Wilmette's entertainment destination, offering top quality first run and art films and a variety of live theater, concerts, comedy, and kids' shows.
Current and Upcoming Movies
To purchase tickets for movies or events showing on multiple dates, go to the ticket website, select the date, then select the time for the screening that you would like to attend.
PLAYING FRIDAY 5/24 - 5/26 SUNDAY!
Sunday: 2:30pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pm
The Company You Keep
Rated R 121 minutes
The Company You Keep is a 2012 political action thriller starring Robert Redford (Spy Game, The Clearing) and Shia LaBeouf (Disturbia, Transformers). Also produced and directed by Robert Redford with a phenomonal script written by Lem Dobbs based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Neil Gordon.
The story centers on recent widower and single father, Jim Grant, a former Weather Underground anti-Vietnam War militant wanted for a bank robbery and murder, who hid from the FBI for over thirty years posing as an Albany attorney. When his true identity is exposed by Ben Shepard, an aggressive young reporter, Grant becomes a fugitive. Grant must find his ex-lover, Mimi, the one person who can clear his name, before the FBI catches him. If he does not, he will lose everything, including his 11-year-old daughter Isabel. While Ben struggles with ethical issues as a journalist, Jim and his old friends from the Weather Underground must live with the consequences of their radical past.
Koch
Rated (NR) 100 minutes
Koch is a 2012 documentary film directed by Neil Barsky, about former New York City Mayor Ed Koch.
Former Mayor Ed Koch is the quintessential New Yorker. Still ferocious, charismatic, and hilariously blunt, the now 88-year-old Koch ruled New York from 1978 to 1989—a down-and-dirty decade of grit, graffiti, near-bankruptcy and rampant crime. First-time filmmaker (and former Wall Street Journal reporter) Neil Barsky has crafted a revealing portrait of this intensely private man, his legacy as a political titan, and the town he helped transform. His three terms included a fiercely competitive 1977 election; the burgeoning AIDS epidemic; landmark housing initiatives; and an irreparable municipal corruption scandal.Through candid interviews and rare archival footage, Koch thrillingly chronicles the personal and political toll of running the world’s most wondrous city.
The Bling Ring
ATC HOSTS
STARRING ATC ALUM KATIE CHANG
JUNE 17
In this fundraiser for the Wilmette Theatre, patrons will mingle with young star Katie Chang at a pre-show cocktail party, screen the film before it premieres in Chicago theatres, and then attend a post-screening talk-back about Katie's experiences on-set and as an ATC acting student.
The soiree will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Gilson’s restaurant, 1126 Central Avenue with a silent auction of fabulous “bling”, including a pair of autographed Swarovski sunglasses given to Katie at the Cannes Film Festival, jewelry, handbags, a catered cocktail hour at a local Wilmette mansion, and a chance to have one’s name on the theatre’s marquee for a special event. The auction will benefit the not-for-profit Wilmette Theatre.
The red carpet screening of the film begins at 7:45 p.m., followed immediately after by the live talk-back.
Sofia Coppola's “Bling Ring” is based on actual events - about a group of fame-obsessed teens who use the internet to track celebrities’ whereabouts in order to rob their homes. Entertainment Weekly called the film “[Coppola’s] most provocative film yet.” At the recent Cannes film festival it opened to great buzz and positive reviews. “Bling Ring” stars Katie Chang as Rebecca,” the group’s ringleader. Emma Watson stars as “Nicki,” Israel Broussard as “Marc,” Claire Julien as “Chloe,” Leslie Mann as “Laurie,” and Taissa Farmiga as Sam.”
Tickets to the red carpet fundraiser are $75. each
Business or cocktail attire requested.
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