Oscar-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania blends actual recordings and scripted performances to tell the devastating true story of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli military fire, and the first responders who tried to save her. Nominated for the Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film
In a sci-fi-coded world where people have lost the desire to dream, rogue “fantasmers” stoke their imaginations and the film’s ever-morphing protagonist (Jackson Yee) veers through a series of genres, from Méliès-inflected silent fantasy to wartime thriller to con-artist buddy picture to millennial vampire romance — the latter depicted in one of Bi Gan’s customary, and ever astonishing, single takes. A monumental love letter to a century of cinema.
Set against the political backdrops of the lead-up to World War II and later McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple (Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford) come together only to find that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs. Directed by Sydney Pollock (see also JEREMIAH JOHNSON).
A perceptive study in familial dynamics and a carefully constructed triptych, Jim Jarmusch’s latest film concerns a group of adults coming to terms with their lost or aging parents, its subtle and quiet style carefully constructed to allow small details to accumulate — almost like flowers being carefully placed in three delicate arrangements. Its stellar cast includes Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling, Tom Waits, Cate Blanchett and Indya Moore, among others. (Best Film winner at the Venice Film Festival)
The team behind last year’s THE BRUTALIST, co-writers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet, return with another ambitious swing for the fences, this time with Fastvold in the director’s chair. With stunning celluloid cinematography and an astounding score and soundscape, THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE plumbs the life and times of Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried), the founder of the Shaker movement and one of pre-Revolutionary America’s most seminal religious figures. Screening in 35mm.
When Texas lawmakers seek to review a list of books, librarians find themselves on the frontlines of a national battle. Across the U.S., librarians face the impact of uniting against library collection standards that include restrictions on race-related and LGBTQIA+ content. Drawing on historical context, THE LIBRARIANS explores the broader implications for education and public life.
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.”
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border (in one of the most astounding one-take crane shots in cinema history), a Mexican drug enforcement agent (Charlton Heston) and an American cop (Orson Welles) investigate.
Sat, Nov 15 at 12:00pm | Sun, Nov 16 at 11:40am, 5:00pm
75th Anniversary – Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, an aging silent film queen, and William Holden as the struggling writer who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters. From the unforgettable opening sequence through the inevitable unfolding of tragic destiny, the film is Billy Wilder’s definitive statement on the dark and desperate side of Hollywood.
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments — as well as a stylistic influence on the past quarter century of filmmaking and a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.