The Climate Future Film Festival
The festival features 10 short films from four continents. Genres include drama, documentary, comedy, and animation. The films explore emotional and creative responses to climate change, from hope and humor […]
The festival features 10 short films from four continents. Genres include drama, documentary, comedy, and animation. The films explore emotional and creative responses to climate change, from hope and humor […]
Author, educator, and activist Bill McKibben has spent decades turning climate science into action. In his keynote, "Solar, Society, and the Shifting Climate," he discusses solar energy, climate justice, and […]
A free community screening of Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media is on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Greater New Bedford Regional Voc-Tech […]
Gallery X will screen Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on Friday, November 7, as part of Cinema 169. The 1984 animated fantasy by Hayao Miyazaki begins at 7 […]
A special screening of "Women of Truth and Courage: The Widows of Kalangarai," by filmmaker Karen Kayser, will be held on Monday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 3 p.m. at […]
The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center will screen two short films by Caroline Losneck and Christoph Gelfand on Friday, Nov. 21, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. “Diving for […]
Gallery X will present Cinema 169 on Saturday, Dec. 20. The screening coincides with the COZY exhibition and features the 1990 psychological thriller Misery. Rob Reiner directed the film, based on […]
A free Dock u mentary film screening spotlights "Love & Grease," a WBZ TV original. The documentary traces the history of the Greasy Pole competition in Gloucester. Each year during […]
The Shepherd Center for the Performing Arts presents its first Cinema Shorts Showcase on Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. Three local, award-winning directors will screen 20-minute short films, followed […]
Tickets: $12 Bundle five Movie Mondays tickets in a single purchase and save $10 with the code MOVIE5. Groundhog Day follows a cynical TV weatherman who finds himself reliving the […]
From Academy Award–winning Executive Producer Ang Lee comes 76 Days Adrift—a gripping, immersive documentary that tells the extraordinary survival story of Steven Callahan, author of the New York Times bestseller […]
A screening of the 1922 silent film "Down to the Sea in Ships" will open the 2026 First Fridays series. The movie was filmed in and around New Bedford, and […]
In conjunction with the DATMA/MA exhibition, Being Seen: C"elebrating Pride in the SouthCoast." This special film screening honors lives lost to AIDS and the power of activism. The screening is […]
Rated: G, $12 This Disney favorite follows the adventures of the young lion Simba (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), the heir of his father, Mufasa (James Earl Jones). Simba's wicked uncle, Scar […]
“I Hope Those People Sink” looks back at the New Bedford fishermen’s strike four decades later. Ian Coss, host of GBH’s The Big Dig, presents a screening and discussion of […]
The closing weeks of Morabeza: Cape Verdean Community in the South Coast will be marked by a special film screening, live music, and conversation. The exhibit will be on view […]
Rated G, $12 The Sound of Music (1965) A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's […]
The Molly Little Film Series is a six-week focus on post-impressionism and the beginnings of modern art. Screenings run Tuesdays from Jan. 20 through Feb. 24, from 11 a.m. to noon, at Southworth Library. Snow dates are March 3 and March 10. This session looks at artists who moved beyond Impressionism, using bold color, expressive […]
“How to Poison a Planet” closes the free film series at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Charlton College of Business, Room 149. […]
The Z hosts a special screening of the award-winning documentary "In the Whale: The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told" includes a post-show Q&A with filmmaker David Abel. Tickets are $15. […]
The Zeiterion presents “In the Whale: The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Tickets are $15 plus fees. Screening includes a post-show Q&A with director […]
Rated: R, $12 The Shining (1980) Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along […]
Rated R, $12 Purple Rain (1984) A victim of his own anger, the Kid (Prince) is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous […]
Secret Mall Apartment tells the true story of eight Rhode Island artists who secretly built and lived in a 750-square-foot apartment inside Providence Place Mall for four years. Directed by […]
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