At the Liberty: Stillwater

A dramatic thriller directed by Academy Award winner Tom McCarthy and starring Matt Damon, Stillwater follows an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.

Rotten Tomatoes critics rate this as a 75% favorable, and the audience reviews are similar at 72%. This movie is rated R for language, and its runtime is 2 hr. 19 minutes. Showtimes are Sept 3-5 and 7 at Fri. & Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3:00 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Coming Soon – the Manhattan Short Film Festival for 2021. The Liberty Theater in Dayton is one of 5,000 viewing locations across the globe for this festival during one week, but Dayton is the only location showing this festival more than one day in eastern Washington (once in Spokane). You get to help select the best film, and best actor, from 10 selected films from 8 countries, out of the hundreds of submitted short films. Don’t miss this opportunity.