Cinematique of Wilmington Film Series

Cinematique of Wilmington is a series of classic, foreign and notable films sponsored by WHQR and Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts.

For ticket information, call the Thalian Box Office, Monday - Saturday, 2PM-6PM, 910-632-2285 or visit at 310 Chestnut Street.

Tickets are also available at the Thalian Hall Website.

Admission is $7 (+ tax and $1 ticketing fee )

Advance ticket purchase available – no extra charge to purchase in advance by phone or in person at the Thalian Box Office.

ALL FILMS BEGIN AT 7PM

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Cinematique Presents: "Columbus"

By Caroline DeVries • Nov 20, 2017

From Monday, December 4th, to Friday, Demeber 8th, Columbus will be shown in the Ruth and Bucky Stein Theatre at 7pm, Monday to Friday, with an additional show Wednesday at 4pm.

With a near-perfect 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes film review site, Columbus is the sleeper hit of the season. When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana – a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, Jin and Casey explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin's estranged relationship with his father, and Casey's reluctance to leave Columbus and her mother. Stars John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson.

Cinematique Presents: "Victoria & Abdul"

By Caroline DeVries • Oct 20, 2017

Monday, November 27th, to Wednesday, November 29th, on Thalian Hall's Main Stage Theatre. Monday to Wednesday the show starts at 7pm with an additional show on Wednesday at 4pm.

The extraordinary true story of an unlikely friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's remarkable rule starring Judi Dench. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity. Directed by Stephen Frears.

Cinematique Presents: "May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers"

By Caroline DeVries • Oct 5, 2017

Monday, October 16th, to Wednesday, October 18th on Thalian Hall's Main Stage Theatre. Monday to Wednesday the show will start at 7pm with an additional showing starting at 4pm.

From longtime fans Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio and filmed with extraordinary access over the course of more than two years, May It Last is an intimate portrait of the acclaimed North Carolina band The Avett Brothers, charting their decade-and-a-half rise, while chronicling their present-day collaboration with famed producer Rick Rubin on the multi-Grammy-nominated album “True Sadness.” With the recording process as a backdrop, the film depicts a lifelong bond and unique creative partnership, as band members undergo marriage, divorce, parenthood, illness, and the challenges of the music business.

Cinematique Presents: "Viceroy's House"

By Caroline DeVries • Oct 5, 2017

Monday, October 23rd, to Wednesday, October 25th, on Thalian Hall's Main Stage Theatre. Monday to Wednesday will show the film at 7pm with an additional show on Wednesday at 4pm.

New nations are rarely born in peace... India, 1947: Lord Mountbatten is dispatched, along with his wife, Edwina, to New Delhi to oversee the country's transition from British rule to independence. Taking his place in the resplendent mansion known as the Viceroy's House, Mountbatten arrives hopeful for a peaceful transference of power. But ending centuries of colonial rule in a country divided by deep religious and cultural differences proves no easy undertaking. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon, and Manish Dayal.

Cinematique Presents: "Loving Vincent"

By Caroline DeVries • Oct 5, 2017

Monday, November 20th, to Wednesday, November 22nd, in Thalian Hall's Main Stage Theatre. Monday to Wednesday the show will start at 7pm, with an additional show on Wednesday starting at 4pm.

On July 27, 1890 a gaunt figure stumbled down a drowsy high street at twilight in the small French country town of Auvers. The man was carrying nothing; his hands clasped to a fresh bullet wound leaking blood from his belly. This was Vincent van Gogh, then a little known artist; now the most famous artist in the world. His tragic death has long been known, what has remained a mystery is how and why he came to be shot. Loving Vincent tells that story in a glorious and artistic way.

Cinematique Presents: "Step"

By Caroline DeVries • Aug 31, 2017

The film runs Monday, September 25th - Friday, September 29th at the Ruth and Bucky Stein Theatre. Monday - Friday the film will be shown at 7pm and another show on Wednesday at 4pm. "Step is life!" - More than just a hobby for a trio of high school seniors at the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, the step dance team represents an escape and an outlet, a way out, and a way to express themselves.

Cinematique Presents: "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power"

By Caroline DeVries • Aug 31, 2017

Monday, October 2nd - Wednesday, October 4th, at Thalian Hall Main Stage Theatre. Monday - Wednesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 4pm. Eleven years after An Inconvenient Truth, and only weeks after the US pulled out of the global climate agreement, Al Gore returns with a powerful exploration of the current state of climate change and what we can do about it.

Cinematique Presents: "The Trip to Spain"

By Caroline DeVries • Aug 31, 2017

Monday, October 9th - Wednesday, October 11th, at Thalian Hall Main Stage Theatre. Monday - Wednesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 4pm. After jaunts through northern England and Italy, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of the country’s gastronomic offerings in between rounds of their hilariously off-the-cuff banter.