Directed by Spike Lee, 1995
R; 128 minutes
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Directed by Sam Taylor and Fred C. Newmeyer, 1923
NR; 73 minutes

In this classic American silent film, a boy (Harold Lloyd) leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job, promising his sweetheart (Mildred Davis) that she will join him and get married once he makes it big. Soon, his enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures—including one of cinema’s most iconic scenes.

Featuring a live piano score by Lewis Warren Jr.

Directed by Eran Riklis
NR; 107 minutes; English and Persian with English subtitles

"With Reading Lolita in Tehran ... [filmmaker Eran Riklis] adds an understated yet generally absorbing ... entry to his oeuvre, warmly transposing [Azar] Nafisi’s experience in post-revolution Iran onto the screen with sensitivity." —Tomris Laffley, Variety

Directed by Alice Winocour
R; 103 minutes

"Alice Winocour’s captivating fashion drama Couture is a quiet, observational picture about creative women finding solace in one another." —Robert Daniels, Screen Daily

Directed by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine
Documentary; 118 minutes

"A delightful and thoroughly unlikely progression through one of the most colorful artistic moments in recent history." —The Hollywood Reporter

Directed by Sasha Waters Freyer
Documentary; 91 minutes

“An entertaining bio-doc that puts due emphasis on Oliver’s writing, in all its elegant and empathetic simplicity … [The film] makes an affecting case for her work and gives us a vivid look at her world.” — Zachary Barnes, Wall Street Journal

Directed by Rod Davis Lurie
R; 102 minutes

A wounded American soldier (Scott Eastwood) fights to survive behind enemy lines during World War II’s Battle of the Bulge. To evade capture and find his way back to his unit, he must rely on his instincts, spy craft, and a hand-held radio. The film also stars Colin Hanks and Aunganue Ellis-Taylor.

Directed by Ilana Trachtman, 2024
89 minutes

When five Howard University students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the largely Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in US history was born.

Directed by Jiří Mádl, 2024
131 minutes

A historical thriller set during the 1968 Prague Spring, focusing on journalists at Czechoslovak Radio who defied Soviet censorship. The film follows Tomáš, a technician forced by the StB, the Czech secret police, to spy on his colleagues in order to protect his younger brother, as they fight for free speech during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.