Restoration: Nowhere
“Sexy, psychedelic, dementedly funny… It’s like Clueless with nipple rings.” – Dennis Dermody, Paper The 4K restoration of Gregg Araki’s Nowhere is a stylized foray into the nightmare world of adolescent highs and lows, but more than that, it functions as a study of an entire generation and the direction they’re headed. Where The Doom […]
Palestine 36
Palestine’s Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards. Annemarie Jacir, a festival favorite, takes us back to Palestine in the 1930s. The film explores the lives and ambitions of people living under British rule, with a strong international cast that includes Jeremy Irons and Hiam Abbass. In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on […]
Oldboy
Join us for a screening of the loosely connected film trilogy that brought Director Park Chan-wook to a global audience, a mainstay in the early to mid-2000s Boom of Asian Cinema in North America, alongside films like Takashi Miike’s “Audition” and Kinji Fukasaku’s “Battle Royale.” Each film in the trilogy features a unique storyline, but […]
Montréal, My Beautiful (Montréal, Ma Belle)
Acclaimed actress Joan Chen (The Last Emperor, Twin Peaks, Lust, Caution, Didi) stars in Montréal, ma belle (Montreal, My Beautiful), a deeply emotional family drama and May-December lesbian love story from Chinese-Canadian director Xiaodan He (A Touch of Spring) Feng Xia (Chen), a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life […]
Meet Cute: La La Land
Reaching for the same pair of black cashmere gloves? A chance encounter on a train? You never know if love is right around the corner! Introducing our new series “Meet-Cute” highlighting the best in cinema romances. Welcome to a world where dreams are made of jazz notes and a City of Stars! Mia, an actress […]
Late Shift
With a warm smile and positive attitude, Floria (Leonie Benesch, “The Teachers’ Lounge”) arrives at the surgical ward of the Swiss hospital where she works as a nurse on the overnight shift. With one colleague out sick and no replacement on deck, just two nurses and a nervous trainee will have to cover more than […]
Lady Vengeance – 35mm Screening
**Special 35mm Screening!** Join us for a screening of the loosely connected film trilogy that brought Director Park Chan-wook to a global audience, a mainstay in the early to mid-2000s Boom of Asian Cinema in North America, alongside films like Takashi Miike’s “Audition” and Kinji Fukasaku’s “Battle Royale.” Each film in the trilogy features a […]
I Swear
Funny, honest, and deeply human, “I Swear” strikes a graceful balance between grit and heart without ever slipping into sentimentality or sensationalism. Based on an inspirational true story, the film follows John Davidson (played by Robert Aramayo, a two-time BAFTA award winner for this role), who was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15. He navigates […]
Holy Days
When the last of the sisters of St. Suzanne’s face forced retirement, they take matters into their own hands. A last-minute dash to New Zealand’s stunning South Island leads them to an ex-nun-turned-lawyer who can defend their rights. A young Maori boy jumps onboard to help, but has a secret mission of his own: to […]
Erupcja
A romantic vacation goes awry when a volcanic eruption strands Bethany (Charli xcx) and her soon-to-be fiancé, Rob (Will Madden) in Warsaw, Poland. Bethany takes the explosive event as a sign to ditch her baggage, reunite with childhood friend Nel (Lena Góra) and traipse across lofts, clubs and back alleys, all the while becoming entangled […]
