BRINGING THE WEIRD, WILD WORLD OF CINEMA TO KANSAS CITY SINCE 2018.
This Week
A compassionate comedy played just a little off key. Andrew Bujalski brings his bumbling style to the world of a sports bar.
A centuries-old vampire, capable of bestowing the gift of immortality on her lovers, and her current partner cruise New York City nightclubs to quench their thirst for blood.
Sandusky, Ohio is hell on earth for goth misfits and Stevie Nicks superfans Gypsy Vale (Sara Rue) and her younger, queer protégée Clive Webb (Birkett Turton). When they discover a New York City club is hosting a “Night of 1000 Stevies”, the pair hit the road with high hopes that Gypsy will be able to perform. Along the way, they encounter other misfits who pave the way to their salvation, all while discovering profound truths about themselves. Costarring John Doe of the legendary punk band X and the great Karen Black as a has-been lounge singer, Todd Stephens's cult favorite puts a queer, outsider spin on both the road movie and the coming-of-age journey, with plenty of black eyeliner to spare.
As the “Disneyfication” of New York City takes root, a morbid grad student (Taylor) is bitten by a vampire seductress (Annabella Sciorra) and must navigate the shadows while tempering her growing addiction to blood. In the midst of his most prolific, hard-hitting burst of filmmaking (basically that whole decade), notorious provacateur Abel Ferrara (MS. 45, KING OF NEW YORK) crafted this loving portrait of New York and a hellish portrait of heroin filtered through the darkest poetic lens. Filmed beautifully in black and white, THE ADDICTION sees Ferrara on his own terms and at his very best: raw, shocking, intelligent, and masterful.
Follows five friends post-graduation as their bonds fray amid dashed hopes and inequality, set against Incheon's industrial landscape.Blurb goes here
Watch your step! Magnetic Magic leads you back into the Video Graveyard to witness the annual resurrection of the Analog Sunday Halloween Double-Creature. This year, we're headin' back to the haunts with two trashy terrors from 2003: DARKWALKER & HALLOW'S END!
The first Iranian Vampire Western, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. Amped by a mix of Iranian rock, techno and Morricone-inspired riffs, its airy, anamorphic, black-and-white aesthetic and artfully drawn-out scenes combine the simmering tension of Sergio Leone with the surrealism of David Lynch.
Join us for the Kansas City premiere of The Vampires of New Orleans, a groundbreaking new docudrama combining Southern Gothic terror with investigations into the city's real-life folklore. Produced entirely locally by the dedicated filmmaking troupe behind the popular YouTube channel Atun-Shei Films, whose first feature The Sudbury Devil was lauded by Dread Central as the best independent horror film of 2023, this film rips away the tourist kitsch and tired literary tropes of the New Orleans vampire to reveal the seething historical injustices lurking just beneath the surface. The Vampires of New Orleans is a genuine epic of tortured Americana, featuring the rigorous research, cinematic flair, and punk rock sensibility that could only come from Atun-Shei Films. Includes a Q&A and meet-and-greet after the show with producer Veronika Payton
On the margins of Tokyo, a family of outcasts is held together by love, loyalty, and petty theft.
A VOlunteer-Run, Non-Profit Movie Theater in Kansas City
Stray Cat Film Center is a non-profit microcinema in Kansas City’s Crossroads neighborhood. Our 50-seat theater screens a wide variety of films, from French dramas to horror to socially conscious movies. Curated by a team of volunteer programmers, we offer a space for films that challenge and entertain.
We are committed to being an accessible and welcoming venue for film education, live art, and community events. Whether you're a longtime film lover or new to the scene, Stray Cat is a place to explore and connect through cinema.
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