Film Seminars | Discussions | Intros

In Japanese-occupied Korea, a pickpocket poses as a handmaiden in order to convince a Japanese heiress to marry her con artist associate. This seemingly simple gambit quickly falls apart when the heiress falls for the handmaiden instead. Ten years after its debut in 2016, Park Chan-wook’s hypnotic erotic thriller returns to the Belcourt.

When fresh-faced Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde – see also THE INVITE), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder. Directed by Gregg Araki.

Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Juniper, who says “She always stays true to herself and never loses her cool. IRMA VEP is a gorgeous study of color, space and conversation. Blending aesthetics from the silent film era and the 1990’s, I’ve chosen this film for its chicness, both in personality and fashion.”

Part 1 — My log has a message for you. | Part 2 — The stars turn and a time presents itself.

REMAKE follows filmmaker Ross McElwee as he reevaluates his approach to filmmaking following the death of his son — and the effort to adapt his 1986 project SHERMAN’S MARCH.

Inspired by and starring Nashville country singer Elizabeth Cook, THE EASY KIND features Cook as a fictionalized version of herself as she attempts to break through the constraints of the country music industry and become the artist she’s meant to be.

Part 3 — Call for help. | Part 4 — Brings back some memories.

Part 5 — Case files. | Part 6 — Don’t die.

Part 7 — There’s a body all right. | Part 8 — Got a light?

Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Conner, who says: “A new vision of the world in a surreal stream of sun-tanned and mojito-fueled consciousness. I absolutely love getting lost in its spell.”

Part 12 — Let’s rock. | Part 13 — What story is that, Charlie? | Part 14 — We are like the dreamer.

Part 15 — There’s some fear in letting go. | Part 16 — No knock, no doorbell.

Part 17 — The past dictates the future. | Part 18 — What is your name?

The iconic gender-exploding rock sensation and enduring cult classic big-screen adaptation of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s stage musical about an “internationally ignored” but divinely talented rock diva, characterized by Mitchell as inhabiting a “beautiful gender of one.” Film screening followed by Q&A and an acoustic set with John Cameron Mitchell.