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HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Sat-Sun, Feb 3-4 at 12:00pm

HIS GIRL FRIDAY

Reporter Hildy Johnson spars with her charismatic but conniving editor and ex-husband on the eve of an impending execution in director Howard Hawks’ unrivaled mile-a-minute screwball satire.
THE ANONYMOUS CLUB
Mon, Aug 15 at 8:00pm, 10:00pm

THE ANONYMOUS CLUB

Having tasked the “notoriously shy” Australian musician Courtney Barnett with maintaining an audio diary through a never-ending tour, friend/filmmaker Danny Cohen focuses inward in this meditative 16mm antidote to the myth of a rock star on the rise.
THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER
Ends Thu, Apr 28

THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER

Ramon and Silvan Zürcher’s second film — a thrilling roundelay of mystery and sexual intrigue set off by a young woman’s move into a new apartment — is an uncanny, expanded chamber piece thrumming with life, in all of its conflicting impulses and ambiguities.
AFTER YANG
Ends Thu, Mar 17

AFTER YANG

In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down. Directed by Kogonada.
FJORD
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FJORD

Winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the latest from writer-director Cristian Mungiu is a gripping high-stakes courtroom drama driven by a profound moral dilemma. An immigrant Romanian family living in Norway is subject to an investigation and faces the scrutiny of the local judicial system. Starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve.
ALTERED STATES (35mm)
Mon, Oct 26 at 8:00pm

ALTERED STATES (35mm)

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.
PULSE
Tue, Oct 27 at 2:15pm, 8:00pm

PULSE

"Do you want to meet a ghost?" After the sudden deaths of several friends, three strangers explore a city that grows more empty by the day — and attempt to solve what lies within a forbidden room in an abandoned construction site, mysteriously sealed shut with red packing tape. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Part of Shocktober
HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!
Ends Thu, Oct 8

HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY!

Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor — and she must face what comes next as sparks fly. Grief, romance, Fosse-like dance numbers and little magical realism collide in a true crowd-pleaser from this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Joe Bob’s Indoor Drive-In Geek Out: Cult of the Rock Star Night
Mon, Sep 21 at 7:30pm

Joe Bob’s Indoor Drive-In Geek Out: Cult of the Rock Star Night

Joe Bob Briggs returns to the Belcourt Theatre for “Cult of the Rock Star Night,” a double feature of BUBBA HO-TEP (2003) and ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (1979). A nationally syndicated “drive-in movie critic” whose wisecracking take on B-movies was featured on two long-running late-night television shows; Joe Bob Briggs’ endeavors continue with his latest series, The Last Drive-In, currently featured on AMC’s Shudder.
Star Trek on Film Seminar: Dilithium Sparks and Recursive Arcs
Sat, Aug 29 | 10:00-11:00am

Star Trek on Film Seminar: Dilithium Sparks and Recursive Arcs

In this seminar, we'll follow the narrative path of human storytelling on its journey out from Earth and through the stars, with stops made in the world of 1960s television and late '70s/early '80s big budget big screen adventure, screening September 4th-7th as part of Star Trek 60th Anniversary.