A film with just a bit of titular drama.
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.
THE DRAMA
Rated R • Length 105 min
Dir. by Kristoffer Borgli
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
1:10 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:10 pm, 7:30 pm & 10:10 pm
April 3-9
FANTASY LIFE
Rated R • Length 91 min
Dir. by Matthew Shear
An actress falls for the anxious law school dropout babysitting her kids in this smart, New York-set romantic comedy.
12:35 pm, 3:10 pm, 7:45 pm & 10:00 pm
April 3-9
PALESTINE '36
Rated NR • Length 120 min
Dir. by Annemarie Jacir
In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
12:30 pm & 5:15 pm
Last Chance April 9
ALPHA
Rated R • Length 128 min
Dir. by Julia Ducournau
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
9:45 pm
Last Chance April 9
THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST
Rated PG-13 • Length 103 min
Dir. by Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity.
2:50 PM
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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April 4 & 5
FAM-FAM AT THE KAN-KAN: 'THE IRON GIANT (1999)'
Rated PG • Length 90 min
Dir. by Brad Bird
A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.
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April 6
A/V CLUB: 'CHOPPING MALL'
Rated R • Length 95 min
Dir. by Jim Winorski
Free but ticketed, upstairs. A/V Club films are 18+. Eight teenagers get trapped in a shopping centre after hours and three murderous security robots chase them.
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April 9
SCHOOL OF ROCK (2003)
Rated PG-13 • Length 109 min
Dir. by Richard Linklater
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
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April 10-16 /// More Shows Coming Soon
MIROIRS NO. 3
Rated NR • Length 86 min
Dir. by Christian Petzold
After surviving a car crash, a piano student is taken in by a local family, but as she grows closer to them, she begins to uncover ghosts of the past that cannot be ignored.
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April 11
YOUNG, GIFTED, & BLACK: THE PREMIERE SCREENING
• Length 30 min
Dir. by Sherry Harris
Join us for the premiere of Sherry Harris' new documentary short YOUNG, GIFTED, & BLACK with discussion and filmmaker in attendance.
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April 12
'THE NATURAL' : PART OF THE BOOK TO FILM CLUB PRESENTED WITH TOMORROW BOOKSTORE AND INDY READS
Rated PG • Length 138 min
Dir. by Barry Levinson
20-minute book club after the screening.
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April 15
GRANFALLOON: 'SWISS ARMY MAN'
Rated R • Length 97 min
Dir. by Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
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April 16
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS (2001)
Rated PG-13 • Length 98 min
Dir. by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
A girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music.
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Starts April 17
THE CHRISTOPHERS
Rated R • Length 100 min
Dir. by Steven Soderbergh
The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies.
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April 18
'HAIRSPRAY' WITH VANITY REX
• Length 92 min
Dir. by John Waters
Join us for HAIRSPRAY (1988) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest April Rosé who will be providing commentary, jokes, and trivia!
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April 19 & 20
DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: 'THE ELEPHANT MAN'
Rated PG • Length 124 min
Dir. by David Lynch
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily-disfigured and mistreated young man working as a sideshow freak, who gradually reveals his capacity for kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
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April 20
A/V CLUB: 'WEED'
Rated R
Dir. by Alex de Renzy
Free but ticketed, upstairs. A/V Club films are 18+. This is a documentary directed by Alex de Renzy that examines the prevalence, culture, and legal issues of marijuana in the early 1970s. It features interviews with smugglers, dealers, and smokers, along with scenes from places like Mexico.
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April 22-26
INDY FILM FEST
All-Access Pass available now! Individual tickets and schedule coming soon.
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April 27 / $10 Tickets
'WHIP IT' : PRESENTED W/ CIRCLE CITY ROLLER DERBY + PRE-FILM TRIVIA
Rated PG-13 • Length 141 min
Dir. by Drew Barrymore
Trivia starts at 7pm. Film at roughly 7:30pm.
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April 27
A/V CLUB: 'LAKE OF THE DEAD'
Free but ticketed, upstairs. A/V Club films are 18+. Six friends stay in a lakeside cabin, where a deadly phantom stalks the shore.
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April 28
EVIL PUDDLE
Rated NR • Length 94 min
Dir. by Charles Roxburgh
After using a magic rock, William accidentally causes the town's tap water to become a deadly force of nature to anyone that touches it.
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April 30
LINDA LINDA LINDA (4K RESTORATION)
Rated PG • Length 114 min
Dir. by Nobuhiro Yamashita
A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival.
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April 30
'MEN IN BLACK' VHS SCREENING
Rated PG-13 • Length 98 min
Dir. by Barry Sonnenfeld
James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain.
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May 1-7 /// Tickets Coming Soon
KONTINENTAL '25
Rated NR • Length 109 min
Dir. by Radu Jude
After a municipal worker in Transylvania oversees an eviction that goes wrong, she spirals into an existential crisis that forces her to confront her place in a frenzied world.
May 2 & 3
FAM-FAM AT THE KAN-KAN: 'CARS (2006)'
Rated G • Length 116 min
Dir. by John Lasseter, Joe Ranft
On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn't everything in life.
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May 2 & 3
INDY FILM FEST: BEST OF FEST
May 5
DEAD MAN'S WIRE
Rated R • Length 105 min
Dir. by Gus Van Sant
On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck.
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Starts May 8 /// Tickets Coming Soon
BLUE HERON
Rated NR • Length 90 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.
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ERUPCJA
Rated NR • Length 71 min
Dir. by Pete Ohs
A volcanic eruption strands Bethany and her soon-to-be fiancé, Rob in Warsaw, Poland. Taking the explosive event as a sign, she soon reunites with her childhood friend, Nel, and embarks on a European adventure that forces her to confront the pains and pleasures of growing up.
May 9
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE: THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIFE
Rated NR • Length 119 min
Dir. by Paul Wagner
Explores the life and art of the most important woman artist of the 20th century. O'Keeffe became famous for her paintings of flowers, bones and emerged as an iconic role model for women.
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May 10
CORK-CORK AT THE KAN-KAN: A WINE AND FILM SERIES - 'MAMMA MIA!'
Rated 168 min
Wine experience at 4pm. Film roughly starts at 5pm.
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May 10
'MAMMA MIA! (2008)' - FILM ONLY
Rated 108 min • Length PG-13
Dir. by Phyllida Lloyd
Donna, an independent hotelier, is preparing for her daughter's wedding with the help of two old friends. Meanwhile Sophie, the spirited bride, has a plan. She invites three men from her mother's past in hope of meeting her real father.
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May 15-21 /// Tickets Coming Soon
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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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 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
'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
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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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Starts May 22 /// Tickets Coming Soon
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.
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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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
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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
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'BLUE VELVET (1986)' W/ BURLESQUE PERFORMANCE FROM BUNNY BEAUMONT
Rated R • Length 120 min
Dir. by David Lynch
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'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 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 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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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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Coming Soon
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
Rated NR
Dir. by Jane Schonebrun
A queer director making a slasher franchise sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film's 'final girl,' leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos.
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 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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