Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
Part of Staff Picks and Weekend Classics and programmed by Joelton, who says: “Alright alright alright! Come celebrate the holiday with Linklater’s rowdy document of high school in 1970s Central Texas.”
Returning to the country of his birth, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgian resident Koffi finds himself not just a stranger in a strange land, but a pariah in his own family. An exquisitely crafted and visually inventive contemporary tale of superstition, alienation and tradition from Congolese Belgian rapper-turned-filmmaker Baloji.
Led by a revelatory Josh O’Connor, and supported by Isabella Rossellini and Alba Rohrwacher, Alice Rohrwacher’s latest is an enchanting romantic adventure, an ethereal spiritual journey and a ripping heist movie like no other follows a young British archaeologist who gets caught up in an international network dealing in stolen Italian artifacts.
Director Alison O'Daniel, who is hard of hearing, uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point. Through several d/Deaf people telling stories in a unique game of telephone, the central mystery isn’t about the theft of instruments — it’s about the nature of sound itself. All screenings feature Open Captions
In the near future, a team of journalists embark on a dangerous journey to Washington, D.C. in the midst of a second US Civil War between the separatist Western Forces — an alignment of states led by Texas and California — and the militarized American government. Exclusive 35mm Engagement (one of a very small handful nationwide)
This seminar is presented in conjunction with Trilogies: Part 2 and the BRD Trilogy. Movie tickets sold separately. Presented by Lutz Koepnick, Max Kade Foundation Chair in German Studies and professor of cinema and media arts at Vanderbilt University.
In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for her father’s birthday. As the day goes on, Sol begins to understand the gravity of the celebration this year and watches as her family does the same.
Chile, 1901. Tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property, a British lieutenant and an American mercenary are joined by a mestizo marksman — who comes to realize their true mission is to violently “remove” the indigenous population. A revelatory take on the Western and Chile's Best International Feature Film entry to the 96th Academy Awards.