HUDSON VALLEY CRUCIAL VIEWING: January 9-22

Your Guide to Repertory Movies in the Hudson Valley

Author

Bel Simek
January 08, 2026

Happy new year moviegoers! We at Kingston Film Foundation hope you all enjoyed your holidays, survived your families, and found time to watch some movies over the last few weeks! I know I did my best, but I’m still woefully behind on my 2025 releases. C’est la vie. There is always time for more movies. Speaking of, we’ve got some repertory films to start your year off right (even though we’re a week late, oops). We’re showing some documentaries at Midtown Kingston this month for our “Documents of Joy” series, which I hope you can make it out for! Besides that, we’ve got lots of films from the usual suspects. Onto the list!

THE LIST

Friday, January 9

One of the greatest finale sequences in cinematic history. If you love the wedding sequence in The Deer Hunter you should watch this.

Saturday, January 10

Sunday, January 11

Arguably one of the best modern adaptations of a classic novel. If you know you know. Nothing beats the 90s and Clueless is probably one of the most iconic and riffed upon classics of the decade.

KFF Presents!

Monday, January 12

Underrated, recent release. 16mm paranoia with an excellent cast. Goes to show what you can do with a simple premise and a little vision.

Wednesday, January 14

Bel’s Pick: Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours of Cornetto trilogy is some of my favorite comedy writing from the last two decades. Wright’s kinetic directing combined with Pegg’s comedic timing and character acting chops helped to craft one of the most beloved series of the 2000s. Heart, humor, and humanity, it’s got it all. This one always feels like a TV rerun movie to me (and I say that with love!) so I’m very glad it gets a moment to shine outside of the cable rotation.

Thursday, January 15

KFF Presents!

You all know we at KFF love an Agnes Varda film. This is a great example not only of her vision as a filmmaker as it is the endless capacity for experiments in film. More visual essay than film, Varda uses the film to reflect on her career and celebrate her 80th birthday. It was originally intended to be her last film, but she went on to make two more. I rewatched this over the holiday and it reminded me of another great example of the visual essay, Derek Jarman’s film Blue. Maybe treat yourself to a double feature? Both are wonderful examples of filmmakers’ reflecting and visualizing their own lives and careers.

Friday, January 16

Saturday, January 17

Sunday, January 18

KFF Presents! We’ve shown 3 other Les Blank documentaries over the last two years, and there’s good reason for it. Les Blank is my favorite American documentarian, hands down. His subject matter aligns with my interests, which makes me biased, but I also think he approaches documentary in the right way. He lets his subjects tell their stories, and his camera work is gentle and inviting. These films open a door and beckon you in to the world’s he wants to tell you about. This is going to be a great double feature, and we might even have some surprises up our sleeves for those of you that come out. Stay tuned.

Monday, January 19

Tuesday, January 20

Thursday, January 22