Apollo 13 in 4K

In Claire Denis’s sci-fi thriller, death row inmates are taken to outer space on a dangerous mission taking them dangerously close to a black hole. The film starts with Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his infant daughter inside the ship, a space seemingly too big and hollow for just the two of them. Flashbacks offer dark revelations of what’s taken place there. Eerily calm and enigmatic, the ambience of the ship reflects an undertone of doom—an unknown, vast energy pulling the two survivors into the looming force of the singularity.

Eight astronauts aboard a spaceship, Icarus II, must save a freezing planet Earth by reigniting the dying sun. Capa (Cillian Murphy), a physicist, oversees an explosive device that can reignite the sun, and handles matters calmly despite unforeseen disasters. Set almost exclusively in or around the ship, the film makes excellent use of claustrophobia to increase the suspense billowing in the atmosphere.

In person: actor Jodie Foster and astrophysicist Nivedita Mahesh

Christopher Nolan directed and wrote (with his brother Jonathan) this epic, time- and universe-spanning adventure about a team of astronauts’ desperate attempt to find a new home for humankind as environmental crises doom the Earth. Developed with theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Kip Thorne, an expert in black hole cosmology and time travel research, Interstellar benefits from the detail and authenticity layered with Nolan’s signature striking visual language. Filmed in a mixture of 35mm and 70mm, the film received five nominations at the 87th Academy Awards and took home an Oscar for Visual Effects.