Fantastic Fungi Day One Movie. One Movement. 500+ Theatres. On March 26th, you can still participate in Fantastic Fungi Day and support the Wilmette Theater. Use this LINK to purchase a ticket to screen this incredible film. It brings the fungi kingdom and all of its inspiration and beauty above ground for a one-of-a-kind immersive […]
POSTPONED Check this calendar or the Wilmette Theater for a new date in the future. Soozie Eastman learns that hundreds of synthetic toxins are now found in every baby born in America and the government and chemical corporations are doing little to protect citizens and consumers. With guidance from world-renowned physicians and environmental leaders, interviews […]
Monty and Rose tells the story of a pair of endangered piping plovers that successfully nested at Chicago’s Montrose Beach in the summer of 2019, the first of the species to nest in Chicago in 64 years. The short, independent documentary chronicles these special birds and an unpredictable series of events including a proposed music […]
at Wilmette Theater Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, best-selling authors Michael […]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14 @ 6:30 PM Based on the autobiographical novel by Farley Mowat, Carroll Ballard’s film chronicles the work of Tyler (Charles Martin Smith), a biologist who sets out alone on a government-sponsored mission to study the lives of Arctic wolves, an experience which ultimately becomes a journey of self-discovery as well. The screening […]
A stunning sensory experience and cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is a years-in-the-making feature documentary from the award-winning team behind Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013) and narrated by Alicia Vikander. The film follows the research of an international body of scientists, the Anthropocene Working Group which, […]
In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for our health and the health of the planet we depend upon. After the film, interested viewers can stay for a […]
The Wilmette Theatre and Go Green Wilmette present The Biggest Little Farm movie with a post screening discussion with Farmer Matt Ryan from The Talking Farm, July 8 @ 7:00PM.