Special Screenings
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Wong Kar-wai · 99m · DCP
Hong Kong, 1962. Neighbors Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen discover their spouses are having an affair. Meeting to discuss what to do, they end up quietly falling in love. A landmark of Hong Kong cinema, In the Mood for Love distills Wong Kar-wai’s enduring preoccupation with longing and missed chances. Unseen spouses haunt their encounters, while the scrutiny of a close-knit community keeps desire unspoken. These are love’s best and worst years, for two people who never quite find the courage to be together. Once they miss their chance, they keep missing each other.
Screening presented by Night Owls. Followed by a discussion with Daniel Morgan and Agnes Callard. Free admission for UCID holders.
Sunday, September 27 6:30 PM
Nosferatu (1922)
F.W. Murnau · 89m · Digital
Thomas Hutter, a real estate agent from a small town in 1838 Germany, is dispatched by his employer to seal a deal with a new client in Transylvania, Count Orlok. Soon after arriving at Orlok’s residence, Hutter begins to suspect his host is a vampire. Meanwhile, Hutter’s wife back home becomes possessed by Orlok as the vampire makes his way to the German town, bringing death and chaos. A landmark of German Expressionism, Siegfried Kracauer argued that the figure of Count Orlok represented the German psyche’s simultaneous fear of and fascination with the specter of fascism.
This screening will be located at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, with live organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott. Admission is free for UCID and Doc Films quarter pass holders. General admission is $20.
Friday, October 30 7:00 PM
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Frank Capra · 118m · 35mm
On the eve of his honeymoon, Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) visits his two beloved aunts (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair) to inform them of his newlywed status. The pair of kindly old ladies have their own surprise in store for their nephew: a growing collection of dead bodies in the cellar, belonging to a string of lonely men they cheerfully admit to poisoning with arsenic-spiked elderberry wine. Frank Capra’s darkly hilarious screwball classic puts an absurd, homicidal spin on the family drama.
Saturday, October 31 4:00 PM
Cape Fear (1991)
Martin Scorsese · 128m · DCP
A remake of the 1962 classic, this more menacing take stars Robert De Niro in a deeply unnerving performance as Max Cady, a convicted rapist newly released from prison. Convinced that his lawyer purposefully botched his defense, Cady sets his sights on vengeance, launching a relentless campaign of terror against former public defender Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), his wife (Jessica Lange), and daughter (Juliette Lewis). As the threat of danger escalates, it becomes clear that Cady has something terrible in store for the family.
Saturday, October 31 9:30 PM
Club Kid (2026)
Jordan Firstman · 121m · DCP
Peter (Jordan Firstman) is a washed-up New York City club promoter whose life gets upended by the sudden arrival of a 10-year-old British son (Reggie Absolom) he never knew existed. Comically unprepared to take care of anyone, let alone himself, Peter finds his self-absorbed mindset challenged by the sudden realities of fatherhood, forcing him to re-evaluate the hedonistic lifestyle he has clung to for over a decade. Marking Firstman’s feature directorial debut, Club Kid blends the chaos of New York nightlife with a heartfelt coming-of-age story of a queer millennial trying to do right by his child.
Friday, November 6 9:30 PM
Moonstruck (1987)
Norman Jewison · 102m · 35mm
Under a fat, conspiratorial moon, a Brooklyn widow engaged to a man she doesn’t love falls hopelessly for his hot-tempered, one-handed baker brother, and promptly loses all good sense. Cher won an Oscar for looking gorgeous while yelling “Snap out of it!” Nicolas Cage, has never been more Nicolas Cage. Everyone in this movie is furious, romantic, and Italian. Moonstruck is the rare rom-com with real teeth and real opera — and it still just wants you to fall in love.
