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Elizabeth Perkins is the star of one of the most beloved comedies ever, "Big," which will be presented on August 24 at the The Triplex in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. There will also be a Q&A with Elizabeth Perkins following a screening of Penny Marshall’s classic comedy. Elizabeth Perkins is best known for starring in the films: "Big," "The Flintstones," "Miracle on 34th Street," "About Last Night" and on television in "Weeds."

An interview with Matthew Penn.

Noted Berkshire County actor David Rasche will visit the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, Massachusettes on April 20 to screen and discuss the satirical black comedy “In the Loop.” Written and directed by Armando Iannucci (“Veep”), “In the Loop” is a wicked satire of British-American politics and the Iraq Invasion. The film was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2009.

A heart-wrenching meditation on how to say goodbye for the last time, “A Stage of Twilight” features stunning performances from Karen Allen and William Sadler as a couple forced to grapple with end-of-life planning.Karen Allen and producer Brian Long will be at The Triplex in Great Barrington, Massachusetts for a talkback following the 4:15 screening on April 21. Karen Allen joins us.

On Thursday, Great Barrington Public Theater and The Triplex Cinema will screen Matthew Brown’s film “Freud’s Last Session.” The screening will be followed by a talkback with playwright and screenwriter, Mark St. Germain.

The Triplex Cinema will present author and cultural critic Philip Gefter along with a screening of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” — Mike Nichol’s award-winning film based on Edward Albee’s play. Gefter will discuss his new book “Cocktails with George and Martha,” recently published to great acclaim by Bloomsbury Press, followed by a book-signing. Joining Gefter for conversation will be Lisa Schwarzbaum, former film critic of Entertainment Weekly Magazine.The event will take place at the Triplex at 3:00 pm on March 16.

The new documentary film “Joan Baez: I Am A Noise” is a biography that opens with her farewell tour, and uses her journals and archival footage and photographs to stunningly depict Baez taking stock of a life lived in the public eye – in an unsparing fashion and confronts sometimes painful memories.

With this month’s sale of Pittsfield’s Beacon Cinema to the Michigan-based company Phoenix Theatres, Berkshire developer Richard Stanley’s time in the…