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Monday, March 10
Tuesday, March 11
The Rubber Gun (2K Restoration)
Drama, Crime | 1977 | 86MIN
New 2K Restoration!
Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montreal’s premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends (and lovers) living as a makeshift “family” on the fringes of society.
The directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump up the Volume, Empire Records) is an inventive drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy, Trainspotting.
Wednesday, March 12
Sweet Smell of Success | Living, Breathing New York
Drama | 1957 | 96MIN
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan (Susan Harrison), who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas (Marty Milner). Hunsecker strongly disproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
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Wild at Heart
Crime, Drama, Thriller | 1990 | 124MIN
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Read MoreFriday, March 14
Blue Velvet
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Horror | 1986 | 120MIN
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
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The Rubber Gun (2K Restoration)
Drama, Crime | 1977 | 86MIN
New 2K Restoration!
Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montreal’s premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends (and lovers) living as a makeshift “family” on the fringes of society.
The directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump up the Volume, Empire Records) is an inventive drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy, Trainspotting.
Castration Movie Pt. i
Comedy, Drama | 2024 | 275MIN
A trans woman in trouble.
Castration Movie is a labyrinthine post-modern epic about gender. The first part of this two part film includes Chapter i. Incel Superman and Chapter ii. Traps Swan Princess.
Q&A with Louise Weard following screening. Moderated by Hesse Deni.
Saturday, March 15
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 Rubber Gun (2K Restoration) + Q&A with Stephen Lack
Drama, Crime | 1977 | 86MIN
New 2K Restoration!
Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montreal’s premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends (and lovers) living as a makeshift “family” on the fringes of society.
The directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump up the Volume, Empire Records) is an inventive drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy, Trainspotting.
Q&A with Stephen Lack following screening.
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.
Filmmaker Q&A following screening.
Sunday, March 16
Sing - Free Screening
Comedy, Family, Musical | 2016 | 108MIN
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists' find that their lives will never be the same.
Free screening. First come, first served. Tickets at box office.
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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Heaven Knows What - 35MM | Living, Breathing New York
Crime, Drama | 2015 | 97MIN
A young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her abusive boyfriend and for heroin, spending her days roaming NYC looking for a fix.
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Cinema Tehran presents: The Great Yawn of History - Q&A with Director & Actor
Drama | 2024 | 93MIN
Cinema Tehran presents The Great Yawn of History, a new discovery from the Iranian underground, shown for the first time.
A man recruits an assistant for a high-risk treasure hunt, pulling them both into the heart of a country haunted by its past and unsure of its future.
Q&A with Mohammad Aghebati & Aliyar Rasti (joining online from Tehran)
Monday, March 17
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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Tuesday, March 18
The Short Films of David Lynch
Animation, Drama, Horror, Experimental | 1967-1995 | 97MIN
A collection of David Lynch’s short films ranging from his pre-Eraserhead days at AFI through the 80s and into the mid 90’s.
Shorts featured include Six Figures Getting Sick (Six Times), The Alphabet, The Grandmother, The Amputee, The Cowboy and The Frenchman, and Premonitions Following an Evil Deed.
Wednesday, March 19
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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Hood Witch + Intro
Drama, Horror, Thriller | 2023 | 95MIN
A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing a mobile app that links users with mystical marabout healers, but one of the user's consultations takes a tragic turn facing a violent backlash.
Introduced by Saïd Belktibia.
Thursday, March 20
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.
Read MoreFriday, March 21
Bringing Out the Dead - 35MM | Living, Breathing New York
Drama, Thriller | 1999 | 121MIN
Haunted by the patients he failed to save, an extremely burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three fraught and turbulent nights.
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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.
Read MoreSaturday, March 22
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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How We Got Here + Q&A
Documentary | 2022 | 97MIN
How We Got Here consists of interviews with more than thirty Nonfiction Now attendees; eighteen brief 2-Truths-and-a-Lie videos, to demonstrate the precariousness of truth, especially now; and a slideshow / TED talk (on speed) / montage / soundscape / voiceover / monologue / intellectual history of the last 170 years, in which I argue that Melville plus Nietzsche divided by the square root of (Allan) Bloom times Žižek (squared) equals Bannon.
Q&A with David Shields following screening. Moderated by Penny Lane. Free, signed copies of the companion volume (aka book) to the first 25 attendees.
Sunday, March 23
Sing 2 - Free Screening
Family, Comedy, Musical | 2021 | 110MIN
The ever-optimistic Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet …all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world. There’s just one hitch: They first have to persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star—played by global music icon Bono, in his animated film debut—to join them.
Free screening. First come, first served. Tickets at box office.
The Short Films of David Lynch
Animation, Drama, Horror, Experimental | 1967-1995 | 97MIN
A collection of David Lynch’s short films ranging from his pre-Eraserhead days at AFI through the 80s and into the mid 90’s.
Shorts featured include Six Figures Getting Sick (Six Times), The Alphabet, The Grandmother, The Amputee, The Cowboy and The Frenchman, and Premonitions Following an Evil Deed.
Yung Nihilist at Roxy Cinema
Various | Various | 105MIN
Presenting a Night of Shorts:
Subway by Alex Bliss
Pea on the Moon by Carly Lieberman
Joker Gang by Ben Carey
Little People by Creston Brown
Recreational Social Interaction by Alex Sovoda
My Serious Issues by Gracie Hirsch
Tasting Through Time by Mera Caulfield
Goodbye Sara by Khaled F. Abdullah
A Weak & Panicked Animal by Jake Starr
Middle of El Centro by Danila Cervantes
Laima and the Unicorn by Wynter Bryant
Simone by Aisha Amin
Losing Nimo by Dan Levine
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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Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory presents: Eraserhead
Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama | 1977 | 88MIN
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Documentary Premiere
(2025, Susu Laroche)
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Eraserhead (1977, David Lynch)
Director Susu Laroche presents a behind the scenes glimpse into the making of Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory’s album and the band’s origin in this short documentary playing Monday March 24 at the Roxy.
The documentary will be followed by a screening of live footage of the band performing in the Church filmed during their session and then a brief Q&A with Sharon, Devra and Teeny.
After a brief intermission, Eraserhead (1977, David Lynch), selected by Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, will be screened.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory presents: Eraserhead
Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama | 1977 | 88MIN
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Documentary Premiere
(2025, Susu Laroche)
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Eraserhead (1977, David Lynch)
Director Susu Laroche presents a behind the scenes glimpse into the making of Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory’s album and the band’s origin in this short documentary playing Monday March 24 at the Roxy.
The documentary will be followed by a screening of live footage of the band performing in the Church filmed during their session.
After a brief intermission, Eraserhead (1977, David Lynch), selected by Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, will be screened.
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
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.
Saturday, March 29
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.
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.
Read More
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.