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December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973, fantasy/drama, 98 mins.)

dir. Victor Erice
dop. Luis Cuadrado

"In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale’s 1931 film Frankenstein."
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The Mastermind (2025, drama, 110 mins.)

dir. Kelly Reichardt
dop. Christopher Blauvelt

"In a Massachusetts suburb c. 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. The museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks."
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, drama, 202 mins.)

dir. Chantal Akerman
dop. Babette Mangolte

"A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet."
December 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Jay Kelly (2025, drama, 132 mins.)

dir. Noah Baumbach
dop. Linus Sandgren

"Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self discovery confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager Ron."
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Blue Moon (2025, drama, 100 mins.)

dir. Richard Linklater
dop. Shane F. Kelly

"Legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”"
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It Was Just an Accident (2025, thriller, 104 mins.)

dir. Jafar Panahi
dop. Amin Jafari

"A mechanic who was once kept blindfolded in an Iranian prison has a chance encounter with a man he believes to be a sadistic officer who once tortured him and his friends."
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Grand Illusion (1937, war, 114 mins.)

dir. Jean Renoir
dop. Christian Matras

"A group of French soldiers grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp."
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
No Other Choice (2025, crime, 139 mins.)

dir. Park Chan-wook
dop. Kim Woo-hyung

"After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity."
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025, drama, 113 mins.)

dir. Mary Bronstein
dop. Christopher Messina

"With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist."
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Ascent (1977, war, 111 mins.)

dir. Larisa Shepitko
dop. Vladimir Chukhnov

"Two Soviet partisans in World War 2 leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm, only to discover the Germans have gotten there first."
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One Battle After Another (2025, action/drama, 162 mins.)

dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
dop. Michael Bauman

"When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own."
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Boys Go to Jupiter (2025, animated comedy, 87 mins.)

dir. Julian Glander

"Billy 5000, a teenage gig worker with a rise-and-grind mindset, aims to make $5,000. His quest is derailed by a gelatinous alien's appearance."
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Anderson Tapes (1971, crime, 99 mins.)

dir. Sidney Lumet
dop. Arthur J. Ornitz

"Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—makes plans to rob the residents of an apartment building. What he doesn’t know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video."
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Vivacious Lady (1938, romantic comedy, 90 mins.)

dir. George Stevens
dop. Robert De Grasse

"College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer."
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
La Bête Humaine (1938, romantic thriller, 98 mins.)

dir. Jean Renoir
dop. Curt Courant

"Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife."
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Prince of the City (1981, crime thriller, 167 mins.)

dir. Sidney Lumet
dop. Andrzej Bartkowiak

"New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the force, just as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends."
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Fat City (1972, drama, 97 mins.)

dir. John Huston
dop. Conrad L. Hall

"Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum."
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
M (1951, crime, 88 mins.)

dir. Joseph Losey
dop. Ernest Laszlo

"When the police fail to nab Martin W. Harrow, a serial child-murderer, Los Angeles gangster Marshall decides to track him with the help of his henchmen."
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932, drama, 92 mins.)

dir. Mervyn LeRoy
dop. Sol Polito

"A World War I veteran with dreams of becoming a master architect is falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang."
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Caught (1949, drama, 88 mins.)

dir. Max Ophüls
dop. Lee Garmes

"Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive, violent and bitter millionaire named Ohlrig, and soon the marriage turns loveless. She attempts to leave him, but finds her path blocked by his refusal to grant her a divorce."
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Scarface (1932, crime, 93 mins.)

dir. Howard Hawks
dop. Lee Garmes and L. William O'Connell

"In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio ‘Tony’ Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mob while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life."
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Last Wave (1977, thriller, 106 mins.)

dir. Peter Weir
dop. Russell Boyd

"A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions."
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Good One (2024, Drama, 90 mins.)

dir. India Donaldson
dop. Wilson Cameron

"On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend."
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Descent (2005, Horror, 100 mins.)

dir. Neil Marshall
dop. Sam McCurdy

"After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare."
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM