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Sun May 31 – Sun Jun 7, 2026

Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year 5

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Mikio Naruse: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Series | WIFE! BE LIKE A ROSE! on Nitrate, EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS, APART FROM YOU, BROTHER AND SISTER, AVALANCHE, THREE SISTERS WITH MAIDEN HEARTS, THE THIN LINE, A WANDERER’S NOTEBOOK, FLOATING CLOUDS, MOMENT OF TERROR, REPAST, LIGHTNING, SUDDEN RAIN, SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN, WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS, LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, FLOWING, MOTHER, SCATTERED CLOUDS, YEARNING

Sun May 17 – Sun Jul 12, 2026

Krzysztof Kieślowski: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Thu May 7 – Fri May 29, 2026

Maurice Pialat: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Sat May 16 – Sat Jun 6, 2026

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Fri May 22 – Sat May 30, 2026

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Fri Apr 24 – Sun Jun 28, 2026

Peter Watkins: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

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Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective

Series | JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES, Early Short Films, JE TU IL ELLE, In the Room: Chantal Akerman Short Films, NEWS FROM HOME, In New York Short Films, HOTEL MONTEREY, LES RENDEZ-VOUS D’ANNA, “Hôtel des Acacias,” PORTRAIT D’UNE JEUNE FILLE DE LA FIN DES ANNÉES 60 À BRUXELLES, TOUTE UNE NUIT, LA CAPTIVE, LA FOLIE ALMAYER, “Dis-moi,” HISTOIRES D’AMÉRIQUE: FOOD, FAMILY AND PHILOSOPHY, DOWN THERE

Thu May 14, 2026

7:30 PM

Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION

Aero Theatre | Panel with filmmakers Xan Cassavetes, Stuart Cooper and Vera Anderson, producers Rick Ross and Marshall Persinger and Z programmer Tim Ryerson

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Sat May 16, 2026

1:00 PM

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Egyptian Theatre | Introduction by author Brian Raftery

35th Anniversary

Book signing with Brian Raftery for his new book, Hannibal Lecter: A Life, prior to the screening at 12:00pm at the Egyptian Theatre, in partnership with the Larry Edmunds Bookshop.

Sat May 16, 2026

5:00 PM

Nicolas Winding Refn’s PUSHER Trilogy: PUSHER / PUSHER II: WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS / PUSHER III: I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH

Egyptian Theatre | West Coast Premieres of New 4K Restorations

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