Tuesday, December 19 @ 7:30pm
Wheeler Opera House
(1 hr 59 min)

I, TONYA

Tuesday, December 19 @ 7:30pm

Wheeler Opera House

Based on the unbelievable, but true events, I, TONYA is a darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous, ill-conceived, and even more poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan. Featuring an iconic turn by Margot Robbie as the fiery Harding, a mustachioed Sebastian Stan as her impetuous ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, a tour-de-force performance from Allison Janney as her acid-tongued mother, LaVona Golden, and an original screenplay by Steven Rogers, Craig Gillespie’s I, TONYA is an absurd, irreverent, and piercing portrayal of Harding’s life and career in all of its unchecked––and checkered––glory. One of the most anticipated films of the year, selected for the prestigious Gala program of the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.

Director: Greg Gillespie

Film courtesy of Neon

For Your Consideration: Best Picture, Best Performance, Best Original Screenplay

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 Wednesday, December 20 @ 8:00pm
Wheeler Opera House
(1 hr 33 min)

THE BEGUILED is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola. The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events. Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning. Winner of the Best Director Prize (Sofia Coppola) at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Sofia Coppola

Film courtesy of Focus Features

For your consideration: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress – Nicole Kidman, Best Adapted Screenplay

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Thursday, December 21 @ 8pm
Wheeler Opera House
(1 hr 47 min)

WIND RIVER is a thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death. Written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, WIND RIVER also stars Graham Greene, Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal, Julia Jones, Kelsey Asbille, and James Jordan. Winner of numerous international and domestic prizes for performance and direction, notable the Best Director Prize from Un Certain Regard section of 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Taylor Sheridan

Film courtesy of Acacia Entertainment

For your Consideration: Best Performance, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay

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Thursday, December 22 @ 2pm
Paepcke Auditorium
(1 hr 51 min)

Warm, winning and gloriously alive, Sean Baker’s THE FLORIDA PROJECT is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood. Set on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, THE FLORIDA PROJECT follows six-year-old Moonee and her rebellious mother, Halley, over the course of a single summer. The two live week to week at The Magic Castle, a budget motel managed by Bobby (Willem Dafoe) whose stern exterior hides a deep reservoir of kindness and compassion. With THE FLORIDA PROJECT, Sean Baker gives life and a voice to a community rarely seen on screen. Sean Baker has created a spellbinding and transformative portrait of contemporary lives lived in the margins that are otherwise too easily forgotten. THE FLORIDA PROJECT declares, boldly and proudly, that anywhere can be a Magic Kingdom – it just depends on how you see it. Winner of numerous international and US prizes, including Best Director (Sean Baker) from the New York Film Critics Circle.

Director: Sean Baker

Film courtesy of A24

For your Consideration: Best Performance, Best Director

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Saturday, December 30 @8pm
Paepcke Auditorium
(1 hr 55 min)

Award® winner Martin McDonagh (IN BRUGES). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award® nominee Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement is only exacerbated. Winner of numerous international prizes for Screenplay, Direction and Audience Favorites, including 2017 People’s Choice Award at Toronto International Film Festival.

Director: Martin McDonagh

Film courtesy of Fox Searchlight

For your consideration: Best Performance, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Picture

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