Our Thoughtfully Curated Film Program Spans 75 Years Of Cinema History, Featuring Films Unseen For Decades Alongside Exciting New Discoveries From 2024.

Schedule Of Events:

November 1, 2024

Being Judd Hirsch
Live Event
4:00pm

Join Us For A Lively Conversation With Judd Hirsch, A Longtime Catskills Resident And Award-Winning Actor Whose Performances In Taxi, Ordinary People, Independence Day And Dozens Of Other Films And Television Shows Have Made Him One Of The Most Recognizable And Beloved Actors In America.

Hirsch Will Be Joined By Jodi Rudoren, Editor-In-Chief Of The Forward, As They Review Performances Both Iconic And Overlooked, All The While Considering Hollywood's Complicated Approach To The Portrayal Of Jews In Post-War America.

The Catskills
Opening Night Film
7:00pm

Documentary / 2024
Director: Lex Gillespie
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An Award-Winning Documentary Film On The Meteoric Rise, Historic Glory Days, And Bittersweet Fall Of The Borscht Belt. Former Waiters, Tummlers, And Dance Instructors Reminisce About The Family-Run Resorts And Bungalows That Established A Cultural Standard Whose Legacy Continues To This Day.

November 2, 2024

Catskill Honeymoon
10:00am

Drama-Musical Comedy / 1949 / 96 Min
Director: Josef Berne

A Yiddish-American Musical Revue On Film, Catskill Honeymoon Offers A Fictional 50th Wedding Anniversary Story To Showcase Authentic Performers Of Vaudeville Comedy And Musical Acts In English And Yiddish, Once Mainstays In Borscht Belt Resorts. Much Of The Film Was Shot At Young’s Gap Hotel In The Catskills. In English And Yiddish (With Occasional Subtitles.)

Sweet Lorraine
12:30pm

Comedy-Drama/ 1987 / 91 Min
Director: Steve Gomer
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The Lorraine, A Famed Catskills Family Destination, Is Run-Down, Losing Money, And Nearing The End Of Its Days. Molly, Granddaughter Of The Resort’s Matriarch, Comes To The Lorraine To Escape Her Parents’ Bitter Divorce, But Becomes Part Of The Resort’s Extended Family. Shot On Location At The Heiden In South Fallsburg. Co-Starring Iconic Borscht Belt Comedian Freddie Roman.

Guided Tour Of The Borscht Belt Museum -- Plus A Dollop Of Comedy!
1:00pm

Borscht Belt Museum
90 Canal St., Ellenville

Join Historian & Founding Board Member Peter Alan Chester For A Nostalgia Filled Tour Of The Museum's Latest Exhibition, "And Such Small Portions: Food And Comedy In The Catskills Resort Era."

$25, Includes Museum Admission.

Peddlers, Fishmongers & Rabbis: The Everyday Art Of Seymour Rosenthal
2:00pm

The Common Good
119 Canal St., Ellenville

A Talk With Lenny & David Melzer, Grandsons Of Artist Seymour Rosenthal.

Born In The Bronx And Raised On The Lower East Side, Seymour Rosenthal (1921-2007) Was A Self-Taught Artist Who Painted What He Knew Best: The Working-Class Inhabitants Of The Gritty New York Neighborhoods He Knew And Loved. Inspired By His Surroundings And The Seismic Events Of The 20th Century, His Paintings, Sketches And Lithographs Capture The Hardships Of Everyday People Trying To Survive In A Rough-And-Tumble City, The Rise Of Organized Labor And The Time-Worn And Expressive Faces Of The Religious Figures Who Seized His Imagination.

Rosenthal's Paintings Have Been Acquired By The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, The Technion Museum In Haifa And Other Institutions Around The World.

The Last Laugh
3:00pm

Documentary / 2016 / 89 Min
Director: Ferne Pearlstein
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The Holocaust Would Seem Off-Limits Topic For Comedy. But Is It? This Daring Documentary Examines This Moral Conundrum, Offering Fresh Insights Into These Questions, Through Interviews With Influential Comedians And Thinkers Ranging From Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Judy Gold, Gilbert Gottfried, Playwright & Musician Jake Ehrenreich, Abraham Foxman Of The Anti-Defamation League, And Auschwitz Survivor Renee Firestone.

A Walk On The Moon
5:30pm

Romance-Drama / 1999 / 106 Min
Dir. Tony Goldwyn
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A Jewish Wife And Mother Dares To Challenge Her Cozy But Narrow Life During A Summer Vacation To A Catskills Bungalow Colony. Her Conflict Unfolds Against The Backdrop Of Two Watershed Events In The Summer Of 1969: The Woodstock Festival In Sullivan County And The United States’ Historic Landing On The Moon.

Starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber And Anna Paquin.

Taking Woodstock
8:00pm

Featured Filmmaker And Guest Of Honor Ang Lee Will Be In Attendance!

Elliot Tiber, A Struggling Greenwich Village Interior Designer, Moves Back Upstate To Help His Parents Manage Their Run-Down Catskills Motel. The Bank Is About To Foreclose, But Elliot Hopes For A Miracle. Then He Meets Promoters Looking To Plan A Huge Music Festival – To Be Called Woodstock – Just Down The Road. They Move Into The Motel, Changing The Tiber Family’s Fortune – And Elliot’s Life. Inspired By The Memoir By Elliot Tiber.

November 3, 2024

Welcome To Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resort
10:00am

Documentary / 2012
Directors: Caroline Laskow And Ian Rosenberg
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Kutsher's Country Club Was The Last Surviving Jewish Resort In The Catskills, Family-Owned And Operated For Over 100 Years. This Film Brings To Life How Kutsher’s Thrived, Especially In The Areas Of Cuisine, Comedy And Sports. This Award-Winning Documentary Captures A Last Glimpse Of A Bygone World As It Slowly Disappears.

Drew Friedman: Vermeer Of The Borscht Belt
12:00pm

Documentary / 2024
Director: Kevin Dougherty
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Prolific Artist Drew Friedman Has Chronicled A Strange, Alternate Universe Populated By Forgotten Hollywood Stars, Old Jewish Comedians, And Liver-Spotted Elevator Operators. This Irreverent In-Depth Documentary Traces Friedman's Evolution From Underground Comics To The Cover Of The New Yorker. Featuring Interviews With Gilbert Gottfried, Patton Oswalt, Richard Kind, And Mike Judge.

Guided Tour Of The Borscht Belt Museum -- Plus A Dollop Of Comedy!
1:00pm

Join Historian & Founding Board Member Alan Frishman For A Nostalgia Filled Tour Of The Museum's Latest Exhibition, "And Such Small Portions: Food And Comedy In The Catskills Resort Era."

The Dancing Man: Peg Leg Bates
2:00pm

The Remarkable Story Of Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, The Famous One-Legged Black Tap Dancer And Catskill Resort Owner, Who Provided A Vacation Retreat For Black People Still Burdened By Segregation And Jim Crow Laws. Archival Film Clips And Interviews With Ruth Brown, Percy Sutton, Chuck Green, Buster Brown And Tap Greats Honi Coles And Gregory Hines.

Such A Nice Group Of Shorts
4:00 Pm

Let's Fall In Love: A Singles Weekend At The Concord Hotel
Documentary / 1993
Director: Constance Marks

Before There Was On-Line Dating, Thousands Of Singles Would Flock To The Concord Hotel’s Famed Matchmaker Weekends In The Catskill Mountains.

All American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Documentary / 2022
Director: Angel Gates

The Nevele Grand Resort In Ellenville, Ny Sits Abandoned On 500+ Acres Near The Foot Of The Catskill Mountains Of New York.

A Jew Grows In Brooklyn
Comedy-Musical
Director: Jake Ehrenreich

Based On The Hit Show - The Entertaining And Inspiring Tale Of A Brooklyn Born Child Of Holocaust Survivors Journey Of Acceptance - From Brooklyn To The Catskills.

Date: November 1 - 3, 2024

Location: Various Venues in Ellenville, NY

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