Booster (noun | boost·er)
1. Somebody who steals clothes from a store and sells them at a discount price, aka community service
Starts May 22nd
I LOVE BOOSTERS
Starts May 15th
STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!
“Stirring, unashamedly admiring documentary portrait” –Screen International
2026 FILM SERIES ARE HERE!
VIEW SERIESLocated in beautiful
Windsor Park
1258 Windsor St. Indianapolis
Indy’s only locally owned arthouse cinema.
Cinema opens 30 min before first film.
May 8-14
ERUPCJA
Rated NR • Length 71 min
Dir. by Pete Ohs
A volcanic eruption strands Bethany and her soon-to-be fiancé in Warsaw, Poland. Taking the explosive event as a sign, she soon reunites with her childhood friend and embarks on a European adventure.
1:00 pm, 6:15 pm
Last Chance May 21
BLUE HERON
Rated NR • Length 91 min
Dir. by Sophy Romvari
A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child.
3:10 pm, 7:45 pm
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
Rated PG-13 • Length 119 min
Dir. by David Frankel
As Miranda Priestly nears retirement, she reunites with Andy Sachs to face off against her former assistant turned rival: Emily Charlton.
12:40 pm, 3:35 pm, 5:15 pm, 8:00 pm
Last Chance May 14
MOTHER MARY
Rated R • Length 112 min
Dir. by David Lowery
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer, Sam Anselm, on the eve of her comeback performance.
2:45 pm, 5:10 pm
May 8-14
TWO SEASONS, TWO STRANGERS
Rated NR • Length 89 min
Dir. by Shô Miyake
In summer, Nagisa and Natsuo meet seaside exchanging distant looks and clumsy words in the rainy ocean. In winter, screenwriter Li arrives at a snowy village meeting Benzo at his guesthouse. Despite disconnected talks they embark together.
1:30 pm, 7:35 pm
May 14
WALK THE LINE (2005)
Rated PG-13 • Length 136 min
Dir. by James Mangold
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
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May 15-21
DRY LEAF
Rated NR • Length 186 min
Dir. by Alexandre Koberidze
A father searches for his daughter Lisa, a sports photographer who disappeared while documenting rural soccer fields across Georgia, joined by her enigmatic best friend.
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May 15-21
STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!
Rated NR • Length 98 min
Dir. by Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story, Please. is a gripping portrait of a journalist whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history.
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May 16
'SOCIETY' WITH VANITY REX
• Length 99 min
Dir. by Brian Yuzna
Join us for SOCIETY (1989) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Oliver Closeoff who will be providing commentary, jokes, and trivia!
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May 17 & 19
'DUNE (1984)': PART OF THE BOOK TO FILM CLUB PRESENTED WITH INDY READS FEATURING COMMENTARY BY BUNNY BEAUMONT
Rated PG-13 • Length 137 min
Dir. by David Lynch
Buy ticketsMay 18
A/V CLUB: 'THE STABILIZER (1986)'
• Length 86 min
18+ screening. Free, but ticketed event. Peter Goldson, aka The Stabilizer, searches for drug smuggler Greg Rainmaker. Rainmaker killed Goldson's fiancee by kicking her with his spiked shoes, and now Goldson wants revenge.
Free Tickets
May 20
GRANFALLOON: 'SORRY TO BOTHER YOU'
Rated R • Length 112 min
Dir. by Boots Riley
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.
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May 21
VIVA LAS VEGAS (1964)
Rated Approved • Length 85 min
Dir. by George Sidney
A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.
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Starts May 22
I LOVE BOOSTERS
Rated R • Length 113 min
Dir. by Boots Riley
A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It's like community service.
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Coming Soon
CHIME + SERPENT'S PATH (4K RESTORATION)
Rated NR • Length 130 min
Dir. by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
A school teacher is woken by a sound that fills him with dread. (CHIME) / A man enlists a friend to help him identify and exact revenge upon his daughter's murderer. (SERPENT'S PATH)
May 23
CONBODY VS EVERYBODY
• Length 355 min
Dir. by Debra Granik
Throughout the course of eight years, Coss Marte constructs ConBody, a gym modeled after the exercises he learned while incarcerated.
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May 26
A LOVE LETTER TO HANDSOME JOHN
Rated NR • Length 54 min
Dir. by Otis Gibbs
An intimate portrait of Todd Snider in the last year of his life. What starts as a film about gratitude, and a way to say thank you to John Prine, becomes a rare glimpse of the artist at home in his most quiet moments.
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May 27
'THE DEVIL IS BUSY' PRESENTED BY WOMEN4CHANGE AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD W/POST-FILM DISCUSSION
• Length 75 min
Free tickets
May 28
8 MILE (2002)
Rated R • Length 110 min
Dir. by Curtis Hanson
Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.
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Starts May 29 /// Tickets Coming Soon
BACKROOMS
Rated R • Length 105 min
Dir. by Kane Parsons
After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.
Starts May 29 /// Tickets Coming Soon
PRESSURE
Rated PG-13 • Length 100 min
Dir. by Anthony Maras
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice--launch the most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.
June 2
PARTY GIRL (1995)
Rated R • Length 94 min
Dir. by Daisy von Scherler Mayer
An irresponsible 20-something party girl is bailed out of jail by her librarian godmother. To repay the loan, she starts working at the library and gradually turns her life around.
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June 4
CABARET (1972)
Rated PG • Length 124 min
Dir. by Bob Fosse
A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
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June 5
BLEAK WEEK: 'MENACE II SOCIETY (1993)' PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE
Rated R • Length 97 min
Dir. by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Buy ticketsJune 6 & 7
FAM-FAM AT THE KAN-KAN: 'SING (2016)'
Rated PG • Length 108 min
Dir. by Garth Jennings
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.
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June 6
BLEAK WEEK: 'HAPPINESS (1998)' PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE
Rated NC-17 • Length 140 min
Dir. by Todd Solondz
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BLEAK WEEK: 'TYPHOON CLUB (1985)' PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE
Rated NR • Length 115 min
Dir. by Shinji Sômai
Buy ticketsJune 9
D.E.B.S. (2004)
Rated PG-13 • Length 91 min
Dir. by Angela Robinson
Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group, D.E.B.S.
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June 10
'RAFIKI' PRESENTED WITH SAPPHIC SOCIAL INDY
Rated NR • Length 83 min
Dir. by Wanuri Kahiu
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
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June 11
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974)
Rated PG • Length 91 min
Dir. by Brian De Palma
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music, but an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
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Coming Soon
STOP! THAT! TRAIN!
Rated R • Length 92 min
Dir. by Adam Shankman
Two train stewardess BFFs switch from a dull railway to the luxurious Glamazonian Express. During a massive storm, they must work with snooty first-class crew and President Gagwell to prevent disaster in LA.
June 12
'BLUE VELVET (1986)' W/ BUNNY BEAUMONT
Rated R • Length 120 min
Dir. by David Lynch
Buy ticketsJune 13 & 16
VIVE L'AMOUR (1994)
Rated NR • Length 118 min
Dir. by Tsai Ming-liang
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for sexual affairs' Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.
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June 14
'FIGHT CLUB' : PART OF THE BOOK TO FILM CLUB PRESENTED WITH GOLDEN HOUR AND INDY READS
Rated R • Length 139 min
Dir. by David Fincher
20-minute book club after the screening.
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June 17
GRANFALLOON: 'HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH'
Rated R • Length 95 min
Dir. by John Cameron Mitchell
A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.
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June 18
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
Rated Approved • Length 91 min
Dir. by Howard Hawks
Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
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Coming Soon
LEVITICUS
Rated R • Length 88 min
Dir. by Adrian Chiarella
Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most - each other.
June 19
BLUE FILM
Rated NR • Length 85 min
Dir. by Elliot Tuttle
Fetish camboy Aaron Eagle agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client, only to discover a disturbing tie to his past.
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June 20
'SCOOBY-DOO' WITH VANITY REX
• Length 86 min
Dir. by Raja Gosnell
Join us for SCOOBY-DOO (2002) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Ilana a la Mode who will be providing commentary, jokes, and trivia!
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June 20
'COEXIST' A SHORT FILM SCREENING
• Length 60 min
Dir. by Angie Panganiban
Q&A following the short film.
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June 21
BEGINNERS (2011)
Rated R • Length 105 min
Dir. by Mike Mills
Oliver, a graphic designer, is attracted to a free-spirited and unpredictable Anna. Memories of his father encourage him to open himself up to the potential of a true and long-lasting relationship.
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June 22
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961)
Rated Approved • Length 108 min
Dir. by William Wyler
A schoolgirl ruins her two headmistresses with a scandalous lie.
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June 23
BOOKSMART (2019)
Rated R • Length 102 min
Dir. by Olivia Wilde
On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
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June 25
'I SAW THE TV GLOW' VHS SCREENING
Rated PG-13 • Length 100 min
Dir. by Jane Schoenbrun
A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.
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June 29
MACHO DANCER (4K RESTORATION)
Rated NR • Length 136 min
Dir. by Lino Brocka
Noel, a mountain teen, goes to Manila to support his family and, guided by a call-boy mentor, is drawn into a dangerous world of sex work, drugs, and police corruption.
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June 30
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
Rated PG-13 • Length 111 min
Dir. by Nicholas Ray
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
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Coming Soon
THE INVITE
Rated R • Length 107 min
Dir. by Olivia Wilde
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.
July 11
'NECESSARY ALLIES' THE PREMIERE SCREENING
Rated NR • Length 75 min
Dir. by Sherry Harris
Buy ticketsJuly 12 & 14
THE PIANO TEACHER (2001)
Rated R • Length 131 min
Dir. by Michael Haneke
Erika, a repressed piano teacher, satisfies her masochistic urges only voyeuristically until she meets Walter, a young student whose desire for Erika leads to a destructive infatuation that upsets the careful equilibrium of her life.
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Starts July 17 /// Tickets Coming Soon
THE ODYSSEY
Dir. by Christopher Nolan
After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Circe along the way.
July 18
'BARB WIRE' WITH VANITY REX
• Length 98 min
Dir. by David Hogan
Join us for BARB WIRE (1996) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Pancha La Flor who will be providing commentary, jokes, and trivia!
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July 25
DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: 'LOST HIGHWAY'
Rated R • Length 134 min
Dir. by David Lynch
Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
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August 8
DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: 'THE STRAIGHT STORY'
Rated G • Length 112 min
Dir. by David Lynch
Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill. Unable to drive, Alvin embarks on a journey from Iowa to Mt. Zion by riding a lawn mower.
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August 15
'HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II' WITH VANITY REX
• Length 97 min
Dir. by Bruce Pittman
Join us for HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II (1987) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Bunny Beaumont who will be providing commentary, jokes, and trivia!
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August 15
'THE SANDLOT' LIBRARY WEEKEND AT THE KAN-KAN
Rated PG • Length 101 min
Dir. by David Mickey Evans
In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
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August 16
'WAITING FOR GUFFMAN' LIBRARY WEEKEND AT THE KAN-KAN
Rated R • Length 84 min
Dir. by Christopher Guest
An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
Free tickets
Starts August 21 /// Tickets Coming Soon
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
Rated NR • Length 112 min
Dir. by Jane Schoenbrun
After years of slapdash sequels, the Camp Miasma franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
September 19
'VALLEY OF THE DOLLS' WITH VANITY REX
• Length 123 min
Dir. by Mark Robson
Join us for VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1967) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Faggedy Anne who will be providing commentary, jokes, and trivia!
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September 20
DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: 'MULHOLLAND DRIVE'
Rated R • Length 147 min
Dir. by David Lynch
After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
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October 24
'WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?' WITH VANITY REX
• Length 134 min
Dir. by Robert Aldrich
Join us for a special shadowcast screening of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962) hosted by Vanity Rex.
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October 25
'TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)' W/FILM COMMENTARY FROM BUNNY BEAUMONT
Rated R • Length 134 min
Dir. by David Lynch
Buy ticketsNovember 20
DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: 'INLAND EMPIRE'
Rated R • Length 180 min
Dir. by David Lynch
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
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November 21
'FINAL DESTINATION 2' WITH VANITY REX
• Length 90 min
Dir. by David R. Ellis
Join us for FINAL DESTINATION 2 (2003) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Desiree Bouvier who will be providing commentary, jokes, and trivia!
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