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About Endlessness
A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality.We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments take on the sam... READ MORE
Directed by: Roy Andersson
Runtime: 76 mins
Berlin Alexanderplatz
An African immigrant struggles to make a new life for himself in the big city in director-co-writer Burhan Qurbani's (We Are Young. We Are Strong.) audacious, neon-lit reinterpretation of Alfred Döbli... READ MORE
Directed by: Burhan Qurbani
Runtime: 183 mins
Format: Digital
Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts
This illuminating documentary explores the life of a unique American artist, a man with a remarkable and unlikely biography. Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural... READ MORE
Directed by: Jeffrey Wolf
Runtime: 75 mins
Format: Digital
The Djinn
Opens Friday, May 14th The story follows a mute 12-year-old, Dylan Jacobs, as he discovers a mysterious book of spells inside his new apartment. Grieving the loss of his mother and feeling isolat... READ MORE
Directed by: David Charbonier, Justin Powell
Runtime: 82 mins
Format: DCP
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating AvailableEach Member Ticket admits 2 guests. In order to accomodate as many Members as possible, please limit ticket purchases to two Memb... READ MORE
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Runtime: 87 mins
Format: Digital
Gunda
Experiential cinema in its purest form, GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and... READ MORE
Directed by: Victor Kossakovsky
Runtime: 93 mins
Heat
Master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hanna (Al Pacino)... READ MORE
Directed by: Michael Mann
Runtime: 170 mins
Format: DCP
In Silico
A young filmmaker sets out to document a brilliant neuroscientist who has become frustrated with his field’s status quo. With time elapsing and millions of dollars on the line, In Silico explores... READ MORE
Directed by: Noah Hutton
Runtime: 83 mins
Format: Digital
Lust for Gold: A Race Against Time
LUST FOR GOLD: A RACE AGAINST TIME is a true story is about obsession, greed, and the hunt for gold. Boyhood dreams of treasure lead to a lifelong search when a retired missile scientist makes a monum... READ MORE
Directed by: Robert May
Runtime: 83 mins
Format: Digital
Mamma Mia
Screening in the Music Box Garden | Extremely Limited Seating AvailableEach Member Ticket admits 2 guests. In order to accomodate as many Members as possible, please limit ticket purchases to two Memb... READ MORE
Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd
Runtime: 108 mins
Format: Digital
My Wonderful Wanda
Winner of awards at Tribeca and Vancouver, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At t... READ MORE
Directed by: Bettina Oberli
Runtime: 110 mins
Format: Digital
Ocean's Eleven
***20th Anniversary | Screening in 35mm***Dapper Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is a man of action. Less than 24 hours into his parole from a New Jersey penitentiary, the wry, charismatic thief is alrea... READ MORE
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Runtime: 116 mins
Format: 35mm
The Paper Tigers
As teenagers, kung fu disciples Danny (Alain Uy), Hing (Ron Yuan) and Jim (Mykel Shannon Jenkins) were inseparable. Fast forward 25 years, and each has grown into a washed-up middle-aged man seemingly... READ MORE
Directed by: Tran Quoc Bao
Runtime: 108 mins
Format: Digital
Paris Calligrammes
PARIS CALLIGRAMMES is German filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger’s love letter to the city where she came of age, and her explorations of her own artistic growth, fueled by bookstores, jazz clubs, workshops and... READ MORE
Directed by: Ulrike Ottinger
Runtime: 131 mins
Format: Digital
Rififi
***New 4K Restoration***Tony Le Stéphanois (Jean Servais), back from prison after taking a rap for Jo le Suédois (Carl Möhner), is ready to settle a few scores and mastermind a brilliant jewel heist.... READ MORE
Directed by: Jules Dassin
Runtime: 118 mins
Format: DCP
The Room
This “electrifying American black comedy about love, passion, betrayal and lies” stars (and was directed, written and produced by) the mysterious Tommy Wiseau, and has been a cult favorite in LA since... READ MORE
Directed by: Tommy Wiseau
Runtime: 99 mins
Format: Digital
Shiva Baby
A near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her neurotic parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various estranged relatives about her... READ MORE
Directed by: Emma Seligman
Runtime: 77 mins
Format: Digital
The Story of a Three Day Pass
New 4k Restoration | Opens Friday, May 14th Melvin Van Peebles’s edgy, angsty, romantic first feature could never have been made in America. Unable to break into a segregated Hollywood, Van Peebl... READ MORE
Directed by: Melvin Van Peebles
Runtime: 87 mins
Format: DCP
Tom of Your Life
**The Saturday, May 8th 7pm screening includes entry to private party at 5:45pm-6:45pm with live music and cash bar. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Limited seating. First come, first served.**W... READ MORE
Directed by: Jer Sklar
Runtime: 93 mins
Format: DCP
Wet Season
It is monsoon season in Singapore and the city is pouring with rain.Wet Season follows the plight of Ling, a Chinese language teacher, whose marriage and school life are fraying apart because she... READ MORE
Directed by: Anthony Chen
Runtime: 103 mins
Format: Digital
