AMERICAN DOCTOR (Poh Si Teng, 2026, 91min, United States/International, NR, Documentary, Watermelon Pictures) **The Friday, 9/11 - 7:30pm screening will feature a post-film Virtual Q&A with Dr. Mark Perlmutter!** ABOUT DR. MARK PERLMUTTER: Dr. Mark Perlmutter is an orthopedic hand surgeon in rural North Carolina and past President of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery, the International College of Surgeons, and the World Surgical Foundation. He has completed 40 overseas surgical mission trips across four continents, and responded to Ground Zero on 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and Port-au-Prince within six hours of Haiti's 2010 earthquake. In 2024 and 2025, he volunteered in three Gaza hospitals. From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, American Doctor follows three American physicians— Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress.

CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY I: TRAPS (Louise Weard, 2024, 275min w/ INT, Canada, NR) Hosted by Triangle Queer Film! Sunday, 9/27 @ 7PM! "Why would you do this on purpose?" Castration Movie is a multi-part postmodern epic by visionary auteur Louise Weard. Anthology i. Traps contains two chapters. In Chapter i. Incel Superman, a production assistant named Turner Stewart (Noah Baker) sees his world spiral out of control as he uncompromisingly attempts to shape his life into the one he feels he deserves. In Chapter ii. Traps Swan Princess, a trans sex worker named Michaela “Traps” Sinclair (Louise Weard) finds her relationships becoming increasingly strained as she decides to pursue motherhood. Written and directed by Louise Weard, Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps features a cast headlined by Louise Weard (Computer Hearts), Vera Drew (The People's Joker), Alice Maio Mackay (The Serpent’s Skin), Avalon Fast (Camp), John Paizs (Crime Wave), Lea Rose Sebastianis (In a Violent Nature), and Nate Wilson (The All Golden), amongst a mix of other emerging talent and weird and wonderful cameos. Cast: Louise Weard (Computer Hearts), Aoife Josie Clements (Ravine Angel), Vera Drew (The People’s Joker), Alice Maio Mackay (T-Blockers), Cricket Arrison (Give Me Pity!), Avalon Fast (Honeycomb), Nate Wilson (The All Golden), Lea Rose Sebastianis (The All Golden), John Paizs (Crime Wave), Cameron Petersen (Cold Wind Blowing), Noah Baker, Jasmin Provins, Magda Baker, Dakota Blais, Joshua Gratton Music by: Aoife Josie Clements / Ravine Angel, Magda Baker, Lex Walton, E_DEATH

FILIPIÑANA (Rafael Manuel, 2026, 100min, Philippines/Singapore, NR, Drama, Kino Lorber) Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila, lining up golf balls for powerful men to drive into the verdant horizon. New to the job, she wanders the immaculate grounds sampling its luxuries as members, including an industrialist and his expatriate niece, the club president and his pampered wife, and a slew of Chinese tourists, engage in a complex dance with the club’s doting and subservient staff. But something is rotting beneath the pristine fairways of the elite resort, as Isabel discovers when she tries to return a mislaid golf club to its patriarchal director, Dr. Palanca (Teroy Guzman). The deeper she journeys into its most exclusive corners, the closer she gets to the violent truths of the club, her native Philippines, and her own past..

HOPE (Na Hong-jin, 2026, 160min, South Korea, NR, Action/Drama, NEON) In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung- min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of hunters, including Sung- ki (Zo In-Sung) set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.

LATE FAME (Kent Jones, 2025, 96min, United States/France, NR, Comedy/Drama, Magnolia Pictures) **LAST CHANCE - THURSDAY, 9/17!** The great Willem Dafoe lends his delicate gravitas to the role of Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet who works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer (Edmund Donovan) appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of twenty-something admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. Intoxicated by the attention—and by the alluring presence of Gloria, the group’s “tragic heroine” (a sinuous, Kurt Weill–crooning Greta Lee)—Saxberger gradually reckons with the authenticity of his newfound poetic circle. This thoughtful, witty second feature from Kent Jones (DIANE), working from a sly and hugely entertaining script by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Samy Burch (MAY DECEMBER, is a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.

THE CYCLE OF LOVE (Orlando von Ensiedel, 2025, 98min, United Kingdom/United States/India/Sweden, NR, Adventure/Documentary, Variance) In 1977, PK, a 23-year-old Delhi street artist from a poor, ‘untouchable’ family, picked up a handful of paintbrushes and a second-hand bicycle and set off on a 6000-mile cross-continent mission - to find Lotta, the woman who had captured his heart. A love story like no other, THE CYCLE OF LOVE is an inspiring, heart-warming, epic true-life adventure about the search for self-belief and risking everything for what your heart tells you.

THE MARCHING BAND (Emmanuel Courcol, 2024, 102min, France, NR, Comedy/Drama, Greenwich Entertainment) **LAST CHANCE - THURSDAY, 9/17!** A world-famous orchestra conductor discovers the brother he never knew he had — a school cafeteria worker who plays trombone in a local marching band. Detecting his brother's exceptional musical talent, he takes it upon himself to rectify the injustice of fate. An equally hilarious and affecting crowdpleaser that premiered at Cannes and became a French box office sensation starring Benjamin Lavernhe (My Donkey, My Lover & I) and Pierre Lottin (The Stranger).

THE WEIGHT (Padraic McKinley, 2026, 115min, Germany/Canada/United States, R, Adventure/Crime, Vertical Entertainment) When Samuel (Hawke) is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy (Crowe) offers a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he’ll win his freedom. But as the group journeys into the unforgiving wilderness, the real threat isn’t the terrain - it’s the betrayal and violence festering within their ranks. Surrounded by greed, suspicion, and danger, Samuel must risk everything to reunite with his child.

TONY (Matt Johnson, 2026, 106min, United States, R, A24) **LAST CHANCE - THURSDAY, 9/17!** A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.