We are concluding our four month David Lynch retrospective by presenting The Elephant Man, his haunting sophomore feature, now in a breathtaking new 4K restoration from Paramount Pictures. One of the most emotionally resonant and visually arresting films of the 20th century, this is the perfect way to pay our final tributes.

Shot in stark, luminous black-and-white by the legendary Freddie Francis, and produced by Mel Brooks (yes, that Mel Brooks), this Victorian-era tragedy tells the true story of John Merrick (An unforgettable John Hurt), a severely deformed man exploited in a freak show before being taken under the wing of a sympathetic surgeon, Dr. Frederick Treves (a quietly commanding Anthony Hopkins). What follows is a delicate, devastating exploration of what it means to be human in a society obsessed with appearances.

With The Elephant Man, Lynch (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive) stepped into the mainstream without sacrificing a shred of his uncanny sensibility—crafting a deeply compassionate portrait of otherness that still stuns over four decades later.

David Cronenberg delivers an entirely new take on body horror, reinventing the game yet again with his new film The Shrouds. This dramatic sci-fi thriller is a reflective stunner that combines the maestro’s signature body horror with profound elder-statesman reflection. Entering his 80s, Cronenberg (The Fly, Dead Ringers, History of Violence) continues to find new ways to innovate what can be done with bodies in cinema, losing none of his edge while demonstrating a true sense of empathy; the result is a film that astonishes while also being his most accessible film since Eastern Promises. 

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual decay of loved ones dead and buried in the earth. While Karsh is still reeling from the loss of his wife (Diane Kruger) from cancer—and falling into a peculiar sexual relationship with his wife’s sister (also Kruger)—a spate of vandalized graves utilizing his “shroud” technology begins to put his enterprise at risk, leading him to uncover a potentially vast conspiracy.

Join us for an encore of Denis Villeneuve’s epic space odyssey returns to the big screen in its full, awe-inspiring form: a double feature presentation of Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two. Spanning the desolate beauty of Arrakis and the shadowy corridors of interstellar power, this two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi novel marks a towering cinematic achievement—both a sprawling mythological epic and a hauntingly intimate story of destiny, prophecy, and the terrible price of power.

In Part One, Villeneuve (Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, Prisoners) introduces us to the dying empire and the doomed House Atreides, torn from their home world and cast into the brutal desert sands of Arrakis—a planet rich in spice and ruled by violence. As Paul (Timothée Chalamet) begins to awaken to visions of the future, Part Two catapults us into a full-scale revolution.

Shot with staggering scale and precision, Dune is modern blockbuster filmmaking at its most operatic. From Hans Zimmer’s thunderous score to Greig Fraser’s otherworldly cinematography, every frame is built for the big screen.

See It On 16mm is back! And this time, they’re presenting a delirious blast of sex, sci-fi, and rock ’n’ roll excess–Heavy Metal!

The ultimate cult movie—Heavy Metal is a kaleidoscopic animated anthology where space zombies, warrior babes, and cosmic chaos, this is the perfect movie to re-visit on a new format! Fueled by a thundering soundtrack (Sabbath! Journey! Stevie Nicks!) and dripping with pulpy attitude, this cult classic is pure uncut ’80s counterculture—horny, violent, and gloriously insane.

Cinematic Void is invading The Frida again as they present the new indie trip from director Joshua Erkman–A Desert!

A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.

Stick around after the film for a Q&A with Joshua Erkman, Kai Lennox, and Sarah Lind moderated by James Branscome of Cinematic Void!