Art House Café Film Series (click to see this weeks film)

This film series brings art house film flavor to your Tuesdays. Meet new friends and hear from special guests who are film experts. Enjoy light refreshments. Have a discussion after the film.  

Nov 3: The Inventor (2019) This HBO documentary charts the rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion dollar health tech company founded by Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that took it down. 1 hr, 59 min (TV-14)

Nov 10: Pressure In the 72 hours before the planned launch of D-Day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) faces an impossible decision. Does he go ahead with the plan, despite questionable weather, or hold off, which risks the invasion being discovered by the Nazis? Anthony Maras directed this tense drama that costars Andrew Scott and Kerry Condon. 1 hr, 40 min (PG-13)

Nov 17: Jazz on a Summer’s Day (1959) The Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 boasted a legendary lineup of musicians, from Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry, and Thelonious Monk to Mahalia Jackson singing “The Lord’s Prayer” at midnight. Directed by Bert Stern, this classic music documentary has been called “the greatest jazz film ever made.” 1 hr, 25 min (NR)

Nov 24: Fanny’s Journey (Le Voyage de Fanny) (2016) A young Jewish girl in a French orphanage is tasked with a dangerous responsibility when she must lead her friends from Nazi-occupied France to the safety of Switzerland. This amazing true story of courage in dire circumstances stars Léonie Souchaud and Fantine Harduin under the direction of Lola Doillon. In French with English subtitles. 1 hr, 34 min (NR)

Dec 1: Project Hail Mary (2026) A scientist (Ryan Gosling) and an alien creature must work together to save their planets from an interstellar threat. Well written, funny, moving, and uplifting, this is just one of the best movies in years. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film costars Sandra Hüller. James Ortiz deserves special mention for his stellar work as Rocky the alien. 2 hr, 36 min (PG-13)

Dec 8: Hadestown: The Musical (2026) Journey to the underworld and back with the Tony Award-winning musical, recorded live in London with the original Broadway leads. Writer Anaïs Mitchell tells the stories of Hades, Persephone, Orpheus, and Eurydice through American folk music and New Orleans jazz. 2 hr, 21 min (NR)

Dec 15: Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors (2015) In the hills of Tennessee, a family struggles to overcome poverty and tragedy in this heartwarming film based on the life of Dolly Parton. Alyvia Alyn Lind, Jennifer Nettles, and Ricky Schroder star under the direction of Stephen Herek. 1 hr, 21 min (TV-G)

Dec 22: “Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle” (1984) A battered old hat holds the clue to a missing jewel in this classic episode from the Granada adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, Jeremy Brett stars with David Burke as his trusted Dr. Watson. 54 min (TV-PG)