I Swear
“Funny, fierce, and full of heart” – The Guardian
Scottish setting, true life story of John Davidson. Diagnosed with Tourette's at 15, targeted as 'insane' by his peers, he struggled with a condition few had witnessed. Campaigning for better understanding and acceptance of the condition of Tourette's as an adult, he finds his life's purpose and accepted his MBE from the Queen in 2019.
Rated R / 2 Hrs
Suggest-a-Film Selection: KOLN 75
ALL SEATS JUST $7.50!
This one was suggested through the ‘SUGGEST-A-FILM’ available on the Cinema Worcester website (cinema-worcester.com)!
“A Light and Zippy Music Biopic Explores the Story Behind One of the Most Famous Concerts Ever Performed" - IndieWire
Keith Jarrett's legendary performance in January 1975 nearly didn't happen. Based on a true story, Köln 75 follows how the concert was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming concert promoter, Vera Brandes, (played by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking -- from organizing the concert venue (the Cologne Opera House), promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to perform when he almost dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Mala Emde's joyful portrayal of the enthusiastic and unstoppable Vera. Köln 75 captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown back story about Jarrett's one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.
German with Subtitles
1 Hr 55 Min
Omaha
“Tenderly devastating” - Variety
A father conceals the truth about his family's seemingly spontaneous road trip across the American West. A poignant, coming-of-age drama starring John Magaro (Past Lives, September 5). A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
PG-13
1 Hr 23 Min
Jinsei
“This one-man indie wonder is a work of true vision” – Japan Times
“One of the best anime movies of the year” – Anime News Network
Our hero (voiced by rapper ACE COOL), called by a different name in each chapter of his life, becomes a J-pop idol, an outcast, a leader, and an oracle in this hundred-year chronicle spanning the past, present, and future. Through a chance encounter with a transfer student, he trains to become an idol, starting his search for self-identity and a journey toward greatness beyond superstardom. Written, directed, edited and entirely hand-drawn by newcomer Ryuya Suzuki over eighteen months, JINSEI (meaning "life" in Japanese) is an anime tour-de-force that announces Suzuki to the world as a bold new talent in independent animation.
Japanese with Subtitles
1 Hr 33 Min
I Love Boosters
“I Love Boosters paints another winning amusement park ride in the bright colors of its filmmaker’s politics” – AV Club
A raucous capitalist critique, I Love Boosters careens through the carefully-controlled chaos of writer-director Boots Riley's imagination to deliver a comedy that's as funny as it is thought-provoking.
Professional shoplifters embark on a wild adventure as they target a cutthroat fashion mogul.
R (Strong Sexual Content|Brief Drug Use|Nudity|Language Throughout)
1 Hr 55 Min
Blue Heron
“One of 2026’s best films” – IndieWire
“5 Stars” – RogerEbert.com
In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island. Their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from Jeremy, the family's oldest child.
Rated PG-13 / 1 Hr 30 Min
Tea on the Beach with Director Dawn Davis
Film and Stage Director and friend of Cinema Worcester visits to show and discuss her latest film.
When Lena, receives news that her mother has died, she and her family reluctantly return to her family home to decide what to do about her father, who suffers from dementia.
1 Hr 32
The Drama
“A compelling high-wire act, wonky at times yet committed to living in discomfort.” – Scott Tobias, The Reveal
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails. Starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson
Rated R / 1 Hr 46 Min
Steal This Story, Please!
“Masterful” – Film Threat
Undeterred by armed soldiers, evasive politicians, and riot police, Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story, Please! is a gripping account of the trailblazing journalist whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history.
1 Hr 38 Min
The Christophers
“The Christophers is a charming and challenging tennis match between two opposing acting styles, one of them confident with the certainty of youth and the other with the mastery of old age.” – Ty Burr
Desperate for an inheritance, two siblings conspire to forge their father's unfinished paintings so they become valuable after his death. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Ian MacKellen and Michaela Cole.
Marty Supreme - FREE screening at the White Room!
After a day of ping pong at the White Room, stay for a free screening of the Oscar Nominated MARTY SUPREME!
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie
"An early contender for the funniest and most charming movie of the year." - RogerEbert.com
“Shambling and sweet, loaded with hilarious standalone bits that are held together by the duo’s warm camaraderie and intimate connection to the city of Toronto.” – Scott Tobias, The Reveal
When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
BEING ROBIN with Roger Kabler in person!
Roger will be on hand for intro and Q&A!
The star of BEING ROBIN, Roger Kabler will be on hand to introduce his film and answer your questions after the screening!
The spirit of Robin Williams comes roaring into the life of a sensitive artist named Roger, who finds himself questioning his sanity but nonetheless mounts a hysterical live tribute to the beloved comic.
1 Hr 18 Min
A Night to Remember (1958)
Special screening with Shawn Needham to introduce- in honor of Titanic sinking April 15, 1912!
All seats just $5!!
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller (Kenneth More). Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith (Laurence Naismith) keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Two Prosecutors
“4 stars” – The Guardian, RogerEbert.com
The latest film from the great Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (My Joy) is a scalpel-precise tale of the horrors of totalitarian bureaucracy. Adapting a novel by Soviet writer and political prisoner Georgy Demidov, set in the Soviet Union in 1937, Loznitsa follows the attempts of an idealistic government-appointed prosecutor (Alexander Kuznetsov) to expose the mistreatment of a dissident Bolshevik writer who has been jailed and tortured without evidence of wrongdoing.
As he gradually comes to realize, the lack of cause for the man's imprisonment is hardly unique under Stalin’s regime, and the neophyte lawyer may be putting himself in danger by exposing his own moral righteousness. Loznitsa constructs his story with a patient yet unmistakable sense of mounting dread, focusing on the devastating minutiae that allows fascism to function in our world.
Andre is an Idiot
“Hilarious and heartbreaking. 3 ½ stars” – The Boston Globe
“Tony Benna’s irreverent, frenetic bio-doc “André Is an Idiot” is unlike any cancer doc you’ve ever seen. 4 stars” – RogerEbert.com
André is a brilliant idiot. He is dying because he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.
1 Hr 28 Min
Natchez
NATCHEZ captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all.
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2025
WINNER: BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
SPECIAL JURY MENTION: CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: NOAH COLLIER
SPECIAL JURY MENTION: EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: PABLO PROENZA
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
TOP 5 DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Lone Star with Director John Sayles (at Clark U)
Please join Clark University's Department of Visual and Performing Arts as it welcomes director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist John Sayles in person to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his Oscar-nominated film, Lone Star!
This special event is sponsored by Clark's Screen Studies undergraduate program — it's FREE, and open to the public!
Lone Star premiered in March of 1996 at South by Southwest (SXSW). Sayles's original screenplay for Lone Star was nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA award, and Golden Globe Award.
From Criterion.com:
A keen observer of America’s social fabric, writer-director John Sayles uncovers the haunted past buried beneath a small Texas border town in this sprawling neo-western mystery. When a skeleton is discovered in the desert, lawman Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper), son of a legendary local sheriff, begins an investigation that will have profound implications both for him personally and for all of Rio County, a place still reckoning with its history of racial violence. Sayles’s masterful film—novelistic in its intricacy and featuring a brilliant ensemble cast, including Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña, and Kris Kristofferson—quietly subverts national mythmaking and lays bare the fault lines of life at the border.
Sirat
A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar -- daughter and sister -- who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading, but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.
