The Film Center is proud to partner with National Theatre Live to present world-class performances filmed live on Britain’s most exciting stages. Recorded live from London’s West End, experience Ian McKellen’s extraordinarily moving portrayal of King Lear in Jonathan Munby’s contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.
New year, new universe. An aging Chinese immigrant is just trying to finish her taxes. Instead she is continuously swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world. This surreal and exhilarating exploration of identity and existence won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. | Country: United States | Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese
A struggling actress and unfulfilled housewife becomes involved with her new gardener, Ben, but Ben is not what he seems. A neo-noir thriller from the Columbus-born producer of They/Them/Us (2022) and Linoleum (2022).
With legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi at the helm, journey into the unknown as Doctor Strange and his allies traverse the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
10th Anniversary Screening and Fundraiser with ticket proceeds benefiting Simply Living and Columbus School for Girls’ Sustainability Club. Stay after the screening for a discussion with the film’s writer, director and producer, Jenny Deller, and additional panelists on climate change, youth activism and how environmental justice has evolved over the past decade. Deller will give a brief preview of her new project set to film in Columbus next year.
Follows a chaotic, tender family on a road trip across a rugged landscape, fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others’ nerves. Premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
The final narrative film from the director of Notting Hill (1999) is the uplifting true story of a legendary art thief determined to change the world and save his marriage. Premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren’t looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn. Premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Country: Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States Language: English
Explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father. A bloody revenge epic and breathtaking visual marvel, The Northman finds celebrated genre filmmaker Robert Eggers expanding his scope without sacrificing any of his signature style.
The one that started the epic franchise, presented in stunning 4K. Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen Camp Crystal Lake, a summer camp that was the site of a child’s drowning. | Country: United States | Language: English
Based on Annie Ernaux’s semi-autobiographical novel, Happening follows Annie, a bright young student who faces an unwanted pregnancy while abortion was still illegal in 1960s France. Earned top prize at the 2021 Venice Film Festival.
Country: Sweden, Australia Language: English, Swedish
At the Film Center for two nights only, a fan event celebrating 50 years since the Swedish pop sensation was formed and 45 years since the film’s original release. Captured by director Lasse Hallström during their mega-successful tour of Australia, the newly remastered film will take you on a flashback journey to the 1970s when disco reigned supreme and ABBA were royalty.
With her follow-up to 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, writer-director Céline Sciamma has crafted a touching tale of a young girl coping with death. Nelly has just lost her grandmother when she meets another girl eerily similar to her, merging events of the past with those of the present. Premiered at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.
Ohio Premiere presented at the Film Center as part of Cinema Columbus 2022.
Life is a short party that will soon be forgotten. Gaspar Noé’s immersive split-screen meditation on mortality follows the last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia. World Premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
