doc films

Saturdays this Summer

6/25/2016 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Son of Saul

(László Nemes , 2015) · In an Auschwitz crematorium, Hungarian prisoner Saul labors with a Sonderkommando unit, aiding the Nazis' extermination of his fellow Jews. Hungarian director László Nemes’ tense, excoriating debut feature follows a day-and-a-half in Saul's life. The film won this year’s best foreign language film Academy Award and has been passionately debated since its release, reopening arguments about the Holocaust and its cinematic representations.

runtime: 107 min format: DCP

7/2/2016 @ 7:00 PM 9:45 PM

Primary Colors

(Mike Nichols, 1998) · John Travolta plays Jack Stanton, a young, charming Southern governor with a subtle knack for manipulation, a weakness for doggin’ around, and a strong wife (Emma Thompson) who gives unflinching support, as long as news cameras are rolling. Based on the bestselling exposé, the film follows Henry Burton (Adrian Lester), Stanton’s new campaign manager, who finds himself increasingly disillusioned with politics the closer he gets to the ambitious governor.

runtime: 143 min format: 35mm

7/9/2016 @ 7:00 PM 10:00 PM

Tabloid Vivant

(Kyle Broom, 2016) · Artist Max lures art critic Sara to a secluded cabin to show her his revolutionary new “painting system.” She is in fact blown away by his paintings and agrees to both pose for and write about the next one. But his art has an eerie living quality, and it may be slowly killing both of them. Writer-director Broom will be present for a Q&A following this theatrical premiere of his first feature, which is as much philosophical art film as it is pure horror. Both screenings and the filmmaker Q&A will be free and open to the public.

runtime: 105 min format: DCP

7/16/2016 @ 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Green Room

(Jeremy Saulnier, 2015) · Down-and-out punk rockers The Ain’t Rights barely scrape by as a disappointing tour winds down. Desperate after headlining a Mexican restaurant, they agree to perform at a Neo-Nazi punk bar in rural Oregon. Finishing their set, they witness a murder backstage, forcing the venue’s owner (Patrick Stewart) to detain them as the only witnesses to the crime. A bloody, tense fight for survival with zealous Nazi punks ensues.

runtime: 95 min format: DCP

7/23/2016 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Cemetery of Splendor

(Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015) · Ghosts and dreams permeate waking life in this meditation on Indonesia and its martial history. Jenjira is a new nurse at a dilapidated schoolhouse-turned-clinic that may also rest atop a mausoleum of ancient kings. She befriends a patient who belongs to a group of wounded soldiers afflicted with a mysterious sleeping sickness. Connected to luminescent dream machines that ease their sleep, they are called by the dead kings to restage the battles of yore.

runtime: 122 min format: DCP

7/30/2016 @ 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

(Nicholas Stoller, 2016) · When a group of college women decide they don't want to abide by the tight-laced rules of the existing sororities, they found Kappa Nu to show that Greek life debauchery does not have to be limited to frats. Desperate to reclaim the serenity of their family home, the couple next door (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) has to call in help from their old nemesis Teddy (Zac Efron). Scandal, shenanigans, and cringe-worthy moments abound in this new comedy.

runtime: 92 min format: DCP

8/6/2016 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

The Lobster

(Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015) · After his wife leaves him for another man, David (Colin Farrell), now newly single, has forty-five days at a regimented singles’ convention in a country hotel to find a new partner. Should he fail, he will get turned into the animal of his choice (“most people pick dogs”- “why there’s so many”) and released into the woods. Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest surreal satire is a takedown of modern social conditioning with a drab dystopian backdrop.

runtime: 118 min format: DCP

8/13/2016 @ 7:00 PM 9:30 PM

Mountains May Depart

(Zhangke Jia, 2015) · Mountains May Depart traces the aftermath of a love triangle between three friends, following the trio as they navigate life in a rapidly changing China. Splitting the film between 1999, 2014, and 2025, director Jia muses on China’s recent economic rise and speculates on the uncertain future. Calling it his most emotional work, Jia grounds his film by examining the effects of these changes on his characters and the intimate details of their lives.

runtime: 131 min format: DCP

8/20/2016 @ 7:00 PM 9:15 PM

April and the Extraordinary World

(Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci , 2015) · April (Marion Cotillard) lives in a dystopian past whose differences from our world are not immediately clear. In this foreign variant of 1941 France, she sets out in search of her missing scientist parents. Accompanied by a talking cat named Darwin and a host of helpful friends, April investigates what makes the planet still rely on coal long into the twentieth century, finding far more in the process. This animated French film will excite and delight.