Opens Saturday, October 13!

What happens when four legends of British stage and screen get together? Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Dame Joan Plowright are among the most celebrated actresses of our time, with scores of iconic performances, decades of wisdom, and innumerable Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, and BAFTAs between them. They are also longtime friends who hereby invite you to join them for a weekend in the country as they catch up with one another, reminisce, and share their candid, delightfully irreverent thoughts on everything from art to aging to love to a life lived in the spotlight. Bursting with devilish wit and whip-smart insights, Tea With The Dames is a remarkable opportunity to spend time in the company of four all-time greats—up close and unfiltered.

Directed by Roger Michell
Runtime: 94 mins
Rated: NRmore

Thursday, October 18!

Fronted by singer Karla Kanora, Rio Mira is an exciting recording collaboration between artists from neighboring Ecuador and Colombia. Their debut album, released on a ZZK's sub label AYA Records is produced by Iván Benavides (involved in Latin Grammy-winning groups like Choq Quib Town and Los Giateros de San Jacinto) and Ivis Flies (producer of Latin Grammy-winning social heritage project De Taitas y Mamas) and is guided by the distinctive percussive tones of the marimba, an all-important ingredient of this socially conscious project.

Based out of the coastal town of Esmeraldas in Ecuador, the project organizers are also developing a festival aiming to shift the negative attitudes toward Afro-Ecuadorian music, a multi-pronged initiative channeling the region’s UNESCO-recognized musical history. A symbol of the border-spanning, Afro-Pacific identity, the marimba’s story is closely intertwined with that of the escaped slaves, known as maroons, who made the region their home from the early 16th century onward. Channeling that history of self-realized liberation, there’s a celebratory feeling to the music that’s tangible. In the carefully preserved tradition of the marimba, there’s a joyous feeling that’s infectious.

Marimba Del Pacifico is released on AYA Records, a newly formed offshoot of Argentina’s ZZK label who recently released an album by Mateo Kingman. An outlet for new, exciting projects from across South America, the label is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has an outpost in Ecuador’s capital of Quito.more

Showing one time only on Thursday, October 18! 

From Producers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas comes the animated classic that started a global phenomenon. Go back in time with Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petrie - a group of very different young dinosaurs who find themselves thrown together when the world around them quickly changes. With one common dream of making it to the lush, legendary Great Valley, they quickly learn that they'll need to overcome differences and trust each other in order to survive. Fun, heartfelt and full of unforgettable characters, it's an adventure the whole family will love to watch again and again.

Directed by Don Bluth.
Run time: 90 minutes 
Rating: G

Common Sense Media Rating: Ages 6+

Hopewell Theater is proud to offer Cry Baby Screenings the third Thursday of each month. Babes-in-arms, infants in strollers, and carriers will be let in for free. Otherwise all tickets are $6. These screenings offer a sensory friendly environment:

Lights are turned up and sound is turned down
All ages are welcome (including infants)
Talking and noise is allowed and guests can move around
Latecomers are admitted

Please note that though the environment is sensory friendly, not all film content may be suitable for this purpose. Please contact our box office at 609-466-1964 for further information.more

Opens Friday, October 19!

After nearly forty years of marriage, JOAN and JOE CASTLEMAN (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe's literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950. THE WIFE interweaves the story of the couple's youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later--a lifetime's shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love. Adapted from the Meg Wolitzer novel of the same name.

Directed by Björn Runge.
Runtime: 100 mins
Rated: R more

Two chances to watch! Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21!

Written and directed by Faraut and narrated by Mathieu Amalric, JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION revisits the rich bounty of 16-mm-shot footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe, at the time the world’s top-ranked player, as he competes in the French Open at Paris’s Roland Garros Stadium in 1984. Close-ups and slow motion sequences of McEnroe competing, as well as instances of his notorious temper tantrums, highlight a ”man who played on the edge of his senses.” Far from a traditional documentary, Faraut probes the archival film to unpack both McEnroe’s attention to the sport and the footage itself, creating a lively and immersive look at a driven athlete, a study on the sport of tennis and the human body and movement, and finally how these all intersect with cinema itself.

Directed by Julien Faraut.
Not Rated
Runtime: 95 minutesmore

Saturday, October 20!

Emmy Award winning Tonight Show Comedian Mike Dugan’s “Men Fake Foreplay” is a hilarious exploration of the trials and errors encountered on the road to becoming a man in a ‘boys-will-be-boys’ world.  What begins as a naive attempt to "figure out women" quickly shifts into a humorous and insightful tour of the male psyche, the cultural influences that shape a man’s character, and the issues that block a man's ability to achieve romantic love and intimacy.

Based on his book, “Men Fake Foreplay…and Other Lies That Are True”, Dugan’s show takes unflinching comedic aim at men's experiences with responsibility, trust, feelings, intimacy, commitment, role models, dating , marriage, lying, cheating, divorce, fantasizing, blaming, dancing, and, especially, their relationships with women.  Mike’s long career of comedy writing and performing provides a unique and socially conscious take on these topics that has consistently elicited responses describing the show as “hilarious, important, and necessary”.  The result is a thoughtful and revealing assessment of the male experience - filled with observational comedy at tis best. 

“A funny, incisive, one-man journey to enlightenment.”   - San Francisco Bay Times

"Hilarious and meaningful!  A lot of fun and a lot of Truth!"   - Marianne Williamson

"Hilarious, Profound, Important." - Ben Vereen

"Incisive, Insightful, Interesting and Important. Oh, and Funny.  Laugh out-loud, ain't that the truth, stop you're killin' me, funny."  - Auburn New York Citizen

Mike Dugan has toured extensively throughout America, headlining comedy clubs and appearing as an opening act for musical artists such as Roy Orbison, Ricki Lee Jones, Chuck Berry, Harry Belafonte, John Hyatt and Shawn Colvin. Dugan also spent several years performing internationally in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Ireland, and Scotland, where he premiered ‘Men Fake Foreplay’ for a month long run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  He received his Emmy Award for his writing on HBO’s Dennis Miller Live, and was also nominated for Cable Ace and Writers Guild of America Awards. Dugan has made over seventy national television appearances, and has the distinction of being one of only a handful of stand ups to have performed on the Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno.more

Sundays October 21 and November 18!

Join us for a delicious and entertaining brunch catered by the renowned Max Hansen and performed by the gypsy-swing-jazz-folk quartet, Pyrenesia. Enjoy a sumptuous buffet with an array of delectable food items while listening to the uplifting tunes of Pyrenesia. 

Formerly known as the River City Healers, Pyrenesia is a gypsy-swing-jazz-folk quartet based in the beautiful river town Lambertville, NJ. Combining original compositions with the Django Reinhardt tradition of gypsy jazz, Eastern European and klezmer melodies, and anything else that swings, Pyrenesia delivers a foot-stomping, dress-swirling, hand-clapping experience to lift spirits and transport listeners to a musical landscape as vast as the Pyrenees mountains are high.

For the performance on October 21st, our Max Hansen buffet will include: 

• French Toast with syrup and fresh berries on the side 
• Breakfast Sausages 
• Bacon
• Vegetarian Frittata with oven roasted tomatoes, goat cheese, roasted red onions, and spinach 
• Mixed Green Salad with champagne vinaigrette on the side 

For the performances on November 18th, the menu is to be determined.more