Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman, Marie Prevost

Hosted by Caroline Golum and Cristina Cacioppo. Preceded by a DJ set of pre-code era tunes and more from Owen Kline in Trees Lounge, plus our signature cocktail special “Blonde in Hell” from 6-7pm.

When self-professed “party girl” Kay (Barbara Stanwyck) meets aspiring artist Jerry (Ralph Graves), he sees something inspiring in her late night make-up smeared face. He propositions her to pose for a painting – and to her consternation, nothing more. At first they are at odds: he suspects she might be after his family’s wealth, she questions his interest in her. Soon enough, their feelings for each other surface, but his parents are determined to stop it at all costs.

In Ladies of Leisure, director Frank Capra lovingly captures Stanwyck in the role that made her a star. Although her portrayal of Kay is way more vulnerable than we’re used to, with the movie administering punishment contrary to what we typically cheer for in pre-codes, well, it’s just emotionally resonant enough to give a pass, thanks in part to a save-the-day physical feat by Kay’s trooper friend Dot (Marie Prevost).

Starring: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florence Garland, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Paul Murphy

A pint-sized cast with giant talents illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, Bugsy Malone captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls and dreamers – all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy girlfriend of the owner of Fat Sam’s Grand Slam Speakeasy, future superstar Jodie Foster dances and sings her way into our hearts. Award-winning pop composer Paul Williams wrote the words and music for this thoroughly delightful movie.

Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino, Rip Torn, Vincent D’Onofrio

MASC AT THE MOVIES is a King-centered drag show and film screening series celebrating and interrogating masculinity in Y2K cinema classics. Hosted by Fappell Moan with special guests Thee Suburbia, Julius Nicoy, Chad Rangoon and Salaam Kitty, with a special surprise choreographed by Mr. Slut and Fappell Moan.

Men in Black follows the exploits of agents Kay and Jay, members of a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth. The two MiB find themselves in the middle of the deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. In order to prevent worlds from colliding, they must track down the terrorist and prevent the destruction of Earth. Just another typical day.

Free to Be Youth Project helps homeless youth overcome legal barriers that prevent them from transitioning successfully into adulthood by providing free legal services, including: name changes, immigration, public benefits and criminal history reviews. To make an additional $10 donation to Free to Be Youth Project, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Price Carson

Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) is a troubled, boozy drifter struggling with the trauma of World War II and whatever inner demons ruled his life before that. On a fateful night in 1950, Freddie boards a passing boat and meets Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the charismatic leader of a religious movement called the Cause. Freddie tries hard to adhere to Dodd’s weird teachings and forms a close bond with his mentor, even as other members of Dodd’s inner circle see him as a threat.

Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Ryûichi Sakamoto

This sweeping account of the life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, follows the leader’s tumultuous reign. After being captured by the Red Army as a war criminal in 1950, Pu Yi recalls his childhood from prison. He remembers his lavish youth in the Forbidden City, where he was afforded every luxury but unfortunately sheltered from the outside world and complex political situation surrounding him. As revolution sweeps through China, the world Pu Yi knew is dramatically upended.

Starring: Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Jorge Román, Sofia Buenaventura

Monos, Alejandro Landes’ awe-inspiring third feature, is a breathtaking survivalist saga set on a remote mountain in Latin America. The film tracks a young group of soldiers and rebels — bearing names like Rambo, Smurf, Bigfoot, Wolf and Boom-Boom — who keep watch over an American hostage, Doctora (Julianne Nicholson). The teenage commandos perform military training exercises by day and indulge in youthful hedonism by night, an unconventional family bound together under a shadowy force known only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, both the mission and the intricate bonds between the group begin to disintegrate. Order descends into chaos and within Monos the strong begin to prey on the weak in this vivid, cautionary fever-dream.

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard

When Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) becomes ill, his son, William (Billy Crudup), travels to be with him. William has a strained relationship with Edward because his father has always told exaggerated stories about his life, and William thinks he’s never really told the truth. Even on his deathbed, Edward recounts fantastical anecdotes. When William, who is a journalist, starts to investigate his father’s tales, he begins to understand the man and his penchant for storytelling.

Starring: Martin Dubreuil, Marie-Eve Petit, Marc Vaillancourt, Anthony Pereira, K.M. Lavigne

Featuring a very special guest host for the evening, Unkle Spooky

“Chaotic, sleazy, and unmistakably SOV.”

This city will chew you up and swallow you whole in this Canuk pseudo-snuff masterpiece of SOV insanity! The streets of Montreal are rotten with sex, drugs, and unhinged violence when a pack of disturbed, broken souls collide in a nightmare of home invasions, thrill-killing and cannibalism. There are no more heroes, just more meat.

Urban Flesh is pure late-90s SOV slasher grime. It’s an abrasive collage of sleaze and nihilism where narrative takes a backseat to slimy homemade gore and a FTW attitude. The movie’s fixation on unfiltered violent ecstasy sends it firmly into transgressive territory, aligning it with the most confrontational and notorious examples of DIY horror of the era like August Underground, Atroz and Necromaniac. Ugly, raw, and completely unpolished, Urban Flesh isn’t trying to entertain—it’s here to punch you right in the face.

Special Screening before feature: the SOV slasher short Blood Rail (2025), followed by cast and crew Q&A

Starring: Mick McCleery, Sasha Graham, Scooter McCrea, Joel D. Wynkoop, Michael Gingold

“An oddball anthology stitched together by alien paranoia.”

The year is 2030, and Earth is already screwed. A lone, time-traveling survivor uncovers the truth: the alien invasion didn’t begin with war, it started years earlier, buried deep inside our human bodies. Alien doubles, flesh eating worms, and a string of other bizarre encounters prove that our planet was marked for annihilation long before it happened.

Directed by renowned SOV veterans Kevin J. Lindenmuth and Mick McCleery, The Alien Agenda: Out of the Darkness is a quintessential slice of late-era shot-on-video sci-fi horror, mixing the popular anthology trope of the era with the mainstream X-Files mania that swept the nation. It’s moody, experimental structure and grassroots production design make it a raw and fascinating artifact of regional DIY cinema—where the limitations become part of the aesthetic, and its high-minded sci-fi ideas shove their way right past those lo-fi trappings.

Starring: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kôchi, Kotone Hanase, Naru Asanuma, Nana Komatsu

Based on the global hit eponymous video game created by KOTAKE CREATE. A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?