Pothole Pictures Film Series

07/08/2026

members of the Rich Earth Institute will be joining us Friday night for a brief presentation on their work prior to the documentary Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong. They are doing great work and it is especially relevant to our featured film which centers on wastewater treatment.

learn more about what they are doing and how you can get involved (and join us Friday!)

The Rich Earth Institute recycles human urine into fertilizer. This work supports sustainable agriculture and protects vital water resources. Learn More

07/07/2026

come out this Friday and Saturday for a comedic documentary about p**p and the thankless pursuit of making a better world!

music before the movies starts at 7pm -
friday - The frost heaves and hales.
saturday - 133 skeele

documentary starts at 7:30
🍿 is still only $1

06/20/2026

join the fun on June 27th for the first annual Follow the Trolley Day! there will be lots to do in the village - including a guided bus tour of the original trolley line - and we will cap it off in true Pothole Pictures fashion with an evening showing of Speedy (1928) at the Shelburne Falls Theater! 🚋

05/20/2026

Hello, Potholers! Come join us this weekend for Paddington - check out the lineup below!

Music before the Movies 🎵 🍿 starts approximately 30 minutes before the film.

Tickets available at the door, cash only. $6 for adults and $4 for kids under 12.

05/08/2026

check out all the great events happening in the village this weekend!

05/08/2026

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE tonight & tomorrow @ 7:30. PG 98min

A poetic love story that is on several lists of the greatest foreign films of all time — the film that made Wong Kar Wai one of the coolest directors in the world. Not a film that focuses on plot or action, but on acting, cinematography, design and direction, making it “dizzy with a romantic spirit that’s been missing from the cinema forever.” (NY Times)

Tickets available at the door - $6 adults, $4 children under 12. Cash only.

Popcorn still only $1 🍿 🎬

THE WEST COUNTY RESISTANCE CHORUS WILL BE PERFORMING AT 7! Come sing along!

05/01/2026

Hello Potholers!

Spring has sprung and, so too, has our new season of films 🎥 🌷

Join us May 8th & 9th at 7:30 for IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. This film is a poetic love story that is on several lists of the greatest foreign films of all time and has been called “the film that changed cinema forever.” PG 98min

Tickets available at the door - $6 adults, $4 children under 12. Cash only.

View our FULL SEASON as well as the last two Metropolitan Operas of the season at shelburnefalls.com

We look forward to seeing you at the theater! We’ll make the popcorn 🍿

04/25/2026

Special Saturday Matinee Event!
April 25 at 2 pm Free for All: the Public Library
How did our wonderful free, public libraries come to exist? The Shelburne Falls Women’s Club and Pothole Pictures are partnering with the Arms Library to show this film, which tells the story.
As many as 75 to 80 percent of public libraries were started by local women’s clubs, as part of the “Free Library Movement.”
Join us to celebrate Library Week, and to honor the “quiet revolutionaries” who made modern libraries possible.
Stay for lively conversation with local librarians after the film.
and enjoy live music from a sextet before the film
Adults — $6. School age children — Free !

Panel of Librarians:

Sarah Hertel-Fernandez, Director, Belding Memorial Library, Ashfield, MA

Chelsea Jordan-Makely, Former Director, Griswold Memorial Library, Colrain, MA

Emily Willis, Librarian and Digital Literacy Educator, Mohawk Trail Regional School, Buckland, MA

Ivan Ussach, Director, Warwick Free Public Library, Warwick, MA

Laurie Wheeler, Director, Arms Library, Shelburne Falls, MA

The free screening of this film is thanks to generous support from the Carnegie Corporation of NY.