Hello, film lovers of Ojai! We are very excited to present our fall/winter schedule, 13 outstanding films ranging from excellent documentaries to some hard to find theatrical presentations of the best indies to a Halloween weekend showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show to a special screening of Alan Rickman’s last film. See below or our schedule poster hanging at the Ojai Playhouse for full details.

We start it all off with a very special screening of City of Gold, complete with a Q&A with the man who inspired the movie, LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold!

Look for ticket links, coming soon to this website. And as always, tickets will be available at the door as well. Most screenings will be at Matilija Auditorium, but we will be hosting two back-to-backs — movies of a similar theme on the same weekend — at the Ojai Art Center theater as well.

We look forward to seeing you at the movies!

 

FULL SCHEDULE:

SEPT. 11     CITY OF GOLD      USA     2015

(1 hr, 36 min.)     Rated R     Documentary

At Matilija Auditorium

Special Guest: Food critic Jonathan Gold!

Follow Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold as he combs busy avenues and colorful neighborhoods in his pickup truck to find the best that LA restaurants have to offer.

 

Sept. 18     DOUGH     UK/Hungary     2015  

(1 hr., 34 min.)     Not Rated     Drama/Comedy

At Matilija Auditorium

In a modern world plagued by anger, fear, xenophobia, racism and intolerance of religious differences, Dough serves as a sweet antidote to age-old afflictions. Just add a little cannabis into the challah dough!

 

Sept. 25     EYE IN THE SKY     UK     2015  

(1 hr., 43 min.)     Rated R     Drama

At Matilija Auditorium

Eye In the Sky is a taut thriller with riveting performances by an all-star cast (Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman in his final film) about the moral ambiguities of modern warfare.

 

Oct. 2    BORN TO BE BLUE    UK     2016

(1 hr., 38 min.)     Rated R     Drama /Biopic

At Matilija Auditorium

Special Guest: Composer Steve London!

A look at jazz trumpeter Chet Baker’s (Ethan Hawke in a defining role) tumultuous life, seen through his 1970s comeback. Inventive and surreal, the film serves as an honest portrait of a vulnerable man.

Oct. 9    THE KIND WORDS    Israel    2015

(1 hr., 58 min.)    Not Rated    Drama  

At Matilija Auditorium

Bittersweet self-discovery is woven throughout The Kind Words, as three Israeli siblings join together in the aftermath of their mother’s death after learning a startling familial revelation.

 

Oct. 16     LAST CAB TO DARWIN   Australia 2015     (2 hrs., 3 min.)  

Not Rated   Drama

At Matilija Auditorium

A terminally Ill, curmudgeonly cab driver, Rex (Michael Caton), drives across Australia to arrange his own death in Darwin, where euthanasia is legal. His internal isolation is captured in shots of the desert and the small towns huddled across it.

 

OCT. 22     SONG OF LAHORE   USA/Pakistan 2015   (1 hr., 22 min.)  

Rated PG   Documentary

At Ojai Art Center Theater

A soul-stirring profile of the Sachel Studios Pakistani band in New York City performing their sitar-and-tabla reinterpretations of jazz standards with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center.

 

Oct. 23   SING STREET   Ireland   2016

(1 hr., 46 min.)   Rated PG-13 Drama

At Ojai Art Center Theater

Sing Street is the best film about being young, gifted and Irish since The Commitments. A buoyant celebration of the power of music, this is the third delightfully entertaining musical romance from John Carney, who also wrote and directed Once and Begin Again.

 

Nov. 6   IXCANUL   GUATEMALA   2015

(1 hr., 40 min.)   Not Rated   Drama

At Matilija Auditorium

When Maria, a young Guatemalan farm girl living at the base of a volcano, chooses her love interest over her betrothed, an entire community is forced to confront its customs and culture.

 

Nov. 12   WEST OF THE WEST   USA   2016

(1 hr., 0 min.)   Not Rated   Documentary

At Ojai Art Center Theater

Special Guest: Director Brent Sumner!

Our coastal Channel Islands prove to be extremely historically significant, going all the way back to man’s first footsteps on the North American continent.

 

Nov. 13   SALERO    USA/Bolivia    2015  

(1 hr., 16 min.)   Not Rated   Documentary  

At Ojai Art Center Theater

A Bolivian salt miner confronts the reality of progress when his livelihood is threatened by commercial forces impacting his government.

“An immersive personal encounter with destiny rewritten.” Natalie Roterman, Latin Times

 

Dec. 18   THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY   UK   2015  (1 hr., 54 min.)   Rated PG-13     Drama

At Matilija Auditorium

A poor but brilliant Indian mathematician (Dev Patel) is brought to Cambridge in the midst of WWI. Jeremy Irons also stars. Patel and Irons capture the very dynamics of intellectual and historical change in intimate scenes of emotional and psychological growth. Based on a true story.