(U.K., 2018) Directed by Stanley Tucci, 90 min., rated R In 1964, renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) asks his art writer friend James Lord (Armie Hammer) to sit for a portrait. The process should only take a few days, but the result lasts much longer as a seriocomic insight…

(Sweden/U.S./U.K., 2018) Directed by Björn Runge, 100 min., rated R On the eve of her husband being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, a devoted wife, who has sublimated her own writing talents for the sake of her mate, confronts the professional and personal sacrifices she has made. Glenn Close,…

The Flint Institute of Arts’ Art on Tap continues to be the premier beer tasting event in Genesee County each fall. Join us in the outdoors under a large covered tent for the new additions of bourbon and BBQ alongside the time-honored beer tasting. Guests may sample a wide variety…

(U.K./Luxembourg/U.S., 2018) Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour, 120 min., rated PG-13 Or… how Frankenstein came to be. Elle Fanning stars as youthful author Mary, whose world is changed once she begins a torrid, bohemian love affair with the dashing, brilliant poet Percy Shelley (Douglas Booth). “Solidly crafted and absorbing,” writes The…

(Denmark, 2018) Directed by Gustav Möller, 85 min., subtitled, not rated A former police officer assigned to alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a distressed woman—and becomes involved with a far bigger crime than he thought. This gripping Danish thriller was…

(U.S., 2018) Directed by Lisa Dapolito, 88 min., not rated Gilda Radner, the beloved comedienne and pioneering Saturday Night Live star, is recalled in a film that weaves together recently discovered audiotapes, rare home movies, and interviews with the Detroit native’s friends and colleagues.

(France, 2018) Directed by Serge Bozon, 95 min., subtitled, not rated For the weekend before Halloween, here’s a French tale with a twist: A high school science teacher (Isabelle Huppert) undergoes some strange personality changes after she is struck by lightning during a harvest moon. Her new alter ego is…

(U.S., 2018) Directed by Sara Driver, 78 min., not rated This documentary explores the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist and how New York City, the times, the people, and the movements around him formed the creative force he became.

(France/U.K./Belgium, 2018) Directed by Armando Iannucci, 107 min., rated R The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in a wickedly irreverent satire set in Moscow of 1953. After tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next…

The Flint Institute of Arts and its Founders Society announce the 13th Annual FIRST FROST Arts & Fine Crafts Fair. Recent growth in programs and exhibitions at the Flint Institute of Arts have resulted in reduced availability of space for the First Frost Fair. This year’s fair will be the…

(France/Belgium, 2017) Directed by Claire Denis, 94 min., subtitled, not rated Juliette Binoche delivers a luminous performance in a deliciously witty, sensuously romantic film about a divorced Parisian painter searching for another shot at love, but refusing to settle for the parade of all-too-flawed men who drift in and out…

Admission • $2 members & non-members The Communities First Inc. Culture Shock program, in partnership with the FIA, presents the first selection in a four-title series dealing with African American themes and culture. (U.S., 2014) Directed by Reuben Atlas, 84 min., not rated The eight sons of an anti-establishment Chicago…

(U.S., 2018) Directed by Ben Lewin, 98 min., rated R Paul Rudd stars in the strange-but-true story of major league baseball player Moe Berg, who lived a double life in the 1930s and ’40s as part of the precursor to the CIA. The home-run cast also includes Connie Nielsen, Jeff…

(U.S., 2018) Directed by Crystal Moselle, 100 min., rated R In what Indiewire.com calls “a fascinating microcosm of American youth,” a lonely suburban teenager finds her life changed dramatically after she meets a group of New York City skateboarders, among whom is a mysterious young man (played by Jaden Smith)…