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The Lorraine (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Fri, Sep 25
Director: Sam Pollard Run Time: 84 min. Release Year: 2026
Tickets for this “Special Presentation” screening at the 2026 Charlotte Film Festival can be purchased by clicking the...
Mysterious Skin (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Fri, Sep 25
Director: Gregg Araki Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2005
Starring: Brady Corbet, Jeffrey Licon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Michelle Trachtenberg
Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.
The Blood Countess (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Fri, Sep 25
Director: Ulrike Ottinger Run Time: 119 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German
Starring: André Jung, Birgit Minichmayr, Isabelle Huppert, Lars Eidinger, Thomas Schubert
Blood is eternal, and so is power.
Big City Pizza (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Fri, Sep 25
Director: Dusty Saunders Run Time: 80 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ali Graba, Elijah Rawlings, Kristen Politis, Monisha Dadlani, Sean Berrie
He's got no skin in the game.
In Memoriam (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Sat, Sep 26
Director: Rob Burnett Run Time: 118 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Judy Greer, Lily Gladstone, Marc Maron, Sharon Stone, Talia Ryder
Tickets for this “Special Presentation” screening at the 2026 Charlotte Film Festival can be purchased by clicking the...
Sorda (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Sat, Sep 26
Director: Eva Libertad Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Spanish
Starring: Álvaro Cervantes, Daniela Saura Pérez, Elena Irureta, Joaquín Notario, Miriam Garlo
Tickets for this “Special Presentation” screening at the 2026 Charlotte Film Festival can be purchased by clicking the...
The Gesuidouz (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Sat, Sep 26
Director: Ken'ichi Ugana Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: Japanese
Starring: LEO, Natsuko, Rocko Zevenbergen, Yutaka Kyan, Yuya Endo
Tickets for this “Special Presentation” screening at the 2026 Charlotte Film Festival can be purchased by clicking the...
Jim Queen (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Sat, Sep 26
Director: Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: French
Starring: Alex Ramirès, Elisabeth Wiener, François Sagat, Jéremy Gillet, Shirley Souagnon
For better or for Queer.
Hen (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Sun, Sep 27
Director: György Pálfi Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Greek (modern)
Starring: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Argyris Pandazaras, Maria Diakopanagiotou, Yannis Kokiasmenos
Tickets for this “Special Presentation” screening at the 2026 Charlotte Film Festival can be purchased by clicking the...
Chicas Tristes (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Sun, Sep 27
Director: Fernanda Tovar Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
Starring: Darana Álvarez, Mónica del Carmen, Rocío Guzmán, Tatsumi Milori, Tomás García Agraz
Tickets for this “Special Presentation” screening at the 2026 Charlotte Film Festival can be purchased by clicking the...
The History of Concrete (Charlotte Film Festival)
- Sun, Sep 27
Director: John Wilson Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: John Wilson, Josh Safdie, Michael Imperioli, Nathan Fielder, Timothée Chalamet
Tickets for this “Special Presentation” screening at the 2026 Charlotte Film Festival can be purchased by clicking the...
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
- Mon, Sep 28
- Tue, Sep 29
- Wed, Sep 30
- Thu, Oct 1
- Fri, Oct 2
- Sat, Oct 3
- Sun, Oct 4
- Mon, Oct 5
- Tue, Oct 6
- Wed, Oct 7
Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka Run Time: 122 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026 Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Starring: Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda, Rinko Kikuchi, Yoh Yoshida, YOU
Rinko Kikuchi Dances Her Way Through Grief
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution…
- Mon, Sep 28
- Tue, Sep 29
- Wed, Sep 30
- Thu, Oct 1
- Fri, Oct 2
- Sat, Oct 3
- Sun, Oct 4
- Mon, Oct 5
- Tue, Oct 6
- Wed, Oct 7
- Thu, Oct 8
Director: Nick Davis Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Jayne Eastwood, Martin Short, Victor Garber
Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer, and other entertainment icons got their start in...
The Stunt Driver
- Mon, Sep 28
- Tue, Sep 29
- Wed, Sep 30
- Thu, Oct 1
- Fri, Oct 2
- Sat, Oct 3
- Sun, Oct 4
- Mon, Oct 5
- Tue, Oct 6
- Wed, Oct 7
- Thu, Oct 8
Director: Michael Dowse Run Time: 99 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ben Foster, Dan Bakkedahl, Ed Helms, Jay Baruchel, Laurence Leboeuf
Based on the true story of Montrealer Ken Carter, the “Mad Canadian” stunt driver who tried to jump...
Evolver 62
- Wed, Sep 30
Director: Chris Purcell Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: George Harrison, John Lennon, Mark Lewisohn, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
Globally-renowned historian Mark Lewisohn weaves an array of short, sharp stories into a savvy and surprising reveal of...
Digger
- Thu, Oct 1
- Fri, Oct 2
- Sat, Oct 3
- Sun, Oct 4
- Mon, Oct 5
- Tue, Oct 6
- Wed, Oct 7
- Thu, Oct 8
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Run Time: 128 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Tom Cruise
A man. A plan. A meltdown.
The Incomer
Director: Louis Paxton Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Emun Elliott, Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, Michelle Gomez
Welcome to Auk Isle. Population: one too many.
Chopping Mall
- Fri, Oct 2
- Sat, Oct 3
- Sun, Oct 4
- Wed, Oct 7
Director: Jim Wynorski Run Time: 77 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Barbara Crampton, Dick Miller, Gerrit Graham, John Terlesky, Karrie Emerson, Kelli Maroney, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Russell Todd, Tony O'Dell
Where shopping costs you an arm and a leg!
An Indie on Wheels Excursion: Teen Horror Series
Run Time: 37 min. Release Year: 1943
FREE | Registration Required For youth ages 13–18. Location: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – University City Regional (5528 Waters...
Fruitvale Station
- Sat, Oct 3
Director: Ryan Coogler Run Time: 82 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2013
Starring: Chad Michael Murray, Kevin Durand, Melonie Díaz, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer
Every step brings you closer to the edge.
Voodoo Macbeth
- Sun, Oct 4
Director: Agazi Desta, Christopher Beaton, Dagmawi Abebe, Ernesto M. Sandoval, Hannah Bang, Roy Arwas, Sabina Vajrača, Tiffany Kontoyiannis-Guillen, Victor Alonso-Berbel, Zoë Alyce Salnave Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2021
Starring: Daniel Kuhlman, Inger Tudor, Jeremy Tardy, Jewell Wilson Bridges, June Schreiner
Based on the true story of Orson Welles, Rose McClendon, and their revolutionary Shakespeare production.
Psycho
- Tue, Oct 6
- Thu, Oct 8
- Sat, Oct 10
- Sun, Oct 11
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 109 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1960
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles
A new and altogether different screen excitement!
The History of Concrete
Director: John Wilson Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: John Wilson, Josh Safdie, Michael Imperioli, Nathan Fielder, Timothée Chalamet
After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to...
Paris Is Burning
- Fri, Oct 9
Director: Jennie Livingston Run Time: 78 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1991
Starring: Dorian Corey, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper LaBeija, Venus Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja
Having a ball… Wish you were here
NAZA
- Fri, Oct 9
- Sun, Oct 11
Director: Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham Run Time: 80 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Yuval Abraham
In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing...
The Fly
- Fri, Oct 9
- Sat, Oct 10
- Wed, Oct 14
Director: David Cronenberg Run Time: 96 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Joybubbles
Director: Rachael J. Morrison Run Time: 79 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Joybubbles, Phil Lapsley, Steve Wozniak
Please note; to make this screening of JOYBUBBLES as accessible as possible the film be be presented with...
Written on the Wind – 70th Anniversary Screening!
- Sat, Oct 10
Director: Douglas Sirk Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 1956
Starring: Dorothy Malone, Lauren Bacall, Robert Keith, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson
This woman in his arms was now the wife of the man he called his best friend!
Sense and Sensibility: Early Access Movie Party
Director: Georgia Oakley Run Time: 132 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2026
Starring: Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Caitríona Balfe, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Frank Dillane
No one knows your heart like a sister.
The Amazing Adventure of Marchello the Cat
Director: Susan Helen Emerson Run Time: 75 min. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Dominique Swain, Mara Lane, Michelle Rodriguez, Troy Garity, Troy Hall
Who let the cats out!
IPH Book Club – Sense and Sensibility
- Thu, Oct 15
Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 1813
FREE | Registration Required Join us for a discussion of Jane Austen’s beloved classic Sense and Sensibility, which...
Ken Russell’s The Devils
- Thu, Oct 15
- Fri, Oct 16
- Sat, Oct 17
- Sun, Oct 18
- Mon, Oct 19
- Tue, Oct 20
- Wed, Oct 21
- Thu, Oct 22
Director: Ken Russell Run Time: 114 min. Rating: NC-17 Release Year: 1971
Starring: Dudley Sutton, Gemma Jones, Max Adrian, Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave
Hell will hold no surprises for them...
Sense and Sensibility
Director: Georgia Oakley Run Time: 132 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2026
Starring: Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Caitríona Balfe, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Frank Dillane
No one knows your heart like a sister.
Critters
- Fri, Oct 16
- Sat, Oct 17
- Wed, Oct 21
Director: Stephen Herek Run Time: 86 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1986
Starring: Billy Green Bush, Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Nadine Van der Velde, Scott Grimes
The battle began in another galaxy. It's about to end in the Brown's backyard.
Community Impact Film Series: Visible & Invisible Disabilities
- Sat, Oct 17
Director: Michael Schwartz, Tyler Nilson Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2019
Starring: Ann Pierce, Bruce Dern, Dakota Johnson, Jon Bernthal, Shia LaBeouf, Thomas Haden Church, Zack Gottsagen
FREE | Registration Required Join us for the Community Impact Film Series event focused on Visible and Invisible Disabilities. This...
Faust (w/live score) – 100th Anniversary Event Screening!
- Sat, Oct 17
Director: F. W. Murnau Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 1926 Language: German
Starring: Camilla Horn, Emil Jannings, Frida Richard, Gösta Ekman, William Dieterle
The Voice of the Tempter.
Join or Die
- Tue, Oct 20
Director: Pete Davis, Rebecca Davis Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Eddie S. Glaude, Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, Priya Parker, Raj Chetty
A film about why you should join a club... and why the fate of America depends on it.
Soul Power
- Wed, Oct 21
Director: Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2009
Starring: B.B. King, Bill Withers, Don King, James Brown, Muhammad Ali
The greatest music festival that you have never seen.
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
Director: Richard Green Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Catherine E. Coulson, David Lynch, Deborah Satterfield, Helen Leboffe, Robin Goodrin Nordli
A life well played. A death well lived.
Possible Love
Director: Lee Chang-dong Run Time: 165 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026 Language: Korean with English Subtitles
Starring: Cho Yeo-jeong, Jeon Do-yeon, Jo Yuri, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung
Winner of the Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion Award A laid-off worker and his wife cross paths...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Director: Tobe Hooper Run Time: 100 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Dennis Hopper, Jim Siedow
After a decade of silence... the buzzz is back.
Kwaidan
- Sat, Oct 24
Director: Masaki Kobayashi Run Time: 183 min. Release Year: 1965 Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
Starring: Kenjirō Ishiyama, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Ranko Akagi, Rentaro Mikuni
In the tradition of "RASHOMON" and "GATE OF HELL."
I Don’t Know Jack
Director: Chris Leavens Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Billy DaMota, Catherine Case, Donna DuBain, John Achorn, Leo Bulgarini
The life of actor Jack Nance, whose rise to prominence after starring in David Lynch’s 1977 cult classic...
Fjord
Director: Cristian Mungiu Run Time: 146 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: English, Romanian, Norwegian, Swedish with English Subtitles
Starring: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Lisa Carlehed, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Renate Reinsve, Sebastian Stan
When does protection become control?
From Beyond
Director: Stuart Gordon Run Time: 85 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1986
Starring: Barbara Crampton, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, Ken Foree, Ted Sorel
Humans are such easy prey.
The Crucible – 30th Anniversary!
Director: Nicholas Hytner Run Time: 124 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1996
Starring: Bruce Davison, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield, Winona Ryder
Arthur Miller's timeless tale of truth on trial.
Carolina Independent Film Collective – November 2026
- Tue, Nov 3
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Join us for a conversation with Maleek Loyd, filmmaker and co-owner of Loyd Visuals, a Charlotte-based video production...
La bola negra
Director: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo Run Time: 155 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Starring: Carlos González, Guitarricadelafuente, Lola Dueñas, Miguel Bernardeau, Milo Quifes
The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire,...
Wild Horse Nine
Director: Martin McDonagh Run Time: 118 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ailín Salas, John Malkovich, Mariana di Girolamo, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi
Sometimes you've got to do a terrible thing for the greater good.
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Director: David Greaves, William Greaves Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aaron Douglas, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper, Richard Bruce Nugent
A film over 50 years in the making.
Raising Arizona
Director: Joel Coen Run Time: 94 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1987
Starring: Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Nicolas Cage, Trey Wilson, William Forsythe
Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...
2026 Community Impact Film Series (CIFS)
Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2026
Mission The Community Impact Film Series (CIFS) is a free public program at The Independent Picture House (IPH)...
Ghost World – 25th Anniversary!
Director: Terry Zwigoff Run Time: 111 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2001
Starring: Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch
Accentuate the negative.
IPH Book Club – GHOST WORLD
- Sun, Nov 8
Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2026
FREE | Registration Required Join us Wednesday, November 4th for our IPH Book Club discussion of GHOST WORLD...
Vertigo
- Tue, Nov 10
- Thu, Nov 12
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 128 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 1958
Starring: Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Jones, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Tom Helmore
Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!
Erased
Run Time: 80 min.
When confronted by the now 18 year old son he dismissed before birth, a high-powered businessman must decide between their potential relationship and a life changing financial opportunity.
Phantasm
Director: Don Coscarelli Run Time: 89 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1979
Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury, Kathy Lester, Reggie Bannister
If this one doesn't scare you...you're already dead!
Art in the Twenty-First Century: Humor
- Fri, Nov 13
Run Time: 60 min.
FREE SCREENING | Registration Required Location: Goodyear Arts (Camp North End, Suite 200, 301 Camp Road Charlotte, NC...
An Indie on Wheels Excursion: Pops & Popcorn
Run Time: 35 min. Release Year: 2026
FREE | Registration Required Location: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library – University City Regional (5528 Waters Edge Vlg Dr, Charlotte,...
Creative Conversation with Frankiee Veney
- Sun, Nov 22
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Frankiee Veney is a Charlotte-based writer, producer, director, and creative strategist committed to telling powerful, culturally rooted stories....
Hen
Director: György Pálfi Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Greek (modern)
Starring: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Argyris Pandazaras, Maria Diakopanagiotou, Yannis Kokiasmenos
Escaping from a chicken farm, a hen finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling restaurant. There, she...
Carolina Independent Film Collective – December 2026
- Tue, Dec 1
Run Time: 120 min. Release Year: 2026
Join us for a conversation exploring how personal identity, cultural background, and lived experience shape the choices characters...
Elsinore
Director: Simon Stone Run Time: 104 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Andrew Scott, Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Luke Thompson, Olivia Colman
The deeply emotional and inspirational true story of Ian Charleson, a gifted actor whose greatest challenge becomes his...
Community Impact – The Power of One
- Sun, Dec 13
Run Time: 60 min. Release Year: 2026
FREE | Registration Required Location: IPH | Patel Community Space Screening + Virtual Post-Film Discussion with Alex Valdez...
Black Christmas
Director: Bob Clark Run Time: 98 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1974
Starring: John Saxon, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Marian Waldman, Olivia Hussey
If this picture doesn't make your skin crawl... it's on TOO TIGHT.
Ganja & Hess
- Sat, Dec 19
Director: Bill Gunn Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1973
Starring: Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Leonard Jackson, Marlene Clark, Sam Waymon
Some Marriages Are Made In Heaven. Others Are Made In Hell.
Werwulf
Director: Robert Eggers Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Lily-Rose Depp, Ralph Ineson, Willem Dafoe
Do not dread the darkness. Embrace it.
Looking for Langston
Director: Isaac Julien Run Time: 45 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1989
Starring: Akim Mogaji, Ben Ellison, Dencil Williams, John Wilson, Matthew Baidoo
A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and...
Fade to Black
Director: Vernon Zimmerman Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1980
Starring: Dennis Christopher, Gwynne Gilford, Linda Kerridge, Norman Burton, Tim Thomerson
Eric Binford lives for the movies...Sometimes he kills for them, too!
A Tale of Two Cities
Director: Jack Conway Run Time: 128 min. Release Year: 1935
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver, Elizabeth Allan, Reginald Owen, Ronald Colman
The Immortal Story of Love and Intrigue During the French Revolution!
IPH Book Club – The Devil Finds Work
- Fri, Feb 5
- Fri, Mar 5
- Fri, Apr 2
Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2027
FREE | Registration Required Feb. 5th, March 5th, and April 2nd Join us for a three-part book club series...
Petey Wheatstraw
Director: Cliff Roquemore Run Time: 99 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1977
Starring: Ebony Wright, Ernest Mayhand, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, Rudy Ray Moore
Have No Fear, It's the Comedy Smash of the Year!
Tales of Manhattan
Director: Julien Duvivier Run Time: 118 min. Release Year: 1942
Starring: Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Rita Hayworth
An Experience You'll never forget !
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains – 45th Anniversary!
Director: Lou Adler Run Time: 87 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1982
Starring: David Clennon, Diane Lane, John Lehne, Peter Donat, Ray Winstone
Do you wanna be a professional?
The Defiant Ones
Director: Stanley Kramer Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 1958
Starring: Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney Jr., Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis
One of the great ones!
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Director: Stanley Kramer Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1967
Starring: Cecil Kellaway, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy
A love story of today.
Lady Sings the Blues
Director: Sidney J. Furie Run Time: 144 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1972
Starring: Billy Dee Williams, Diana Ross, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Richard Pryor
Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.