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Thursday, September 10
A Scanner Darkly - 35MM | 2006 Movies
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 2006 | 100MIN
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Introduced by Alex Lei 9/16.
Friday, September 11
Out of the Blue + Intro
Drama | 1980 | 94MIN
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds conforming difficult and seeks comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
Introduced by Chloë Sevigny.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - 35MM
Horror, Thriller, Romance | 2026 | 112MIN
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is due for resurrection. And one young director is more than up to the task. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, delirium — under threat from the spear-wielding Little Death.
Read MoreSaturday, September 12
Showgirls - 35MM | JT Selects: Club Films
Drama | 1995 | 131MIN
Nomi, a young drifter, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls.
Viva Las Vegas - 35MM + Learning from Learning from Las Vegas
Musical, Comedy | 1964 | 85MIN
A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix whiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman. Preceded by Learning from Learning from Las Vegas. Post-screening Q&A with Sam Taffel and Gillian Waldo!
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Drinking and Driving + Q&A
Comedy, Drama | 2026 | 105MIN
Early twenties Iris (Jillian Frank) and Palmer (Avalon Fast) never left their hometown. They work at the same restaurant, share the same bed, and both have a habit of drinking and driving.
Q&A with Avalon Fast following screening.
I Want Your Sex
Romance, Thriller | 2026 | 90MIN
When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.
Read MoreSunday, September 13
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - 35MM
Horror, Thriller, Romance | 2026 | 112MIN
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is due for resurrection. And one young director is more than up to the task. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, delirium — under threat from the spear-wielding Little Death.
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Dreams in Nightmares
Drama | 2024 | 128MIN
Three black queer femmes in their mid 30s take a road trip across the Midwestern United States in search of their friend who has seemingly disappeared off the grid.
Monday, September 14
Crash - 35MM | Sex, Death, Cars!
Erotic Thriller, Drama | 1996 | 100MIN
A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - 35MM
Horror, Thriller, Romance | 2026 | 112MIN
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is due for resurrection. And one young director is more than up to the task. But when she visits the original's star, a now-reclusive actress, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, delirium — under threat from the spear-wielding Little Death.
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Wednesday, September 16
Friday, September 18
Who's Watching + Q&A
Horror, Thriller | 2026 | 86MIN
Caleb is a metal head loner who becomes obsessed with his new coworker, Krista. He begins invading every aspect of Krista's life. As his infatuation escalates from inappropriate to criminal, we're left asking who is really watching whom.
Read MoreSaturday, September 19
Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films | Sex, Death, Cars!
Documentary | 2003 | 92MIN
Critically-acclaimed upon it’s 2003 theatrical release, Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films is a morbidly curious exploration of the shocking driver education films of yesteryear.
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Viva Las Vegas - 35MM + Learning from Learning from Las Vegas
Musical, Comedy | 1964 | 85MIN
A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix whiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman. Preceded by Learning from Learning from Las Vegas. Post-screening Q&A with Sam Taffel and Gillian Waldo!
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Titane | Sex, Death, Cars!
Horror, Psychological Thriller | 2021 | 108MIN
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
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Who's Watching + Q&A
Horror, Thriller | 2026 | 86MIN
Caleb is a metal head loner who becomes obsessed with his new coworker, Krista. He begins invading every aspect of Krista's life. As his infatuation escalates from inappropriate to criminal, we're left asking who is really watching whom.
Read MoreSunday, September 20
Tony
Biography, Drama, Comedy | 2026 | 106MIN
A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
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Leonora in the Morning Light + Q&A
Drama | 2025 | 103MIN
In the early 1930s, painter Leonora Carrington, a rebel against social expectations, joins the surrealist movement and its iconic figures like André Breton and Salvador Dalí in Paris. A whirlwind love affair with artist Max Ernst confronts her with her inner demons. During the war, Leonora flees to Mexico and finally empowers herself. Today Leonora Carrington is one of the highest selling female painters worldwide, next to Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe. Q&A with filmmakers Thor Klein & Lena Vurma, moderated by Pam Grossman.
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Paint Me a Road Out of Here + Q&A | Presented by Miss Video 4 U
Documentary | 2024 | 90MIN
Featuring artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE uncovers the whitewashed history of Faith's masterpiece "For the Women's House" and follows its 50-year journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum in a heartbreaking, funny & true parable for a world without mass incarceration. Post-screening Q&A with Catherine Gund and Leah Faria, moderated by Miss Video 4 U.
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Outfitumentary + Q&A
Documentary | 2016 | 82MIN
In 2001, artist K8 Hardy set out to document her outfits on video. Over an eleven-year period, until the camera broke, she captured these outfits - and outfitting- on a fairly consistent, if not daily basis. Post-screening Q&A with K8 Hardy, moderated by Johanna Fateman.
Read MoreMonday, September 21
Day Night Day Night - 35MM + Q&A | 2006 Movies
Drama, Thriller | 2006 | 94MIN
A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent, and it's impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she made her decision -- she has made it already. We don't know whom she represents, what she believes in - we only know she believes it absolutely.
Q&A with Luisa Colón following screening.
Cinema Tehran Presents: Cairo Station + Orderly or Disorderly
Crime, Thriller | 1958 | 77MIN
Qinawi, a newspaper seller, falls for Hannuma, a cold drink vendor who is engaged to Abu Siri, a luggage porter. However, when Qinawi proposes to Hannuma and gets rejected, he decides to kill her. Preceded by Abbas Kiarostami's Orderly or Disorderly.
Read MoreTuesday, September 22
Shakedown + Q&A | JT Selects: Club Films
Documentary, Drama, History | 2018 | 72MIN
Examines the underground LA lesbian club, its performers, finances, desire, community dynamics. Explores utopic space before/after club's existence, ephemerality, alternative economies.
Q&A with JT following screening.
Wednesday, September 23
Wings of Desire + Hidden in Pieces
Fantasy / Music Documentary | 1987 / 2026 | 127MIN / 22MIN
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds that it might be possible for him to take human form. Preceded by Hidden in Pieces, a short visual companion-piece to the Yeah Yeah Yeah's live record Hidden in Pieces: Live at The Royal Albert Hall out on October 23rd!
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Her Will Be Done + Q&A
Drama, Horror | 2025 | 95MIN
Nawojka, a young woman struggling with her monstrous desire, is convinced that she is struck by a strange hereditary curse and will try to escape the family shackles through Sandra, her sultry neighbor who has returned to the village. Post-screening Q&A with director Julia Kowalski and actress Roxane Mesquida!
Read MoreThursday, September 24
Fat Girl + Introduction
Drama | 2001 | 86MIN
Twelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, fifteen-year-old Elena, is a beauty. While the girls are on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along as Elena explores the dreary seaside town. Elena meets Fernando, an Italian law student; he seduces her with promises of love, and the ever watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister’s innocence. Actress Roxane Mesquida will introduce the screenings on 9/24 and 9/27!
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Tony
Biography, Drama, Comedy | 2026 | 106MIN
A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
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Sex Is Comedy + Introduction
Comedy, Romance | 2002 | 95MIN
Once again exploring her signature obsessions, Breillat uses this metafictional format to investigate the ethical responsibilities of the artist, the messy logistics of running a set, and the slippery nature of realism, as applied to one of filmmaking’s most challenging ordeals: the simulated sex scene. Introduction by actress Roxane Mesquida!
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Kaboom
Sci Fi, Comedy | 2011 | 86MIN
A wild, witty and sex-drenched horror-comedy thriller, KABOOM tells the story of Smith (Thomas Dekker), an ambisexual 18-year-old college freshman who stumbles upon a monstrous conspiracy in a seemingly idyllic Southern California seaside town. Actress Roxane Mesquida will introduce the screening on 9/24!
Read MoreFriday, September 25
Her Will Be Done + Q&A
Drama, Horror | 2025 | 95MIN
Nawojka, a young woman struggling with her monstrous desire, is convinced that she is struck by a strange hereditary curse and will try to escape the family shackles through Sandra, her sultry neighbor who has returned to the village. Post-screening Q&A with director Julia Kowalski and actress Roxane Mesquida!
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Situations + Q&A
Drama, Comedy | 2025 | 102MIN
Three months after a painful breakup, a Los Angeles based photographer drifts through Silverlake’s creative chaos — dodging well-meaning friends, career pressures, and fleeting flings — until an unexpected connection forces him to confront what he truly wants from love, art, and himself. Post-screening Q&A with director Greg Vrotsos.
Read MoreSaturday, September 26
Day Night Day Night - 35MM | 2006 Movies
Drama, Thriller | 2006 | 94MIN
A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent, and it's impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she made her decision -- she has made it already. We don't know whom she represents, what she believes in - we only know she believes it absolutely.
Tony
Biography, Drama, Comedy | 2026 | 106MIN
A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
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Situations + Q&A
Drama, Comedy | 2025 | 102MIN
Three months after a painful breakup, a Los Angeles based photographer drifts through Silverlake’s creative chaos — dodging well-meaning friends, career pressures, and fleeting flings — until an unexpected connection forces him to confront what he truly wants from love, art, and himself. Post-screening Q&A with director Greg Vrotsos.
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Matador Bolero + Q&A
Mystery | 2026 | 97MIN
New York nightclub, The Matador, becomes the site of a high-profile murder that attracts the attention of an obsessive detective, a TV news reporter, and an elusive being living outside the realms of time and space. Their stories converge with that of a new-age cult operating at the command of an ultra-intelligent supercomputer named Bolero.
Q&A with director Jonathan Rosado following screening.
Sunday, September 27
A. Rimbaud + Q&A
Drama, Biography | 2026 | 175MIN
The improbable life of French poet Arthur Rimbaud unfolds with all the shock and playfulness of his poetry. Conversation with director Patrick Wang and translator Mark Polizzotti (NYRB, The Drunken Boat) moderated by critic and translator Jawni Han.
Her Will Be Done + Q&A
Drama, Horror | 2025 | 95MIN
Nawojka, a young woman struggling with her monstrous desire, is convinced that she is struck by a strange hereditary curse and will try to escape the family shackles through Sandra, her sultry neighbor who has returned to the village. Post-screening Q&A with director Julia Kowalski and actress Roxane Mesquida!
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Fat Girl + Introduction
Drama | 2001 | 86MIN
Twelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, fifteen-year-old Elena, is a beauty. While the girls are on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along as Elena explores the dreary seaside town. Elena meets Fernando, an Italian law student; he seduces her with promises of love, and the ever watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister’s innocence. Actress Roxane Mesquida will introduce the screenings on 9/24 and 9/27!
Read MoreMonday, September 28
Idlewild - 35MM | 2006 Movies
Musical, Crime, Drama, Romance | 2006 | 121MIN
At a sexy, sizzling nightclub, pianist Percival lives life by the rules, while Rooster, the club's flashy lead performer, struts his stuff on the stage. But all changes when greed, fame and murder threaten to destroy them and the joint.
Introduced by Jayson Buford 9/28.
1-800-HOT-DUCK X FUGUE SPA: “THATS ENTERTAINMENT!”
Comedy, Archival | 2026 | 92MIN
Internet's original decrepit queen of mixtape menagerie, 1-800-HOT-DUCK, returns to NYC with her special friend FUGUE SPA, New York’s underground slide show party and video sensation with a show you absolutely can not miss called…. “THATS ENTERTAINMENT!”
Read MoreTuesday, September 29
Zola | JT Selects: Club Films
Comedy, Crime, Drama | 2020 | 90MIN
Zola, a Detroit waitress, strikes up a new friendship with a customer, Stefani, who lures her into a weekend of dancing and partying in Florida.
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Chronovisor
Drama, Sci-Fi | 2026 | 100MIN
While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City’s hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough.
Read MoreWednesday, September 30
Lost Landscapes of New York with Rick Prelinger
Documentary, Performance | 2017-26 | 83MIN
Since 2006, Rick Prelinger has made 37 participatory urban history events that have played to large and vocal audiences in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Detroit and at festivals throughout the world. As films play, viewers are invited to comment, to ask questions and to interact with one another. This autumn the revised LOST LANDSCAPES project returns to New York for the first time since its premiere in 2017.
Read MoreThursday, October 01
Idlewild - 35MM | 2006 Movies
Musical, Crime, Drama, Romance | 2006 | 121MIN
At a sexy, sizzling nightclub, pianist Percival lives life by the rules, while Rooster, the club's flashy lead performer, struts his stuff on the stage. But all changes when greed, fame and murder threaten to destroy them and the joint.
Introduced by Jayson Buford 9/28.
Lost Landscapes of San Francisco with Rick Prelinger
Documentary, Performance | 2025 | 75MIN
San Francisco shines throughout this wide-ranging, unbounded panorama made from 128 years of San Francisco moving images with a soundtrack made fresh by the audience as the film plays. Celebrating the city as a center of creativity, style, resistance and freedom, LOST LANDSCAPES is drawn from some 300 newly-unearthed (and a few familiar) archival films plus "guest appearances" from San Francisco filmmakers.
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The Misconceived - 35MM | Four by James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Dark Comedy | 2026 | 88MIN
A failed filmmaker turned carpenter is hired by his estranged college buddy, now a successful sculptor renovating the vacation home of his dreams. Post-screening Q&As and intros TBA!
Saturday, October 03
Still Film + Q&A | Four by James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Documentary, Drama | 2023 | 72MIN
An ode to movie culture and its beguiling hold on the imagination, modeled on an actual legal deposition and accompanied by a procession of 35 mm publicity stills from studio press kits. Post-screening Q&A TBA!
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The Misconceived - 35MM | Four by James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Dark Comedy | 2026 | 88MIN
A failed filmmaker turned carpenter is hired by his estranged college buddy, now a successful sculptor renovating the vacation home of his dreams. Post-screening Q&As and intros TBA!
Kaboom
Sci Fi, Comedy | 2011 | 86MIN
A wild, witty and sex-drenched horror-comedy thriller, KABOOM tells the story of Smith (Thomas Dekker), an ambisexual 18-year-old college freshman who stumbles upon a monstrous conspiracy in a seemingly idyllic Southern California seaside town. Actress Roxane Mesquida will introduce the screening on 9/24!
Read MoreSunday, October 04
Bird in Hand + Q&A
Drama, Comedy | 2026 | 90MIN
A bride-to-be with a secret agenda returns to her hometown, using her wedding plans to manipulate everyone in her orbit.Post-screening Q&As with writer/director Melody C. Roscher!
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Common Carrier | Four by James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Experimental Documentary | 2017 | 78MIN
A mix of artists struggle to perform their roles, at once connected and alienated by the plague of modern life.
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Concessions - 35MM + Q&A
Drama, Comedy | 2025 | 90MIN
On the last day at the closing Royal Alamo Cinema, employees, outcasts and oddballs cross paths in interwoven stories of rejection, redemption, and fate. Post-screening Q&A with Mas Bouzidi, Josh Hamilton, Rob Riordan, Jonathan Lorenzo Price, and Lana Rockwell, moderated by Charlotte Wells.
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Tuesday, October 06
Chronovisor
Drama, Sci-Fi | 2026 | 100MIN
While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City’s hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough.
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Cinema Tehran Presents: Chicken with Plums
Comedy, Drama | 2011 | 94MIN
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
Read MoreWednesday, October 07
On a String + Q&A
Drama, Comedy | 2026 | 78MIN
Isabel (Isabel Hagen) is a young, Juilliard-trained violist still living at home with her parents in the heart of New York City. She’s trying to make a living playing gigs with her friends but when her toxic ex- boyfriend reappears, who also happens to be the Philharmonic’s “newest, hottest cellist,” he informs her of a viola opening in the prestigious orchestra. Nothing can go wrong, right?
Read MoreThursday, October 08
All the Mornings of the World + Live Performance | Instruments of Desire
Musical, Romance | 1991 | 115MIN
An ambitious young musician's life becomes entwined with that of his reclusive master in director Alain Corneau’s haunting portrait of composer Marin Marais and his teacher, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. With a landmark score by Jordi Savall–whose viola da gamba recordings inspired novelist Pascal Quignard’s original story–Tous les Matins du Monde is a transporting meditation on artistic devotion, memory, and longing. Curated by Kamron Saniee and Emilie Meyer for Instruments of Desire, this screening will open with a live viola da gamba performance and presentation by Marc Armitano Domingo.
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The Downtown Festival: ART/New York & 3 Downtown Artists + Q&A
Documentary | 1980s - 1990s | 141MIN
Presented in collaboration with Paul Tschinkel’s pioneering video series ART/new york, this program brings together rare archival portraits of three artists who helped define the visual culture of downtown New York. Through interviews, exhibition footage, and intimate documentation, the program traces the work and lives of Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Nan Goldin at pivotal moments in their careers.
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The Downtown Festival: The Basics of Philosophy + Q&A
Drama | 2026 | 94MIN
John Jorissen teaches philosophy in a small liberal arts school in the American Midwest, and is writing a book on Spinoza. His life revolves around teaching, writing and spending time with his partner Becca, a fellow professor, and her adolescent son Willie. Jorissen is smart, serious and distant. Something from the past torments him. When Jorrisen's estranged father passes away, an unexpected figure from that buried history reemerges—Miguel Vasque, the son of the family’s former gardener, who carries with him the weight of a long-ago incident. Their reunion forces Jorrisen to confront uncomfortable truths about guilt, obligation, and the fragile nature of the life he’s constructed.
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The Downtown Festival: Two Neighbors + Q&A
Drama, Comedy | 2025 | 103MIN
Inspired by Aesop’s fable Avaricious and Envious and the viral 4chan meme archetypes of Stacy, Becky, Chad, and the Virgin. Becky, an ambitious but struggling writer, is overcome by envy and spite when she meets Stacy, a beautiful but insatiable socialite, at a lavish party hosted by Stacy’s father at their country estate. The evening descends slowly into chaos, and the girls’ lives are forever transformed after the unexpected arrival of a modern-day genie who promises to grant their deepest, darkest wishes.
Read MoreWednesday, October 21
Prison + Who Are You Dorothy Dean? Book Launch and Q&A
Experimental | 1965 | 70MIN
Éditions 1989 celebrates the launch of the second edition of Who Are You Dorothy Dean? — devoted to writer and Warhol Factory fixture Dorothy Dean. The evening will feature a special screening of Andy Warhol's Prison (1965), inspired by Bibbe Hansen's experiences in a juvenile detention center and featuring Dorothy Dean. Post-screening Q&A with Anaïs Ngbanzo and Collier Schorr, moderated by Hugo Bausch Belbachir. Books will be available for purchase and signing!
Read MoreThursday, October 22
The Red Violin + Live Performance | Instruments of Desire
Drama | 1998 |
A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner. Screening to open with a performance of film composer John Corigliano’s The Red Violin Caprices by Chili Ekman.
Read MoreSaturday, October 24
Another Day in Paradise - 35MM with Larry Clark
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Comedy | 1998 | 101MIN
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.
Larry Clark, in person, following screening.
Thursday, November 05
The Draughtsman's Contract + Live Performance | Instruments of Desire
Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 1982 | 108Min
A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away. Screening to open with a selection of works by Henry Purcell arranged for recorder quartet, performed by the New York Recorder Guild.
Thursday, November 19
Tár + Live Performance | Instruments of Desire
Drama, Music | 2022 | 138MIN
Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and first-ever female music director of a major German orchestra. Film introduced by cultural critic Broey Deschanel. The Candide Quartet performs Alban Berg’s String Quartet, Opus 3.
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