Screenings

MGM’s fictionalized portrait of the legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld was the studio’s most extravagant musical of the period, stocked with a star cast and production numbers of blockbuster magnificence. Best Picture Oscar winner.

A vision of a world permeated by corruption and cynicism so thoroughly it almost transcends the bounds of the noir genre. Caught between her tycoon husband and her ex-lover, Rita Hayworth’s Gilda acts out, like an animal who will not be trapped. NEW PRINT!

A vision of a world permeated by corruption and cynicism so thoroughly it almost transcends the bounds of the noir genre. Caught between her tycoon husband and her ex-lover, Rita Hayworth’s Gilda acts out, like an animal who will not be trapped. NEW PRINT!

A whodunit masterpiece. Clifton Webb leads the pack of possible suspects as a columnist whose protégée, the elusive Laura, has allegedly been murdered. One of the most iconic films noirs of them all. RESTORED PRINT!

A whodunit masterpiece. Clifton Webb leads the pack of possible suspects as a columnist whose protégée, the elusive Laura, has allegedly been murdered. One of the most iconic films noirs of them all. RESTORED PRINT!

Leo Fuchs, “the Yiddish Fred Astaire,” plays a debonair bachelor who decides to open a matchmaking business in the Bronx after his 8th planned marriage fails on the way to the altar, in Edgar G. Ulmer’s last and most modern Yiddish movie. RESTORED PRINT!

Leo Fuchs, “the Yiddish Fred Astaire,” plays a debonair bachelor who decides to open a matchmaking business in the Bronx after his 8th planned marriage fails on the way to the altar, in Edgar G. Ulmer’s last and most modern Yiddish movie. RESTORED PRINT!

Award-winning New England video artist and Hampshire College Professor Joan Braderman tells the exhilarating inside story of the seminal New York feminist art collective and reconnects with members including writer/critic Lucy Lippard. DIRECTOR IN PERSON!

The quintessential Astaire/Rogers film! Mistaken identity—and Code-era circumstances of forbidden desire—spin the screwball couple’s quarrelling antics into love, near-consummated in the TOP HAT’S iconic musical number, “Cheek to Cheek.”

The quintessential Astaire/Rogers film! Mistaken identity—and Code-era circumstances of forbidden desire—spin the screwball couple’s quarrelling antics into love, near-consummated in the TOP HAT’S iconic musical number, “Cheek to Cheek.”

The quintessential Astaire/Rogers film! Mistaken identity—and Code-era circumstances of forbidden desire—spin the screwball couple’s quarrelling antics into love, near-consummated in the TOP HAT’S iconic musical number, “Cheek to Cheek.”

In BRIGHT EYES, the picture custom-crafted for Temple—and which brought her stardom—the six year old plays a suddenly orphaned child wanted for adoption by multiple suitors, and sings her delightful signature number “On the Good Ship Lollipop.”

Johnnie To’s latest depicts Hong Kong society in the wake of the global financial meltdown. A bank teller, a gangster and a police inspector—all in dire need of money—are connected through a crime involving several million dollars. BOSTON RELEASE!

Johnnie To’s latest depicts Hong Kong society in the wake of the global financial meltdown. A bank teller, a gangster and a police inspector—all in dire need of money—are connected through a crime involving several million dollars. BOSTON RELEASE!

Johnnie To’s latest depicts Hong Kong society in the wake of the global financial meltdown. A bank teller, a gangster and a police inspector—all in dire need of money—are connected through a crime involving several million dollars. BOSTON RELEASE!

Johnnie To’s latest depicts Hong Kong society in the wake of the global financial meltdown. A bank teller, a gangster and a police inspector—all in dire need of money—are connected through a crime involving several million dollars. BOSTON RELEASE!

Director Raoul Peck, Haitian born and raised in the Congo, crafted this award-winning dramatization, a breathless account of the rise of the first Prime Minister of the newly independent Congo and his end, a brutal assassination.

Corman’s stinging exposé was made just as school desegregation spread through the South. William Shatner comes to a small Missouri town to spread unrest, turning the already wary whites against the coming integration of the local high school.

Goldywn’s elaborately produced Eddie Cantor vehicle sets the beloved entertainer in a Cinderella-esque story, as a naïve Brooklyn boy who inherits millions from his long-lost archaeologist father and sets off for Egypt to claim the fortune

March 10- 2pm
March 11- 2pm

The day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, 24-year-old Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turned her video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors, recording dramatic rescues and her own harrowing retreat to higher ground.

The day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, 24-year-old Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turned her video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors, recording dramatic rescues and her own harrowing retreat to higher ground.

The day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, 24-year-old Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turned her video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors, recording dramatic rescues and her own harrowing retreat to higher ground.

The day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, 24-year-old Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, turned her video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors, recording dramatic rescues and her own harrowing retreat to higher ground.

“Fast-paced, knowing, and arguably the best of the Warner Bros. Depression musicals” (Matthew Kennedy), Footlight Parade’s backstage saga culminates in a trio of Busby Berkeley’s most wildly elaborate numbers.

“Fast-paced, knowing, and arguably the best of the Warner Bros. Depression musicals” (Matthew Kennedy), Footlight Parade’s backstage saga culminates in a trio of Busby Berkeley’s most wildly elaborate numbers.

“Fast-paced, knowing, and arguably the best of the Warner Bros. Depression musicals” (Matthew Kennedy), Footlight Parade’s backstage saga culminates in a trio of Busby Berkeley’s most wildly elaborate numbers.

The story of “Tootie” Montana—former Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters and celebrated throughout New Orleans for the beauty of his Mardi Gras costumes—and an exploration of the complex history of New Orleans’ vibrant Indian culture. BOSTON PREMIERE!

The story of “Tootie” Montana—former Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters and celebrated throughout New Orleans for the beauty of his Mardi Gras costumes—and an exploration of the complex history of New Orleans’ vibrant Indian culture. BOSTON PREMIERE!

Among American portraitist Les Blank’s masterworks, this glorious, soul-satisfying film is an intense insider's portrait of New Orleans. Followed by THE FLORESTINE COLLECTION, inspired by the handmade dresses of a New Orleans African-American seamstress.

Inspired by dreams three boys (including River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke in their debut feature roles) build a spaceship and embark on an incredible adventure. A children’s fantasy classic—and a cult favorite among Joe Dante (GREMLINS) followers.