Movie Nights start at 6 pm and 7pm on Summer months, feature movies ranging from local films to Hollywood blockbusters, old and new.
Movie Lineup 2023!
A Movie Night Special Series: June 16th, June 23rd, June 30th, (3nights) Wine of Pleasure, History, & Crime at 7pm
Inspired from VAC’s previous wine series, this three night series of films aims to educate and entertain its’s viewers about the world of wine through the senses. Must be 21 years of age or older to attend these events.
Red Obsession (June 16th): This Australian documentary narrated by Russell Crowe, encapsulates your senses though a beautiful yet dramatic lens that explores the obsession for French Bordeaux, the holy grail of fine wines. For centuries this coveted wine has been discovered by a booming and voracious Chinese market that don’t play by the rules of the Bordelais.
Themed Menu Includes: The evening will feature French burgundies (red and white). Complimenting the selected wines VAC will have an eastern menu inspired the films exotic locations. As always, popcorn and non-alcoholic beverages are available to ticket holders. Tickets are limited.
Sour Grapes (June 23rd): Somethings can be to good to be true. This documentary focuses on the world of wine auctions, millionaires, billionaires, and a young man named Rudy Kurniawan. Through a series of outlandish events and circumstances, the viewer observes the schemes of counterfeiter who befriended the rich and powerful only to dupe them all.
Themed Menu Includes: Contemporary California wines will be served with American BBQ sliders and salad. As always, popcorn and non-alcoholic beverages are available to ticket holders. Tickets are limited.
Bottle Shock (June 30th): Steven Spurrier, a British sommelier and wine shop owner living in Paris is concerned with how to save his business. Out of desperation he concocts a plan to hold a blind taste-test intended to introduce Parisians to the quality wines coming from elsewhere in the world. Based on true events, this is the story of how Napa and Californian wine beat out it’s French competitors in an upset blind tasting event that changed the world.
Themed Menu Includes: French baguettes with a spread of fruits, cheeses, salami and pastries inspired by French cafés. Also included with your ticket will be wine paired to the film of the evening from a red and white option. As always, popcorn and non-alcoholic beverages are available to ticket holders. Tickets are limited.
Movie Night Special: A Short Evening (July 14) at 7pm. An evening featuring a collection of curated short films. More information to come!
A Movie Night Special Series: The Apu Trilogy November 3rd, 10th and 17th. Showtime at 6pm
Several decades after these film’s original negatives were burned in a studio fire in London, the Volcano Art Center is proud to feature the Apu Trilogy as restored be the Criterion Collection.
The Apu Trilogy brought India into the golden age of international art-house film, following one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal who matures into an adolescent urban student and finally a sensitive man of the world. These delicate masterworks—Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished), and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), based on two books by Bibhutibhusan Banerjee, were shot over the course of five years, and each stands on its own as a tender, visually radiant journey. They are among the most achingly beautiful, richly humane movies ever made, and are essential pieces of cinema history that demand the attention of any film lover.
Trilogy Trailer: https://vimeo.com/798119076
Trilogy Behind the Scenes Restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5zib042hEs&t=84s
Pather Panchali (1955), November 3rd, 6pm
With the release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray’s debut, Pather Panchali, an eloquent and important new cinematic voice made itself heard all over the world. A depiction of rural Bengali life in a style inspired by Italian neorealism, this naturalistic but poetic evocation of a number of years in the life of a family introduces us to both little Apu and, just as essentially, the women who will help shape him: his independent older sister, Durga; his harried mother, Sarbajaya, who, with her husband away, must hold the family together; and his kindly and mischievous elderly “auntie,” Indir, vivid, multifaceted characters all. With resplendent photography informed by its young protagonist’s perpetual sense of discovery, Pather Panchali, which won an award for Best Human Document at Cannes, is an immersive cinematic experience and a film of elemental power.
Satyajit Ray had not planned to make a sequel to Pather Panchali, but after the film’s international success, he decided to continue Apu’s narrative. Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Varanasi (then known as Benares). As Apu progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother. This tenderly expressive, often heart-wrenching film, which won three top prizes at the Venice Film Festival, including the Golden Lion, not only extends but also spiritually deepens the tale of Apu.
$35/$30 for (VAC member)
By the time Apur Sansar was released, Satyajit Ray had directed not only the first two Apu films but also the masterpiece The Music Room, and was well on his way to becoming a legend. This extraordinary final chapter brings our protagonist’s journey full circle. Apu is now in his early twenties, out of college, and hoping to live as a writer. Alongside his professional ambitions, the film charts his romantic awakening, which occurs as the result of a most unlikely turn of events, and his eventual, fraught fatherhood. Featuring soon to be Ray regulars Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in star-making performances, and demonstrating Ray’s ever more impressive skills as a crafter of pure cinematic imagery, Apur Sansar is a moving conclusion to this monumental trilogy.
$35/$30 for (VAC member)
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