Catch the ultimate 1980s document of downtown NYC this Wednesday (5/27)! Philip Hartman's noir-ish indie NO PICNIC is a wild ride through pre-gentrification East Village shot in b&w by avant-garde filmmaker Peter Hutton. Hartman joins us for a post-screening conversation so don't sleep on this one!

Ready for a groovy animated cult classic that needs to be seen to be believed? Catch György Kovásznai's BUBBLE BATH this Wednesday (5/6)! Co-presented with Space Melt Cinema

Robinson Devor's latest documentary SUBURBAN FURY is a riveting tale of political radicalization that feels eerily relevant in today's climate of division and misinformation. Screening this Sunday (4/12) at Lightbox, followed by a conversation with Producer/Co-writer Robert Fink.

NEXT UP! This Sunday (4/5), a memorial screening for Béla Tarr, who passed away earlier this year. Revisit Tarr's striking 1988 masterpiece DAMNATION. Showtime at 5pm.

Our monthly Sunday Scaries program returns this Sunday (3/29) with Pupi Avati's sinister giallo THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (1976).

Sabine Gruffat is a French-American artist whose films and videos have screened worldwide. Beyond Resolution: Films By Sabine Gruffat a program of short works highlighting a decade's worth of experimental animation techniques and alternative modes of storytelling screens this Sunday at Lightbox.

Michael Almereyda's darkly comic vampire tale NADJA is a glimpse of 90s indie filmmaking at its finest. This David Lynch produced gem is long overdue for rediscovery. Catch it this Wednesday at Lightbox, co-presented with Girls Like Horror.

Eric von Stroheim's unfinished film QUEEN KELLY is the stuff of Hollywood legend (referenced in Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD). At long last there is a new reconstruction of the film based on von Stroheim's original scripts. Catch this epic of the silent era this Sunday (3/1) at Lightbox.

A head spinning blend of archival material and modern day reenactment, Igor Bezinović's delightful FIUME O MORTE! is a tale of bumbling military aggression led by a seemingly mad despot who paves the way for Italy's fascist ascendancy. See it this Sunday (2/15)

Using central Pennsylvania's coal mining region as a backdrop for one woman's desperate escape from domestic tedium, Barbara Loden's WANDA is the high water mark of the actor/director's brief career. See it this Wednesday (2/11). Followed by a conversation with Elena Gorfinkel and Patricia White

Our next SUNDAY SCARIES program is happening this Sunday (2/1). Catch Dennis Christopher as a movie obsessed outcast who follows his darkest impulses in FADE TO BLACK.

At the age of 89, Doris Wishman — who had been working at a Miami sex shop — returned to filmmaking with the SOV oddity DILDO HEAVEN. The "Queen of Sexploitation" died shortly after its premiere but not before getting a well-deserved victory lap in the media for a wild ride of a filmmaking career.

Christian-Jaque's WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS?, the first release by Continental Films, the sole film production company allowed to operate in German-occupied France, tells a tale of a small town beset upon by fear and paranoia in the wake of a possible murder. Screening at Lightbox this Sunday (12/21)

A dreamy adaptation of a 15th century fable that brought international praise to the film's director, don't miss the new restoration of João César Monteiro's SILVESTRE this Sunday (12/14)

Tomorrow night (12/10), we're back with part two of our spotlight on German director Monika Treut. 1991's MY FATHER IS COMING is a delightful cross-cultural, sex positive romp through NYC featuring "post porn modernist" Annie Sprinkle.

Jocelyne Saab was an intrepid journalist and filmmaker whose work is ripe for rediscovery. Saab's fiction feature THE RAZOR'S EDGE, set during the Lebanese Civil War, has been restored and is playing this Wednesday at Lightbox. Don't miss it.

Göran Hugo Olsson's ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 is an incredible work of essay filmmaking built from archival materials in much the same vein as his previous THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975. See it this Wednesday (11/5) at Lightbox

Long before "locavore" and "farm to table" entered our dining vocabulary, Luc Moullet set out to uncover the fraught networks through which our food arrives on our plate. ORIGINS OF A MEAL is screening this Wednesday (10/22) at Lightbox

Catch the next film in our month long spotlight on French director Luc Moullet this Sunday (10/19) at 5pm. Moullet bares it all 😳 in ANATOMY OF A RELATIONSHIP, a film about a sexually dysfunctional married couple which he co-directed with his real life wife Antonietta Pizzorno.

Our month of Moullet continues this Wednesday with THE SMUGGLERS, the director's absurdist commentary on border politics, youth activism, and young love. Don't miss this overlooked classic of French New Wave cinema!

Cut from the same cloth as THE WARRIORS and THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123, NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER is a frantic chase that unfolds over the course of one evening in the decaying urban hellscape that was 1970s New York City. Take the manic ride this Sunday at 5pm at Lightbox.

David Secter's nearly forgotten first feature film WINTER KEPT US WARM incorporates LGBTQ+ themes into a college campus coming of age tale — one of the first Canadian films to do so. It has also been noted as the film that inspired David Cronenberg to become a filmmaker. Screening Wednesday (9/24)

THIS SUNDAY! Delve into the fraught intersection of American history and Hollywood mythology in Alexander Horwath's epic new essay film HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT. Stick around for a conversation with the filmmakers after the film.

The Quay Brothers' STREET OF CROCODILES is based on the work of Polish author Bruno Schulz. For their latest feature film SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS they revisit Schulz's text with a dreamy combination of live action and stop-motion animation. Don't miss it this Wednesday at Lightbox

Paleobotanist Mark Brown leads you on a fascinating, heartfelt journey through an eternal garden in Pierre Creton & Vincent Barré's 7 WALKS WITH MARK BROWN. Screening this Wednesday (9/10) only at Lightbox.

We're 2 weeks away from Lightbox's return to the Bok and the Philadelphia premiere of the latest film by Jem Cohen (INSTRUMENT, MUSEUM HOURS). LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR is a mesmerizing portrait of human emotions set against the vastness of the cosmos.

The Quay Brothers have forged a unique path in the world of film. Their eerie, surreal stop-motion animations earned them cult status in the 80s with comparisons to Czech artist Jan Švankmajer. Their newest film SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS is a dark/dizzying journey. Coming this Sept.

We're back at Drexel University's URBN Annex Screening Room (3401 Filbert St.) this Wednesday and totally stoked to present Haydn Keenan's lost Aussie punk classic GOING DOWN. See you there!

Marva Nabili's THE SEALED SOIL is a quiet masterpiece from pre-revolution Iran. The earliest surviving film by an Iranian woman, it screens next Wednesday (7/23) at Drexel University's URBN Annex (3401 Filbert St.)

This week! Our friends at Philadelphia Film Society are co-presenting the brand new Lightbox restoration of Richard Beymer's mind-expanding experimental feature film THE INNERVIEW. Catch it this Wednesday and/or Saturday.

We're thrilled to premiere our new restoration of Richard Beymer's (WEST SIDE STORY, TWIN PEAKS) experimental masterpiece in partnership with the Philadelphia Film Society next month. Grab your tickets now (Lightbox members will receive a special discount code). filmadelphia.org/movies/the-i...

Today is the birthday of poet and filmmaker Willard Maas (1906 - 1971). Maas and his wife, filmmaker Marie Menken, were at the center of New York's underground literary and film scene in the 40s, 50s, and 60s.

Happy Birthday Lois Weber (born 1879 in Allegheny City, PA). Only a fraction of her film output exists today but she was one of the most innovative and prolific silent film directors of all time.

REMINDER: We're at Moore College of Art & Design tomorrow (6/4) with a spellbinding program of short films by Sharon Couzin. See you there.

Sidney Sokhona's first feature film is an anti-colonial docu-fiction in which the director portrays a fictionalized version of himself to highlight the struggles faced by immigrants in France. Shot from 1972 to 1975 and newly restored, NATIONALITÉ: IMMIGRÉ screens this Wednesday (5/21) at Lightbox

Emerging from the German New Wave of the late 60s, Werner Herzog has been an indefatigable film trailblazer. This 3+ hour program of short documentaries made for German television, though lesser known, is just as rewarding as his feature films. Catch HERZOG ON 45 this Wednesday (5/14) at Lightbox.

Shinji Somai's LOVE HOTEL, a tale of two damaged and desperate souls attempting to connect with each other, has rarely been screened in the US. We're pleased to present this new restoration next Wednesday (5/7). Look for more Somai films at Lightbox this fall.

Next Wednesday (4/30)! Gakuryu Ishii's utterly over-the-top family drama THE CRAZY FAMILY comes to Lightbox. We guarantee you've never seen a film quite like this, don't miss it.

Occupying a place between Chantal Akerman and the early films of Jim Jarmusch, Robina Rose's NIGHTSHIFT wanders through the late night spaces of London's Portobello Hotel encountering a range of hipsters, misfits, and sleep deprived drifters. Screening this Wednesday (4/23) at Lightbox

If you happen to be in NYC this week head over to @anthologyfilm.bsky.social to catch Lightbox's restoration of Richard Beymer's THE INNERVIEW. Stepping away from acting in the late 1960s, Beymer directed this stunning avant-garde masterpiece which has rarely been seen since its initial release.

We're taking a little break from our weekly screenings but we'll be back at the Bok on Wednesday, April 23 with the Philly premiere of our brand new restoration of Robina Rose's NIGHTSHIFT.

Kimi Takasue's extraordinary documentary ONLOOKERS is more than a critique of the tourism industry. The film considers what is seen and what is not seen when visitors enter an unfamiliar land. Join us this Wednesday (4/2) for a conversation with the director after the screening.

Remembering author, filmmaker, scholar, and activist Toni Cade Bambara, born on this day in 1939

This Wednesday (3/19) Lightbox welcomes acclaimed artist & filmmaker Kathryn Ramey who will present El Signo Vacío (The Empty Sign), an extraordinary investigation into the history of Puerto Rico and the island's fraught colonial entanglement with the United States.

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We're overjoyed to share the new trailer for our latest restoration project. Catch NIGHTSHIFT at Lightbox on April 23!

Looking ahead to later this spring, we've got two very unique Japanese films from the 1980s lined up...stay tuned!

Atsushi Yamatoya collaborated with Seijun Suzuki on the classic BRANDED TO KILL before making his directorial debut the same year with the provocatively titled INFLATABLE SEX DOLL OF THE WASTELANDS, screening at Lightbox this Wednesday (3/5).

Gene Hackman (RIP)