Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress! Winner, Golden Globe Best Picture! Top Ten List of Over 200 Movie Critics! 97% at Rotten Tomatoes!

We are thrilled to bring to the State Theatre the movie phenomenon of the year, an inventive, delightful, comedic, zesty romance set during the twilight of Hollywood’s silent era and filmed on location at numerous classic Hollywood locations. “The Artist” is a surefire crowdpleaser that tells the story of the entertwined destinies of a charismatic movie superstar confronting the new world of talking pictures, and a rising ingénue on her way to the top. Also starring John Goodman and James Cromwell, with an ensemble cast that hasn’t been matched in ages, this great film is “a rocket to the moon fueled by unadulterated joy and pure imagination” (Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune).

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2011/France/PG-13/100 min
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Cast: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Missi Pyle

Jack Russell Terrier Night: Bring your Uggie to the movies on Wednesday, February 29 at 6:30 pm, and get in free!

“Pure joy. Wildly entertaining, with a big generous heart.”
- IndieWire

“The most surprising and delightful film of 2011.”
- Tom Long, Detroit News

“You will walk out of the theater with a smile. You just will; it’s that inspired.”
- Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

“A love letter to classic cinema that will make just about anyone who sees it ridiculously happy.”
- Ty Burr, Boston Globe

“A surefire crowdpleaser and a magnificent piece of filmmaking.”
- The Independent

“An ingenious crowd-pleaser.”
- Liam Lacey , Globe and Mail

“Glitters and gleams with utterly of-the-moment wit and romantic zest.”
- Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

“A smash hit, a valentine to the movies I promise you will cherish.”
- Rex Reed, New York Observer

“Encapsulates everything we go to movies for: action, laughs, tears and a chance to get lost in another world.”
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

“So wonderful that the audience applauds everyone, including Uggie the dog.”
- The New York Observer

“A delightful inventive comedy, and a zesty romance to leave audiences glowing. The Best Movie of the Year.”
- Richard Corliss, Time

“It combines delightful humor and charm with what movies at their best have always conveyed: the honest power of pure emotion.”
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“One of the most entertaining films in many a moon, a film that charms.”
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“The delighted gasps in the theater will make you glad you took a chance on ‘The Artist.’”
- Bob Mondello, NPR

“A generous, touching and slightly daffy expression of unbridled movie love.”
- A.O. Scott, The New York Times

“In many ways – in all ways – ‘The Artist’ is a profound achievement.”
- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

“Literally the kind of movie they just don’t make anymore.”
- Lou Lumenick, New York Post

“As bold and innovative a moviegoing experience as James Cameron’s bells-and-whistles ‘Avatar.’”
- Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer