COMMON GROUND
2023-10-12 19:00 - 20:45, 2023-10-13 19:00 - 20:45 (America/Chicago) | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
DOCUMENTARY 1h 45m
The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival (Winner of Human/Nature Awward) in June and features a star studded cast: LAURA DERN, ROSARIO DAWSON, JASON MOMOA, WOODY HARRELSON, IAN SOMERHALDER, DONALD GLOVER. This is the highly anticipated follow-up film to Kiss the Ground, also directed by the Tickells, which is narrated by Woody Harrelson and won over 75 major film festival awards.
COMMON GROUND is the hopeful and uplifting story of the pioneers of the “Regenerative Movement” who produce tremendous quantities of nutritionally dense food and are working to balance the climate – all while bringing our entire ecosystem back to life. The film explores how Americans from different walks of life, different political backgrounds and different parts of the country share one thing in common – the very soil beneath their feet. The film investigates the power of “regenerative” farming systems – from large to small scale farmers who are the champions of soil health as the key to unlocking more (and healthier) food to feed America and the world.

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The Creator
2023-10-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-25 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-26 19:00 - 21:00 | IA
PG-13
2023 ‧ Action/Thriller ‧ 2h 13m
CAPTIONS 10/23

As a future war between the human race and artificial intelligence rages on, ex-special forces agent Joshua is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI. The Creator has developed a mysterious weapon that has the power to end the war and all of mankind. As Joshua and his team of elite operatives venture into enemy-occupied territory, they soon discover the world-ending weapon is actually an AI in the form of a young child.

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Barhydt Organ Silent Film Series: Hunchback of Notre Dame
2023-10-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
The film that launched Lon Chaney’s prolific career as “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” Hunchback of Notre Dame is still lauded today as an example of horror at its finest. Wear your best Roaring 20’s attire and experience it as the original 1923 audience would have, with live organ accompaniment by Jay Warren bringing you all the thrills and chills!
The Barhydt Organ Spotlight Series features master organists and pianists that show our beautiful Barhydt Organ and Steinway grand piano at their finest. Admission to all performances is free! Voluntary donations will be accepted at the door ($10 suggested).
ABOUT JAY WARREN
Chicago’s foremost photoplay organist, Mr. Warren brings all the color, excitement, and glamour of the silent film era back to life with his original scores for the silver screen. As a regularly featured photoplay organist for the Silent Film Society of Chicago, he has accompanied most of the great silent films throughout his forty year career in his famous rousing style. He has been featured annually for the highly regarded Silent Summer Film Festival since its inception in 2000. Jay has appeared 14 times playing the huge E.M. Skinner pipe organ for silent films at the University of Chicago’s famed Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. He also performs film accompaniment on the beautiful Letourneau pipe organ in the Crimi Auditorium of Aurora University. Jay has also made several silent film photoplay appearances on the incredible 5 manual Wurlitzer located at the Sanfilippo Foundation’s Place de la Musique in Barrington, Illinois.

STOP MAKING SENSE
2023-11-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-11-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
1984 ‧ Documentary/Music ‧ 1h 28m
Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time. Stop Making Sense stars core band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison along with Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt. The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads’ most memorable songs.

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After Death
2023-11-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-11-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-11-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
PG-13
2023 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 50m
CAPTIONS 11/13
Based on real near-death experiences, After Death explores the afterlife with the guidance of New York Times bestselling authors, medical experts, scientists, and survivors that shed a light on what awaits us.

https://youtu.be/HOSmGMHs7ps?si=hAVxDAVkEzDp3zZQ

Fairfield History Series: PARSONS
2023-11-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

“Parsons” tells the tumultuous 98-year history of Parsons College. It delves into how this college attempted to redefine higher education up until its tragic closure in 1973. Was Parsons a small, midwestern college with a good reputation OR was it what LIFE Magazine called Parsons in 1966, “Flunk-Out U?”
TRAILER HERE

The Inventor
2023-12-20 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-12-22 19:00 - 20:30 | IA
PG
2023 ‧ Animation/Adventure ‧ 1h 32m
Academy Award® nominee Jim Capobianco is bringing the world of Leonardo da Vinci to life in a new stop motion puppet and 2-D hand drawn animated feature film, The Inventor.
The insatiably curious Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French court, where he can experiment freely, invent incredible machines and study the human body. He is joined on his adventure by the audacious French princess Marguerite de Nevarre.
Starring Stephen Fry as Leonardo Da Vinci, Daisy Ridley as Princess Marguerite, and Marion Cotillard as Louise of Savoy

TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR (movie)
2023-12-29 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-12-30 19:00 - 22:00 | IA
PG-13
2023 ‧ Musical/Music ‧ 2h 49m
The cultural phenomenon continues on the big screen! Immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film experience with a breathtaking, cinematic view of the history-making tour. Taylor Swift Eras attire and friendship bracelets are strongly encouraged!

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The Holdovers
2024-01-05 19:00 - 21:15, 2024-01-06 14:00 - 16:15, 2024-01-06 19:00 - 21:15, 2024-01-07 19:00 - 21:15 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
R 2023 ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧ 2h 13m
CAPTIONS 1/7
Starring Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Directed by Alexander Payne (About Schmidt, Sideways, The Descendants)

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school’s head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.

THE BOY AND THE HERON
2024-02-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
PG-13
2023 ‧ Fantasy/Adventure ‧ 2h 4m
2/2 &3 Dubbed English version
2/4 Japanese with English subtitles

Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother’s death. However, when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, which takes him to another world.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

The Boys in the Boat
2024-02-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
PG-13
2023 ‧ Sport/Drama ‧ 2h 4m
CAPTIONS 2/18

BASED ON THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY
The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction novel written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.

Director: George Clooney

Based on: The Boys in the Boat; by Daniel James Brown
