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From Book to Film 2026: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
- Sat, Jun 20
- Sun, Jun 21
Director: Katt Shea Run Time: 89 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2019
Starring: Andrew Matthew Welch, Linda Lavin, Sam Trammell, Sophia Lillis, Zoë Renee
A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy sets out with her pals to solve a mystery, make new friends, and establish their places in the community. | Country: United States | Language: English
Pride Month 2026: Bound (1996) 30th Anniversary
- Sat, Jun 20
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Run Time: 105 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1996
Starring: Christopher Meloni, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan
For money. For murder. For each other. | Country: United States | Language: English, Italian
From Book to Film 2026: FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Jun 27
- Sun, Jun 28
Sat, Jun 27 @ 1:30 pm: 4K Laser PresentationSun, Jun 28 @ 1:30 pm: 4K Laser Presentation
Director: Bill Kroyer Run Time: 76 min. Rating: G Release Year: 1992
Starring: Christian Slater, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry
The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus. | Country: Australia, United States, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Thailand, Denmark | Language: English
Pride Month 2026: Call Me by Your Name (2017)
- Sat, Jun 27
Director: Luca Guadagnino Run Time: 132 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2017
Starring: Amira Casar, Armie Hammer, Esther Garrel, Michael Stuhlbarg, Timothée Chalamet
n the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio is spending the days with his family at their villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets 24-year-old Oliver, an intern working for Elio's father. They discover the heady beauty of awakening desire. | Country: Brazil, France, Italy, United States | Language: English, Italian, French, German, Hebrew
From Book to Film 2026: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Jul 4
- Sun, Jul 5
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 119 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2004 Language: Japanese
Starring: Akihiro Miwa, Chieko Baisho, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
From Book to Film 2026: Matilda (1996) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Jul 11
- Sun, Jul 12
Director: Danny DeVito Run Time: 98 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1996
Starring: Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz, Mara Wilson, Pam Ferris, Rhea Perlman
A From Book to Film selection. In this beloved Roald Dahl film adaptation, a girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to deal with her crude, distant family and free her kind teacher from their sadistic headmistress. | Country: United States | Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: The Iron Giant (1999)
- Sat, Jul 18
- Sun, Jul 19
Director: Brad Bird Run Time: 86 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1999
Starring: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., James Gammon, Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel
A From Book to Film selection. Imagine you confront your enemy—a giant, scary robot from outer space—and he becomes your best pal. The acclaimed animated adaptation of Ted Hughes' 1968 science fiction novel from the writer-director of The Incredibles (2004). | Country: France, United States, Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: Labyrinth (1986) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Jul 25
- Sun, Jul 26
Director: Jim Henson Run Time: 102 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1986
Starring: Christopher Malcolm, David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud
A From Book to Film selection. Where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems. When teen Sarah is forced to babysit Toby, her baby stepbrother, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – Passing (2021)
- Sat, Aug 1
- Sun, Aug 2
Director: Rebecca Hall Run Time: 98 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2021
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, André Holland, Bill Camp, Ruth Negga, Tessa Thompson
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada Language: EnglishIn 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white. Sundance 2021
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – The Color Purple (1985) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Aug 8
- Sun, Aug 9
Director: Steven Spielberg Run Time: 154 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1985
Starring: Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Willard E. Pugh
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, an epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. | Country: United States | Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – American Fiction (2023)
- Sat, Aug 15
- Sun, Aug 16
Director: Cord Jefferson Run Time: 117 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2023
Starring: Erika Alexander, Jeffrey Wright, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross
Academy Award winner, Best Adapted Screenplay. TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Award. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison's writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. | Country: United States | Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Aug 22
- Sun, Aug 23
Director: Carl Franklin Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1995
Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals, Maury Chaykin, Tom Sizemore
A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles. | Country: United States | Language: English
From Book to Film 2026: Essential American Voices – Nickel Boys (2024)
- Sat, Aug 29
- Sun, Aug 30
Director: RaMell Ross Run Time: 140 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2024
Starring: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Ethan Cole Sharp, Jase Stidwell, Najah Bradley, Sam Malone
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. | Country: United States | Language: English