In the Eagle
Like Water for Chocolate
- Today, Dec 22
Director: Alfonso Arau Run Time: 105 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1992 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: Ada Carrasco, Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Mario Iván Martínez, Regina Torné
In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.
Little Women
- Mon, Dec 23
Director: Gillian Armstrong Run Time: 119 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1994
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kirsten Dunst, Samantha Mathis, Susan Sarandon, Trini Alvarado, Winona Ryder
We're restocking our handkerchiefs for Gillian Armstrong's sisterly classic.
West Side Story
- Mon, Dec 23
Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Run Time: 153 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1961
Starring: George Chakiris, Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn
When you're a jet you're a jet!
Free Screening
It’s a Wonderful Life
- Tue, Dec 24
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 130 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1946
Starring: Donna Reed, Henry Travers, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
An integral part of the collective American holiday tradition.
Die Hard
- Tue, Dec 24
- Wed, Dec 25
Director: John McTiernan Run Time: 132 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1988
Starring: Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Reginald VelJohnson
The Office Christmas Party from Hell!
The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Wed, Dec 25
Director: Brian Henson Run Time: 89 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1992
Starring: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire
Learn the true meaning of Christmas - with Puppets!
The Thin Man
- Thu, Dec 26
Director: W.S. Van Dyke Run Time: 91 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1934
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan, Minna Gombell, Myrna Loy, Nat Pendleton, William Powell
"The next person who says Merry Christmas to me, I'll kill 'em."
Moonstruck
- Thu, Dec 26
Director: Norman Jewison Run Time: 102 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1987
Starring: Cher, Danny Aiello, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia
Cher the love!
Rumble in the Bronx on 35mm
- Thu, Dec 26
Director: Stanley Tong Run Time: 104 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1995 Language: English and Cantonese
Starring: Anita Mui Yim-Fong, Bill Tung, Françoise Yip, Jackie Chan, Marc Akerstream
Let's get ready to rumble!
Duck Soup
- Fri, Dec 27
Director: Leo McCarey Run Time: 69 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1933
Starring: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Zeppo Marx
Groucho for President!
Ghostbusters
- Fri, Dec 27
Director: Ivan Reitman Run Time: 107 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1984
Starring: Annie Potts, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver
They ain't afraid of no ghost.
Ghost in the Shell
- Fri, Dec 27
Director: Mamoru Oshii Run Time: 83 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1995 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Akio Otsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Koichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano
It found a voice... Now it needs a body.
Labyrinth
- Sat, Dec 28
- Fri, Jan 3
Director: Jim Henson Run Time: 102 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1986
Starring: Christopher Malcolm, David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud
Step into one of Jim Henson's most beloved fantasy worlds with Rock God and Goblin King David Bowie!
Second Show Added Friday, January 3rd
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit on 35mm
- Sat, Dec 28
Director: Bill Duke Run Time: 107 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1993
Starring: Kathy Najimy, Lauryn Hill, Maggie Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Whoopi Goldberg
The holy terror is back!
Remembering Dame Maggie Smith
Fargo
- Sat, Dec 28
Director: Joel Coen Run Time: 98 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1996
Starring: Frances McDormand, Harve Presnell, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy
Oh ya', you betcha!
Holiday Hornyfest: Bound
- Sat, Dec 28
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Run Time: 105 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1996
Starring: Christopher Meloni, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan
For money. For murder. For each other.
Hosted by comedian and Founding Member Ify Nwadiwe!
Star Wars
- Sun, Dec 29
Director: George Lucas Run Time: 125 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1977
Starring: Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Peter Cushing
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Celebrating the life and legacy of iconic actor James Earl Jones
The Empire Strikes Back
- Sun, Dec 29
Director: Irvin Kershner Run Time: 127 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1980
Starring: Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill
The Adventure Continues...
Celebrating the life and legacy of iconic actor James Earl Jones
Return of the Jedi
- Sun, Dec 29
Director: Richard Marquand Run Time: 134 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1983
Starring: Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill
The Empire Falls...
Celebrating the life and legacy of iconic actor James Earl Jones
Holiday Hornyfest: Magic Mike XXL
- Mon, Dec 30
Director: Gregory Jacobs Run Time: 115 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2015
Starring: Adam Rodriguez, Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Matt Bomer
Back to the grind.
Hosted by comedian and Founding Member Ify Nwadiwe and filmmaker Pamela Ribon!
Sunset Boulevard
- Tue, Dec 31
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 110 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1950
Starring: Erich von Stroheim, Fred Clark, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson, William Holden
Get ready for your close-up
Jackie Brown on 35mm
- Thu, Jan 2
Director: Quentin Tarantino Run Time: 154 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1997
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Pam Grier, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson
Six players on the trail of a half million in cash. There's only one question... Who's playing who?
Footloose
- Fri, Jan 3
Director: Herbert Ross Run Time: 107 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1984
Starring: Chris Penn, Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow, Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer
Get ready to feel the beat in your feet with this toe-tapping 80s teen classic!
Santa Sangre
- Fri, Jan 3
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky Run Time: 122 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1989 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Sabrina Dennison, Thelma Tixou
Forget Everything You Have Ever Seen...
Sans Soleil
- Sat, Jan 4
Director: Chris Marker Run Time: 100 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1983 Language: French with English Subtitles
Starring: Amílcar Cabral, Arielle Dombasle, Bin Akao, David Coverdale, Florence Delay
Chris Marker's breathtaking experimental travelogue.
Blazing Saddles
- Sat, Jan 4
Director: Mel Brooks Run Time: 93 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1974
Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens
...or never give a saga an even break!
Escape from L.A.
- Sat, Jan 4
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 101 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1996
Starring: A.J. Langer, Bruce Campbell, Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi
Snake Plisskin is back and this time, he's in our own backyard!
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
- Sun, Jan 5
Director: Bill Kroyer Run Time: 76 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1992
Starring: Christian Slater, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry
Just beyond your dreams lives a secret world. Where every tree is a home. Every sound is a song. And humans only exist in fairy tales. Until now...
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
- Sun, Jan 5
Director: Johan Grimonprez Run Time: 150 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2024 Language: French, Dutch, Russian with English subtitles
Starring: Abbey Lincoln, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Max Roach, Nina Simone, Patrice Lumumba
A riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba.
Filmmaker Johan Grimonprez in person Saturday, January 4th
Cabaret
- Sun, Jan 5
Director: Bob Fosse Run Time: 124 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1972
Starring: Fritz Wepper, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli, Michael York
Wilkommen!
Before Midnight
- Sun, Jan 5
Director: Richard Linklater Run Time: 109 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2013
Starring: Charlotte Prior, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Prior, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Everything's better with maturity.
Idiocracy
- Mon, Jan 6
Director: Mike Judge Run Time: 84 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2006
Starring: Anthony 'Citric' Campos, Dax Shepard, Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews
In the future, intelligence is extinct.
Three Colors: White
- Wed, Jan 8
Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski Run Time: 92 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1994 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Grzegorz Warchoł, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Zamachowski
The second entry in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s widely acclaimed Three Colors trilogy
Paris, Texas
- Thu, Jan 9
Director: Wim Wenders Run Time: 145 min. Format: 4K Digital Release Year: 1984
Starring: Aurore Clément, Dean Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Hunter Carson, Nastassja Kinski
A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.
4K Restoration
The Great Muppet Caper
- Sat, Jan 11
Director: Jim Henson Run Time: 95 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1981
Starring: Charles Grodin, Dave Goelz, Diana Rigg, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Jim Henson, John Cleese, Richard Hunt
The Muppets... Scotland Yard... A jewel heist...
On the Waterfront
- Sat, Jan 11
Director: Elia Kazan Run Time: 108 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1954
Starring: Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger
For all the contenders out there.
Holy Motors
- Sat, Jan 11
Director: Leos Carax Run Time: 115 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2012 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Élise Lhomeau, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue
Unlike any other film ever, Leo Carax's mind-bending anomaly is essential 21st-century viewing.
With an introduction from filmmaker RaMell Ross
The Black Stallion
- Sun, Jan 12
Director: Carroll Ballard Run Time: 118 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1979
Starring: Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr
From the moment he first saw the stallion, he knew it would either destroy him, or carry him where no one had ever been before…
Remembering Teri Garr
Apur Sansar
- Sun, Jan 12
Director: Satyajit Ray Run Time: 105 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1959 Language: Bangla with English Subtitles
Starring: Alok Chakravarty, Dhiresh Majumdar, Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Swapan Mukherjee
The exquisite final chapter of the Apu Trilogy.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Sun, Jan 12
Director: Jacques Demy Run Time: 93 min. Format: 4K Digital Release Year: 1964 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Anne Vernon, Catherine Deneuve, Marc Michel, Mireille Perrey, Nino Castelnuovo
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
New 4K Restoration - Hosted by Journalist, Film Critic, and Founding Member Jen Yamato
Touki Bouki
- Mon, Jan 13
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty Run Time: 91 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1973 Language: Wolof with English subtitles
Starring: Aminata Fall, Christoph Colomb, Magaye Niang, Mustapha Ture, Myriam Niang
The Journey of the Hyena.
Co-Presented by Community Partner Monkeypaw Productions
Hackers
- Tue, Jan 14
Director: Iain Softley Run Time: 107 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1995
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Jonny Lee Miller, Matthew Lillard, Renoly Santiago
Hack the planet.
Dig! XX
- Thu, Jan 16
Director: Ondi Timoner Run Time: 147 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2024
Starring: Anton Newcombe, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood, Peter Holmström
Do you dig?
Director/Producer Ondi Timoner in person and a special live musical performance by former Brian Jonestown Massacre member Miranda Lee Richards and guests.
Network
- Fri, Jan 17
Director: Sidney Lumet Run Time: 122 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1976
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, William Holden
I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!
Anaconda
- Fri, Jan 17
Director: Luis Llosa Run Time: 89 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1997
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Ice Cube, Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson
When you can't breathe, you can't scream.
Pinocchio
- Sat, Jan 18
Director: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, William Roberts Run Time: 88 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1940
Starring: Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Evelyn Venable, Walter Catlett
For anyone who ever dreamed their toys could come to life!
Rebecca
- Sat, Jan 18
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 130 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1940
Starring: George Sanders, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Bruce
The shadow of this woman darkened their love.
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome film historian, author, podcaster, and Founding Member Karina Longworth for a series of film screenings that tie into the new season of the hit podcast You Must Remember This - The Old Man is Still Alive.
Torn Curtain
- Sat, Jan 18
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 127 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1966
Starring: Hansjörg Felmy, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Paul Newman, Tamara Toumanova
Hitchcock Behind the Iron Curtain
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome film historian, author, podcaster, and Founding Member Karina Longworth for a series of film screenings that tie into the new season of the hit podcast You Must Remember This - The Old Man is Still Alive.
Soylent Green
- Sat, Jan 18
Director: Richard Fleischer Run Time: 97 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1973
Starring: Brock Peters, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors, Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Cotten, Leigh Taylor-Young
It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.
Grease Sing-Along
- Sun, Jan 19
Director: Randal Kleiser Run Time: 110 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1978
Starring: Barry Pearl, Jeff Conaway, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing
Tease your bouffant, put on your pink jacket, and cruise over to Vidiots for the ultimate sing-along
Wattstax
- Mon, Jan 20
Director: Mel Stuart Run Time: 98 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1973
Starring: Isaac Hayes, Kim Weston, Melvin Van Peebles, Richard Pryor, Rufus Thomas
100,000 brothers and sisters turning onto being black... and telling it like it is!
Memento
- Tue, Jan 21
Director: Christopher Nolan Run Time: 113 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2000
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Russ Fega
Some memories are best forgotten.
Featuring a conversation with editor Dody Dorn in partnership with American Cinema Editors
Muriel’s Wedding on 35mm
- Wed, Jan 22
Director: P.J. Hogan Run Time: 106 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1994
Starring: Bill Hunter, Jeanie Drynan, Rachel Griffiths, Sophie Lee, Toni Collette
Hilarious, touching, offbeat, and endlessly quotable this rapturous comedy from Australia is for anyone who's ever felt like an outcast.
Deep Impact
- Fri, Jan 24
Director: Mimi Leder Run Time: 121 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1998
Starring: Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Vanessa Redgrave
President Morgan Freeman is here to save the world!
My Neighbor Totoro (English Dubbed)
- Sat, Jan 25
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 86 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1988 Language: English Dubbed
Starring: Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto
Miyazaki's endearing fable of childhood wonder, family, and imagination!
Viridiana
- Sat, Jan 25
Director: Luis Buñuel Run Time: 90 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1962 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano, Silvia Pinal
Luis Buñuel's Palme D'or winning provocation
Interview with the Vampire on 35mm
- Sat, Jan 25
Director: Neil Jordan Run Time: 123 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1994
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Kirsten Dunst, Stephen Rea, Tom Cruise
Drink from me and live forever
Mon Oncle
- Sun, Jan 26
Director: Jacques Tati Run Time: 118 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1958 Language: French with English subtitles
Starring: Adrienne Servantie, Betty Schneider, Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Lucien Frégis
Mr Hulot takes a precious, playful ... and purely premeditated look at modern times ...
A Room with a View
- Sun, Jan 26
Director: James Ivory Run Time: 117 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1985
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Denholm Elliott, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith
A high-water mark in period filmmaking, Merchant-Ivory's lush Edwardian romance is awash in stunning beauty, sparkling dialogue, and magnificent performances.
Flowers of Shanghai
- Sun, Jan 26
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien Run Time: 113 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1998 Language: Shanghainese, Cantonese with English subtitles
Starring: Carina Lau Kar-Ling, Jack Kao, Michelle Reis, Michiko Hada, Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Co-presented by Community Programming Partner CAPE
Atonement
- Mon, Jan 27
Director: Joe Wright Run Time: 123 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2007
Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave
Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love.
RRR
- Tue, Jan 28
Director: S. S. Rajamouli Run Time: 186 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2022 Language: Telugu with English subtitles
Starring: Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Shriya Saran
Rise, Roar, Revolt.
My Neighbor Totoro (Subtitled)
- Fri, Jan 31
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 86 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1988 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Noriko Hidaka, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto
Miyazaki's endearing fable of childhood wonder, family, and imagination!