Parasite
Parasite, Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s (Snowpiercer, Okja) film, which won the Palme d’Or for Best Film at Cannes, follows a poor family whose members infiltrate a wealthy family’s mansion until the plan goes awry.
Parasite, Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s (Snowpiercer, Okja) film, which won the Palme d’Or for Best Film at Cannes, follows a poor family whose members infiltrate a wealthy family’s mansion until the plan goes awry.
From the moment Nina wins the main role in Swan Lake, she finds herself dealing with feelings of anxiety and pressure and sets her on a challenging emotional journey. Natalie Portman’s brilliant award-winning performance gives the film its emotional core.
SpongeBob and his friend Patrick embark on a kayak journey to find King Neptune's crown in the first SpongeBob SquarePants movie. With no educational messages or emotional drama, the film offers a fast-paced, lighthearted, and fun adventure, full of playful humor and excitement.
A space shuttle crew member is attacked by a strange creature. Back in the shuttle, it becomes clear that the threat lingers and will only grow more dangerous. Ridley Scott’s film is undoubtedly one of the most influential, enjoyable, and fascinating sci-fi films in cinema history.
The nickname "City of God" refers to a favela in Rio de Janeiro, a maze of narrow alleys and crumbling houses. Based on an epic novel by Paolo Lins, the film spans the 60s to the 80s, following the harsh coming-of-age of children who never truly experienced childhood.
Based on an old Chinese legend about a young girl who pretend to be a man to join the war against the Hunnes. "Gorgeously animated and stirringly told, Disney's Mulan is a timeless story that will delight kids and divert adults with its sweeping scope, emotional intimacy and screwball humor" (Washigton Post)
A salesman in a comic store falls in love with a prostitute and is forced to kill her pimp. The couple flees for their lives. Director Tony Scott embraces Quentin Tarantino’s gripping script, with its graphic violence, sharp dialogue, nihilism, and black humor.
Spike Lee's powerful film centers on an Italian pizzeria, which acts as a Caucasian and archaic settlement in the heart of an African-American neighborhood, when racial tensions explode on the hottest day of the year. Lee’s brilliant, enjoyable, and enthralling film seems as relevant as ever.
Manhattan, 2259. A red-haired woman with supernatural powers, the fifth element, lands in Bruce Willis’ flying taxi. Together, they must unite the elements to stop evil forces. Luc Besson creates a visually stunning, effects-driven future crafted purely to dazzle and entertain the audience.
The war between good and evil finds a new hero in the form of Luke Skywalker sent by the Force to rescue Princess Leia, who is leading a rebellion against an evil empire. New Hope is a sweeping and thrilling adventure, a cultural phenomenon that has not lost any of its magic.
A famed martial artist retires, entrusting his 400-year-old sword to his partner. On her way to Beijing, it’s stolen by a masked thief, sparking a breathtaking, gravity-defying chase filled with elegance, emotion, and stunning martial arts choreography.
Sunday 01.02.26 | 01.02.26 10:00 | Cinematheque 1 | Cinematheque 1 |
A very funny parody on the disaster film genre, with an endless stream of gags, which became the breakthrough film for the team of the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams.
An introverted high-school misfit discovers she has surprising supernatural powers, which she plans to use against her classmates that played a cruel practical joke on her on prom night. A classic of the horror genre.
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
In a large restaurant owned by a laconic cook, the thief and his wife dine regularly. One evening, the wife meets a man who becomes her lover…. A beautifully stylized film, displaying Greenaway’s typical attention to architectural details and cynicism towards the upper classes.
Having lost her safety net in the city, 27-year-old Frances reels at a dizzying pace from Brooklyn to Sacramento to Paris, and then to upstate New York. Noah Baumbach voices the anxieties and tribulations of a whole generation.
An ambitious high school student who has her sights set on the position of student government president spares no means to achieve her goals. One of the teachers, experiencing a life crisis, decides to thwart her plans. Their ongoing rivalry quickly escalates in unexpected directions.
An entertaining, energetic and fleeting movie about a bunch of pirates who kidnap a pretty girl who holds the charm that will release them from a bothersome curse.
An anthology of stories about L.A. gangsters whose fun and games can be deadly. With deliciously corrupt characters, witty dialogues, the distinctive direction style, the brilliant musical choices, Pulp Fiction is without a doubt a classic that should be enjoyed on the big screen.
A retiring detective is spending his last week on the job working with the young cop who is going to replace him. In the thick of a New York winter they find themselves in a chase after a sadistic serial killer. David Fincher presents one of the most effective thrillers to hit the screen in the mid-1990s.
The year is 2048. Doug Quaid takes a vacation on Mars in the form of a memory implant. Unfortunately, Quaid's memory has already been erased.... One of the best fantasy films of all time.
Wednesday 17.09.25 | 17.09.25 20:30 | Cinematheque 1 | Cinematheque 1 |
This astounding work by Czech surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer is, without doubt, the most spectacular adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland." The film is abundant with a stunning combination of pure nonsense and careful logic, black humor, and psychological enlightenment, including many outlandish moments.
Chicago, 1920s. Roxy dreams of becoming a star, but then she kills her lover. In prison she meets her idol, who - like the other prisoners - is behind bars because of one man or another. Will attorney Billy Flynn be able to get them off the hook? A brilliant adaptation from the stage version and the excellent performances by the entire cast.
Sam and Suzy are both outsiders in the summer camp. Both decide to run away to build their own world. The escape, the journey, and the search for the two will lead the kids and those around them to some realizations. Exceptional aesthetic beauty, a clever narrative structure, and unique characters create this poignant charming comedy.