This weekend!
5th Avenue Cinema Presents
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5th Avenue Cinema Presents ...
Seven Beauties
Dir. Lina Wertmüller (1975); Italy; Italian; 116 min; DCP
Programmed by Sarah
Friday, February 27 at 6 pm & 8:30 pm
Saturday, February 28 at 6 pm & 8:30 pm
Sunday, March 1 at 3 pm
Despite being the first woman to receive a nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards, Lina Wertmüller’s films have been curiously underrepresented in contemporary cinemas. One could suspect that this has to do with her work often being impossible to compartmentalize neatly into one box.
Getting her start as Fellini’s assistant director in 8 ½, she later gained her own notorious reputation for her skewering of Italian politics, sex and male machismo. Seven Beauties is unlike any other film set in WWII, in turns hilarious and heinous, tasteless and profound, and quintessentially Wertmüller.
Winter 2026 : Women with a Movie Camera
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Winter 2026 : Women with a Movie Camera ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆
Saving Face
Week 1: January 9, 10, 11
Dir. Alice Wu (2004); US; English, Mandarin, Shanghainese; 91 min; DCP
Programmed by Naomi
The People’s Joker on 35mm
Week 2: January 16, 17, 18
Dir. Vera Drew (2022); US; English; 92 min; 35mm
Programmed by Julie
I Have Electric Dreams
Week 3: January 23, 24, 25
Dir. Valentina Maurel (2022); Costa Rica; Spanish; 101 min; DCP
Programmed by Clara
We Grown Now
Week 4: January 30, 31, February 1
Dir. Minhal Baig (2023); US; English; 95 min; DCP
Programmed by Alyssa
I Am Not a Witch
Week 5: February 6, 7, 8
Dir. Rungano Nyoni (2017); UK, France, Germany, Zambia; English, Bemba, Chewa, Tonga; 93 min; DCP
Programmed by Clara
Compensation
Week 6: February 13, 14, 15
Dir. Zeinabu irene Davis (1999); US; English, ASL; 92 min; DCP
Programmed by Sarah
La Ciénaga
Week 7: February 20, 21, 22
Dir. Lucrecia Martel (2001); Argentina; Spanish; 101 min; DCP
Programmed by Alyssa
Seven Beauties
Week 8: February 27, 28, March 1
Dir. Lina Wertmüller (1975); Italy; Italian; 116 min; DCP
Programmed by Sarah
An Angel at My Table
Week 9: March 6, 7 ,8
Dir. Jane Campion (1990); New Zealand, Australia, UK; English; 158 min; DVD
Programmed by Naomi
Born in Flames
Week 10: March 13, 14, 15
Dir. Lizzie Borden (1983); US; English; 90 min; DCP
Programmed by Julie
Showtimes
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Showtimes 〰
Please note that these are our standard showtimes unless stated otherwise. Our doors open 30 minutes prior to each screening and close 10 minutes after each screening begins.