
Some Like It Hot
(1959)After witnessing a shooting, two Chicago musicians head south disguised as female jazz artists. Their cover seems perfect...until love comes along.

Three Colors: Blue
(1993)An arthouse staple of the ’90s, the Three Colors films hold up some twenty years later as complex, emotionally resonant, and visually beguiling tales of contemporary Europe. The first part, Blue, is a story of death and rebirth that features a tour-de-force performance by Juliette Binoche.

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
(2005)Transcending cultural borders and genres, Istanbul’s vibrant music scene takes the spotlight in Fatih Akin’s sonically immersive time capsule, now remastered in 4K. Thumping with an infectious energy, this movable feast celebrates the bonding power of art over political and generational divides.

Ema
(2019)A shocking incident that upends her family and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer sets a reggaeton dancer on an odyssey of personal liberation.

Priscilla
(2023)The gilded cage of fame is beguiling but lonesome in Sofia Coppola’s sumptuous adaptation of Priscilla Presley’s memoir. Starring a revelatory, award-winning Cailee Spaeny next to Jacob Elordi as Elvis, this dark fairytale charts the highs and the lows of a life spent in the shadow of the King.

A Bigger Splash
(2015)A reworking of Jacques Deray’s La Piscine, this sun-scorched, suspenseful thriller from Luca Guadagnino (Queer) assembles a star-studded central quartet—Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Ralph Fiennes—and lets sparks fly. An alluring, luscious adult drama.

Days of the Bagnold Summer
(2020)A teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mom.

Her Smell
(2019)A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

Félicité
(2017)A headstrong yet vulnerable, playful yet vehement woman is the indelible titular character in Alain Gomis’s Silver Bear winner, shot on location in Kinshasa. Lifted by performances from renowned Congolese artists, Félicité pushes against the weight of poverty with the exuberant energy of music.

A Dog Called Money
(2019)As imaginative as the creative process it documents, this film is a journey through the inspiration, writing, and recording of a PJ Harvey record.

Forty Shades of Blue
(2005)Laura, a young woman from Russia, lives in Memphis with her boyfriend, aging music legend Alan James. When Alan’s estranged grown-up son, Michael, shows up in Memphis for the first time in years, his initial hostility to Laura soon turns into something much more, and they embark on an affair.

Rewind & Play
(2023)Working with unseen outtakes from a 1969 French TV interview, director Alain Gomis fashions a riveting, sharp-edged essay on the media’s treatment of a genius of jazz piano, Thelonious Monk. Hypnotic, nerve-wrangling, and immersive, Rewind and Play lets the music—and the silence—do the talking.

North Terminal
(2022)During the 2020 lockdown, Lucrecia Martel returns to her home in Salta, Argentina’s most conservative region. Here she follows singer Julieta Laso who introduces her to a group of women musicians and defiant people who exchange glances, songs, and opinions around a fire.

Emerald Cities
(1983)A young woman leaves her boozy father behind to seek her fortune in San Francisco.

Wild Guitar
(1962)Arriving in Hollywood, a motorcycling rock-'n-roller finds romance and a shot at the big time, but must contend with the schemes of a shady manager.

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
(1967)A wacky example of the so-called “hicksploitation” genre of country-themed drive-in movies, get ready to strap yourself in for a rip-roaring ride! This exuberantly goofy comedy takes us through some improbable, Southern-flavored scenarios and is set to the vibrant sounds of country and western.