Film Seminars | Discussions | Intros

Godzilla must battle a mutant rose-human-Godzilla hybrid in this absolutely bonkers (seriously, nothing can prepare you for this) second ‘80s Heisei period entry in the beloved King of the Monsters franchise.

If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic. Featuring interviews with her close friends, never-before-seen personal photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive, this new film considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her.

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack in director Matt Reeves’ found footage gem.

In conjunction with MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD, (opening at the Belcourt on Fri, Jul 24), this generative writing workshop is led by Lane Scott Jones in partnership with The Porch.

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.

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.

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.