FALL FESTIVAL 2025

2025 Fall Film Festival is Coming soon!

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PREVIEW DAY will be on Thursday, September11 th, at 1pm & 6pm. Join us to see the trailers for all 20 of the fall festival movies and learn what they are about and see why we chose them! The event is FREE with some concession items discounted too!
OPENING NIGHT GALA will be held on Friday, September 19th! Doors open at 6pm. Call NOW to reserve your seats for the evening festivities! TWO feature movies, delicious foods by Fireplace Restaurant, The Players Pub, Ma Greenley's BBQ, Samario's Pizza and Tioga Bistro! Wine and beer by Nimble Hill Winery and Brewery, and scrumptious desserts by T&C Grille/bakery420!
Don't miss this event! CALL 570-836-1022 x3 to reserve seats for the evening!

Year: 2025

Genre: various

Rating: various

Length: various

Cast: various

9/19 7:00 PM

10/09 7:00 PM

OPENING NIGHT GALA-- Fall Film Festival 2025

Join us for OPENING NIGHT GALA for 2025 Fall Film Festival!
Once again the Dietrich is pleased to be holding our fabulous Opening Night Gala complete with two great movies, scrumptious food from local restaurants, wine and beer from Nimble Hill, and delectable desserts by T & C Grille/bakery 420! Enjoy the wonderful selection of hors d'oeuvres provided by The Fireplace Restaurant, The Players Pub, Ma Greenley's BBQ, Samario's Pizza and Tioga Bistro!
Don't miss out! Call NOW to make your reservations for Opening Night!
Call 570-836-1022, ext 3.
Reservations are needed ONLY for Opening Night seating.
Tickets are $40 in advance, and $45 at the door for any available seating left.

Year: 2025

9/19 5:30 PM

A Little Prayer - An Opening Night Movie

Rated: R; 91 minutes; in English; Directed by: Angus MacLachlan
Starring: Jane Levy, David Strathaim, Celia Weston
A Little Prayer is an intimate, sharply observed drama that follows Bill (David Strathairn) who prays for a quiet life until he suspects his son David (Will Pullen) of an office affair that threatens the family’s fragile peace. Tammy (Jane Levy), caught between devotion and doubt, mustconfront unsettling truths about love and loyalty. Matriarch Venida (Celia Weston) brings wry Southern wit and unwavering faith as her children’s moral compass spins wildly.

Year: 2023

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 1hr30min

Cast: Jane Levy, David Strathaim, Celia Weston

9/21 2:30 PM

9/23 4:30 PM

9/27 7:00 PM

10/01 12:00 PM

10/04 4:30 PM

10/07 2:30 PM

10/09 12:00 PM

My Mother's Wedding- An Opening Night Movie

Rated: R; 95 minutes; in English; Directed by: Kristin Scott Thomas
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham
Three estranged sisters — Katherine (Scarlett Johansson), a no-nonsense Royal Navy captain; Victoria (Sienna Miller), a globe-trotting actress; and Georgina (EmilyBeecham), a devoted hospice nurse — are summoned home when their twice-widowed mother Diana (Kristin Scott Thomas) announces her third wedding. As bouquets fly and old rivalries resurface, every perfectly poised photoshoot spirals into delicious chaos and unexpected confessions. Against the English countryside backdrop, midnight dance-offs and misdelivered vows give way to tearful reconciliations that reveal just how messy —and vital — family can be.

Year: 2023

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 1hr40min

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham

9/22 2:30 PM

9/28 5:00 PM

10/01 7:00 PM

10/04 2:30 PM

10/09 4:30 PM

The Baltimorons

Rated: R; 99 minutes; in English; Directed by: Jay Duplass
Starring: Michael Strassner, Liz Larsen, Olivia Luccardi
Beloved by audiences at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival, The Baltimorons follows newly-sober Cliff (Michael Strassner) who has his holiday calm shattered when a rogue molar forces emergency dental surgery on Christmas Eve. What begins as a routine check-up sparks an unpredictable evening of misadventures through snow-slicked Charm City toward unexpected revelations. Along for the ride is
exasperated friend Olivia (Olivia Luccardi), whose caffeinated commentary and hidden agenda keep the pace crackling.

Year: 2025

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Rating: R

Length: 1hr40min

Cast: Michael Strassner, Liz Larsen, Olivia Luccardi

9/21 12:00 PM

9/27 4:30 PM

10/01 2:30 PM

10/04 7:00 PM

10/06 12:00 PM

10/09 2:00 PM

Checkpoint Zoo

not rated; 103 minutes; in English, Ukrainian with subtitles; Directed by: Joshua Zeman
Oleksandr Feldman and volunteer zookeeper Vitalii Ilchenko race against artillery fire to feed and calm thousands of terrified animals trapped at Kharkiv’s Feldman Ecopark. With Russian tanks on one side and Ukrainian front-line defenses on the other, the rag-tag rescue crew braves no-man’s land to load lions, llamas, and chimpanzees onto transport trucks. Through hand-held footage and harrowing interviews, Checkpoint Zoo lays bare the heartbreaking cost of war on innocent creatures — and the unbreakable bond of compassion that drives strangers to risk everything.

Year: 2024

Genre: Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 1hr45min

9/22 2:30 PM

9/25 12:00 PM

9/28 7:00 PM

10/02 12:00 PM

10/07 2:30 PM

10/09 12:00 PM

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

Rated: R; 99 minutes; in English, Shona with subtitles; Directed by: Embeth Davidtz
Starring: Lexi Venter, Embeth Davidtz, Zikhona Bali
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight is a visceral memoir adaptation that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. Seven-year-old Bobo (Lexi Venter)sees the end of an era through a child’s wide-eyed gaze, piecing together the chaos of a war-torn Rhodesia with equal wonder and dread. Her mother Nicola (Embeth Davidtz), fragile and fierce, teeters on the brink of grief-fueled breakdowns that threaten to shatter their fragile world. Compassionate housekeeper Sarah (Zikhona Bali) becomes Bobo’s unexpected anchor, offering tenderness in a collapsing colonial household.

Year: 2024

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 1hr40min

Cast: Lexi Venter, Embeth Davidtz, Zikhona Bali

9/23 7:00 PM

9/27 2:15 PM

10/01 4:30 PM

10/07 4:30 PM

East of Wall

Rated: R; 97 minutes; in English; Directed by: Kate Beecroft
Starring: Porshia Zimiga, Tabatha Zimiga, Scoot McNairy
Tabatha Zimiga shines as Tabatha, a grief-stricken horse trainer whose every sunrise feels like a rerun of tragedy, and Porshia Zimiga brings raw, unfiltered emotion as her daughter Porshia, whose fury and sorrow gallop just beneath the surface. Scoot McNairy stirs quiet tension as Roy Waters, the brooding ranch hand with secrets as deep as the Badlands, while Jennifer Ehle grounds the drama as Tracey, the family
friend torn between faith and fractured loyalties. Kate Beecroft’s daring docu-fiction debut stitches sun-bleached landscapes and nonlinear flashbacks into a wild frontier tale of loss, love, and unexpected redemption.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 1hr40min

Cast: Porshia Zimiga, Tabatha Zimiga, Scoot McNairy

9/21 4:30 PM

9/23 12:00 PM

9/25 4:30 PM

9/29 2:30 PM

10/02 2:15 PM

10/07 7:00 PM

Eddington

Rated: R; 148 minutes; in English; Directed by: Ari Aster
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal
In Ari Aster’s razor-sharp neo-Western satire Eddington, Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) and Mayor Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal) ignite a powder-keg showdown over COVID-era mandates in a once-sleepy New Mexico town. His conflicted wife Louise (Emma Stone) is caught between marital loyalty and mounting paranoia as neighborhood allegiances splinter under the desert heat. A motley crew — cult provocateur Vernon Jefferson Peak (Austin Butler) and rookie deputy Michael (Micheal Ward) among them — escalates political theater into surreal bloodshed and dark comedy.

Year: 2025

Genre: Dark Satire

Rating: R

Length: 2hr25min

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal

9/20 4:15 PM

9/24 4:00 PM

9/28 2:00 PM

10/03 12:00 PM

10/09 7:00 PM

Eden

Rated: R; 129 minutes; in English, Spanish with subtitles; Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby
Eden follows Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law) and his wife Dora Strauch Ritter (Vanessa Kirby) who flee 1929 Germany for the Galápagos’ Floreana Island, dreaming of utopia. They soon collide with Margret Wittmer (Sydney Sweeney) and the glamorous Baroness Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn (Ana de Armas), whose genteel veneer hides a ruthless drive for power. As storms, venomous wildlife, and dwindling supplies tighten their fragile colony, the real fight becomes a battle of human instincts and betrayals

Year: 2024

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 2hr10min

Cast: Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby

9/20 12:00 PM

9/26 9:15 PM

9/30 2:00 PM

10/03 2:30 PM

10/05 7:00 PM

10/07 12:00 PM

Everything's Going to Be Great

Rated: R; 95 minutes; in English; Directed by: Jon S. Baird
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Allison Janney, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth
Everything’s Going to be Great follows the Smart family who run their own live theater group. Allison Janney sparkles as Macy Smart, the pragmatic glue holding her husband Buddy’s off-beat regional theater dreams together. Bryan Cranston charms as Buddy Smart, the ever-optimistic producer whose relentless passion turns family dinner tables into audition stages. Their sons Lester (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth), who conjures advice from imaginary drama legends, and Derrick (Jack Champion), the reluctant jock, bring equal parts heart and hijinks to the Smart family’s act.

Year: 2025

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Rating: R

Length: 1hr35min

Cast: Bryan Cranston, Allison Janney, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth

9/22 12:00 PM

9/25 7:00 PM

9/29 2:15 PM

10/06 2:30 PM

Familiar Touch

not rated 90 minutes; in English; Directed by: Sarah Friedland
Starring: Kathleen Chalfant, Carolyn Michelle, Andy McQueen
Winner of multiple awards at the 8th Venice International Film Festival, Familiar Touch stars Kathleen Chalfant who commands the screen as Ruth, an elegant octogenarian grappling with the bewildering transition into assisted living as her memories slip through her fingers. Carolyn Michelle’s Vanessa and Andy McQueen’s Brian become unexpected lifelines in Ruth’s disorienting new reality, blurring the lines between caregiver and confidant. Director Sarah Friedland stitches authentic humor and intimate drama into this “coming-of-old-age” tale, challenging ageist tropes with tender wit and unflinching honesty.

Year: 2024

Genre: Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 1hr30min

Cast: Kathleen Chalfant, Carolyn Michelle, Andy McQueen

9/22 7:00 PM

9/26 12:00 PM

9/30 4:30 PM

10/05 4:30 PM

10/07 12:00 PM

Folktales

not rated; 105 minutes; in English, Norwegian with subtitles;
Directed by: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Folktales follows Hege who is haunted by her past, trades city comforts for snowbound nights at Pasvik Folk High School, where sled dogs become her unexpected lifeline. Joined by Bjørn Tore, painfully shy and craving connection, and Romain, whose self-doubt nearly freezes him in his tracks, she learns that survival is forged in shared struggle. Between chopping wood, skinning deer, and solo nights tethered to a loyal canine companion,
modern anxieties melt into primal bonds under the Arctic sky.

Year: 2025

Genre: Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 1hr45min

9/22 12:00 PM

9/25 12:00 PM

9/28 12:00 PM

9/30 2:15 PM

10/02 7:00 PM

10/03 2:45 PM

10/04 12:00 PM

Honey Don't

Rated: R; 88 minutes; in English; Directed by: Ethan Coen
Starring: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans
Premiering to a standing ovation at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, Honey Don’t features Margaret Qualley who dazzles as Honey O’Donahue, a sharp-tongued private investigator who won’t let a string of mysterious church-related deaths go unsolved. She finds herself face-to-face with Chris Evans’ charismatic yet unsettling Reverend Drew Devlin, whose sermons hide deadly secrets. Alongside Aubrey
Plaza’s no-nonsense basement cop MG Falcone, Honey plunges headfirst into a neon-lit, noirish labyrinth of cult intrigue and dark humor.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama/Dark Humor

Rating: R

Length: 1hr30min

Cast: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans

9/20 9:30 PM

9/24 7:00 PM

9/27 12:00 PM

10/02 4:30 PM

10/06 4:30 PM

The Last Class

not rated; 71 minutes; in English; Directed by: Elliot Kirschner
Robert Reich stars as himself, the indefatigable economist-educator gearing up for his final “Wealth and Poverty” lecture after over 40 years and 40,000 students. Elliot Kirschner’s lens follows Reich as he
wrestles with the poignancy of aging, the urgency of inequality, and his trademark clarity in front of a packed Berkeley lecture hall. Candid interviews, crowd-roaring Q&As, and Reich’s wry humor transform
this documentary into a truly electric love letter to education.

Year: 2025

Genre: Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 1hr30min

9/22 4:30 PM

9/26 2:30 PM

9/30 12:00 PM

10/03 7:15 PM

10/08 12:00 PM

Little, Big and Far

not rated; 121 minutes; in English, German with subtitles; Directed by: Jem Cohen
Premiering in competition at the 62nd New York Film Festival, Little, Big and Far follows Karl (Franz Schwartz) who storms off after a conference in Greece and vanishes onto a windswept island, chasing the darkest skies and the next great cosmic revelation. He’s trailed by Sarah (Jessica Sarah Rinland), a museology consultant whose parking-lot dioramas become uncanny mirrors of his existential drift. Fleeting eclipse visions of his physicist wife Eleanor (Leslie Thornton) weave memory and mystery through this hybrid docu-fiction’s poetic fabric.

Year: 2024

Genre: Docu-Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 2hr

Cast: Franz Schwartz, Jessica Sarah Rinland, Leslie Thornton

9/20 7:00 PM

9/25 2:30 PM

9/29 4:30 PM

10/03 9:15 PM

10/08 2:15 PM

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

not rated; 96 minutes; in American Sign Language, English;
Directed by: Shoshannah Stern
Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore follows Marlee Matlin who bares her soul in this vivid documentary, tracing her trailblazing journey as the youngest — and still only — Deaf Best Actress Oscar winner. Alongside intimate reflections from mentor Henry Winkler and fellow Deaf actor Troy Kotsur, Matlin revisits moments of triumph and trauma — from her breakthrough in Children of a Lesser God to her tireless advocacy for accessibility. Director Shoshannah Stern weaves raw archival footage, ASL-driven storytelling, and Matlin’s own candid narration into a portrait of resilience and community.

Year: 2025

Genre: Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 1hr40min

9/20 2:30 PM

9/24 12:00 PM

9/26 7:00 PM

9/29 12:00 PM

10/02 12:00 PM

10/05 2:15 PM

Mr. Blake at Your Service

not rated; 110 minutes; in English, French with subtitles; Directed by: Gilles Legardinier
Starring: John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant, Émilie Dequenne
Mr. Blake at Your Service! stars John Malkovich as Andrew Blake, a recently widowed British businessman who takes a job as a butler in a French manor once dear to his late wife, opposite the elegant Fanny Ardant as the aloof but eccentric Nathalie. As Malkovich’s Blake fumbles through butler duties and cultural clashes with a French staff, the film unfolds as a tenderly amusing story of community and unexpected renewal.

Year: 2023

Genre: Comedy/Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 1hr40min

Cast: John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant, Émilie Dequenne

9/21 7:00 PM

9/24 2:00 PM

9/27 9:15 PM

10/03 5:00 PM

10/06 12:00 PM

Oh, Hi!

Rated: R; 95 minutes in English Directed by: Sophie Brooks
Starring: Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan
Oh, Hi! Is a wildly unpredictable rom-com that premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Molly Gordon shines as Iris, who’s convinced that a weekend getaway with Logan Lerman’s Isaac is meant to be, even when it takes a kinky turn. When Isaac casually reveals he’s not looking for commitment after their BDSM experiment, Iris literally straps him to the bed in a desperate bid to win his heart. Enlisting her ever-loyal friend Max (Geraldine Viswanathan) and Max’s boyfriend Kenny (John Reynolds), Iris brews up a “memory potion” that only amplifies the madness.

Year: 2025

Genre: Comedy/Romance

Rating: R

Length: 1hr35min

Cast: Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan

9/23 2:30 PM

9/26 12:00 PM

9/29 7:00 PM

10/04 9:15 PM

10/08 5:00 PM

A Photographic Memory

not rated; 87 minutes; in English; Directed by: Rachel Elizabeth Seed
A Photographic Memory from Rachel Elizabeth Seed dives into her mother’s forgotten world, unspooling journalist Sheila Turner-Seed’s archival tapes and photographs to reconstruct the woman she lost at eighteen months. Uncovering interviews with luminaries like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gordon Parks, and Bruce Davidson, Seed weaves reenactment and raw footage into a living portrait that resurrects her mother’s legacy. As memory fragments collide with cinematic collage, the line between daughter and detective blurs, turning grief into a mosaic of love, loss, and the indelible power of images.

Year: 2024

Genre: Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 1hr30min

9/23 12:00 PM

9/25 2:30 PM

9/29 12:00 PM

10/02 2:30 PM

10/06 2:30 PM

10/08 7:00 PM

Sister Midnight

not rated; 107 minutes; in English, Hindi with subtitles; Directed by: Karan Kandhari
Starring: Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam
Sister Midnight is an audacious comedy that premiered at Cannes. Radhika Apte ignites the screen as Uma, a restless bride thrust into an arranged marriage who soon sheds polite veneer for feral, nighttime rampages through her Mumbai flat. Opposite her, Ashok Pathak’s Gopal is the bewildered husband whose quiet bewilderment only fans the flames of Uma’s macabre rebellion. Chhaya Kadam’s sharp-eyed neighbor Sheetal and Smita Tambe’s stern relative Reshma circle the chaos with mounting suspicion and whispered rumors, turning every hallway encounter into a potential horror show.

Year: 2024

Genre: Comedy/Fantasy

Rating: Not Rated

Length: 1hr45min

Cast: Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam

9/26 2:30 PM

9/30 12:00 PM

10/03 12:00 PM

10/06 7:00 PM

Sorry, Baby

Rated: R; 103 minutes; in English; Directed by: Eva Victor
Starring: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges
Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Sorry, Baby follows Eva Victor who commands the screen as Agnes, a sardonic grad student whose world upends in a single, shattering moment. Naomi Ackie sparks as Lydie, Agnes’s rock-steady best friend, while Lucas Hedges brings endearing awkwardness to Gavin, the well-meaning therapist caught in the crossfire. With its nonlinear narrative and darkly comic beats, the film marries gut-punch emotion to razor-sharp humor in a story about the messy work of healing.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 1hr40min

Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges

9/23 2:30 PM

9/26 4:30 PM

9/30 7:00 PM

10/05 12:00 PM

10/09 2:30 PM