Starring: Penélope Cruz, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma

Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way.

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins

Experience Nightmare Alley in the classic film noir style of black and white for a limited time.

Nightmare Alley follows charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) who endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York Society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most formidable opponent yet.

Warning: Images are not from the movies we’re showing. Trust us, you can’t imagine what we’re showing!

The second Sunday of every month sees Subway Cinema take over Nitehawk to unleash an action classic from the golden days of Hong Kong movies. We’re not telling you the titles until they appear onscreen because it’s more fun that way but, trust us, we’re celebrating the biggest stars of the ‘80s and ‘90s in their best movies, all presented in glorious 35mm.

To kick off this series we want you to imagine Raiders of the Lost Ark if Indiana Jones was a woman. And could actually kick ass. Rocking a chic ensemble of leather jackets and military gear, our heroine flashes two-fingered bunny ears before flying into combat, thrashing her enemies with a whip before cracking a million dollar smile. Nothing can stop her high spirits in this two-fisted World War II action spectacular that’s a widescreen triumph of Hong Kong filmmaking, exploding with non-stop action so intense the star herself describes it as “the hardest film I ever made.” Bring your daughters, but don’t blame us if they run away from home afterwards to seek high adventure in their very own biplane.

Starring: David Bowie, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Rip Torn, Bernie Casey

Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth (Buck Henry), Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou (Candy Clark), a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel

Answering a NASA message intended for aliens, a space being tries to contact mankind, but an American missile grounds his ship. Scrambling, the so-called Starman (Jeff Bridges) inhabits the body of a late Wisconsinite and kidnaps the dead man’s widow, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen). Determined to reunite with a vessel from his home planet at a predetermined site, Starman and Jenny travel to Arizona. Pursued by military officials trying to kill him, Starman forges a lasting bond with Jenny.

Starring: Susan Ziegler, Cynthia Kaplan, Alex Karpovsky, Lisa Haas, Jackie Monahan

Pre-screening romantic forecast readings!
Starting at 6:30pm, as you enter our theater, pull a tarot card from the deck of internationally renowned pagan author and witch The Supermarket Sorceress Lexa Roséan and have your queer romantic forecast read!

Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same tracks the adventures, misadventures and experiences of three aliens from the planet Zots, sent down to Earth on a mission to rid themselves of romantic emotions, which are considered toxic to their planet’s atmosphere. They are told to have their hearts broken on Earth, where such heartbreak is considered a given. Two of the aliens, Zylar (promiscuous and sassy) and Barr (codependent and clutchy) fall into an unfortunate romance with each other, but Zoinx, the third, meets Jane, an Earthling of mild manners who lives an uneventful life and works in a stationery store. Unaware that the sudden object of her affection is an alien (despite her bald head and monotone speech), Jane falls hard for Zoinx. The feeling is mutual.

Meanwhile, two undercover government agents are following Jane in order to find the spaceship and cover up the existence of the aliens. The Senior Agent has been working for years, finding himself passed over again and again for promotions, for reasons he is too dense to understand. The Rookie Agent is mysterious and focused, and something is obviously different about him. Their bizarre, comical espionage is another of the film’s odd couplings, and reveals itself to be something other than what it seems. By film’s end, the espionage car has one less agent, and the spaceship has one more commuter, in this original mash-up of lo-fi New York City romantic comedy and a sci-fi B-movie spoof.

On My Mind
Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson, Denmark, 18 min.

Please Hold
K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse, USA, 19 min.

The Dress
Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki, Poland, 30 min.

The Long Goodbye
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed, UK/Netherlands, 12 min.

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger, Kyrgyzstan/Switzerland, 38 min.

Warning: This animated program contains adult content and is not for kids!

Robin Robin
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, UK, 32 min.

Boxballet
Anton Dyakov, Russia, 15 min.

Affairs of the Art
Joanna Quinn and Les Mills, UK/Canada, 16 min.

Bestia
Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz, Chile, 15 min.

The Windshield Wiper
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez, USA/Spain, 14 min.

Starring: Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal

Sophie has an uneventful life at her late father’s hat shop, but all that changes when she befriends wizard Howl, who lives in a magical flying castle. However, the evil Witch of Waste takes issue with their budding relationship and casts a spell on young Sophie, which ages her prematurely. Now Howl must use all his magical talents to battle the jealous hag and return Sophie to her former youth and beauty.

Starring: Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, Tim Daly, Lea Salonga, Frank Welker, Paul Butcher

English dubbed version

This acclaimed animated tale by director Hayao Miyazaki follows schoolgirl Satsuke and her younger sister, Mei, as they settle into an old country house with their father and wait for their mother to recover from an illness in an area hospital. As the sisters explore their new home, they encounter and befriend playful spirits in their house and the nearby forest, most notably the massive cuddly creature known as Totoro.