World Premiere, Cannes Film Festival 2023. Set in the 1980s in the clandestine world of the tombaroli, or tomb robbers, La Chimera (2024) tells the story of a young English archaeologist caught up in the illegal trafficking of ancient finds. | Country: Italy, France, Switzerland | Language: Italian, English

Wenders brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in his Cannes Palme d’Or winner, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard. Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family. | Country: West Germany, France | Language: German, English, French, Turkish

After the Germans occupy Paris, a talented jeweler, Joseph Haffmann, arranges for his family to flee the city and offers one of his employees the opportunity to take over his store until the conflict subsides. | Country: France, Belgium | Language: French

Long live the fighters. The sequel to the Academy Award-winning Dune (2021). | Country: United States, Canada | Language: English

A prequel to the iconic 1976 classic. A woman’s faith is shaken when she discovers a chilling plot in Rome aimed at bringing forth the embodiment of evil, prompting her to question everything she believes. | Country: United States, Italy | Language: English

World Premiere, 2023 Berlin Film Festival. After falling victim to a horrific homophobic attack, Jules’ life and career are destroyed. When Jules later comes across one of his attackers in a gay sauna, he wants revenge. | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English

World Premiere at SXSW 2024. Welcome to the frontline. An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a near-future fractured America balanced on the razor’s edge. | Country: United States, United Kingdom | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 SXSW. One small ember can burn down everything. In his stunning feature directorial debut, Dev Patel stars as Kid, a young man on a quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to victimize the poor and powerless. | Country: United States, Canada, Singapore, India | Language: English

A cinematic adventure into the heart of the magical, mysterious and medicinal world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth. When so many are struggling for connection, inspiration and hope, Fantastic Fungi brings us together as interconnected creators of our world. | Country: United States | Language: English

Additional dates added! From Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Grammy Award-winning folk rock duo Indigo Girls, this is a timely look into the obstacles, activism, and life lessons of two queer friends who never expected to make it big. Official Selection, 2023 Sundance Film Festival. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Cinema is a record of existence. In this elegiac tribute to the iconic Kim’s Video Store in New York City, what starts as an homage to cinema quickly becomes a rescue mission to ensure the eternal preservation of the beloved video collection. | Country: United States, Italy | Language: English, Italian, Korean

World Premiere, Fantasia Film Festival 2023. A fine artist named Charlie wreaks chaos in his small town when he becomes a warewolf that doesn’t remember the violent crimes he commits. With only papers to report the havoc the next day, the town is in disarray as they try to piece together what or who the culprit is. | Country: United States | Language: English

The lead visual effects artist on Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) makes his directorial debut. Nominated for an audience award at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, the film follows a father and his twin teenage sons as they fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world. | Country: Ireland, United States, Canada | Language: English

New York is a disease. Meet the cure. When the President crash lands on the island of Manhattan, now a maximum security prison, Snake Plissken is sent in to rescue him…or die trying. | Country: United States | Language: English|

World Premiere, Panic Fest 2024. Your biggest fear just got bigger. After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet—and fight for her family’s survival—when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster. | Country: Australia | Language: English

Brought together one fateful night, Pazu and Sheeta must unlock the mystery of the legendary floating castle. A timeless story of courage and friendship full of high-flying adventure and stunning animation. | Country: Japan | Language: English; select screenings in Japanese with English subtitles

Meet up with fellow horror movie lovers at 7:30PM and then join us at 9PM for the live recording of the Fright Club podcast hosted by George Wolf and Hope Madden before the feature presentation. | When there’s no more room in HELL, the dead will walk the EARTH! Experience the critically acclaimed horror masterpiece as it was meant to be seen – on the big screen! | Country: United States, Italy | Language: English, Spanish

Official Selection, 2024 Berlin Film Festival. After tracing a strange ailment to a remote gravesite, a team of supernatural experts soon discovers what happens when you mess with the wrong grave. | Country: South Korea | Language: Korean with English subtitles

Returning to the Film Center on 6/6 at 6pm with prerecorded new content: an intro from star David Dastmalchian and a post-screening discussion between Dastmalchian and Kevin Smith. | A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms. World Premiere at SXSW 2023. Winner of Best Screenplay at Sitges Film Festival. | Country: Australia, United States, United Arab Emirates | Language: English