NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. December 3, 2023 – If you love spectacle for spectacle’s sake, Ridley Scott’s Napoleon will provide Nevada County residents with another excuse to turn off the TV and go to a movie. Scott is among the last of the old-time filmmakers who are striving to keep the historical epic alive in our […]
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Now Playing in Nevada County: The Marsh King’s Daughter
November 14, 2023 – If you’re looking for another evening away from the TV, The Marsh King’s Daughter, now playing at the Sutton Theatre in Grass Valley, will provide you with a decent evening of suspenseful entertainment. The film takes place mostly in the remote forests of Upper Michigan (here played by Ontario, Canada). Helena […]
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Now Playing in Nevada County: Priscilla
NEVADA CITY, Calif. November 7, 2023 – Here’s another reason for you to get out of the house and go to a movie: writer-director Sofia Coppola’s latest film, Priscilla (now showing at The Onyx this week), an exquisitely made, absorbing, and bittersweet variation on the durable ancient folktale that we now know as “Cinderella.” The […]
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Noirvember Screens at the Onyx Theatre Downtown
Ask just about anyone what America’s greatest contributions to world culture, they’ll usually answer baseball, Jazz, and Western movies. Some of us will add … film noir. Film noir grew out the marriage of American pulp fiction and German expressionist filmmaking in the early 1940s to create some of the most durable, entertaining, and beloved […]