American Independents
Films produced in the United States, outside of the Hollywood studio system.
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
- Sat, Oct 10
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Sat, Oct 10 @ 7:10 pm: Virtual Q&A with director Jeffrey Schwarz following the show. Read More ›
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz Run Time: 85 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adam Baran, Andy Humm, Armando D. Muñoz, Bud S. Smith, Charles Kaiser
The murders inspired a movie. The movie ignited a movement.
Sherman’s March
- Sun, Oct 11
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Ross McElwee Run Time: 158 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1986
Starring: Charleen Swansea, Dede McElwee, Patricia Rendleman, Ross McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr.
An improbable search for love
Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story
- Sun, Oct 11
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Director: Eric Weinrib, Nate Pommer Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Eugene Hutz
With Ukraine’s sovereignty and cultural identity under perilous threat, punk icons Gogol Bordello, are using their music as...
Begotten
- Thu, Oct 15
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: E. Elias Merhige Run Time: 72 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1991
Starring: Brian Salzburg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry
Begotten stands alone as a singular work of avant-garde horror and pure art cinema which Susan Sontag described...
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
- Fri, Oct 16
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Director: Alex Gibney Run Time: 107 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Salman Rushdie
This intimate portrait features extensive personal footage taken by Rushdie’s wife as he recovered from his near-fatal attack....
Remake
- Sat, Oct 17
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Director: Ross McElwee Run Time: 114 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adrian McElwee, Charleen Swansea, Ross McElwee
In this vital documentary, Ross McElwee, an autobiographical filmmaker, looks back on his life’s work as he deals...
Out of Print
- Thu, Oct 22
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Director: Julia Marchese Run Time: 86 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 2014
Starring: Edgar Wright, Joe Carnahan, Kevin Smith, Patton Oswalt, Seth Green
Directors. Dorks. Deviants. This ain't no Multiplex.
The American Astronaut
- Thu, Oct 22
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Director: Cory McAbee Run Time: 91 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 2001
Starring: Cory McAbee, Greg Russell Cook, James Ransone, Joshua Taylor, Rocco Sisto
Space is a lonely town
Micronations
- Sat, Oct 24
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Director: Joe Kowalski Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Carolyn Shelby, Kevin Baugh, Phil Pillin, Travis McHenry
Small things are happening.
Portal to Hell
- Sat, Oct 24
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Director: Woody Bess Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Keith David, Michael McDonald, Richard Kind, Romina D'Ugo, Trey Holland
After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding it sinners to save his neighbor’s soul.
48 Hour Film Project Horror and Sci-Fi
- Wed, Oct 28
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Wed, Oct 28 @ 7:30 pm: Group AWed, Oct 28 @ 9:30 pm: Group B
Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
The Cleveland 48 Hour Film Project presents a special screening of original Horror and Sci-Fi short films created...
Atonement
- Thu, Nov 5
- Sun, Nov 8
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Director: Reed Van Dyk Run Time: 118 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Gheed Saleh, Hiam Abbass, Kenneth Branagh, Majd Eid
After his platoon unintentionally fired on innocent civilians in Baghdad, an American soldier finds it impossible to recover...
The Scout
- Thu, Nov 12
- Sun, Nov 15
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Director: Paula Andrea Gonzalez-Nasser Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Max Rosen, Mimi Davila, Rutanya Alda, Sarah Herrman
A young location scout for a TV pilot navigates her way through NYC as she has to deal...
The Last Picture Shows
- Thu, Nov 19
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Director: Rustin Thompson Run Time: 78 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Ten states. 10,825 miles. 123 theaters. This is a documentary for anyone who loves going to the movies....
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
- Sat, Nov 21
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Director: David Greaves, William Greaves Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aaron Douglas, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper, Richard Bruce Nugent
A film over 50 years in the making.
Traces of Home
- Sat, Nov 28
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Director: Colette Ghunim Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Colette Ghunim, Hosni Ghunim, Iza Ghunim, Ramsey Ghunim
Filmmaker Colette Ghunim takes the audience on a personal journey as she travels with her Mexican mother and...
Bound
- Sat, Nov 28
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Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1996
Starring: Christopher Meloni, Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan
For money. For murder. For each other.
Desperate Living
- Sat, Dec 5
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: John Waters Run Time: 106 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1977
Starring: Edith Massey, Liz Renay, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe
It isn't very pretty…
Screamplay
- Thu, Dec 10
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Director: Rufus Butler Seder Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1984
Starring: Cheryl Hirshman, Eugene Seder, George Kuchar, James McCann, Rufus Butler Seder
...takes HOLLYWOOD by the throat and STRANGLES it!
The Witch
- Fri, Dec 18
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Director: Robert Eggers Run Time: 92 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2016
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ellie Grainger, Harvey Scrimshaw, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson
Evil takes many forms.
A Life Illuminated
- Sat, Dec 19
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Director: Tasha Van Zandt Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Edith Widder
A journey into the extraordinary life and legacy of pioneering marine biologist Edie Widder.
Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall
- Thu, Jan 7
- Fri, Jan 8
- Sat, Jan 9
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Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Run Time: 75 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 2026
Starring: Cameron Winter, Paul Thomas Anderson
On tour. On film. This fall.