
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.

Phoenix
(2014)A Holocaust survivor receives surgery to repair her disfigured face before searching for her husband who may have betrayed her to the Nazis.

Pina
(2011)Between Buena Vista Social Club and The Salt of the Earth, Wim Wenders struck gold with Pina, an Academy Award®-nominated documentary profile of Pina Bausch. A fitting tribute to the iconic dancer and choreographer, a cinematic spectacle of movement, of bodies in motion on-stage and off.

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.

Lurker
(2025)When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

Rimini
(2022)Impeccably styled and unflinchingly grim, this darkly humorous tale of a pop star past his prime finds Ulrich Seidl at his audacious best.

First Name: Carmen
(1983)Godard stars as an eccentric filmmaker in this fragmentary love poem from his 1980s period. Loosely based on Bizet’s opera, First Name: Carmen reinvents cinema into elliptical broken rhythms and passages of poetry to renew one of the oldest of tales: that of two lovers on the run.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
(2017)An eye-opening look at Ryuichi Sakamoto’s life, work, and creative process, this portrait shows an artist aware of his responsibility to the world around him. His fascination with the beauty and violence of both nature and humanity is all the more moving as he candidly reflects on his own mortality.

Charli XCX: Alone Together
(2022)Seeking solace in music during the COVID-19 pandemic, global pop star Charli XCX asks her fans to help her make an album while quarantined at home. Embarking on a creative and emotional journey, she faces mental health issues, rekindles her relationship with her boyfriend and connects with her fans.

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.

Contemporary Color
(2016)In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
(2018)A live performance film capturing an intimate concert by composer, pianist and music producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in New York City. The performance marked the first public unveiling of Sakamoto’s new opus, async, hailed as one of the best albums of 2017 by Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.

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

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.