In the Eagle
A Little Princess
- Today, Jan 17
Director: Alfonso Cuarón Run Time: 97 min. Format: Digital Rating: All Ages Release Year: 1995
Starring: Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews, Rusty Schwimmer, Vanessa Lee Chester
Get lost in a wondrous tale of boundless imagination in Alfonso Cuaron's magical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved book.
With a special introduction from cast member Vanessa Lee Chester!
The Exiles
- Today, Jan 17
Director: Ben Klein, Violet Columbus Run Time: 96 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2022
Starring: Christine Choy, Wan Runnan, Wu'er Kaixi, Yan Jiaqi
Vidiots celebrates the life and legacy of underground documentary legend Christine Choy with a rare screening of the brilliant portrait of her work and its resonance - The Exiles with an introduction by co-director/producer Violet Columbus and producer Maria Chiu.
Armageddon
- Today, Jan 17
Director: Michael Bay Run Time: 151 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1998
Starring: Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, Will Patton
Michael Bay is stepping up to save the world with this all-out action onslaught of asteroids, astronauts, young love, and male bonding.
Vidiots Hornyfest: Secretary
- Today, Jan 17
Director: Steven Shainberg Run Time: 111 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 2002
Starring: James Spader, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen McHattie
Assume the position.
Notorious
- Sun, Jan 18
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 103 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1946
Starring: Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Ingrid Bergman, Leopoldine Konstantin, Louis Calhern
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman fall in love and outsmart the Nazis in Hitchcock's post-war political thriller - now celebrating it's 80th Anniversary.
The Princess Bride
- Sun, Jan 18
- Fri, Jan 23
Director: Rob Reiner Run Time: 99 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1987
Starring: André Roussimoff, Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn
As you wish!
Encore Screening Added!
Lady Sings the Blues
- Sun, Jan 18
Director: Sidney J. Furie Run Time: 144 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1972
Starring: Billy Dee Williams, Diana Ross, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Richard Pryor, Scatman Crothers
Who better to play a legendary groundbreaking diva than another legendary groundbreaking diva!
The Puffy Chair
- Mon, Jan 19
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Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass Run Time: 85 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2005
Starring: Julie Fischer, Katie Aselton, Larry Duplass, Mark Duplass, Rhett Wilkins
20 Year Anniversary with Cast and Crew!
Putney Swope
- Wed, Jan 21
Director: Robert Downey Sr. Run Time: 85 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1969
Starring: Allen Garfield, Archie Russell, Arnold Johnson, Ramon Gordon, Stan Gottlieb
An unforgettable masterpiece of late-’60s counterculture, Robert Downey Sr.’s Putney Swope remains a vital provocation on race, pop culture, consumerism, and America at large.
Grey Gardens
- Thu, Jan 22
Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Giffard, Muffie Meyer Run Time: 95 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1976
Starring: Brooks Hyers, Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, Jack Helmuth, Norman Vincent Peale
Join us as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of one of the most intriguing documentaries ever made.
Zoolander
- Fri, Jan 23
Director: Ben Stiller Run Time: 89 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2001
Starring: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell
Get ready to walk the catwalk as we celebrate 25 years of Blue Steel and Ben's Stiller's brilliantly idiotic comedy Zoolander!
Rebels of the Neon God
- Fri, Jan 23
Director: Tsai Ming-liang Run Time: 106 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1994 Language: Mandarin with English subtitles
Starring: Chen Chao-jung, Jen Chang-bin, Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tian, Wang Yu-wen
Tsai Ming-liang emerged on the world cinema scene in 1992 with his groundbreaking first feature.
Sleeping Beauty
- Sat, Jan 24
Director: Clyde Geronimi Run Time: 75 min. Format: Digital Rating: All Ages Release Year: 1959
Starring: Barbara Luddy, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Mary Costa, Verna Felton
Join us for an enchanting screening of the Disney fairy-tale classic of love, rivalry, and deep deep naps.
The Hot Rock
- Sat, Jan 24
Director: Peter Yates Run Time: 101 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1972
Starring: George Segal, Moses Gunn, Paul Sand, Robert Redford, Ron Leibman
Robert Redford and George Segal try to pull of the heist of the century in this entertaining ensemble piece with a lot of big payoffs!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Sat, Jan 24
Director: George Roy Hill Run Time: 111 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1969
Starring: Henry Jones, Katharine Ross, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Strother Martin
Gather your posse and head out West for one of the most beloved Westerns of all time!
Deep Blue Sea
- Sat, Jan 24
Director: Renny Harlin Run Time: 105 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1999
Starring: Jacqueline McKenzie, LL Cool J, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Thomas Jane
What's more dangerous than a killer shark? A killer shark with a genetically modified super-smart brain!
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
- Sun, Jan 25
Director: Bryan Spicer Run Time: 95 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1995
Starring: Amy Jo Johnson, Jason David Frank, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas
Each has a power. Each has a purpose. And together, they will face their fiercest enemy.
A Woman Under the Influence
- Sun, Jan 25
Director: John Cassavetes Run Time: 155 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1974
Starring: Fred Draper, Gena Rowlands, Katherine Cassavetes, Lady Rowlands, Peter Falk
A powerful, emotional look at love, marriage, compromise and life. So much truth and honesty in one motion picture will leave you emotionally exhausted.
Celebrating Gena Rowlands
Mean Streets
- Mon, Jan 26
Director: Martin Scorsese Run Time: 111 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1973
Starring: Amy Robinson, David Proval, Harvey Keitel, Richard Romanus, Robert De Niro
Hit the streets of 1970s Little Italy with maestro Scorsese's crime classic.
Happy Together
- Tue, Jan 27
Director: Wong Kar-wai Run Time: 96 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1997 Language: Cantonese with English subtitles
Starring: Chang Chen, Gregory Dayton, Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai
An exquisitely torturous queer romance from the magnificent Wong Kar-wai
Charulata
- Wed, Jan 28
Director: Satyajit Ray Run Time: 117 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1964 Language: Bengali with English subtitles
Starring: Gitali Roy, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal, Soumitra Chatterjee
Get lost in the exquisite vibes of Satyajit Ray's delicate textured masterpiece of a woman's creative and romantic longings in nineteenth century India.
Millennium Actress
- Fri, Jan 30
Director: Satoshi Kon Run Time: 87 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 2002 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Fumiko Orikasa, Mami Koyama, Miyoko Shoji, Showko Tsuda, Shozo Iizuka
We're rolling out the red carpet for Millenium Actress, visionary anime director Satoshi Kon's brilliant meditation on filmmaking, memories, and mystery.
Additional Show Added Friday January 30th!
What’s Love Got to Do with It
- Fri, Jan 30
Director: Brian Gibson Run Time: 118 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1993
Starring: Angela Bassett, Jenifer Lewis, Khandi Alexander, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway
The most diva-tastic biopic of the 1990s!
UHF
- Fri, Jan 30
Director: Jay Levey Run Time: 97 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1989
Starring: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Billy Barty, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Gedde Watanabe, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards
It's goofy, it's stupid, it's beyond hilarious, it's everything you would expect from a Weird Al movie and so much more!
Some Like It Hot
- Sat, Jan 31
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 122 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1959
Starring: George Raft, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Pat O’Brien, Tony Curtis
Effervescent, delightful, and rolling on the floor funny, this is one comedy that never drags!
Romancing the Stone
- Sat, Jan 31
Director: Robert Zemeckis Run Time: 106 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1984
Starring: Alfonso Arau, Danny DeVito, Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Zack Norman
She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.
Bacurau
- Sat, Jan 31
Director: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho Run Time: 131 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2019 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Bárbara Colen, Silvero Pereira, Sônia Braga, Thomás Aquino, Udo Kier
Your Saturday night just got a lot more insane with this chaotic, unhinged, blood-soaked Brazilian oddity.
Remembering Udo Kier
Kirikou and the Sorceress
- Sun, Feb 1
Director: Michel Ocelot Run Time: 71 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1998 Language: English Dubbed
Starring: Awa Sène Sarr, Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Robert Liensol, William Nadylam
Let French animation legend Michel Ocelot's stunning African folktale cast its spell on you.
The Lady Eve
- Sun, Feb 1
Director: Preston Sturges Run Time: 97 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1941
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Henry Fonda, William Demarest
Get ready to swoon with Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck at her most beguiling in Preston Sturges magnificent romantic screwball classic.
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
- Sun, Feb 1
Director: Joe Layton Run Time: 82 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1982
Starring: Gene Cross, Jesse Jackson, Julie Hampton, Richard Pryor
We've got front row tickets to one of the most legendary comedy performances filmed right in our backyard - Richard Pryor's epically hilarious show at none other than the Hollywood Palladium
The Turin Horse
- Mon, Feb 2
Director: Béla Tarr Run Time: 155 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2011 Language: Hungarian with English subtitles
Starring: Erika Bók, János Derzsi, Lajos Kovács, Mihály Kormos, Mihály Ráday
Join us in celebrating the visionary life and work of Béla Tarr with a screening of his haunting poetic parable.
Purple Rain
- Wed, Feb 4
Director: Albert Magnoli Run Time: 111 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1984
Starring: Apollonia Kotero, Jerome Benton, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Prince
Feel the electricity of the inimitable maestro Prince as he plies his charisma, unbelievable stage presence, and musical genius into a modern musical of epic 80s proportions.
Come early for a big screen Prince pre-show from our found footage besties at Museum of Home Video!
The Princess and the Frog
- Sat, Feb 7
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements Run Time: 98 min. Format: Digital Rating: All Ages Release Year: 2009
Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Jim Cummings, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley
Disney turns an old fairy tale on its amphibious head in its final cell animation classic.
Floating Weeds
- Sat, Feb 7
Director: Yasujirō Ozu Run Time: 115 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1959 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Machiko Kyō
Tender, comic, understated and remarkably beautiful in its composition and cinematography, leave the world behind and lose yourself in this international classic.
American Gangster
- Sat, Feb 7
Director: Ridley Scott Run Time: 157 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 2007
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, Josh Brolin, Russell Crowe
Screen legends Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott in this powerful, true crime epic.
Never Too Young to Die
- Sat, Feb 7
Director: Gil Bettman Run Time: 92 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Gene Simmons, George Lazenby, John Stamos, Robert Englund, Vanity
Vidiots welcomes John Stamos and uber-fan Johnny Knoxville for a rare 40th Anniversary screening of the bonkers '80s action spectacular Never Too Young to Die.
Howl’s Moving Castle (English Dubbed)
- Sun, Feb 8
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 119 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 2004 Language: English Dubbed
Starring: Blythe Danner, Christian Bale, Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall
Hayao Miyazaki weaves his enchanted spell over this exceptionally beautiful dream of an animated film.
Heaven Can Wait
- Sun, Feb 8
Director: Buck Henry, Warren Beatty Run Time: 101 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1978
Starring: Buck Henry, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Jack Warden, James Mason, Julie Christie, Warren Beatty
Joe Pendleton... the only guy who ever raised Hell about going to Heaven.
Crossroads
- Sun, Feb 8
Director: Tamra Davis Run Time: 93 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2002
Starring: Anson Mount, Britney Spears, Dan Aykroyd, Taryn Manning, Zoe Saldaña
Hop in friends - we're heading out to discover our dreams with Britney Spears!
TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing
- Wed, Feb 11
Director: Louis Massiah, Monica Henriquez Run Time: 105 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Author, educator, activist, and documentary filmmaker Toni Cade Bambara, with humor and deep insight, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community empowerment.
Co-Presented by community programming partners BlackStar Projects and featuring a conversation with co-director and producer Louis Massiah.
Howl’s Moving Castle (Japanese with English Subtitles)
- Fri, Feb 13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 119 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 2004 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Akihiro Miwa, Chieko Baisho, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin
Hayao Miyazaki weaves his enchanted spell over this exceptionally beautiful dream of an animated film.
Happiness
- Fri, Feb 13
Director: Todd Solondz Run Time: 140 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1998
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Cynthia Stevenson, Dylan Baker, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Definitely disturbing, but masterfully acted and sardonically crafted, this is dark comedy at its darkest and funniest.
The Mighty Ducks
- Sat, Feb 14
Director: Stephen Herek Run Time: 101 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1992
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Heidi Kling, Josef Sommer, Joshua Jackson, Joss Ackland, Lane Smith
Hockey fever is in the air, so grab your puck and your skates and join us at the rink for this kiddo underdog classic.
Mississippi Masala
- Sat, Feb 14
Director: Mira Nair Run Time: 118 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1991
Starring: Charles S. Dutton, Denzel Washington, Roshan Seth, Sarita Choudhury, Sharmila Tagore
Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
Moulin Rouge! + Vidiots Valentine’s Day Party
- Sat, Feb 14
Director: Baz Luhrmann Run Time: 128 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2001
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo, Nicole Kidman, Richard Roxburgh
No Laws. No Limits. One Rule. Never Fall In Love.
And join us after the show for Big Screen Karaoke - fancy dress encouraged!
A Cat in Paris
- Sun, Feb 15
Director: Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli Run Time: 70 min. Format: Digital Rating: All Ages Release Year: 2010 Language: English Dubbed
Starring: Bernadette Lafont, Bruno Salomone, Dominique Blanc, Jean Benguigui, Oriane Zani
A beautifully hand-drawn caper set in the shadow-drenched alleyways of Paris.
The Lady from Shanghai
- Sun, Feb 15
Director: Orson Welles Run Time: 87 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1947
Starring: Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Ted de Corsia
I told you... you know nothing about wickedness
Black Orpheus
- Sun, Feb 15
Director: Marcel Camus Run Time: 100 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1959 Language: Portuguese with English subtitles
Starring: Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Breno Mello, Léa Garcia, Lourdes de Oliveira, Marpessa Dawn
A stunningly beautiful bossa nova interpretation of the Greek myth of Orpheus set in vibrant and intoxicating Brazil during Carnaval.
With an introduction from Founding Member Jerrika Hinton!
Juice
- Thu, Feb 19
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson Run Time: 96 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1992
Starring: Jermaine Hopkins, Khalil Kain, Omar Epps, Samuel L. Jackson, Tupac Shakur
A gripping coming-of-age story against the backdrop of 1990s Harlem with phenomenal performances and deft direction.
Plus, a conversation with Co-Writer/Director Ernest Dickerson and a pre-show vinyl hip hop set!
Groundhog Day
- Fri, Feb 20
Director: Harold Ramis Run Time: 101 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1993
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
A comedy classic that deserves watching and rewatching and rewatching!
Soul
- Sat, Feb 21
Director: Pete Docter Run Time: 101 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 2020
Starring: Alice Braga, Graham Norton, Jamie Foxx, Rachel House, Richard Ayoade, Tina Fey
A beautiful and poignant film to remind everyone to seek out their spark and find the joy in the little things in life.
A Thousand and One
- Sat, Feb 21
Director: A.V. Rockwell Run Time: 116 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 2023
Starring: Aaron Kingsley Adetola, Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross, Teyana Taylor, William Catlett
Times change. Love stays the same.
Bring It On
- Sat, Feb 21
Director: Peyton Reed Run Time: 98 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2000
Starring: Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Bradford, Kirsten Dunst, Sherry Hursey
You know you can't resist this trash-talking, high-flying, cat-fighting classic of Millennial cinema!
I Am Not Your Negro
- Sun, Feb 22
Director: Raoul Peck Run Time: 93 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2017
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Dee Williams, James Baldwin, JoeyStarr, Rod Steiger, Samuel L. Jackson
An incendiary snapshot of James Baldwin's crucial observations on American race relations -- and a sobering reminder of how far we've yet to go.
Kisapmata (In the Wink of an Eye)
- Wed, Feb 25
Director: Mike de Leon Run Time: 99 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1981 Language: Tagalog with English subtitles
Starring: Charito Solis, Charo Santos, Jay Ilagan, Ruben Rustia, Vic Silayan
Vidiots and community partners A Bunch of Savages remember the life and legacy of filmmaker Mike de Leon with an ultra-rare screening of his sinister masterpiece Kisapmata.
Coffy
- Fri, Feb 27
Director: Jack Hill Run Time: 90 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1973
Starring: Booker Bradshaw, Pam Grier, Robert DoQui, Sid Haig, William Elliott
The Baddest One-Chick Hit-Squad that ever hit town!