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Spring season of the Visulite Art Series starts Monday, March 31

Spring Art Series 2025

 

Passes are now on sale at the Visulite Box Office

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Join us every Monday Night at 6:30pm to discover new, discussion-worthy films from around the world. 

Each film is introduced by our resident expert, Phyllis Rosen, who offers insightful context and entertaining details about each film. 

After the movie, stick around and participate in a moderated discussion.

 

4/28: The Penguin Lessons 

5/4: The Ballad of Wallis Island

5/12: The Friend 

5/19: The Wedding Banquet 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Penguin Lessons

The Penguin Lessons

3/28/2025PG-131 hr 50 minfor strong language, some sexual references and thematic elements.

THE PENGUIN LESSONS is inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down.

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The Ballad of Wallis Island

The Ballad of Wallis Island

3/28/2025PG-131 hr 40 minfor some language and smoking.

THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan) back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.

The Friend

The Friend

3/28/2025R2 hr 0 minfor language including a sexual reference.

Based on the bestselling novel, writer and teacher Iris (Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Murray) leaves her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane. The regal yet intractable beast, named Apollo, immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life in this story of healing, love, and friendship.

The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

4/18/2025R1 hr 43 minfor language and some sexual material/nudity.

From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness, and cultural identity. Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can't afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee's IVF. But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min's skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza.

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