Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet, Vin Diesel, Stephen Lang

Presented in 2D

This movie contains several sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar: The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

Starring: Daniel Craig, Ed Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr.

In the follow up to Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects.

Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, Frances McDormand

Based on the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, Women Talking follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men.

Starring: Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, Arash Ashtiani, Nima Akbarpour

In Holy Spider, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest — to “cleanse” the holy Iranian city of Mashhad of immoral and corrupt street prostitutes. After murdering several women, he grows ever more desperate about the lack of public interest in his divine mission.

Starring: Haley Bodell, Cole Devine, Audrey Boos, Gabriella Herrera, Luke Darga, Sam Hernandez

Ham on Rye, a coming-of-age comedy centered on the nervous excitement of youth and the strange horror of entering adulthood, uses an expansive ensemble of over one hundred performers, including non-actors, musicians, 90’s Nickelodeon child stars and more, to explore a suburban community’s relationship with a prom-like ritual and the decay of the human spirit. It begins with the crowd-pleasing spirit of a John Hughes movie and fades slowly into an off-kilter dystopia with the energy of Dazed and Confused.

Starring: Auggi Alvarez, Kathleen McSweeney, Dave Miller, Julie King

A mind-boggling, sprawling, shot on video horror/sci-fi/action/martial arts epic from SOV fan favorite Todd Sheets (Zombie Bloodbath, Goblin) that is one of the most ambitious and offbeat low budget movies of the VHS era.

In a dystopian future, political prisoner Jacob Stryker is transformed into a werewolf super soldier by government scientists. He escapes captivity and searches for his son, who may be the messiah, and joins an army of karate kicking rebellion fighters poised to overthrow the United Nations of America. Along the way, Jacob is hunted by a group of cyborg and mutant bounty hunters as he tries to forget the bomb implanted in his stomach that’s set to explode in 72 hours.

Starring: Angela O’Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross

The Future of Film is Female gets into the Halloween spirit with Carol Frank’s SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE! To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.

Sorority House Massacre is the sole film written and directed by Carol Frank. In this Roger Corman-produced film, a young student named Gail unwittingly returns to the site of a familiar crime when she stays with friends at their sorority house over Memorial Day Weekend. The house, as all good houses in horror do, elicits unwelcome memories and a deadly mystery. Cue deja-vu and dream interpretation that connects to the escaped madman on the loose. SHM is a little bit Halloween, a little bit The Slumber Party Massacre, but what makes the film unique is its focus on kind female friendship… until their very end.

SHM was later marketed as part of the “MASSACRE” collection in the 1980s. Related, Frank was Amy Holden Jones’ assistant on The Slumber Party Massacre.

We’re taking you for a ride on the wild side with SEXUAL HEALING — a kinky shorts program about queer sex, labor, love, and activism.

Watch as the characters across this group of films overcome trauma in the bedroom, repeal regressive laws in the courtroom, and explore different forms of closeness in a variety of settings. An ode to queer bodies and how they communicate with one another, these shorts celebrate the many ways we can grow through intimacy and care — best enjoyed with a special someone and an open mind!

STATE OF MIND
Dir. Donald C. Shorter Jr., USA, 4 min
BDSM as a pathway to spiritual transformation.

AN AVOCADO PIT
Dir. Ary Zara, Portugal, 20 min
Larissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night in the streets of Lisbon.

BIGGER ON THE INSIDE
Dir. Angelo Madsen Minax, USA, 12 min
A trans man contemplates life and love from his cabin.

GERANIUM
Dir. Kait Schuster, USA, 11 min
A couple process sexual trauma through role play.

WORK
Dir. April Maxey, USA, 13 min
Unable to move on from a breakup, Gabriela impulsively drops into an old job.

CANS CAN’T STAND
Dir. Matt Nadel, Megan Plotka, USA, 19 min
A group of Black trans women in New Orleans fight to repeal Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (CANS) law.

Gather your BK besties and nurse your hangover with a delectable collection of narrative, animated, and documentary Brooklyn-set shorts! Stories of queer folks painting their next masterwork, eavesdropping on a sexy neighbor, and stumping for love at the ballot box will help you sink into your comfort zone (aka scrambled eggs and mimosas) at our inaugural Brooklyn Brunch.

SALMAN TOOR’S EMERALD GREEN
Dir. Adam Golfer, USA, 8 min
Salman Toor creates a new painting to be shown alongside the works of his heroes.

THANK YOU, COME AGAIN!
Dir. Aysia Segura, USA, 4 min
A cat and his owner head to the store where temptations make it hard to stay on their two item grocery list.

JELLY BEAN
Dir. Nessa Norich, USA, 14 min
Reyzl opens herself up to love through dating apps.

PAPERBOY LOVE PRINCE RUNS FOR MAYOR
Dir. Owen Dubeck, USA, 27 min
Paperboy Love Prince is a far cry from your typical New York City mayoral candidate.

TROY
Dir. Mike Donahue, USA, 16 min
Troy has loud sex 24-7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives… or is he saving them?

REST ASSURED
Dir. TeShima Brennan, USA, 5 min

FERNANDA
Dir. Mary Angélica Molina, USA, 12 min
A Latinx dyke wants to make the world a better place, but can barely keep her own life together.