Special Guests in Attendance
Outerlands
- Sat, Sep 19
Director: Elena Oxman Run Time: 100 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2025
Starring: Asia Kate Dillon, Daniel K. Isaac, Lea DeLaria, Louisa Krause, Ridley Asha Bateman
Join us in the microcinema for Elena Oxman's festival darling, the beautifully touching triumph Outerlands starring Asia Kate Dillon in a stirring performance.
Filmmaker Elena Oxman and Director of Photography Lucia Zavarcikova in person!
An Evening with Mike Mills – Beginners
- Sun, Sep 20
Director: Mike Mills Run Time: 105 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 2011
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mélanie Laurent
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome Indie legend Mike Mills for an incredible night of cinema starting with the lovable modern classic Beginners followed by a conversation with Mills.
An Evening with Mike Mills – C’mon C’mon
- Sun, Sep 20
Director: Mike Mills Run Time: 110 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 2021
Starring: Gaby Hoffmann, Joaquin Phoenix, Molly Webster, Scoot McNairy, Woody Norman
Our enchanting evening with Mike Mills continues with his latest intimate and tender triumph C'mon C'mon featuring an introduction by Mills.
An Evening with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hidden in Pieces + Eraserhead
- Wed, Sep 23
Run Time: 111 min. Format: Digital
Vidiots invites you to an extraordinary evening of music, cinema, and community when we welcome the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for a special advance screening of Hidden in Pieces - a visual companion to their new record - followed by a conversation with the band and a special screening of David Lynch's Eraserhead.
Raising Victor Vargas
- Thu, Sep 24
Director: Peter Sollett Run Time: 88 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 2003
Starring: Altagracia Guzman, Judy Marte, Melonie Díaz, Silvestre Rasuk, Victor Rasuk
Vidiots is excited to welcome screenwriter Eva Vives, and cast member Melonie Díaz for a special screening of the coming-of-age classic Raising Victor Vargas!
A warm, funny, and intimate look at growing up and getting down on the Lower East Side, this coming-of-age classic is an undeniable treasure of indie cinema.
Dead Calm on 35mm
- Fri, Sep 25
Director: Phillip Noyce Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Film Rating: R Release Year: 1989
Starring: Billy Zane, George Shevtsov, Nicole Kidman, Rod Mullinar, Sam Neill
Our celebration of the life and legacy of Sam Neill continues with this unnerving slow burn Aussie thriller, featuring a special extended introduction from Director Phillip Noyce!
Chocolate Babies
- Wed, Oct 7
Director: Stephen Winter Run Time: 83 min. Format: 4K Digital Release Year: 1996
Starring: Bryan Webster, Claude E. Sloan, Dudley Findlay Jr., Jon Kit Lee, Suzanne Gregg Ferguson
Vidiots and One Institute are thrilled to welcome writer/director Stephen Winter for a special screening of the new 4K Restoration of the radical and riotous New Queer Cinema treasure Chocolate Babies!
Bird in Hand
- Fri, Oct 9
Director: Melody C. Roscher Run Time: 87 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alisha Wainwright, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Christine Lahti, James Le Gros, K. Todd Freeman
Join us in the microcinema for Melody Roscher's bitingly comic feature film debut that weaves themes of race, belonging, and family into a mercurial journey.
Writer/Director Melody C. Roscher in person after the Friday, October 9th screening!
The Rental
- Tue, Oct 13
Director: Dave Franco Run Time: 88 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 2020
Starring: Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White, Sheila Vand, Toby Huss
Vidiots is dying to welcome writer/director Dave Franco and special guests for a long overdue theatrical screening of his sinister thriller The Rental.
Outpost
- Thu, Oct 15
Director: Joe Lo Truglio Run Time: 84 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ato Essandoh, Becky Ann Baker, Beth Dover, Dallas Roberts, Dylan Baker
Join us in the microcinema for Joe Lo Truglio's nail-biting nightmare of the darkness that lurks in the woods and inside us.
With writer/director Joe Lo Truglio in person for the October 15th screening!
Breaking Away
- Sat, Oct 17
Director: Peter Yates Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1979
Starring: Barbara Barrie, Daniel Stern, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Dooley
The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!
With a special introduction from the legendary Paul Dooley!
Bones on 35mm
- Wed, Oct 21
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Film Rating: R Release Year: 2001
Starring: Bianca Lawson, Khalil Kain, Michael T. Weiss, Pam Grier, Snoop Dogg
Vidiots is dying to welcome back legendary director Ernest R. Dickerson for a special screening of his cult classic horror starring Snoop Dogg - Bones on glorious 35mm celluloid!
The Oldest Person in the World
- Thu, Oct 22
Director: Sam Green Run Time: 87 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 2026
Join us in the microcinema for an-all-too-human triumph of documentary filmmaking, Sam Greene's profound and entertaining affirmation of life.
With director Sam Green in conversation with Dominic Willsdon, Executive Director of IDA after the October 22nd screening!