This is the story of the Butthole Surfers, a band that defied every rule and redefined what rock could be. Emerging from Texas in the early 1980s, Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary forged an anarchic path across America’s underground, creating chaotic live shows filled with nudity, fake blood, and blistering psychedelic noise. Their name alone was a challenge to Reagan-era conformity, yet their influence rippled through alternative music, shaping acts like Nirvana and securing them a cult legacy. Featuring candid interviews, wild archival footage, trippy reenactments, and commentary from icons like Flea, Dave Grohl, and Richard Linklater, this long-anticipated documentary is as provocative, funny, and fearless as the band itself

Oscilloscope Laboratories presents a compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses.

After decades of being blown to bits by bombs, demolished by dynamite, mangled by magnets, battered by boulders, trampled by trains, tricked by tunnels, sprung by springs, steamrolled by steamrollers, maligned by misfires, bedeviled by bungees, rattled by rockets, backstabbed by bat suits, rocked by rocket skates, upended by unicycles, quaked by quake pills, rubberized by rogue bands, and hurled headlong off every cliff in the Southwest, Wile E. Coyote (Genius) finally fights back. Teaming up with billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte), he takes on slick corporate counsel Buddy Crane (John Cena) and ACME, Inc., the profit-obsessed conglomerate behind every one of the Coyote’s chaotic catastrophes.

Join Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the author of an acclaimed new book on the “King of Calypso,” for a multimedia talk on the gigantic life and legacy of an American icon who transformed our politics by evolving culture. Jelly-Schapiro’s talk will feature rare archival film and audio clips from Belafonte’s astonishing career, and be followed a book signing. “Daylight Come takes us to places no biography in recent memory has . . . This book fills the heart and mind, and is essential reading for our times.” —Hilton Als

On a quiet May morning, a van marked “Immigration Enforcement” pulls up on a street in Glasgow. Conducting a dawn raid, two long-standing residents are arrested for alleged immigration violations and face deportation. Word of the raid goes out almost immediately, and students, neighbors, members of the local mosque and others — rush to the area in response. One man forces his way under the van to prevent it from leaving. Dozens, hundreds, and then thousands of people pour in, filming, chanting, and blockading the van in solidarity. From executive producer Emma Thompson and director Felipe Bustos Sierra, EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET chronicles this event through interviews with people who were there, and using footage shot throughout the day. Told from multiple viewpoints, the film captures the chaos and confusion — but also a sense of joy, celebration, and the power of community. The mosque opens its doors for people who need a washroom. Supporters turn up, passing around pizzas, water, and snacks. Thompson herself appears in the film, re-creating the role of the so-called Van Man, and Bustos Sierra places the events of the day in the broader context of centuries of labor activism and direct action by the people of Glasgow. EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET tells a remarkable story of resistance, community care, and the power of everyday people coming together to fight injustice.

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.

A true arthouse drama and psychological horror film set against the backdrop of post-communist Eastern Europe, a young American becomes obsessed with a club singer. Grimy, dangerous and dark. "A vision of an old life on the edge of hell." —Variety

A socialite begins a shipboard romance with a wealthy man, but is blackmailed by a former lover.

In an idyllic village in Burkina Faso, a woman decides to use an ancient tradition—the moolaadé, the right for the powerful to protect the weak—in a new way, sheltering young girls who are about to enter a dangerous ritual. Ousmane Sembene’s final work, a masterpiece of activist cinema, celebrates the heroism of everyday people and the potential for even the most entrenched customs to soften. (dir. Ousmane Sembene, Senegal-Burkina Faso, 2004, 124m).

Join 90s grunge bassist Melissa Auf der Maur, of HOLE and Smashing Pumpkins fame, as she takes us on a grunge journey through her decade of road photographs. Courtney Love goofing around backstage, self-portraits from sold-out arenas, moody images that mirror the complex grief of losing friends to drugs, suicide and illness. Auf der Maur accidentally became a 1990s musical icon and originally meant to become a photographer, so her archive of this historical time period with her fellow cultural tastemakers is a sometimes brutal but always real slice of touring life.

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Based on the Herman Melville novel of the same name as the protagonist, Pierre, the film surprised its audiences in a similar manner that Melville shocked his readers with the first book post Moby Dick. It follows a wealthy male author living with his mother, waiting to be married to his cousin, when a long-lost vagrant, claiming to be his half-sister, appears. (dir. Leos Carax, France/Switzerland/Germany/Japan, 1999, 134 min.) “[A film that] breaks free of the dismal bonds of formula to cartwheel into overwrought passionate excess.” —Roger Ebert

Redemption Time is a 70-minute performance film featuring poet Jimmy Santiago Baca and jazz violinist Christian Howes––two formerly incarcerated artists who reclaimed their lives through art. While imprisoned, Howes discovered Baca’s poetry, igniting a creative lifeline that would sustain them both. Through spoken word, jazz, and intimate testimony, the film reveals the trauma of incarceration and art’s redemptive power. Directed by David Gonzalez, Redemption Time is an emotional journey and a call to reimagine justice, identity, and human potential. (dir. David Gonzalez, US, 2025, 70 min.) Ulster Literacy Association and Upstate Films invite you to a special fundraising screening of Redemption Time, an acclaimed documentary directed by David Gonzalez featuring poet Jimmy Santiago Baca and jazz violinist Christian Howes. Through spoken word, music, and art, the film explores trauma, healing, and the transformative power of second chances — themes at the heart of ULA’s mission to support adult literacy across Ulster County. The director will participate in a panel discussion immediately following the screening.

Join Legs McNeil (via livestream) and co-author Crispin Kott (who grew up in Saugerties) in a unique book/multimedia conversation with Peter Aaron in celebration of McNeil’s new memoir, Resident Punk: How I Smoked, Drank, and Stumbled My Way Through the ’70s Punk Scene (and Beyond). McNeil, co-author of the global bestseller Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, will share stories and film clips covering the sights and sounds in the pages of Resident Punk and beyond. “McNeil is an unstintingly entertaining guide who cultivates an improbably endearing sad-sack persona…Reliably diverting. Casually obscene. Frequently hilarious.” – Kirkus Reviews Signed books will be available

Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston, plans to make money selling records. After his prized motorcycle is stolen, his plans fall through and he's forced to adapt.

Known as the Father of African Cinema, the Senegalese freedom fighter and writer Ousmane Sembene was the first African filmmaker to achieve international acclaim. This award-winning documentary follows the dockworker and fifth-grade dropout and once-in-an-era savant storyteller, who reached to the stars through the thorns. (dir. Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, US, 2015, 89 min.) “A richly crafted documentary that serves as an enlightening tribute to the filmmaker who masterfully tapped into the medium’s wide-reaching socio-political potential.” —Los Angeles Times This documentary was made by Upstate Films’ co-director, Jason Silverman, who has been instrumental in the restoration of Sembene’s films and is currently writing Sembene’s biography.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, Hacks) for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star (Gillian Anderson, The X-Files, Sex Education), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.

When he was young, a street artist from India's "untouchable" caste was prophesied that he would find true love with a Taurus musician from a foreign land who owned a jungle. When he met her while drawing her later in life, they fell madly in love, and he eventually cycled 3,000 miles from India to Sweden to reunite. (dir. Orlando von Einsiedel, U.K., 2025, 98 min.)

A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.

Since 1967 when Les Braunstein and the Soft White Underbelly (early Blue Oyster Cult) recorded for Elektra records, Les has been exclusively a rock singer. Les now performs live against the rock tracks he has recorded of his own songs with the bands he has sung with over the past five decades. This special performance will also include stories drawn from his books, travelogues entitled, The Lucky Monkey Stories.

Wendy’s life is thrown into chaos when her boyfriend, Jack, who is older and divorced with children, insists they take space to evaluate the relationship. During their break, Wendy runs into her ex, Chuck, forcing them into a volatile triangle.

William Holden leads a band of aging robbers through the hard world of the Old West as they try to outrun the bounty hunter (the legendary Robert Ryan) who is hot on their trail. The balletic violence and weary fatalism that Peckinpah brings to his vision of the American West is underscored by some of sweatiest, dirtiest, bloodiest performances from some of the the toughest, ugliest actors of all time. Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates shoot, screw, drink, and ride horses all while imbuing the film's harsh, empty world with a sense of real poetry. This is a film about the mantle of violence passing from old professionals, who live by a code, to even more chaotic and deadly future generations. And what is the code these old men live by? Stand by your friends and against the world, take what you can get, and don't kill civilians...unless they get in the way.

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.

Newlyweds Shane and June arrive in Paris for their honeymoon. In the process of trying to find a cure for his strange, bloodthirsty disease, Shane stumbles upon the story of a doctor and his flesh eating wife.

FOREWORD AUTHOR EVENT Under the Crucian Sun: A Memoir of Place, environmentalist and creative Cynthia McVay sets foot on the island of St. Croix in 2018 for the first time. She arrives with an adventurous partner and her heart set on purchasing and renovating an abandoned plantation house. Things do not go as planned. This collection of stories, essays, poetry with over 150 photos offers a personal portrayal of a coy, complex and layered island. At its heart, Under the Crucian Sun is a love story, an ode to the island of St. Croix and its many peoples. Whether you call St. Croix home or you are a visitor, you will relate to Cynthia’s journey. In both image and word, she captures St. Croix’s unique magic.

Join renowned mentalist Vinny DePonto on a journey down the rabbit hole of your own brain. Through artful demonstrations with real audience members – no plants or actors are used – in Mind Reader, DePonto exhibits awe-inspiring techniques to subvert your attention, influence your thoughts, and make you giddy about the strange and wonderful wiring of our own thoughts. Step right up to the carnival inside your head and let DePonto be your guide. (Written & Performed by Vinny DePonto; Directed by Zach Morris; Set Design by Dan Daly) Vinny DePonto is a theatre-maker and mentalist whose work combines psychological tricks, visual art, and immersive storytelling. His critically acclaimed show Mindplay has toured the US, including an Off-Broadway run in New York City. His work has been presented by Ars Nova, American Conservatory Theater, American Repertory Theater at Harvard, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre, and the Geffen Playhouse, and has been nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.

What I Want You To Know, executive produced by two veterans, is an intimate journey alongside Iraq and Afghanistan veterans as they share deeply personal stories from their deployments and explore truth and justice in the context of their wars. Interspersed with actual images and video from both wars, their stories present an intense and compelling picture of the post-911 wars and their cost to the men and women who fought, and to civilians on the ground.

This documentary pulls apart the legendary 1972 Toronto’s highly-improvisational production of the musical Godspell that was a comedic launchpad for a generation of North American icons: Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Victor Garber, and Paul Shaffer. What began as an off-off-off-and more off Broadway show, planted the seed which would become the sensibility for generations of Saturday Night Live and everything the came from that. (dir. Nick Davis, US, 2025, 98 min.) “It’s about something bigger than Godspell — a pop movement that didn’t have a name yet, a cultural spirit that found its way into existence almost like (laughing) gas gathering in the air.” —Variety