Week 3: Apr 19-21

Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton (2013); US; 96 min

Programmed by: Clara Johnson

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Friday, April 19 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 20 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 21 at 3:00 PM

Week 2: Apr 12-14

Dir. Trần Anh Hùng (2000); France, Germany, Vietnam; 112 min

Programmed by: Naomi Nguyen

Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Trần Anh Hùng’s beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hùng’s films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.

Friday, April 12 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, April 13 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, April 14 at 3:00 PM

Week 1: Apr 5-7

Agnès Varda Double Feature *

Programmed by: Sarah Schaeffer

La Pointe Courte (1955); France; 86 min

Arguably the true start of the French New Wave movement, Varda’s debut film adds an earthiness to the genre with her signature eye behind the camera for detail. Part ethnography of a small fishing village, part mediation on a struggling marriage, this underseen Varda is a gem.

Le bonheur (1965); France; 80 min

A dreamy, sundrenched, and ultimately chilling critique of the patriarchal family structure and a woman’s place within it.

Screenings will be La Pointe Courte followed by Le Bonheur

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

Week 11: Mar 22-24

Dir. Ridley Scott (1991); US;129 min

Programmed by: Sarah Schaeffer

Thirty years later, Thelma & Louise still feels startlingly fresh. A perfect melding of traditionally male-dominated cinematic genres are reinvented through two iconic actresses and a screenplay by Callie Khouri.

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

Week 10: Mar 15-17

Dir. Lisa Rovner (2020); US; 86 min

Programmed by: Naomi Nguyen

Directed by Lisa Rovner and narrated by Laurie Anderson, Sisters with Transistors is a documentary that honors the often-overlooked unsung heroines of early electronic music. Through captivating archival footage, Rovner invokes a sense of wonder and delight as viewers realize the precise practice and process of electronic music-making. Featured artists and musicians include Laurie Anderson, Maryanne Amacher, Bebe Barron, Suzanne Ciani, Wendy Carlos, Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram, Pauline Oliveros, Éliane Radigue, Clara Rockmore, and Laurie Spiegel.

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

Week 9: Mar 8-10

Dir. Yvonne Rainer (1990); US; 103 min

Programmed by: Alyssa Glaze

Privilege explores the cultural and social divides defining empowerment in contemporary society, using archival footage, video, and film to intertwine past and present, and Rainer's unique style. 

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

Week 8: Mar 1-3

Programmed by: 5th Ave, SUPER, Las Mujeres, Mecha, WRC, La Casa Latina Student Center, Disarm PSU, PCSU

Friday, March 1

I Am From Palestine (2023)

Dir. Iman Zawahry; 5 min
As Saamidah, a young Palestinian-American girl, anxiously starts her first day of school, she finds her identity in question when faced with a world map that doesn't include her homeland.

The Time That Remains (2009)

Dir. Elia Suleiman; UK, Italy, Belgium France; Hebrew, Arabic, English; 109 min

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.

Saturday, March 2

Farha (2021)

Dir. Darin J. Sallam; Jordan, Sweden, Saudi Arabia; Palestinian Arabic, English, Hebrew; 92 min

A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home.

Sunday, March 3

5 Broken Cameras (2011)

Dir. Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi; State of Palestine, Israel, France; Arabic, Hebrew; 94 min

A documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.

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Friday, March 1 at 6:00 PM
Saturday, March 2 at 6:00 PM
Sunday, March 3 at 3:00 PM

Week 7: Feb 23-25

Dir. Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (2019); Lesotho, South Africa, Italy; 120 min

Programmed by: Sarah Schaeffer

The themes of grief, colonialism and heritage are elegantly explored in Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s visually stunning film. Continuing on the femme theme of winter term, This Is Not A Burial was chosen to present a story around the experiences of an older woman, something that continues to be sensitively underrepresented in the global film canon.

Friday, Feb 23 at 6:00 PM
Saturday, Feb 24 at 6:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 25 at 3:00 PM

Week 6: Feb 16-18

Bottoms: Dir. Emma Seligman (2023); US; 91 min

Programmed by: 5th Ave + Sub-Basement Studios

TRAILER

Antiporno: Dir. Sion Sono (2016); Japan; 76 min

Programmed by: Alyssa Glaze

Kyōko, an adult film actress, has difficulty blurring the lines of reality and fiction as her co-actress Noriko is frustrated with her amateurity, and subjects her to humiliating acts shown in the scripted film. This film is unconventional and boldly cinematic through dynamic visuals and symbolic imagery of the harmful societal pressures on women in the porn industry.

Friday, Feb 16 at 6:00 PM
Saturday, Feb 17 at 6:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 18 at 3:00 PM

Week 5: Feb 9-11

Dir. Bill Gunn (1980); US; 165 min

Programmed by: Naomi Nguyen

In the realm of experimental filmmaking, Personal Problems is a captivating epic written as a “meta soap opera.” With the genuine (albeit chaotic) charm of being shot on a videocassette recorder, it invites the audience to witness the intricate lives of real people with real problems. With Bill Gunn’s improvisational and naturalistic direction, Personal Problems unfolds organically, through dreamy shot-on-video static and burgeoning, saturated colors.

Friday, Feb 9 at 6:00 PM
Saturday, Feb 10 at 6:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 11 at 3:00 PM

Week 4: Feb 2-4

Dir. Shola Lynch (2012); US; 102 min

Programmed by: Clara Johnson

A documentary that chronicles the life of young college professor Angela Davis, and how her social activism implicates her in a botched kidnapping attempt that ends with a shootout, four dead, and her name on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.

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

Week 3: Jan 26-28

Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris; (2006); US; 102 min

35mm

Programmed by: Clara Johnson

Silence, complaisance, and the bravery to speak up are all entangled in a family’s pursuit to transport their daughter to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant finals in their clanky VW bus. This dark comedy about what it means to take control of your life and the various contests we are put in, including those of beauty, will leave you wanting to watch it for the first time over and over again. Little Miss Sunshine is not a ray of sunshine, despite the title and the yellow poster, but their pursuit of happiness as a family which reveals the melancholy intricacies of becoming honest to oneself about who you are, and being able to share it with the ones you love.

“If I wanna fly, I’ll find a way to fly. You do what you love, and fuck the rest”

Friday, Jan 26 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, Jan 27 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, Jan 28 at 3:00 PM

Week 10: Dec 1-3

DCP

Dir. Agnès Varda (2000); France; 82 min

Programmed by: Naomi Nguyen

Along the French roads she travels, Agnès meets with many gleaners. These people, men or women, are gatherers, recyclers, genuine treasure hunters. Out of necessity, chance or choice, the gleaners deal with what others have discarded. Their world is an astonishing one that has nothing to do with that of the ancient gleaners: these peasant women who gathered the wheat left behind after the harvest. Agnès is a gleaner too, and her documentary film is a subjective one. There is no age for curiosity. Making films is also a sort of gleaning.

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

Week 9: Nov 25-26

Dir. Saim Sadiq (2022); Pakistan, 127 min

Programmed by: Sam Chavez-Perez

Joyland is one of those films where every character is made sympathetic in their follies.

NO FRIDAY SCREENINGS!
Saturday, Nov 25 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, Nov 26 at 3:00 PM

Week 8: Nov 17-19

Dir. Gregg Araki (1997); US, France; English, 78 min

Programmed by: Alyssa Glaze

Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.

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

Week 6: Nov 3-5

Dir. Dan Scanlon (2013); US, 104 min

Programmed by: 5th Ave Staff

A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

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

Week 5: Oct 27-29

DCP

Dir. Ana Lily Amirpour (2014); USA, 101 min

Programmed by: Sam Chavez-Perez

Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut feature-length film is an umbral neo-noir rumination on unexpected connections, familial trauma, fucked up dudes, and the moral ambiguity of revenge killing that lures you in with its decaying industrial landscapes, guarded secrets, yearnful schadenfreude, and synthpop/new wave soundscapes. Makes you want to drive around at night listening to New Order, hoping you run into some spooky shit.

Friday, Oct 27 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, Oct 28 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, Oct 29 at 3:00 PM

Week 4: Oct 20-22

35mm

Dir. Neil Marshall (2005); UK, 93 min

Programmed by: Clara Johnson

A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.

Friday, Oct 20 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, Oct 21 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, Oct 22 at 3:00 PM

Week 3: Oct 13-15

DCP

Dir. Jane Schoenbrum (2021); USA, 86 min

Programmed by: Alyssa Glaze

We're All Going to the World's Fair follows the story of a teenage girl named Casey, who becomes immersed in an online role-playing game called "The World's Fair." As she increasingly loses touch with reality, the film explores themes of isolation, identity, and the blurred lines between the virtual world and the real world.

Friday, Oct 13 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, Oct 14 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, Oct 15 at 3:00 PM

Week 2: Oct 6-8

DCP

Dir. Denis Villeneuve (2016); US, 116 min

Programmed by: Naomi Nguyen

A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.

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

Week 1: Sep 29-Oct 1

Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz (1995); France, 98 min

Programmed by: Clara Johnson

Mathieu Kassovitz took the film world by storm with La Haine, a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically the low-income banlieue districts on Paris’ outskirts. Aimlessly passing their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Hubert (Hubert Koundé), and Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui)—a Jew, an African, and an Arab—give human faces to France’s immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their marginalization slowly simmering until it reaches a climactic boiling point. A work of tough beauty, La Haine is a landmark of contemporary French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country’s ongoing identity crisis.

Friday, Sep 29 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Saturday, Sep 30 at 6:00 PM & 8:30 PM
Sunday, Oct 1 at 3:00 PM

Week 0: Sep 24-25

VIKINGS DAY EVENT: PSU STUDENTS ONLY

Programmed by: 5th Ave Staff

BOTH films are screening at 3:00 PM on Sep 24 and at 6:00 PM on Sep 25.

Jennifer’s Body

DCP

Dir. Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (2009); US; 102 min

A dark and tantalizing thriller that revolves around the complex friendship between two high school girls: Jennifer and Needy. After a mysterious event, Jennifer undergoes a transformation that brings out her darker side, and Needy must grapple with the consequences of their bond.

Fight Club

35mm

Dir. David Fincher (1999); US; 139 min

A psychological drama that delves into the life of an unnamed narrator who is struggling with his mundane existence. He stumbles upon an underground fight club that offers an unusual release from his frustrations. As he becomes more deeply involved, he discovers a disturbing and enigmatic world that challenges his perception of reality and identity.

Week 7: Aug 25-27

Dir. Mamoru Oshii (1995); Japan, 82 min

Programmed by: Naomi Nguyen

Ghost in the Shell is a mesmerizing cybernetic film from the insightful mind of Mamoru Oshii, unravelling the nature of the human condition while blurring the lines between human and machine. It explores the question of what it means to be human; transcending time, space, and the illusions that inform our perceptions. In our progression through late capitalism, Ghost in the Shell illustrates our subliminal experience—a crisis—as people contend with alienation, commodification, and the elusive unknown.

Week 6: Aug 18-20

Dir. René Laloux (1973); France, 72 min

Programmed by: Alyssa Glaze

“Fantastic Planet" is an animated French film directed by René Laloux in 1973. The movie is set on a far away planet called Ygam, where giant blue aliens called Draag, dominate a smaller humanoid species, Om. The story follows a young Om who becomes a part of the Draag society and embarks on a journey of survival and resistance. The film explores themes of oppression, imperialism, and the struggle for freedom. It serves as an allegory for various social and political issues, such as the tensions between different cultures and classes, the consequences of unchecked power, and the importance of unity in the face of adversity. It showcases a wildly unique animation style, coupled with a thought-provoking narrative that invites audiences to reflect on the dynamics of power and the human capacity for change.

Week 5: Aug 11-13

Dir. Vera Chytilová (1966); Czechoslovakia, 74 min

Programmed by: Alyssa Glaze

initially banned in the Czech republic, daisies is a film about two young, spunky women both named Marie that decide the world is too abundant and spoiled, and that they too should be spoiled in turn. in attempt to resist normalcy and radicalize, throughout the movie these women steal ample amounts food and alcohol from various men, and celebrate amongst each other. this film is an esoteric and exaggerated comedy that has themes consisting of the marginalization of women, oppression, and objectification. the maries desire meaningful existence and use their beauty and gender roles to do so. Czechslovakian censors scrambled to find a reason to ban the film due to the heavy radicalization and their behavior at the time, eventually settling on the ban being because of wastage of food in the film. as chaotic as it gets, daisies is a truly unpredictable and intriguing movie that still raises many questions, even 70+ years later.

Week 4: Aug 4-6

Columbus

Dir. Kogonada (2017); USA, 100 min

Programmed by: Clara Johnson

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana, a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her dreams. As their intimacy develops, Jin and Casey explore both the town and their own conflicted emotions.

Week 3: Jul 28-30

Angel’s Egg

Dir. Mamoru Oshii (1985); Japan, 71 min

Programmed by: Naomi Nguyen

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.

Week 2: Jul 21-23

Dir. Lee Isaac Chung (2020); US, 115 min

Programmed by: Naomi Nguyen

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.