An A24 horror film from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons, based on his viral YouTube series, in which a therapist ventures into a terrifying parallel dimension in search of her missing patient.
A struggling single father (John Magaro) takes his two young children on a cross-country road trip after losing their home, in this quietly devastating Sundance drama from director Cole Webley.
From the Duplass Brothers, a supernatural desert drama in which a grieving woman (Katie Aselton) gets an unexpected chance to spend one last stretch of time with her recently deceased partner (Daveed Diggs).
Steven Spielberg returns to alien territory with this sci-fi thriller starring Emily Blunt as a TV anchor whose life is upended when humanity receives undeniable proof of extraterrestrial life.
There is no film quite like it. Victor Fleming’s timeless fantasy has captivated audiences for nearly 90 years, and on the UNITED’s big screen, the yellow brick road has never looked better.
The UNITED and the Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut present a screening of Guns & Moses. Mo Zaltzman is a beloved Hasidic rabbi in a dusty desert town. When his congregation is violently attacked, police quickly arrest a young white nationalist who threatened them in the past, but Rabbi Mo doesn’t believe the troubled teen is a killer. Since no one else will investigate, Rabbi Mo becomes the detective. As the bodies pile up, he must learn how to use a gun to battle the real enemy.
Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the gang face their biggest threat yet when Bonnie becomes obsessed with a new AI tablet named Lilypad, who has very different ideas about what their kid actually needs.
A semi-autobiographical debut feature from Canadian director Sophy Romvari, seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl whose family’s fresh start on Vancouver Island is slowly undone by her older brother’s escalating behavior.
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau reunite for this beloved comedy about two lifelong neighbors and rivals whose feud gets a new wrinkle when an irresistible woman moves in next door. Pure, warm, laugh-out-loud fun.
Boots Riley follows up Sorry to Bother You with this surreal, class-conscious comedy starring Keke Palmer as the leader of a crew of shoplifters who set their sights on a ruthless fashion mogul.
John Huston’s landmark noir follows Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade through a labyrinth of liars, killers, and double-crossers all hunting a priceless statuette. The film that established the template for American detective fiction on screen.
A gifted New York piano tuner (Leo Woodall) discovers that the same acute hearing that defines his craft makes him equally suited to cracking safes, pulling him into increasingly dangerous territory alongside his mentor (Dustin Hoffman).
Set in 1920s Hollywood, the Minions crash a film set, become unlikely movie stars, and accidentally unleash real monsters on the world, setting off a chaotic mission to save the planet from the mayhem they created.
When teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean built by eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he must find a way home without disrupting his own future existence.
Join us for the first ever live screening in RI of the cult-classic film The Room with Mark himself, AKA NYT bestselling author/The Room star Greg Sestero on site for a live Q&A and meet and greet.
From John Carney (Once, Sing Street), a Dublin-set musical comedy in which a washed-up wedding singer (Paul Rudd) and a fading boy band star (Nick Jonas) bond over music until one of their songs becomes a massive hit.
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Moana
Opens July 10
Disney’s live-action remake of its beloved 2016 animated film, with newcomer Catherine Laga’aia as the Polynesian seafarer who sets out beyond the reef with demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to restore her island’s future.
Summer sweethearts Danny (John Travolta) and Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) are reunited at Rydell High, where their different social worlds threaten to keep them apart. A landmark movie musical packed with songs that have never left the cultural conversation.
Christopher Nolan adapts Homer’s ancient epic, with Matt Damon as Odysseus navigating gods, monsters, and a decade-long voyage home after the Trojan War, shot worldwide.
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Bernstein’s Wall
Opens July 17
A documentary portrait of Leonard Bernstein built entirely from archival footage, interviews, and personal letters, anchored by his legendary 1989 Christmas Day concert at the fallen Berlin Wall.
A great white shark begins terrorizing a small beach town, and the local police chief must convince a skeptical community to take the threat seriously before more lives are lost. Spielberg’s breakthrough film essentially invented the summer blockbuster.
From director Mark Jenkin (Bait), two broke men in a struggling Cornish fishing village sign on to crew a long-lost boat that has mysteriously reappeared, only to find themselves transported back thirty years in time.
The UNITED and The Stand by William Wright & Co. present Adam “Mister Moo” Moskowitz as he returns to Westerly to share a sneak peek screening of his award winning cheesemongering documentary The Big Cheese and teach a delicious 30-minute class/tasting on how to taste cheese like a pro.
A group of kids from a struggling Oregon neighborhood follow an old treasure map in hopes of finding pirate gold and saving their homes from demolition. Richard Donner directs from a script by Steven Spielberg.
Four years after the world forgot who he was, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker is a full-time, entirely anonymous Spider-Man in a New York that no longer knows his name, facing a dangerous new threat and a surprising physical transformation.
A grumpy green ogre strikes a deal with a ridiculous lord to rescue a princess, only to find the journey far more complicated than expected. The film that launched a franchise and won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
When a flamboyant criminal known as the Joker (Jack Nicholson) seizes control of Gotham City, the mysterious Batman (Michael Keaton) emerges from the shadows to stop him. Tim Burton’s dark, stylized take redefined the superhero film.
A billionaire’s island theme park populated with cloned dinosaurs becomes a death trap when the animals break free ahead of opening day. Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller set the standard for visual effects that still holds up today.
After an existential crisis disrupts life in Barbieland, Barbie and Ken venture into the real world, where nothing goes as planned. Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster is both a sharp satire and a surprisingly moving meditation on identity.
Three disgraced parapsychology professors start a ghost-catching business in New York City just as a supernatural crisis of biblical proportions begins to unfold. One of the most purely enjoyable comedies ever made.
