Featuring a live performance from sandcastles.
Screen Witches and the Modern Witchcraft Revival*
May 22 • Announcement
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We're Hiring: Columbia Film Society CEO
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Megan Pinckney talks Funny Face
Apr 18 • Programming
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Now Playing • May 21–May 31
Disobedience
When Ronit (Rachel Weisz), the estranged daughter of a beloved Rabbi, returns to London for her father's funeral, she is reunited with two important figures from her youth: Dovid (Alessandro Nivola) and his wife Esti (Rachel McAdams). When Ronit and Esti meet, they soon rediscover the passionate feelings they had for each other as teens, emotions they feel all the more powerfully as grown women.
Now Playing • May 21–May 31
RBG
At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans – until now. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg 's exceptional life and career.
$5 tickets are available to children 12 and under.
Thursday's (5/24/18) 6:30pm screening is SOLD OUT.
Coming Soon • May 25–May 31
Revenge
Jen's (Matilda Lutz) romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly––and viciously––intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, Jen survives and reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent: revenge.
Coming Soon • May 26
Shut Up and Play the Hits
In 2012, dance-rock band LCD Soundsystem planned their own funeral and held it at Madison Square Garden. SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS documents that four hour show and the realities of a band composing its own eulogy. Now LCD Soundsystem lives again, making that show a rock and roll spectacle that blurs the lines between sincerity and shrewdness.
With a performance by sandcastles.
Coming Soon • May 26
Come Around My Way Showcase
Come Around My Way uses media literacy skills, digital citizenship, and video production techniques to empower students in their high school careers to produce socially engaging documentaries that allow them to question the systems they’re apart of, deepen their understanding of themselves, and broaden their knowledge of their respective environments.
Combining all of the skills and research from the entire course, students will present and discuss their final films at the Nickelodeon.
Coming Soon • May 28
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dr. Indiana Jones, a renowned whip-wielding archeologist, must race against the clock to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis get to it first. Assisted by his friend Sallah and ex-flame Marion, Indy dodges disaster from Nepal to Cairo in his quest to foil Hitler.
Coming Soon • May 29
The Love Witch
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, leaving her with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.
Coming Soon • Jun 4
My Neighbor Totoro
Join us for the 30th anniversary of the beloved family adventure from Studio Ghibli, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO!
While their mother is in the hospital, 10-year-old Satsuki and 4-year-old Mei move into an old country house with their professor father. Mei discovers the nest of Totoro, a forest spirit who resembles an enormous bunny rabbit. Totoro becomes the protector of the two sisters, watching over them, carrying them over the forests on an enchanted journey, and helping them visit their mother in the grinning Catbus.
This film is part of our Summer Family Favorites series.
Coming Soon • Jun 7
Seconds
A must-see cult classic! A burned-out bank executive agrees to an experimental surgery that promises him a new, glamorous existence as Tony Wilson (Rock Hudson). A visually-stunning critique of Cold War militarization, suburban conformity, and consumerism from the mind of celebrated paranoiac director John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate).
This film is part of "The Body Electric" series.
Coming Soon • Jun 8
Face/Off
Sean Archer (John Travolta) is a single-minded FBI agent who assumes the identity of psychotic terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) via an experimental face transplant. When Troy wakes up from a coma and claims Archer’s face as his own, both must race against the clock to prove themselves and destroy each other.
Coming Soon • Jun 11
The Princess Bride
A lowly stable boy, Westley (Cary Elwes), pledges his love to the beautiful Buttercup (Robin Wright), only to be abducted and reportedly killed by pirates! Meanwhile, Buttercup is betrothed to the evil Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) and subsequently kidnapped by a giant (Andre the Giant), a scheming criminal mastermind (Wallace Shawn), and a master Spanish swordsman (Mandy Patinkin). As they sail toward the Cliffs of Insanity, a mysterious pirate dressed in black begins to pursue them!
This film is part of our Summer Family Favorites Series.
Coming Soon • Jun 12
Velvet Goldmine
It's been 10 years since superstar Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) faked his own death and vanished from the spotlight. Now, it's the job of investigative reporter Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) to locate this living legend and uncover the truth behind his disappearance. As Stuart digs deeper into Slade's life and relationship with American rockstar Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor), coincidences and complications turn his investigation into an obsession.
Coming Soon • Jun 18
The Sandlot
Scotty Smalls is the new kid in town and facing down a lonely summer. After an embarrassing attempt at playing baseball with the local boys, Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez shows him the ropes, launching Scotty into a summer full of friendship and adventure. Together, the boys from the sandlot hit the local pool, take on the snotty rival team, hold treehouse sleepovers, and formulate a plan to defeat their biggest foe: The Beast.
This film is part of our Summer Family Favorites Series.
Children under 12 get $5 tickets!
Coming Soon • Jun 19
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Grace Jones, the indomitable icon, is revealed to be more vibrantly alive than one could imagine possible in this unswerving documentary. Showcasing astounding stage performances, vibrant revelry, and a reflective trip home to Jamaica, Bloodlight and Bami lets us gaze at Jones in a way that she described as, “...seeing me almost naked.”
Coming Soon • Jun 25
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
WASTED! aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Through the eyes of Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, audiences will see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system. WASTED! shows us how we can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st Century.
Coming Soon • Jun 27
Our Blood is Wine
In this intimate documentary, filmmakers provide access to rural family life in the Republic of Georgia as they explore the rebirth of 8,000-year-old winemaking traditions. By using unobtrusive iPhone technology, the voices and ancestral legacies of modern Georgians communicate directly with the viewer, revealing an intricate and resilient society that has survived regular foreign invasion and repeated attempts to erase Georgian culture.
This screening is preceded by a private wine tasting!
