PLEASE NOTE: Includes a 15-minute intermission and begins promptly, without trailers, at the scheduled showtime. When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client. more »
New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, cu more »
A seasoned showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. more »
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. more »
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. more »
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. more »
On one hand, Harmony Korine’s debut feature is an indulgent fever dream that it would be easy to tar as arthouse slumming. On the other, it’s a deep dive into an America that cinema rarely sees or respects. Which is not to say that Korine isn’t trolling a bit here, but Gummo remains an indelible, even poetic screen experience. A more »
Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us. Reunited with Leigh for the first time since multiple Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies, the astonishing Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman wracked by more »
World War II just ended, and a company of Japanese soldiers struggle to cope. A private played by Shoji Yasui tries by attempting to get a hold-out company of countrymen to surrender to the British and is drawn into a personal and spiritual odyssey. Kon Ichikawa’s classic was adopted from a young-adult novel and bears some of th more »
An associate of Ram Dass, East Forest explores how music and psychedelics can facilitate transformative healing through the blending of shamanistic practices with guided psychedelic experiences. more »
While looking for a war in Africa, Jack Nicholson’s disaffected journalist stumbles across a dead businessman who looks a lot like him. He takes up the corpse’s ID and slips into a netherworld of international intrigue and blurring identity with both his old life and his new life on his heels. Michelangelo Antonioni’s cinematic more »
Not as capital-”g” Great as Citizen Kane, but just as skilled and way more fun. Charlton Heston plays a Mexican (!) narcotics cop investigating a cross-border murder that drags him and his new gringa wife (Janet Leigh) into a world of trouble. Director Orson Welles not only conjures a memorable milieu of sleaze and corruption, h more »
An journey into the life and art of Venice's famous view-painter, no artist better captures the essence and allure of Venice than Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto. more »
It’s fitting somehow that Tim Burton made his best film to date about the world’s worst filmmaker. The inherent layers of stylization—a period setting, shot in black and white, amid the schlock cinema milieu of Ed Wood Jr.— subsume Burton's self-conscious peccadilloes, leaving a funny, sweet story of friendship and dreams anchor more »
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971. more »
Catherine Deneuve’s reserved bourgeois newlywed loves her handsome young husband, but doesn’t want to have sex with him. She’d rather fantasize about being whipped and dominated. Or maybe turn tricks with random strangers in the afternoon while he’s at work. It boggles the brain that Luis Bunüel made this film nearly 60 years ag more »
The film traces the journeys of the four members of the Stairway To Heaven rockers through the music scene of the 1960s and their meeting in the summer of 1968, culminating in 1970. more »
You probably know the catchphrase that spoils this ‘70s sci-fi staple, but behind it lies a not-as- kitschy-as-you’d-think screen dystopia. It’s 2022 (!) and the earth is hot and crowded. The poor scrape to survive and the rich get away with murder, or they will if a police detective played by Charlton Heston can be bought or th more »
Mothra is for the ladies. No, really, that was the idea behind Toho’s benevolent giant moth monster and her tiny twin spokesfairies. Her debut divides its time between world- building and a plot swiped from King Kong until, at last, the star finally unfurls her wings. One of the odder and more lovable entries in the kaiju sweeps more »
It’s no surprise almost everybody got "Jennifer’s Body" wrong on its initial release. As with Megan Fox’s title character, they made assumptions based on looks. Rather than a teen horror comedy with a heavy dose of sex, Karyn Kusama made a wicked-smart, funny/not-funny exploration of female friendships, in all their intimacy an more »
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger contributed to the war effort with this heartfelt and charming tribute to England, old and new. Three travelers (Dennis Price, Sheila Sim, and John Sweet) follow in the footsteps of Chaucer’s pilgrims en route to Canterbury during World War II only to end up waylaid by various light mysterie more »
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is one of the most underrated Japanese filmmakers of the last 30 years. Pulse’s eerie vision of a haunted internet still chills for all the reasons you might expect —specters materializing, creepy settings, uncanny sound design, and more. But it sticks with you because Kurosawa got that the ‘net can be a technol more »
It’s the circle of life, innit? You watched it as a kid, and now you bring your kids. Or you’re bringing your grandkids. Or you want to see it again yourself—no wonder, it’s great! Jeremy Irons gets the best songs, despite the fact that he can’t really sing, ha. Just make sure you see this one. That one with the CGI lions . . . more »
Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous names in art history, his image and his art are everywhere, yet few know the remarkable story of his rise to greatness. Young Picasso takes an in-depth look at the journey of Picasso’s life and traces his path to genius. more »
Though rooted in vintage tech like UHF broadcasting and videotape, Videodrome feels like the first 21st-century film. James Woods’ hustling TV programmer happens across what seems like the future of his prurient little channel: literal torture porn. But the signal unleashes hallucinations and sucks his character into a supremely more »
Retcon it all you like. This is the only truly great 'Star Wars' film, the only one that can exist without the others, the only one made without consideration for a galaxy- spanning intellectual property and shareholder value. And a powerful, inspirational piece of filmmaking it is, for all its clunky bits and post-release tinke more »
Meet Tiny, Rat, Dewayne, and a handful of other teenagers hanging on the streets of Seattle in the '80s. They panhandle, turn tricks, fight, dumpster dive, and talk tough. And then filmmaker Martin Bell gets them to talk about their futures, and they dream about the riches, cars, homes, and regular families slipping further from more »
Robert Zemeckis seized on nascent CGI tech to insert 40-year-old cartoon characters into an IRL period detective yarn with a plot cribbed from Chinatown. The passage of nearly 40 more years only intensifies the question of who was this supposed to be for? Fortunately, it still looks pretty good and the conspiracy against public more »
This version, ostensibly remade from unused footage, is meant to redeem the longtime cinema punchline from ignominy. But it’s not as if a film about the most notorious Roman emperor directed by a softcore auteur was likely to end up a tasteful bore. Caligula redux lacks the hardcore-porn inserts and tells a more coherent story b more »
The film that inspired a generation of the most chud-like male behavior imaginable has dated in some respects—sooo many CGI fly- throughs! But it remains as light on its feet as a flyweight, dancing and landing dark comedic jabs even as its testosterone-poisoned “philosophy” inspires eyerolls. Say what you will about Brad Pitt—h more »
The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history - millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outsiders. 1874 was the year that changed everything. more »
The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? more »
