At the turn of the 20th century, a small group of students from an all-female college vanish, along with a chaperone, while on a St. Valentine’s Day outing. Peter Weir’s landmark of Australian cinema is a work of poetic horror whose secrets haunt viewers to this day. New 4K DCP Restoration
Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, a Victorian-era Englishman who suffered from a disfiguring congenital disease and the surgeon who saved him from a tormented life in a freak show, David Lynch's 1980 film returns via a new 4K DCP restoration overseen by the director himself, and is only available to screen theatrically for a few brief months this spring.
Charles Burnett’s lyrical debut feature unfolds as a mosaic of Black life in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Largely unseen for decades following its completion in 1977, the film is now recognized as a touchstone of the groundbreaking L.A. Rebellion movement — and a masterpiece that brought Black American lives to the screen with an aching intimacy like no film before. 2x Charles Burnett – New 4K DCP Restorations
Sat-Sun, Apr 26-27 at 2:20pm | Tue, Apr 29 at 3:50pm, 8:00pm
In Charles Burnett’s long-awaited 1999 comedy, an aging Jamaican widower (James Earl Jones) has spent decades wrestling an invisible demon named Hank. De-institutionalized, he takes a bus to Los Angeles and meets fellow lodger (Lynn Redgrave) who is fleeing her spurned long-dead fiancé, composer Giacomo Puccini. 2x Charles Burnett – New 4K DCP Restorations
Mon, Apr 28 at 4:30pm, 8:00pm | Thu, May 1 at 4:30pm, 8:00pm
Showed some years back in a faded 35mm print, Pink Floyd’s iconic 1972 concert film returns to the Belcourt fully remastered. Set in the haunting ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii, it showcases the band performing music primarily from their then-current album Meddle to an ecstatic audience of none.
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria (Tuesday Weld), depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with movie producer B.Z. (Anthony Perkins) offers a semblance of solace. Based on the novel by Joan Didion, directed by Frank Perry. New 4K DCP Restoration
When a devoutly Christian cop travels to a Scottish island to investigate the case of a missing girl, his efforts are stymied by the pagan laird of the isle and his devoted followers in this exemplary folk horror classic.
Trapped in a generational war against an evil Satanist and his violent cult, brothers Mark (William Shatner) and Tom (Tom Skerritt) head out to defeat the forces that have hunted their family in an epic battle culminating in a literally face-melting finale that must be seen to be believed.
Boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.’s official entry into World War II, Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 film, his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles — the cruel yet clownish “Tomainian” dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him.
Elia Kazan’s prescient 1957 film traces the connections between TV stardom and politics via drunken drifter Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith). Plucked from prison to sing on the radio, he lands his own TV show. Working his way up to national syndication, Rhodes’ use of mass media and his lust for power gain him influence in a presidential campaign where his disdain for his audience threatens to awaken the voting populace.
Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Will, who says: “MIDNIGHT RUN, above all, is a great time! I'm a sucker for a cross-country roadtrip, enemies to friends buddy comedy and MIDNIGHT RUN delivers with a ridiculous soundtrack to boot. Cheeky De Niro gives bonus points!”
Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent (who is now Two-Face) and Edward Nygma (The Riddler) with help from an amorous psychologist and his young circus acrobat sidekick, Robin.
Warren Beatty’s loving and eccentric star-studded adaptation of Chester Gould’s long-running comic strip about a tough and intelligent police detective follows the square-jawed cop as he battles Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
When her Mother Superior sends her to serve as governess for the Von Trapp family, Maria’s love of life, music and dance binds her to the naval officer and his seven children. Their delicate happiness is threatened, however, by a burgeoning romance between Maria and the soon-to-be married captain — and the rise of the Third Reich in Austria.
The dearly departed Val Kilmer sank himself entirely into the role of late ‘60s rock icon Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s portrait of The Doors frontman, a powerful musical portrait of his band, his muse and his experimentations — musical or otherwise. 4K DCP Restoration
Wed, May 21 at 3:30pm, 8:00pm | Mon, May 26 at 5:20pm
When fallen-from-grace patriarch Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) announces his terminal illness, his maladjusted family must come to terms with each other, their wildly dysfunctional family, and themselves.
Sat-Sun, May 24-25 at 12:00pm | Mon, May 26 at 2:15pm, 8:00pm
Steven Spielberg pioneered the “summer blockbuster” with this white-knuckle tale of an insatiable great white shark that terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island. Memorial Day Weekend – 50th Anniversary Screenings
With a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
Produced by Dario Argento and directed by Lamberto Bava, DEMONS follows a panorama of punks, preppies and ne'er-do-wells as they get trapped in a movie theater and possessed by gut-shredding Satanic demonoids.
When a group of film students devise a gimmick-filled horror movie marathon at an abandoned cinema, they unwittingly wander into the sights of a murderous psychopath who’s all too happy to use their props and tricks to his own deadly ends.
At an opulent hotel, the concierge (Ralph Fiennes) and his young protégé (Tony Revolori) forge a steadfast bond as they are swept up in a scheme involving the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune. Wes Anderson’s star-studded film is a poignant paean to friendship and the grandeur of a vanished world.
On the quest for a better life, 18-year-old Caine Lawson (Tyrin Turner) wants to break out of the vicious cycle of violence he’s always known growing up in the hood. Gritty and unabashed, MENACE II SOCIETY remains one of the most relevant films of Black cinema culture. Pizza and a Movie, co-presented with Slim & Husky's Pizza Beeria