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COMMUNITY NIGHT

PRESENTED BY INTERLOCHEN IN TOWN

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Wednesday, January 7th

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

Doors: 6:00pm
Event: 7:00pm
*FREE ADMISSION TO INTERLOCHEN STUDENTS*

2026 Winter Season

PASSES FOR OUR 10TH SEASON ARE NOW ON SALE

Tuesday, January 13th through Tuesday, March 31st

1pm and 7pm

Tuesday, January 13th – Tuesday, March 31st

We are thrilled to open our Winter 2026 season with the powerhouse drama, THE LIFE OF CHUCK, about which TCFF Founder & President Michael Moore says: “No American film for me has topped it this year.”
After its premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, THE LIFE OF CHUCK won the People’s Choice Award, then went on to become one of the most overlooked & emotional cinematic experiences of the year. It is adapted from Stephen King’s 2020 novella of the same name – and while it features supernatural elements, it’s not your typical cinematic treatment of “a Stephen King horror story.” Think more “Shawshank Redemption” Stephen King. Through vignettes told in clever (but not cloying) reverse chronology, we’re introduced to the titular Charles “Chuck” Krantz, a 39-year-old accountant battling cancer (played as an adult by Tom Hiddleston), and the intersecting lives of other ordinary people around him. Through their mundane but magical moments (including spontaneous lunchbreak dancing from Hiddleston!), we’re invited to reexamine what it means to live an extraordinary life – and how the invitation is always there, waiting for us if we dare to acknowledge it.

Tuesday, January 13th at 1pm and 7pm

Thank You to Our Sponsors

TERRY LYNN CARRITHERS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GRANT MICHAEL CARRITHERS

The Traverse City Film Festival is committed to showing ‘Just Great Movies’ and helping to save one of America’s few indigenous art forms — the cinema. We are committed to showing great movies that both entertain and enlighten the audience. We need movies that seek to enrich the human spirit and the art of filmmaking, not the bottom line. Our goal is for people to leave the theater with the feeling that they just watched something special.

Kids’ $1 Matinee!

The State Theatre offers family friendly movies every Saturday at 10 am.

All tickets are only $1

We also offer affordable snacks for both children and adults.

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