TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY we are showing the new 4K restoration of QUEEN KELLY from our pals over at @milestonefilms.bsky.social! Erich von Stroheim's legendary 1929 film is the one Norma and Joe sit down to watch in her living room in reel 2 of Sunset Boulevard. Showtime 7pm all weekend.

[Belatedly posted] February calendar! 2/5: Sunset Blvd in 35mm 2/6-8: Queen Kelly [new 4K resto] 2/12: Ghost in the Shell [subbed and not 2.0] 2/13-15: The Red Spectacles [new 4K resto] 2/19: Conversation Piece [new 4K resto] 2/20-22: The Swallows of Kabul [sorry you missed 2/1-4...]

TONIGHT we are doing Billy Wilder's 1950 classic SUNSET BOULEVARD, projected from a 35mm print on a reel-to-reel changeover system! Showtime 7pm, our usual pricing of $7-8 applies. This weekend we run the new 4K restoration of 1929's Queen Kelly, from SB's Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim.

TONIGHT is the final Adjanuary show, 1981's QUARTET, which we rescheduled from 1/27 to tonight. Made/released the same year as Possession, Quartet is a Merchant Ivory film for which Adjani won Best Actress at Cannes and at the Césars jointly between those two (very different) movies. Showtime 7pm.

TONIGHT we return to Isabelle Adjani in POSSESSION, which show was rescheduled from its snowed out 1/25 date. Showtime 7pm. Tomorrow brings the rescheduled Quartet, and after that, our successful Adjanuary series is complete (with a little Adjebruary thrown in for good measure).

TONIGHT we're on a break from Adjanuary (makes sense, given that it isn't January anymore) to show The Secret Agent director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s 2019 film BACURAU, making its much belated St. Louis theatrical premiere! Showtime 7pm. With Udo Kier!

TONIGHT we start to wind down the Adjanuary program with 1994's QUEEN MARGOT, her fourth César win for Best Actress, and the newest film we have in Adjanuary! Showtime 7pm. This coming week we have two Adjanuary reschedules--Possession on Tuesday and Quartet on Wednesday--and then the program ends.

TONIGHT Adjanuary continues with the 1988 CAMILLE CLAUDEL, for which Isabelle Adjani won her third César and was nominated for Best Actress at the American Oscars for the second time. Directed by her ex-husband Bruno Nuytten, who is also DP on Possession (returning here on Tuesday). Showtime 7pm.

TONIGHT we return after a few snow days to put on another Adjanuary show, the notorious 1987 Elaine May effort ISHTAR! With Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, of course. Do you love it? Do you hate it? Do you still need to decide? How many chances have you had to see it on the big screen? 7:00pm!

Just received word that campus is again closed on Tuesday, January 27, thereby forcing us to POSTPONE our planned screening of QUARTET. Look for a reschedule date to be announced soon, but in any case, there will be no show of it on 1/27. Stay safe out there!

Head's up: Sunday (1/25)'s scheduled show of POSSESSION is POSTPONED; campus is preemptively closed due to the storm. We'll reschedule that show for some Tuesday in February; look for a date to be announced soon. But don't come on Sunday! We won't be here!

TONIGHT our Adjanuary program continues with her second César-winning performance, 1983's erotic thriller ONE DEADLY SUMMER! Showtime 7pm. One Deadly Summer isn't available to stream legally in the States and is long out of print on physical media. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see it!

TONIGHT is the second and final show of Werner Herzog's 1979 version of NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE, playing as part of Adjanuary, and starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, and Bruno Ganz! Showtime 7pm. This is a relatively early role for Adjani and Herzog sure knows how to harness her haunted stare.

TONIGHT Adjanuary continues with our one and only show of François Truffaut's 1975 film The Story of Adèle H. at 7pm! Screening in 35mm and with an intro and post-film discussion from Cliff Froehlich, retired executive director of Cinema St. Louis. 19-year-old Adjani got an Oscar nom for this one!

The big ADJANUARY events begin tonight with a screening of Andrzej Źuławski's POSSESSION at 7pm! Victor Putinier, PhD candidate in French & Francophone Studies and Film & Media Studies at WashU, will be on hand to introduce & facilitate a post-screening discussion. Possession reruns 1/25 w/o Victor.

This weekend brings the FINAL SHOWS of Bi Gan's latest wonder, RESURRECTION, which we've been so happy to host the St. Louis exclusive run of! It plays 7pm tonight through Sunday, and Sunday only also brings a rare-for-us matinee at 2pm. Don't miss what is easily one of the best films of 2025!

Our Adjanuary program soft opens TONIGHT with Werner Herzog's 1979 NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE at 7pm! With Adjani, Klaus Kinski, Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire). Seeing Nosferatu on a cold, rainy night in an old church can't be beaten. Big Adjanuary events start next week! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3L...

TONIGHT we return with our proper run of Bi Gan's astonishing new film, RESURRECTION, starring Shu Qi, which we played to great acclaim as a sneak preview last month! Showtime 7pm tonight through Sunday, then returns again 1/9-11 (including a matinee on 1/11). www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIJe...

[Ad]January calendar! 1/2-4, 9-11: Resurrection (matinee & evening 1/11) 1/8 + 17: Nosferatu the Vampyre 1/15 + 25: Possession (w/ Victor Putinier on 1/15) 1/16: The Story of Adele H 35mm w/ Cliff Froehlich 1/22: One Deadly Summer 1/27: Quartet 1/29: Ishtar 1/30: Camille Claudel 1/31: Queen Margot

TONIGHT, TOMORROW, and SUNDAY we're showing Chile's submission to the Academy for Best International Feature, THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO, at 7pm each night! Mysterious Gaze won the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes earlier this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UscR...

TONIGHT is the sneak preview of one of 2025's most anticipated titles (THE most anticipated for the Webster Film Series team), Bi Gan's RESURRECTION, starring Jackson Yee & Shu Qi! Showtime 7:00pm tonight, returns for seven more shows in 2026. Winner of the Special Jury's Award at Cannes this year.

TONIGHT is our one-off show of Webster Film Series repertory favorite MILLENNIUM MAMBO, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and starring Shu Qi! Shu's back on our screen day after tomorrow for our preview show of Resurrection. MM runs at 7:00pm tonight.

TONIGHT through SUNDAY we're showing the new Taiwanese film DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER, starring Film Series favorite Sylvia Chang (Shanghai Blues, Mountains May Depart, Long Day's Journey into Night), & executive produced by another Film Series favorite, Hou Hsiao-hsien. Showtime 7:00 pm each night!

Announcing our coming program: ADJANUARY! Featuring eight of Isabelle Adjani's best films (including four César wins for best actress, two Oscar noms), two guest speakers, one 35mm print. Event listings on our website now. Below program trailer edited by our own Angela Guo. vimeo.com/1145466305

TONIGHT and THURSDAY (but not tomorrow) we are bringing the beavers back home: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is playing here, its first St. Louis venue, for the first time since March 2024! Showtime 7:00pm. Free mini-posters to the first ten attendees each night!

TONIGHT is our free admission show of Peter Bogdanovich's 1972 screwball classic WHAT'S UP, DOC?, showing as a wedding party / anniversary celebration of sorts for friends of the Film Series Joshua Ray and Victor Putinier! Showtime 7pm, entirely free and open to the public.

December! 12/7: What's Up, Doc? (free admission) 12/9 + 11: Hundreds of Beavers 12/12-14: Daughter's Daughter (starring Sylvia Chang, EP Hou Hsiao-hsien) 12/16: Millennium Mambo 12/18: Resurrection (sneak preview; returns for seven shows in January) 12/19-21: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Head's up if you're planning to come to tonight's show of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk: We had a big group ticket buy and have very few remaining seats left to sell. It will likely fully sell out. Box office opens at 6:00pm tonight. Arrive early if you're wanting to catch it!

Your final chances to see two of the most acclaimed documentaries of the year, ORWELL: 2+2=5 and PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK, are tonight and tomorrow, respectively! Orwell tonight at 7:00pm, PYSoYH&W tomorrow at 7. Audience response to both has been truly terrific so far. Don't miss out!

TONIGHT is the first night we're showing Sepideh Farsi's acclaimed new Palestinian doc PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK. Showtime 7:00pm. After tonight, it plays tomorrow, Tuesday, & Friday (Black Friday). With hugely charismatic photojournalist Fatma Hassona. www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ec...

It’s hard to find words for Sepideh Farsi’s PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK, a document of the ongoing genocide in Gaza that sent chills right through me. It’s essential viewing, and local screenings begin at @wufilmseries.bsky.social this Saturday. My review: bit.ly/4oMblTp

TONIGHT we return to Raoul Peck's ORWELL: 2+2=5 at 7:00pm! Tonight only we will be presenting the film with open captions. This is the penultimate screening of Orwell for us, with the one last screening being on Thanksgiving Day.

Good thing we've held onto this poster all this time... (Returning to the Webster Film Series December 9 and 11!)

TONIGHT is the second of our four total shows of Raoul Peck's ORWELL: 2+2=5! Showtime 7:00pm. After tonight, Orwell returns this Sunday (11/16), which show will feature open captions (the only one of our four screenings of it that will), and then the fourth and final show is Thanksgiving Day.

TONIGHT is the first of four shows of Raoul Peck's new doc ORWELL: 2+2=5! Showtime 7pm. Not a SLIFF show--their passes don't work for this, Webster Film Series passes do, and our normal pricing ($7-8) applies. After tonight, other shows of Orwell are 11/13, 16, & 27. www.youtube.com/watch?v=npwm...

November calendar! Watch out for irregular, nonconsecutive runs this month: 11/8, 14-15: SLIFF 11/9, 13, 16, & 27: Orwell: 2+2=5 (from Raoul Peck, director of I am Not Your Negro and distributor Neon) (and yes, 11/27 is Thanksgiving) 11/22-23, 25, & 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

TONIGHT is our one-night-only show of the long-thought-lost genderfluid 1974 Japanese film BYE BYE LOVE, now newly restored and ready for (re-)discovery! Showtime 7:00pm. From director Isao Fujisawa, an assistant director on the Teshigahara classics Woman in the Dunes and The Face of Another.

TONIGHT is a special Halloween show of Jim Hosking's 2016 horror/anticomedy whatsit THE GREASY STRANGLER, showing at 7:00pm! Please do not come in costume, especially if your costume involves slathering yourself with grease.

TONIGHT we're opening the ecstatically acclaimed film MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS, PART I: LAST AIR IN MOSCOW! "The most essential investment of time you can make in a movie theatre this year" per the New York Times. See local legend Cliff Froehlich's review here: thetake-up.com/my-undesirab...

TONIGHT is our one-night-only show of Chan-wook Park's underseen 2009 effort, THIRST, wherein Parasite patriarch Song Kang-ho plays a Catholic priest on the wrong end of a medical experiment and comes out the other side a horny vampire, resulting in a crisis of faith. Showtime 7:00pm, no trailers.

TONIGHT, tomorrow, + Sunday we're showing Hal Hartley's first new feature in a decade, WHERE TO LAND, in its St. Louis premiere & exclusive run! Showtime 7:00pm each night. Here Hartley reteams with some he helped make stars--Bill Sage, Edie Falco, Robert John Burke--for a quick and delightful film.

TONIGHT our mini Hal Hartley retro continues with his 1997 Cannes best screenplay prizewinner HENRY FOOL, starring James Urbaniak, Thomas Jay Ryan, and Parker Posey! Showtime 7:00pm. Henry Fool is arguably Hartley's highest esteemed and most beloved film these days. Where to Land starts tomorrow!

TONIGHT our brief Hal Hartley retro continues with his sophomore feature, 1990's TRUST, at 7:00pm! Reteaming with The Unbelievable Truth star Adrienne Shelly, between those two films we see Hartley beat down a path later followed by Anderson, Baumbach, Stillman, etc. OOP on physical! Hard to stream!

TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday at 7:00pm we're showing the new near-future surveillance dystopia coming-of-age charmer HAPPYEND from Japanese director Neo Sora, son of legendary musician Ryuichi Sakamoto! This has been a stealth critical favorite so far this season. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWK...

TONIGHT at 7:00pm is THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, the first of three Hal Hartley classics we're running before we premiere his new one next week. Unbelievable is a key text in the 90s American independent cinema boom (despite being from 1989...) and unavailable to legally stream. Don't miss your chance!

October calendar! FIRST RUN: 10/4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl 10/10-12: Happyend 10/24-26: My Undesirable Friends HAL HARTLEY: 10/9: The Unbelievable Truth 10/14: Trust 10/16: Henry Fool FIRST RUN HAL HARTLEY: 10/17-19: Where to Land SCARY (?): 10/23: Thirst (Chan-wook Park) 10/31: The Greasy Strangler

TONIGHT and TOMORROW Hong Sangsoo's current release BY THE STREAM returns for its final two shows! With Kim Minhee and Kwon Haehyo. Showtime 7:30pm. Consensus from our Hong regulars after last week's preview is that this one is one of his best ever--everyone was aglow after the screening.

TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday we're showing the Singaporean surveillance thriller STRANGER EYES at 7:30pm! Co-starring Tsai Ming-liang favorite Lee Kang-sheng as its possible villain; Lee was the slow-walking man in a monk's robes in last week's Abiding Nowhere. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuKx...

Thank you to our Half Pie sponsor, the Webster University Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social! Learn more: webster.edu/film-series

TONIGHT is our preview show of current Hong Sangsoo release BY THE STREAM! Showtime 7:30pm, starring the usual Hong gang, including Kim Minhee. After tonight, By the Stream will return September 27-28. See it early! Impatience is good! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv-z...