4K restoration. A visionary classic with a post-film discussion between two scholars immersed in the works of Stanley Kubrick. This adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ savagely brutal, futuristic satire proved to be more prophetic than anyone dreamed, presaging the punk explosion and skinhead-fomented violence in the later 1970s. (dir. Stanley Kubrick, U.K., 1971, 136 min.)

4K restoration. A visionary classic with a post-film discussion between two scholars immersed in the works of Stanley Kubrick. This adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ savagely brutal, futuristic satire proved to be more prophetic than anyone dreamed, presaging the punk explosion and skinhead-fomented violence in the later 1970s. (dir. Stanley Kubrick, U.K., 1971, 136 min.)

Here’s the beginning of a joke: “a Chicano kid from South Central LA and a half-Chinese Motown musician meet at a strip club in Canada” … and 50 years later, Cheech & Chong can look back on legendary drug-infused comedy careers, with sold-out concerts, platinum-selling records, and box-office-smashing films. They take a road road-trip to reminisce about their astounding history, and we have the privilege of joining. (dir. David L. Bushell, U.S., 2024, 120 min.)

An impossible task: Can you tell the story of a band without interviewing any of its members or using any of its music? The Replacements thumbed their noses at convention at every turn of their career, so why not make a documentary that reflects that? This iconoclastic doc assembles more than 100 people to talk about The Replacements, an incorrigible yet incandescent band who connected deeply with fans across the world from critics to celebrities: on any given night the Mats were either the best or the worst band in the world, depending on what level they reached on the continuum of controlled chaos. Alongside the band’s antics were Paul Westerberg’s gorgeous, angst-filed songs, some of the most indelible of the 1980s.(dir. Gorman Bechard, U.S., 2011, 123 min.)

The freewheeling band Smootaphilia accompanies the deeply controversial “cinematic tribute to collisions and coitus.” (Newsweek) James Spader plays a film director in an open relationship with his partner Catherine (Deborah Kara Unger). After a near-fatal car crash close to the airport, Ballard meets the beautiful survivor from the other car (Holly Hunter). He also encounters a man who introduces them to his cult, which celebrates the eroticism of car crashes, re-enacting famous car wrecks that killed people such as James Dean and Jayne Mansfield. (dir. David Cronenberg, Canada, 1996, 100 min.)

This story of identical twin gynecologists, bipolar sides of one personality, is “an astonishing tour de force” Chicago Reader. When a new patient, glamorous actress (Genevieve Bujold), challenges their eerie bond, they descend into a whirlpool of sexual confusion, drugs, and madness. Jeremy Irons’ s tour-de-force performance—as both twins—raises disturbing questions about the nature of personal identity. (dir. David Cronenberg, Canada, 1988, 115 min.)

In order to get out of the snobby clique that is destroying her good-girl reputation, an intelligent teen teams up with a dark sociopath in a plot to kill the cool kids.

Blotto was NY’s Capital District’s proudest musical export, becoming iconic figures in the ‘80s. Rob Lichter, known as Bert Blotto, dedicated more than two decades this labor of love, tracking the band’s evolution, starting from their humble beginnings as the Star Spangled Washboard Band in Lake George. Blotto’s hit “I Wanna Be A Lifeguard,” became the 36th video ever aired on the burgeoning MTV network, and was played relentlessly on NY’s WNEW-FM. Lichter’s documentary poignantly narrates the band’s ups and downs, making for a hilarious, engrossing history of a band of brothers, fueled by camaraderie and good humor. “They were funny, but they were not a joke.” – Martha Quinn, MTV

The Smiths’ biographer Tony Fletcher returns to the Orpheum to host a retrospective muli- media presentation of the band’s seminal second album. Released in early 1985, and aided by the inclusion of the classic “How Soon Is Now?” Meat is Murder established the Manchester, UK group with a young American audience taken by their resolutely independent and confrontational image. Fronted by the unlikely icon of Stephen Morrissey, who co-wrote the Smiths’ songs with guitarist Johnny Marr, The Smiths are remembered as a generational phenomenon, whose U.S. popularity defied their Englishness. For his A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths (2012), Fletcher interviewed dozens of figures in and around the Smiths. As with his previous Orpheum presentations on R.E.M. and Keith Moon, Fletcher will use his biography as a jumping off point to discuss the band’s enduring legacy of present rare film and concert clips, and offer live performances of Smiths material featuring local musical luminaries. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.. Books will be on sale.

Colin Blunstone will be at Upstate?!? Can this be true? Blunstone was one of the ‘60s most distinctive voices, soulful and ethereal in equal measure–a mix of silk and velvet. And it’s remarkably well-preserved to this day. Hung Up on A Dream tells the star-crossed story of his band, The Zombies, whose records stand up as some of the finest pop achievements of the British Invasion along with the Kinks, the Beatles and Hollies. Famously they broke up before the release of their masterpiece Odessey and Oracle which featured the chart-topping “Time of the Season.” (dir. Robert Schwartzman, U.S., 2023, 116 min.)

Alex Halpern’s feature-length documentary unfolds through the stories and recollections of his 102-year-old grandmother Mary Mirabito, an outspoken and fiercely independent woman. In a revealing and often hilarious portrait, Mary dispenses homespun wisdom while divulging family secrets and rivalries. Nine Good Teeth reveals many of the common truths hidden away in all our families, as well as the unexpected - late night visits from Jack Kerouac, illicit love affairs and the occasional murder.’ Presented by Celebrate Aging.(dir. Alex Halpern, U.S., 2002, 75 mins.)

“It’s a reminder that the fourth (and fifth and sixth) wall can be smashed, and that the rock doc can be reinvented.” (Indiewire) What if the indie-rock band Pavement was the most important band of all time? Alex Ross Perry, with the help of ace editor Robert Greene, chases this question in four ways: staging an off-Broadway jukebox musical, a fake “Bohemian Rhapsody”-style biopic, a museum exhibition that brims with mostly unimportant memorabilia, and an actual documentary. An irreverent gesture undercuts every sincere moment, not unlike the band.(dir. Alex Ross Perry, U.S., 2024, 128 min.),

A brand-new 4K restoration, with IMAX and Dolby Atmos. Filmed at a pivotal point in the band’s career, the film took the unique approach of featuring the band performing in the ancient Roman amphitheater to no crowd, creating a singular atmosphere that has had a lasting influence on how music and live performance are captured on screen. The newly restored 4K version, scanned from the original negative, presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance, with additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments covering the recording of 1973’s The Dark Side of the Moon. The amphitheater concert includes performances of seminal tracks Echoes and One of These Days, alongside earlier hits Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun and A Saucerful of Secrets. Also features a brand new audio remix by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, preserving the authenticity and spirit of the original recording.

In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and kept it going for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret mall apartment became a life-changing experience for all the participants. It also was an act of defiance against local gentrification and a boundary-pushing work of public/private art. (dir. Jeremy Workman, U.S., 2024, 91 min.)

Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, this hybrid genre film by the Oscar-nominated director Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Judas and the Black Messiah) stars Michael B Jordan as twin brothers who discover all kinds of messy happenings when they return to their hometowns. The film has become the surprise hit and critical favorite of 2025. (dir. Ryan Coogler, U.S., 2025, 137 min.)

Cronenberg’s latest! Karsh (Vincent Cassel), has channeled his unending grief over his wife’s death by inventing GraveTech, an Internet-wired mausoleum that lets customers watch the gradual decay of their interred loved ones through an encrypted app. When seven markers in the graveyards are destroyed, a conspiracy unfolds involving international financiers. (dir. David Cronenberg, Canada, 2025, 119 min.)

In spite of the two-man band’s stripped-down sound, nothing has ever been as simple for the Black Keys. Guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney find it easier to communicate with one another through their instruments than with traditional conversation, rarely speaking outside the studio. Although they share a hometown in Akron, Ohio, This is a Film About the Black Keys suggests they come from different worlds: Auerbach played football while Carney was more of an AV club kind of guy. But with a common love of unpolished, garage-inflected blues music they overcame steep challenges, leading to the back-to-back success of Brothers (2010) and El Camino (2011) which launched them into superstardom. (dir. Jeff Dupre, U.S., 2024, 89 min.) “A captivating story of brotherhood and slow-grinding perseverance” - The Playlist

In “Thunderbolts*” Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes—Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?

In this staged reading set in early 1990's Brooklyn, pregnant and hapless Elise returns to the borough. She brings former Catholic priest and now-bartender Emmanuel - the lover she abandoned after he left the priesthood for her - back into her life.