Oct
24
to Oct 26

Arrebato on 35mm

José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real world. Although he is a depressed and unstable individual, his mood improves when he receives the mysterious films of Pedro, with whom he shares his passion for cinema. – Letterboxd


Week 4: October 24, 25, 26

Dir. Iván Zulueta (1979); Spain; Spanish; 105 min

Programmed by Clara

Friday, October 24 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, October 25 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, October 26 at 3:00 PM

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31
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Knife+Heart on 35mm

A psychosexual thriller set in the summer of 1979 Paris.

The film follows pornographic filmmaker Anne through a giallo fever dream of eroticism and color as the stars of her latest film are hunted down by a masked “Switchblade Killer” with a dildo.


Week 5: October 31, November 1, 2

Dir. Yann Gonzalez (2018); France, Mexico, Switzerland; French; 102 min

Programmed by Julie

Friday, October 31 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, November 1 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, November 2 at 3:00 PM

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7
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Black Mother

A poem of Jamaica and its people.

Black Mother unfolds with the cadence of verse, dense and incantatory, guiding the viewer through Jamaica’s history and present. With a rhythm that is both chaotic and precise, director Khalik Allah sets images against voices that only sometimes align, so what we hear and what we see remain in deliberate flux. Street portraits, home movies, fragments of landscape, a pregnancy divided into trimesters; all fragments that carry memory, religion, pride, and grief.


Week 6: November 7, 8, 9

Dir. Khalik Allah (2018); US; English; 77 min

Programmed by Naomi

Friday, November 7 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, November 8 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, November 9 at 3:00 PM

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14
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The Double Life of Véronique

A film of pure undiluted feeling.

The Double Life of Véronique is a mystery with no intention of being solved… Reality dissolves into something of a dream, sensual, ethereal, and impossible to pin down. Don’t try to make sense of the unexplainable; follow the thread, and enjoy the journey it takes you on.


Week 7: November 14, 15, 16

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski (1991); France, Poland, Norway; French, Polish; 98 min

Programmed by Sarah

Friday, November 14 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, November 15 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, November 16 at 3:00 PM

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21
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Landscape Film, Roberto Burle Marx

This documentary portrays the life and work of Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), exploring his passion for Brazil’s native flora and the many species he discovered on his research trips.

By organizing native plants in accordance with the aesthetic principles of Cubism and Abstractionism, Burle Marx pioneered a new form of tropical landscaping. The film weaves his ideas and memories into sensory landscapes, tracing the painter, sculptor, and landscaper’s trajectory through his iconic squares and gardens in cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and Recife; each marked by flowing, wavy forms shaped from Brazil’s rich natural environment.


Week 8: November 21, 22, 23

Dir. João Vargas Penna (2018); Brazil, Germany, UK; Portuguese; 74 min

Programmed by Littman & White Galleries

Friday, November 21 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, November 22 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, November 23 at 3:00 PM

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29
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Trust on 35mm

A slightly twisted comedy.

Misrepresented at the time of its release, Trust throws the typical ‘rom-com’ events following a meet-cute out the window. While the film may open with one of the leads holding a hand grenade, it forces viewers to analyze the many ways the characters could self-destruct, as well as the self-reflection required to build a healthy family.

The main characters, Maria and Matthew, are drawn together by the immediate recognition of their similarities; however, it is their differences that they come to admire and trust the most. Intentionally monotone, bittersweet, and brutally honest, Hal Hartley’s 1990 script highlights the strengths of the American indie genre in processing social malaise.


Week 9: November 29, 30

Dir. Hal Hartley (1990); US, UK; English; 107 min

Programmed by Clara

*** No Friday screenings due to campus closure.
Saturday, November 29 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, November 30 at 3:00 PM

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Dec
5
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Perfumed Nightmare on 16mm

Kidlat Tahimik’s visionary work of Third Cinema blending satire, myth, and memoir.

Kidlat Tahimik both starred in and shot the film in 1977. Using scavenged stock and sound dubbed in after the fact, the images are pieced together in a way that feels improvised but never careless. He plays a jeepney driver from the Philippines, infatuated with American technology and the future promised by the space age. Then comes his entry to Paris, and with it a confrontation with globalization’s hollow spectacle. The film moves like a collage: playfully DIY, unsparing, part satire, part semi-autobiographical diary. Herzog called it “one of the most original and poetic works of cinema made anywhere in the seventies,” and decades later, its momentum and vitality still resonate.


Week 10: December 5, 6, 7

Dir. Kidlat Tahimik (1977); Philippines; English, Tagalog, French, German; 94 min

Programmed by Naomi

Friday, December 5 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, December 6 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 PM

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17
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A Question of Silence

When three women with no previous acquaintance kill a male shopkeeper in the middle of the day, the female psychiatrist assigned to the case sets out to understand why. – Letterboxd


Week 3: October 17, 18, 19

Dir. Marleen Gorris (1982); Netherlands; Dutch, English; 92 min

Programmed by Alyssa

Friday, October 17 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, October 18 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, October 19 at 3:00 PM

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10
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The Sealed Soil and Chess of the Wind

Tehran Lost and Found: Films From the Edge of the Revolution 

Change permeates the air throughout both The Sealed Soil and Chess of the Wind. Sealed Soil, the first completed film by a woman in Iran to survive the new regime, was smuggled out of the country to finish editing in 1977. Depicting one woman’s quiet rebellion against patriarchal structures of a small village, it is now a rediscovered gem in the world cinema canon.

Screened only once prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, before the government banned it, Chess of the Wind is a bit of a miracle, as the original negatives were found by his own children in a Tehran junk shop nearly 40 years later, in 2014. Restored by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project in 2020, this gothic tale of institutional corruption and class inequality endures as an Iranian cinematic masterpiece.


Week 2: October 10, 11, 12

The Sealed Soil dir. Marva Nabili (1977); Iran; Farsi; 90 min

Chess of the Wind dir. Mohammad Reza Aslani (1976); Iran; Farsi; 102 min

Programmed by Sarah

Friday, October 10 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, October 11 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, October 12 at 3:00 PM & 5:30 PM

*** The Sealed Soil will screen first (at 6 pm on Fri & Sat, 3 pm on Sun) followed by Chess of the Wind (at 8:30 pm on Fri & Sat, 5:30 pm on Sun).

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Spacked Out

A poignant look at modern day youths in a world of confusion.

Set in the massive, crumbling urban developments in Hong Kong’s New Territories with a combination of trained actors and nonprofessionals, Spacked Out depicts a few tumultuous days in the lives of four schoolgirls, filled with desultory mall outings, classroom phone sex, and the occasional box-cutter brawl. A study of the everyday hope and despair experienced by Hong Kong’s dead-end kids that stands alongside Tsui Hark’s Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980) and Fruit Chan’s Made in Hong Kong (1997), here focusing attention on young working-class women. – Metrograph


Week 1: October 3, 4, 5

Dir. Lawrence Ah Mon (2000); Hong Kong; Cantonese; 93 min

Programmed by Alyssa

Friday, October 3 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, October 4 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, October 5 at 3:00 PM

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Submarine

Submarine doesn’t try to reinvent the coming-of-age story.

Directed by Richard Ayoade, the film centers on Oliver Tate, a fifteen-year-old in coastal Wales whose sense of self-importance outpaces his actual maturity. He imagines his life as cinema, complete with slow zooms and self-scripted narration, but the world around him refuses to cooperate.

Caught between his unraveling home life and a halting, sometimes cruel teenage relationship, Oliver tries to manage both with the emotional toolkit of someone who has read more than he has lived. Ayoade's style nods to cinema’s greats like Godard, Truffaut, and Roeg without falling into parody, grounding the film’s visual flair in sincere storytelling. Submarine keeps its focus small, sharp, and refreshingly sincere.


Week 6: September 5, 6, 7

Dir. Richard Ayoade (2010); UK, US; English; 97 min

Programmed by Alyssa, Clara, Isaac, Naomi, & Sarah

Friday, September 5 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, September 6 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, September 7 at 3:00 PM

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29
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Lingui, the Sacred Bonds

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds moves the way certain days do: quiet, deliberate, and heavy with meaning that only reveals itself with the passage of time.

Set in N’Djamena, Chad, the film follows Amina, a single mother and tire-maker, and her teenage daughter Maria as they navigate a series of private challenges in a society that offers them few choices.

 
Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun resists spectacle, allowing gestures and glances to speak where words fall short. With sound design that hums with the texture of daily life (buzzing mopeds, murmured devotions, the scrape of sandals on dirt), Lingui builds its world without urgency. Haroun avoids sentimentality, letting silence and gesture carry the emotional weight. This is a film that trusts the viewer to notice what matters and to sit with what is left unsaid.


Week 5: August 29, 30, 31

Dir. Mahamat Saleh Haroun (2021); France, Chad, Germany, Belgium; French, Chadian Arabic; 87 min

Programmed by Naomi Nguyen

Friday, August 29 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, August 30 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, August 31 at 3:00 PM

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22
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Silvia Prieto

After her 27th birthday, Silvia Prieto decides to take charge of her life and make some changes.

At the same time, she suddenly finds herself intertwined in the life of another woman who is also named Silvia Prieto.


Week 4: August 22, 23, 24

Dir. Martín Rejtman (1999); Argentina; Spanish; 92 min

Programmed by Clara Johnson

Friday, August 22 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, August 23 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, August 24 at 3:00 PM

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Le Pont du Nord

The Paris of Rivette's 1981 film is one of concrete. The city is home to lions, gangsters, and doves. An apt playground for the genre blending game Marie and Baptiste stumble into.

Marie and Baptiste, played by real life mother-daughter duo Bulle and Pascale Ogier, are brought together, perhaps by fate, at the center of a city-spanning game. Unanswerable questions of France's past and future inform the journey through a crumbling labyrinth. 

Le Pont Du Nord captures one of the French New Wave giants’ mindframe in a post '68 France. In the game, what are the roles to play, and how have they changed?


Week 3: August 15, 16, 17

Dir. Jacques Rivette (1981); France; French; 127 min

Programmed by Isaac Odai

Friday, August 15 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, August 16 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, August 17 at 3:00 PM

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8
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Moving

Shinji Somai's keen ability to represent the waning years of youthful innocence reaches some of its most sublime moments in Moving, which follows 6th grader Ren as she navigates the emotional fallout of her parent's divorce.

Never saccharine nor sentimental, Somai depicts the aches of growing up with acuity and deep empathy as we watch Ren grasp for her autonomy at an age where everything feels out of one's control. With his work already beloved by Japanese directors Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Cinema Guild's gorgeous restorations of Somai's filmography are a genuine gift to new audiences in the United States.


Week 2: August 8, 9, 10

Dir. Shinji Somai (1993); Japan; Japanese; 124 min

Programmed by Sarah Schaeffer

Friday, August 8 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, August 9 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, August 10 at 3:00 PM

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Go

The aftermath of a drug deal as told from three different points of view.

Week 1: August 1, 2, 3

Dir. Doug Liman (1999); US; English; 102 min

Programmed by Alyssa Glaze

Friday, August 1 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, August 2 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, August 3 at 3:00 PM

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The Last Days of Disco

History is made at night.

The Last Days of Disco, from director Whit Stillman, is a cleverly comic look at the early 1980s Manhattan party scene from the vantage point of the late nineties. At the center of the film’s roundelay of revelers are the icy Charlotte (Kate Beckinsale) and the demure Alice (Chloë Sevigny), by day toiling as publishing house assistants and by night looking for romance and entertainment at a Studio 54–like club. Brimming with Stillman’s trademark dry humor, The Last Days of Disco is an affectionate yet unsentimental look at the end of an era. 


Dir. Whit Stillman (1998); US; English; 113 min

Programmed by Alyssa Glaze

Friday, June 6 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, June 7 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, June 8 at 3:00 PM

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Little Murders

Based on the play by Jules Fiefer…

Alan Arkin's Little Murders finds the dark humor in cultural paranoia and hysteria. The film is firmly rooted in a 1970s mindset that feels eerily contemporary. Elliot Gould and Marcia Rodd's performances showcase the only outcome from a marriage of apathy and order is chaos. 


Dir. Alan Arkin (1971); US; English; 108 min

Programmed by Isaac Odai

Friday, May 30 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, May 31 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, June 1 at 3:00 PM

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23
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Pather Panchali

There is a particular thrill in seeing cross-cultural influences on film…

…and Satyajit Ray's take on Italian neo-realism localized to a small village in India brings new possibilities to the genre. Each of his characters are so sensitively wrought, evocative of real flesh-and-blood people. This film was a game changer that introduced a new Indian cinema to the world, and it still feels like a revelation today. 


Dir. Satyajit Ray (1955); India; Bengali; 124 min

Programmed by Sarah Schaeffer

Friday, May 23 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, May 24 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, May 25 at 3:00 PM

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

In the town of Twin Peaks, everyone has their secrets.

One of America's greatest surrealist visionaries left us a body of work that transformed cinema. Of the most experimental of David Lynch's films, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me was initially reviled but is now regarded as being quintessential Lynch—raw, resolute, and haunting.

For those familiar with Twin Peaks, the mystery of Laura Palmer's murder is unforgettable. Where the TV series veiled horror behind the veneer of small-town charm, Fire Walk with Me confronts Laura's horrific reality with unflinching honesty. Free from network censoring, Lynch exposed Twin Peaks' dark depths in a manner America wasn't quite ready to witness.

Stylistically, it's Lynch at his most experimental, a precursor to Mulholland Drive's mythic shattered narrative style. Reality unravels through dizzying lighting, editing, and sound, putting audiences within Laura's trauma rather than observing from afar. If Blue Velvet hinted at suburban corruption, Fire Walk with Me dove in head-first.

As we bid farewell to David Lynch, we honor an artist who dared to stare into the abyss and take us with him.


Dir. David Lynch (1992); France, US; English; 132 min

Programmed by Naomi Nguyen

Friday, May 16 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, May 17 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, May 18 at 3:00 PM

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The Battle of Algiers

The revolt that stirred the world.

The Battle of Algiers provides a flawless example of documentary and fiction blended, with Pontecorvo creating a vital snapshot of the history of a people living under colonial rule and lengths they go to resist it. The film influenced liberation groups across the world, and has never lost its potency since its release almost 60 years ago.


Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo (1966); Italy, Algeria; Arabic, French; 120 min

Programmed by Sarah Schaeffer

Friday, May 9 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, May 10 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, May 11 at 3:00 PM

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Persepolis on 35mm

The film Iran didn’t want the world to see.

At its core, Persepolis explores the complexities of identity and the search for freedom and individuality. Marjane’s journey is deeply personal and relatable, as she fights the clash between tradition and modern times, the restrictions of an oppressive regime, and the challenges of finding her place in the world. Her personal and political resilience is emphasized while preserving the comic's original wit, comedic elements, and beautiful black and white illustrations.


Dir. Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud (2007); France; French, German, Persian; 96 min

Programmed by Clara Johnson

Friday, May 2 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, May 3 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, May 4 at 3:00 PM

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Xala

Corruption and impotence in a nutshell.

Ousmane hilariously lampoons the layering of western cultural standards over those native to Senegal. Through Xala we are exposed to Ousmane's views of colonialism's lingering effects on family and societal systems. Adapting his own work, Ousmane is able to control the fidelity of the adaptation without outside influence, leaving us with an overarching theme; when it comes to the capitalist assimilation of culture and governance, there is only impotence.


Dir. Ousmane Sembène (1975); Senegal; Wolof, French; 121 min

Programmed by Isaac Odai

Friday, April 25 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 26 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 PM

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Atonement

Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.

A young woman is faced with the extreme consequences and guilt of a lie she made as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changing the course of several lives after she accused her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit. Set during WWII, Atonement is a brilliantly orchestrated tale of pain, despair, loyalty, betrayal and the ultimate yearning to make amends.


Dir. Joe Wright (2007); UK, US, France; English; 123 min

Programmed by Clara Johnson

Friday, April 18 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 19 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 20 at 3:00 PM

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Paprika on 35mm

Time for the greatest show on earth!

If you think you've seen it all in science fiction, Paprika will leave you utterly mistaken. Directed by Satoshi Kon, this film blurs the line between dreams and reality with an effect that is both acutely exhilarating and distressing. Dr. Atsuko Chiba, a psychiatrist, uses a device known as the DC Mini to intrude upon patients' dreams in her alternate form, aka Paprika. However, when the technology gets into the wrong hands, reality begins to disintegrate.


Dir. Satoshi Kon (2006); Japan; Japanese; 90 min

Programmed by Naomi Nguyen

Friday, April 11 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 12 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 PM

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Kill Your Darlings

A true story of obsession and murder.

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

Dir. John Krokidas (2013); US; English; 104 min

Programmed by Alyssa Glaze

Friday, April 4 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 5 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 6 at 3:00 PM

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Butterfly in the Sky

The Story of Reading Rainbow…

Butterfly in the Sky explores the profound cultural impact of the educational children’s TV series, Reading Rainbow. Through interviews with the beloved actor and host LeVar Burton, we are reminded of the importance of reading and curiosity, along with Burton’s genuine and kind approach, which made him a role model for generations.

Dir. Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb (2022); US; 87 min

Programmed by Naomi Nguyen

Friday, March 14 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, March 15 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, March 16 at 3:00 PM

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Synecdoche, New York on 35mm

After being struck by an onslaught of personal crises…

theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) attempts to hire actors and create a replica of New York City within a large-scale warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. The lines between reality and fiction begin to blur as he incorporates elements of his own life and the people in it, leading him to spiral into an existential odyssey.

Dir. Charlie Kaufman (2008); US; 123 min

Programmed by Alyssa Glaze

Friday, March 7 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, March 8 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, March 9 at 3:00 PM

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The Blood of a Poet x Return to Reason

A double feature within the theater of creation…

The Blood of a Poet dir. Jean Cocteau (1932); France; 50 min

Programmed by Naomi Nguyen

Jean Cocteau’s debut film is an evocative meditation on the trials of the artist and the enigmatic power of creation. A surreal, dreamlike journey through mirrors, metaphors, and mysterious rituals, the film blurs the line between life and death, reality and imagination, revealing Cocteau’s own mythologies and artistic obsessions. Conceived as a visual poem, it serves as both a tribute to the artistic process and the ache, yearning, and self-reflective doubt that creation demands of us. As Cocteau proclaimed, “Poets shed not only the red blood of their hearts but the white blood of their souls,” a sentiment that ripples through this foundational work of surrealist filmmaking.

Return to Reason dir. Man Ray (2023); France; 70 min

Programmed by Sarah Schaeffer

An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American visual artists, through four of his short films, brought to life by the atmospheric music of SQÜRL.

Friday, February 28 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, March 1 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, March 2 at 3:00 PM

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Drylongso

Despite its initial success…

on the festival circuit upon release, this indie 90’s gem was never picked up by distributors and remained criminally underseen for decades. Shot on 16mm and lovingly restored in 2022, it is time for more attention to be given to Cauleen Smith’s debut film, one that deserves a high place in the Black indie film canon.

Dir. Cauleen Smith (1998); US; 86 min

Programmed by Sarah Schaeffer

Friday, February 21 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, February 22 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, February 23 at 3:00 PM

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Love & Basketball

All’s fair in love and basketball.…

Love & Basketball is a story driven by passion and competition. Structured into four quarters, the film written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood shows how love can be applied on and off the basketball court, forcing the audience to question traditional perceptions of masculinity and femininity in sports and romance.

Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood (2000); US; 127 min

Programmed by Isaac Odai

Friday, February 14 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, February 15 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, February 16 at 3:00 PM

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Downtown '81

A day in the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat…

We follow along a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into. 

19-year-old Basquiat is a joy to watch as his unwavering cool grace wanders around the explosive Lower Manhattan’s New Wave art and music scene. However, the production company went bankrupt during the film’s post-production and was unable to be completed until 1999. The original dialogue was lost and had to be dubbed, giving the film a unique and comically eerie vibe. Many say it captures a piece of NYC that no longer exists and shows Basquiat before his rise to extreme fame a couple of months later.

Dir. Edo Bertoglio (2000); US; 72 min

Programmed by Clara Johnson

Friday, February 7 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, February 8 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, February 9 at 3:00 PM

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Round Midnight

The music and the magic come together…

Dale Turner, an expat musician, struggles to find the heart of his sound while Francis, a Parisian jazz aficionado, attempts to help him get back on track. In Round Midnight, jazz is everything for the two central characters. Tavernier contemplates two different types of relationships to art, the artist and the fan. How do these connections differ and what happens when they interact? The rainy streets of Paris and Herbie Hancock's score provide the perfect setting for anyone to join Tavernier's exploration of jazz.

Dir. Bertrand Tavernier; US & France; 133 min

Programmed by Isaac Odai

Friday, January 31 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, February 1 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, February 2 at 3:00 PM

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Living in Oblivion

If at first you don’t succeed… PANIC!

Taking place entirely in a production studio filming a singular scene, director Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi) is making his debut future film. Chaos ensues as pretty much everything that could go wrong goes wrong. Stubborn actors, technical issues, and crew mishaps.

Dir. Tom DiCillo (1995); US; 90 min

Programmed by Alyssa Glaze

Friday, January 24 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, January 25 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, January 26 at 3:00 PM

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The Color of Pomegranates

Pure poetry put to screen…

The Color of Pomegranates subverts the typical biopic by making a surreal film set to traditional Armenian music and imagery. Sergei Parajanov creates a complex tableaux of Armenian culture through this experimental film initially censored and banned in the Soviet Union upon its release. Watching this film in the heart of winter is a brief, wondrous reprieve from the everyday life here in present day Portland.

Dir. Sergei Parajanov (1969); Soviet Union; 78 min

Programmed by Sarah Schaeffer

Friday, January 17 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, January 18 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, January 19 at 3:00 PM

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Jan
10
to Jan 12

This Is the End on 35mm

The world descends into chaos and fire…

while two best friends with a strained relationship are at a celebrity house party. Luckily they are stuck inside a secure, concrete mansion, but perhaps they will not outlive the distrustful friendships within the group left at the end of the world.

This is the End encapsulates 2013 like no other and quite frankly feels like a successful version of the movies kids would make at sleepovers on iMovie… but instead of these humble attempts at youth filmmaking imagine we were all rich famous actor kids who had to endure an apocalypse with a budget high enough to make literally anything happen. Just go with it.

Dir. Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (2013); US; 107 min

Programmed by Clara Johnson

Friday, January 10 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, January 11 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, January 12 at 3:00 PM

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Dec
6
to Dec 8

First Cow

A simple western about the origin of the American Dream…

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow – the first, and only, in the territory.

Dir. Kelly Reichardt (2020); US; 121 min

Programmed by: Sarah Schaeffer

Friday, December 6 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, December 7 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, December 8 at 3:00 PM

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