Starring: Nate Wise, April Consalo, Clay Von Carlowitz, Madeleine Ours, Diana Cooper, Katheryn Whistler, Myles Linzey, Bradford Thomas
World premiere
Shy and looking for love, Mark quickly becomes smitten with the outgoing and mysterious Ash, who somehow, much to his surprise, reciprocates the attraction. But as his feelings for her intensify, so does his unexpected submersion into Ash’s biggest love: the wild world of mukbanging. And with it, lots of bloodshed.
Delving into a fascinating subculture while never losing focus on her characters, first-timer Aimee Kuge delivers a raucous and bold horror-comedy seeped in romance and gore. —Matt Barone
Starring: Michele Burgers, Jamie-Lee Money, Sven Ruygrok
World premiere
1901, South Africa. As the Second Anglo-Boer War rages on, a wounded General seeks refuge in the small home of a woman and her young daughter. As the hurt man settles in, he begins noticing that something is off about the two women, particularly the daughter, and before long, he’ll learn the real reason for why they’ve invited him and for how they’ve survived on their own for so long.
Adapting the beloved South African play of the same name, Jaco Bouwer (Gaia) delivers a tense single-location chamber piece that steadily ratchets up the tension en route to revealing its ultimate chilling endgame. —Matt Barone
Starring: Grace Glowicki, Garrick Bernard, Marcia DeBonis, Heather Matarazzo, Sofia Dobrushin, David Rysdahl, Richard Perez, Jordan Carlos
U.S. premiere
In her debut feature, Mary Dauterman explores how grief can manifest in the most unlikely ways with Booger. Anna (Grace Glowicki, Strawberry Mansion) has lost her roommate and her cat Booger after it bites her, then jumps out the window. As she starts to slowly withdraw from those around her, she enters into her own world of grieving as her mind, body, and behavior morph into an animalistic way to process the world around her. If touching body horror is a thing, then Booger is it. -Caryn Coleman
Starring: Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Motell Gyn Foster, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, John Speredakos, Michael Buscemi, Joe Swanberg, Barbara Crampton, James Le Gros, Marshall Bell
NYC premiere
Tortured artist Charley (Alex Hurt) tries to numb the pain of his past with booze. As a string of grisly murders rocks his small town, he comes to the realization that he might be the culprit. After nights of heavy drinking, he finds unexplained gore—and manifests gruesome memory flashes through his artwork.
Blackout is the third in Fessenden’s artful take on the classic Universal Monsters, following Habit and Depraved. This film continues his theme of critiquing the monster inside all people and with beautiful practical effects to boot. —Caitlin Hughes
Starring: Olsen Fouéré, Gary Whelan, Nigel O’Neill, Simone Collins, Charlie Maher
East Coast premiere
As part of a secret society dedicated to the belief that modern alchemy can be uncovered through old folk songs, a young couple unwittingly enters a world of supernatural danger and otherworldly powers after they listen to the wrong song sung by the wrong person.
With its disorienting energy and fresh spin on Irish folk horror, writer-director Paul Duane’s first feature instantly casts a hypnotic and unsettling spell over you and never loosens its grip, leading to an unhinged finale that’s unlike anything else out there. —Matt Barone
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To celebrate the spooky season, Sundays on Fire presents a Grimm Confucian fairy tale, set in a haunted forest full of wolves with glowing eyes and dead beauties flitting through the treetops. This action-horror movie so iconic, so award-winning, and so groundbreaking that its images feel like they’re being branded onto your brain.
Starring one of cinema’s greatest onscreen couples (one of whom happens to be a ghost), this funny, earthy romance feels like nothing you’ve ever seen before. We won’t tell you the title until it appears onscreen, and there’s nothing about this movie that isn’t fun. Visually gorgeous, totally lunatic, even taking a time-out for a musical number based on a Taoist sutra, it’s also anchored by a strong undercurrent of melancholy.
Starring: Aaron Jackson, Josh Sharp, Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, Megan Thee Stallion, Bowen Yang
Two self-obsessed businessmen discover they’re long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents.
A one-of-a-kind, never to be repeated journey through the histories of Pavement. Featuring a short film, clips, footage, songs and all that sort of thing.
Photos and phone use will be strictly prohibited during this screening; the bar in Trees Lounge will be open, but there will not be food & beverage service in the theater during this show
The cultural phenomenon continues on the big screen! Immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film experience with a breathtaking, cinematic view of the history-making Eras Tour concert, performed by the one and only Taylor Swift.
Starring: James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Cynthia Bond, Bill Nunn
Joel (James Bond III), a quiet divinity student from North Carolina, starts to question his faith. So he heads to New York to visit his friend K (Kadeem Hardison), a struggling actor, who takes him out bar-hopping. They meet a gorgeous seductress (Cynthia Bond) who turns out to be a succubus, a demon spirit luring black lotharios to their deaths. When she sets her eyes on Joel, K turns to the help of Dougie (Bill Nunn), a drunken cop who specializes in supernatural investigations.
