Our Upcoming Films

Director: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert Run Time: 97 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2016

Starring: Antonia Ribero, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paul Dano, Timothy Eulich

Country: United States
Language: English

We all need somebody to lean on.

Run Time: 120 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022

Gateway Film Center is proud to host 2022's in-person premiere screening of Columbus' 48 Hour Film Project entries! Check out the wildly inventive short films from local filmmakers, amateurs and professionals alike, all created in the span of 48 hours. 

Director: Lulu Wang Run Time: 100 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2019

Starring: Awkwafina, Diana Lin, Hong Lu, Tzi Ma, Zhao Shuzhen

Country: China, United States
Language: Mandarin, English, Japanese, Italian

Based on an actual lie.

Director: Paul Schrader Run Time: 113 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2018

Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Ethan Hawke, Philip Ettinger, Victoria Hill

Country: United States
Language: English

A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.

Run Time: 90 min.

Gateway Film Center and the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts (CSCA) welcome Dave Koss and Matt Milstead, hosts of the weekly Modgraph Podcast, for a social hour at 6:30PM followed by a presentation at 7:30PM on Thursday, August 18, 2022.

Director: Tetsuro Kodama Run Time: 120 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022

Starring: Hiroshi Kamiya, Mamoru Miyano, Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Yuko Minaguchi

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, English

The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur Run Time: 103 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022

Starring: Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Jeffries, Riley Keough, Sharlto Copley

Country: United States
Language: English

A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator.

Director: Joanna Hogg Run Time: 120 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2019

Starring: Ariane Labed, Honor Swinton Byrne, Richard Ayoade, Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke

Country: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English

The past never stays in focus.

Director: Janicza Bravo Run Time: 90 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2021

Starring: Colman Domingo, Nicholas Braun, Riley Keough, Taylour Paige

Country: United States
Language: English

Official Selection of Sundance 2020. A stripper embarks on a wild road trip to Florida. Zola's stranger than fiction saga, which she first told in a now iconic series of viral, uproarious tweets, comes to dazzling cinematic life.

Director: Anita Rocha da Silveira Run Time: 127 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022

Starring: Bruna Linzmeyer, Inez Viana, Lara Tremouroux, Mari Oliveira, Thiago Fragoso

Country: United States
Language: English

In order to resist temptation, Mariana and her girlfriends try their best to control everything and everyone around them. However, the day will come when the urge to scream will be stronger than it ever has been. Premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Lee Isaac Chung Run Time: 115 min. Rating: PG-13

Starring: Alan S. Kim, Noel Cho, Steven Yuen, Will Patton, Yeri Han, Yuh-Jung Youn

Country: United States
Language: English, Korean with English subtitles

Sundance Film Festival 2020 U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize winner. Universally acclaimed semi-autobiographical story following a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream.

Director: Jeff Baena Run Time: 104 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022

Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Lil Rel Howery, Molly Shannon

Country: United States, Italy
Language: English

Flown to an Italian immersion program on her company's dime, what starts as a romantic getaway devolves into chaos.

Director: Jonathan Glazer Run Time: 108 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2014

Starring: Kryštof Hádek, Michael Moreland, Paul Brannigan, Scarlett Johansson, Scott Dymond

Country: United Kingdom, Switzerland
Language: English

A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Run Time: 118 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2015

Starring: Ariane Labed, Ben Whishaw, Colin Farrell, Léa Seydoux, Rachel Weisz

Country: Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, United States
Language: English, French, Greek

An unconventional love story...

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Run Time: 121 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2017

Starring: Barry Keoghan, Bill Camp, Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Raffey Cassidy

Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Language: English, French

Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.

Director: Sean Baker Run Time: 112 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2017

Starring: Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Christopher Rivera, Valeria Cotto, Willem Dafoe

Country: United States
Language: English

Welcome to a magical kingdom.

Director: Sean Baker Run Time: 128 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2021

Starring: Bree Elrod, Ethan Darbone, Shih-Ching Tsou, Simon Rex, Suzanna Son

Country: United States
Language: English

Mikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back. Premiered at Cannes 2021 and received two nominations for the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Run Time: 120 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022

Stories from talented women directors all over the world.

Director: Kelly Reichardt Run Time: 122 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2020

Starring: Ewen Bremner, John Magaro, Orion Lee, Scott Shepherd, Toby Jones

Country: United States
Language: North American Indian, English, Russian

Two travelers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich -- but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a landowner's prized dairy cow.

Director: Abi Damaris Corbin Run Time: 103 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2022

Starring: John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie, Olivia Washington, Selenis Leyva

Country: United States
Language: English

After his disability check is withheld by Veterans Affairs, Marine Brian Brown-Easley finds himself on the brink of homelessness. With no other options, he walks into a Wells Fargo bank and claims to have a bomb. Prize winner at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Director: Rose Glass Run Time: 85 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2020

Starring: Jennifer Ehle, Lily Frazer, Lily Knight, Morfydd Clark, Turlough Convery

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English, Welsh

Your Savior is Coming

Director: Danny Cohen Run Time: 83 min. Release Year: 2022

Starring: Bones Salone, Courtney Barnett, Dave Mudie, Katie Harkin, Stella Mozgawa

Country: Australia
Language: English

With unprecedented, intimate access to the private life of Courtney Barnett, this innovative and stylised 16mm feature documentary follows a paradoxically introverted performer and anti-influencer, who, at the height of success, is ready to walk away.

Director: Noah Baumbach Run Time: 97 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2015

Starring: Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Stiller, Charles Grodin, Naomi Watts

Country: United States
Language: English

Life Never Gets Old.

Director: Owen Kline Run Time: 86 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022

Starring: Daniel Zolghadri, Josh Pais, Maria Dizzia, Matthew Maher, Miles Emanuel

Country: United States
Language: English

The story of New Jersey's next great comic book artist and biggest dick. Premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

Director: James Franco Run Time: 104 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2017

Starring: Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen

Country: United States
Language: English

When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

Director: George Miller Run Time: 108 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022

Starring: Ece Yüksel, Erdil Yaşaroğlu, Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Zerrin Tekindor

Country: Australia, United States
Language: English

What would you wish for?

Director: Alex Garland Run Time: 108 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2015

Starring: Alicia Vikander, Corey Johnson, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

There is nothing more human than the will to survive.

Director: Adamma Ebo, Adanne Ebo Run Time: 98 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022

Starring: Austin Crute, Devere Rogers, Nicole Beharie, Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown

Country: United States
Language: English

In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their congregation. World Premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Director: Alex Garland Run Time: 100 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022

Starring: Gayle Rankin, Jessie Buckley, Paapa Essiedu, Rory Kinnear

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

A young woman goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside after the death of her ex-husband.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa Run Time: 120 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2021

Starring: Almudena Amor, Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Óscar de la Fuente, Sonia Almarcha

Country: Spain
Language: Spanish

Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time. The Good Boss (2021eceived a record-breaking 20 nominations to Spain's 36th Goya Awards, winning Best Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Score and Editing. Filmmaker Fernando León de Aranoa is now tied with Pedro Almodóvar for the most Goya Awards for Best Director.

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Run Time: 86 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 1958

Starring: Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, John Benson, Robert Fields, Steve McQueen

Country: United States
Language: English

It crawls. It creeps. It eats you alive!

Director: Gillian Robespierre Run Time: 83 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2014

Starring: Gaby Hoffmann, Jake Lacy, Jenny Slate, Paul Briganti, Stephen Singer

Country: United States
Language: English

A twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.

Director: Harmony Korine Run Time: 94 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2013

Starring: Ashley Benson, James Franco, Rachel Korine, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens

Country: United States
Language: English

A little sun can bring out your dark side.

Director: Trey Edward Shults Run Time: 81 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2016

Starring: Alex Dobrenko, Chris Doubek, Krisha Fairchild, Robyn Fairchild, Victoria Fairchild

Country: United States
Language: English

Krisha returns for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.

Director: Trey Edward Shults Run Time: 91 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2017

Starring: Carmen Ejogo, Christopher Abbott, Joel Edgerton, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Riley Keough

Country: United States
Language: English

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

Director: Trey Edward Shults Run Time: 136 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2019

Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sterling K. Brown, Taylor Russell

Country: United States
Language: English

Love is patient.

Director: David Lowery Run Time: 93 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2017

Starring: Casey Affleck, Liz Cardenas Franke, Rooney Mara, Sonia Acevedo, Will Oldham

Country: United States
Language: English

In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.

Director: David Lowery Run Time: 130 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2021

Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dev Patel, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris

Country: Ireland, Canada, United States
Language: English

When honor was everything.

Director: Joe Talbot Run Time: 121 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2019

Starring: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Mike Epps, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold

Country: United States
Language: English

Fight for your land. Fight for your home.

Director: Kevin Smith Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2014

Starring: Ashley Greene, Haley Joel Osment, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Justin Long, Ralph Garman

Country: Canada, United States
Language: English

Let me tell you a story...

Director: Max Webster Run Time: 180 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022

Starring: Kit Harington

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

The Film Center is proud to partner with National Theatre Live to present world-class performances filmed live on Britain’s most exciting stages. Fresh to the throne, King Henry V launches England into a bloody war with France. When his campaign encounters resistance, this inexperienced new ruler must prove he is fit to guide a country into war. Max Webster directs Kit Harington in Shakespeare’s thrilling study of nationalism, war and the psychology of power.

Director: Mark Cousins Run Time: 160 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2021

Starring: Mark Cousins

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

An examination of the most powerful movie images of the last decade. World Premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Marq Evans Run Time: 96 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022

Starring: Bill Plympton, Craig Bartlett, Jerry Beck, Peter Lord, Will Vinton

Country: United States
Language: English

The touching true story of the next Walt Disney that never was. World Premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Festival.

Director: Sofia Coppola Run Time: 90 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2013

Starring: Claire Julien, Emma Watson, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga

Country: United States
Language: English

Living the Dream, One Heist at a Time

Director: Oz Perkins Run Time: 93 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2017

Starring: Emma Roberts, James Remar, Kiernan Shipka, Lauren Holly, Lucy Boynton

Country: Canada, United States
Language: English

Abandoned as a child. Raised by the dark.

Before the screening, join us for a happy hour followed by a live recording of the Fright Club podcast hosted by George Wolf and Hope Madden.

Director: Sofia Coppola Run Time: 96 min. Rating: R

Starring: Bill Murray, Jenny Slate, Marlon Wayans, Rashida Jones

Country: United States
Language: English

A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.

Director: Robert Eggers Run Time: 92 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2015

Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ellie Grainger, Harvey Scrimshaw, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson

Country: United States
Language: English

Evil takes many forms.

Director: Robert Eggers Run Time: 109 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2019

Starring: Kyla Nicolle, Logan Hawkes, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman, Willem Dafoe

Country: United States, Canada
Language: English

There is enchantment in the light.

Director: J.C. Chandor Run Time: 124 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2014

Starring: Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Elyes Gabel, Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac

Country: United States
Language: English

The result is never in question. Just the path you take to get there.

Director: Barry Jenkins Run Time: 111 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2016

Starring: André Holland, Ashton Sanders, Janelle Monáe, Jharrel Jerome, Trevante Rhodes

Country: United States
Language: English

This is the story of a lifetime.

Director: Ti West Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2022

Starring: David Corenswet, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Matthew Sunderland, Mia Goth, Tandi Wright

Country: United States
Language: English

The X-traordinary origin story. World Premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Release Year: 2022

Starring: Jayme Lawson, John Boyega, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Viola Davis

Country: United States, Canada
Language: English

A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries. World Premiere at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival.

Director: Dziga Vertov Run Time: 69 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 1929

Starring: Elizaveta Svilova, Mikhail Kaufman

Country: Soviet Union
Language: None

A cameraman wanders around Moscow, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Odesa with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. Accompanied by the score of indie chamber music group Montopolis.

Director: Bridget Smith, Samuel Gonzalez Jr. Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2022

Starring: Abbey Hafer, Joseph Gatt, Katie Kelly, Marc Menchaca, Michael Lombardi

Country: United States
Language: English

An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder.

Run Time: 140 min. Release Year: 2022

Audiences at over 500 venues across six continents unite for one week for one film festival. Attendees will vote for Best Film and Best Actor.

Director: Peter Jackson Run Time: 178 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2001

Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen

Country: New Zealand, United States
Language: English, Sindarin

A meek Hobbit and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron.

Director: Peter Jackson Run Time: 179 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2002

Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen

Country: New Zealand, United States
Language: English, Sindarin, Old English

While Frodo and Sam are led closer to Mordor by Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Saruman and his hordes of Isengard.

Director: Peter Jackson Run Time: 201 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2003

Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen

Country: New Zealand, United States
Language: English, Quenya, Old English, Sindarin

Aragorn, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship fight to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam near the heart of Mordor.