The Wild Goose Lake
MUST END THIS THURSDAY 4/2
Screening at Row House Online
From acclaimed neo-noir director Diao Yinan comes a vibrantly colored, seedy crime epic set in China’s Wuhan (Pittsburgh sister city). This story of a man on the run from the law–complete with a femme fatale–bursts with thrills, eroticism, and expertly choreographed action.
- 11:45 pm
And Then We Danced
MARCH 27 – APRIL 2
Screening at Row House Online
A passionate coming-of age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, AND THEN WE DANCED follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.
- 11:50 pm
The Whistlers
MUST END APRIL 2
Screening at Row House Online
“If the Coen brothers were Romanian, they might have made THE WHISTLERS.” (A.O. Scott, NYT)
Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu’s first all-out-genre film is a clever, swift, and elegant neo-noir with an off-kilter twinkle in its eye. Cristi–an easily corruptible Bucharest police detective–arrives on the mist-enshrouded Canary Island of La Gomera, where he learns a clandestine, tribal language, improbably made entirely out of whistling. This form of hidden communication will keep his superiors off his trail as he becomes increasingly embroiled in a gangster scheme involving a Euro-stuffed mattress and a sultry femme fatale named, of course, Gilda. Full of double-crossings and unexpected twists and turns, Porumboiu’s crime drama is a sharp, dazzling, deadpan-funny caper that explores the limitations of language while at the same time using it as a poetic form of resistance.
- 11:55 pm
Coming Soon
Special Events
My Octopus Teacher
April 23
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity.
My Cousin Vinny w. an Intro from a Lawyer
April 28
Did you know that My Cousin Vinny is one of the more accurate courtroom dramas on film? Hear from local lawyer/My Cousin Vinny enthusiast Susanna Bagdasarova before the film!
Sexual Chocolate Night with Coming to America
April 29
All chocolate is sexual. Come watch Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America and enjoy a complimentary chocolate bar in homage to the fictional soul band!
Johnny Mnemonic: In Black and White
May 3
One night only! We’re screening the black and white version of the film released in 2022.