Performing Arts

Antigone

Sophocles' immortal tragedy ANTIGONE receives a definitive cinematic interpretation in this 1961 fil...

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Butley

Alan Bates turns his Tony-winning role into one of his greatest film performances as a lecturer who ...

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A Delicate Balance

An invasion of friends and family pushes the repressed problems of a complacent marriage to the fore...

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Derek

Written and narrated by Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton, this documentary blends vintage clips fr...

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Galileo

Based on the play by Bertolt Brecht (originally translated by Charles Laughton), GALILEO explores no...

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Hedda Gabler

Set in an anonymous corner of suburbia, this contemporary adaptation of Ibsen’s play is a shat...

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Hermia & Helena

A young theater director travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a ...

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In Celebration

Taught adaptation of David Storey's emotionally-charged family drama.

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In Balanchine's Classroom

In Balanchine's Classroom takes us back to the glory years of Balanchine’s New York City Balle...

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Journeys from Berlin/1971

To explore the ramifications of terrorism, Rainer employs an extended therapy session—in which...

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Love, Cecil

A photographer, writer, painter, and Oscar®-winning set and costume designer who captured both t...

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Luther

John Osborne's play is a fascinating and powerful psychological study of the Augustinian monk Martin...

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Macbeth

"A harrowing and disturbingly funny parable for the dawn of the 21st century," (New York Times) the ...

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matangi / Maya / M.I.A

Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge&rsq...

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Lucha Mexico

In Mexico, the war between good and evil has been waged each week for decades, thrilling generations...

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Caesar Must Die

The captivating new drama from legendary Italian auteurs Paolo & Vittorio Taviani follows real-l...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

From the mind of award-winning director JulieTaymor (The Lion King on Broadway, Frida,Titus) comes a...

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On Broadway

For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy! It takes us behin...

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Bruk Out

Bruk Out! follows six outspoken and unique female dancers from around the globe as they overcome adv...

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Lives of Performers

A stark and revealing examination of romantic alliances, LIVES OF PERFORMERS examines the dilemma of...

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Philadelphia, Here I Come!

The American Film Theatre's Philadelphia, Here I Come! presents an ingenious glimpse into the stock-...

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Go Go Mania AKA Pop Gear

Go Go Mania, also known as Pop Gear, is a rollickin’ British music revue film featuring concer...

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Privilege

Yvonne Rainer's sixth feature is a genuinely subversive movie about menopause. Out of a subject that...

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Rhinoceros

The film version of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play tells of a French city where the citizens begin ...

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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is a personal documentary about the iconic actor in his intimate ...

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Studio 54

For 33 months, from 1977 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the place to be seen in Manh...

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Kristina Talking Pictures

Yvonne Rainer continued her preoccupation with the contradictions between public and private persona...

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Charlotte Rampling: The Look

THE LOOK features Charlotte Rampling in a series of reflective conversations with artists, friends, ...

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Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

DECEPTIVE PRACTICE traces Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4 with h...

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The Queen

More than 40 years before RuPaul's Drag Race, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss A...

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The Cherry Orchard

Anton Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD is the timeless story of an aristocratic Russian family to...

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Lost in the Stars

Lost in the Stars transforms Alan Paton's world-famous novel of racial oppression, Cry the Beloved C...

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The Iceman Cometh

Considered the definitive film version of one of Eugene O'Neill's greatest plays, this simple tale o...

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Kiki & Herb: Live at the Knitting Factory

Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman are Kiki & Herb, worldwide smash punk rebel entertainers, cabaret ...

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The Homecoming

A professor returns home after a long absence to introduce his wife to his father and two brothers, ...

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The Maids

Two maids, in a sinister bond of roleplaying, take turns acting out an abusive employer-servant rela...

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Denise Ho – Becoming the Song

Denise Ho – Becoming the Song profiles the openly gay Hong Kong singer and human rights a...

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Keep the Change

Under the guise of an off-kilter New York romantic comedy, Keep the Change does something quite radi...

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The Great Mystical Circus

Reality and fantasy collide in the story of a family-owned circus spanning five generations of decad...

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Three Sisters

Anton Chekhov's classic play about the lives of three sisters living in a remote Russian village is ...

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Theater of War

Filmmaker John Walter artfully captures Meryl Streep groping for - and then seizing the character ...

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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Kino's presentation of AFT's Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is proof of this cel...

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When the Beat Drops

Drop into the electric and subversive underground dance scene known as bucking.

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Film About a Woman Who...

Yvonne Rainer’s landmark film is a meditation on ambivalence that plays with cliché and...

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The Man Who Envied Women

Around a familiar theme—the breakup of a marriage—Rainer constructs an honest, graceful ...

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The Yvonne Rainer Collection

Seven films by Yvonne Rainer.

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