Arthouse Cinema at NPCC: A Film Screening Event Series
We welcome artists, the NPCC community, film buffs and film students from all over the city to come and enjoy these community screening. The collection of films selected for Arthouse Cinema at NPCC have been chosen to offer a source of inspiration, conversation, and connection, and to bring certain artistic elements to light and screen that may speak to artists looking for a creative spark.
A short Q&A session will be held at the end of each screening. Admission is free with a suggested small pay-what-you-can donation of $10.00, and snacks and refreshments (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase. No outside food or drinks permitted. Enjoy responsibly.
Arthouse Cinema at NPCC – Basquiat, Director: Julian Schnabel
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| Friday, January 30, 2026 | 6:45 PM – 9:30 PM | F25AFILM4 | “Julian Schnabel’s tribute to his friend and fellow painter Jean-Michel Basquiat is less a conventional biopic than an impressionistic, sensory immersion into the much-mythologized downtown-Manhattan art world of the 1980s. Jeffrey Wright, in his first lead film role, stars as the visionary artist whose rise from graffiti tagger to art star forces him to confront the glare of sudden fame, along with racism, his own struggles with addiction, and the difficulties of being self-determining and free in America. Bolstered by an ensemble cast that includes a sublime performance by David Bowie channelling Andy Warhol, Schnabel’s directorial debut—presented here in the filmmaker’s own luminous black-and-white remastering—is a profoundly expressive elegy for a radiant life cut short.” Description Source: Criterion Collection |
Arthouse Cinema at NPCC – The Watermelon Woman, Director: Cheryl Dunye
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| Friday, February 6, 2026 | 4:30 PM – 6:15 PM | RSVP HERE | The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl’s own life as she navigates a new relationship with a white girlfriend (Guinevere Turner). Balancing breezy romantic comedy with a serious inquiry into the history of Black and queer women in Hollywood, The Watermelon Woman slyly rewrites long-standing constructions of race and sexuality on-screen, introducing an important voice in American cinema. Description Source: Criterion Collection |
Arthouse Cinema at NPCC – Sing Sing, Director: Greg Kwedar
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| Friday, February 6, 2026 | 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM | RSVP HERE | Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors. Description Source: A24 |
Arthouse Cinema at NPCC – In the Mood for Love, Director: Wong Kar-wai
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| Friday, February 27, 2025 | 6:45 PM – 9:30 PM | F25AFILM5 | “Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bing, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.” We invite guests to observe the use of colour and light in this film. Description Source: Criterion Collection |