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Alternative Cinema: The Adventures of Prince Achmed and The Anvil Orchestra
Tue, Jan 27, 2026 6:30pm
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (dir. Lotte Reiniger, 1926, 75 min.) is the oldest surviving feature-length animated film. Created through exquisite paper silhouettes and inspired by One Thousand...
Alternative Cinema: Anhell 69
Tue, Feb 3, 2026 6:30pm
Directed by Theo Montoya, 2022, 75 minutes Screening followed by virtual Q&A with director Theo Montoya. In this documentary lament for the Colombian city of Medellín, director Theo Montoya...
Alternative Cinema: The Human Surge 3
Tue, Feb 10, 2026 6:30pm
Directed by Eduardo Williams, 2023, 121 minutes Screening followed by virtual Q&A with director Eduardo Williams. Armed with a 360-degree camera, Argentinian director Eduardo Williams returns to...
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Thu, Feb 12, 2026 7pm to 10pm
In an ordinary Russian town, a public-school teacher secretly films state efforts to turn his nation’s classrooms into sites of wartime mobilization. Pasha Talankin’s official job is to promote...
Alternative Cinema: Experimental Films by Yanbin Zhao
Tue, Feb 17, 2026 6:30pm
Screening followed by Q&A with artist Yanbin Zhao in person Yanbin Zhao is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and curator whose practice explores “distance” as both a conceptual and material...
Alternative Cinema: MONO NO AWARE
Wed, Feb 25, 2026 7pm
Screening followed by Q & A with curator Steve Cossman and artist Erica Sheu in person MONO NO AWARE is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit devoted to analog and experimental cinema, fostering a vibrant...
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Border South (Frontera Sur)
Thu, Dec 4, 2025 7pm
To stem the immigration tide, Mexico and the U.S. collaborate to crack down on migrants, forcing them into ever more dangerous territory. Every year hundreds of thousands of migrants make their way...
Tetris Effect: Connected Playthrough
Fri, Nov 14, 2025 7pm
Join us for a playthrough of Tetris Effect: Connected. In this 2021 expansion of the award-winning Tetris Effect, the classic puzzle game is reinvented as a complete sensory experience. The...
S.TA.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Playthrough
Fri, Nov 7, 2025 7pm
Join us for a playthrough of S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl. In this 2007 origin of the canonical series, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone plays host to a second disaster that mutates all around...
Stalker
Thu, Nov 6, 2025 7pm
Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker embarks on a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape. A hired guide—the “Stalker” of the title—leads a writer and a scientist into the heart...
Ryan Family Fim Series: "The Encampments"
Thu, Oct 30, 2025 7pm to 9pm
The Encampments offers an urgent, intimate portrait of America’s student movement, ignited at Columbia University as students protested their university's ties to the war on Gaza. Their actions...
The Encampments
Thu, Oct 30, 2025 7pm
The Encampments offers an urgent, intimate portrait of America’s student movement, ignited at Columbia University as students protested their universities’ ties to the war on Gaza. Their actions...
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