High School High
A special presentation will precede each screening.
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.
“For this staff pick, I tried a divination exercise to determine which movie I wanted to screen. I opened Letterboxd on my phone and put it under my pillow before going to bed. I had many vivid dreams that evening. It felt like i had lived lifetimes. I ended up sleeping 15 hours and when I woke up I had one movie visualized in my mind clearly: HIGH SCHOOL HIGH.”
Staff pick by Sebastian Becerra, projectionist
Screening as part of our series Staff Picks 2026
Earth Girls Are Easy
In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend’s salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.
Staff pick by Rhayne, projectionist
Screening as part of our series Staff Picks 2026
An Evening With The New York Times Op-Docs 2026, Part 2
Join us for a special presentation of five acclaimed short documentaries from The New York Times Op-Docs, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers. This program features:
A WOLF IN THE SUBURBS (Amélie Hardy) — Welcome to Mississauga, Ontario, where lawns are clipped, neighbors are watchful and no blade of grass dares misbehave. Except at Wolf Ruck’s place. His lawn grows wild, and so does the trouble.
THE REVOLUTION AGAINST DEATH (Joshua Oppenheimer) — A faded rococo resort hosts a revolution against aging and death. Amid turquoise pools, gilt and chintz, fear is in the air — of illness, of invisibility, of having no one to hold or hear us, of dying alone. A film poem about mortality, fear, the longing to remain when you know you can’t.
SANYI KAKAS (SANYI THE ROOSTER) (Lotte Salomons) — In 2020, a rooster escapes in Békéscsaba, Hungary. For four years, the locals care for him as a beloved symbol of hope and unity — until his sudden, mysterious death replaces harmony with suspicion and division.
THE TUNERS (Pawel Chorzepa) — In the shadows of the International Chopin Piano Competition, the world’s most important piano contest, expert tuners spend a month trying to achieve the perfect pitch.
LISTEN (Taliesin Black-Brown) — As his mother slips away into dementia, an Alaskan sound recordist listens for what remains.
Trauma Or, Monsters All (Open Captioning)
Please note that there are additional showtimes of TRAUMA OR, MONSTERS ALL that screen without open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.
Wed, Nov 4: Opening night Q&A w/ dir. Larry Fessenden after 7:00 show!
Thurs, Nov 5: Q&A w/ dir. Larry Fessenden after 7:00 show!
Following HABIT, DEPRAVED and BLACKOUT, this final creature feature from indie horror legend Fessenden centers around a writer who, while investigating her town’s dark past, stirs up fears about lurking monsters.
“Trauma came about very organically. The concept was to take the monsters we’ve come to know intimately from three previous films and to observe them from the outside. So I chose a new protagonist. This raised questions of how we see, judge, and talk about each other and so it became my meditation on identity politics. Intentionally or not my movies have become a chronicle of American dysfunction as seen through the lens of gothic horror.” – Larry Fessenden, director
Additional showtimes for Nov 4 – 10 to be announced.
Possible Love
Mouse (Open Captioning)
Please note that there are additional showtimes of MOUSE that screen without open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.
It’s 2002, and best friends Minnie and Callie are heading into their senior year of high school, with Minnie long living in the protective shadow of the charismatic and admired Callie. When their friendship is suddenly upended at the start of the summer, Minnie struggles to define her own identity and forms a complicated relationship with Callie’s poised, attentive mother, pulling her further from her own chaotic home.
Avedon (Open Captioning)
Please note that there are additional showtimes of AVEDON that screen without open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.
From world leaders to pop culture icons, and international supermodels, Richard Avedon’s influence helped create the blueprint for our image-driven world. His photographs didn’t just reflect culture, they shaped it.
AVEDON traces the life and legacy of an artist who used photography to reinvent the world around him. Drawing on unprecedented access to his personal archives—never-before-seen stills, intimate behind-the-lens footage, and new interviews with his closest collaborators—the film explores how his singular eye both reflected and reshaped the visual language of the 20th century, and why even the most iconic image is only half the story.
Chicken Shop Date: The Final Series
After more than a decade of delightfully awkward encounters, Amelia Dimoldenberg brings Chicken Shop Date to the big screen for a special, one-night-only event. Featuring the complete final series, exclusive new interviews and the final unreleased episode brought together as one cinematic experience.
Look Back
Palme d’Or winner Kore-eda’s (Shoplifters, Monster) latest, adapted from the beloved manga, is a love letter to the artistic process and a meditation on friendship. Confident grade-schooler Fujino’s comics are adored by her classmates. But one day, her work is upstaged by a reclusive peer. When the two girls finally meet, however, Fujino discovers that the other girl has been her devoted fan all along. Bound by their shared passion, they become the closest of artistic collaborators, until a fateful event changes their lives forever.
Opens Wed Dec 30, showtimes to be announced.
Rose
“The true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed.” In 17th-century Germany, a mysterious ex-soldier appears in a secluded village claiming to be the heir of a long-abandoned farm. With time, he overcomes the doubts of the suspicious villagers and proves himself a hard-working, God-fearing man, becoming a part of the community – in a quest for acceptance made up of impossible deceit. Official Austrian submission, Academy Awards.
Opens Fri Dec 11, showtimes to be announced.