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Part of Staff Picks and programmed by Coley, who says: “BABA BOOEY! Produced by comedy guru Ivan Reitman (GHOSTBUSTERS) and directed by Betty Thomas (CAN’T HARDLY WAIT), this biopic based on Howard Stern’s #1 New York Times best seller of the same name follows his meteoric rise from Boston University to WNBC in New York City. After conquering radio, TV and print, this film cemented Stern as the self-proclaimed “King of All Media.” Howard Stern is a national treasure and the greatest entertainer who ever lived.”

A desperate ronin arrives at the manor of a powerful Lord where he begs to be allowed to commit ritual suicide in this tragic, eviscerating anti-samurai film. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, HARAKIRI, directed by Masaki Kobayashi is a fierce evocation of individual agency in the face of a corrupt and hypocritical system.

In rural America in 1964, a Czech immigrant and single mother (Björk) begins to lose her eyesight. As she tries to put away money for her young son before she goes completely blind, the woman reimagines her life in big musical song-and-dance routines starring herself and her co-workers. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Lars von Trier.

A farmer and his daughter try to survive in a desolate landscape even as the horse that had always provided their livelihood has already given up on them. Clinging to daily ritual, the pair refuses to let go of life as they know it, even as omens abound that the world might be coming to an end. The final film from Hungarian master of slow cinema Bela Tarr (SÁTÁNTANGÓ), who plunges us into a feat of speechless, spellbinding storytelling.

After being burned and disfigured in an industrial accident, a desperate man agrees to a radical face transplant. But the relative freedom of his new persona stirs dark temptations within the alienated man. A staggering work of existential science fiction, Teshigahara's film explores both the limits and freedom in acquiring a new persona — and questions the notion of individuality itself.

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Exclusive 35mm Engagement