Ever since Dutch director Paul Verhoeven started his filmmaking career in the 1960’s he has been kicking against the calvinistic shins of Dutch society with his provocative, controversial and visceral blend of cinema. Not conforming to the prudish and puritan standards of conservative Holland the enfant terrible was effectively forced out of his home country in the early 80’s and left for the United States to aim his satirical lens on its psyche, its sensationalist media and the mirage of the American Dream. Coinciding with the release of his newest film, Benedetta, we honor our most controversial and illusive auteur by bringing to our cinema all his American-made classics from his 1987’s breakout Robocop to 2000’s ill-fated Hollow Man.

Coinciding with the release of his ambitious adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction epic Dune we are proud to present seven of the contemporary classics from one of the most acclaimed filmmakers working today, Denis Villeneuve.

Vanaf 1974 probeerde cult-regisseur Alejandro Jodorowsky de financiën rond te krijgen voor een epische verfilming van Frank Herberts invloedrijke science fiction roman Dune. Het moest een veertien uur durende trip worden met muziek van Pink Floyd, acteerwerk van Orson Welles, Mick Jagger en zelfs Salvador Dali en production design van kunstenaars die later zouden werken aan films als Alien. Het hyper-ambitieuze project zou het daglicht echter nooit zien… In het kader van Denis Villeneuve’s aankomende verfilming van Dune vertonen wij de inspirerende documentaire over dit gefaalde project van de Chileense meester.

Continuing our Female Frame series, in which we highlight renowned and lesser known female filmmakers and their highly influential films, we are delighted to present the digitally restored re-releases of Larisa Shepitko’s 1977 final film The Ascent and Agnès Varda’s most provocative classic Le Bonheur.

Continuing our Female Frame series, in which we highlight renowned and lesser known female filmmakers and their highly influential films, we are delighted to present the digitally restored re-releases of Larisa Shepitko’s 1977 final film The Ascent and Agnès Varda’s most provocative classic Le Bonheur.

This September we will remember the death of highly influential rap icon, son of political activist and Black Panther Afeni Shakur, and rebel with a cause to articulate the travails and injustices endured by many African Americans in the 90’s, Tupac Shakur, who was shot and killed in 1996 at the young age of 25.

Coinciding with the release of her Palme d’Or-winning new thriller Titane we are thrilled to bring back to our cinema the coming-of-age cannibal awakening that put her on the map as a writer/director to watch, Raw.

We continue with our series of Expat Cinema – where we offer the best foreign movies with English subtitles. Thrillingly provocative and original, Titane reaffirms writer-director Julia Ducournau’s delightfully disturbing vision.