The 23rd Anniversary of the Virginia Peninsula Jewish Film Festival presents Exodus 91. Israeli diplomat, Asher Naim, a North African Jew, is sent to Ethiopia in 1991 to negotiate the escape of 15,000 Ethiopian Jews in a time of famine and civil war. Issues of politics, racism, cultural identity, immigration, and hardships that continue to...

Now in its 21st year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. January Theme: MANuary (manly men doing manly things) January 25: The Untouchables (1987) R It’s good vs. evil when incorruptible prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) takes on ruthless gangster Al Capone (Robert De Niro)...

January 23: 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) PG-13 You know their voices, but not their names. Director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the backup singers behind the greatest rock, pop, and R&B hits of all time in this Oscar-winning documentary. 1hr 31min Watch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exiAQ9H54nE&feature=youtu.be

An aspiring writer moves to a secluded country estate for a job tutoring the son of a famous author. But soon, mysteries emerge: Where is the missing older child, and what happened to all the previous tutors? Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy star in this noirish drama directed by Alice Troughton. R, 1hr 43min...

The CIAO Italian Film Festival presents Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all’italiana). A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife. NR 1h 45m Free admission. The Colonial Italian American Organization (CIAO) is...

Now in its 21st year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. January Theme: MANuary (manly men doing manly things) January 18: Bullitt (1968) PG Steve McQueen plays a way-cool, lone-wolf police lieutenant relentlessly pursuing the hoods who shot the witness he was protecting. This tough, taut...

This film series brings art house film flavor to your Tuesdays. Plus, meet new friends, hear from special guests who are film experts, enjoy light refreshments, and have a discussion after the film. January 16: A Bear Named Winnie (2004) PG During the First World War, a soldier with the Canadian Veterinary Corps adopts an...

A poignant story of love, laughter, and loss in one boy’s childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s. Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. PG-13, 1 hr 38min The Celtic Film Series in the Williamsburg Library Theatre runs the 2nd Thursday of each month from September 2023 through May 2024 (except...

Now in its 21st year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. January Theme: MANuary (manly men doing manly things) January 11: The Maltese Falcon (1941) NR PI Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) investigates the murder of his partner and encounters a femme fatale, shady characters, a weaselly...

This film series brings art house film flavor to your Tuesdays. Plus, meet new friends, hear from special guests who are film experts, enjoy light refreshments, and have a discussion after the film. January 9: The Booksellers (2019) NR Dealers in antiquarian books and passionate bibliophiles populate D.W. Young’s charming documentary, narrated by Parker Posey....

Now in its 21st year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. January Theme: MANuary (manly men doing manly things) January 4: Dirty Harry (1971) R Police inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is on the case when a crazed serial killer goes on a rampage in...

This film series brings art house film flavor to your Tuesdays. Plus, meet new friends, hear from special guests who are film experts, enjoy light refreshments, and have a discussion after the film. January 2: The Miracle Club (2023) PG-13 Rural Ireland, 1967. Four close friends, chafing at the restraints of their humdrum lives, miraculously...