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2026Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim2h 54mEnglish

Documentary

Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

You Can See Everything

2026Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo2h 39mSpanish

DramaWar

Set across three timelines — Republican Spain in 1932, the Civil War in 1937, and contemporary Spain in 2017 — the film follows a constellation of interconnected lives centered on three young men, whose emotional and political echoes gradually reveal themselves.

La Bola Negra

1948Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger2h 13mEnglish

DramaRomance

‘I'm against naturalism, on the whole,’ Michael Powell formulates his creed and stages a melodrama against pettiness, decency and mundane probability with the seductive palette of Technicolor and the fervour of cinema. The image of images from Monte Carlo: an apricot sky above a green, silky, hazy sea in the eyelid of an arched window, a complete artificiality. A melodrama that makes Hollywood pale in comparison, crowned by the grand, surreal ballet sequence that stylises the romantic theme of art, love and death even more magnificently – in an ecstasy of swirling aquamarine, sepia, saffron and scarlet. Forms, backgrounds and movements change incessantly, the camera falls into the vortex, begins to pirouette, until longing and fate become one in a fleeting moment snatched from transience. (H.T.)

The Red Shoes

2026Jordan Firstman2h 06mEnglish

ComedyDrama

A hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had.

Club Kid

1931Charlie Chaplin1h 27mNo spoken language

DramaComedyRomance

CITY LIGHTS presents a Kafkaesque hero’s journey. A tramp becomes the saviour and benefactor of a blind girl: the penniless man manages to raise the money she needs to regain her sight. But when she finally sees him, he looks nothing like the “dream” of a radiant saviour she had imagined.

City Lights

1995Richard Linklater1h 41mEnglish

RomanceDrama

On the train journey from Budapest to Vienna, Frenchwoman Céline meets American Jesse. She is on her way home, Jesse has to get off the train in Vienna to fly back to the USA. They hit it off straight away. Without hesitation, Céline accepts Jesse's proposal to spend his last hours in Vienna with him. They only have time until sunrise! On a unique night, they pursue their dreams and desires and fall in love. And when they part ways the next morning, nothing will ever be the same again. Will they ever see each other again? "A long day's journey into the dawn: An American and a French woman meet on the train from Budapest to Vienna and have 24 hours to spend together. What they experience is an affair with a fixed expiration date. With SLACKER and DAZED AND CONFUSED, Linklater has become a portraitist of Generation X, those people for whom the world is less will than imagination. In BEFORE SUNRISE, he is more interested in things that connect this generation with previous ones than in what makes them different. It's no coincidence that the movie is dedicated to his grandparents. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke give this story a body, but it is the city of Vienna that gives it life. Linklater is less interested in the unmistakable face of this city than in the interchangeable topography of the metropolis. He succeeds, and here he is very American, in capturing the familiar and yet casting his own gaze on it. Vienna thus becomes an enchanted place, a hall of mirrors, a maze, a wonderland." (Michael Althen, film.at)

Before Sunrise

1946Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell1h 44mEnglish

RomanceDramaFantasy

Hardly any other visual-political concept has shattered the spatiotemporal dimensions of cinematic movement in the vertical plane more than this film, which was marketed in the U.S. as "Stairway to Heaven". The staircase—on which God, through an angel, showed humanity the gate to heaven—becomes a bridge: namely, that of the transatlantic brotherhood in arms between the United Kingdom and the United States against the Nazis. Yet the massive escalator between heaven and earth also separates two worlds of color. The heavenly world appears as the pale and sterile otherworldliness of black-and-white footage, while the earthly world shines in the vibrant, this-worldly opulence of saturated Technicolor. – An upside-down world? (K.S.)

A Matter of Life and Death

1971Ken Russell1h 52mEnglish

DramaHistoryHorror

Director’s Cut in 4K Ken Russell’s film about a show trial during the religious wars caused an uproar in the early 1970s. It was cut, banned and condemned as blasphemous and pornographic. Through graphic scenes of torture, orgies and rituals, Russell brings to life the horrors of a dark chapter in human history. In 17th-century France, Cardinal Richelieu (Christopher Logue) and his power-hungry followers are determined to seize absolute control of the country and cement their position at the top. As part of their plan, they seek to persuade the reigning King Louis XIII (Graham Armitage) to demolish the fortified walls of French cities, leaving Protestants with nowhere to hide from his Catholic grip on power. To achieve this, they must eliminate the priest Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed), the newly appointed governor of Loudun, who has no intention of surrendering his city’s defences. Richelieu and his obedient henchmen enlist the services of the deranged inquisitor and witch-hunter Pierre Barre (Michael Gothard), whose task is to expose Grandier’s alleged dark dealings and bring about his downfall. But endless intrigues, dark secrets and sheer lust for power eventually lead to an inferno of destruction.

The Devils

1962Robert Aldrich2h 15mEnglish

ThrillerHorror

Part of the Special Series **NACHTBLENDE** "Whatever happened to Baby Jane? More like, what the fuck are you doing, Baby Jane?" – Zara on Letterboxd Robert Aldrich’s classic of *Hagsploitation* cinema kicks off the 9th season of **Nachtblende** titled *No Place Like Home*. Pia Reiser from FM4, a true connoisseur of "old" Hollywood, will not only be on-site to introduce the film on January 18, but has also provided a written analysis for us: "Step aside, Chucky! Sure, you’re called the *Murder Doll*, but honestly, that life-sized Baby Jane Hudson doll from *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* with the stubby curls has you beat in terms of brutality. When little Jane Hudson is celebrated as a tap-dancing, singing child star, the doll is a symbol of her great success. For adult Jane Hudson (Bette Davis), however, it’s a cruel reminder that childhood fame fades quickly. Now she lives with her sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), who, in contrast to Jane, had a successful career as an actress. Blanche, now in a wheelchair, relies on Jane for help, but there has always been jealousy between the sisters. Much like in Billy Wilder's *Sunset Boulevard*, you want to open the windows of this house and air out the old memories of more glorious, celebrated – and above all, younger – days. In both films, "older" women – Gloria Swanson was 51 in *Sunset Boulevard*, Bette Davis was 54 in *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* – lose themselves in dream worlds, break down – just like the porcelain head of the Baby Jane doll. Not on concrete, but on promises of fame that long since evaporated, living in isolation."

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1976Alan J. Pakula2h 18mEnglish

MysteryThrillerDrama

Washington D.C.: On the night of 17 June 1972, a break-in is reported at the Democratic Party headquarters: five men have sneaked into the building with the aim of stealing classified information and are caught red-handed. Two young reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, were eventually assigned the story and did not believe it was a simple robbery: their investigations set off a chain of events.

All the President's Men

2026Takashi Yamazaki2h 15mJapanese

ActionHorrorScience Fiction

In post-war Japan, traumatized kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima attempts to rebuild his life amidst total devastation. However, the country faces a terrifying new nightmare when a massive, nuclear-irradiated monster emerges from the ocean. Plagued by survivor's guilt, Shikishima joins a ragtag group of veterans to risk everything and defeat Godzilla to protect his makeshift family.

Godzilla Minus Zero

2006Guillermo del Toro1h 58mSpanish

WarDramaFantasy

Guillermo del Toro's fable of the battle with imaginary and real monsters, presented in exquisite images, is a feminist extension of his surreal horror tale El espinazo del diablo (2001) and - despite all the fairytale-like romanticism - a lucid analysis of fascism in the guise of a fantasy film. After the end of the Spanish Civil War, Ofélia's mother marries a Franco officer who continues his campaign of extermination against the remaining resistance fighters in 1944. The interweaving of fantastic and “real” motifs is virtuoso: while Ofélia has to fulfill three tasks according to an old legend (and face night creatures such as a man-eater without eyes), the fascist blindly believes in the success of his violent execution methods. The two storylines come together in an inevitably tragic way, but del Toro is committed to utopia: in terms of myth as well as politics. (C.H.) Image: Austrian Film Museum

Pan's Labyrinth

2026Martin McDonagh1h 57mEnglish

ComedyCrimeThriller

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.

Wild Horse Nine

1976John G. Avildsen2hEnglish

Drama

Rocky Balboa, a club boxer from the poorest of circumstances and working as a debt collector, receives the opportunity of a lifetime: For the 200th anniversary celebration of American independence, he—the underdog—is to face heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. Following the motto "You don't stand a chance, but take it!", "The Italian Stallion" prepares for his most important fight... The film's story became Hollywood reality, as it fulfilled a dream for the then-unknown Sylvester Stallone. Until 1976, just a minor actor in B-movies, he hit the mark with his screenplay's portrayal of the milieu and rose to superstardom. "Tough Guy" Eric Pleskow (in Stallone's words), who gave the project the green light despite many advising against it, accepted the Oscar for Best Picture on behalf of United Artists.

Rocky

2025Tom Stern1h 46mEnglish

DocumentaryMusic

The Butthole Surfers are legends. They exploded onto the underground music scene in the 1980s, amazing a growing audience as they built one of the most mind-boggling surrealist rock and roll spectacles ever devised. Their very name was a fuck you to the straight, conformist, homophobic Reagan ethos of the time. Instead, they were radically inclusive weirdo pioneers who pushed the limits of artistic expression and lifestyle. They lived on the edge—nomadic art-punk pioneers on an endless tour, blowing minds and spreading their art to a cult following. When they started, their name was so shocking newspapers wouldnít print it. Ten years later, Beavis and Butthead and David Letterman were saying it on primetime national TV. Insiders always knew how important they were: Perry Farrell asked them to perform at the first Lollapalooza, Led Zeppelinís John Paul Jones produced their first major label record, and their fans are a whoís who of some of the world’s most influential artists.

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

2026Marine Atlan2h 25mFrench

Drama

A group of French high school students travels to Naples on a class trip to visit the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Mount Vesuvius. There, a downward spiral begins: one by one, they are overcome by desire and rage until they give in completely to these emotions.

La Gradiva

1975Jim Sharman1h 40mEnglish

HorrorComedyScience Fiction

Probably the most popular convergence of queer and horror culture, perfectly crafted in ultra-camp aesthetics and completely infused with Tim Curry's sensational performance as Frank-N-Furter, the "sweet transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania", who seduces an average couple stranded in his pleasure palace into various transgressive acts. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the apotheosis of the midnight movie and a musical feat, as well as a eulogy to all "creatures of the night" with the accompanying call to break the shackles of bourgeois morality. Or, in the words of Dr. Furter: "Don't dream it, be it".

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

2001Michael Haneke2h 11mFrench

RomanceDrama

Erika Kohut enjoys great renown as a piano professor. Yet behind this façade, her daily life is defined by control and dependency; she shares her double bed with her domineering mother. One day, a student falls in love with her—setting in motion a power game that is as obsessive as it is destructive... Jelinek’s novel serves as the starting point for this psychological portrait of a woman unable to break free from her prison. Through rigorously composed imagery, the film explores the violence lurking beneath social conventions and emotional discipline. Isabelle Huppert imbues this deeply contradictory character with rare intensity—delivering one of the great performances in European cinema. (Florian Widegger)

La Pianiste

2006Martin Campbell2h 24mEnglish

ThrillerActionAdventure

CASINO ROYALE marks the beginning of a new era for James Bond (Daniel Craig). Newly promoted to 00 status, Agent 007 embarks on his first mission: to prevent the ruthless financier Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) from losing his clients’ money at a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. Bond is assisted by Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), a British Treasury agent who puts not only his skills at the card table but also his emotions to the test. As the confrontation with Le Chiffre intensifies, Bond finds himself caught in a dangerous game of deception, betrayal and manipulation. With its uncompromising style, gripping action sequences and a more vulnerable, human portrayal of James Bond, Martin Campbell’s film ushers in a new chapter in the legendary spy franchise.

Casino Royale

2014Dan Gilroy1h 58mEnglish

CrimeDramaThriller

Unemployed and desperate for work, Lou Bloom discovers a lucrative niche in Los Angeles: armed with a camera and a police scanner, he prowls the streets at night, chasing accidents, crimes, and other shocking events to sell the footage to television news stations. Before long, the ambitious loner becomes a successful “nightcrawler.” But as his success grows, he increasingly crosses the line between observer and participant. NIGHTCRAWLER (2014), directed by Dan Gilroy, is a dark and gripping thriller about sensationalist journalism, media greed, and the darker side of the American dream. Jake Gyllenhaal delivers a chilling performance as the ruthless Lou Bloom, a man for whom morality is merely an obstacle on the road to success.

Nightcrawler

2012Noah Baumbach1h 26mEnglish

ComedyDrama

If Frances had her way, her life with Sophie could go on forever. With Sophie, she can fight wonderful mock boxing matches, dream about the future (Sophie as a bitchy publisher who brings out a "coffee table book" about the famous dancer Frances) and, above all, live together. Until one day reality comes knocking: Sophie moves to Tribeca with her boyfriend, and Frances can't afford the Brooklyn apartment on her own. Especially since she can't get ahead professionally. She's no big deal as a dancer, and instead of hiring her for a Christmas performance, the dance studio director only offers her an office job. And so Frances initially stumbles from one disaster to the next, from one lousy flophouse to the next, even lousier one. But Frances is just too optimistic, too attached to life, to let it get her down.

Frances Ha

1955Robert Aldrich1h 46mEnglish

MysteryCrimeThriller

"The masterpiece of film noir," wrote Paul Schrader in 1973 in his groundbreaking re-evaluation of the genre. With "Kiss Me Deadly", Aldrich displays a creative freedom bordering on wondrous anarchy—a quality that thrilled and influenced aspiring filmmakers of the "Nouvelle Vague", from Chabrol to Godard (and generations following in their footsteps). Mickey Spillane’s reactionary source novel is thoroughly subverted: the opening credits run in reverse, and Aldrich’s anti-hero Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) is a greedy egomaniac whose toxic machismo and lethal materialism embody the dark undercurrents of the McCarthy era. Visuals (and sounds) lose their equilibrium as Hammer’s ruthless hunt for the "Great Whatsit" leads through a perverse paradise of depravity toward a nuclear catastrophe. By the end, the noir mystery has transformed into a science-fiction nightmare. (C.H.)

Kiss Me Deadly

2026Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané1h 25mFrench

ComedyAnimation

“You’re going to turn straight!” The life of queer fitness influencer Jim is thrown into turmoil when “heterosis” begins spreading through Paris—a mysterious virus that turns gay men straight. As the gay heartthrob’s millions of followers disappear overnight, he is left isolated—until Lucien, a young fan who has not yet come out, becomes his only ally. Together, the two set out in search of a cure, hoping not only to save Jim, but to protect the entire community from extinction... What follows is a lively, surreal, and extremely funny road trip through identity, fame, and queer culture. This lovable, original, and hilarious crowd-pleaser was by far the funniest film at Cannes 2026. Festival director Thierry Frémaux described it in Variety as “one of the most beautiful screenings in the history of the festival.” JIM QUEEN is a wild and singular cinematic event—bold, colorful, and bursting with energy and bite. In their animated comedy for adults, directors Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané dive deep into contemporary queer culture, drawing inspiration from their own experiences within the Parisian LGBTQIA+ scene. Beyond heteronormativity, the sharp satire also challenges the codes and internal mechanisms of exclusion within the gay community.

Jim Queen

2026Georgia Oakley2h 12mEnglish

HistoryDramaRomance

Following their father's sudden death, the Dashwood sisters face severe financial uncertainty and must relocate to a modest country home. While the pragmatic eldest sister relies on reason and emotional restraint to navigate her heartache, her passionate sibling dives headfirst into romance, forcing both to balance their contrasting natures amidst strict societal expectations and class pressures.

Sense and Sensibility

2023Pamela Hogan1h 10mEnglish

Documentary

When 90 per cent of Icelandic women walked off the job and left their homes one autumn morning in 1975 because they refused to work, cook and look after the children, they brought their country to a standstill and catapulted Iceland to the ‘best place in the world to be a woman’. In A DAY WITHOUT WOMEN, the protagonists of this radical act tell their own story and the story of what the country was like before. Archive material and animations as well as the voices of the protagonists, who are still amused today, whet the appetite for subversive resistance: a film about the collective power of women to change their society.

The Day Iceland Stood Still

1990Kevin Costner3h 01mEnglish

WesternDramaAdventure

Lieutenant John J. Dunbar is transferred to an outpost in the frontier, in the "Wild West". Loneliness and fear of the Sioux characterise his everyday life, but "He who dances with the wolf" is eventually accepted into their circle. The idyll doesn't last long when the army tracks down the "Indian friend" and takes him prisoner for desertion ... Costner didn't exactly make it easy for himself with his directorial debut: a western was considered a box office poison in 1990, the film was three hours long and the indigenous actors spoke Lakota, which is why half of it had to be subtitled. Eric Pleskow, on the other hand, saw the potential and backed it - and rightly so: the production costs of 19 million were offset by more than ten times the revenue, and seven Oscars rained down on top.

Dances with Wolves

1974John Waters1h 38mEnglish

ComedyCrime

Curtain up for the master of the Good Bad Taste - John Waters and one of his most important films: In FEMALE TROUBLE, the glamourously grotesque, horrible Dawn Davenport - incomparably embodied by drag queen legend Divine - screams, fights and thrashes her way through a life full of impositions. Petty crime, rape, pathological self-harm - the film never misses an opportunity to shock. Surprisingly, this shrill trash is extremely entertaining and still hilarious even on its 50th anniversary - a well-deserved cult classic and manifesto of freaks!

Female Trouble

1993Chantal Akerman1h 55mFrench

Documentary

Shortly after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, Chantal Akerman travels through the former East Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and Russia. Without commentary, interviews, or explanatory intertitles, she observes the people there as they work, walk, and wait. Long tracking shots and static takes render landscapes and faces alike as testaments to a world in transition—imprinted upon postures, gazes, and routines. "D’EST" is an attentive, humanist documentary in which the history of the 20th century is as palpable as the memory of war and displacement that runs through Akerman’s own body of work. It is not, therefore, a film "about" Eastern Europe, but rather an approach to a region whose past and future appear equally open. (Florian Widegger)

D'Est

2026Allan Deberton1h 33mPortuguese

Drama

Gugu loves soccer, and he loves glitter, makeup, and disco dancing. The 11-year-old lives with his spirited grandmother, Dilma, with whom he can truly be himself. This is because his father and some of his classmates make Gugu painfully aware that boys in a Brazilian village are expected to behave differently—in a more conformist and masculine way. For good reason, Gugu keeps it a secret that Grandma Dilma is becoming increasingly forgetful and confused, as he would otherwise be forced to move in with his father. At the same time, Gugu learns more about his mother’s death. Through poetic, beautiful imagery, this touching film tells the story of a strong protagonist fighting for self-determination and acceptance in an environment that is stark—both in its landscape and its emotional climate. GUGU’S WORLD was the big winner of the Generation Kplus section at the 2026 Berlinale, receiving both the Crystal Bear from the children's jury and the Grand Prix for Best Film in the Generation Kplus section from the international jury.

Gugu's World

2023Anna Hints1h 29mEstonian

Documentary

In a hut deep in the snow-covered forest, women of all ages and social classes meet to take a sauna together. Taboos fall with the covers. Gentle voices whisper unspoken fears and painful realisations into the protective darkness of the steam-filled sauna. Caught by the quiet listening of their companions, the women tell of their first loves, but also of sexual assaults and unbearable labour pains. Filmmaker Anna Hints accompanies this transformative ritual in "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood". The documentary film, almost mystical in its intimacy, shows women not as they are, but as they are becoming, telling of the changes that inscribe themselves into a woman's life and body. Thanks to its deep empathy and humanity, the film provides an unvarnished yet always extremely focussed look inside the smoke saunas - a tradition that has been declared an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by UNESCO. With an authentic voice, the film interweaves female experiences of pain and life with a protective layer of natural materials: wood, heat and birch branches are the coordinates in this archaic and enchanting film, which looks on with relish at how community can develop as long as there is only one shared space available. SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD is reminiscent of classic Vermeer or Rembrandt paintings and makes the healing effect of feminine solidarity palpable. At the Sundance Film Festival, Anna Hints was honoured with the award for Best Director in the "World Cinema Documentary" series.

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

1953Howard Hawks1h 31mEnglish

ComedyRomance

“Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” – with this number, Marilyn Monroe transforms desire and luxury into a seductive interplay of colour and movement. Her character, Lorelei Lee, clearly prioritises material possessions over emotions. Although already engaged to a millionaire, she craves more. Together with her friend Dorothy, who is also searching for her Mr Right, the ‘Two Little Girls from Little Rock’ set off for Paris on a cruise ship, where they turn the heads of the opposite sex both on and below deck. Hawks portrays their friendship as a bond of solidarity: like two of his Western heroes, they stand side by side, as supposedly naive partners who nevertheless effortlessly turn the power dynamics between men and women on their head and reveal that relationships are also economic contracts. (Florian Widegger)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1931Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich1h 28mGerman

DramaRomance

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