Our Upcoming Films
Life Is Beautiful: A Letter to Gaza (2024)
- Fri, Nov 22
- Sat, Nov 23
- Sun, Nov 24
Director: Mohamed Jabaly Run Time: 93 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2023 Language: Arabic
Starring: Mohamed Jabaly
IDFA 2023 Best Directing Award, and Official Selection of Hot Docs Festival 2024. Exiled above the arctic circle in Norway and refusing to accept the boundaries imposed by international politics and rigid bureaucracy, Palestinian filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly insists on telling heartfelt stories from his hometown Gaza. | Country: Norway, Palestinian Territories | Language: Arabic, Norwegian, and English
Basquiat (1996) Black and White Version
- Fri, Nov 22
- Sat, Nov 23
- Sun, Nov 24
Director: Julian Schnabel Run Time: 108 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1996
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Claire Forlani, David Bowie, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott
Restored in a new 4K black and white version, featuring a color sequence for its coda, supervised by artist and director Julian Schnabel. | Country: United States | Language: English, Spanish
Cult 101: An American Werewolf in London (1981) 4K Restoration
- Fri, Nov 22
- Sat, Nov 23
- Sun, Nov 24
Director: John Landis Run Time: 97 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1981
Starring: David Naughton, Don McKillop, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine
Screening as part of the November 2024 Cult 101 lineup. Beware the Moon. Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English
Maria (2024)
- Wed, Nov 27
- Thu, Nov 28
- Fri, Nov 29
- Sat, Nov 30
- Sun, Dec 1
- Mon, Dec 2
- Tue, Dec 3
- Wed, Dec 4
- Thu, Dec 5
Director: Pablo Larraín Run Time: 124 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher, Angelina Jolie, Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Pierfrancesco Favino
From the director of Spencer (2021), Jackie (2016), Pablo Larraîn's latest. World Premiere, 2024 Venice Film Festival. Follows the life story of the world’s greatest opera singer, Maria Callas, during her final days in 1970s Paris. | Country: Italy, Germany, Chile, United States | Language: English
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État (2024)
- Wed, Nov 27
- Thu, Nov 28
- Fri, Nov 29
- Sat, Nov 30
- Sun, Dec 1
Director: Johan Grimonprez Run Time: 150 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2024
Starring: Abbey Lincoln, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Max Roach, Patrice Lumumba
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba. | Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands | Language: French, English, Dutch, Russian
Heavier Trip (2024)
- Fri, Nov 29
- Sat, Nov 30
- Sun, Dec 1
- Mon, Dec 2
- Tue, Dec 3
- Wed, Dec 4
- Thu, Dec 5
Director: Jukka Vidgren, Juuso Laatio Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: Finnish
Starring: Anatole Taubman, Chike Ohanwe, Johannes Holopainen, Max Ovaska, Samuli Jaskio
Impaled Rektum, a band, is in jail but must escape when the guitarist's father falls ill and their family home/business faces demolition. | Country: Finland, Germany, Norway, Lithuania | Language: Finnish
Cult 101: They Live (1988) 4K Restoration
- Fri, Nov 29
- Sat, Nov 30
- Sun, Dec 1
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 94 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1988
Starring: George Buck Flower, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason, Roddy Piper
Screening as part of the November 2024 Cult 101 lineup. They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live. A resonating and outrageous must-watch from a legendary filmmaker. | Country: United States | Language: English
Flow (2024)
- Thu, Dec 5
- Fri, Dec 6
- Sat, Dec 7
- Sun, Dec 8
- Mon, Dec 9
- Tue, Dec 10
- Wed, Dec 11
Director: Gints Zilbalodis Run Time: 84 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2024
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together. | Country: Latvia, Belgium, France | Language: None
Nightbitch (2024)
- Thu, Dec 5
- Fri, Dec 6
- Sat, Dec 7
- Sun, Dec 8
- Mon, Dec 9
- Tue, Dec 10
- Wed, Dec 11
- Thu, Dec 12
Director: Marielle Heller Run Time: 98 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy
World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn. Written and directed by Marielle Heller, based on the 2021 novel by Rachel Yoder. | Country: United States | Language: English
Y2K (2024)
- Thu, Dec 5
- Fri, Dec 6
- Sat, Dec 7
- Sun, Dec 8
- Mon, Dec 9
- Tue, Dec 10
- Wed, Dec 11
- Thu, Dec 12
Director: Kyle Mooney Run Time: 93 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Daniel Zolghadri, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Rachel Zegler
World Premiere, SXSW 2024. On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Year's Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives. Directorial debut for Kyle Mooney, of SNL fame. | Country: United States | Language: English
The Invisible Raptor (2024)
- Fri, Dec 6
Director: Mike Hermosa Run Time: 115 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Caitlin McHugh, David Shackelford, Mike Capes, Sandy Martin, Sean Astin
World Premiere, 2024 Sitges Film Festival. After a top-secret experiment goes wrong, a hyper-intelligent invisible raptor escapes the lab and begins wreaking havoc in the surrounding neighborhood. | Country: United States | Language: English
The Return (2024)
- Fri, Dec 6
- Sat, Dec 7
- Sun, Dec 8
- Mon, Dec 9
- Tue, Dec 10
- Wed, Dec 11
Director: Uberto Pasolini Run Time: 116 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Aaron Cobham, Amir Wilson, Charlie Plummer, Claudio Santamaria, Jamie Andrew Cutler, Juliette Binoche, Marwan Kenzari, Moe Bar-El, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Rhys Harries
World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. After 20 years away Odysseus decides to come back. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war. | Country: United States, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Greece | Language: English
The Soul Eater (2024)
- Fri, Dec 6
Director: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: French
Starring: Emmanuel Lanzi, Malik Zidi, Paul Hamy, Sandrine Bonnaire, Virginie Ledoyen
When violent and gruesome deaths starts plaguing a small mountain village, an old legend about a malevolent creature resurfaces. | Midwest Premiere as part of NFF2024 | Country: France, Belgium | Language: French
Get Away (2024)
- Fri, Dec 6
Director: Steffen Haars Run Time: 90 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Aisling Bea, Jouko Ahola, Maisie Ayres, Nick Frost, Sebastian Croft
World Premiere, 2023 Sitges Film Festival. A family's vacation to a remote getaway takes an unexpected turn when they discover the island they're on is inhabited by a serial killer. Written by, and starring, Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz). | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English
Cult 101: The Thing (1982) 4K Restoration
- Fri, Dec 6
- Sat, Dec 7
- Sun, Dec 8
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 109 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1982
Starring: David Clennon, Keith David, Kurt Russell, T. K. Carter, Wilford Brimley
Screening as part of the December 2024 Cult 101 lineup. Members of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. The first installment in John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy." | Country: United States, Canada | Language: English, Norwegian
Purple Snowflakes: Elf (2003)
- Sat, Dec 7
- Sun, Dec 8
Director: Jon Favreau Run Time: 97 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2003
Starring: Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Will Ferrell
This instant holiday classic tells the story of a human baby raised amongst the hard working elves of Santa’s workshop. Struggling to fit in (literally) with his adopted family, he sets out on a magical journey to the island of Manhattan in search of his birth father, a naughty-list lifer in desperate need of some Christmas spirit. | Country: United States, Canada | Language: English
The End (2024)
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Run Time: 148 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Bronagh Gallagher, George MacKay, Michael Shannon, Moses Ingram, Tilda Swinton
World Premiere, 2024 Telluride Film Festival. From Academy Award-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer comes a poignant and deeply human musical about a family that survived the end of the world. | Country: Denmark, Ireland, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden | Language: English
Queer (2024)
Director: Luca Guadagnino Run Time: 135 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville
World Premiere, 2024 Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion nominee. In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of Eugene Allerton stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. | Country: Italy, United States | Language: English, Spanish
The Graduates (2024)
Director: Hannah Peterson Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Alex R. Hibbert, John Cho, Maria Dizzia, Mina Sundwall, Yasmeen Fletcher
Best Cinematography, 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. A powerful and sharply introspective coming-of-age drama, The Graduates (2024) follows a young woman as she prepares to graduate high school after a tragic event. | Country: United States | Language: English
Oh, Canada (2024)
- Fri, Dec 13
Director: Paul Schrader Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Caroline Dhavernas, Jacob Elordi, Michael Imperioli, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman
Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life. | Country: United States, Israel | Language: English
Cult 101: In Bruges (2008)
- Fri, Dec 13
- Sat, Dec 14
Director: Martin McDonagh Run Time: 107 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2008
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Clémence Poésy, Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, Thekla Reuten
Screening as part of the December 2024 Cult 101 lineup. Before 2022's Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh teamed up with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson on his debut feature, selected as the opening night film at Sundance. After a botched killing in London, a couple of Dublin hitmen have been ordered to lie low and await instructions - in Bruges. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English
Purple Snowflakes: 8-Bit Christmas (2021)
- Sun, Dec 15
Director: Michael Dowse Run Time: 98 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2021
Starring: Bellaluna Resnick, June Diane Raphael, Neil Patrick Harris, Steve Zahn, Winslow Fegley
How far would you go to score the ultimate gift? | Country: United States, Canada | Language: English
Holiday Classics: A Christmas Carol (1984)
- Mon, Dec 16
- Tue, Dec 17
Director: Clive Donner Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1984
Starring: David Warner, Edward Woodward, George C. Scott, Roger Rees, Susannah York
A powerful presentation of the most loved ghost story of all time. | Country: United States, Canada | Language: English, Portuguese
Holiday Classics: Scrooged (1988)
- Tue, Dec 17
- Wed, Dec 18
Director: Richard Donner Run Time: 101 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1988
Starring: Bill Murray, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Forsythe, John Glover, Karen Allen
The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways. | Country: United States | Language: English
Holiday Classics: Gremlins (1984)
- Wed, Dec 18
- Thu, Dec 19
Director: Joe Dante Run Time: 106 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1984
Starring: Corey Feldman, Frances Lee McCain, Hoyt Axton, Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan
Don't get him wet, keep him out of bright light, and never NEVER feed him after midnight. An essential pop culture gem, gleefully blending humor, horror, and holiday mayhem. | Country: United States | Language: English
Nocturnes (2024)
- Fri, Dec 20
- Sun, Dec 22
Director: Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan Run Time: 83 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: Hindi
World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival 2024. Nocturnes (2024) transports us to the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas where in the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on the secret world of moths. | Country: India, United States | Language: Hindi, English, Bugun with English subtitles
Holiday Classics: Love Actually (2003) 4K Restoration
- Fri, Dec 20
- Sat, Dec 21
Director: Richard Curtis Run Time: 135 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2003
Starring: Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant
Everywhere you look, love is causing chaos. Here, ten separate but intertwining stories—featuring a remarkable ensemble cast—prove how love arrives in many forms, shapes, and sizes, and just in time for Christmas. | Country: United Kingdom, France, United States | Language: English, Portuguese, French
Black Christmas (1974) 4K Restoration
- Fri, Dec 20
- Sat, Dec 21
- Sun, Dec 22
Director: Bob Clark Run Time: 98 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1974
Starring: Andrea Martin, John Saxon, Margot Kidder, Marian Waldman, Olivia Hussey
Screening as part of the December 2024 Cult 101 lineup. Fright Club Live recording on Friday! | If this picture doesn’t make your skin crawl...it’s on TOO TIGHT. | Country: United States | Language: English
Purple Snowflakes: The Polar Express (2004)
- Sat, Dec 21
- Sun, Dec 22
Director: Robert Zemeckis Run Time: 100 min. Rating: G Release Year: 2004
Starring: Eddie Deezen, Leslie Zemeckis, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks
This holiday season... believe. | Country: United States | Language: English
Holiday Classics: Little Women (1994)
- Sat, Dec 21
- Sun, Dec 22
Director: Gillian Armstrong Run Time: 115 min. Release Year: 1994
Starring: Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Samantha Mathis, Susan Sarandon, Trini Alvarado, Winona Ryder
The March sisters share some of the most cherished and painful memories as they live and grow up in post-Civil War America. The fan-favorite holiday classic based on Louisa May Alcott's classic novel. | Country: United States, Canada | Language: English
Holiday Classics: The Holiday (2006)
- Sun, Dec 22
- Mon, Dec 23
Director: Nancy Meyers Run Time: 136 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2006
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Eli Wallach, Jack Black, Jude Law, Kate Winslet
It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive. | Country: United States | Language: English
Holiday Classics: It’s a Wonderful Life on 35mm Film
- Sun, Dec 22
- Wed, Dec 25
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: Donna Reed, Henry Travers, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Embraced as a cherished holiday tradition by families around the world, Frank Capra’s heart-warming masterpiece about how the life of one good man can change the world forever. | Country: United States | Language: English, French
Nosferatu (2024)
Director: Robert Eggers Run Time: 132 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bill Skarsgård, Emma Corrin, Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe
Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. | Country: Czechia, United States | Language: English, German, Romanian, Russian
The Fire Inside (2024)
Director: Rachel Morrison Run Time: 109 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2024
Starring: Brian Tyree Henry, Emmanuel Igboke, Kylee D. Allen, Oluniké Adeliyi, Ryan Destiny
World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. The inspirational true story of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, arguably the greatest female boxer of all time. Written and produced by Barry Jenkins. | Country: United States | Language: English
Babygirl (2024)
Director: Halina Reijn Run Time: 114 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Esther-Rose McGregor, Harris Dickinson, Nicole Kidman, Sophie Wilde
World Premiere, 2024 Venice Film Festival, Best Actress. A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern. | Country: United States, Netherlands | Language: English
A Complete Unknown (2024)
Director: James Mangold Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Nick Offerman, Timothée Chalamet
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo (Suze Rotolo), Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, and more. | Country: United States | Language: English
Cult 101: Brazil (1985)
Director: Terry Gilliam Run Time: 132 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1985
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Ian Holm, Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro
Screening as part of the December 2024 Cult 101 lineup. In a retro-future world, a civil servant dreams of overcoming the bureaucracy, winning over the woman he loves and reinstating true justice. Terry Gilliam's stunning dystopian masterpiece is one of the most influential films of the 1980s. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English
Mickey 17 (2025)
Director: Bong Joon Ho Run Time: 139 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Ackie, Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette
A return to speculative sci-fi fantasy for Bong Joon-ho, who went stratospheric with his Academy Award-winning psychological satire Parasite (2019). Adapted from the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, this stars Robert Pattinson as an "expendable" – a disposable crew member on a space mission. | Country: United Kingdom, United States | Language: English