Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Noam Shuster-Eliassi is an Israeli comedian and politically progressive activist. A self-described “brown Jew,” she is the daughter of an Iranian Jewish mother and a Romanian Jewish father. Noam grew up bilingual (with English and a little bit of Persian Farsi thrown into the mix, too) and a firm proponent of choosing love over hate. In the documentary Coexistence, My Ass!, director Amber Fares (Speed Sisters) follows Shuster-Eliassi as she prepares and then performs her eponymous one-woman standup show, starting with a 2019 residency at Harvard University.

A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.

Celebrating 60 years of The Doors, Feast of Friends returns to the Orpheum stage, benefiting Upstate Films Orpheum Theatre. With special guests, rock music’s photographer, Elliott Landy, in conversation with WDST’s Justin Foy about working with The Doors. “The musicians themselves could as easily have been members of the audience. Often they mingled with the crowds during and after the show. There was a true feeling of solidarity; a unity of purpose, and the purpose was to change the world. We want the world, and we want it NOW! was the anthem sung by Jim Morrison. We thought that the freedom to behave as we wished, coupled with the power of music to liberate the soul, would set the world free.” —Elliott Landy on The Doors

The Fugs were anarchic beat poets in the East Village who took folk instruments they could sort of play and didn’t give a damn. Their music was so anti-establishment, though, that it didn’t matter. Formed by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, alongside drummer Ken Weaver in late 1964, they are credited as the first true underground band. "Before there was punk, there were the Fugs: antagonistic, hilarious, and radically political to the bone." Pitchfork

The story of R&B singer Al Green, who gave up a successful singing career to become a gospel minister.

A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

The most classic of all holiday classics. James Stewart is the turmoiled, small-town dreamer George Bailey, whose dark thoughts on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel. (dir. Frank Capra, U.S., 1941, 130 min.) “Some movies, even good ones, should only be seen once. When we know how they turn out, they've surrendered their mystery and appeal. Other movies can be viewed an indefinite number of times. This is one of those ageless movies, like Casablanca or The Third Man, that improves with age.” Roger Ebert

Quentin Tarantino’s KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR unites Volume 1 and Volume 2 into a single, unrated epic—presented exactly as he intended, complete with a new, never-before-seen anime sequence. Uma Thurman stars as The Bride, left for dead after her former boss and lover Bill ambushes her wedding rehearsal, shooting her in the head and stealing her unborn child. To exact her vengeance, she must first hunt down the four remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before confronting Bill himself. With its operatic scope, relentless action, and iconic style, THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR stands as one of cinema’s definitive revenge sagas—rarely shown in its complete form, and now presented with a classic intermission.

Upstate Films special event, the legendary Ron Carter will be joined by American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and educator, Javon Jackson. Together, they will take an audio/visual journey to discuss his incredible career, including his work with Jack DeJohnette RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. He has recorded over 2200 albums! Including many of the iconic jazz records of the 60’s and 70’s, such as Speak No Evil, Maiden Voyage, Red Clay, Speak Like a Child, Nefertiti and Miles Smiles, to name a few. From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. Over the last 60 years he has recorded with so many of the jazz greats: Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley and Jaki Byard, to name a few. After leaving the quintet, he embarked on a prolific career that spanned vastly different music genres and continues to this day. He recorded with Roberta Flack, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Bette Midler and Aretha Franklin, Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of others. Moderator – Javon Jackson first became known as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers from 1987 until Blakey’s death in 1990 and went on to release 22 recordings as a bandleader and tour and record on over 150 CDs[ with jazz greats including Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, Betty Carter, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Stanley Turpentine and Ben E. King.

Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.

“Mr. Scorsese” is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Martin Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family and creative collaborators including Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris and close childhood friends. From acclaimed director Rebecca Miller, “Mr. Scorsese” examines how his own colorful life experiences informed his artistic vision as each film he made stunned the world with originality. Starting with his New York University student films and continuing to the present day, this documentary explores the themes that have fascinated Scorsese and informed his work, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind.

An intimate portrait of the quiet genius who speaks with his music, and who brought the upright bass out from the background into the spotlight.

A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.

This Grammy-winning 2009 documentary shows an unfiltered look at The Doors. Director DiCillo utilized a visionary approach, constructing the entire film with only period-specific archival footage and private reels, allowing the band's story to unfold authentically without modern narration or interviews, capturing the raw energy of the 1960s. "A must for Doors fans." —The Hollywood Reporter

This sophisticated sci-fi-horror dares to turn a woman’s often silenced trauma from a toxic relationship into something unbearably tangible, amplifying the pain of its central character Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss), making sure that her visceral scars sting like our own. In terrifying set pieces, elegant, clever camera move through bedrooms, attics, restaurants and secluded mansions with a vigilant focus on Cecilia’s isolation. (dir. Leigh Whannell, U.S., 2020, 110 min.)

Cantankerous, charismatic and passionately committed, this river keeper — John Lipscomb — reflects on his 25 years patrolling the Hudson, traveling more than 80,000 miles, by wooden boat, helping defend America’s First River. (dir. Jon Bowermaster, U.S.) Jon Bowermaster is an oceans expert, journalist, writer, filmmaker, adventurer and six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society's 'Ocean Heroes,' his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting a 3,741 mile crossing of Antarctica by dogsled. He is the founder of Oceans 8 Films and the One Ocean Media Foundation, making films about climate at home in the Hudson Valley and around the world. His podcast, "The Green Radio Hour with Jon Bowermaster” on Radio Kingston has recorded over 150 episodes with environmental activists, community leaders and friends from his vast rolodex of travels.

The Nutcracker at Wethersfield follows choreographer Troy Schumacher in the dark winter of 2020 as he dreams of an idea to save Christmas and put his fellow New York City Ballet dancers back to work.  Set on the grounds of a magical Hudson Valley estate, Troy and his team of fellow artists face almost insurmountable challenges to create an unforgettable and immersive live experience between dancers and audience, who arrive as guests at the ballet’s most famous party scene to witness the Nutcracker like never before.

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum). Glinda, meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, living at the palace in Emerald City and reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. Under the instruction of Madame Morrible (Oscar® winner Michelle Yeoh), Glinda is deployed to serve as an effervescent comfort to Oz, reassuring the masses that all is well under the rule of The Wizard. As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero (Olivier award winner and Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey) in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts will fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda only further apart. The aftershocks will transform Boq (Tony nominee Ethan Slater) and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose (Marissa Bode), when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives. As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely seen younger brother returns to town.