world cinema spotlight
Showcasing contemporary world cinema is fundamental to an art house cinema. Exposure to cinema originating outside of the United States is vital to our role as global citizens. World cinema introduces us to faces we’ve never seen before on screen, languages that are unfamiliar to our ears, and cultures/communities that make us curious to learn more about the world in which we live. Global filmmakers are reinventing the art form with new styles and modes of storytelling through the shared medium and art of film.
Check out the 100 best films from before 2010 (when a/ opened) here.
Magellan
- Today, Feb 11
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Director: Lav Diaz Run Time: 164 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Amado Arjay Babon, Ângela Ramos, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Gael García Bernal, Ronnie Lazaro
In the 16th century, young and ambitious Portuguese navigator Fernão de Magalhães rebels against the power of King...
The Voice of Hind Rajab
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Director: Kaouther Ben Hania Run Time: 89 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Arabic
Starring: Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, Nesbat Serhan, Saja Kilani
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A five-year old girl is trapped in a...
No Other Choice
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Director: Park Chan-wook Run Time: 139 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Korean
Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sung-min, Park Hee-soon, Son Ye-jin, Yeom Hye-ran
Visionary filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Decision to Leave) returns with a darkly humorous adaptation of Donald...
The Love That Remains
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Director: Hlynur Pálmason Run Time: 109 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Icelandic
Starring: Grímur Hlynsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Saga Garðarsdóttir, Sverrir Gudnason, Þorgils Hlynsson
Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both...
The Other + Post-Film Discussion
- Sun, Feb 22
Run Time: 104 min. Language: English, Hebrew, Arabic
Rescheduled to 2/22 due to inclement weather Following the film, Dr. Steve Mizel will speak about how behavior towards ‘the Other’ results,...
Sirāt
Director: Oliver Laxe Run Time: 115 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Spanish
Starring: Bruno Núñez, Joshua Liam Henderson, Richard Bellamy, Sergi López, Stefania Gadda
A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco. They are looking...
Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
Director: Satyajit Ray Run Time: 117 min. Release Year: 1970 Language: Bengali, Bangla
Starring: Pahadi Sanyal, Samit Bhanja, Sharmila Tagore, Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee
New 4K Restoration! Adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated 1968 novel, Days and Nights in the Forest is one...