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.
Fjord
Director: Cristian Mungiu Run Time: 146 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Romanian
Starring: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Lisa Carlehed, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan
When does protection become control?
Fatherland
Director: Paweł Pawlikowski Run Time: 82 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Polish
Starring: Anna Madeley, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Hanns Zischler, Sandra Hüller
FATHERLAND centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika...
Godzilla Minus Zero
Director: Takashi Yamazaki Run Time: 135 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Japanese
Starring: Jun Kunimura, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yuki Yamada
人類の罪と罰。もう、無(ゼロ)には戻れない。
Bitter Christmas
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Run Time: 111 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
Starring: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Patrick Criado, Victoria Luengo
You’re confusing fiction with reality.