updates to date, click below to read more in our Construction Diary.

Construction Diary 

During renovation construction, the Crandell will offer seasonal special events and film programs at various off-site regional locations. See the film listings below for upcoming off-site programming.

The temporary Crandell office is located nearby at 2 Park Row in Chatham.

The Board of Directors and Crandell staff wish to thank the many donors and members who have helped make this renovation and restoration possible.  We look forward to welcoming you back to our much-improved facility in 2025.

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Oscar Shorts: Documentary

Rated: NR 159 min
Showing: Saturday, February 22 7:00pm

This annual pre-Oscars feature—produced by ShortsTV for the past 17 years and the largest commercial release of short films on the planet—showcases Oscar-nominated short films in three categories on the big screen. While the Crandell is closed for construction, we are thrilled to partner with Chatham’s PS21 to screen the Documentary and Live-Action Shorts.

“These programs treat movie-lovers to an unpredictable batch of films from all over the world, with a wide variety of themes, tones and textures.” — Collin Souter, RogerEbert.com
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FilmColumbia24 Films Receive 21 Oscar Nominations

posted on February 7, 2025

Congratulations, FilmColumbia fans! Your Audience Choice Award-winning film, Emilia Pérez, received 13 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress. You know how to pick them! A total of seven films shown at this year’s festival also received nominations, including Flow, Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat, No Other Land, Memoir of a Snail, A Real Pain and the Brazilian film I’m Still Here. The performance of that film’s Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated star, Fernanda Torres (top left, above), helped secure the film’s additional nominations for Best International Feature AND for Best Picture. Said Laurance Kardish, FilmColumbia Co-Executive and Co-Artistic Director, “As soon as the Oscar nominations were announced, the Cannes Film Festival sent out an email crowing that eight of the films it premiered in May got thirty-five nominations. FilmColumbia featured seven films at the Crandell in October…

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