Deathdream
Bob Clark's second zombie feature is an ominous retelling of the W. W. Jacobs’s short story “The Monkey's Paw.”
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Invisible Invaders
Though somewhat forgotten, this film harnesses stock footage with a rather clear-eyed view of the cost of war and a pervasive eeriness that eclipses its dated special effects.
The Story of Film: A New Generation
A decade after his synoptic inquiry into 20th-century cinema, The Story of Film: An Odyssey, film historian Mark Cousins returns with a hopeful tale of cinematic innovation at the frontiers of our young century. Playing 9/9–9/23!
Shock Waves
A master class in atmosphere, the film nods to post-World War II zombie cinema and features several satisfyingly chilling chase sequences.
Deathdream
Bob Clark's second zombie feature is an ominous retelling of the W. W. Jacobs’s short story “The Monkey's Paw.”
25th Hour
Spike Lee's thrillingly made psychological diagnosis of both a man and a city was the first major movie to acknowledge the September 11th attacks. Screening September 10 and 11.
Plague of the Zombies
Far from the exoticized Caribbean islands, John Gilling’s film roots its tale of horror in Victorian-era England.
The Story of Film: A New Generation
A decade after his synoptic inquiry into 20th-century cinema, The Story of Film: An Odyssey, film historian Mark Cousins returns with a hopeful tale of cinematic innovation at the frontiers of our young century. Playing 9/9–9/23!
Shock Waves
A master class in atmosphere, the film nods to post-World War II zombie cinema and features several satisfyingly chilling chase sequences.
25th Hour
Spike Lee's thrillingly made psychological diagnosis of both a man and a city was the first major movie to acknowledge the September 11th attacks. Screening September 10 and 11.
The Ornithologist
João Pedro Rodrigues’s sensual and irreverent 2016 gem, wherein a solitary ornithologist embarks on a journey seeking an elusive species of stork.
Screening of Short Films:
A Murmur Underground (and others TBA)
A free program of short films including an experimental documentary that focuses on emotions and human sensitivity evoked by the 2017 earthquake that severely damaged thousands of villages in Oaxaca and Chiapas in the Tehuantepec Istmus, Mexico.