Behind the Screens November 2024

In other exciting news, we were thrilled to welcome Bill Murray to the Triplex Cinema this past month. Before a sold-out audience, Mr. Murray delighted everyone with stories about his filmmaking career, as well as personal anecdotes from his life.  Generous, introspective, funny, thoughtful, and kind, Mr. Murray gave a shout-out to audience members that he knew, with a special acknowledgement to Molly Cooper, a Triplex Board Member, whom he had worked with on several Wes Anderson films and who was responsible for his being at the Triplex. 

Mr. Murray won the hearts of the audience when he said, "I love making movies. I love movie theaters. This is an experience that was created by the Greeks . . . it's something we're supposed to do together.  You get a lot from other people in the way that one person is going to laugh at a joke, and you wonder 'why is that person laughing' . . . it's a mystery. . . which you might not get if you're on your couch.  If you support your movie theater, I think it's a great thing."  We couldn’t agree with him more! 

In other events this October, we had a good turnout for our election season series Dying in Darkness: Journalism, Politics & Truth in Film, BIFF in partnership with the Triplex presented the environmental film Food Inc 2 and Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative’s Director Diane Pearlman, along with Director Adam Roffman, screened the film Made in Massachusetts.

We had a last-minute addition to our October lineup, when Tony Gerber, the co-director of War Game, did a Q & A after the film. War Game, an award winning 2024 documentary, shows a spellbinding simulation of what could happen if another January 6th insurrection took place. Gerber, having screened his documentary at independent movie theaters across the US, delivered an important message in his talkback about keeping independent cinemas alive and thriving, “independent cinemas are the beating heart of our democracy." 

November 14th, 7pm - Stockbridge filmmaker John Tedeschi who wrote, directed and produced the half-hour film A Book By Their Cover will be at the Triplex to discuss his film that was partially inspired by local events between the GB Police Department and a local middle school teacher over the book “Gender Queer.”  Tedeschi’s film is not meant to be a re-enactment of that story, but a reflection of the book bans around the country that target books in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and the Queer community.

November 15th, 7pm – BIFF in partnership with the Triplex Cinema, will show the second film of its Fall Environmental Film Series Farming While Black. The film is an examination of the historical plight of Black farmers in the US and the rising generation of Black farmers reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots. Lillian Lennox will be leading a Q & A after the screening.   

November 17th – We are particularly happy to be hosting two excitingThe Young Filmmakers Film Festival. The Triplex’s County-wide film festival will be screening the films of Berkshire County filmmakers 13-19 years of age, followed by a panel of the young filmmakers discussing their work and their inspiration. This event is free, but donations are appreciated.