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Mon, Oct 16 at 8:00pm – Sold Out

NOSFERATU with live score by Eve Maret, Dream Chambers, and Belly Full of Stars

An encore screening of F.W. Murnau’s vampiric classic featuring a live synth score by Eve Maret, Dream Chambers and Belly Full of Stars.

Tue, Oct 10 at 5:45pm

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Filmy spores fall from space over San Francisco, and the city blossoms with beautiful new flora. People take the flowers home, and as they sleep, the plants creep over them, devouring their bodies and stealing their identities — their emotions, their uniqueness, their souls. New 4K DCP Restoration

Tue, Oct 10 at 3:10pm, 8:10pm

ARRIVAL

Twelve spaceships strategically land in various locations in the Earth’s atmosphere. As mankind fights to agree upon the best course of action to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors, an unlikely hero emerges.

Fri-Sun, Sep 22-Oct 1

FREMONT

A lonely Afghan fortune cookie writer in San Francisco, attempting to build a new life, encloses a special message in a cookie, unsure where it may lead. Tenderly sculpted and lyrically shot in black-and-white, Babak Jalali’s film is a wry, deadpan vision of the universal longing for home.

Tue, Sep 12 at 3:20pm, 7:00pm

THE ETERNAL MEMORY

Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s eight years ago, a prominent political commentator and his wife struggle with the heartbreaking disease as the film chronicles the couple’s daily routine while they savor what they have left. Winner – Sundance Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary Competition. Part of Doc Spotlight

Fri-Sun, Sep 15-24

KING COAL

Oscar-nominated Knoxville-based filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon reshapes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking in a spectacularly beautiful and deeply moving immersion into Central Appalachia where coal is not just a resource, but a way of life. Part of Doc Spotlight

Sat, Sep 23 | 11:00am-12:15pm

Ways of Seeing: A Documentary Seminar

Presented in conjunction with the Belcourt’s Doc Spotlight series, this seminar is for anyone interested in the documentary form. Documentary filmmaker and Vanderbilt cinema and media arts assistant professor Carmine Grimaldi will explore the trajectory of documentary film from the birth of cinema to contemporary trends. He’ll discuss documentary styles and practices and explore multiple ways of looking at documentary films, including some of the titles featured in the Doc Spotlight series. The seminar will challenge viewers to see documentaries in new ways, and send participants home with a list of films for recommended viewing.