Woodcarver Steiner and God's Angry Man
A pair of Werner Herzog’s underseen documentary shorts. God’s Angry Man focuses on Gene Scott, an old-school televangelist with a combative style—Herzog finds him glowering silently into a live television camera until the donations flow. High-speed cameras catch champion ski jumper Steiner flying high over spectators on his way
more »
Two Nights Only - Friday, July 11th & Saturday, July 12th, 9:45PM
This “unhinged” deep-sea nightmare follows a sleepy hot spring town in Japan that gets a rude awakening when an ancient, bloodthirsty shark resurfaces to terrorize the local bathhouses. The townspeople must band together to save their steamy paradise, leading to a battle for the ages.
After winning the Audience Award at the 202
more »
Saturday, July 26 11:30am
For many years, the second Star Wars film was considered The Good One—darker, more complex, romantic. Whatever the current rankings, it’s still pretty good. Great set pieces, interesting character stuff, Billy Dee Williams, and no Ewoks. -Lee Gardner
more »
“Watching silly cat videos is good for you.” — The Wall Street Journal
The world's #1 cat video festival is back with screenings in theaters across the USA and around the world starting August 2025!
Oscilloscope Laboratories presents CatVideoFest 2025, a compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and class
more »
Saturday, August 23 11:30am
A bunch of cartoon predators adopt a defenseless human infant instead of eating it. Comedy hijinks with a mid-century hepcat bias and some pretty decent songs ensue. Disney’s adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s India-set stories is charming and surprisingly unproblematic for being nearly 60 years old. -Lee Gardner
more »
Thursday, September 4 9pm
It probably shouldn’t work at this point, but it totally does. Stanley Kubrick’s audacious sci-fi epic still dazzles with its chutzpah, invention, visual sense, and intelligence. And the scenes aboard the spaceship form one of the great pocket thrillers ever made. -Lee Gardner
more »
Thursday, September 18 9pm
Marjane Satrapi’s screen adaptation of her graphic memoir animates its spartan monochrome illustrations to the screen for a tale of a young girl coming of age in revolutionary Iran, as the country pivots from rule by a US puppet to an even more repressive fundamentalist state. A geopolitical history lesson and a piercing account
more »
Thursday, September 25 9pm
The central car chase and NYC street grit made it famous, but William Friedkin’s breakout film endures for its watchfulness. A pair of rough detectives (Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider) stumble onto what they believe is a major heroin ring. As they shadow the suspects, block after block, mostly on foot, the tension and pressure bu
more »
ONE NIGHT ONLY! - OCTOBER 1ST, 7PM
Join us for a hellish sing-along. The official Hazbin Hotel Season One Sing-Along is coming to The Charles on October 1st! Watch the first four episodes of Season One on the big screen and sing-along with karaoke subtitles for every song. Each sing-along attendee will receive an exclusive, limited-edition promo card for Hazbi
more »
One Night Only - October 22, 7PM! Scott Levy a/k/a Raven in Attendance
“Wrestling is such a brutal business… But why did it attract an artist [like Raven]?” asks Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. That’s the mystery at the heart of Nevermore: The Raven Effect — a hard-hitting, wild ride through one of wrestling’s most chaotic eras.
Raven wasn’t just another wrestler. He was a grunge prophet in
more »
One Night Only - October 23rd, 7PM! A panel discussion will follow the screening.
Cracking the Code, narrated by Mark Ruffalo, is an inspiring story of vision, perseverance, and the power of science to change the world. Phil Sharp’s journey from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit. His 1977 groundbreaking discovery of RNA splicing rewrote
more »