SEASON 58 MOVIE SCHEDULE

Cinema Paradiso

Date: September 13, 2026

Italian-French, 1988, PG, Color, Coming-of-Age Saga/Drama, 2h 54m

Written and Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore 

Stars Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio, Salvatore Cascio.

Lauded as one of the greatest films of all time, this Sicilian masterpiece won awards at Cannes in 1989, 1989 Best Foreign Film from both Golden Globe and Academy Awards among other accolades.  The film follows Salvatore Di Vita, a famous film maker, as he pays tribute to a former mentor and remembers the beginnings of his love for film.  The Cinema Paradiso was a wonderful arthouse theater from his formative years that now exists only in memory.

Memories of Murder

Date: October 11, 2026

Korean, 2003, Not Rated, Color, Psychological Drama/Thriller, 2h11m

Directed by Bong Joon Ho; Written by Bong Joon Ho, Kwang-rim Kim, Sung-bo Shim

Stars Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha

Multi-category winner of 2003 Chunsa Film Art Awards, and Busan Film Critics Awards, Best Asian Film from 2003 Tokyo International Film Festival. Based on real life murderer Lee Choon-jae (though unsolved at the time of the film). The film follows an intense, frustrating, and ultimately unsuccessful police search for a rapist and murderer terrorizing Seoul. Deviating from a procedural law and order drama, Bong Joon Ho captures the both the laxity and arrogance of officials even as detectives are doggedly pursuing their suspects.

The Best Years of Our Lives

Date: November 8, 2026

USA, 1946, Approved, B&W, Romantic War Epic, 2h 50m

Directed by William Wyler; Written by R. Sherwood, M. Kantor

Stars Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March

Swept the 19th Academy Awards, winning seven categories and one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. Best Years portrays the difficulties of a group of veterans as they reintegrate into post-World War 2 civilian life, the film is one of the first to raise issues of debilitating war injuries and what is now called PTSD.

Safety Last!

Date: December 13, 2026 (Double feature)

USA, 1923, Not Rated, Silent B&W, Farcical Romantic Comedy, 1h 14m

Directed by Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor; Written by Hal Roach

Stars Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother

Iconic! Harold Lloyd is in good company among the other geniuses of silent film; Keaton and Chaplin. The Boy (Lloyd) leaves the small town for the big city to find success and marry the Girl. But he exaggerates his unimpressive job in letters home.

Now the Boy must find success quickly, or at least create the illusion of it because the Girl has come to the city to join him. Impressive stunts to follow.

Shoes

Date: December 13, 2026 (Double feature)

1916, B/W.60 mins.

Directed by Lois Weber. Written by Lois Weber, Jane Addams.

Stars Mary McLaren, Harry Griffith, Mattie Witting, Jessie Arnold, Wiliam V. Mong

It’s a simple, time-worn and grueling story. Eva, a young shop clerk, lives in poverty and struggles to support her parents and siblings on her meager wages of $5 per week. Her desperate need for a new pair of shoes forces her to a difficult, heart-rending sacrifice. Based on writings by Jane Addams, renowned activist, reformer, social worker and sociologist who founded Hull House in Chicago, Shoes presents an activist’s view of the causes and effects of poverty in the days before women’s enfranchisement.

Juliet of the Spirits

Date: January 10, 2027

Italian, 1965, Not Rated, Color, Fantasy Comedy/Drama, 2h 17m

Written and directed by Federico Fellini, with Writers Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano

Stars Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu

Winner of New York Film Critics Circle’s Best Foreign Film and Golden Globe’s Best Foreign Language Award. Juliet, dutiful wife goes through a spiritual awakening when she realizes that there is no happiness ever after she becomes aware of her husbands infidelity. She must rebuild herself and become truly independent for the first time in her adult life. Brilliant direction with radiant color and imagery.

The Lady Eve

Date: February 7, 2026 (special screening date - scheduled around Superbowl)

USA 1941, Approved, B&W, Screwball Comedy, 1h 34m

Directed and written by Preston Sturges, with Writer Monckton Hoffe

Stars Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn

14th Academy Award Nominated for Best Original Story and named to the top 1000 greatest movies of all time by the New York Times. When beautiful con artist puts a bumbling, bookish, unworldly bachelor in her crosshairs, a sexy comedy follows as the unlikely pair fall for each other. Fonda plays a great Charlie, but Stanwyck is stunning. This movie is all her.

The Gleaners and I

Date: March 14, 2027

French 2000, Not Rated, Color, Documentary, 1h 22m

Written and Directed by Agnès Varda

Stars François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Jean La Planche

An Official Selection of 2000 Cannes Film Festival, voted for Readers Choice edition of The New York Times in 2025. Gleaning is the act of gathering farm produce after the formal harvest. Varda’s unique and quirky outlook, along with her unquenchable curiosity brings a compelling story about a captivating culture. This is a film to be loved and enjoyed.

Army of Shadows

Date: April 11, 2027

 Franco-Italian 1969, Not Rated, Color, Wartime Psychological Drama, 2h 25m

Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, base on the book by Joesph Kessel

Stars Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret

It is the consensus of renowned film critics, Ebert et al., that Army of Shadows belongs on the short list for great movies of all time, winning the 2006 New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Foreign Film of the Year - 37 years after its original release. The film follows a resistance cell in Lyon during WW2. Philippe Gerbier (Ventura) leads the band through heroic but at times morally dubious actions. A gripping tale of rebellion against oppression and the horrors of the reality of war.

Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Date: May 9, 2027

French 1964, Not Rated, Color, Musical Romantic Drama, 1h 31m

Written and directed by Jacques Demy

Stars Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon

37th Academy Awards nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and winner of the Golden Palm at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. Departure, Absence and Return. This dramatic musical sings of loss and longing, of finding hope again. One’s future is not a consolation prize, it is a path towards finding personal redemption.

Two for the Road

Date June 13, 2027

USA 1967, Approved, Not Rated, Color, Romantic Comedy/Road Trip, 1h 51m

Directed by Stanley Donen; Written by Frederic Raphael

Stars Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron

1968 Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Motion Picture Actress and Academy Award Nominee for Best Original Screenplay. A bitter-sweet road trip movie arranged in non-linear vignettes tells the story of couple’s relationship over twelve years. Amid beautiful European scenery, the ups and downs of love, the strains of marriage and a child, are equal parts sorrowful and loving.

Go

Date: July 11, 2027

USA 1999, R, Color, Dark Point-of-View Crime Comedy/Action 1h 42m

Directed by Doug Liman; Written by John August

Stars Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf among an ensemble cast

Clever and fast paced, Go tells a story showing the same event through the different viewpoints of the characters. The subject matter is a bit rough, with the buying and selling of drugs and such. But a multi-level marketing police detective, and a do or die cashier that’s determined to make her over-time shifts make the movie a very fun watch.

Children of Men

Date: August 8, 2027

USA 1999, R, Color, Dark Point-of-View Crime Comedy/Action 1h 49m

Directed by Doug Liman; Written by John August

Stars Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf among an ensemble cast

Clever and fast paced, Go tells a story showing the same event through the different viewpoints of the characters.  The subject matter is a bit rough, with the buying and selling of drugs and such.  But a multi-level marketing police detective, and a do or die cashier that’s determined to make her over-time shifts make the movie a very fun watch.