Bleak Week
Together with The American Cinematheque, we’re presenting seven devastating and powerful films in one week as part of the Bleak Week Cinema of Despair festival.
Need a pick me up afterwards? Stop in the Bierport taproom, where we’ll be serving drinks, showing cute animal videos, and have some therapeutic art projects to help you recover…
June 5-12, 2026
The Piano Teacher
- Fri, Jun 5
- Sat, Jun 6
- Mon, Jun 8
- Tue, Jun 9
- Wed, Jun 10
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Michael Haneke Run Time: 131 min. Release Year: 2001 Language: French
Starring: Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Isabelle Huppert, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel
Erika Kohut is a sexually repressed piano teacher in her 40s living with her domineering mother. Her only...
Come and See
- Fri, Jun 5
- Sat, Jun 6
- Mon, Jun 8
- Tue, Jun 9
- Wed, Jun 10
- Thu, Jun 11
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Elem Klimov Run Time: 142 min. Release Year: 1985 Language: Russian
Starring: Aleksei Kravchenko, Jüri Lumiste, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Olga Mironova, Vladas Bagdonas
Elem Klimov's harrowing film follows the odyssey of a young boy who joins a weary group of Resistance fighters and survives the horrors of war. Newly restored in 4k, this film is as effective as an anti-war movie can be as a child's world becomes an increasingly nightmarish battle between despair and hope.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
- Fri, Jun 5
- Sat, Jun 6
- Sun, Jun 7
- Mon, Jun 8
- Tue, Jun 9
- Wed, Jun 10
- Thu, Jun 11
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: David Lynch Run Time: 134 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1992
Starring: Dana Ashbrook, Mädchen Amick, Phoebe Augustine, Ray Wise, Sheryl Lee
David Lynch’s prequel to the popular Twin Peaks series is a dark and harrowing psycho thriller about two teenaged girls who encounter dark visions, supernatural forces, and ultimately grisly fates in two small towns in Washington State — where nothing is as it seems and everyone has something to hide.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
- Sat, Jun 6
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Run Time: 117 min. Release Year: 1976 Language: Italian
Starring: Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Giorgio Cataldi, Paolo Bonacelli, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle
The final vision of a controversial filmmaker.
Requiem for a Dream
- Sun, Jun 7
- Mon, Jun 8
- Tue, Jun 9
- Wed, Jun 10
- Thu, Jun 11
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Darren Aronofsky Run Time: 102 min. Release Year: 2000
Starring: Christopher McDonald, Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Director Darren Aronofsky’s intense and unforgettable film interweaves the lives of four Coney Island residents battling addition, body...
Ratcatcher
- Sun, Jun 7
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Lynne Ramsay Run Time: 94 min. Release Year: 1999
Starring: Lynne Ramsay Jr., Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart, Tommy Flanagan, William Eadie
June 7 only! James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a...
Happiness
- Thu, Jun 11
Midnight screenings happen at midnight the day listed. For example, if it says Saturday At Midnight, please arrive by 11:45pm Saturday night.
Director: Todd Solondz Run Time: 140 min. Release Year: 1998
Starring: Cynthia Stevenson, Dylan Baker, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Philip Seymour Hoffman
You want. He wants. She wants. But nobody wants what I want.