Film Seminars | Discussions | Intros

From the strobelit stages of gentlemen’s clubs to the neon otherworld of casino-strewn pageantry, Nomi Malone has come to Las Vegas to make a wager. 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration.

Buckle in and prepare to surrender yourself to an exhilarating and wildly entertaining ride. Cult classic MIND GAME is an explosion of unconstrained expression — gloriously colorful images ricochet in rapid fire associations, like Masaaki Yuasa’s brain splattered onto the screen in all its goopy glory.

A daredevil driver and his secret love face off in the most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe, the Redline. Takeshi Koike (THE ANIMATRIX) directs and animates this high-speed thrill.

As the Grand Ole Opry grew into a national institution, it spent seven formative months on our stage — then the Hillsboro Theatre. This seminar revisits the Opry’s brief but pivotal stay at the Belcourt (1935–1936), correcting the historical record and exploring its enduring impact on Nashville’s cultural and filmmaking identity while honoring the shared centennials of two Tennessee icons: the Opry and the Belcourt Theatre. Includes a screening NASHVILLE REBEL (35mm) immediately following at 8:00pm.

They were never in time to book a gig at Toronto’s The Rivoli, then one day… They weren’t in their time at all. Shot in downtown Toronto and featuring any number of unbelievable hijinks involving its well-known landmarks, NIRVANNA sets the flux capacitor for a gut-busting, time-skewing real good time.

Seasoned stunt driver Ken Carter is determined to achieve legend status — by jumping a car a mile over the St. Lawrence Seaway. An epic journey to the heart of one man’s dangerous obsession, this 1981 doc is an unforgettable immersion into the mind of a dreamer that's often described as a Canadian forerunner to AMERICAN MOVIE.

Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Nathan, who says “What happens when the future director of GHOST IN THE SHELL and the concept artist behind Final Fantasy make a meditative arthouse film? Well they don’t make any money, but they do create an intricately illustrated, hauntingly beautiful and bizarre cult classic that’s one of the most transcendent film experiences I’ve ever had.”

Irascible petty criminal H.R. McMurtry pleads insanity to keep himself out of jail. Once institutionalized, he slowly stages mutiny against the oppressive Nurse Ratched. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey.

Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Quinn, who says: “This sapphic modern classic burnt a hole through my brain the first time I saw it in February 2020, and I left the theater forever changed. It’s my rainy day movie, my desert island movie, and a staggering masterpiece from start to finish.”