European film series kicks off at Chatham’s Crandell Theater CHATHAM — A heavy metal-loving construction worker is fan hired to help build the world’s biggest statue of Christ — yes, bigger than Rio’s mountaintop mammoth — for a Polish village. He’s helping guide the giant Jesus head toward the statue’s neck. Suddenly, there’s a horrible…
The Venerable W.
Today: 7:00pm
Buddhist monk, Ashin Wirathu, preaches hate against Myanmar’s Muslim minority, the Rohingya. Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder’s interview with the fanatical W and his adoring disciples has been featured at major film festivals the world over.
“A NY Times Critics Pick, the third in his Trilogy of Evil, Barbet Schroeder has made yet another compelling documentary that demands to be seen. In The Venerable W., Barbet Schroeder completes a “trilogy of evil” with a seemingly unlikely subject: a Buddhist monk.” — New York TimesBuy Tickets more…
Voted Best Local Movie Theatre – Again!
posted on June 28, 2019
On Thursday, June 27 the Best of Columbia County Awards were presented at PS21 in Chatham. For the fifth year in a row, The Crandell was voted “Best Local Movie Theatre” in Columbia County. Thank you to everyone who voted for us! For the past six years, the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce and Columbia-Greene…
WAMC Interview with Tales of Europe Film Curator Larry Kardish
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Listen to Joe Donahue’s interview with Larry Kardish, co-artistic director of the Crandell’s annual film festival FilmColumbia, former senior curator for film at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, and curator of the Tales of Europe Film series for the Crandell. Tales of Europe returns to Chatham for the second year with a series of…
Film Schedule for Tales of Europe
July 12-18
posted on June 4, 2019
Tales of Europe returns to Chatham for the second year with a lively and provocative series of five feature-length and seven short award-winning films made by European filmmakers who journey to Greenland, Morocco and Myanmar to tell their tales. Each of these noteworthy films debuted over the last year in top international festivals such as…