Arthouse Film Festival will return on March 7th for ten weeks at AMC Mountainside, and for the first time, Red Bank on March 9th at the Basie Center Cinemas. The festival is open to anyone, but seating is limited, so early enrollment is advised. Subscription is $146 for five weeks or $257 for all ten weeks. After February 28, rates will go up. Also being offered is a specially priced flex ticket so users may choose any eight out of ten nights for their convenience.
If you are not one of the thousands of New Jersey film buffs who have attended in years past, just imagine seeing a prestige studio or festival-winning gem before release to the public, then the lights come up, and there in front of you are the creators of the film, ready to answer questions and discuss their work.
Oscar winners and nominees Alan Arkin, Frank Darabont, Jesse Eisenberg, Ethan Hawke, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Melissa Leo, Viggo Mortensen, Chazz Palminteri, John Sayles, Aaron Sorkin, Fisher Stevens and David Strathairn have joined Dylan Baker, Michael Gandolfini, Famke Janssen, Danai Gurira, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Derek Luke, Mary Stuart Masterson, David Morse, Connie Nielsen, Joe Pantoliano and Kevin Smith as guest speakers who have come to share their insights with festival participants.
Confirmed films and those under consideration for the upcoming festival include: Fiddlers Journey to the Big Screen with Jeff Goldblum, Topol, director Daniel Raim; Fire of Love with Katia Krafft, Maurice Karfft, director Sara Dosa; Lost Illusions with Benjamin Voisin, Cecile de France, director Xavier Giannoli; Marvelous and the Black Hole with Miya Cech, Rhea Perlman, director Kate Tsang; The Rose Maker with Catherine Frot, Manel Foulgoc, director Pierre Pinaud; The Territory, director Alex Pritz; Thirteen Lives with Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton, director Ron Howard; Ultrasound with Vincent Kartheiser, Chelsea Lopez, Breeda Wool, director Rob Schroeder; The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent with Nicolas Cage, Neil Patrick Harris, director Tom Gormican; We Feed People with Jose Andres, director Ron Howard; and more to come.
The festival has hosted 1,978 movie premieres with 1,211 live guest appearances over the past 31 years.
“The program will always be flexible in order to take advantage of opportunities as they arise,” said festival director Chuck Rose. “Wonderful surprises and fantastic celebrities can pop up out of nowhere, so we try to keep the schedule as fluid as possible.
“Even before we started in 1991, I began working to create an international VIP network of actors, directors, screenwriters, producers, journalists and film industry pros whose jobs involve creating and evaluating the cream of Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, Telluride, Venice, Berlin, SXSW and the other important film festivals. We also work to ferret out potential hits in the development and production stages so we are ready to pounce on the best films first.”
COVID safety protocols will be followed, theater capacity will be limited, everyone must have ID and show proof that they have been fully vaccinated. For details and more information, visit: www.ArthouseFilmFestival.com or call 732-870-6012.
