Brick is the story of Brendan Fry, a high-school loner who embarks on a mission to track down his missing girlfriend, but who soon finds himself ensnared in a tangled web of deceptions. Debut feature from the prodigious Rian Johnson, Brick turns the American high-school genre on its head, injecting hard boiled dialogue and a classic film noir style reminiscent of The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown. An original, absorbing mystery that will leave you spellbound.

A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.

A man trapped in a endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don't, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

A young woman seeks to break a curse by raising $1000 for psychics in a pre-millennium alternate universe. She navigates the seedy underbelly of Trashtown via scooter, encountering bizarre characters along the way.

Gypsy 83 (2001) is a drama/road movie following two gothic young misfits, Gypsy Vale (Sara Rue) and Clive Webb (Kett Turton), who travel from Ohio to New York City for the "Night of a Thousand Stevies" competition. Driven by dreams of stardom and a love for Stevie Nicks, they face personal emotional growth, past traumas, and eccentric characters on their journey.

After the dead begin to rise from their graves, a group of survivors barricade themselves in a rural farmhouse, hoping to survive the night. George Romero’s simple premise and controversial film changed the horror landscape forever. Not only did it popularize the contemporary idea of zombies, it also opened the gate for the horror genre, breaking the seal on violence and gore. Shot in black-and-white in a semi documentary-style, the film touches on race, authority, and societal breakdown during an extremely turbulent time in American history. (George A. Romero, United States, 1968, 96min)

Hitchcock’s biggest commercial success, made intentionally on a B-movie budget, follows an on-the-lam secretary (Janet Leigh). At the worn-out Bates Hotel, she meets the owner (Anthony Perkins), who is happy to work on his taxidermy but not his relationship to his mother. The rest is cinema history: PYSCHO rewrote the rules of horror films, Hollywood success and movie music. “It wasn’t a message that stirred the audiences,” Hitch told Francois Truffault, “nor was it a great performance…they were aroused by pure film … I was playing them, like an organ.” (U.S., 1960, 109m) “Immortal … it connects directly with our fears.” –Roger Ebert

A documentary filmmaker and her fellow Gen X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.

This documentary looks at how intense stress due to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has long-term effects on the health of an individual, but how there are ways to change those well-worn cycles of disease and pain. A groundbreaking hopeful prevention was born, but started as a controversial pediatric discovery, although one that might well be "the biggest public health discovery...ever seen." (dir. James Redford, US, 2016, 60 min.)

Ann Mullany (Andie MacDowell) is repulsed by the idea of her husband touching her. Ann Mullany’s husband, John, is too busy touching her sister, Cynthia, to notice. When John’s old college buddy Graham (James Spader) drifts into town the whole sordid affair is bound to break open. Written in eight days on a cross-country roadtrip, Steven Soderbergh’s debut feature brought Europe to American Independent cinema. Though you can see Soderbergh’s later output in the film’s snappy, clever dialogue, Sex, Lies & Videotape feels much more restrained than Ocean’s Eleven or his other more commercial films. Subdued, smart, and more about the conversation than the sex, Soderbergh lets us empathize with Spader’s voyeur as we watch the erotic drama unfold into all its messy angles. (Steven Soderbergh, United States, 1989, 100min)

Written, directed, and produced by Austin film-maker in Richard Linklater, Slacker changed the independent film landscape. Shot relay-style, the film is composed of a series of loosely connected vignettes documenting youthful malaise. Linklater made the film with a budget of $23,000 and a cast of Austin locals. Slacker feels more like a mood-piece than a traditional film; its meandering structure prioritizes each character’s philosophy rather than the action of the world around them. Without Slacker there is no Clerks, no Reality Bites, no mumblecore. Linklater’s funny, intelligent, loping film helped define the voice of the 90s. (Richard Linklater, United State, 1990, 97min)

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is a live-action adventure comedy based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega that centers on the infamously brash bright blue hedgehog. The film follows the (mis)adventures of Sonic as he navigates the complexities of life on Earth with his newfound – human – best friend Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). Sonic and Tom join forces to try and stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) from capturing Sonic and using his immense powers for world domination. The film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.

The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be "discovered" and sold after his death. The Tuesday, April 21, 7 pm screening will be accompanied by a Close Up w/ screenwriter Ed Solomon.