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John Lewis: Good Trouble

John Lewis: Good Trouble

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NOW PLAYING dir. Dawn Porter, 2020 PG, 90 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER   Using interviews and rare archival footage, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun...

The Last Tree

The Last Tree

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NOW PLAYING dir. Shola Amoo, 2019NR, 98 min, United Kingdom, in English  WATCH TRAILER   The Last Tree follows the story of Femi, a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after a happy childhood in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner London to live with his mum....

House of Hummingbird

House of Hummingbird

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NOW PLAYING dir. Bora Kim, 2018 NR, 138 min, South Korea, in Korean with English subtitles  WATCH TRAILER     House of Hummingbird is a critically-acclaimed coming-of-age drama directed by Bora Kim and set in South Korea. Positioned against the backdrop of a...

In My Blood It Runs

In My Blood It Runs

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NOW PLAYING dir. Maya Newell, 2019 NR, 84 min, Australia, in English and Aboriginal with English subtitles    WATCH TRAILER    Ten-year-old Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages. As he shares his wisdom of history and the complex...

One Small Step (Animated Shorts!)

One Small Step (Animated Shorts!)

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NOW PLAYING A collection of family friendly shorts made especially for our virtual cinemas. WATCH TRAILER     Embark on a roller coaster of imagination and possibility in this ShortsTV-presented compilation of new and acclaimed, family-friendly animated short...

Runner

Runner

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NOW PLAYING dir. Bill Gallagher, 2020 NR, 88 min, USA, in English   WATCH TRAILER   Screening in honor of World Refugee Day on Saturday, June 20 When he was only eight, Guor Mading Maker (known as Guor Marial) ran from capture in war-torn Sudan to eventually seek...

Miss Juneteenth

Miss Juneteenth

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NOW PLAYING dir. Channing Godfrey Peoples, 2020 NR, 93 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER   "Miss Juneteenth is a very sweet and touching coming-of-age drama about a former Miss Juneteenth pageant winner and her daughter living in Texas. A new take on the "it's not my...

Aviva

Aviva

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NOW PLAYING dir. Boaz Yakin, 2020 NR (sexually-explicit content), 116 min, USA / France in English and French with English subtitles WATCH TRAILER Aviva is a young Parisian who develops an online romance with Eden, a New Yorker. After a long courtship they meet in...

My Darling Vivian

My Darling Vivian

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NOW PLAYING dir. Matt Riddlehoover, 2020 NR, 90 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER    In 1951, Catholic schoolgirl Vivian Liberto meets handsome Air Force cadet Johnny Cash at her local San Antonio, Texas skating rink. Their whirlwind summer romance lays the...

Picture a Scientist

Picture a Scientist

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NOW PLAYING dir. Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck, 2020 NR, 98 min, USA, in English   WATCH TRAILER   Picture a Scientist chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks,...

Marona’s Fantastic Tale

Marona’s Fantastic Tale

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NOW PLAYING dir. Anca Damian, 2020 NR, 90 min, France / Romania, in French with English subtitles  This poetic and touching film from director Anca Damian follows an optimistic stray dog named Marona as she looks back on the human companions she has loved throughout...

Pioneers of Queer Cinema

Pioneers of Queer Cinema

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NOW PLAYING Three essential films of early queer cinema, newly restored and presented in honor of Pride Month Special repertory ticket price: $15 for all three films!   Mädchen in Uniform dir. Leontine Sagan, 1931 NR, 87 min, Germany, in German with English...

Yourself and Yours

Yourself and Yours

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NOW PLAYING dir. Hong Sangsoo, 2016 NR, 86 min, South Korea, in Korean with English subtitles WATCH TRAILER    One of Hong Sangsoo’s most delightful comic mysteries is now available in the U.S.! When painter Youngsoo (Kim Joohyuk) learns that his girlfriend,...

Shirley

Shirley

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NOW PLAYING dir. Josephine Decker, 2020 R, 107 min, USA, in English   ​Renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson (Elizabeth Moss) is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her...

The Wild

The Wild

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NOW PLAYING dir. Mark Titus, 2019 NR, 65 min, USA, in English   Salmon shield us from fear of death by showing us how to follow our course without fear, and how to give of ourselves for the sake of things greater than ourselves. — David James Duncan (My Story as Told...

The Grey Fox

The Grey Fox

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NOW PLAYING dir. Phillip Borsos, 1982 PG, 110 min, Canada, in English   After decades in prison, stagecoach robber Bill Miner (Richard Farnsworth) emerges in 1901 a free man without a place in 20th century society... until he sees The Great Train Robbery and is...

Sunrise/Sunset

Sunrise/Sunset

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NOW PLAYING dir. Jong Ougie Pak, 2019 NR, 47 min, USA, in Korean with English subtitles   After failing his university entrance exams for the third year in a row, Min Suk, a directionless twenty-something Korean man, travels to New York to visit his long-distance...

Lucky Grandma

Lucky Grandma

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NOW PLAYING dir. Sasie Sealy, 2019 NR, 87 min, USA, in English, Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles  In the heart of Chinatown, New York, ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year–old Grandma (Tsai Chin) is eager to live life as an independent woman,...

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

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NOW PLAYING dir. Elizabeth Carroll, 2019 NR, 81 min, USA / Mexico, in English  Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy is a feature-length documentary offering a candid look into the world of 92-year-old British chef and cookbook author Diana Kennedy, widely regarded as the...

Torrey Pines

Torrey Pines

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NOW PLAYING Presented by LGBTQ+ film series The Queens' Vernacular, with special introduction by series programmer Chris Vargas. dir. Clyde Petersen, 2016NR, 60 min, USA, in English Torrey Pines is a stop-motion animated feature film by director Clyde Petersen. Based...

Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint

Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint

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NOW PLAYING dir. Halina Dyrschka, 2019NR, 94 min, Germany / Sweden, in German / Swedish with English subtitles Hilma af Klint was an abstract artist before the term existed, a visionary, trailblazing figure who, inspired by spiritualism, modern science, and the riches...

Up From the Streets

Up From the Streets

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NOW PLAYING dir. Michael Murphy, 2019NR, 104 min, USA, in English Up From The Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music celebrates the culture of New Orleans through the lens of music. The history of this city is distinct from any other in the US. The music created...

A White, White Day

A White, White Day

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NOW PLAYING dir. Hlynur Palmason, 2019NR, 109 min, Iceland / Denmark / Sweden, in Icelandic with English subtitles In a remote Icelandic town, an off-duty police chief (a chilling Ingvar Sigurdsson, who received Cannes’ Critics’ Week award for Best Actor for his...

The Booksellers

The Booksellers

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NOW PLAYING Dir: D.W. YoungNR, 99 min, USA, in English, 2019 Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and their personalities and knowledge are as broad as the material they handle. They also play an underappreciated yet...

Best of CatVideoFest 2020

Best of CatVideoFest 2020

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NOW PLAYING You asked for it, so we delivered! For the first time ever, CatVideoFest is available to screen virtually outside of theaters! Long time CatVideoFest curator extraordinaire Will Braden has crafted a 40-min "treat" of a reel specifically designed for...

Saint Frances

Saint Frances

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NOW PLAYING Dir: Alex Thompson NR, 106min, USA, 2020 Flailing thirty-four-year-old Bridget (Kelly O'Sullivan) finally catches a break when she meets a nice guy and lands a much-needed job nannying six-year-old Frances (played by a scene-stealing Ramona...

Fantastic Fungi

Fantastic Fungi

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NOW PLAYING Dir: Louis SchwartzbergNR, 120min, USA, 2019 Fantastic Fungi is a vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit— the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago, fungi makes the soil that supports life, connecting...

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The Fight

The Fight

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OPENS FRIDAY, JULY 31 dir. Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman, 2020PG 13, 96 min, USA, in English    WATCH TRAILER The Fight is an inspiring, emotional insider look at how these important battles are fought and the legal gladiators on the front lines fighting them....