Now Showing
The show (times) must go on! A complete listing for this date will be announced soon.
Thursday, September 19
High School - 16MM
Documentary | 1968 | 75MIN
HIGH SCHOOL was filmed at a large urban high school in Philadelphia. The film documents how the school system exists not only to pass on "facts" but also transmits social values from one generation to another. HIGH SCHOOL presents a series of formal and informal encounters between teachers, students, parents, and administrators through which the ideology and values of the school emerge.
Read More
Friday, September 20
A Woman Under the Influence
Drama | 1974 | 155MIN
Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her mental illness proves to be a problem in the marriage.
Read More
Demonlover - 35MM
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 2002 | 129MIN
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D hentai pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
Introduced by Lee Ranaldo 9/20.
Hot Springs & Code Rouge - East Coast Premiere + Q&A
Adventure, Horror Comedy | 2024 | 46MIN
The long awaited East Coast premiere of 'Hot Springs' and the five-years-in-the-making 'Code Rouge', two shorts by Alex Pabarcius. Join us in this genre bending adventure diptych spanning the remote Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho and into the heart of China’s megacity Shenzhen and beyond. 46 minutes of midnight mayhem featuring seductive old ladies, bodybuilding glory, phantasmagoria and boiled eggs.
Hot Springs (2024, 19min)
Code Rouge (2024, 26min)
Q&A with Director, Cast and Crew follows.
Saturday, September 21
Kneecap
Drama, Comedy, Music | 2024 | 105Min
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
Read More
Faces
Drama | 1968 | 130MIN
A middle-aged man leaves his wife for another woman. Shortly after, his ex-wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. The film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other.
Read More
High School - 16MM
Documentary | 1968 | 75MIN
HIGH SCHOOL was filmed at a large urban high school in Philadelphia. The film documents how the school system exists not only to pass on "facts" but also transmits social values from one generation to another. HIGH SCHOOL presents a series of formal and informal encounters between teachers, students, parents, and administrators through which the ideology and values of the school emerge.
Read MoreSunday, September 22
A Woman Under the Influence
Drama | 1974 | 155MIN
Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her mental illness proves to be a problem in the marriage.
Read More
High School - 16MM
Documentary | 1968 | 75MIN
HIGH SCHOOL was filmed at a large urban high school in Philadelphia. The film documents how the school system exists not only to pass on "facts" but also transmits social values from one generation to another. HIGH SCHOOL presents a series of formal and informal encounters between teachers, students, parents, and administrators through which the ideology and values of the school emerge.
Read More
Demonlover - 35MM
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 2002 | 129MIN
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D hentai pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
Introduced by Lee Ranaldo 9/20.
Monday, September 23
Gloria
Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1980 | 122MIN
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Read More
Demonlover - 35MM
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 2002 | 129MIN
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D hentai pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
Introduced by Lee Ranaldo 9/20.
Tuesday, September 24
Minnie and Moskowitz - 35MM
Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1971 | 114MIN
A museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.
Read More
Blink Twice
Mystery, Thriller | 2024 | 102MIN
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. As strange things start to happen, Frida questions her reality.
Read MoreWednesday, September 25
Sunflower Bean Present: SHAKE + Deep Red
Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 1975 | 141MIN
NYC rock band, Sunflower Bean, join us at The Roxy Cinema for an exclusive premiere of their 14-minute extended play music video ahead of its release on September 27th. The video premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the band and the director Isaac Roberts, as well as a screening of Dario Argento’s 1975 feature Deep Red.
Read More
Demonlover - 35MM
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 2002 | 129MIN
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D hentai pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
Introduced by Lee Ranaldo 9/20.
Thursday, September 26
Blink Twice
Mystery, Thriller | 2024 | 102MIN
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. As strange things start to happen, Frida questions her reality.
Read MoreFriday, September 27
Gloria
Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1980 | 122MIN
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Read More
Opening Night - 35MM
Drama | 1977 | 144MIN
A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down to an emotional crisis that interferes with her professional work as an actress.
Read More
Saturday, September 28
Gloria
Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1980 | 122MIN
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Read More
The Pictures Generation: The Short Films
Experimental, Drama, Comedy, Music | 1975 | 116MIN
The Pictures Generation: From Hallwalls to the Kitchen, and Beyond.
Our three-part series begins as a gallery show at SARA'S at Dunkunsthalle at 64 Fulton Street, and then as a film series at the Roxy Cinema, featuring works of the Pictures Generation who worked across mediums, and across boundaries of high art and popular culture.
EAST AND WEST COAST MEET IN DOWNTOWN NEW YORK
THE SHORT FILMS
The shorts program features early film and video productions by Jack Goldstein, Cindy Sherman, Glenda Hydler, Robert Longo, Gretchen Bender and Sandy Tait. These works engage popular culture, and gender issues, but always with a keen eye to the material and history of their medium, be it 16mm film, analog video, MTV video, or experimental narrative film.
Curated by Vera Dika.
Sunday, September 29
Opening Night - 35MM
Drama | 1977 | 144MIN
A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down to an emotional crisis that interferes with her professional work as an actress.
Read More
Puzzle of a Downfall Child- 35MM + Q&A
Drama | 1970 | 105MIN
Night Tide Films presents:
Once famous model Lou Andreas Sand recalls her past as she tries to find success in the New York modeling world, her affair with ad exec Mark, her friendship with fashion photographer Aaron Reinhardt, and her downward spiral.
Q&A with Jerry Schatzberg following screening. Moderated by Bruce LaBruce.
High School II - 16MM
Documentary | 1994 | 220MIN
HIGH SCHOOL II is a film about Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a successful alternative high school in New York's Spanish Harlem, 85-95% of whose graduates go on to four year colleges. The film illustrates the school's emphasis on the “Habits of Mind” program (weighing evidence; awareness of multiple points of view; seeing connections and relationships; speculating on possibilities; and assessing values.)
Read MoreMonday, September 30
Puzzle of a Downfall Child - 35MM
Drama | 1970 | 105MIN
Once famous model Lou Andreas Sand recalls her past as she tries to find success in the New York modeling world, her affair with ad exec Mark, her friendship with fashion photographer Aaron Reinhardt, and her downward spiral.
Tuesday, October 01
Opening Night - 35MM
Drama | 1977 | 144MIN
A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down to an emotional crisis that interferes with her professional work as an actress.
Read More
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
Drama, War, Mystery | 1979 | 183MIN
American Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is assigned to track down and kill Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has reportedly massacred hundreds of innocent people and set up his own fiefdom in the jungle. Willard and his crew encounter strange sights and people on their surreal journey into the heart of darkness.
Read MoreWednesday, October 02
Thursday, October 03
Blink Twice
Mystery, Thriller | 2024 | 102MIN
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. As strange things start to happen, Frida questions her reality.
Read More
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
Drama, War, Mystery | 1979 | 183MIN
American Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is assigned to track down and kill Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has reportedly massacred hundreds of innocent people and set up his own fiefdom in the jungle. Willard and his crew encounter strange sights and people on their surreal journey into the heart of darkness.
Read MoreFriday, October 04
The Downtown Festival: Or Something by Jeffrey Scotti Schroeder + Q&A
Comedy, Drama | 2024 | 81MIN
Two strangers show up at the same Brooklyn apartment to collect cash they’re both owed. Forced to spend the day together on a journey through New York City, the pair reveal intimate details about their lives. One of them happens to be hiding a harrowing secret.
World Premiere.
Q&A with director Jeffrey Scotti Schroeder and cast following screening. Moderated by Jeremy O. Harris.
The Downtown Festival: Pet Shop Days by Olmo Schnabel + Q&A
Drama, Romance, Thriller | 2023 | 100MIN
In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico. On the run from his unforgiving father, Alejandro finds himself in New York City where he meets Jack, a college age pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.
New York Premiere.
Q&A with Olmo Schnabel following screening.
The Downtown Festival: WWW.RACHELORMONT.COM by Peter Vack
Sci-Fi, Comedy | 2024 | 83MIN
Rachel doesn't realize she has grown up in captivity working for an advertising agency where her job is to assess Mommy 6.0, her favorite pop star in the whole entire world.
New York Premiere.
Q&A with Peter Vack following screening.
Saturday, October 05
The Downtown Festival: Shorts Program 1 + Q&A
Various | 2024 | 92MIN
SHORTS PROGRAM 1
World and New York Premieres
Followed by Q&A with the filmmakers
Third House of Saturn by Jesse Brant Howell
Hi! You Are Currently Being Recorded by Anna Maguire and Kyle Greenberg
All The Words On The Page by Hunter Gause
His Mother by Maia Scalia
Here Comes Kermit Williams by Ryan Terk
And You Had Tourettes by Luis Figueroa Caunedo
Out To Lunch by Miles Emanuel
Program runtime: 1hr32
The Downtown Festival: Light Falls by Phedon Papamichael + Q&A
Drama | 2023 | 95MIN
Clara, a Georgian model based in Los Angeles has a job in Greece and takes her girlfriend Ella along for an island holiday. Altin, Veton and Eddy are young Albanian illegals, part of a shadow society of laborers living in an abandoned seaside hotel. Clara and Ella explore the site when an accident occurs. The Albanians don’t speak a word of English. Different worlds collide and misunderstandings lead to the situation spiraling into violence and revenge. Exposing the plight of a social group fundamental to the Greek economy, the story highlights the consequences of fear, prejudice and exploitation.
NY Premiere.
Q&A moderated by Beach Fossils" Jack Doyle Smith and Tommy Davidson following screening.
The Downtown Festival: Messy by Alexi Wasser + Q&A
Comedy | 2024 | 90MIN
Messy is a neurotic sex comedy romp about a promiscuous love addict named Stella who moves to New York after a bad breakup, and her quest to find love and purpose - one disappointing date at a time. A coming of age story about a woman who should have already come of age.
New York Premiere.
Q&A with Alexi Wasser following screening. Moderated by Chloë Sevigny.
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
Drama, War, Mystery | 1979 | 183MIN
American Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is assigned to track down and kill Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has reportedly massacred hundreds of innocent people and set up his own fiefdom in the jungle. Willard and his crew encounter strange sights and people on their surreal journey into the heart of darkness.
Read MoreSunday, October 06
The Downtown Festival: The Code by Eugene Kotlyarenko + Q&A
Comedy, Drama | 2024 | 98MIN
A sexless couple, paranoid about the status of their relationship, embraces surveillance, spying and performance as a means to fall in love again, in this absurd, high-concept comedy.
NY Premiere.
Q&A with Eugene Kotlyarenko following screening.
The Downtown Festival: Packers Confidential: Bird of Paradise by Tracey Todd + Q&A
Comedy, Animated | 2024 | 35MIN
The Ion Pack, New York City’s once-anonymous Instagram trolls of the downtown film world, talk with filmmakers as they contemplate life, love and longing in the city of 8 million stories.
World Premiere.
Q&A with director Tracey Todd, The Ion Pack, Caveh Zahedi and Lucien Smith following screening.
Monday, October 07
Sun Kil Moon - Live in Concert
Music | 2024 | 120MIN
Sun Kil Moon will be performing songs from various Sun Kil Moon albums, collaborative albums, plus a few songs from Mark Kozelek's previous band Red House Painters. Mark Kozelek is also a photographer and an actor who has appeared in Shopgirl, Almost Famous, Youth, and Vanilla Sky.
Read More
Sun Kil Moon - Live in Concert
Music | 2024 | 120MIN
Sun Kil Moon will be performing songs from various Sun Kil Moon albums, collaborative albums, plus a few songs from Mark Kozelek's previous band Red House Painters. Mark Kozelek is also a photographer and an actor who has appeared in Shopgirl, Almost Famous, Youth, and Vanilla Sky.
Read MoreTuesday, October 08
Eno
Documentary, Music | 2024 | 100MIN
Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno - known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums - reveals his creative processes in this groundbreaking generative documentary: a film that's different every time it's shown.
Read More
Nosferatu With Radiohead: A Silents Synced Film
Horror, Music | 2024/1922 | 90MIN
Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. Created by an independent cinema
owner for independent cinemas! Silents Synced will be available to book exclusively for independents and drive ins only! The first film will feature Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001),” paired with Nosferatu (1922).
Wednesday, October 09
Thursday, October 10
Love Streams - 35MM
Drama | 1984 | 141MIN
Two closely bound, emotionally wounded souls reunite after years apart.
Read More
Eno
Documentary, Music | 2024 | 100MIN
Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno - known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums - reveals his creative processes in this groundbreaking generative documentary: a film that's different every time it's shown.
Read More
Nosferatu With Radiohead: A Silents Synced Film
Horror, Music | 2024/1922 | 90MIN
Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. Created by an independent cinema
owner for independent cinemas! Silents Synced will be available to book exclusively for independents and drive ins only! The first film will feature Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001),” paired with Nosferatu (1922).
Friday, October 11
Nosferatu With Radiohead: A Silents Synced Film
Horror, Music | 2024/1922 | 90MIN
Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. Created by an independent cinema
owner for independent cinemas! Silents Synced will be available to book exclusively for independents and drive ins only! The first film will feature Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001),” paired with Nosferatu (1922).
Saturday, October 12
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
Drama, War, Mystery | 1979 | 183MIN
American Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is assigned to track down and kill Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has reportedly massacred hundreds of innocent people and set up his own fiefdom in the jungle. Willard and his crew encounter strange sights and people on their surreal journey into the heart of darkness.
Read MoreSunday, October 13
Ace Theater presents: Tetro
Drama | 2009 | 127MIN
ACE Theater and Roxy Cinema present: TETRO, A Film by Francis Ford Coppola.
To coincide with the release of Megalopolis, ACE THEATER has taken this opportunity to revisit Francis Ford Coppola's underseen, late period masterpiece, returning to New York for the first time since its release fifteen years ago.
A young man named Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) travels to Buenos Aires to search for his older brother Tetro (Vincent Gallo), a once promising playwright who estranged himself from their family years ago.
Monday, October 14
Gummo - 35MM
Comedy, Drama | 1997 | 89MIN
Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.
Read More
Ace Theater presents: Tetro
Drama | 2009 | 127MIN
ACE Theater and Roxy Cinema present: TETRO, A Film by Francis Ford Coppola.
To coincide with the release of Megalopolis, ACE THEATER has taken this opportunity to revisit Francis Ford Coppola's underseen, late period masterpiece, returning to New York for the first time since its release fifteen years ago.
A young man named Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) travels to Buenos Aires to search for his older brother Tetro (Vincent Gallo), a once promising playwright who estranged himself from their family years ago.
Tuesday, October 15
Wednesday, October 16
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut
Drama, War, Mystery | 1979 | 183MIN
American Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is assigned to track down and kill Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has reportedly massacred hundreds of innocent people and set up his own fiefdom in the jungle. Willard and his crew encounter strange sights and people on their surreal journey into the heart of darkness.
Read MoreThursday, October 17
Ace Theater presents: Tetro
Drama | 2009 | 127MIN
ACE Theater and Roxy Cinema present: TETRO, A Film by Francis Ford Coppola.
To coincide with the release of Megalopolis, ACE THEATER has taken this opportunity to revisit Francis Ford Coppola's underseen, late period masterpiece, returning to New York for the first time since its release fifteen years ago.
A young man named Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) travels to Buenos Aires to search for his older brother Tetro (Vincent Gallo), a once promising playwright who estranged himself from their family years ago.
Friday, October 18
Cash Cow + Live Score and Narration
Documentary, Comedy | 2023 | 99MIN
Cash Cow returns to Roxy Cinema, live scored and narrated!
Matt Barats occupies himself with historical research, following the timeline and locations of Joseph Smith’s life. But as financial troubles seem to weigh heavily on him (and his Domino’s Pizza commercial has still not aired yet), a dramatic detour is taken in order to get his life (and the film) back on track.
Self-funded and shot alone over 30 days during the COVID pandemic, the Slamdance 2023 low budget comedy blends documentary and narrative, resulting in a deadpan comedy through one man's lens.
Saturday, October 19
Ace Theater presents: Tetro
Drama | 2009 | 127MIN
ACE Theater and Roxy Cinema present: TETRO, A Film by Francis Ford Coppola.
To coincide with the release of Megalopolis, ACE THEATER has taken this opportunity to revisit Francis Ford Coppola's underseen, late period masterpiece, returning to New York for the first time since its release fifteen years ago.
A young man named Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) travels to Buenos Aires to search for his older brother Tetro (Vincent Gallo), a once promising playwright who estranged himself from their family years ago.