NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | Sunday, January 18 and Saturday, January 24 | An independent-minded young woman discovers that her birth mother is the successful proprietress of a brothel. Starring Imelda Staunton
JANUARY GIALLO x WORLD OF ANIMATION | Friday, January 23 at 7:30pm | A cat must investigate brutal murders of other cats in a neighborhood he has moved into with his owner, in this rarely-seen 1994 German animated film.
LIMITED RUN | January 24-26 | Citizens of Rijeka, which Italians call Fiume, retell, reconstruct, and reinterpret the bizarre story about the 16-month occupation of their city in 1919 by the Italian poet, a dandy and preacher of war Gabriele D’Annunzio.
ONE PTA AFTER ANOTHER | Saturday, January 24 at 7:00pm | An idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and Burt Reynolds.
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Sunday, January 25 at 3:00pm | Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Sunday, January 25 at 6pm | The untold story of the first organized interracial civil rights protest in U.S. history. When 5 Howard University students sat on a Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, an extraordinary history-making partnership was born.
WINTER WEDNESDAYS | Wednesday, January 28 at 7:30pm | A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.
JANUARY GIALLO | Thursday, January 29 at 7:30pm | Giallo master Dario Argento’s 1982 classic: An American novelist promoting his latest book in Rome is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.
LIMITED RUN | January 30 – February 5 | In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky, having traveled from the future where time travel is possible. She shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time. This acclaimed French animated film screened at Cannes and has been collecting award nominations.
SPECIAL SCREENING | Saturday, February 7 at 7:00pm | The little-known story of the rail line that operated in a former section of the Erie Canal from 1927 until its abandonment in 1956. This update on the original award-winning documentary covers what has changed since the film’s 1994 premiere — with new footage, and remastered/recreated materials — and reflects on why the subway still holds so much interest today.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday, February 9 at 7:00pm | At 80 years old, Disney Legend Floyd Norman — the first African-American animator at the Walt Disney Studios — continues to impact animation and stir up “trouble” after the company forced him to retire at age 65. | WITH A LIVE Q&A WITH FLOYD NORMAN!
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, February 12 and Saturday, February 14 | A sharp look at the American South’s unreconciled history through Natchez, a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past.
VALENTINE’S DAY | Saturday, February 14 at 12:00pm and 8:00pm | In Rob Reiner and William Goldman’s classic fantasy-comedy, a grandfather reads a story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
FOAM, FELT & FROGS | Sunday, February 15 at 3:00pm | The Muppets set sail in search of treasure, with Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver in this musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale.
ONE PTA AFTER ANOTHER | Sunday, February 15 at 7:00pm | A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by a cult and its charismatic leader. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams.