Film Seminars | Discussions | Intros

Philip Hartman’s priceless artifact of New York’s pre-gentrification East Village follows down-and-out jukebox operator Macabee Cohn, played with deadpan melancholy by David Brisbin, who wanders the cheap tenements, dive bars and derelict streets of the East Village in search of a mysterious woman in a striped dress. Post-screening discussion with director (and Two Boots founder) Philip Hartman

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Barry Jenkin’s dreamy, melancholic masterpiece chronicles the story of Chiron, a shy, sensitive boy struggling to stay afloat in the proverbial waters of South Beach. Kicking off Queer Qlassics, it returns to the Belcourt for the first time since its blockbuster 2016 debut.

MADDIE’S SECRET is comedian, writer and actor John Early’s critically acclaimed directorial debut, starring himself as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company whose mounting professional pressures threaten to reawaken a hidden secret from her troubled past. A pitch-perfect blend of satire, melodrama, daring tonal shifts and intimate performances.

Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Erin, who says: “Mike Myers writes and stars in one of the greatest comedies of all time. Come see how this ‘shagadelic’ spoof holds up almost 30 years on!”

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

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 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?