Movies

With member support, TSL has built an 84-seat theater, complete with classic 1940s theater chairs. The New York Times called TSL "The place to see independent film in Columbia County, NY."

TSL presents movies that offer a uniquely critical edge and poignant points of view, frequently hosting filmmakers who engage in discussions with the audience afterwards.

The box office opens one hour before show time. TSL accepts check and cash. There is a $2 surcharge for Visa or Mastercard. There are no reservations for movies.

Upcoming Movies

Andre Gregory: Before & After Dinner

A witty and often hilariously funny raconteur, Gregory looks back on a career that spanned decades, shattered boundaries and established him as a cultural icon. He recalls the making of My Dinner with Andre, the Louis Malle-directed classic in which he starred and co-wrote, reflects on his pivotal role in American theatre, dishes on his brief sojourn in Hollywood, and talks about the discovery that led him to question his own identity and life's work. Bringing us back and forth in time, Gregory looks not only at his life, but at the nature of art, love and the creative process. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Cindy Kleine (who is also his wife), Andre Gregory is a brilliant portrait of a modern renaissance man.

The Forgotten Space

A film essay by historian and photographer Allan Sekula and film critic Noel Burch. The film explores the sea: that "forgotten space" of our modern times where globalization and the present financial crisis become visible in the most pressing way. At the heart of this space is the container box, which, since its invention in the 1950s, has become one of the most important mechanisms for the global spread of capitalism. The film follows the cargo container as it transforms urban space and countryside, bringing the sea into the interior in search of labour and customers. Is the container a Pandora's Box? Is the revolution in global transport sustainable in the long run? 2012. 112 mins.

Violeta Went to Heaven

A film by Andrés Wood. An unconventional biography of a deeply influential figure in world music and complex cultural icon of Chile's history, Violeta Went to Heaven, stars Francisca Gavilán as Violeta Parra, multi-faceted singer, songwriter, and founding artist of the socially and politically committed nueva canción folk music movement. A rangy and lyrically subjective adaptation of Ángel Parra's memoirs of his mother, Violeta follows the sinuous currents in the life of a complex character and underappreciated musical genius - a childhood in rural poverty that is graced by music, the ground-breaking quest to revive Chile's traditional music, wild artistic success abroad and decline at home, the beginning and the end of love. The intimate glimpses of a life intensely lived are anchored by a fictionalized televised interview with an eloquent, canny, charming Parra, a showcase of Gavilán's intricately textured and fully inhabited performance.

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries & Mentors of Ricky Jay

A documentary flm produced and directed by Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein. What happens when documentary filmmakers - whose mission is to probe, explore, reveal - take as their subject one of the world's greatest living magicians, whose life and art are basically off limits to probing, exploration, and revelation? More than a decade in the making, Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is the captivating result of this curious conundrum: a mesmerizing journey into the world of modern magic and the small circle of eccentric geniuses who mastered it. At its center is the multitalented Ricky Jay, a world-renowned magician, author, historian, actor, and a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. In his extraordinary one-man shows Ricky Jay has proved himself to be the contemporary embodiment of an elite lineage, offering audiences not only exhilarating entertainment, but also a rare glimpse of a secret, lost world.

Ain't in it for my Health: Levon Helm

Director Jacob Hatley's intimate documentary finds Mr. Helm at home in Woodstock, NY, in the midst of creating his first studio album in 25 years. Shot during the course of two-plus years, this highly anticipated film focuses in on the four-time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member after his 2007 comeback album, Dirt Farmer, brought him back to the spotlight. Born in Arkansas in 1940, Levon Helm rose to fame as the drummer for The Band, who toured with Bob Dylan before beginning their own tours from 1968 to 1976. Having overcome drugs, bankruptcy, and the bitter breakup of The Band, Helm died in April 2012 of throat cancer.