Our May 2025 Calendar is now here! You can download one here or pick one up at the box office.
Please note that starting in May, Cinematheque will now be closed on Tuesdays.
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, an intimate journey through the life of singer Diane Luckey, narrated through her own words, lyrics and music, opens May 1.
Samir Oliveros’ latest feature based on true events, The Luckiest Man in America, opens May 2.
No Other Land, made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval. Opens May 7.
McDonald at The Movies returns May 8 with Sydney Pollack’s 1982 film Tootsie!
First-ever North American release of Robina Rose’s masterwork of surreal, somnambulant cinema, the new 4K restoration of Nightshift opens May 9.
Secret Cinema, our all-celluloid film series, returns May 10. This month’s selection was made by multidisciplinary artist Meganelizabeth Diamond!
Secret Mall Apartment is the bonkers true story about Rhode Island artists who created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Opens May 14.
Cinematheque Head Projectionist Eric Peterson presents Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train on May 15 as part of our Staff Picks series!
Underseen landmark of Australian cinema and vivid portrait of Sydney in the early 80s, the new 4K restoration of Going Down opens May 16.
Jeremy Guenette’s latest feature Melaleuca opens May 17. Join us for a post-screening Q&A with the filmmaker!
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted, the latest documentary from directors Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson, and David McMurry opens May 21.
Bikini Drive-In returns May 22 with the chilly supernatural fable The Haunting of Julia.
David Cronenberg’s eerie noir-tinged dystopia The Shrouds opens May 23.
John Waters’ midnight classic Pink Flamingos plays May 29 as part of Cult-O-Rama, our brand-new monthly screening series exploring beloved sleaze, trash, and cult cinema! A celebration of bad taste curated and introduced by Cinematheque Film Programmer Olivia Norquay.
In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, we’ve partnered with FascinAsian Film Festival to present three films from one of Japan’s most inventive and fearless independent filmmakers, Daisuke Miyazaki. Join us May 30-June 1 for Plastic (2024), Videophobia (2019) and Yamato (California) (2016).