JANUARY GIALLO | Friday, January 26. at 7:30pm | A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the brutal murder of a psychic, in Dario Argento’s classic of the giallo genre.
Deep Red – Jan. 26
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Series
Razing Liberty Square – Jan. 29
FREE screening | Monday, Jan. 29 at 6:30pm | Liberty City, Miami, was home to one of the oldest segregated public housing projects in the U.S. Now with rising sea levels, the neighborhood’s higher ground has become something else: real estate gold.
Origin (with discussion) – Feb. 1
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, February 1 at 7:00pm | Director Ava DuVernay’s newest film, about author Isabel Wilkerson writing her seminal book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” about the unspoken system that has shaped America and defined lives by a hierarchy of human divisions.
The Big Lebowski – Jun 17, 2023
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, June 17 at 8pm | The Dude abides, but don’t mess with the rug, man (it really ties the room together). This quotable Coen Brothers 1998 classic celebrates its 25th anniversary with a special Little screening. Wear your best bowling shoes.
The Mask of Zorro – Feb. 12
STAFF PICKS | Monday, February 12 at 7:30pm | Picked by Katie G. | Little Popcorn, but designed as a triumphant “Z”
Anselm – Feb. 15 + 17
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7:15pm + Saturday, Feb. 17 | Filmmaker Wim Wenders creates a portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time.
Buck and the Preacher – Jun 22, 2023
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, June 22 at 7:30pm | A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Blacula – Feb. 24
SATURDAY NIGHT REWIND | Saturday, February 24 at 8pm | During a visit to Transylvania, an African prince (William Marshall) gets turned into a vampire by Count Dracula. Sealed in a coffin for several lifetimes, “Blacula” reawakens in 1970s Los Angeles, and begins pursuing a women bearing a striking resemblance to his dead wife, leaving a trail of bloodless victims in his wake.
Breaking the News – Feb. 26
INDIE LENS POP-UP | Monday, February 26 | Frustrated by the lack of representation in the media, a group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists launched The 19th*, a digital news startup whose work is guided by elevating the voices often left out of the American story.
Indie Lens Pop-Up: Free Chol Soo Lee – Mar 27, 2023
INDIE LENS POP-UP | Monday, March 27 | Theatre 5 | The rollercoaster life story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of murder.
Vanya – Mar. 3
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE | Saturday, February 24 and Sunday, March 3 | Andrew Scott (Fleabag, All Of Us Strangers) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Winning – Mar. 4
STAFF PICKS | Monday, March 4 at 7:30pm | Frank Capua (Paul Newman) is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one–the Indianapolis 500. Picked by Jim!
Maestra – Mar. 7 + 9
ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Thursday, March 7 at 7pm & Saturday, March 9 at 3pm | Five incredible women from around the world, who are boldly breaking glass ceilings in the male-dominated world of orchestral conducting, take center stage.
Punch 9 for Harold Washington – Mar. 14
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Thursday, March 14 at 7:30pm | Harold Washington takes on a city rife with corruption and discrimination to be elected Chicago’s first African-American mayor in 1983.
Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s – Mar. 18
INDIE LENS POP-UP | Monday, March 18 | Three people—a political cartoonist, a mother turned boxing coach, and an optician—navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease.