Starring: Miki Itô, Emi Shinohara, Michie Tomizawa, Tesshô Genda

A sapphic love triangle between a super-powered schoolgirl, a cutie-patootie outer space princess, and a techno-powered rich kid gets way, way out of hand in Project A-Ko.

Bored of the luscious landscapes and tragic childhoods they crafted for Hayao Miyazaki and Mamorou Oshii, the Project A-Ko production team flexed on this flashy popcorn flick where they were finally free to animate the things they like: softcore nudity, excessively large spaceships, and elaborate fight scenes between robot spiders, mega-buff gender aliens, and three small girls. They go crazy with it.

A tiny bit titillating and quite funny, Project A-Ko made waves in the U.S.A. on home video and cable television, one of the first hits in anime’s global pop-culture conquest. For most of the last twenty years, however, lost negatives meant this animator’s anime took on a permanent lo-res haze. Happenstance struck in 2021, when the pristine material turned up in a mislabeled film can, allowing for A-Ko to kick a hole through our hearts in this beautiful new restoration.

Featuring the Anime After Dark Raffle, one lucky guest will win a pair of Friday passes to AnimeNYC 2025

Starring: Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman (as himself) escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him. The promise of a new life turns into a comedy of errors: however far he travels, from Paris to New York, something always reminds him of home.

Starring: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, Nick Frost

South London teenagers (John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones) defend their neighborhood from malevolent extraterrestrials.

Starring: David Edwin Knight, Nancy Brilli, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, Bobby Rhodes, Asia Argento, Virginia Bryant

Residents of a high-rise are trapped inside with demons on a Saturday night.

Starring: Jamie Alvey, Brandi Botkin, Garrett Murphy, Bob Wilcox

A sweet and awkward teenage girl named Abby attends a party held by her crush Cody, an attractive and rich frat boy. But soon, the event spins out of control when the boys decide to drug, rape, and hunt several of the girls in attendance. Meanwhile, Clare and Gray are a sweet-loving millennial couple who are driving their way home from a wedding.

But when Abby, Gray and Clare’s paths all intersect, they form an unlikely and violent alliance during a night of chaos and bloodshed. Soon the trio must fight for their lives against their collegiate offenders.

Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato

4K restoration

Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Mediterranean, Swept Away is Lina Wertmüller’s most famous and controversial film about sex, love and politics. On an elegant yacht cruising off the coast of Sardinia, Raffaella (Mariangela Melato), a rich and stunning capitalist, enjoys tormenting Gennarino (Giancarlo Giannini), a communist sailor. Fate weaves a different scenario and roles become reversed when the two find themselves stranded together on a deserted island. Raffaella must submit to Gennarino in order to survive, which culminates in a dramatic climax when they are rescued. They must determine if their love can survive the harsh realities of civilization.

Starring: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, Julie Bishop, Lenore Lonergan

There’s a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman (John McIntire) wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor) to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.

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

Sammo Hung is one of the greatest action directors and stars in the world, so why is this movie, which he choreographed and produced at the height of his fame, so forgotten? Why was it only ever released on VHS and laserdisc? And why did we only find this 35mm print through sheer dumb luck?

But this forgotten film is an undiscovered gem, a brutal late-80s neo-noir that sees a rich kid and a poor kid handcuffed together by accident and trying to survive one long, dark night of endless mayhem. Swinging wildly in tone from scenes of charming romance and goofy comedy to brutal beatdowns and bloody retribution, it stars a martial artist who’d go on to become a regular cinematic bad guy beating down everyone from Jet Li to Keanu Reeves, and a stuntman turned B-list action hero giving the performance of his life. Even better, the romantic lead is a Cat III starlet most famous for taking off her clothes, but here giving a charismatic turn as the beating heart of this film. Don’t miss this B-list exploitation film that turns out to hit harder, kick higher, and bleed more beautifully than movies with ten times its budget.

Starring: Ralph Macchio, Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Ming-Na Wen, Shaunette Renée Wilson

Kung fu prodigy Li Fong is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City. When a friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition. Li’s teacher Mr. Han enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso for help.

Starring: Hannah Waddingham, Tia Carrere, Billy Magnussen, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Sanders, Sydney Agudong, Courtney B. Vance

The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.