Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411

Conversation Leader: Author David Grant

After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere... so long as they repel the occasional raiding party. Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, training them to fight (and, yes, kill). But now Hailey’s eldest Emanuel (Kataem O’Connor) is a young man, and when he meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy.

Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411

Conversation Leader: Selina Lewis Davison, Director of Acts and Reparation

Two filmmaking friends, Selina, a Black woman, and Macky, a white man, head south together to explore their roots and the insidious legacy of slavery. Visiting with family in Louisiana, Selina discusses the secret histories of her family, while Macky, in Georgia, confronts his family’s inherited privilege. What emerges is an eye-opening story of hope and redemption.

Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411

Conversation Leader: Professor Dr. John Wright

New 50th Anniversary restoration! An unforgettable masterpiece of late-’60s counterculture, Robert Downey Sr.’s Putney Swope remains a vital provocation on race, pop culture and America.

Putney Swope, the only African-American exec at his firm, is unexpectedly elected its president and turns the industry on its ear through a series of outrageous, taboo-busting TV commercials (strewn throughout the film like comedic landmines.) As Swope becomes the Generalissimo of Madison Avenue, Downey takes no prisoners and skewers the entire political spectrum. Essential viewing.

Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411

Conversation Leader: Filmmaker D.A. Bullock

From Ryan Coogler—director of Black Panther and Creed—and starring Michael B. Jordan comes a new vision of fear: Sinners.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411

Conversation Leader: Attorney Francois Ecclesiaste

Racing through the streets of Paris making food deliveries on his bicycle, Guinean immigrant Souleymane (Sangare) is struggling to stay afloat. In two days, he has to report for an asylum application interview, where he must plead his case to an immigration officer (Nina Meurisse) who will determine his future in France. As he rides, he repeats his story. But Souleymane is not ready. Drawing inspiration from Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and evoking the humanist films of the Dardennes, Boris Lojkine’s urgent, propulsive third feature never leaves Souleymane’s side in a deeply affecting account of the daily trials and uncertain futures faced by migrants in France and around the world. 

Cinema Club moderator Megan Feeney will be in conversation with Professor Katherine Scheil, Associate Dean and Professor of English at the University of Minnesota and author of Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway, Cambridge University Press, 2018.

The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece, Hamlet. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal star in Hamnet, directed by Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao.

Cinema Club moderator Megan Feeney will be in conversation with Dr. Travis Workman, a professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota, specializing in Korean cinemas.

From director Park Chan-wook and based on Donald E. Westlake's novel THE AX, the story follows Man-su on his desperate hunt for a new job after his abrupt layoff from the paper company he served for 25 years.

An idealistic young woman juggles her family and work life in a comedy about the people you love and how to survive them. Written and directed by Oscar® and Emmy Award® winner James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment, The Simpsons), Ella McCay features an all-star cast including Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Ayo Edebiri, Spike Fearn, Rebecca Hall, Julie Kavner, Becky Ann Baker, Joey Brooks with Albert Brooks and Woody Harrelson.

Winner of the Golden Lion Best Film prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, Father Mother Sister Brother is the eagerly-awaited new film from Jim Jarmusch. Funny, tender and astutely observed, this is an intimate exploration of the universal intricacies of family dynamics. Starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat.

The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece, Hamlet. Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal star in Hamnet, directed by Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao.

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form. A new film from Bradley Cooper.

Bi Gan: Seeing is Believing

Visionary Chinese director Bi Gan's newest masterpiece Resurrection comes to The Main Cinema starting January 2. This holiday season, experience Bi's previous films including his bold feature debut Kaili Blues (2015), preceded by A Short Story (2022) told from the perspective of a cat, and his immersive noir Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018).

From Academy Award–winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty, Il Divo), La Grazia is a sweeping exploration of love, duty, and personal freedom. Toni Servillo – winner of the Best Actor Award at the 2025 Venice Film Festival – stars as Italy’s outgoing president, Mariano De Santis, navigating moral and personal crossroads with the help of his confidante and daughter, Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti). With Sorrentino’s signature poetic vision and an evocative soundtrack, this heartfelt masterwork is an intimate meditation on fatherhood, conscience, and the enduring question: who owns our days?

Bi Gan: Seeing is Believing

Visionary Chinese director Bi Gan's newest masterpiece Resurrection comes to The Main Cinema starting January 2. This holiday season, experience Bi's previous films including his bold feature debut Kaili Blues (2015), preceded by A Short Story (2022) told from the perspective of a cat, and his immersive noir Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018).

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. From writer/director Josh Safdie and starring Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher.

Writer-director Whit Stillman in Person!

An ironically comic look at Manhattan’s endangered debutante scene, Metropolitan chronicles the rise and ultimate decline of a group of young Park Avenue socialites who gather nightly to discuss love, honor, and the impending demise of their class. American writer-director Whit Stillman's award-winning debut feature is as sharp and funny as ever, now 35 years on.

Celebrate Black History Month and Valentine's Day with the black horror classic - Def By Temptation! Starring Samuel L Jackson, Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, R&B legend Melba Moore and shot by Ernest Dickerson (right after his keen eye defined the look of a generation with Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing) Def By Temptation was the first horror film to have an all hip-hop soundtrack as a New York succubus attempt to corrupt and consume everyone in her path. From Troma, of course!

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of 2001 with the cult classic that launched a million online statuses - Donnie Darko! Richard Kelly's debut that became one of the first millennial cult classics returns to the silver screen to wow us with its reverse-It's A Wonderful Life magic that made us tell all of our online friends about it a quarter-century ago! Gather your Top 8, commit to Sparkle Motion and come out!

The Found Footage favorite finds us all again as the finest in camcorder action explodes across the silver screen! The first ever viral horror film about three filmmakers getting lost in the woods packs the same chills it did at the turn of the millennium, and at Midnight Mayhem there will be no need to adjust for tracking! Relive the modern horror classic, and we'll be happy to rewind the tape for you after.

From director Park Chan-wook and based on Donald E. Westlake's novel THE AX, the story follows Man-su on his desperate hunt for a new job after his abrupt layoff from the paper company he served for 25 years.

Ira Sachs’s new film, Peter Hujar’s Day, stars Ben Wishaw and Rebecca Hall in a richly cinematic rendering of a conversation recorded in 1974 between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz. Their talk that day focused on a single 24 hours in the life of Hujar, the brilliant and famously uncompromising artist who was one of the most important figures in downtown New York’s legendary cultural scene of the 70s and 80s.

In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Kaili Blues), Resurrection conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.

This December, experience the classic Swedish adventure Ronia, The Robber’s Daughter (Ronja Rövardotter), an MSP Film holiday season tradition.

Director Tage Danielsson’s spellbinding adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved novel, which she adapted herself, is a rollicking adventure about the eponymous Ronia, daughter of the robber-chief Mattis, whose exploits will entertain your entire family.

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realizes that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks. Master filmmaker Kleber Mendonca Filho teams up with renowned actor Wagner Moura - giving an extraordinary, career-defining performance - to craft a thrillingly unpredictable, playfully shape-shifting epic steeped in history even as it feels remarkably contemporary, paying affectionate tribute to the movies of Filho’s youth while unfolding against the backdrop of political turmoil and palpable danger.

Brazil's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams. Song Sung Blue is based on the 2008 documentary of the same name by director Greg Kohs.

The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.

From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker's irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers. The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).

Don’t miss the world premiere of The Great Northern’s first original documentary, Rooted: Stories from Minnesota’s Farming Future. Directed and produced by Liz Tracy, this documentary short follows the day-to-day lives of two Minnesota farmers, offering an intimate portrait of small-scale agriculture in the Upper Midwest. Rooted is a love letter to land stewardship and climate resilience, reminding us that local solutions can respond to global challenges and model a more sustainable food future for all.

As extreme weather intensifies, a new generation of leaders rises to confront the power of Big Oil. This Is Not a Drill follows three frontline advocates—from Memphis to Louisiana to Texas—as they rally communities, expose hidden pollution, and challenge the fossil fuel industry’s “Big Con.” Supported by unexpected allies, including descendants of John D. Rockefeller, their grassroots fight reveals how courage and determination can stand up to one of the world’s most powerful industries.

Tracing Sacred Steps, The Cinematic Experience is an experimental performance film influenced by Ring Shout. Within an on ice modern dance framework, it engages elements of the sacred practice to illustrate how it continues to serve as a pathway to release and restoration within so many sacred Black spaces. Its intent is twofold: 1) to illustrate how this sacred practice continues to be relevant 2) to honor and pay homage not only to these important cultural and spiritual rituals, but also its practitioners: forcibly displaced Africans that found a way to work towards restoration and wholeness when the way had been stripped, stolen, and beaten out and from them. To these courageous spirits we owe so much.

This special screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring skating movement artists and performers: Roobi Gaskins, Joey Millet, Thomasina Petrus, and Deneane Richburg and moderated by Sandra Richardson.

Join Trust for Public Land for a special showing of the documentary short Harvest.

Firearms always made this middle-aged Black woman nervous. She never imagined herself game hunting, let alone in the backwoods of Minnesota. In fact, the remote forests of Minnesota felt like the least safe place for her. But when she was invited to participate in a mentored hunting trip focused on diversifying and changing the narrative about the hunting community, her spirit told her to go. Confronted with internal conflict and questioning her motives, she embraced the experience and shared the journey. Harvest is a beautifully filmed documentary that walks viewers through the weekend transformation from reluctance to celebration and growth.

This special screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Nick Bancks, Keng Yang, Ronda Lee Chapman, Misty Blue, and Harvest director Tom Miller.

Marine biologist Dr. Edie Widder has spent a lifetime exploring the ocean depths, which contain endless secrets. She made headlines for devising the camera system that captured the first footage of a giant squid in its natural habitat. But her greatest passion is studying the occurrence of bioluminescence — the awe-inspiring phenomenon of underwater organisms that produce their own light.

A tale of resilience, hope and survival narrated by Lily Gladstone.

Bring Them Home follows a small group of Blackfoot who are working to right these historic wrongs by returning wild bison to their lands – an act that would heal people, re-enliven traditional culture and bring economic opportunity to their community.

Millions of children around the world are frustrated by the dire lack of action to protect the planet and their future. Until now, their only avenue to express these concerns has been protesting on the streets. Director Damon Gameau (2040, THAT SUGAR FILM) invites eight children on an epic adventure across Europe in a school bus powered by biofuel. Their mission is to better understand the planet’s predicament, explore solutions and, most importantly, take the conversation from the streets, into the boardrooms of some of the world’s largest polluters and influential companies.

This inspiring and rollicking journey results in the children forming a ‘Future Council’ to advise and influence the world’s most powerful companies on their decisions that impact nature. It is a coming-of-age journey that dares to imagine a brighter future.

Lowland Kids follows the story of the last two teenagers living on the once thriving Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, their strikingly beautiful ancestral home that is now being swallowed by the sea. Surrounded by lush, crumbling landscapes, Howard & Juliette along with their Uncle Chris, navigate the emotional journey of growing up in a place that is soon to be lost forever.

A magical and beautifully animated journey through time, Arco is a dazzling adventure about a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two children may also be the only ones who can save our planet. A wondrous odyssey filled with hope and optimism for our future, Arco is an enchanting fable from breakout filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu.

Featuring an outstanding voice cast of Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Flea, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, and Andy Samberg.

Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest but devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), tightly wound lawyer Vera Draven (Kerry Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), bestselling author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny). After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend…

Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good.

Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award® nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices.