Join us for some well-loved classics beneath the stars and above the streets of Iowa City from the summer through fall. You never know what we’ll add to each screening to butter up your Rooftop experience. Get your tickets early to these extra special screenings as seating is limited, and Rooftop shows do sell out!

Doors open for our fall season with seating and pre-show fun at 7:00pm. The screening begins at 7:30pm. In the case of inclement weather, the screening will occur indoors.

EXISTENZ

"One of the great underappreciated movies of the late 1990s."—J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books

"Dark, delirious fun."—Geoff Andrew, Time Out

"A disturbing, disorienting sensation that continues right up to the last shot."—Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review

A Y2K-Hole selection

Video game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) has created a virtual reality game called eXistenZ. After a crazed fan attempts to kill her, Allegra goes on the run with Ted (Jude Law), a young businessman who falls into the role of bodyguard. In an attempt to save her game, Allegra implants into Ted's body the video game pod that carries a damaged copy of eXistenZ. Now inhabiting a grey space between body and machine, Allegra and Ted engage in a series of experiences that blur the lines between fantasy and reality.

Y2K-Hole

Catch the Y2K bug at FilmScene! Y2K-hole is a celebration of some of the grimiest, most outrageous yellow-and-blue-tinted standalone sci-fi of the turn of the millennium. A generational sense of impending doom, fear of youth in revolt, and the tightening grip of technology on malleable young brains underscore these stylish, high-concept titles – so come on up to the roof to party like it’s the end of the world.