Sheep in the Box

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
PG; Japanese with English subtitles; 126 minutes

“What [Kore-eda] offers is a new way to rethink holding our grief, and the end result is a slight and wistful poem of a movie.” —Zachary Lee, TheWrap

Cookie Queens

Directed by Alysa Nahmias
Documentary; 91 minutes

“Cookie Queens serves up an eminently accessible and easily meme-able serving of American-girl cuteness, featuring a diverse cast of well-chosen young women.” —Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

Swan Strings presents Jess Garland

Dallas-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jess Garland brings her celestial blend of harp and guitar loops, avant-garde pop, and ethereal jazz to the Modern as part of the special exhibition Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers. A performer, filmmaker, and community arts leader, Garland has shared stages with Erykah Badu, The Suffers, and The Seratones, founded the nonprofit organization Swan Strings, and serves as Executive Director of Girls Rock Dallas.

This concert is free and open to the public.

An Evening with P.C. Verrone

Join us for an evening with author P.C. Verrone, presented in partnership with Recluse Books. The program features a reading from Verrone’s debut novel, Rabbit, Fox, Tar, a mesmerizing story about a mysterious young Black woman whose arrival in an insular neighborhood threatens to shake its foundations. Presented in connection with Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, the program will include a reading by Verrone, audience Q&A, and book signing.

This program is free, open to the public, and will be held in the Modern’s auditorium.

Cape Fear

Directed by J. Lee Thompson, 1962
106 minutes

“A cold-blooded, calculated build-up of sadistic menace and shivering dread is accomplished with frightening adroitness in J. Lee Thompson's melodrama Cape Fear.” —Bosley Crowther, New York Times

A Kiss Before Dying

Directed by Gerd Oswald, 1956
94 minutes

“It’s very much a product of its time, handsome and smoothly directed in Technicolor and CinemaScope by Gerd Oswald with a modest style that anticipates the romantic thrillers of the 1960s...” —Sean Axmaker, Stream on Demand

Willow

Directed by Ron Howard, 1988
PG; 125 minutes

A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey to protect a special baby from an evil queen. Along the way, he teams up with a disgraced swordsman to defeat the evil sorceress in an adventure that explodes beyond the boundaries of his own hopes and fears. Featuring performances by Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, and Joanne Whalley.

The Secret of NIMH

Directed by Don Bluth, 1982
G; 82 minutes

In this animated adventure, Mrs. Brisby is a mild-mannered mother mouse with a plan to move heaven and earth (or at least her house and home) to save her family from Farmer Fitzgibbons’ plow. On her way to find help, she discovers NIMH: a secret society of highly intelligent rats who have escaped from a nearby science lab. Their know-how might be the key to completing Mrs. Brisby’s quest.

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