2024 Rutgers Jewish Film Festival Preview
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival's 25th anniversary year will feature fourteen thought-provoking and entertaining films, dynamic discussions with filmmakers and special guests, and numerous New Jersey premieres on dance, music, the LGBTQ+ experience, American Jewish history, and Israeli society. Twelve films will be screened at the Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick (November 7–17, 2024), and five films will be available virtually (November 15–21, 2024).
State Theatre New Jersey presents a Screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" on November 2nd
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents a screening of the cult classic movie musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 11:00pm. In addition to the screening, from 9:00pm to 11:00pm, there is a pre-show party hosted by Rutgers' Cabaret Theatre with beats by DJ IZM, a full-service bar, and a costume contest with prizes. Tickets are $15 and includes a goodie bag of props (while supplies last).
2024 Teaneck International Film Festival Preview
(TEANECK, NJ) -- The Teaneck International Film Festival, with its theme, Activism: Making Change, is back! A project of The Puffin Foundation Ltd., the 19th annual festival will be held November 7-14, 2024, featuring over 25 films, panel discussions, and parties, with filmmakers, actors, elected officials and industry guests attending.
New Release Review - "Daddy's Head"
by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com - published 2024-10-16
When I tell you Daddy's Head is a horror movie about a young boy left to live with his stepmother when his father dies as a result of a car accident, you'll probably jump to your own conclusions. Stepmothers have gotten a particularly bad rap in fiction over the centuries, so much so that the noun is more often than not prefaced by "wicked." As such, you probably think this is another story of an evil stepmother trying to get rid of the burden of the kid she's been saddled with, and you might even suspect that she was responsible for her husband's death. But writer/director Benjamin Barfoot subverts all our ingrained expectations of stepmother figures in fiction by presenting us with one who is very much the protagonist rather than the antagonist.
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Cinematic Wonder plays at the New Jersey Film Festival Jim Haynes AV Concert
by Irene Fizer - published 2024-10-15
The opening shot of the planet Jupiter’s swirling rings of fire, in Anita LaBelle and Albert Gabriel Nigrin’s 2024 experimental film Ascension from the Disco Inferno, becomes deeply ominous in retrospect, as a vision of an uninhabitable, hellish orb. As the film tracks the descent of two club girls into an infernal discotheque—seemingly located in the cavernous basement of an abandoned mall, and lit by a glittering disco ball that bathes the space in crimson-colored sparks—the two women are revealed to be modern-day maenads, i.e., female followers of Dionysus, in search of a mindless state of bliss summoned via the copious ingestion of liquor and rituals of ecstatic dance.
NBPAC to Screen "Running To Stand Still – Migrants Search For Hope In The Promised Land" with Talkback Afterwards
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) will present a free screening of the documentary film Running To Stand Still – Migrants Search For Hope In The Promised Land on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 6:00pm. The film runs 25 minutes and there will be a 45-60 minute talkback afterwards.
ACME Screening Room presents Third Annual Lambertville Halloween Film Festival and Monster Prom
(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- ACME Screening Room's Lambertville Halloween Film Festival is rising from the grave for its third year and bringing rising genre filmmakers, fan favorite Halloween flicks, and events to New Jersey's own 'Halloweenville'. LHFF invades this year from October 18-20, 2024.
Ocean County Library Toms River Branch to Present '45 Years of Amityville: Cult Classic, Local Connections'
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Most of us know that The Amityville Horror, which redefined the thriller genre, turns age 45 this year. What many don't know is that the Ocean County Library has a featured role. Join us for a screening of this unforgettable film and a display of Amityville artifacts in the Bishop Memorial Wing of the Toms River Branch on Saturday, October 26, 2024. The event runs from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
New Release Review - "A Different Man"
by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com - published 2024-10-09
The initial conversation around Tom McCarthy's 2003 directorial debut The Station Agent was centred on why the filmmaker opted to cast a little person in the lead role when the part wasn't specifically tailored for such an actor. But in Peter Dinklage, McCarthy discovered a star, and Dinklage's performance was so striking that other filmmakers began writing little people into their scripts just to work with him. It wasn't long before Dinklage was being cast in roles that made no reference to his stature. Today, nobody bats an eyelid when Dinklage is cast in the sort of roles a little person would never have been considered for a couple of decades ago.
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World Cinema Series - "Court"
Thursday, November 21, 2024 @ 6:00pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: film
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The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert with New Jersey Symphony
Thursday, December 05, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
100 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
category: film
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An Evening with Chevy Chase & National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Thursday, December 05, 2024 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film
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The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert
Friday, December 06, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: film
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"The Muppet Christmas Carol" in concert with New Jersey Symphony
Sunday, December 08, 2024 @ 3:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
category: film
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It's A Wonderful Life
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ 08736
category: film
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Encanto Sing Along
Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 4:00pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: film
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Encanto Sing Along
Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 1:00pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: film
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An Evening with Judge Reinhold and screening of Beverly Hills Cop
Friday, January 17, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)
30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
category: film
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Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Friday, February 14, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: film
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World Cinema Series - "The Look of Silence"
Thursday, February 27, 2025 @ 6:00pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: film
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Asbury Short Film Concert: World's Best Short Films
Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Algonquin Arts Theatre
60 Abe Voorhees, Manasquan, NJ 08736
category: film
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Dirty Dancing in Concert
Friday, March 21, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
category: film
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World Cinema Series - "Saint Omer"
Thursday, March 27, 2025 @ 6:00pm
Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre
400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
category: film
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EVENT PREVIEWS
The Art of Making Movie Film Festival presents The New Jersey Regional Summit
(CRANFORD, NJ) -- The Art of Making Movie Film Festival (TAMMFF), also known as "The TAMMIES", presents its first-ever summit next week. The New Jersey Regional Summit will be held at the Cranford Theater October 23-24, 2024, and will feature an up-close and in-person perspective on how behind-the-scenes talent makes the films that audiences love.
UPCOMING EVENTS
bergenPAC presents An Evening with Judge Reinhold and screening of "Beverly Hills Cop"
(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) presents An Evening with Judge Reinhold and screening of Beverly Hills Cop on Friday, January 17, 2025 at 7:00pm. Celebrating the 40th year anniversary of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise, here's your chance to hang out with Detective William "Billy" Rosewood, played by Judge Reinhold who co-starred in all four installments with Eddie Murphy including the latest 2024 Netflix release. ** Note: this show was rescheduled from September 27, 2024, previous purchased tickets will be honored at the new date. For inquiries, please contact the box office at 201-227-1030.
