Greenfield Garden Cinema
FREE St. Patrick’s Day Show: Michael Collins sponsored by Fitzgerald Real Estate
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesWhat better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than having a Guiness at the GARDEN and watching a Fitzgerald Real Estate's FREE show of the 1996 classic Michael Collins (R) starring Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Alan Rickman, Aidan Quinn and a host of fine Irish actors. Nominated for Academy Awards for best cinematography and original dramatic score the film also scored Liam Neeson a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. Also check out the poster for extras that the Garden salvaged in a Dublin antique shop outside the manager's office. After the disastrous defeat of Irish rebels by superior UK forces during the Easter Rising, Michael Collins develops new strategies for the independence of Ireland. His tactics include what is now recognized as urban guerrilla tactics and organized assassinations of those Irish who work as informers for the UK government, and later members of British intelligence. Although Collins is conflicted about the necessity of this violent course, by 1921 the British are willing to negotiate. Sinn Fein President Eamon de Valera sends a reluctant Collins to London to negotiate a settlement. When Collins returns with a compromise of a partitioned Ireland and an Irish Free State, not a Republic, within…
First Mondays Silent Film Series: Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesJoin us for our First Monday Silent Film Series in February for Flesh and the Devil starring John Gilbert in one of his best-known films, a young Greta Garbo in one of her first big roles and Lars Hanson who you may remember from November's showing of the Scarlet Letter. Live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis. Directed by Clarence Brown based on Herman Sudermannn's novel The Undying Past this 1926 film was selected in 2006 for preservation on the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
First Monday Silent Film Series: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesGet ready for Easter with our first Monday silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc. A French film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dryer and starring Maria Falconetti. A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom. The Village Voice ranked it the eighth greatest film of the 20th century in a 2000 poll of critics. In January 2002, the film was ranked 69th on the list of the Top 100 Essential Films of All Time by the National Society of Film Critics. The film was ranked 64th on the list of "100 Greatest Films" by the prominent French magazine Cahiers du cinéma in 2008. The Passion of Joan of Arc has appeared on Sight & Sound magazine's top ten films poll five times: as number seven in 1952 and 1972, as number ten (Critic's List)…
First Monday Silent Film Series: Safety Last!
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesCelebrate April Fools Day with our last First Monday Silent Film until the Fall. See Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis in Safety Last! With musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis. When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself. See the comedic genius Harold Llyod is a master of physical comedy and this is his best known film. See the beautiful Mildred Davis in one of her last films. The Library of Congress added Safety Last! to its National Film Registry in 1994. The American Film Institute nominated the film for both their 1998 and 2007 lists of AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies. It was also nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs. It placed #97 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 97% from 70 reviews, with the consensus: "Persuasive enough to give audiences acrophobia when they aren't laughing at Harold Lloyd's antics, Safety Last! is a marvel of visual effects and slapstick comedy."
Liberty Tax Free Holiday Film Series: Gremlins (1984)
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesAt 10AM the Liberty Tax FREE Holiday movie series continues with Gremlins (1984) PG at the Greenfield Garden Cinemas. This Steven Spielberg produced and Chris Columbus directed holiday classic features Howie Mandel as Gizmo, Zach Gallian as Billy, Phoebe Cates as Kate and fun ensemble cast including Corey Feldman Judge Reinhold, Harry Carey Jr. and others. Be careful what you get for Christmas. After receiving a mogwai for the holidays Billy is not great at following the rules. Miniature green monsters tear through the small town of Kingston Falls. Hijinks ensue as a mild-mannered bank teller releases these hideous loonies after gaining a new pet and violating two of three simple rules: No water (violated), no food after midnight (violated), and no bright light. Hilarious mayhem and destruction in a town straight out of Norman Rockwell. So, when your washing machine blows up or your TV goes on the fritz, before you call the repair man, turn on all the lights and look under all the beds. 'Cause you never can tell, there just might be a gremlin in your house.
The Garden’s 1st Ever Ugly Sweater Contest
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesWear your ugliest Christmas/Holiday sweater to the GARDEN and get $1OFF any size popcorn! The ugliest sweater of the day will win a family four pack of passes!
Liberty Tax Free Holiday Film Series: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesAt 10AM the Liberty Tax FREE Holiday movie series concludes on Christmas Eve Eve with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) PG-13 This is a great opportunity to get those last-minute greenfield garden gift cards. After all a greenfield garden gift card is Santa's favorite stocking stuffer! Directed by John Hughes Christmas Vacation stars Chevy Chase (Caddyshack) as Clark Griswald, Beverly D'Angelo (Violent Night) as Ellen Griswald, Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers) as Audrey Griswald, Johnny Galecki (Big Bang Theory) as Rusty Griswald with appearances by Diane Ladd (Chinatown), E.G. Marshal (12 Angry Men), Doris Roberts (Everybody Love Raymond), John Randolph (Serpico), Randy Quaid (Independance Day), Julia Louise-Dreyfus (Seinfeld) and Nicolette Scorsese (Boxing Helena). It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Duckworld! & Migration at the GARDEN
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesFrom noon to 7pm our friends at Duckworld Rescue and Sanctuary at the Ripley Farm in Montague will be at the theater with live Mallard ducks! They may even have some duck bling while supplies last. See the Illumination movie Migration in 2D or 3D and see real live ducks in our lobby.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesCome on Christmas Eve Eve at 11AM for the 1965 holiday Classic A Charlie Brown Christmas. At just under half an hour this is the perfect way to introduce small children to the movie experience. You can also get those last-minute Greenfield GARDEN gift cards. Remember Santa's favorite stocking stuffer is a Greenfield GARDEN gift card. Watch all the fun of the peanuts gang celebrating the holiday and listen as Linus tells us the real meaning of Christmas. From a chorus of Hark the Herald Angels Sing to Sally's letter to Santa, you will laugh and cry remembering the joys of your youth. Pass the tradition on to a new generation.
New Years Day Silent Film: The Gold Rush (1925) with Charlie Chaplin & accompanist Jeff Rapsis
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesStart the New Year off right with musical guest Jeff Rapsis accompanying the silent film Charlie Chaplin winter classic The Gold Rush (1925) at the Greenfield Garden Cinemas. Passed 1hr 35 minutes. A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm. S=Written, Produced and directed by Charles Chaplin (Modern Times) who stars in his Little Tramp persona, and featuring Mack Swain (Gentlemen Prefer Blonds), Georgia Hale (The Great Gatsby), and a host of Chaplin film regulars. The Gold Rush was critically acclaimed upon its release, and continues to be one of Chaplin's most celebrated works; Chaplin himself cited it several times as the film for which he most wanted to be remembered. The American Film Institute includes it as one of the top 100 films ever made and has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
60th Anniversary of My Fair Lady
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesEnjoy Isaac's favorite musical. A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. Based of the play Pygmalion. CAST: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett DIRECTOR: George Cukor RUN TIME: 170 min
FREE SHOW: She’s A Good Skate Charlie Brown
Greenfield Garden Cinema 361 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United StatesLooking for something to do with the little ones on MLK, Jr. Weekend? Introduce them to the movies with this Free 28-minute show of the rarely seen She's a Good Skate Charlie Brown. This 1980's Peanuts special focuses on Peppermint Patty and her figure skating coach Snoopy. Featuring intruding hockey players and a costume assist by Marcie this is a feel-good film. Have fun explaining to your kids what a cassette deck is! Lighthearted fun with popcorn outside of the cold. A great time for all. Open to kids of all ages.