December 11 screening with filmmaker Ben Petrie in attendance A neurotic couple is brought to the edge of calamity or commitment by the arrival of a traumatized rescue dog. Funny, surprising, and tender, The Heirloom draws on filmmaker/actor Ben Petrie and co-star Grace Glowicki’s real-life relationship to produce an intimate portrait of a couple on […]
In collaboration with Fantasia The supernova star power of Hong Kong cinema icons Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, and Anita Mui propels this gloriously unrestrained action extravaganza from genre maestro Johnnie To, which injects its martial-arts mayhem with a blast of comic-book lunacy. They are the knife-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung-fu-fighting super-heroines who must overcome their dark pasts […]
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer […]
Set just prior to the start of the 21st century, this vaguely futuristic story follows two residents of a quickly crumbling building who refuse to leave their homes in spite of a virus that has forced the evacuation of the area. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing […]
Different groups of friends wander in a rainy, windy, dark world. They spend time together, trying to get away from their depressing jobs, meandering constantly towards the mystery of new possibilities. “A spiral connection of countries and people we don’t usually see related. My ideas were transformed by each person who shared their own fantasies […]
Sensual vampire story stars rock legend David Bowie as an ailing vampire whose fanged-lover, Catherine Deneuve, seduces a mortal (Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon) while seeking a new partner in this stylishly gothic tale of a undying beauty, unending passion and their terrible cost—The Hunger. Centuries-old Egyptian vampire Miriam (Deneuve) and her centuries-old lover, John […]
Julian moves into the house that his grandmother left him after her death. While cleaning, he discovers her collection of books and vinyl records from black artists. After a push from his girlfriend Gwen, Julian transforms his inheritance into a communal living space where politics and creativity thrive. With echoes of May 1968 and the […]
This genuinely frightening, exquisitely made supernatural gothic stars Deborah Kerr as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James’s classic The Turn of the Screw, cowritten by Truman Capote and directed by Jack Clayton, The Innocents […]
June 9 and 15: Norwegian with English subtitles During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren’t looking. The Innocents follows four children who become friends during the summer holidays. Out of sight of the adults, they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their […]