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Wrapping up at TIFF
Sep 14 • Announcement, Programming
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Day Two at TIFF
Sep 9 • Programming
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First Day at TIFF
Sep 8 • Programming
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Now Playing • Sep 15–Oct 6
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years is based on the first part of The Beatles’ career (1962-1966) – the period in which they toured and captured the world’s acclaim. Ron Howard’s film explores how John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr came together to become this extraordinary phenomenon, “The Beatles.”
Showing exclusive, restored footage of the Beatles' 1965 Shea Stadium performance after the film.
Now Playing • Sep 16–Oct 6
Snowden
A politically-charged, pulse-pounding thriller, reveals the incredible untold personal story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world.
Now Playing • Sep 30–Oct 6
Hell or High Water
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.
Coming Soon • Oct 3–Oct 24
Nick for America
Sponsored by Governor and Mrs. James H. Hodges
In Partnership with Free Times
Nick for America is a four week series that includes documentaries and narratives that take different perspectives on the American electoral process. We've partnered with the Free Times to bring journalists to participate in a post film discussion moderated by editor Andy Shain.
Coming Soon • Oct 3
A Face in the Crowd
A part of our Nick for America series
Monday, October 03 at 6:00pm
An Arkansas drifter becomes an overnight media sensation. As he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?
Featuring a post-film discussion with Jack Kuenzie from WIS Television, moderated by Free Times editor, Andy Shain.
Coming Soon • Oct 4
Idiocracy
In celebration of the 10th anniversary, Idiocracy is coming back to theaters. A live stream Q&A with director Mike Judge and star Maya Rudolph will follow the screening.
Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
Coming Soon • Oct 5
Neon Bull
A part of our monthly Foreign Focus series.
Iremar works at the "Vaquejadas", a rodeo in the North East of Brazil where two men on horseback try to bring down a bull by grabbing its tail. Home is the truck used to transport the animals from show to show, which he shares with a range of colorful coworkers. Together they form a makeshift but close-knit family. But Brazil and the Northeast are changing and the region's booming clothing industry has stirred new ambitions in Iremar. His head is filled with dreams of pattern cutting, sequins and exquisite fabrics as he mentally assembles his latest fashion designs for erotic dancers.
Coming Soon • Oct 6
ArtChangeUS Remap: Detroit Conference Live Stream
Thursday, October 06 at 11:50 AM
Arts in a Changing America has asked the Nickelodeon Theatre to host a live stream viewing party for the kickoff of their ArtChangeUS REMAP: Detroit conference on Thursday, October 6.
The live stream will kickoff at 11:50am that morning and will run until 1:15pm. During that time, they’re going to do shout-outs to all of the viewing parties and we’ll hear from dream hampton and Favianna Rodriguez (who will be our Indie Grits Artist-in-Residence in April).
Free and open to the public. This is a great chance for Columbia to show off its arts community to other artists across the country.
Coming Soon • Oct 7
Dangerous Men
After her fiancé is killed and she is almost sexually assaulted, a woman becomes an avenger of the night seeking to kill all dangerous men who would harm women. Meanwhile, her fiancé's cop brother also seeks to bring down the biker gang associated with the murder.
Coming Soon • Oct 7–Oct 13
Cameraperson
Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.
Coming Soon • Oct 7–Oct 13
The Birth of a Nation
Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
Coming Soon • Oct 10
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
A part of our Nick for America series.
Monday, October 10 at 6:00pm
The Murrow, Polk, and IDA Award-winning documentary about Lee Atwater, a blues-playing rogue whose rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a political rock star. In interviews with Republicans and friends of Atwater, Boogie Man examines his irreverent sense of humor, his understanding of the American heartland, his unapologetic vision of politics as war, and his role in America's shift to the right.
Featuring a post-film discussion with Meg Kinnard from Associated Press, moderated by Free Times editor, Andy Shain.
Coming Soon • Oct 12
Maestro!
A part of our monthly Foreign Focus series.
Members of a motley orchestra led by young concertmaster Kosaka (Matsuzaka Tori) and wild and mysterious conductor Tendo (Nishida Toshiyuki) reform a prestigious orchestra. A live-action adaptation of Saso Akira's manga featuring the participation of world-renowned conductor Sado Yutaka and pianist Tsujii Nobuyuki.
With the support of the Consulate-General of Japan in Atlanta, this screening is presented for free!
Coming Soon • Oct 14–Oct 20
Do Not Resist
Starting on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, DO NOT RESIST — the directorial debut of Detropia cinematographer Craig Atkinson — offers a stunning look at the current state of policing in America and a glimpse into the future. The Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Documentary puts viewers in the center of the action — from a ride-along with a South Carolina SWAT team and inside a police training seminar that teaches the importance of "righteous violence" to the floor of a congressional hearing on the proliferation of military equipment in small-town police departments — before exploring where controversial new technologies including predictive policing algorithms could lead the field next.
Coming Soon • Oct 17
The War Room
A part of our Nick for America series.
Monday, October 17 at 6:00pm
A documentary of the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.
Featuring a post-film discussion with Maya Prabhu from The Post and Courier, moderated by Free Times editor, Andy Shain.
Coming Soon • Oct 20
The Land
THE LAND tells the story of four teenage boys who devote their summer to escaping the streets of Cleveland, Ohio to pursue a dream life of professional skateboarding. But when they get caught in the web of the local Queen-pin, their motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to make this summer their last.
This screening will include a 30 minute talkback with producer Stephen Love Jr. of Clover, SC.
Coming Soon • Oct 21–Oct 27
Denial
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
Coming Soon • Oct 21
ClownTown
A group of friends get stranded in a seemingly deserted small town and find themselves stalked by a violent gang of psychopaths dressed as clowns.
Coming Soon • Oct 23–Oct 24
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
A part of our Nick for America series.
Sunday, October 23 at 3:00pm and Monday, October 24 at 6:00pm
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
The Monday 10/24 screening features a post-film discussion with Chris Trainor from Free Times, moderated by Free Times editor, Andy Shain.
Coming Soon • Oct 26
OASIS SUPERSONIC
An in-depth look at the life and music of Manchester-based rock band, Oasis. OASIS SUPERSONIC is an essential look at the meteoric rise of seminal 90s rock band Oasis, immersing us in the raucous rock stars’ fast-paced world of electrifying music, wild debauchery, and epic fraternal feuding.
Coming Soon • Oct 27
Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey)
A part of Final Girl: Halloween Double Feature.
Five friends on a snowboarding vacation take refuge in an abandoned hotel when one of them breaks a leg. Unfortunately, this hotel is less abandoned than it appeared and surviving the night will be harder than they thought.
Coming Soon • Oct 27
The Descent
A part of Final Girl: Halloween Double Feature
A group of close female friends on a yearly adventure vacation find themselves trapped and hunted in a series of caves by an unknown force that lurks in the shadows.
Coming Soon • Oct 30
Breakfast at Ina's
A part of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
An affectionate homage to a beloved Chicago eatery and its magnetic namesake, Breakfast at Ina's chronicles the final days of a restaurant as uniquely individual as its founder.
Coming Soon • Oct 30
Sabena Hijacking: My Version
A part of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
Striking reenactments and harrowing testimonies combine to riveting effect in this true story of a terrorist siege that forever shaped the Jewish State.
Coming Soon • Nov 1
Remember
A part of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Coming Soon • Nov 1
Moos
A part of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
Moos' life is all about taking care of her father. When her old friend Sam comes along, he encourages her to start a life of her own, chasing her dreams.
Coming Soon • Nov 3
Apples from the Desert
A part of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
Rebecca Abarnabel, a single daughter born into an Orthodox Jewish family, is tired of the lifestyle that her father, Reuven, has forced upon her. She and her mother, Victoria, go on a life-changing journey between worlds.
Coming Soon • Nov 4
Blood Rage
As kids, Todd is institutionalized for a murder whilst his twin goes free. 10 years later, on Thanksgiving, Todd escapes and a killing spree begins in his neighborhood.
Coming Soon • Nov 6
Once in a Lifetime
A part of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
The fact based story of a class of schoolchildren, teenagers, in a, from the look of it, mixed ethnic district of Paris, who's teacher decides to enter them in a competition to examine the holocaust from the point of view of its impact on young people.
Coming Soon • Nov 9
Félix & Meira
A Foreign Focus partnership with the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
An unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighborhood but vastly different worlds.
Coming Soon • Nov 15
My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes
A part of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
A recount of how WWII bicycling idol Gino Bartali, physician Giovanni Borromeo and other Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Italy's Jews
Coming Soon • Nov 15
A Borrowed Identity
A part of the Columbia Jewish Film Festival.
A Palestinian-Israeli boy named Eyad is sent to a prestigious boarding school in Jerusalem, where he struggles with issues of language, culture, and identity.
Coming Soon • Nov 17
The Seventh Fire
In partnership with The Annual Native American Indian Film & Video Festival of the South East.
When gang leader Rob Brown is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved American Indian community in northern Minnesota. As Rob reckons with his past, his seventeen-year-old protégé, Kevin, dreams of the future and becomes the most powerful and feared Native gangster on the reservation.
Coming Soon • Dec 1
Limo Ride
In the greatest bar story ever told, ten friends recount the true tale of surviving their wildest night. After hiring a sketchy limousine service, a rag-tag bunch of hard partiers embark on their New Year's tradition – running naked into the Gulf of Mexico – only to find themselves 24 hours later kidnapped, stripped, stranded, and left for dead. Combining narration of the actual participants with feature-length re-creation, filmmakers Gideon C. Kennedy and Marcus Rosentrater take you on a hilarious ride about getting lost, getting found and getting hammered. By day, Marcus Rosentrater is Animation Director on the Emmy Award-winning show ARCHER. By night, Gideon Kennedy has been in the bar business for over a decade. And they can both attest that this is one of the wildest and funniest stories they've ever heard.
This film first screened at the Nickelodeon during Indie Grits 2014.
Coming Soon • Dec 2
Silent Night, Deadly Night 2
The now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.
