Live from the Berlinale: Films in

Consideration for FilmColumbia25



by Larry Kardish, FilmColumbia Co-Executive and Co-Artistic Director

The Berlin International Film Festival, known as the Berlinale, ended on Sunday, February 23, the day Germans went to the polls. I suppose this was appropriate, as the first Berlin Film Festival, which took place in 1951 on the initiative of an American serviceman in Berlin, a city then in ruins and divided into four districts each administered by an Allied occupying force, was established to “showcase” the culture of the “free world.” In short, the Festival began as a political gesture aimed at the civilian population of Berlin, and for the next seventy-four years, through the creation of West Germany and East Germany, and the building and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, it has remained, more than less, an artistic event inflected by politics. (Read the full article on the website here.)

Above: Margaret Qualley, Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott (not pictured) star in Blue Moon, a new film about Rodgers and Hammerstein directed by Richard Linklater.

The New "Old" Marquee to Come

Fear not, community members and Crandell lovers! The new marquee, which is in the process of being made, has been designed to mirror the original 1926 version. It will be an elegant and energy-saving centerpiece on the face of our renovated theater....

Crandell Oscar Ballot 2025: We Have a Winner!

Well done, Debra Goldman! You were the first one to guess the most correct answers on our Oscar Ballot. But a look back to an earlier Oscar Ballot contest twelve years ago revealed something quite remarkable: you are now the first DOUBLE winner of the Crandell's Annual Oscar Ballot. Congrats on your expert guesses! Our winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to the Crandell offsite and eventual onsite programming. (Above, Goldman and her daughter on Sunset Boulevard at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles.)

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Sunday, March 9, 1 pm

2008 | PG | 89 min

Animation, Adventure, Comedy

OFF-SITE SCREENING at Morris Memorial

17 Park Row, Chatham, NY 12037

(Park Row is a three-minute walk from the Crandell Theatre)

New Ticket Pricing: $5/family

Now serving Crandell Popcorn!

In this follow up to Madagascar, New York Central Park Zoo animals Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippo start off where we last left them, on Madagascar. When they finally leave the island in attempt to return to New York, they land instead in the wilderness of Africa. Here, an overjoyed Alex reconnects with his parents and the rest of his family. But communicating with them, after spending so much time at the zoo with his fellow animal transplants and visiting New Yorkers, is another story.

"This is one of those rare occasions where the sequel is better than the original." — Derek Adams, Time Out

PLEASE NOTE: Morris Memorial has limited seating. Families are encouraged to bring your own blankets and pillows to spread out on the floor. Concessions will be available for sale! The building is not wheelchair accessible.

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The Crandell Theatre is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit community cinema in Chatham, NY. It is one of a few community-based, nonprofit theaters in the United States devoted to film and one of fewer than one hundred single-screen movie theaters nationally. The theater is supported by ticket sales and earned revenue, contributions of members and friends, and private and public grants, including the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Since 2010, Crandell Theatre, Inc., has raised more than $1 million to purchase the historic theater and make needed repairs. The current Crandell board is engaged in a multi-million-dollar campaign to renovate and restore the area’s oldest, largest, single-screen theater and enhance the moviegoing experience for generations to come. For more information, visit crandelltheatre.org, or call 518-392-3445.

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