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Oct8 Paranormal Activity

Rudy Robles, a Mexican American, gets mistaken for an undocumented immigrant during a raid and is deported to Mexico.  Rudy spends the film trying to make his way back across the border.

Born in East LA

Toy Story

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Bearing the immortal tagline “In space no one can hear you scream,” Ridley Scott’s Alien redefined terror when it was first released to an unassuming public in the late 1970s.

Alien

A landmark collaboration between filmmaking legend Luis Buñuel and surrealist icon Salvador Dalí.

Un chien andalou

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Filmmaker Luchino Visconti devotes this lavish historical epic to the public life of Ludwig II, the “Mad King” of Bavaria whose reign lasted from 1864 to 1886.

Ludwig

Italian filmmaker Sergio Sollima, who made his mark in the poliziotteschi genre, directed and co-wrote this grimy revenge picture shot primarily on location in New Orleans and San Francisco, and at Cinecittà Studio in Rome.

Violent City (Città violenta) 

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Deep Red marks Dario Argento's triumphant return to horror as well as the filmmaker's first collaboration with Goblin, the prog rock outfit responsible for scoring Suspiria (1977). 

Deep Red

A quartet of blissed-out hippies finds an outdoor adventure cut short when their dune buggy breaks down in the English countryside.

Tragic Ceremony (Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea)

The final installment of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life, this triumphant adaptation of folktales from The Thousand and One Nights is framed by the story of a young man’s quest for his beloved.

Arabian Nights (Il fiore delle mille e una notte)

Realized with his longtime muse and wife, Giulietta Masina, Juliet of the Spirits offers a peek into the interior mindscape of a woman scorned by her aloof husband.

Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti) 

A departure from the horror fare commonly associated with filmmaker Mario Bava, Planet of the Vampires is a visually striking contribution to the onslaught of science fiction media that took the 1960s by storm.

Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello spazio)

Kids and Families

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A beautiful young woman escapes a reform school and destabilizes the relationship dynamics of a well-to-do ranch family.

Susana

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Equipped with lavish sets and costume designs, the first chapter of Louis Feuillade’s interpretation of Fantômas is a thrilling gateway to the entire series.

Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine (Fantômas I: À l’ombre de la guillotine)

Stephen King Shorts

The film charts the journey of its antihero Querelle through a labyrinth of illicit drug deals, high-stakes gambling, and violent acts in a seedy French port town.

Querelle

King Kong

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German model Veruschka stars in drag as Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (Dorian Gray im Speigel der Boulevardpresse) Sun, Sep 28 | 6:30p

Alice Guy short films

The Taste of Things (La passion de Dodin Bouffant)

With its script pulled straight from the trial minutes of the now-revered saint, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s classic 1928 silent film recounts the bias and badgering from court officials, whose inhumane treatment of Jeanne d’Arc ultimately led to her execution.

The Passion of Joan of Arc (La passion de Jeanne d’Arc)

This spy comedy is a delightful homage to the James Bond series, equipped with exuberant production design and a musical score that contributes to the film’s vibrant overtones.

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d’espions)

Walking the line between realism and surrealism, Jean Vigo’s only feature-length film, L’Atalante, is considered an essential work of cinema and admired by many filmmakers, including the pioneers of the French New Wave.

L'Atalante

An adaptation of one of Mozart’s greatest operas, Joseph Losey’s 1979 film tells the tale of Don Giovanni, a serial seducer whose lust and cruelty wreaks havoc on his life and the lives of those around him

Don Giovanni

Albert Dupontel finesses his artistries in directing and acting in his 2017 feature centered around two soldiers—former bookkeeper Albert (Dupontel), and Edouard (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), a gifted artist whose face is disfigured during World War I.

See You Up There (Au revoir là-haut)

Maurice Pialat’s examination of the legendary Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh focuses on the artist’s inglorious battle of the everyday.

Van Gogh

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Ulrike Ottinger narrates her own experiences finding her place and voice as a recent art school graduate during her seven years in the City of Light.

Paris Caligrammes

An unabashed meld of Freaks (1932) and gender-bending novel Orlando: A Biography (1928)

Freak Orlando

An unnamed woman (Tabea Blumenschein) she drinks her way through Berlin’s various watering holes.

Ticket of No Return (Bildnis einer Trinkerin)

A group of European women is swept into the vast Mongolian steppe aboard the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Joan of Arc of Mongolia (Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia)

This surrealist masterpiece comprises nonlinear episodes moving from the early 1800s during Napoleon’s colonial occupation in Spain and monks gambling while drinking and smoking to an upper-class gathering with guests seated on toilet seats.

The Phantom of Libert

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Made by director Luis Buñuel during his prolific yet still under-appreciated two-decade period in Mexico.

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A group of bourgeoisie keeps trying to make plans despite a parade of interruptions.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

This 1960 drama explores themes of oppression and morality through characters driven by racism and pedophilia.

The Young One

Preparing to devote her life as a nun, Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) is summoned to pay her uncle Don Jaime (Fernando Rey) one last visit before taking her vows.

Viridiana

Inspired by the angel of death, Luis Buñuel’s original script is a pitch-black satire about a wealthy group of friends who find themselves unable to leave a room after a dinner party.

The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador)

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Janet Gaynor took home the first-ever Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a down-on-her-luck woman whose life is saved by an upstanding street cleaner (Charles Farrell).

7th Heaven

This epic adaptation of the 1929 German novel by Erich Maria Remarque offers a staunch and enduring antiwar message through the eyes of German soldiers during World War I.

All Quiet on the Western Front

A groundbreaking romantic war epic, William A. Wellman’s Wings became the first film to win an Oscar, for Outstanding Picture (the category now known as Best Picture).

Wings

Offering innovative camera work, spectacular sets, a cast of hundreds, and expressive choreography, the achievement of this frothy delight is especially impressive considering the early challenges of live sound recording.

The Broadway Melody

Three US servicemen (Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell) return to their hometown and struggle with the challenges of postwar life in this epic drama.

The Best Years of Our Lives

Oct2025 Memories of milk city

Andrzej Zulawski’s intense genre-bending thriller delves into the psychological—and biological—effects of separation and jealousy.

Possession

Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975) with his own screenplay about a family man whose life is changed by an encounter with a UFO, and the result is a genuinely awe-inspiring moviegoing experience.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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E.T. The Extraterrestrial follows Elliott, a 10-year-old boy, who develops a close bond with an alien being he shelters who was left behind on Earth.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

A surreal fantasy/science fiction/action/comedy/drama about a Chinese American family that owns a laundromat and learns they must explore the multiverse to save their own universe.

Everything Everywhere All at Once 

Alfonso Cuarón’s lovingly detailed drama inspired by his childhood in Mexico earned the filmmaker Oscars for his directing and cinematography, but his expertly chosen cast was a key factor in bringing his story to vivid cinematic life.

Roma

An emotional adaptation of Mark Medoff’s Tony Award-winning play about a new teacher at a school for the deaf and his relationship with a former student working as a custodian

Children of a Lesser god

Alice Walker’s best-selling novel about the struggles and eventual triumphs of a mistreated young woman in early 20th-century Georgia became an emotionally stirring epic under the direction of Steven Spielberg.

The Color Purple

Best Actress nominee Barbra Streisand is Katie Morosky, a liberal firebrand in 1930s New York who falls for her college classmate Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford).

The Way We Were

Director Robert Wise’s film version of the hit Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway musical is inspired by the true story of the musical von Trapp family.

The Sound of Music

Audrey Hepburn’s effortlessly charming performance as a European princess who plays hooky on her royal duties with a handsome journalist (Gregory Peck) established her as one of Hollywood’s most appealing imports.

Roman Holiday

Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s witty look at the backstage lives of actresses and the people in their inner circle was, fittingly enough, the first film to earn two Best Actress nominations.

All About Eve

FROZEN

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The-Wiz

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