A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident. Widely regarded as Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece, THE CONFORMIST returns in a new 4K restoration led by Cineteca di Bologna.
When Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) comes to visit the Newton family, his niece (Teresa Wright) begins to suspect that he may in fact be the “Merry Widow Murderer.” New 4K DCP Restoration
Recently ranked #28 on the Sight and Sound poll, Věra Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two brash young women who embark on a series of pranks in which nothing — food, clothes, men, war — is taken seriously. New 4K DCP Restoration
Part of Staff Picks. Programmed by Olivia, who says, "There are parallels that exist between old Nashville and Virgil, Texas and the world we live in today. David Byrne might even look slightly akin to our beloved, yet feared, Techs the Robot Cowboy from 100 Oaks Mall.”
John Carpenter's sophomore feature pits an understaffed police station against a bloodthirsty gang's angry horde gathering outside the precinct's walls. New 4K DCP Restoration
Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte join forces in Poitier’s directorial debut, a landmark that reclaims the Western in the name of Black liberation. New 4K DCP Restoration
Josef K. (Anthony Perkins) is accused of an unspecified crime and shambles through a series of bizarre encounters in an attempt to clear his name in the face of a hellish bureaucracy. Directed by Orson Welles. New 4K DCP Restoration
Based on The Who’s rock opera of the same name, Ken Russell directs this star-studded tale of a deaf, dumb and blind pinball wizard who becomes the object of a religious cult. New 4K Restoration
Monica and Quincy, who grow up next door to each other playing basketball, fight and fall in love as simultaneous turns in the big leagues threaten to throw their off-court relationship off-kilter. A Valentine’s Day edition of Pizza and a Movie, co-presented with Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria
Huge-spirited and sharp-eyed, Jean Renoir’s French-society fresco gathers high classes and low for a weekend of country-house fallout. Recently ranked #13 on the Sight and Sound poll. New 4K DCP Restoration
On one side, we have the best psychotherapy available in the 1980s. On the other side, razor-taloned undead child murderer Freddy Krueger. And in between this immovable object and this irresistible force are the surviving Elm Street kids, haunted (and hunted) by their parents’ McMartin era vigilante instincts.Screening in 35mm
Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. Ang Lee’s action-packed smash hit returns to theaters this month.
At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off South Carolina struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots.
When a machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject’s dreams is stolen by a “dream terrorist,” a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device.
A first date goes awry when Slim (Daniel Kaluuya) and Queen (Jodie Turner Smith) are pulled over for a minor traffic violation resulting in the death of a police officer. On the run for their lives, the two develop an intense romantic relationship while processing trauma and grief.
Rainbow Gold, a spirited teenage girl, dances her way through the tangled brush between childhood and womanhood. Enchanted by her cosmopolitan aunt, and at odds with her austere mother, Rainbow is determined to prove that she’s mature enough to decide the trajectory of her own life’s journey.
Two teens escape a psychiatric ward with the help of a radio DJ and become punk rock heroes on the streets of New York in this cult gem that features one of the hippest soundtracks of the ‘80s.
THE WATERMELON WOMAN is the story of Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye), a 20-something Black lesbian struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, a beautiful and elusive 1930s Black film actress popularly known as “The Watermelon Woman.”
Thick in the boil of a Louisiana summer, 10-year-old Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett) finds the tightly spooled secrets of her family’s past begin to slowly unravel. Director Kasi Lemmons’ feature length debut, EVE’S BAYOU is an American Southern Gothic classic.
Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Cody, who says "Using non-actors and real street children (including the tragic lead, Fernando Ramos da Silva), PIXOTE will punch you in the gut in a way very few films can or will…. True, transgressive art."
Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Coley, who says “Critically panned upon its release, this Ben Stiller-directed / Judd Apatow-produced film about a pop-culture obsessed cable guy (Jim Carrey) turned out to be the most prophetic comedy of the ‘90s. Think ‘Hitchcock meets Jerry Lewis.’”
