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SILENT FRIEND

Set in the botanical garden of a medieval town in Germany. Three epochs, three personalities, three sometimes...

2:50 PM
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STOP! THAT! TRAIN!

Two train stewardess BFFs switch from a dull railway to the luxurious Glamazonian Express. During a massive...

1:00 PM 3:40 PM 6:00 PM 8:10 PM
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BACKROOMS

After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to...

12:30 PM 3:00 PM 5:20 PM 8:00 PM
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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)

Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the...

7:45 PM
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I LOVE BOOSTERS

A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It's like community...

1:15 PM 5:45 PM
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CORK-CORK AT THE KAN-KAN: A WINE AND FILM SERIES – ‘RATATOUILLE’

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‘RATATOUILLE (2007)’ – FILM ONLY

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris...

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A/V CLUB THEATER SPECIAL: ‘EVIL DEAD II (1987)’ W/DYLAN ROAHRIG

Hail to the king, baby! I mean, do I even need to try to sell you on this movie? Fine. Bruce Campbell is back...

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‘TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)’ W/FILM COMMENTARY FROM BUNNY BEAUMONT

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DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: ‘INLAND EMPIRE’

As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and...

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DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: ‘LOST HIGHWAY’

Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic...

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DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: ‘MULHOLLAND DRIVE’

After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues...

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DAVID LYNCH DIRECTS: ‘THE STRAIGHT STORY’

Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill. Unable to drive,...

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‘I SAW THE TV GLOW’ VHS SCREENING

A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious...

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‘THE SANDLOT’ LIBRARY WEEKEND AT THE KAN-KAN

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‘WAITING FOR GUFFMAN’ LIBRARY WEEKEND AT THE KAN-KAN

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THE PIANO TEACHER (2001)

Erika, a repressed piano teacher, satisfies her masochistic urges only voyeuristically until she meets...

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BOOKSMART (2019)

On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have...

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‘NECESSARY ALLIES’ THE PREMIERE SCREENING

In a world increasingly shaped by misunderstanding and cultural tension, Necessary Allies follows an...

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‘BARB WIRE’ WITH VANITY REX

Join us for BARB WIRE (1996) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Pancha La Flor who will be providing...

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‘FINAL DESTINATION 2’ WITH VANITY REX

Join us for FINAL DESTINATION 2 (2003) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Desiree Bouvier who will be...

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‘HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II’ WITH VANITY REX

Join us for HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II (1987) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Bunny Beaumont who...

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‘VALLEY OF THE DOLLS’ WITH VANITY REX

Join us for VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1967) with host, Vanity Rex, and special guest Faggedy Anne who will be...

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‘WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?’ WITH VANITY REX

Join us for WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962) hosted by Vanity Rex. This will be a very special Vanity...

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MACHO DANCER (4K RESTORATION)

Noel, a mountain teen, goes to Manila to support his family and, guided by a call-boy mentor, is drawn into a...

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REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and...

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THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (1961)

A schoolgirl ruins her two headmistresses with a scandalous...

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TOMMY (1975)

A psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the...

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A/V CLUB: ‘GWENDOLINE’

A beautiful woman hires an intrepid adventurer to help find her father, who has disappeared in the jungle...

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A/V CLUB: ‘HORROR HOSPITAL’

A failed songwriter decides to take a vacation at a health farm. His hosts want to lobotomize him and turn...

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A/V CLUB: ‘AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL’

An undertaker in a small Brazilian town searches for the perfect woman to bear him a superior child. Unable...

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A/V CLUB: ‘BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS’

A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil...

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A/V CLUB: ‘GIRL (1998)’

A sheltered, straight-A high school senior, Andrea Marr, becomes infatuated with a local rock singer, Todd...

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A/V CLUB: ‘DRIVE-IN MASSACRE’

Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater,...

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A/V CLUB: ‘MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH’

Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student engineers acts of...

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A/V CLUB: ‘STONE (1974)’

After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of...

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A/V CLUB: ‘SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS’

A trio of naive, but eager young Midwestern women go to California to teach summer school classes at Regency...

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‘CHRISTMAS IN SPRING’ SPECIAL PRESENTATION

A young man with no guidance struggles to hold together what’s left of his family. As pressure builds, he...

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‘PIGGY DUSTER’ – INDIANAPOLIS PREMIERE

On a rocky camping trip at 10,000 feet, a teenage girl and her step-father struggle to repair their fractured...

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FAM-FAM AT THE KAN-KAN: ‘A GOOFY MOVIE (1995)’

When Max makes a preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless...

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FAM-FAM AT THE KAN-KAN: ‘MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (1996)’

The Muppets set sail in search of treasure, with Jim Hawkins and Long John...

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PONYO (2008)

Sosuke, a five-year-old boy, develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to...

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‘MATADOR (1986) [4K RESTORATION]’ PRESENTED W/ TERRI CARNEY

A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of...

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‘HUNGRY TO LEARN’ FILM SCREENING & CONVERSATION

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‘TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (1989)’ PRESENTED W/ TERRI CARNEY

An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient takes a porn star prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to...

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‘WITHDRAWAL’ + Q&A WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR AARON STRAND

A passionate young songwriter and her rebellious boyfriend must withdrawal from heroin to keep her...

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A/V CLUB THEATER SPECIAL: ‘HACK-O-LANTERN (1988)’ W/DYLAN ROAHRIG

The Satanic Panic is the obvious inspiration for the madness that is this straight-to-video schlocker. A...

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A/V CLUB THEATER SPECIAL: ‘PUNISHER: WAR ZONE (2008)’ W/DYLAN ROAHRIG

Oscar nominated, SXSW Grand Jury Award winning director, Lexi Alexander, was offered this as her first big...

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KNOW NO STRANGER PRESENTS: ‘OPTICAL POPSICLE 7 (2014)’

In 2014, Indy art troupe Know No Stranger staged an exuberant mishmash of sketch comedy, live music,...

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A/V CLUB THEATER SPECIAL: ‘TEENAGE GANG DEBS (1966)’ W/DYLAN ROAHRIG

Imagine MacBeth but with gangs of teenagers doing juvie stuff, and you've just imagined Teenage Gang Debs....

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A/V CLUB THEATER SPECIAL: ‘THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP (1969)’ W/DYLAN ROAHRIG

Have you been clambering for an Argentinian sexploitation film about a mad scientist who kidnaps couples...

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THE SAME SKY

After seventeen years of carrying unimaginable grief, Angela agreed to meet Rochelle, the mother of the man...

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A/V CLUB THEATER SPECIAL: ‘TROMEO AND JULIET (1996)’ W/DYLAN ROAHRIG

Lemmy himself opens this flick in iambic pentameter. If that's not enough to get your butts in the seat for...

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MADDIE’S SECRET

A food influencer secretly struggles with bulimia as she navigates online fame, close friendships, and a...

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THE ODYSSEY

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops...

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BARBIE (2023)

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However,...

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MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (2021)

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and...

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NASHVILLE (1975)

Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political...

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (2021)

The Velvet Underground explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most...

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WAYNE’S WORLD (1992)

Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable...

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‘BUNKER HEIGHTS’ W/ POST-FILM Q&A

A savage collision of crime, comedy, and creature horror unfolds when corruption, violence, and something...

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OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR

A wealthy New York City teenager who, eager to impress his activist crush, follows an online connection to...

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BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of...

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‘BATMAN & ROBIN’ VHS SCREENING

Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy...

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‘WILD WILD WEST’ VHS SCREENING

The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical,...

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‘BLADE’ VHS SCREENING

A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil...

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FAM-FAM AT THE KAN-KAN: ‘CORPSE BRIDE (2005)’

When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises...

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DIRTY DANCING (1987)

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the...

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‘MISERY’ VHS SCREENING

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care...

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MONTEREY POP (1968)

A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music...

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‘PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES’ VHS SCREENING

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of...

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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)

Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the...

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SUMMER OF SOUL (2021)

Documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and...

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‘THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT’ VHS SCREENING

Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair...

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FAM-FAM AT THE KAN-KAN: ‘THE FOX AND THE HOUND (1981)’

A fox named Tod and a hound named Copper vow to be best friends forever. But as Copper grows into a hunting...

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AUTUMN SONATA (1978)

A devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she...

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FALLEN ANGELS (1995)

An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of...

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NETWORK (4K RESTORATION)

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about mass media...

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SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983)

Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for...

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THIEF (1981)

After a long prison sentence, a top safe-cracker takes over a couple of businesses that he uses as fronts for...

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OUTDOOR SERIES: ‘LEGALLY BLONDE’ AT THE INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods follows her ex-boyfriend to law school, where she discovers that there...

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Casual, free bar trivia with chances to win prizes: merch, snacks, and movie tickets! A few rounds will focus on queer films and lgbtq+ pop culture since it’s Pride month.

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