Challengers (2024)

The art of seduction and other games. The director of 2022’s Bones and All returns with a titillating romantic sports comedy. The film follows three players who reignite old rivalries as they compete in a tennis tournament to be the world-famous grand slam winner. | Country: United States | Language: English

The art of seduction and other games. The director of 2022’s Bones and All returns with a titillating romantic sports comedy. The film follows three players who reignite old rivalries as they compete in a tennis tournament to be the world-famous grand slam winner. | Country: United States | Language: English

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. | Country: United States | Language: English

Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. | Country: United States | Language: English

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Wicked Little Letters (2024)

World premiere, Toronto International Film Festival. When people in Littlehampton–including conservative local Edith–begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town’s women investigate. | Country: United Kingdom, United States, France | Language: English

World premiere, Toronto International Film Festival. When people in Littlehampton–including conservative local Edith–begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town’s women investigate. | Country: United Kingdom, United States, France | Language: English

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) 4K Restoration

Lust…Murder…Dessert. Bon Appetit! At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge. Winner of four awards at Sitges International Film Festival. | Country: Netherlands, United Kingdom, France | Language: English, French, Dutch

Lust…Murder…Dessert. Bon Appetit! At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge. Winner of four awards at Sitges International Film Festival. | Country: Netherlands, United Kingdom, France | Language: English, French, Dutch

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The Beast (2024)

World Premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. In a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone’s lives, human emotions are perceived as a threat. | Country: France, Canada | Language: English, French with English subtitles

World Premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. In a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone’s lives, human emotions are perceived as a threat. | Country: France, Canada | Language: English, French with English subtitles

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We Grown Now (2024)

Winner of the TIFF Changemaker Award. Two young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago. | Country: United States | Language: English

Winner of the TIFF Changemaker Award. Two young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago. | Country: United States | Language: English

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Terrestrial Verses (2024)

Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival 2023. A collection of stirring vignettes following everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities, from school teachers to bureaucrats. | Country: Iran | Language: Persian, English

Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival 2023. A collection of stirring vignettes following everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities, from school teachers to bureaucrats. | Country: Iran | Language: Persian, English

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The Fall Guy (2024)

World Premiere at SXSW FIlm Festival. A retired stuntman is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie, which is being directed by his ex, goes missing. | Country: United State | Language: English

World Premiere at SXSW FIlm Festival. A retired stuntman is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie, which is being directed by his ex, goes missing. | Country: United State | Language: English

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Little Empty Boxes (2024)

The directorial debut of bestselling health author Max Lugavere chronicles his mother’s battle with a mysterious form of dementia. As her world deteriorates, her son consults with medical experts to learn how he can help her. | Country: United States | Language: English

The directorial debut of bestselling health author Max Lugavere chronicles his mother’s battle with a mysterious form of dementia. As her world deteriorates, her son consults with medical experts to learn how he can help her. | Country: United States | Language: English

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Mars Express (2024)

World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival. Dive into the heart of Mars in this stunning neo-noir sci-fi epic. In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker on Mars. | Country: France | Language: French

World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival. Dive into the heart of Mars in this stunning neo-noir sci-fi epic. In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker on Mars. | Country: France | Language: French

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Civil War (2024)

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 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

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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

JEEPERS! The CREEPERS are after BUD and LOU!! The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster’s body. The very first of the inimitable comic duo’s horror vehicles for Universal Pictures. | Country: United States | Language: English

JEEPERS! The CREEPERS are after BUD and LOU!! The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster’s body. The very first of the inimitable comic duo’s horror vehicles for Universal Pictures. | Country: United States | Language: English

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The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2024)

World Premiere, 2023 Cannes Film Festival. A droll and refreshingly intimate take on millennial alienation. A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2023 Cannes Film Festival. A droll and refreshingly intimate take on millennial alienation. A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family. | Country: United States | Language: English

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Ghibli at GFC 2024: My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

In Studio Ghibli’s classic tale of magic and adventure, two sisters move to the country with their father and discover the nearby woods are inhabited by strange and delightful creatures, including a gigantic but gentle forest spirit called Totoro. | Country: Japan | Language: English; select screenings in Japanese with English subtitles

In Studio Ghibli’s classic tale of magic and adventure, two sisters move to the country with their father and discover the nearby woods are inhabited by strange and delightful creatures, including a gigantic but gentle forest spirit called Totoro. | Country: Japan | Language: English; select screenings in Japanese with English subtitles

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Cult 101: Joint Security Area (2000)

Before Oldboy (2004) and The Handmaiden (2016), legendary filmmaker Park Chan-wook unleashed a gripping tale of deceit, misunderstanding, and the senselessness of war. After a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border leaves two soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened. | Country: South Korea | Language: Korean, English, German

Before Oldboy (2004) and The Handmaiden (2016), legendary filmmaker Park Chan-wook unleashed a gripping tale of deceit, misunderstanding, and the senselessness of war. After a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border leaves two soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened. | Country: South Korea | Language: Korean, English, German

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Fright Club Live: Mom and Dad (2017)

Meetup at 7:30PM, podcast recording and screening at 9PM. | Sometimes they just want to kill you. A pitch-black horror-comedy about a worldwide mass hysteria where, for 24 brutal hours, parents turn violently against their own children. World Premiere, TIFF 2017. | Country: United States, United Kingdom | Language: English, Chinese

Meetup at 7:30PM, podcast recording and screening at 9PM. | Sometimes they just want to kill you. A pitch-black horror-comedy about a worldwide mass hysteria where, for 24 brutal hours, parents turn violently against their own children. World Premiere, TIFF 2017. | Country: United States, United Kingdom | Language: English, Chinese

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AANHPI Heritage Month: Parasite (2019)

The first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and the first foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. In Bong Joon Ho’s pitch-black modern fairytale, greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. | Country: South Korea | Language: Korean with English subtitles

The first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and the first foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. In Bong Joon Ho’s pitch-black modern fairytale, greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. | Country: South Korea | Language: Korean with English subtitles

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The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024)

World premiere, Fantastic Fest 2023. Never bring a knife salesman to a gunfight. While stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop, a traveling salesman is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune. | Country: United States | Language: English

World premiere, Fantastic Fest 2023. Never bring a knife salesman to a gunfight. While stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop, a traveling salesman is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune. | Country: United States | Language: English

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Our New 2024 Spring Season Program: Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month

As part of our commitment to promoting diverse voices and narratives, the Film Center will showcase a curated selection of acclaimed films that highlight the AANHPI experience.

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