Bleak Week

Mysterious Skin

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 | 7:30pm

Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 7:00pm

Standard ticket prices
Tickets available online in advance, at our box office during open hours, or at the door (if tickets remain).

4K RESTORATION | At the age of eight, Kansas youngsters Neil and Brian played on the same little league baseball team. Now, ten years later, the two boys couldn’t be more different. Neil is a charismatic but emotionally aloof male hustler, while Brian is a nervous introvert obsessed with the idea that he has been abducted by a UFO. When the boys’ parallel lives inevitably intersect, the pair unearth dark, repressed secrets on a harrowing and unforgettable journey of self-discovery.

Director Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin, adapted from Scott Heim’s acclaimed novel, is an intensely powerful chronicle of childhood innocence lost. The film features star-making turns from Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) alongside the outstanding performances from co-stars Michelle Trachtenberg (Eurotrip, Gossip Girl, Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), and Academy Award-nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas).

This brand-new director-approved 4K restoration of the unconventional, provocative classic premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Bleak Week

Presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque, ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair’ is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history. Browse films in this series