When Richard Paradise is working the door (and most nights he is), arriving at the Martha's Vineyard Film Center for a movie is a little like walking into a party.

This weekend The Exodus Institute in partnership with the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society will host Pursuing the Dream: Refugees and Migrant Film Festival.

The third annual Spectrum Film Festival arrives on the Island this weekend, beginning Thursday with Pride and running through Sunday at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven.

The Film Society in Vineyard Haven is hosting its annual Manhattan Short Film Festival from Sept. 27 through Sept. 30.

Mr. Paradise gears up to host the 13th annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival.

Director Julie Taymor and composer Elliot Goldenthal will help take Vineyard audiences back to the 1960s as they present and discuss their film Across the Universe, first released in 2007.

The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society is hosting another Met Opera Live showing on Saturday, Nov. 18.

The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society screened White Sun Friday and honored producers Danny Glover and Joslyn Barnes.