White Zombie
Directly inspired by William Seabrook’s book The Magic Island, this is considered the first feature-length zombie film and would serve as a major influence to those that followed.
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Directly inspired by William Seabrook’s book The Magic Island, this is considered the first feature-length zombie film and would serve as a major influence to those that followed.
This groundbreaking feature follows rebel computer programmer Kevin Flynn as he is scanned and transported into an autocratic universe of zipping vectors and shiny surfaces, somewhere inside the mainframe of an arcade game.
Easily the most sophisticated and memorable of the zombie films of the subgenre’s premier era, Tourneur and low-budget producer extraordinaire Val Lewton’s remarkable collaboration is a dreamlike horror fable that loosely reimagines Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
Please note: This screening has been canceled due to the distributor's decision to withdraw the film from circulation temporarily.
Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci returns to the racialized origins of the zombie narrative with what was originally conceived as a sequel to George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.
In Walter Hill’s neo-noir cum outlaw-biker rock opera, fifties nostalgia fuels a futuristic Americana fantasy that’s all neon, chrome, fire, and steam. Screening in 70mm, August 27–Sep. 4.
Notable at the time for starring a Black actress, and even as the narrative blatantly antagonizes her, Fredi Washington’s presence imbues the film with unexpected depth.
This groundbreaking feature follows rebel computer programmer Kevin Flynn as he is scanned and transported into an autocratic universe of zipping vectors and shiny surfaces, somewhere inside the mainframe of an arcade game.
Bob Hope is a radio personality who ends up following Paulette Goddard to Cuba, where she's set to inherit a plantation and—likely haunted—castle. The August 28 screening will be followed by a panel discussion on zombies and race with Yasmina Price, Dr. David Bering-Porter, and guest curator Kelli Weston.
You have two more chances to see this gorgeous 70mm print of Walt Disney’s classic 1959 fairy tale, at the time the most expensive animated film ever made. Screening September 3 and 5!
Please note: This screening has been canceled due to the distributor's decision to withdraw the film from circulation temporarily.
Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci returns to the racialized origins of the zombie narrative with what was originally conceived as a sequel to George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.