Classic Political Thrillers
Mystery, intrigue, betrayal, love — these political thrillers have it all.
February 10-16
See all four films with a ticket pack
Transit
- Fri, Feb 10
- Mon, Feb 13
- Tue, Feb 14
- Wed, Feb 15
- Thu, Feb 16
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Director: Christian Petzold Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2018 Language: German
Starring: Barbara Auer, Franz Rogowski, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Paula Beer
A man assumes the identity of a dead author to flee Nazi-occupied France in this modern existentialist noir. He soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria — a young woman searching for her missing husband.
The War Is Over
- Fri, Feb 10
- Sat, Feb 11
- Mon, Feb 13
- Tue, Feb 14
- Wed, Feb 15
- Thu, Feb 16
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Director: Alain Resnais Run Time: 117 min. Release Year: 1966 Language: French
Starring: Dominique Rozan, Geneviève Bujold, Ingrid Thulin, Jean Dasté, Yves Montand
In this new restoration of Alain Resnais’s rarely screened fourth film, a chief of the Spanish Communist Party struggles to find his place as a political activist between two generations of revolutionaries and his lover in Paris who wants him to settle down.
Pierrot le Fou
- Fri, Feb 10
- Sat, Feb 11
- Sun, Feb 12
- Mon, Feb 13
- Tue, Feb 14
- Wed, Feb 15
- Thu, Feb 16
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Sat, Feb 11 @ 7:00 pm: French75
Director: Jean-Luc Godard Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1965 Language: French
Starring: Aicha Abadir, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Henri Attal, Jean-Paul Belmondo
French New Wave's founder Jean-Luc Godard's quiet and poetic film follows a man who leaves his family with their beautiful au pair and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean. When they are persued by Algerian hitmen, he discovers his new love is not who he thought.
Army of Shadows
- Fri, Feb 10
- Sat, Feb 11
- Mon, Feb 13
- Wed, Feb 15
- Thu, Feb 16
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnight)!
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville Run Time: 145 min. Release Year: 1969 Language: French
Starring: Claude Mann, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret
Melville's classic WWII thriller follows a Frenchman betrayed by an informant and trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. He escapes to rejoin the Resistance and exacts his revenge amidst the atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust of occupied France.
