UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Algonquin Theatre, Main Street Huntsville
LILITH FAIR: BUILDING A MYSTERY
Monday, March 9, 2026
2pm & 7pm Shows
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Lilith Fair changed everything. Upon its emergence in 1997, this revolutionary travelling music festival, helmed by superstar Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan and featuring exclusively women or women-led acts, exploded the notion that popular music could only support a token quota of women’s voices. It's the perfect film to celebrate International Women's Day (which is the day before this screening).
This galvanizing documentary from director Ally Pankiw chronicles Lilith Fair’s triumphant three-year run and features new interviews with key performers such as Jewel, Bonnie Raitt, Erykah Badu, and Emmylou Harris.
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Back in the ’90s, conventional “wisdom” suggested that commercial radio couldn’t play two women in a row. Frustrated by this, McLachlan went on tour with Paula Cole to offer audiences an entire night of women’s artistry. That tour went so well that the next summer McLachlan debuted Lilith Fair, named after the Lilith of Jewish lore: Adam’s renegade first wife. It became the year’s top-grossing festival simply because the artists were so good. Besides the luminaries noted above, the Fair’s eventual roster included Fiona Apple, Tracy Chapman, Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, Indigo Girls, and Pat Benatar.
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With beautifully integrated performances, backstage footage, and media coverage, Pankiw explores the logistics and challenges in making these events happen. She also highlights the festival’s significance to younger up-and-coming artists through interviews with Brandi Carlile and Olivia Rodrigo. There’s also testimony from actor-filmmaker Dan Levy (Schitt's Creek), a producer of the film, who caught his first Fair as a boy and was forever affected. The legacy of Lilith Fair lives on, and this inspiring film tells us why.
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Director: Ally Pankiw
Producer: Dan Levy, Christina Piovesan
Canada | 2025 | 99m | English
Featuring: Sarah McLachlan, Olivia Rodrigo, Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, Jewel, Liz Phair, Lisa Loeb, Brandi Carlile, Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Erykah Badu, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne, Tracy Chapman, Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, The Chicks, Chrissie Hynde, Sinéad O'Connor, Christina Aguilera, Dido, India Arie, Deborah Cox, Nelly Furtado, Ellen DeGeneres, Alanis Morissette – and many others.
Distributor: Elevation
HAMNET
Monday, March 23, 2026
2pm & 7pm Shows
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Winner, People’s Choice Award, TIFF 2025
Nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress
Winner, Golden Globes Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Lead Actress, Motion Picture – Drama
From Academy Award winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, Hamnet tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
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In William Shakespeare’s day, the names Hamlet and Hamnet were interchangeable. The newest film by Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) uses that context as the basis for a tender exploration of Shakespeare’s domestic life, connecting a family tragedy to one of his most famous works. Maybe we can better understand Hamlet, Zhao suggests, if we consider that it was developed while the most famous writer in the Western canon was mourning the death of his 11-year-old son, Hamnet.
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Based on the novel by Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet’s main character isn’t The Bard — played here by an impressive Paul Mescal — or even the child who gives the film its name. Hamnet belongs to Agnes, Shakespeare’s thoughtful wife, played by an enthralling Jessie Buckley, who bathes the film in her warmth.
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Grief is a theme here, but Hamnet is not just a film about death. Early scenes of Agnes and William’s courtship are naturalistic, rendered through lush cinematography. Like any family story, this one contains joy alongside sorrow.
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Director: Chloé Zhao
United Kingdom | 2025 | 125m | English
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn
Distributor: Universal Films Canada
Content Advisory: Child death, depiction of near stillbirth
Upcoming Film Dates
We're working to confirm our future films as soon as possible, but be sure to mark these dates on your calendar for our upcoming screenings!
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May 11, 2026
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