“Juliet, Naked is a gently winning romantic comedy, all keyed to a delightful note of indie-rock obsession. . . . It’s a winsome screwball love story that grows on you and takes you somewhere charming.” Owen Gleiberman, Variety.

We are thrilled to announce the first round of titles for the return of Modern Cinema. The announcement of these three outstanding films will soon be followed by five more for a total of eight screenings over one weekend.

The films of this year's Modern Cinema feature some of the world's best known stars, were created by some of the most celebrated filmmakers and come to Fort Worth fresh from premieres at the most prestigious festivals...before they can be seen anywhere else in the area. 

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Critically acclaimed actor, writer and director, Ethan Hawke along with Blaze lead actor, Ben Dickey, will introduce the film.
7 pm, Doors Open at 6 pm. Cash bar available.

NR; 127 minutes

Kusama - Infinity explores artist Yayoi Kusama's journey from a conservative upbringing in Japan to her brush with fame in America during the 1960s (where she rivaled Andy Warhol for press attention) and concludes with the international fame she has finally achieved within the art world.

 NR; 85 minutes

Magnolia at the Modern is an ongoing series featuring critically acclaimed films. Tickets are $10; $8 for Modern members; $7 for Reel People. The Sunday noon show time is half price. Advance sales begin two hours prior to each show.

“It's a tour de force of oversized charm and verve, a living ballad of song-writer-as-ramblin'-man (and almost compulsive screw-up).” Joe Gross, Austin American-Statesman.

Ethan Hawke directs this reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw music movement.

NR; 127 minutes

"Pick of the Litter is earnest and heartwarming, filled with adorable camera-licking and tight closeups of beseeching doggy eyes.” Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times.

“Its subversive undercurrent, embodied in fine performances by Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy, is what makes it really interesting.” Jonathan Holland, Hollywood Reporter.

Dance of Darkness (Director Edin Velez, 1989) is an award-winning documentary on Japanese Butoh which was broadcast nationally in the USA by PBS and internationally in France and Germany by ARTE TV. The dark sensibilities and cultural resonances of Butoh, the radical Japanese dance movement, are explored in this multilayered work. Profoundly rooted in both traditional and contemporary Japanese culture, Butoh arose in a spirit of revolt in the early 1960s.

On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the 1957 Little Rock school desegregation crisis, educational inequality remains among the most urgent civil rights issues of our time. With its school district hanging in the balance following a state takeover in January 2015, Little Rock today presents a microcosm of the inequities and challenges manifesting in classrooms all across America. Through case studies in Little Rock, New York City, and Los Angeles, Teach Us All seeks to bring the critical lessons of history to bear on the current state of U.S.

“Glenn Close is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.” Jordan Raup, The Film Stage.

A wife (Glenn Close) questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Jonathan Pryce), where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

R; 100 minutes