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ANGEL'S EGG
In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms – a treasure that she believes is an angel’s egg. A boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird he saw in his dream.
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AUTISM SOCIETY OF IOWA SCREENING: BAMBI
Lights up, sound low, and limited tickets allowing room to move!
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BAMBI
In this life-changing adventure, Bambi sets off with his best friends Thumper and Flower to explore the wonders and challenges of the woods—and fulfill his destiny as prince of the forest.
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BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD
A magical hybrid documentary fairy tale about a Czech poet and his twin brother, adapted from the book "Better to Go Mad in the Wilderness" by Aleš Palán.
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BIJOU OPEN SCREEN FALL 2025
The Open Screen Film Festival is a showcase of short films made by students and community members of the Iowa City area. . Join Bijou to celebrate the filmmaking that occurs right in your backyard in Iowa City!
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BRAZIL
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
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BUDDIES (1985)
When 25 year-old gay yuppie David volunteers to be a "buddy" to an AIDS patient, the gay community center assigns him to Robert, a 32 year-old politically impassioned gay California gardener abandoned by his friends and lovers.
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BUGONIA
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Sun, Nov 23 12:45 PM6:30 PM
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COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
A poignant and unexpectedly funny love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley facing an incurable cancer diagnosis with joy, wit and an unshakable partnership.
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DIE HARD
When a New York City policeman visits his estranged wife and daughters on Christmas Eve, and a group of terrorists take over the exclusive high-rise where he's attending a holiday party, he realizes that there's no one to save the hostages but him.
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FILMSCENE 101: HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)
In this FilmScene 101, we explore Holiday Affair’s unusual emotional register: a dash of melancholy with the merry, achieved through savvy casting and the distinct stylings of the RKO studio.
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HAMNET
Witness the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of a timeless masterpiece when tragedy strikes for William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley).
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HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT
A hot-headed ship owner refuses to accept his wife 's (Jean Arthur) divorce and hires his driver to forge adultery with her in Paris to make the decree null. When the headwaiter of the Chateau Bleu (Charles Boyer) overhears the commotion, he comes to her rescue.
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HOME ALONE
When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic, and he is mistakenly left home alone. Now must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Frank Capra's paean to small-town values stars James Stewart as a man who's come to the end of his rope one Christmas Eve in this classic story of redemption and second chances.
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JAY KELLY
Famous actor Jay Kelly (George Clooney) embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting his past and present with his devoted manager (Adam Sandler) as they embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey through Europe.
Sun, Nov 23 12:30 PM3:30 PM6:30 PM
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KILLER OF SHEEP
Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to work at a job he finds repugnant and finds he has little sensitivity for his family.
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KRAMPUS: THE RECKONING
Zoe is a strange little girl, with a not-so-imaginary friend, the Krampus.
Photos with Krampus in the lobby before the show!
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LA HAINE
Aimlessly passing their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, three young men give human faces to France’s immigrant populations, their resentment at their marginalization simmering until it reaches a boiling point.
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LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN + ÉIRU
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. Soon Amélie discovers the wonders of nature and deeper emotional truths of her family’s idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.
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LITTLE WOMEN (1994)
Jo March struggles for independence and sometimes clashes with her beloved mother and sisters Meg, Amy and Beth, their cranky Aunt March and their impulsive neighbor Laurie.
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MARTY SUPREME
In the 1950s Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness to become a table-tennis champion.
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MONSTER GIRLS
Director Jessie Seitz joins us at FilmScene for the world premiere of the first documentary to cover the past, present, and future of women in special effects makeup and monster movie creature design.
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MY LIFE IS WIND (A LETTER)
A refugee torn from her Middle Eastern home, Myriam resettles in the Midwest, documenting her early experiences in this new land through a poignant letter addressed to her grandmother she was forced to leave.
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NIGHT AND THE CITY (1950)
Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) aches for a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime, but there's no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh.
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NUREMBERG
As the Nuremberg trials are set to begin, a U.S. Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) gets locked in a dramatic psychological showdown with accused Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe).
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ONLYFANGS
Did you miss it when it was our secret screening at FilmScream? Here's another chance to see the vampire comedy with bite!
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PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
An intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona.
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RENTAL FAMILY
An American actor (Brendan Fraser) in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers.
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REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA
A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
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SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When she turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.
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SONG SUNG BLUE
Lightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.
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SSSSSTONER SNAKE
Director Daryl Hook joins us in person for the worst movie you’ve ever seen! Part bad comedy, part awful horror film. You’ll laugh, you’ll scream, you’ll wonder who the hell financed this!
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STORIES OF COMMUNITY 2025 ROUNDUP
A celebration of FilmScene's two year partnership with Resilient Sustainable Future for Iowa City.
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THE EYE OPENER 2025
Find joy in cinema and community at our annual fundraising celebration with delicious drinks, marvelous auction items, a hand-picked short film, and delectable treats.
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THE FIFTH STEP
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Responder, Sherlock) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play.
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THE IDIOT (1951)
A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.
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THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL
'Tis the season for love, laughter and one of the most cherished stories of all time. Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale.
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THE TOWER (WORK IN PROGRESS CUT)
A kaleidoscopic tapestry of colorful characters collide in a small Iowa town. Spooky, serendipitous resonances bubble up between stories where people play themselves in fictionalized as well as real life scenarios.
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TO ALL A GOODNIGHT
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Santa Claus is stirring, and he's not bringing gifts.
Photos with our own Bad Santa in the lobby before the show.
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TRAIN DREAMS
Based on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.
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TWIN PEAKS: SEASON 1 - EPISODE 6 + EPISODE 7
Audrey is hired at One Eyed Jack's, but is caught in a trap when her father arrives. Cooper gets Jacques Renault to reveal the details of Laura's last night in the cabin. Deputy Andy saves Truman's life and apprehends Renault.
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UNCONVENTIONAL
In honor of the 35th anniversary of New Jersey's Chiller Theatre Horror Convention we look back at the documentary of the 13th annual con.
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VIOLENT NIGHT
A team of mercenaries break into a mansion on Christmas Eve, but they are not ready for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus.
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WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) takes on a new case that brings him into the orbit of a charismatic priest, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), and his devout congregation.
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WICKED: FOR GOOD
Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
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