It Was Just An Accident at Real Art Ways

November 11, 2025 - November 20, 2025

“If anyone has the right to make a revenge fantasy, it’s Jafar Panahi. And yet, this movie isn’t that. Panahi doesn’t make statement films; he makes question films, designed to instigate soul-searching and debate.” – Washington Post“Once you arrive at the ultimate destination — a primal, furious cinematic scream at all the injustices that have happened in Iran and throughout the globe — you will never forget it. This is essential viewing and essential filmmaking.” – San Jose Mercury News“It… Find out more

November 14, 2025 - November 20, 2025

“Rather than leaning on caricatures or stereotypes, the film gives each person’s perspective a respectful hearing. The added element of Wang’s subterfuge is what keeps it all fresh.” – The New York Times“It’s about the mysteries of the human heart. Its exploration of these subtle depths is sensitive, as are its conclusions.” – RogerEbert.com“Mistress Dispeller is a bittersweet take on bittersweet feelings that is also a fascinating showcase of the familial, cultural and societal rules and rituals in China.” –… Find out more

November 14, 2025 - November 20, 2025

“Sachs presents his characters’ intellect and emotion, their artistic energy, as inseparable from physicality: he avoids the cliché of talking heads and realizes the idea of talking bodies.” – The New Yorker“The result is a charming experiment that should delight those who like their pleasures both nostalgic and voyeuristic.” – The New York Times“Peter Hujar’s Day doesn’t ask big questions – it creates an ephemeral, meditative space that invites them.” – Filmspotting“The film is a surprisingly beautiful and subtle tribute… Find out more

November 14, 2025 - November 20, 2025

“Bugonia is one of the best films in recent memory to capture what it feels like to be alive right now. Because of that, it is Yorgos Lanthimos’s darkest and most timely work.” – The Independent (UK)“Lanthimos’s hand is steady as he spins us deeper into chaos, always withholding just enough to keep us questioning what’s real.” – Chicago Reader“Proof that not every new movie is a cookie-cutter audience pleaser. Expect the unexpected in a sublimely ridiculous corporate kidnap caper… Find out more

November 21, 2025 - November 27, 2025

“It’s a movie that sneaks up on you like great fiction, blending theme and character in a way that allows it to live in your mind after you see it, rolling around what it means to both the people in it and your own life.” – RogerEbert.com “It’s hardly a guilty pleasure movie, though its sheer pleasantness comes with a certain pang of conscience: should cinema this intelligent be this much fun to watch?” – Daily Telegraph (UK) “Sentimental Value… Find out more

November 30, 2025 - November 30, 2025

 In recognition of World AIDS Day, you’re invited to a community screening of Derek Jarman’s final feature film, BLUE. A single field of radiant blue fills the screen while Jarman, facing AIDS in the final month of his life, speaks of illness, intimacy, and eternity. With only voice and color, BLUE becomes a meditation on presence and absence, on the body in decline, and the spirit in defiant bloom.This screening will take place at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600… Find out more