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Anora

Fall in love with Anora, the Palme d’Or-winning new film from writer/director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket). Now nominated for multiple Oscars!

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Fall in love with Anora, the Palme d’Or-winning new film from writer/director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket). Now nominated for multiple Oscars!
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

  1. 12:30 pm

Getting Lost + Q&A w/ Ralph D. Apel

20 years ago, the show LOST first aired and changed television forever. An Emmy-winning #1 network show, LOST introduced audiences to serialized science fiction storytelling and paved the way for the higher budget and shorter seasons of today’s television. From the director of The Last Blockbuster, the documentary Getting LOST is the definitive retrospective on the show and its lasting impact on the cast, crew and fan community. It explores life-changing personal stories touched by LOST, including incredible friendships, heart-warming love stories and touching tales of heartache and loss. Through all new interviews with cast and crew of the show, the documentary highlights the influence the show had on not only the careers of some of the biggest names in Hollywood but also the local people of Hawaii who worked on the show during its six years of filming on Oahu.

20 years ago, the show LOST first aired and changed television forever. An Emmy-winning #1 network show, LOST introduced audiences to serialized science fiction storytelling and paved the way for the higher budget and shorter seasons of today’s television. From the director of The Last Blockbuster, the documentary Getting LOST is the definitive retrospective on the show and its lasting impact on the cast, crew and fan community. It explores life-changing personal stories touched by LOST, including incredible friendships, heart-warming love stories and touching tales of heartache and loss. Through all new interviews with cast and crew of the show, the documentary highlights the influence the show had on not only the careers of some of the biggest names in Hollywood but also the local people of Hawaii who worked on the show during its six years of filming on Oahu.

  1. 3:30 pm

The Outsiders + Live Commentary by C. Thomas Howell

Join C. Thomas Howell as he provides live commentary throughout the iconic film, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel. Hear what it was like to work with the infamous Francis Ford Coppola and Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, and the late Patrick Swayze. Learn why Francis Ford Coppola kept the Greaser and Socks separate, even in their down time, and why he chose to film the complete movie on VHS tape first as a rehearsal, and so much more!

Join C. Thomas Howell as he provides live commentary throughout the iconic film, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel. Hear what it was like to work with the infamous Francis Ford Coppola and Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, and the late Patrick Swayze. Learn why Francis Ford Coppola kept the Greaser and Socks separate, even in their down time, and why he chose to film the complete movie on VHS tape first as a rehearsal, and so much more!

  1. 5:00 pm Sold Out

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino’s groundbreaking crime film, turns 30!

The film follows the lives of several characters, including hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, mob boss Marsellus Wallace, his wife Mia, and a washed-up boxer named Butch Coolidge. Each of their stories unfolds non-linearly, connected by moments of violence, absurdity, and unexpected humanity. Whether it’s a bizarre twist during a date, a botched robbery, or an accidental shooting, Pulp Fiction defies traditional storytelling conventions, making it both unpredictable and iconic.

Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino’s groundbreaking crime film, turns 30!
The film follows the lives of several characters, including hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, mob boss Marsellus Wallace, his wife Mia, and a washed-up boxer named Butch Coolidge. Each of their stories unfolds non-linearly, connected by moments of violence, absurdity, and unexpected humanity. Whether it’s a bizarre twist during a date, a botched robbery, or an accidental shooting, Pulp Fiction defies traditional storytelling conventions, making it both unpredictable and iconic.

  1. 7:00 pm

Zardoz

Celebrate 50 years of John Boorman’s Zardoz, the 1974 dystopian sci-fi cult classic!

The story follows Zed, played by Sean Connery, a Brutal who becomes disillusioned with his life of servitude under the rule of a giant floating stone head called Zardoz, which orders the Brutals to kill each other while promising salvation. Zed stows away inside the head and uncovers the truth behind Zardoz and the Eternals’ hedonistic yet sterile existence. As he infiltrates their society, he becomes a catalyst for the collapse of their seemingly perfect, but ultimately flawed, world.

Celebrate 50 years of John Boorman’s Zardoz, the 1974 dystopian sci-fi cult classic!
The story follows Zed, played by Sean Connery, a Brutal who becomes disillusioned with his life of servitude under the rule of a giant floating stone head called Zardoz, which orders the Brutals to kill each other while promising salvation. Zed stows away inside the head and uncovers the truth behind Zardoz and the Eternals’ hedonistic yet sterile existence. As he infiltrates their society, he becomes a catalyst for the collapse of their seemingly perfect, but ultimately flawed, world.

  1. 10:00 pm

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