The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
Acting legend Charles Laughton’s sole screen directorial credit is perhaps cinema’s most remarkable one-off.
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A New Old Play
A New Old Play
On February 4 and 5, see encore screenings of Qiu Jiongjiong's hand-crafted masterwork, an homage to classical Chinese opera.
The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
Acting legend Charles Laughton’s sole screen directorial credit is perhaps cinema’s most remarkable one-off.
4 events,
A New Old Play
A New Old Play
On February 4 and 5, see encore screenings of Qiu Jiongjiong's hand-crafted masterwork, an homage to classical Chinese opera.
Play of Glances: Three Works by Maryam Tafakory
Play of Glances: Three Works by Maryam Tafakory
This program on 2/5 features two of Iranian artist Maryam Tafakory’s resonant short films, as well as a rarely performed live piece for which there can be no recording or other form of documentation.
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The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye
Get tickets for February 10. Get tickets for February 11. Dir. Robert Altman. 1973, 112 mins. 35mm print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. With Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden. With ...
Amy Halpern Program 1: Falling Lessons
Amy Halpern Program 1: Falling Lessons
On 2/10, a three-part tribute to the films of the late Amy Halpern's kicks off with her sensual, life-affirming 64-minute film, plus selected shorts. David Lebrun, Amy’s devoted husband and collaborator, will join us in person for the series.
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The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal
Playing 2/11, 2/12, and 2/17, Jim Henson's fantasy creates visual astonishment using puppetry, animatronics, and special effects.
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
On 2/11 and 2/12, see Hal Ashby’s dark and unconventional comedy, one of the most beloved films of the seventies.
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
A mesmerizing and electrifying vérité classic, Gimme Shelter is both disturbing and enthralling, an essential rock movie that went unnominated by the Academy
Amy Halpern Program 2: Unowned Luxuries
Amy Halpern Program 2: Unowned Luxuries
Halpern made nearly 40 films and one feature, almost all on 16mm. During the 40 years she spent in Los Angeles, she collaborated with such luminaries as Pat O’Neill, Charles Burnett, and her husband David ...
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye
Get tickets for February 10. Get tickets for February 11. Dir. Robert Altman. 1973, 112 mins. 35mm print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. With Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden. With ...
Amy Halpern Program 3: Plausible Light Sources
Amy Halpern Program 3: Plausible Light Sources
Halpern made nearly 40 films and one feature, almost all on 16mm. During the 40 years she spent in Los Angeles, she collaborated with such luminaries as Pat O’Neill, Charles Burnett, and her husband David ...
5 events,
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal
Playing 2/11, 2/12, and 2/17, Jim Henson's fantasy creates visual astonishment using puppetry, animatronics, and special effects.
Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
On 2/11 and 2/12, see Hal Ashby’s dark and unconventional comedy, one of the most beloved films of the seventies.
A New Old Play
A New Old Play
On February 4 and 5, see encore screenings of Qiu Jiongjiong's hand-crafted masterwork, an homage to classical Chinese opera.
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
A mesmerizing and electrifying vérité classic, Gimme Shelter is both disturbing and enthralling, an essential rock movie that went unnominated by the Academy
Mikey and Nicky
Mikey and Nicky
Elaine May’s atonal masterpiece, marked by the jarring rhythmic and emotional shifts of its unpredictable lead actors, was one of the most daring commercial films of its moment.
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Love Letters: Video and Poetry Reading
Love Letters: Video and Poetry Reading
Curated by writer-journalist Roshan Abraham and designer-organizer Mon Moha, this local annual community event on 2/16 celebrates the act of reading and writing letters with a focus on the importance of exchanging messages with those in prison.
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The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal
Playing 2/11, 2/12, and 2/17, Jim Henson's fantasy creates visual astonishment using puppetry, animatronics, and special effects.
The King of Comedy
The King of Comedy
A surprising shift in tone after Raging Bull, The King of Comedy is now widely recognized as one of Scorsese’s masterworks and has proven to be especially prophetic about the dissolving boundaries between celebrity culture and daily life.
After Sherman
After Sherman
On 2/17, director Jon-Sesrie Goff joins us in person to present his moving personal documentary set in South Carolina, exploring intergenerational questions and tensions in a post-civil rights era.
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Love & Basketball
Love & Basketball
The debut feature from writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood has ascended to modern classic status thanks to its rare ability to beguile as both a romance and sports movie
The Docks of New York
The Docks of New York
Josef von Sternberg’s sensational silent classic, a major production for Paramount and an expressionist masterpiece, screens 2/18 in a 35mm archival print with live piano accompaniment by Makia Matsumura. Screening as part of Silents, Please! and Snubbed.
To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger
Made at a turning point of the American independent film boom, Burnett’s mesmerizing movie had a major movie star (Danny Glover) in the leading role and became one of the most talked-about low-budget movies of the year.
A New Old Play
A New Old Play
On February 4 and 5, see encore screenings of Qiu Jiongjiong's hand-crafted masterwork, an homage to classical Chinese opera.
Mikey and Nicky
Mikey and Nicky
Elaine May’s atonal masterpiece, marked by the jarring rhythmic and emotional shifts of its unpredictable lead actors, was one of the most daring commercial films of its moment.
5 events,
The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line
This landmark film saw Errol Morris cinematically investigating the case of a death row prisoner who may have been wrongly convicted of a police officer’s murderer.
Love & Basketball
Love & Basketball
The debut feature from writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood has ascended to modern classic status thanks to its rare ability to beguile as both a romance and sports movie
To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger
Made at a turning point of the American independent film boom, Burnett’s mesmerizing movie had a major movie star (Danny Glover) in the leading role and became one of the most talked-about low-budget movies of the year.
A New Old Play
A New Old Play
On February 4 and 5, see encore screenings of Qiu Jiongjiong's hand-crafted masterwork, an homage to classical Chinese opera.
The King of Comedy
The King of Comedy
A surprising shift in tone after Raging Bull, The King of Comedy is now widely recognized as one of Scorsese’s masterworks and has proven to be especially prophetic about the dissolving boundaries between celebrity culture and daily life.
2 events,
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Academy Award–winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi's classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life.
5 events,
The Docks of New York
The Docks of New York
Josef von Sternberg’s sensational silent classic, a major production for Paramount and an expressionist masterpiece, screens 2/18 in a 35mm archival print with live piano accompaniment by Makia Matsumura. Screening as part of Silents, Please! and Snubbed.
Stories in Motion: An Interactive Pop-Up Art Exhibit
Stories in Motion: An Interactive Pop-Up Art Exhibit
Join us for an evening of game-like, participatory, and interactive media projects that explore the boundaries of narrative and storytelling.
Paris, Texas
Paris, Texas
German movie icon Wim Wenders’s journey into the heart of a strange and beautiful American landscape is a superb, emotional glimpse at this country from an outsider’s perspective.
The Congress + World of Tomorrow
The Congress + World of Tomorrow
These two acclaimed animated films pose existential questions about the nature of reality.
6 events,
The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line
This landmark film saw Errol Morris cinematically investigating the case of a death row prisoner who may have been wrongly convicted of a police officer’s murderer.
Black History Month Film Festival Program 1: Black Mothers in Film
Black History Month Film Festival Program 1: Black Mothers in Film
On 2/25, this short film showcase celebrates the voices and stories of Black mothers rooted in love, loss, triumph, and tragedy created entirely by Black mother filmmakers from across the African diaspora. Followed by a panel discussion with local filmmakers.
Paris, Texas
Paris, Texas
German movie icon Wim Wenders’s journey into the heart of a strange and beautiful American landscape is a superb, emotional glimpse at this country from an outsider’s perspective.
Members-only Conversation Club: Deep Red
Members-only Conversation Club: Deep Red
Join Jesse Berberich, Lead Programmer of Disreputable Cinema, and Cory Everett, author and creator of Cinephile, for a pre-screening discussion of horror and the giallo subgenre.
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Black History Month Film Festival Program 2: The Afrikan Poetry Theatre’s Film Showcase + Autumn Beat
Black History Month Film Festival Program 2: The Afrikan Poetry Theatre’s Film Showcase + Autumn Beat
Followed by a Q&A discussion, this free showcase on 2/26 will feature a selection of short films, including one written, shot, and produced at The Afrikan Poetry Theatre.
Argentina, 1985
Argentina, 1985
Screening 2/26, Santiago Mitre’s Oscar-nominated film expertly balances emotional historical drama with moments of humor to create a dazzling film about fighting back against corruption and evil.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
The gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I, based on the world renowned bestseller by Erich Maria Remarque.
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2 events,
Miguel’s War
Miguel’s War
Screening Eliane Raheb crafts a cinema of catharsis and explores the limitations of memory and recollection in this sprawling examination of her unreliable narrator’s past, present, and future.
Miller’s Crossing
Miller’s Crossing
The third feature from the Coen Brothers is a crackling, pitch-dark crime drama set in Prohibition-era America.
4 events,
MoMI Teen Council Presents: Mirrored Memoirs
MoMI Teen Council Presents: Mirrored Memoirs
Join Museum of the Moving Image’s Teen Council for this immersive drop-in program to create an augmented reality moving image experience.
Inland Empire
Inland Empire
On Friday, 3/10, see David Lynch's most surreal and formally audacious feature film since Eraserhead, starring a brilliant Laura Dern.
3 events,
Safe, with Book Signing by Author Michael Schulman
Safe, with Book Signing by Author Michael Schulman
On March 5, Michael Schulman, author of the new book Oscar Wars, joins us for a book signing and to introduce Todd Haynes's visionary masterpiece starring Julianne Moore.
Miller’s Crossing
Miller’s Crossing
The third feature from the Coen Brothers is a crackling, pitch-dark crime drama set in Prohibition-era America.