The sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. The film stars Cailee Spaeny (“Priscilla”), David Jonsson (“Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy”), Archie Renaux (“Shadow and Bone”), Isabela Merced (“The Last of Us”), Spike Fearn (“Aftersun”), Aileen Wu. Fede Alvarez (“Evil Dead,” “Don’t Breathe”) directs from a screenplay he wrote with frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues (“Don’t Breathe 2”) based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett. “Alien: Romulus” is produced by Ridley Scott (“Napoleon”), who directed the original “Alien” and produced and directed the series’ entries “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” Michael Pruss (“Boston Strangler”), and Walter Hill (“Alien”), with Fede Alvarez, Elizabeth Cantillon (“Charlie’s Angels”), Brent O’Connor (“Bullet Train”), and Tom Moran (“Unstoppable”) serving as executive producers.
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Savor one of Hollywood’s most enjoyable thrillers ever in this State-of-the-Art 4K Restoration: its renewed picture vitality will leave you just as breathless as the chase itself. Presented by film restorer Robert Harris and former NY Times film critic Janet Maslin.
Read MoreJoin us for a Q&A with directors Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman following this screening.
Isolated on a seaside estate, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard). When a plague descends on the island, the wily cook rouses his fellow staff to rebel and take over the mansion. Mind games between master and servant escalate into all-out class warfare.
Read MoreIsolated on a seaside estate, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard). When a plague descends on the island, the wily cook rouses his fellow staff to rebel and take over the mansion. Mind games between master and servant escalate into all-out class warfare.
Read MoreLegendary French director Catherine Breillat returns with a provocative tale of passion and power. Léa Drucker stars as Anne, an attorney stuck in a stagnant marriage, who finds herself drawn to her troubled stepson Theo when her husband leaves town. As their illicit affair unfolds, the household’s stability is threatened in this bold exploration of desire and fulfillment, set to a tension-filled score by Kim Gordon. Presented in French with English subtitles.
Read MoreLola answers a call from her boyfriend Manni, a small-time courier for a big-time gangster. He has a problem: His boss is coming to pick up 100,000 Deutsche Marks in twenty minutes, and he doesn’t have the money. With Manni’s life on the line, Lola runs through the streets of Berlin to reach him and somehow pick up 100,000 marks along the way, making split-second decisions and encountering acquaintances, family, and strangers. As the clock ticks down, the tiniest choices become life-altering (or life-ending), and the fine line between fate and fortune begins to blur.
Read MoreExperience the day the world went quiet.
Read MoreIn a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.
Read More“Meanwhile, in another universe…” In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures … if they can all survive a deadly present.
Read MoreFrom horror master Stephen King and director David Cronenberg, this supernatural thriller turns an everyday guy into a reluctant hero. But Johnny’s (Christopher Walken) next vision may be his most terrifying yet, and gives him a once-in-a-lifetime chance to save the world … at what may be the ultimate price. Christopher Walken leads an all-star cast, including Tom Skerritt and Martin Sheen.
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