Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. By order of the Peaky Blinders…MORE INFO

Cutting Through Rocks

Patriarchy reigns in the rural Iranian village where 37 year-old Sara Shahverdi—divorced, childless, and an avid motorcyclist—became the first woman elected to city council. Wife and husband team Khaki and Eyni followed Shahverdi’s journey over eight years, tracking her inspiring, upstream efforts to subvert economic systems and transform local attitudes (of men and women alike) that destine girls to matrimony and dependence…MORE INFO

You Got Gold – A Celebration of John Prine

Tuesday, March 10 12 & 6:30pm

Q&A with Fiona Prine to follow 6:30pm show!

You Got Gold — A Celebration of John Prine captures a star-studded tribute to the legendary songwriter, filmed in October 2022 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The event brought together acclaimed artists, friends, and family to share behind-the-scenes stories and perform classic songs, honoring Prine’s enduring legacy…MORE INFO

Kokuho

Starts Friday, March 13

Nagasaki, 1964. After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, Kikuo decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. Across decades, the two young men grow and evolve together – from acting school to the grandest stages – amid scandals and glory, brotherhood and betrayals, as each pushes to become the greatest living Kabuki master…MORE INFO

Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere

Q&A with Director Maura Smith and Executive Producer Sid Ganis!

Thursday, March 19 6:30pm

Over six decades, photographer Steve Schapiro bore witness to some of the most significant social and cultural moments in modern American history.   Shot shortly before his passing by filmmaker Maura Smith, Steve Schapiro: Being Everywhere is a loving tribute to a man who was the quintessential “fly on the wall,” waiting for moments to unfold and capturing them with a naturalism and skill that’s nothing short of dazzling…MORE INFO

Berlin & Beyond 2026

Sunday, March 22
Monday March 23

Berlin & Beyond returns to Rialto Cinemas Elmwood on March 22 & 23, showcasing four films. Now in its 30th anniversary season, the Berlin & Beyond Film Festival continues to be a leading light of contemporary German and European cinema exhibition in the Americas, by both audience size and programming scope. Through the many years, over 500 motion pictures from German-speaking countries, produced in over 30 different countries, have screened at Berlin & Beyond to over 200,000 attendees, from independent works to studio pictures to topical documentaries and shorts from the filmmakers of tomorrow…MORE INFO

Spacewoman

Tuesday, March 24 12 & 6:30pm

Astronaut Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot and command an American  spacecraft. Born on the other side of the tracks in upstate New York, she smashed many glass ceilings in the US Air Force and at NASA in her career, culminating in four increasingly dramatic and dangerous space shuttle missions…MORE INFO

A Magnificent Life

Starts Friday, March 27

In 1955, 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol is a well-known and acclaimed playwright and filmmaker. When the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine commissions a weekly column about Pagnol’s childhood, he sees this as a great opportunity to go back to his artistic roots: writing. Realizing his memory is failing him and deeply affected by the disappointing results of his last two plays, Pagnol starts doubting his ability to pursue his work…MORE INFO

A Great Awakening

Starts Friday, April 3

With the colonies on the brink of collapse, the Reverend George Whitefield ignites the first Great Awakening, uniting an entire generation with his thundering and faithful sermons and proclamations of liberty. In a miraculous turn of events, one of Whitefield’s closest friends and greatest promoters becomes none other than Benjamin Franklin. With the nation’s freedom hanging in the balance, the founders discover true liberty cannot only be written into law – it must be awakened in the hearts of the people…MORE INFO

Hundreds of Beavers

Tuesday, April 7 8:45pm

JEAN KAYAK finds himself stranded in a surreal winter landscape with nothing but his dim wits to guide him. Against a backdrop of ruthless elements and sinister creatures – all played by actors in full-sized mascot costumes – KAYAK develops increasingly complex traps in order to win the hand of a mischievous lover…MORE INFO

Deepfaking Sam Altman

Wednesday, April 8 6:30pm

Q&A with Director Adam Lough and Zvika Krieger, former Director of Responsible Innovation at Meta/Facebook

Deepfaking Sam Altman is a mordantly funny and deeply personal journey through technology, intimacy, and accountability. When filmmaker Adam Bhala Lough can’t reach Sam Altman, he builds his own version using Altman’s own technology. “Sambot” becomes an AI co-director of the film, one that mirrors Adam’s fears, ambitions, and blind spots. The result is a revealing portrait of our era’s obsession with simulation, power, and the longing for connection in a digital age…MORE INFO

Exit 8

Starts Friday, April 10

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?…MORE INFO

The Christophers

Starts Friday, April 10

Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. His two estranged children, desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger, to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access 8 unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage…MORE INFO

Hamlet

Starts Friday, April 10

In this contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set in a wealthy British South-Asian family, Hamlet returns home for his father’s funeral and is shocked to learn that his uncle Claudius will now marry his widowed mother. When his father’s ghost reveals that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet becomes consumed by revenge, questioning the corruption at the heart of the family’s business, and his own sanity…MORE INFO

The Stranger

Starts Friday, April 10

Meursault works as a clerk at an office in Algiers during the French colonial occupation. A modest man who keeps to himself, Meursault finds his routine upended by the sudden death of his mother. At her funeral, he faces scrutiny from all corners for his failure to perform his grief. Meursault’s reputation for otherworldly detachment carries over to all aspects of his life, from his tentative romance with Marie to his indifference to professional advancement…MORE INFO

Shuffle

Q&A with Director Ben Flaherty!

Thursday, April 16 6:30pm

An intimate look inside the billion-dollar addiction treatment industry where young people are bought and sold for their insurance policies and ushered into a system designed to keep them sick…MORE INFO

Steal This Story, Please!

Saturday, April 18 6:30pm
Sunday, April 19 6:30pm

Q&A with Amy Goodman April 18 & 19 following both shows!

Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from conflict zones and the Democracy Now! newsroom. In Steal This Story, Please!, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin craft a riveting portrait of journalism’s power – and peril – in an era of corporate control and political attacks on truth…MORE INFO

Suburban Fury

Starts Friday, April 24

In 1975, suburban mother Sara Jane Moore tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford. In an original and compelling new work told in the distinctive style of director Robinson Devor, Suburban Fury explores her radicalization – revealing how isolation and ideology can warp the American dream…MORE INFO

Space Cowboy

Wednesday, May 6 6:30pm

A pioneer of skydiving cinematography, Joe Jennings looks back on a lifetime of creating iconic moments in film and television, while he tries to pull off his most ambitious stunt yet, turning a dreamlike vision into reality…MORE INFO

Land With No Rider

Wednesday, May 27 7pm

Q&A to follow with Director, Tamar Lando to follow screening!

The last cowboys of New Mexico eke out a fragile survival in a shrinking world of isolation, memories and rugged beauty as an epic drought devastates the American West…MORE INFO