Cinema Variety

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Cinema Variety

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By Ben Elliott

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I usually use this newsletter to dive deep into one of the movies playing at The Triplex, but I’m at a loss today: we have so many amazing special events and community partners coming into the theater this week, I couldn’t choose just one to spotlight.

Jacob’s Pillow joins us for a fundraiser screening of the classic dance drama The Red Shoes on Saturday; Heather Forouhar, MD, from the Austen Riggs Center discusses the iconic documentary Grey Gardens on Sunday; No Comply Foods returns with another night of themed food and 90s action with a screening of Face/Off on Tuesday; Railroad Street Youth project presents findings from their 2024 Prevention Needs Assessment Survey ahead of a screening and talkback of the new documentary Recovery City on Wednesday; and Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain star in Take Shelter, the next entry in our Down the Rabbit Hole series, on Thursday.

Grey Gardens, 1975

Face/Off, 1997

This kind of mix of programming is what I love about The Triplex. These movies range from silly to serious, but each of these events meets a need in our community. We have to face the harsh truth of how addiction and a lack of mental health resources affect us, but we need to escape, too — either through the beauty of dance or the surreality of John Travolata and Nic Cage having a shootout in slow motion.

As we move forward into a world that feels increasingly scary and unpredictable, let’s embrace disparate parts of ourselves — both the serious and the silly. Movies have the ability to nourish us in even the darkest times and, if we see them with our friends and neighbors, push back against feelings of uncertainty and fear.

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