Murder on the Orient Express
Sidney Lumet's sumptuous, star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie's classic detective novel takes full advantage of its interwar period setting, luxuriating in the evocation of Old World decadence in its waning years.
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Screening
Force Majeure
Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure is a perceptive, sardonic portrait of a husband and father’s response to a potentially devastating avalanche at a ski resort where he is vacationing with his family.
First Reformed
From writer-director Paul Schrader comes a gripping thriller about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary. Showing April 17 as part of Science on Screen: Extinction and Otherwise.
Marvels of Media Films
A selection of short films and excerpts from feature films that won awards at the inaugural Marvels of Media Awards
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton proved he was a fitting choice to finally direct the long-anticipated screen adaptation of Sondheim’s masterpiece, the musical that shocked Broadway audiences in 1977. Screening April 23 & 24.
Democrats
Filmed over three years, Democrats is a steadfast chronicle of the drafting of Zimbabwe’s first democratic constitution.
Into the Woods
Sondheim and writer James Lapine’s brilliant fractured fairy tale is given the grand-scale Disney treatment, yet miraculously without sacrificing its sophistication, cleverness, or melancholy.
President
More than six years after the premiere of her widely acclaimed Democrats, Camilla Nielsson returns to Zimbabwe, which is at the crossroads of a fair election.
Into the Woods
Sondheim and writer James Lapine’s brilliant fractured fairy tale is given the grand-scale Disney treatment, yet miraculously without sacrificing its sophistication, cleverness, or melancholy.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Undoubtedly one of the greatest films ever made, Chantal Akerman’s singular avant-garde epic screens April 29 and May 8.
Stories We Tell
In this genre-bending, deeply personal documentary, Oscar-nominated writer-director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who is telling it, uncovering a web of secrets kept by her family.
Tampopo with Toby Talbot
On April 30, one of the most original and delightful comedies of the eighties, with Toby Talbot in conversation with Michael Barker—plus a book signing!