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Man of Iron

Man of Iron

October 28 at 7pm

The State Theatre · Burns Park

Cinema history meets real history: Wajda shot this Palme d'Or winner inside actual Solidarity strikes, following a washed-up reporter sent to smear Gdansk shipyard workers. Screened in a lovingly restored art deco gem.

A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents

A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents

November 4 at 7pm

The State Theatre · Burns Park

A love story on the eve of catastrophe: Wajda's drama follows a young student and his sweetheart in the final summer before WWII. Part of the Wajda 100 Tour at Ann Arbor's neon-lit art deco gem.

Film Sampler: The Janes

Film Sampler: The Janes

November 9 at 6pm

Hill Auditorium · Burns Park • Free

The Janes pulls back the curtain on a fearless underground network of women who provided safe, illegal abortions in pre-Roe Chicago. Stay for the talkback after this riveting documentary about quiet revolution.

The Short Films Of David Lynch

The Short Films Of David Lynch

November 10 at 7pm

Michigan Theater · Old Fourth Ward

Six decades-spanning nightmares and oddities from cinema's master of the uncanny. This Arthouse Revival screening collects David Lynch's short films from 1966 to 2002, from early animation to the gloriously unhinged Dumbland.

Tree Town Trans Film Festival

Tree Town Trans Film Festival

November 14 at 1:30pm

The State Theatre · Burns Park

An afternoon of short films created by trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming filmmakers, screening in Ann Arbor's historic State Theatre. Three hours of stories you won't find at the multiplex.

Pulp

Pulp

January 22 at 7pm

The State Theatre · Burns Park

A cafe TV starts showing the future, and chaos ensues in this delightfully absurd one-take Japanese comedy from the Europe Kikaku theater troupe. It's inventive, propulsive, and best enjoyed at the State Theater's art deco gem.

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Wed, Feb 10 · 7:00 PM

II Cineforum: Italian Classics on Campus Film Screening Series

North Quadrangle Residential and Academic Complex · Burns Park

Free

Sat, Feb 27 · 7:30 PM

TREES Directed & Performed by Sam Green

Michigan Theater · Old Fourth Ward

Harlan County, USA (1976)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Aanikoobijigan

Stamps Gallery · Ann Arbor

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor Film Festival

Michigan Theater · Old Fourth Ward

The Lobster (2016)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Nine Special Programs

Michigan Theater · Ann Arbor

Three Thousand Years Of Longing (2022)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley

Michigan Theater · Ann Arbor

Skinamarink (2022)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Fjord

The State Theatre · Burns Park

Unwelcome (2023)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Petite Maman (2021)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

The Whale (2023)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

The Cremator (1969)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

I, Daniel Blake

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Crimes of the Future (2022)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Bros (2022)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Arthouse Revival series

Michigan Theater · Ann Arbor

Pina: Dance, Dance, Otherwise We Are Lost

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor Art Fair

Michigan Theater · Ann Arbor

Dumb Money (2022)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

Infinity Pool (2023)

Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown · Ann Arbor

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