National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
A play by Clifford Odets
directed by Sam Yates
Following a sold-out London run, Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this
searing revival of Clifford Odets’ American classic.
1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a
future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional
boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his
place in a world that demands he choose a side.
Brought to life with a live string quartet and filmed live from the Almeida Theatre, Olivier
Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the
high price of success.
Screening as part of our new season of National Theatre Live.
Birds of War
Wed, Nov 4: Q&A w/ dirs and film subjects Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak after 6:30 show!
Spanning 13 years of revolution, war and exile, from besieged Aleppo to the confines of a London newsroom, Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos and Syrian activist and cameraman Abd Alkader Habak relive their war reporting and their unexpected love story, using a vast personal trove of archives.
Additional showtimes for Nov 4-10 to be announced.
An Evening With The New York Times Op-Docs 2026, Part 1
Join us for a special presentation of four acclaimed short documentaries from The New York Times Op-Docs, followed by a discussion with filmmakers and members of the Op-Docs team. This program features:
- LA RETAGUARDIA (THE ONES WHO STAY) (Olivier Côté & Jean-François Bouchard) – Four artists in Havana grapple with whether to stay in Cuba amid a profound national crisis.
- SON (Leona Cauklija) – A mother begins communicating with her homeless son through the graffiti tags he leaves around the city.
- STALIN BOYS (Ora DeKornfeld & Bianca Giaever) – Four Texas middle school students develop an unusual fascination with Joseph Stalin while preparing a history fair project.
- LIVING WITH A VISIONARY (Stephen P. Neary) – A husband learns to navigate life while caring for his wife as she experiences vivid hallucinations after fifty years of marriage.
Let’s Keep This Conversation to a Minimum
Gentle Monster
Concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux) moves her family to the countryside to help her husband Philip recover from burnout. Their fresh start is shattered by a police visit, leaving Lucy torn between her love for Philip and troubling questions about what he may have done.
The Cycle
When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.
Mouse
Tues, Oct 27: Sneak preview + Q&A w/ dirs. Kelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson, and stars Sophie Okonedo, Katherine Mallen Kupferer & Tara Mallen at 6:45!
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.
Miss Representation: Rise Up
Thu, Oct 22: Q&A w/ Reshma Saujani (Founder, Moms First and Girls Who Code) and Alyse Nelson (CEO, Vital Voices) after 6:30 show!
Over a decade after MISS REPRESENTATION exposed the media’s contribution to the underrepresentation of women in leadership, this follow-up dives deep into the cultural backlash against women’s agency and power. With the proliferation of AI and deepfakes, a new era of tech-facilitated violence is exacerbating sexism and misogyny in an attempt to control and silence women and girls. With inspiring young women at its core, MISS REPRESENTATION: RISE UP interweaves their personal journeys with powerful voices in media, culture, leadership, and academia to reimagine a future that finally uplifts women and girls.
Trauma Or, Monsters All
Wed, Nov 4: Opening night 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.
The Last Winter
Screening on 35mm!
“This was conceived as a sequel of sorts to my family drama WENDIGO, expanding the themes of cultural cannibalism to themes of Manifest Destiny and climate collapse, all of which relate to the Wendigo Mythology of Ojibway origins. It was my biggest budget and my biggest cast and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was bought by IFC to some fanfare. It’s in the permanent collection at MOMA. It continues my focus on the left right political divide that makes solving problems impossible.” – Larry Fessenden, director
Screening as part of our series Optic Nerve: A Tribute to Glass Eye Pix
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