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Tuesday, March 25
Cathode Cinema presents: Freak Orlando
Comedy, Fantasy | 1981 | 126MIN
Resident postmodern feminist auteur of the German New Wave, Ulrike Ottinger, outdid herself in 1981 with this deeply surreal and playful “adaptation” of sorts from the Virginia Woolf novel Orlando, told in five chapters that explore subversive themes in a kaleidoscopic, eye candy circus of imagery and dialogue.
Presented in a stunning new 2K restoration!
Preceded by a 15 minute pre show of all things surreal, queer and more!
Wednesday, March 26
Thursday, March 27
The Quiet Man - 35MM
Drama, Romance, Comedy | 1952 | 129MIN
Sean Thornton has returned from America to reclaim his homestead and escape his past. Sean's eye is caught by Mary Kate Danaher, a beautiful but poor maiden, and younger sister of ill-tempered "Red" Will Danaher. The riotous relationship that forms between Sean and Mary Kate, punctuated by Will's pugnacious attempts to keep them apart, form the main plot, with Sean's past as the dark undercurrent.
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Becoming Led Zeppelin
Documentary, Music | 2025 | 122MIN
This hybrid docu-concert film unveils a huge amount of rare and unseen Led Zeppelin performance footage. The result is a visceral musical experience that will transport audiences into the concert halls of Led Zeppelin’s earliest tours, accompanied by intimate, exclusive commentary from the famously private band.
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CASHIERS DU CINÉMA x ACE THEATER PRESENT “MARY JANE’S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE” ON GLORIOUS 16MM
Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1996 | 98MIN
A highschooler who’s just lost her virginity works at a run-down movie theater where half the employees have slept together and everyone places bets on each other’s sexual misfortune.
“To celebrate the third issue of CASHIERS DU CINÉMA, the PREMIERE anthology about movie theater work/ers, we have chosen to screen really the only movie that made sense, Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore. Can life go on in the lobby of a theater while the film’s playing?
dan w. & david c.
Friday, March 28
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Documentary, Music | 2025 | 122MIN
This hybrid docu-concert film unveils a huge amount of rare and unseen Led Zeppelin performance footage. The result is a visceral musical experience that will transport audiences into the concert halls of Led Zeppelin’s earliest tours, accompanied by intimate, exclusive commentary from the famously private band.
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Two + Q&A
Comedy, Drama | 2024 | 82MIN
With little time and even littler budget, a directing duo attempt to finish their indie movie - but at what cost? Two is a meta-fictitious film that was principally shot in two days, a dark comic satire of gender and power dynamics in the film industry created with an ensemble cast of some of the greatest up and coming comedic talent.
Q&A with cast and crew following screening.
The ADHD Muses
Documentary | 2025 | 68MIN
While experiencing writer’s block in developing this film, and waiting for inspiration to strike, it hit the filmmaker that all of the friends she intended to shoot, her so-called muses, had ADHD. Drawing a connection between her muses — charismatic centers of attention — and the generalized assault on our attention centers, Van-Huy uses ADHD as a fake theme around which to engage her muse-friends in interviews and in improvised activities based on these conversations, to make what she calls an “Action Documentary.”
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The Brutalist - 35MM
Drama | 2024 | 215MIN
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
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The Ion Pack presents: Caveh Zahedi's The Show About the Show - The Final Season, pt.1 + Q&A
Comedy, Documentary | 2025 | 98MIN
Season 3 of The Show About the Show (aka the final season) is about the making and unmaking of Season 2.
Part 1
Ep. 13 – The Wild Duck – 16’53”
Ep. 14 – Your Boobs Look Amazing – 26’13”
Ep. 15 – The Path of Humiliation – 35’45”
Ep. 16 – The End of my Rope – 19’11”
RT: 98 min
Q&A with Caveh Zahedi following screening. Moderated by The Ion Pack.
Pet Shop Days + Filmmaker 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.
The Best of Me + Q&A
Crime, Documentary, Horror, Music | 2024 | 89MIN
In 1993, living in suburban Atlanta and working as an exterminator, young and alienated Ricardo López developed an all-consuming love for Icelandic experimental pop musician Björk. Over the next three years, López’s fixation would result in hundreds of diary entries, dozens of hours of home video footage, an assassination plot, and his eventual death by his own hand. Director Heather Landsman has crafted an eye-opening portrait of obsession taken to the edge.
Q&A with Heather Landsman following screening. Moderated by Esther Rosenfield.
Sunday, March 30
An American Tail - Free Screening
Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical | 1986 | 80MIN
While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
Free screening. First come, first served. Tickets at box office.
The Brutalist - 35MM
Drama | 2024 | 215MIN
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
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Eraserhead
Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama | 1977 | 88MIN
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.
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The Ion Pack presents: Caveh Zahedi's The Show About the Show - The Final Season, pt.2 + Q&A
Comedy, Documentary | 2025 | 86MIN
Season 3 of The Show About the Show (aka the final season) is about the making and unmaking of Season 2.
Part 2
Ep. 17 – Casting – 12’38”
Ep. 18 – The Show According to Ashley – 41’56”
Ep. 19 – Custody Battle – 12’27”
Ep. 20 – For Thine is the Kingdom – 19’21”
RT: 86 min
Q&A with Caveh Zahedi following screening. Moderated by The Ion Pack.
Monday, March 31
Blowback presents: Secret Honor
Biography, Comedy, Drama | 1984 | 90MIN
A fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career - and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation.
Introduced by Brendan James & Noah Kulwin of the Blowback podcast.
Tuesday, April 01
Wednesday, April 02
Thursday, April 03
Shadows | Living, Breathing New York
Drama, Music, Romance | 1958 | 87MIN
Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.
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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.
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The French Connection - 35MM | Living, Breathing New York
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1971 | 104MIN
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
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Darkest Miriam + Q&A
Drama, Romance, Thriller | 2024 | 87MIN
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.
Q&A with Naomi Jaye and Britt Lower following screening.
Saturday, April 05
The Brutalist - 35MM
Drama | 2024 | 215MIN
When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.
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Darkest Miriam
Drama, Romance, Thriller | 2024 | 87MIN
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.
The Visitor
Comedy | 2024 | 101MIN
A London-set reimagining of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 film “Teorema,” “The Visitor” stars the well-known performance artist Bishop Black as a refugee who emerges naked from a mysterious suitcase on the banks of the Thames. Entering the lives of a privileged white family, he becomes their employee and conquers each member of the family in a series of explicit encounters where taboos are shattered.
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Beethoven - Free Screening
Comedy, Family | 1992 | 87MIN
A slobbering St. Bernard becomes the center of attention for a loving family, but must contend with a dog-napping veterinarian and his henchmen.
Free Screening, first come, first served. Tickets may be reserved at cinema box office.
Dune
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 1984 | 137MIN
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
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The French Connection - 35MM | Living, Breathing New York
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1971 | 104MIN
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
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Darkest Miriam
Drama, Romance, Thriller | 2024 | 87MIN
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.
Monday, April 07
Dune
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 1984 | 137MIN
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
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Darkest Miriam
Drama, Romance, Thriller | 2024 | 87MIN
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.
Tuesday, April 08
Citizen Weiner + Q&A
Comedy | 2024 | 80MIN
An NYC city council candidate runs a hyper-local election that explodes into a national scandal. This Borat-style comedy will have audiences laughing out loud and questioning what, if anything, is real about politics.
Q&A with filmmaker and cast following screening. Moderated by Lauren Servideo.
The Visitor
Comedy | 2024 | 101MIN
A London-set reimagining of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 film “Teorema,” “The Visitor” stars the well-known performance artist Bishop Black as a refugee who emerges naked from a mysterious suitcase on the banks of the Thames. Entering the lives of a privileged white family, he becomes their employee and conquers each member of the family in a series of explicit encounters where taboos are shattered.
Read MoreWednesday, April 09
Bad Lieutenant | Living, Breathing New York
Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1992 | 96MIN
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.
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Darkest Miriam
Drama, Romance, Thriller | 2024 | 87MIN
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.
Thursday, April 10
Friday, April 11
Darkest Miriam
Drama, Romance, Thriller | 2024 | 87MIN
Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love-affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.
Sunday, April 13
The Flinstones - Free Screening
Comedy, Fantasy, Family | 1994 | 91MIN
In a parallel modern-day Stone Age world, a working-class family, the Flintstones, are set up for an executive job. But they learn that money can't buy happiness.
Free Screening. First come, first served. Tickets may be reserved at box office.
Tuesday, April 15
Wednesday, April 16
Owen Kline & Bob Furmanek present: Smorgasbord - 35MM
Comedy | 1983 | 89MIN
Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.
Presented by Owen Kline & archivists Bob Furmanek and Jack Theakston - will include never before seen footage taken on set by Bob, Jerry Lewis' personal archivist !
Owen Kline & Bob Furmanek present: The Ladies Man - 35MM
Comedy | 1961 | 95MIN
A clueless, recently-single graduate unwittingly takes a job as a servant in a mansion inhabited by dozens of young women.
Presented by Owen Kline & archivists Bob Furmanek and Jack Theakston. Preceded by a 7min, 35mm gag real from Bob's collection.
Thursday, April 17
Friday, April 18
Wednesday, April 23
Thursday, April 24
Friday, April 25
Saturday, April 26
Sunday, April 27
The Little Rascals - Free Screening
Comedy, Family | 1994 | 82MIN
Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.
Free screening. First come, first served. Tickets may be reserved at box office.
Peculiar Puppets vol. IX (in Glorious 16mm)
Puppet | Various | 90MIN
Peculiar Puppets vol. IX (in Glorious 16mm)
Roxy Cinema hereby presents a ninth retrospective screening featuring various peculiar examples of puppet films from the 1930s through the 1950s+. Warning: You may find some of the offerings to be rather unsettling, and possibly even creepy! This event is programmed by early animation archivist and historian Tommy José Stathes, and prints are hand-selected from his personal 16mm film archive. Film presentation will be followed by a live Q&A session with Stathes.
Tuesday, April 29
The Paris Review and Roxy Cinema co-present: My Beautiful Laundrette - 35MM
Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1985 | 97MIN
An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.
Introduced by Hari Kunzru. Co-presented with The Paris Review.