PASSION PIT
Inspired by the audacity and admiration for Francis Ford Coppola’s drive to bring his dreams to fruition with MEGALOPOLIS and by PFS favorites like Richard Kelly’s SOUTHLAND TALES. “Passion Pit” offers a reevaluation of daring films from beloved filmmakers that defied common sense, survived production purgatory, and brought their unadulterated artistic visions to the screen.
November
Tickets
$14 | $9 for PFS Members
The unceremoniously received last film by one of the greatest comedians and filmmakers ever, Elaine May. ISHTAR is is a total comedic gem that overflows with chemistry between Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman playing two failed songwriters who stumble their way into an international crisis in Morocco.
Director:
ELAINE MAY
Runtime:
107
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
Comedy
Category
Curated
Formats
DCP
Release
1987
Nearly a decade after Leos Carax reinvented cinema with HOLY MOTORS, he redefines the movie musical with the long-gestating rock opera penned by the brother duo of Sparks about a shock comedian, an opera singer, and a magical little child.
Director:
LEOS CARAX
Runtime:
141
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
MUSICAL
Category
Curated
Formats
4K
Release
2021
The legendary epic, known for its quixotic, troubled production as much as for what was eventually committed to celluloid. FITZCARRALDO chronicles madman Klaus Kinski as a rubber baron in Peru and his unrelenting determination to relocate a gigantic steamship over the Andes mountains with little regard for safety or sanity.
Director:
WERNER HERZOG
Runtime:
158
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
DRAMA
Category
Curated
Formats
DCP
Release
1982
The iconic Prince stars in (and eventually directed) this sexy black and white soiree on the French Riviera about a smooth-talking con artist who, along with his brother, plots to swindle a soon-to-be wealthy heiress—but romance gets in the way.
Director:
PRINCE
Runtime:
100
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
Comedy
Category
Curated
Formats
DCP
Release
1986
How does one explore the depths of love, spirituality, and the fragility of life on camera? Darren Aronofsky gives it his best shot in this millenia-spanning, visual splendor about one man’s determination to defy fate and save his dying wife.
Director:
DARREN ARONOFSKY
Runtime:
97
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
DRAMA
Category
Curated
Formats
DCP
Release
2006
The Wachowskis reinvented what cinema could be in this dazzling and ambitious manga adaptation about the titular racer who clings to lofty aspirations while navigating corrupt forces within the racing league to cement his family's legacy.
Director:
LANA WACHOWSKI, LILLY WACHOWSKI
Runtime:
135
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
THRILLER
Category
Curated
Formats
DCP
Release
2008
After being unavailable for years, Tarsem Singh’s unbelievably imaginative and beautiful fantasy is finally restored in 4K. An injured 1915 stuntman (Lee Pace) recounts a fantastical adventure to a young girl about swashbuckling heroes on a path of vengeance.
Director:
TARSEM SINGH
Runtime:
117
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
DRAMA
Category
Curated
Formats
4K
Release
2006
At the dawn of the millenia, Spielberg released this equally confounding and revolutionary epic that began in earnest 30 years prior by the great Stanley Kubrick, only to be met with a puzzled reception. Twenty years later, experience the never-more-timely journey of a young android with the unique ability to love.
Director:
STEVEN SPIELBERG
Runtime:
146
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
SCI-FI
Category
Curated
Formats
DCP
Release
2001
Developed over 25 years, Scorsese finally brings to life the historical saga of two Jesuit priests’ faith being tested to the limit as they embark on a perilous journey searching for their missing mentor in a Japan that is hostile to their religion.
Director:
MARTIN SCORSESE
Runtime:
161
min
Theater:
Film Society Center
Genre
DRAMA
Category
Curated
Formats
4K
Release
2016