American Independents
Films produced in the United States, outside of the Hollywood studio system.
Out of the Picture
- Sun, Jan 26
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: Mary Louise Schumacher Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Where have all the art critics gone? Journalist and critic Mary Louise Schumacher follows a handful of writers...
Welfare
- Sun, Jan 26
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: Frederick Wiseman Run Time: 167 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1975
The inner workings of a New York City welfare center, exposed through candid observations of staff interactions and...
Blue Velvet
- Wed, Jan 29
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: David Lynch Run Time: 120 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1986
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Hope Lange, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern
It's a strange world.
Milestones
- Sat, Feb 1
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 Douglas, Robert Kramer Run Time: 195 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1975
Starring: Elizabeth Dear, Grace Paley, Jim Nolfi, Mary Chapelle, Sharon Krebs
Milestones is an epic tapestry capturing the disillusionment and hopes of the post-1960s generation in America. Through interconnected...
The Beyond
- Thu, Feb 6
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: Lucio Fulci Run Time: 88 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1981 Language: Italian
Starring: Antoine Saint-John, Catriona MacColl, Cinzia Monreale, David Warbeck, Veronica Lazăr
Beyond death... Beyond Evil... Beyond the dreaded gates of hell.
This World Is Not My Own
- Fri, Feb 7
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: Marquise Stillwell, Petter Ringbom Run Time: 97 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Amy Warren, Andrew Young, Judith Augustine, Maurice Hobson, Uzo Aduba
The limitless story of Nellie Mae Rowe
Punishment Park
- Sat, Feb 8
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: Peter Watkins Run Time: 88 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 1971
Starring: Carmen Argenziano, Katherine Quittner, Kent Foreman, Luke Johnson, Scott Turner
One of the most controversial films ever made.
Mediha
- Sun, Feb 9
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: Hasan Oswald Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Language: Kurdish
A powerful testament to the human spirit, Mediha turns her camera on herself to process her trauma while rescuers search for her missing family members, revealing the strength and determination of a young survivor.
Eraserhead
- Thu, Feb 20
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: David Lynch Run Time: 89 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 1977
Starring: Allen Joseph, Charlotte Stewart, Jack Nance, Jeanne Bates, Judith Roberts
Where your nightmares end...
Flesh for Frankenstein
- Sun, Feb 23
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: Paul Morrissey Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973
Starring: Arno Jürging, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Joe Dallesandro, Monique van Vooren, Udo Kier
We dare you to see...
Cooley High
- Thu, Feb 27
- Fri, Feb 28
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: Michael Schultz Run Time: 107 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1975
Starring: Corin Rogers, Cynthia Davis, Garrett Morris, Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a 'belly rub' and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!
Every Little Thing
- Sat, Mar 1
- Sun, Mar 2
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: Sally Aitken Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Terry Masear
Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures...
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
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: Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Art Spiegelman
Explores the life and career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman including the creation and ground-breaking impact of his Pulitzer...
Hippo
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: Mark H. Rapaport Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Eliza Roberts, Eric Roberts, Jesse Pimentel, Kimball Farley, Lilla Kizlinger
Hippo, a peculiar adolescent, and his Hungarian step-sister Buttercup struggle to come of age in late 1990s America,...
Eephus
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: Carson Lund Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Bill Lee, Cliff Blake, Frederick Wiseman, Keith William Richards, Ray Hryb
As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England rec-league...
The Annihilation of Fish
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: Charles Burnett Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1999
Starring: Andy Garza, James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder, Sarah Benoit
A Crazy Love Story.