BIOSPHERE
July 7 - July 12

A mysterious and hilarious new comedy has arrived just in time to kick off the summer with a satisfying edge. The first film written and directed by Seattle’s indie celebrity Mel Eslyn is a buddy film like no other. First, Biosphere has only two characters, brilliantly performed by Sterling K. Brown (Black Panther, This Is Us) and Mark Duplass (Humpday, The Mindy Kaling Show). Secondly, the two men live in a small bio-dome after a catastrophe has annihilated the rest of humankind, where try to keep up normality by cooking, gardening, and playing Super Mario Bros. And lastly, the realization they may be the last two specimens of our species is made blindingly clear by the power of evolution and the arrival of… [the filmmaker specified no spoilers!]. “Is Nintendo a sufficient reason to extend the death throes of humanity until the fish and vegetables run out? Unlike any movie in recent memory.” - John Defore, Hollywood Reporter.

THE BLUE CAFTAN
Thursday July 13 at 7pm
One Show Only

In Arabic with English Subtitles

Out Film’s Queer Thursday selection is always a fantastic opportunity to enjoy movies with an LGBTQ+ theme in Cinestudio’s elegant cinema – gold Austrian curtain, balcony and all! Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in Salé, one of Morocco's oldest medinas. In order to keep up with the commands of the demanding customers, they hire a young man named Yousef. Youssef. While Mina has lived for many years with her husband’s sexual preference under wraps, she cannot help but notice his growing attraction to Yousef – one that cannot be kept under wraps. Making her second film was a dangerous act for director Maryam Touzani, who said in an interview at Cannes Film Festival, “In Morocco, homosexuality is illegal and I don’t have words to describe how it makes me feel. As a human being, that’s something I cannot accept.”

THE LEAGUE
July 14 - July 20

Based on the book The Negro Baseball Leagues by Bob Motley and Byron Motley. Baseball is known as America’s pastime, but before trailblazer Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, non-white players were excluded. The essential new film by Academy Award-nominated director Sam Pollard (4 Little Girls) and musician/producer Questlove (Summer of Soul) celebrates the dynamic style of Black baseball – from screwballs to stolen bases -that defines the way the game is played today. With previously unseen archival footage, this buzz-generating documentary pays witness to the legendary Negro Leagues. Born out of segregation, the Leagues thrived from 1920-1948, creating a nation-wide community and pride. Some of the greats interviewed are Satchel Paige and Buck O’Neil, as well as Hall of Famers players Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, who started out in the League. Along with great footage of some of the greatest athletes ever to play the game, The League honors Newark Eagle’s activist owner Effa Manley, the only woman admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. “Priceless…As Mrs. Jackie Robinson puts it so eloquently: ‘We stand on their shoulders.’” – Dwight Brown, Tribeca Film Festival.

OPPENHEIMER
July 21 - August 3

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
August 4 - August 9

CONTEMPT
August 11 and August 17
60th ANNIVERSARY
NEW 4K COLOR RESTORATION
French with English subtitles

ASTOLFO
August 18 and August 22
Two Dates Only
Italian with English subtitles

NOSTALGIA
August 18 - August 24
Italian with English subtitles

The Metropolitan Opera’s
Live in HD
Season tickets will be on sale in July