Friday Flashback: ‘TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON’

“Hamilton’s story is so filled with dramatic incident and personal and psychological complexity, not to mention spectacular visuals of waves upward of 100 feet tall, that it compels attention whether surfing means anything to you or not.” — Los Angeles Times Our 2017 SummerDocs series included Rory Kennedy‘s documentary TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF […]

Family Film: ‘SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS’

HamptonsFilm is pleased to offer a weekly recommendation of a film that the whole family will enjoy. SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe (2017, UK, 97 minutes) “A charmingly old-fashioned family adventure – one that you can imagine several generations of a family gathering to watch on a rainy grey Sunday afternoon.” — Time […]

Now Showing: ‘CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY’

HamptonsFilm is pleased to continue to curate the hit screening series NOW SHOWING, featuring acclaimed first-run, art house, independent, and world cinema. The only difference is that now screenings take place in the privacy of your own home. CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Directed by Justin Pemberton (2020, New Zealand, 103 minutes, English and French […]

Friday Flashback: ‘CIRCUS OF BOOKS’

“CIRCUS OF BOOKS is an affectionate look at one of the most unusual mom and pop businesses in America, directed by the person who knew Mom and Pop best.” — Variety Our 2019 SummerDocs series included the charming documentary CIRCUS OF BOOKS, about the gay porn shop that served as the epicenter for LGBT life […]

Family Film: Watch Charlie Chaplin in ‘The Kid’

HamptonsFilm is pleased to offer a weekly recommendation of a film that the whole family will enjoy. THE KID Directed by Charlie Chaplin (1921, USA, 69 minutes) “To my mind THE KID is by long odds the best motion picture comedy ever made. It has more than humor; it has tenderness and literary charm. Incidentally […]