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USA, 2025, Laura Paglin
Mounting pressures – including an unsolved family murder – test a close-knit rural community. Shot by director Laura Paglin, who lived at the local budget motel, THIS IS PIKE COUNTY lingers on what it means to come of age in a place left behind. "Haunting, quietly searing, hard to forget." – Arlie Hochschild, Author, Strangers in Their Own Land. 78 min. plus Q&A.
Cleveland Premiere. Filmmaker Laura Paglin will answer audience questions after the screening.
Thursday 6:30 pm
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Japan, 1926, Teinosuke Kinugasa
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife. Experience Kinugasa’s lost 1926 avant-garde silent horror masterpiece A PAGE OF MADNESS like never before, reimagined with a blistering live metal and electronic score by The Silent Light. This cinematic ritual of chaos and sound will be performed one night only live at the Cleveland Cinematheque in Cleveland, OH on August 29th, 2026. 71 min.
100th Anniversary. Live Score by The Silent Light. Special admission $18; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, and ages 25 & under $15.
Saturday 9:00 pm
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USA/Occupied Palestinian Territory/Malaysia/Qatar/Denmark, 2026, Poh Si Teng
From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, AMERICAN DOCTOR follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress. Subtitles. 93 min.
Cleveland Premiere.
Friday 7:00 pm & Sunday 4:45 pm
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Burkina Faso/France/Switzerland, 1993, Idrissa Ouedraogo
During a robbery at a petrol station in town, one of the accomplices is shot dead. The other, Samba Traoré, flees with the loot: a suitcase full of banknotes. After years away, he returns to his native village. Life has gone on as usual, and Saratou is as beautiful as he remembers her. In the West African cinema masterpiece SAMBA TRAORÉ, director Idrissa Ouedraogo paints a portrait of a man haunted by his past, trying to rebuild his life and start afresh. But past mistakes never stay buried for long. Subtitles. 85 min.
New 4K Restoration.
Saturday 4:30 pm & Sunday 3:00 pm
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USA/UK/France, 1991, Ridley Scott
Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience. THELMA & LOUISE co-stars Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, and Christopher McDonald. 130 min.
Road Tripping. 4K Restoration.
Friday 8:55 pm & Saturday 6:20 pm
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France, 1987, René Laloux
An entire civilization must confront its destiny in alternative-animation pioneer René Laloux’s final feature, a cult classic of mind-bending science fiction. In a distant world, a merciless army of automata attacks Gandahar, turning its peace-loving people to stone. Hoping to discover the source of these Men of Metal, a council of matriarchs enlists the brave yet inexperienced warrior Sylvain (Pierre-Marie Escourro), who, while journeying through his planet’s outer regions, teams up with the Deformed, a race cast out from Gandahar after failed science experiments rendered them mutants. Soon, Sylvain learns that a gargantuan brain called Metamorphis (Georges Wilson) is responsible for his utopian society’s strife and—together with the beautiful Airelle (Catherine Chevallier)—travels through time to defeat him, in the process risking their lives and Gandahar’s very existence. Featuring stunningly surreal creatures and wondrously bizarre environments designed by renowned comic-book artist Caza, GANDAHAR is a visceral, visionary head-trip in which animation opens a gateway to the furthest reaches of the imagination. Subtitles. 83 min.
New 4K Restoration.
Thursday 8:50 pm & Sunday 6:40 pm
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General admission is $12; $9 for members, CIA & CSU ID holders, and people under 25.
35mm and special event screenings are $14; $11 for members, CIA & CSU ID holders, and people under 25.
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| This Week
Thu., Aug. 27, 6:30 pm
Special Screening
Filmmaker In Person
THIS IS PIKE COUNTY
Post-film Q&A with Laura Paglin
$12/$9
Thu., Aug. 27, 8:50 pm
Sun., Aug. 30, 6:40 pm
GANDAHAR
New 4K Restoration
$12/$9
Fri., Aug. 28, 7:00 pm
Sun., Aug. 30, 4:45 pm
AMERICAN DOCTOR
$12/$9
Fri., Aug. 28, 8:55 pm
Sat., Aug. 29, 6:20 pm
Road Tripping
THELMA & LOUISE
4K Restoration
$12/$9
Sat., Aug. 29, 4:30 pm
Sun., Aug. 30, 3:00 pm
SAMBA TRAORÉ
New 4K Restoration
$12/$9
Sat., Aug. 29, 9:00 pm
100th Anniversary
Live Score by The Silent Light
A PAGE OF MADNESS
$18/$15
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Next Week
SLOWBURN SHOOT:
AN INDIE WRESTLING STORY
Q&A w/ Adam Wilde
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
THE PIANO
BLUE FILM
THE MARCHING BAND
THE WAILING
BELLISSIMA
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