Join us for a very special SoupyFest Series event featuring a screening of Westerly’s Gold: Sweet, Spicy, and Full of Tradion – a new feature-length documentary on Westerly Soupy from filmmakers Chris Walsh and Betty-Jo Cugini.
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved.
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter.
An earnest theater director has the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Some disturbing memories from her past will allow her repressed trauma to color the present.
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Warfare
Opens April 11
A platoon of Navy SEALs embark on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
Salvatore, a famous film director, returns to his hometown for the funeral of the local theater’s film projectionist, Alfredo. He reminisces about his life as a young boy falling in love with cinema.
As part of our Black Voices series the UNITED and Westerly ARC present a screening of Barry Jenkins’ film adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk, followed by a post-film discussion about Baldwin and his work.
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
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Sinners
Opens April 18
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
Christian Wolff applies his brilliant mind and illegal methods to reconstruct the unsolved puzzle of a Treasury chief’s murder.
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Misericordia
Opens April 25
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss’s funeral, Jérémie’s stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot’s shady intentions.
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
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Bob Trevino Likes It
Opens May 2
When lonely 20-something Lily Trevino accidentally befriends a stranger online who shares the same name as her own self-centered father, encouragement and support from this new Bob Trevino could change her life.
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A Nice Indian Boy
Opens May 9
When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.
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The Friend
Opens May 16
Follows a story of love, friendship, grief and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend and mentor.
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Lilo & Stitch
Opens May 23
On Kauai, teenage Nani Pelekai struggles to care for her younger sister, Lilo, following their parents death in a car accident. The eccentric and lonely Lilo frequently clashes with Nani, whose guardianship is under scrutiny by strict social worker Cobra Bubbles.
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Bad Shabbos
Opens May 23
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental death gets in the way.
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Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Opens May 23
Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
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The Phoenician Scheme
Opens June 6
A dark tale of espionage following a strained father-daughter relationship within a family business. Twists revolve around betrayal and morally gray choices.
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The Shrouds
Opens May 30
Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, builds a device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud.
