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In honor of Fort Ticonderoga’s 2013 opening weekend I thought it would be a fitting tribute to share something related to the fort. Have you heard of Fort Ti aka Fort Ticonderoga: The Movie? I hadn’t heard of it until recently, and I find it thrilling that a feature film was set in the North Country [...]
Saturday, May 25 8:00 pm At Whallonsburg Grange Hall Tickets are $5 for adults and only $2 for those under 18. Fort Apache Trailer from Addison Mehr on Vimeo. The film will be introduced by Westport writer/director Addison Mehr! Filmed in Westport, Moriah and Lake Placid, this coming of age story follows Walt, a precocious young [...]
Saturday, May 11 8:00 pm At Whallonsburg Grange Hall Tickets are $5 for adults and only $2 for those under 18. This crazy-boy-meets-wacky-girl comedy is about falling in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time. Nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress [...]
Did you know that this is the 10th Anniversary of the Champlain Valley Film Society (CVFS)? They showed their first movie in 2003 and since then have screened and shared nearly 170 films with Champlain Valley residents! “We want to thank our loyal audience for their tremendous support over the years,” CVFS co-founder, David Reuther, [...]
Saturday, April 27 8:00 pm At Whallonsburg Grange Hall FREE It’s the Champlain Valley Film Society’s 10th Anniversary, so this film is being shown for free! Oscar winner as this year’s Best Actor, Daniel Day-Lewis stars in one of the most acclaimed movies of the year, Steven Spielberg’s deeply moving story about Lincoln’s fight to abolish [...]
Saturday, April 13 8:00 pm At Whallonsburg Grange Hall Tickets are $5 for adults and only $2 for those under 18. Winner, Best Picture, Sundance Film Festival. This funny, tender film is based on the true story of a man confined to an iron lunch who is determined to lose his virginity at age 38. Oscar winner [...]
Saturday, March 30 7:30 pm At Whallonsburg Grange Hall Tickets are $5 for adults and only $2 for those under 18. A real life thriller by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow about the greatest manhunt in history for the world’s most dangerous man, Osama bin Laden. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best [...]
Get the scoop on the mother/son film making duo behind “Mineville” as they plan their next movie in a January 18, 2013, interview with Thom Hallock. Two up-and-coming filmmakers created a buzz a few summers ago when they came to the Adirondacks to shoot a movie about the iron ore mines that were the lifeblood of the region a century ago. [...]
Saturday, March 16 6:00 pm Animated Shorts • 8:00 pm Live Action Shorts At Whallonsburg Grange Hall Tickets are $10 for both films and refreshments. The Champlain Valley’s annual night of movies, food and fun as the 2013 Oscar-nominated live action and animated films come to the Grange in a double-feature. You’ll see great movies and get a [...]
Saturday, March 2, 7:30 pm • Whallonsburg Grange Hall Tickets are $5 for adults and only $2 for those under 18. ARGO Based on real events, the dramatic thriller “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and [...]
