Director Nina Menkes uses film clips by A-list directors from 1896 through to the present to show how sexist shot design contributes to a pervasive environment of sexual harassment and assault, as well as employment discrimination against women, especially in the film industry.
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so-called Spider Killer, who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
During a visit to Transylvania to enlist Count Dracula’s help in stopping the 18th century slave trade, an African prince (William Marshall) is bitten and turned into a vampire. Sealed in a coffin for the next three centuries, “Blacula” reawakens to find himself in 1970s Los Angeles. Screening in 35mm
A fragile, anxious 12-year-old boy who’s regularly bullied by his stronger classmates finds love and revenge through a beautiful but peculiar girl who moves in next door.
Join us for the premiere of NASHVILLE BACHELORETTES: A BEN ODDO INVESTIGATION. Panel discussion and audience Q&A to follow, along with an after-party at Neighbors of Sylvan Park.
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Screening in 35mm
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s unforgettable dissection of an imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer (Margit Carstensen) and a beautiful but icy ingenue (Hanna Schygulla) — is based, in a sly gender reversal, on the writer-director’s own desperate obsession with a young actor. Screening with PETER VON KANT (opens Fri, Sep 16)
John Singleton’s quintessential chronicle of three friends growing up in an economically depressed South Central Los Angeles neighborhood in the early ‘90s. Featuring outstanding performances by Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut and Lawrence Fishburne. Pizza and a Movie, co-presented with Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria.
A teenage cartoonist rejects the comforts of his suburban life and leaves home, finding an unwilling teacher and unwitting friend in Wallace, a former low-level comic artist.