Film Seminars | Discussions | Intros

Three modern-day witches (Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer) yearn for Mr. Right in a quaint New England town. Is the arrival of wealthy, irresistible Daryl van Horne (Jack Nicholson) a coincidence –– or their unconscious sorcery at work? Part of Shocktober

When a Harvard abnormal psychology professor (William Hurt) begins to experiment with mushrooms indigenous to a remote Mexican tribe, signs of both mental and physical devolution lead to the phasing in and out of material existence. Written by Paddy Chayefsky with an original score from modern composer John Corigliano, Ken Russell’s 1980 film is a fantastic and frightening trip into the deepest, darkest recesses of human consciousness. Part of Shocktober, Music City Mondays and Ken Russell x4.

With live shadow cast Little Morals! This fast-paced potpourri of camp, sci-fi and rock 'n' roll tracks the exploits of naïve couple Brad and Janet after they stumble upon the lair of transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter. 18+ only.

Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Tony, who says: “I find UtSL to be the rare puzzle box movie, which yields new insights and interpretations with every watch. The film loves old Hollywood, classic cinema, puzzles and ciphers, and the paranoid-soaked works of Phillip K. Dick and Robert Anton Wilson as much as I do. Will you help me break the code?”

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.