Films

In the near future, a team of journalists embark on a dangerous journey to Washington, D.C. in the midst of a second US Civil War between the separatist Western Forces — an alignment of states led by Texas and California — and the militarized American government. Exclusive 35mm Engagement (one of a very small handful nationwide)

With joy, humor and heart-warming earnestness, Sundance award-winning director Alexandria Bombach brings us into a contemporary conversation with Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers — alongside decades of the band's home movies and intimate present-day verité.

Visually audacious director Bertrand Bonello (SAINT LAURENT, NOCTURAMA) fashions his most accomplished film to date — a sci-fi epic, inspired by a Henry James turn-of-the-century novella, suffused with mounting dread and a haunting sense of mystery.

With the ghosts of cinema past leading their way, co-director David Redmon and Ashley Sabin embark on a seemingly quixotic quest to track down what happened to the legendary Kim’s Video collection and free it from purgatory.

An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean-Pierre Melville, LE SAMOURAÏ is a razor-sharp cocktail of ‘40s American gangster cinema and ‘60s French pop culture — with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology. New 4K Restoration

In the land of Fairy Tales, a grumpy ogre named Shrek and his fast talking donkey sidekick must embark on an adventure to save an imprisoned princess.

An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader in Vera Drew’s revolutionary DIY DC Comics parody.

A twisted take on Little Red Riding Hood with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house while being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer.

Part concert film, part music documentary and part meditative study of one of indie music’s most prolific singer-songwriters, Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam.

Returning to the country of his birth, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgian resident Koffi finds himself not just a stranger in a strange land, but a pariah in his own family. An exquisitely crafted and visually inventive contemporary tale of superstition, alienation and tradition from Congolese Belgian rapper-turned-filmmaker Baloji.

What if that date you thought would never end didn't? When an uptown New Yorker innocently meets a downtown girl, he's uncontrollably drawn into a vortex of wild, malevolent and paranoid adventures. New 4K Restoration

Terry Goon (John Early) is keeping strict quarantine in his ex-husband’s Brooklyn brownstone while caring for his nephew — a 19-year-old model from Morocco (Qaher Harhash) — bedridden in a full leg cast after an electric scooter accident. Unfortunately for Terry, everyone in his life wants to meet the model.

Set to a lo-fi, genre-bending hip-hop soundtrack, Katherine Propper's award-winning debut follows a group of Gen-Z musicians on a road trip through the heart of Texas and is full of infectious energy and virtuosic musical performances.

Ethan Hawke returns to the Belcourt for an evening of screenings of his latest film, starring Maya Hawke as Flannery O’Connor. WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor's mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing.

Ethan Hawke returns to the Belcourt for an evening of screenings of his latest film, starring Maya Hawke as Flannery O’Connor. WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor's mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing.

In the seedy domain of Miami’s criminal underbelly, a seasoned hitman embarks on the relentless pursuit of his next target. The movie is shot entirely through thermal lens as he navigates a twisted world where violence and madness reign supreme. Tensions unravel, leading to a psychedelic journey that blurs the lines between predator and prey.

It’s 22 years later, and Norman Bates is coming home. The exquisitely vicious sequel to Hitchcock’s genre-defining masterwork follows the erstwhile motel proprietor as he returns to his old stomping grounds, but can’t keep “Mother” at bay.

Writer-director Joanna Arnow’s feature debut, a droll and refreshingly intimate take on millennial alienation, follows thirtysomething Ann in a series of vignettes as she idles in a meaningless corporate job and various BDSM relationships.

In Ken Loach’s final film, the owner of a pub in northern England develops an unexpected friendship with a young Syrian woman, and the pair attempt to breathe new life into a divided local community by establishing a haven for the most deprived, whatever their origins.

A film-within-a-film thriller about two teen girls terrorized in a movie theater by a killer while watching a horror film about a murderous optometrist hypnotized by his controlling mother to stalk his victims in a movie theater.

Spend this Mother’s Day with the mom who would do anything for her daughter…including murder! Joan Crawford delivers an Academy Award-winning performance as a woman clawing her way to success to provide her daughter with everything she lacks. Directed by Michael Curtiz (CASABLANCA). Part of Weekend Classics and playing with MOMMIE DEAREST

Inseparable childhood best friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) grew up together in NYC, but are now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their tight friendship faces its greatest challenge yet.

Spend Mother’s Day with the flip side to Joan Crawford’s devoted Mildred Pierce as we revisit Frank Perry’s wild and tragic camp classic! An autobiographical high melodrama recounting the tortured upbringing of Joan Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina. Part of Weekend Classics and playing with MILDRED PIERCE

An exploration of the life of Anita Pallenberg, European actress and rock ’n’ roll muse. Told in Anita’s own words, from her unpublished memoir, and in the words of her family, this bittersweet film is a never-seen-before look at life with (and without) the Rolling Stones.

A sleazy cable TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station.

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

When a talent agency comes to the rural alpine hamblet of Mizubiki with plans to build an opulent glamping site nearby, locals Takumi and his daughter, Hana, reckon with the pernicious impact the recent development will have on the community. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to his Academy Award®-winning DRIVE MY CAR is a foreboding fable on humanity's mysterious, mystical relationship with nature.

Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord prepares to wed the wealthy George Kittredge, but the unexpected return of her ex-husband and a prying tabloid reporter complicates the whole affair. Unclear about her feelings for all three men, Tracy must decide whom she truly loves. Part of Weekend Classics and playing with NETWORK

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control. Part of Weekend Classics and playing with THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

A new restoration of beloved character actor Timothy Carey’s long-languishing underground gem about an insurance salesman who gains a cult-like following as rock ‘n’ roll evangelist “the God Hilliard”. Featuring an early original score by pre-Mothers Frank Zappa. New 4K Restoration

Forty-two 9th graders are sent to a deserted island. They are given a map, food and various weapons. An explosive collar is fitted around their neck. If they break a rule, the collar explodes. Their mission: kill each other and be the last one standing.

In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. Jérémie Périn’s action-heavy 2D animation injects the cyberpunk genre with urgent new themes that make its far-flung world feel strangely like our own. A fantastically imagined, propulsive feature film debut.

The life of a small-town Georgia lawyer and his family turns torturous when a convict he helped put behind bars is released from prison. Not even a family getaway to a North Carolina houseboat can keep the sadistic felon from exacting his vengeance. Part of Weekend Classics and playing with NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION

When some very creepy things start happening at Herrington High, a group of students makes a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions… Their teachers really are from another planet.

The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated. Part of Weekend Classics and playing with CAPE FEAR

The four films Man Ray directed between 1923 and 1929 represent a high watermark of early European avant-garde cinema. In celebration, the Jim Jarmusch-Carter Logan musical combo Sqürl provides a newly-recorded soundtrack for these films, all recently restored.

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the newly dead awaken. Three families faced with loss try to figure out what this resurrection means and if their loved ones really are back. Based on the book by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In) and from the cast and crew behind THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD.