Films

THE LOST LEONARDO tells the inside story behind the “Salvator Mundi,” the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.

Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s latest, fresh from its Venice premiere. The revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler who’s haunted by the ghosts of his past decisions, and features riveting performances from stars Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe.

FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) goes undercover to infiltrate a cadre of Southern California surfers suspected of robbing banks. Screening in 35mm.

Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run — but nothing goes quite according to plan in Wes Anderson’s charming first feature.

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow — under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

“It might be the wildest movie I’ve ever made, and that’s saying something,” says totally normal Nicolas Cage, who joins forces with prolific Japanese provocateur Sion Sono (LOVE EXPOSURE) for this gonzo marriage made in midnight movie heaven.

A taut psychological drama from director Michael Mann about an obsessive detective and a brilliant thief whose fates are linked in the aftermath of a high-stakes securities heist.

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the head of a CEO in this mind-bending sci-fi yarn from Christopher Nolan.

Jessica Chastain stars as flamboyant televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in this humanizing portrait of the rise and fall of the Bakker network empire. Directed by Michael Showalter (THE BIG SICK).

Ethiopian legend has it that khat, a stimulant leaf, was found by Sufi Imams in search of eternity. Inspired by this myth, Jessica Beshir’s debut feature weaves a tapestry of intimate stories of people caught between violent government repression, khat-induced fantasies and treacherous journeys beyond their borders.

A flashy, fast romp that chases a team of career criminals throughout one of the biggest international gold heists in history in this quintessential British caper film of the 1960s.

Annie Clark’s musical persona, St. Vincent, is a shapeshifting anomaly of sounds, styles, and acclaimed artistic ingenuity. But what about Clark offstage? Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, Portlandia) conducts this meta-comical investigation.

Somewhere underground in New York's subway system, just outside the Pelham Station, a gang of armed men hijack a train, threatening to kill one hostage per minute unless their demands are met. Screening in 35mm.

A Swiss private banker arrives in Buenos Aires with his wife to replace a mysteriously missing colleague and placate their moneyed clientele. Moving through the smoke-filled lounges and lush gardens of a society under intense surveillance, he finds himself untangling a sinister web of colonialism and high finance.

TITANE: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical prostheses due to its pronounced biocompatibility. Directed by Julia Ducournau (RAW). Winner: Palme d'Or, Cannes 2021.

Investigative reporters Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo are out to crack the case of a brazen jewel heist and clear Miss Piggy’s name in this delightful, song-filled twist on the genre.

Drums fly, amps fry, and the guitars get smashed when the loudest R&R revue of the British invasion gets the raucous rocker treatment in this 1979 retro-doc featuring live clips and interviews spanning The Who’s career to date.

Leo and María — played by writer-director Amalia Ulman and her real-life mother, Ale — are constantly transacting deals, large and small, in order to scrape by. EL PLANETA is a delightful and slyly dark breakthrough for multidisciplinary artist Ulman, whose film reminds us that every day, every gesture in our contemporary world is a performance.

A childless couple in rural Iceland make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn. They soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature, in this dark and atmospheric folktale, the striking debut feature from director Valdimar Jóhannsson.

Four men, including a recently-released criminal (Alain Delon) and an alcoholic ex-cop (Yves Montand), come together to execute a meticulously planned jewel heist.

When an evil record tycoon (Paul Williams) steals a pop cantata to launch a music palace, its disfigured composer (William Finley) exacts revenge. Directed by Brian De Palma and bringing together elements of Faust, The Phantom of The Opera and THE T.A.M.I. SHOW, this musical fantasy is a wild and crazy ride.

Lines between reality and fiction start to blur when a couple retreats to Fårö, the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman, to write screenplays for their upcoming films. A masterful blend of the personal and the meta-cinematic, Mia Hansen-Løve’s meditation on the reconciliation of love and the creative process is cinephile catnip.

In 2018, the world was riveted by the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team, a group of young boys in northern Thailand who were trapped when a yearly flooding of their local cave system came unexpectedly early. Oscar-winning directors E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (FREE SOLO) expertly detail the superhuman effort involved in the rescue.

With a treasure trove of never-before-seen performances and a rich collection of recordings, Warhol films, and other experimental art, filmmaker Todd Haynes creates an immersive dive into the iconic band that became a cultural touchstone — literary yet realistic, and rooted in high art and street culture.