An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. Undeterred by warnings that this has already been done by an American named ‘Prisney,’ he rallies an orchestra of geriatric women, a bullish conductor, and an animator that he keeps locked in the dungeon. What could go wrong? A gleeful sendup of Disney’s Fantasia, Allegro Non Tropo blends live-action slapstick with cheeky animation for a film as joyful and raunchy as it is thoughtful and cutting.

Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.

Set along the waterways of Khuzestan, the southwestern Iranian province bordering Iraq, Meezan is an immersive journey from sea to land, tracing labor at the margins of petro-capitalism across three quietly devastating chapters.

A bodybuilder in search of his missing best friend ends up on a paranoid journey of supplements, conspiracies, and naked greed.

A glittering cross-section of Depression-era high society, “Dinner at Eight” is a grand ensemble comedy with a razor blade under its smile. With lavishly dressed and wickedly observant characters, the film tracks a single society dinner as ambition, desperation, romance, and class anxiety quietly combust. Director George Cukor balances elegance and cruelty with expert control, delivering a sophisticated comedy that feels as sharp and as relevant as ever.

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there. With a talk by author Silvia Park on raising children in a world of AI, and AI as our descendants.

Silvia Park is the author of the novel Luminous (Simon & Schuster, 2025). Before Kansas, she taught creative writing at Oberlin, the University of Utah’s Asia Campus, and NYU, courses ranging from Speculative Fiction to Digital Storytelling.

Her specialty slants speculative, applying it as a lens to render the strange ordinary and the ordinary strange. Her fiction won the 2018 Fiction Prize from the Sonora Review and was chosen as a finalist for the 2019 Black Warrior Review Contest. Her stories have been published in Black Warrior Review, Tor.com, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, and elsewhere.

The Science on Screen® grant initiative brings science to cinemas nationwide.

The Coolidge Corner Theatre's series has enhanced film and scientific literacy with this popular program, which launched at the Coolidge in 2005 in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and its pioneering nationwide film program.

Since 2011, Sloan has awarded the Coolidge over $4 million to develop and administer Science on Screen programs around the US through partnerships with other nonprofits. The Coolidge has in turn awarded over $2.75 million in grants to 131 film and science-focused organizations in 45 states (plus Washington, DC) across the country.

A lonely Gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love.

Earth’s Greatest Enemy reveals a hidden truth rarely questioned in mainstream reporting: the role of the U.S. military as the world’s largest institutional polluter, tracing the link between war, empire, and ecological destruction. Drawing on powerful testimonies from veterans, scientists, and frontline communities, it uncovers how military operations poison ecosystems, accelerate global warming, and sacrifice the future for endless expansion. From Alaska’s melting glaciers to contaminated bases across the U.S. and toxic battlefields abroad, Earth’s Greatest Enemy delivers a provocative and unflinching examination of the untouchable institution playing an outsized role in the climate crisis.

A lonely Gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love.

Escape to other worlds with April’s Soviet Animation program presented by Animation Club! Join us for three dreamy shorts by Czech (Miloš Macourek, Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava), Lithuanian (Zenonas Shteynis), and Russian (Yuri Norstein) animators on April 7th, 2026 at 7pm. Hosted by Drea (@dicarlotomboy).

Following four young activists during the Sudanese revolution, Sudan Remember Us is a story that illustrates the power of hope and resillience through words, ideas, poetry, and art. At a time when Sudan is nearing 2 years of war and violence, films like this one remind us of the power that exists within the beauty of resistance. Join KC Tenants, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the Sudanese Association of KC for a powerful screening, panel, fundraiser and the opportunity to learn more and get involved in relief efforts on the ground in Sudan.

A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives.

Jon Moritsugu (Mod Fuck Explosion, Fame Whore, Terminal USA, Scumrock), The Godfather of Punk Cinema, has completed his first new movie in over a decade! In Numbskull Revolution, Amy Davis and James Duval (Donnie Darko, Greg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy) play a pair of rival conceptual artists battling for fame and funding in the near-future dystopia of Shitville, Earth. As one ascends the heights of neoliberal capitalist success, the other seeks inspiration and solace in the euphoric waves of a new cyber drug called Skullfuck.

Annihilation, dir. Alex Garland (2018) with a talk on the history of mycology from historian of science, Brad Bolman.

Generously funded by Science on Screen®.

A biologist (Natalie Portman) signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

Brad Bolman is Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies and Tulane University. His research focuses on the history of science, technology, and medicine and environmental history, with attention to the ways that we come to know and live with nonhuman organisms under capitalist economic systems. His first book, Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles, traces the history of experimental dogs across the twentieth century. It shows how attempts to standardize and mass produce laboratory dogs, particularly beagles, transformed scientific research and reshaped the human relationship with Canis familiaris. His second book, Rotten Beauty, explores the global history of mycology and fungal biology over the last three centuries.

The Science on Screen® grant initiative brings science to cinemas nationwide.

The Coolidge Corner Theatre's series has enhanced film and scientific literacy with this popular program, which launched at the Coolidge in 2005 in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and its pioneering nationwide film program.

Since 2011, Sloan has awarded the Coolidge over $4 million to develop and administer Science on Screen programs around the US through partnerships with other nonprofits. The Coolidge has in turn awarded over $2.75 million in grants to 131 film and science-focused organizations in 45 states (plus Washington, DC) across the country.

In 1971, a group of young Mexican soccer players filled the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City with more than 110,000 spectators for the final of the Second Women's World Soccer Championship. This documentary aims to recover their exceptional but forgotten history. This free screening is provided by the Consulado de México en Kansas City (aka our neighbors 2 blocks east!)

En 1971 un grupo de jóvenes futbolistas mexicanas llenaron el Estadio Azteca de la Ciudad de México con más de 110mil espectadores para disputar la final del Segundo Campeonato Mundial de Futbol Femenil. Este documental pretende recuperar su excepcional pero olvidada historia.

Ever feel like you're coming apart at the seams? Since the earliest days of horror movies, screens have been home to mad scientists making those feelings a little more than usually literal, as we'll explore when the Horror Pod Class continues our Year of Monsters with lab experiments run amok. What movie are we showing? That's a surprise, but we'll give you a few hints: It comes to us from a British production house synonymous with gothic horror; it stars Peter Cushing; and it's adapted from a TV series that never happened.

What is it? The only way to know for sure is to come join us for a FREE screening at the Stray Cat Film Center on February 26, then stick around after the show as Orrin and Tyler host a live podcast discussing all things lycanthropic, complete with hair-raising giveaways!

Join us for a FREE screening of this seldom-seen film, and then stick around afterward as Orrin and Tyler discuss the history of J-horror, what makes a found footage movie work, and ectoplasmic worms!

THE HORROR POD CLASS is a monthly free screening hosted by Orrin Grey and Tyler Unsell where they seek out horror films that could be useful in a school setting. Screenings start at 7pm with a live podcast recording taking place after.

The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family’s idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.

Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.

Bi Gan’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night drifts through memory and desire before unfolding into a breathtaking 59-minute single take.

Full of machine-gun fast dialogue and perfect comedic timing, “His Girl Friday” is a masterpiece of screwball comedy. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell blaze through a gender-flipped newsroom battle of wits, romance, and journalistic ethics, speaking faster than most films canthink. Director Howard Hawks turns workplace comedy into a high-speed sport, creating one of the sharpest, funniest films Hollywood ever produced, and still a classic for comic dialogue.

Gumshoe Mark McPherson is investigating the recent murder of the eponymous Laura, and everyone’s a suspect, from her aunt to her fiancé to her fey, acid-tongued admirer (Clifton Webb, in a particularly memorable performance).

A master manipulator tells his own unbelievable story. This twisting documentary follows Frédéric Bourdin as he impersonates a missing child.

Soviet Animation Double Feature returns with two adaptations of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass!

Soviet Animation Double Feature returns in 2026 as a part of Animation Club! Join us for a Soviet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass on March 11, 2026 at 7pm.

'ANIMATION CLUB' is an ongoing series that celebrates new and classic animated films from around the world! From studio titans to hidden indie gems; traditional 2D to stop-motion, 3D animation, experimental, and everything in-between!

“The fire will not consume us. We take it and make it our own.” In October 1992, the direct action collective The Lesbian Avengers performed their first fire-eating to honor Hattie Mae Cohens and Brian Mock, who were killed in a homophobic fire-bombing attack. Over the years, they would stage protests through New York City, establish the NYC Dyke March, and form chapters throughout the country. The Finding Aid presents Lesbian Avengers Eat Fire, Too which documents the first year of The Avengers’ activity. March 4, 2026 at 7pm.

Journalist Mads Brügger poses as a shady diplomat to expose blood diamonds and bought power in Central Africa.

Is there a full moon out tonight? Even if there isn't, you'll feel like there is as the Horror Pod Class continues our Year of Monsters by exploring the beast within - better known as werewolves! What movie are we showing? That's a surprise, but we'll give you a few hints: It's part of a long-running franchise; it takes place in Australia; and the werewolves in it are marsupials!

What is it? The only way to know for sure is to come join us for a FREE screening at the Stray Cat Film Center on February 26, then stick around after the show as Orrin and Tyler host a live podcast discussing all things lycanthropic, complete with hair-raising giveaways!

Join us for a FREE screening of this seldom-seen film, and then stick around afterward as Orrin and Tyler discuss the history of J-horror, what makes a found footage movie work, and ectoplasmic worms!

THE HORROR POD CLASS is a monthly free screening hosted by Orrin Grey and Tyler Unsell where they seek out horror films that could be useful in a school setting. Screenings start at 7pm with a live podcast recording taking place after.

Multi-hyphenate, multidisciplinary artist Saul Williams brings his unique dynamism to this Afrofuturist vision, a sci-fi punk musical that’s a visually wondrous amalgamation of themes, ideas, and songs that Williams has explored in his work, notably his 2016 album MartyrLoserKing. Co-directed with the Rwandan-born artist and cinematographer Anisia Uzeyman, the film takes place in the hilltops of Burundi, where a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry. Set between states of being – past and present, dream and waking life, colonized and free, male and female, memory and prescience – Neptune Frost is an invigorating and empowering direct download to the cerebral cortex and a call to reclaim technology for progressive political ends. - Kino Lorber

An avant-gutter psychedelic dream, ANYTHING THAT MOVES is an erotically charged, blood-soaked thriller set in the sticky corridors of Chicago. Shot on fleshy Super 16mm, director Alex Phillips' rust belt giallo continues on his trajectory of taboo-shattering horror cinema with this tense, funny, and absolutely twisted murder mystery. The film follows nubile sex worker Liam who bikes with his girlfriend—his partner in both business and pleasure—through the city delivering snacks and divine satisfaction to his love-hungry clients. Meanwhile, a serial killer's gory murders are piling up and all the evidence seems to point back to the lover's bed... Produced in collaboration with cult home video outfit Vinegar Syndrome, the film features stand-out supporting performances from erotic film legends Ginger Lynn (The Devil’s Rejects) and Nina Hartley (Boogie Nights). With an original instrumental score by Chicago-based artists Cue Shop calling to mind the lush orchestrations of Bruno Nicolai and lurid visuals by acclaimed cinematographer Hunter Zimny (The Scary of Sixty-First, Funny Pages), ANYTHING THAT MOVES provides an immersive throwback to 70s exploitation flicks.

Mid-1990s, New York City. Patti, Angela, Emma and Nikki are high school seniors and best friends preparing for life beyond graduation. Their dreams for the future differ greatly – Angela wants to become a poet, Emma and Nikki have are heading for college, and Patti is a young mother looking for stability in her kid’s life – but the four bright, young women are steadfastly loyal to each other in a way only teenagers know how to be. Their lives are then completely upended when, after being sexually assaulted, Nikki unexpectedly commits suicide. Grieving, angry and forced to return to daily life without satisfying recourse for their feelings, the girls must come of age with a newfound understanding about the patriarchal world in which they live.

The only film ever directed by actor Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum is a serial killing preacher Harry Powell, who marries a fragile widow to get close to her terrified young children who know about a hidden stash of money. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic Southern gothic is cinema’s most eccentric rendering of the battle between good and evil.

Gumshoe Mark McPherson is investigating the recent murder of the eponymous Laura, and everyone’s a suspect, from her aunt to her fiancé to her fey, acid-tongued admirer (Clifton Webb, in a particularly memorable performance).

Arco, a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two children may also be the only ones who can save our planet.

Love is in the air, Kansas City! And to cap off a weekend dedicated to romance and affection, Magnetic Magic offers up a very special film about a man, a woman and a doll. So settle in and cuddle up as Analog Sunday presents V-DAY VIOLATION: LOVE OBJECT.