Our Upcoming Films

After losing their mother in the final months of World War II, two orphans move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive. An artistic and emotional tour de force based on the retellings of survivor Nosaka Akiyuki. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

HUMP! Film Festival is back with an all-new line-up of short erotic films made by real people for real people. The carefully curated program is a cornucopia of body types, shapes, ages, colors, sexualities, genders, kinks, and fetishes—all united by their common humanity and a shared spirit of playful sex-positivity.

1976 was a time they'd never forget (if only they could remember). Ranked among the best teen films ever made, this critically acclaimed cult favorite explores the last day of school—and one wild night—in the lives of high school students in 1976. | Country: United States | Language: English

Scorsese brings his cinematic prowess to a genre that he has always loved—suspense. In the film, a convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. | Country: United States | Language: English

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home. | Country: United States, Finland, United Kingdom | Language: English

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators. | Country: France, Canada | Language: English, French

A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker Lisa and his emotional support for one of his students, Adam. | Country: United Kingdom, Qatar, Palestinian Territories | Language: English, Arabic

Christine Brown has a good job, a great boyfriend, and a bright future. But in three days, she's going to hell. | Country: United States, India | Language: English, Spanish, Hungarian, Czech

Told by the operatives in the rooms where it happened, White With Fear is an explosive deep dive into the decades-long quest by America's conservative political machine to amass power by exploiting racial fault lines and stoking narratives of White victimization. | Country: United States | Language: English

Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata's universally-acclaimed final film, adapted from a 10th-century Japanese folktale. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

The day WWII ends, Jimmy, a selfish and smooth-talking musician, meets Francine, a lounge singer. From that moment on, their relationship grows into love as they struggle with their careers and aim for the top. | Country: United States | Language: English

After her estranged grandmother unexpectedly passes away, a snowstorm locks Rosario in with the body while twisted supernatural forces begin assaulting her. | Country: Colombia, United States | Language: English

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. | Country: United States | Language: Finnish, Filipino, Tagalog, Estonian, Fon, English

The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds. | Country: Japan | Language: None

>Evil fears the knight. | Country: United States, United Kingdom | Language: English, Mandarin

In the latest from Korean filmmaker Hur Jin-ho, adapted from Herman Koch’s international bestseller The Dinner, tragedy strikes when two brothers who do not share the same beliefs accidentally discover a dreadful secret. | Country: South Korea | Language: Korean

Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair. | Country: Canada, United Kingdom, United States, India | Language: English

This is not a letter to this country, but to us inside this country. | Country: United States | Language: English

A dazzling aerial adventure set in and above the scenic port towns of the Adriatic Sea. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

Rarely seen outside of Japan, a subtle, poignant and wonderfully detailed story of adolescence and teenage isolation. Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year, but they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Cops or criminals. When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference? An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. | Country: United States | Language: English

Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall Tales – a debut collaborative visual and audio cinema experience a decade in the making. | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English

A fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge. | Country: United States | Language: English

In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history. | Country: United States | Language: English

In a secret world hidden beneath the floorboards, little people called Borrowers live out of sight of humans, until Arrietty is discovered by a boy named Shawn, and their friendship blossoms into an extraordinary adventure. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

Country: United States
Language: English, Spanish

David Lynch's Palme d'Or-winning road movie is a wild crazy love story featuring one of cinema's most iconic couples. Young lovers Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern) are on the run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

A sudden loss catalyzes an unlikely bond between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Navigating lives far from home and the painstaking labor that supports them, they journey through grief together in hopes of finding family. | Country: United States | Language: Mandarin, English, Min Nan

Mom is many things... normal isn't one of them. | Country: United States | Language: English

Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant. | Country: France, West Germany | Language: French, English

Country: United States, France
Language: English

Screening as part of Mondays with Marty

Any call can be murder. Any stop can be suicide. Any night can the the last.

Join in the adventures of the quirky Yamada family — from the hilarious to the touching — brilliantly presented in a unique, visually striking comic strip style by Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

British icons The Zombies reflect on 60 years of their musical path, from teenage friends to legends in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | Country: United States | Language: English 

A musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence. | Country: United States |Language: English

A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.

Hailed as one of the greatest films of the 1950s, the first and only film directed by famed actor Charles Laughton. In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money. | Country: United States | Language: English

Troma is taking a batch of their most recent genre flicks across the country and the Center is pleased to host the Columbus edition of the tour! Join us for this six movie marathon including the premiere of Ricky Glore's Sweet Meats (2025)!

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: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody. Paul Schrader's gritty screenplay depicts the ever-deepening alienation of Vietnam Veteran Travis Bickle, a psychotic cab driver who obsessively cruises the mean streets of Manhattan. | Country: United States | Language: English, Spanish

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: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

When David returns to Buenos Aires from Europe for his uncle's funeral, he learns that his mother has decided to pull the plug on his comatose father. David oscillates between his past and present as he tries to find his own place. | Country: Argentina, Italy, Spain | Language: Spanish w/English subtitles

When young Sophie is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with the handsome wizard Howl. The gorgeous Academy Award-nominated romantic fantasy adventure based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

A chance encounter with a mysterious cat sends Shizuku, a quiet schoolgirl, on a quest for her true talent. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

A story told in reverse, starting with the end of Chuck Krantz's life, and moving back in time to show how he lived that life. | Country: United States | Language: English

Academy Award winner, Best Animated Feature. A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. Opening film of the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. A powerful wizard and a troubled young prince search for the force behind this mysterious imbalance. Based on the classic book series by Ursula K. Le Guin. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

| Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, Jiro channels his dreams of flying into becoming one of the world's most accomplished airplane designers. Nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

In Studio Ghibli's beloved coming-of-age story, a young witch named Kiki sets off to a seaside town to start a new life with her sarcastic black cat, Jiji. | Country: Japan | Language: English; select screenings in Japanese with English subtitles

The friendship between a young boy and a magical goldfish threatens the delicate balance of nature. Awash in pure unbridled imagination and visual wonder with an emotional heart. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

It's not so bad being a cat, now is it? | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English

Trapped in a fantastical world full of spirits and demons, Chihiro must outwit the cunning sorceress Yubaba and call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family. One of the most critically-acclaimed films of all time, overflowing with imaginative creatures and thrilling storytelling, and winner of Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards. | Country: Japan | Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Matinee screenings presented in English