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Innovative director Spike Jonze and celebrated author Maurice Sendak bring to life one of the most beloved books of all time, a classic story about childhood and the places we go to figure out the world we live in. | Country: United States | Language: English

Gender boundaries can be a drag | Country: United States | Language: English

A Celebration of Queer Cinema at the Film Center For more than a decade, Gateway Film Foundation has...

A From Book to Film selection. Young Charlie Bucket finds a golden ticket to the world-famous factory of the reclusive candy man, Willy Wonka. A beloved children's classic that takes you on a magical adventure full of temptation. | Country: United States, United Kingdom | Language: English, French, German, Italian

She's back... Looking as gorgeous and outrageous as ever in a brand new frock. | Country: Australia | Language: English

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home. | Country: United States | Language: English

A Comedy Of Sexual Disorientation. When her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian, a naive teenager is sent to a rehabilitation camp. | Country: United States | Language: English

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

For money. For murder. For each other. | Country: United States | Language: English, Italian

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

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

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

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

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

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

Country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Language: English

In 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

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

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

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

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. | Country: United States | Language: English