Esquire magazine journalist Lloyd Vogel is known for his cynical writing style. When for his latest assignment, he has to write an article about Fred Rogers, the host of children’s programme Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he sees it as beneath him. Lloyd is convinced that Fred’s friendly persona is an act and wants to expose him. During their conversations, the two opposites build an unlikely friendship. Audience darling Tom Hanks becomes the beloved Mister Rogers, who as a media personality left…

“Kids lose everything unless there's someone there to look out for them.” This hard lesson is shared by the young Chris (River Phoenix) with his unhappy friend Gordie (Wil Wheaton). A lesson hopefully every adult can carry out, and hopefully no child should ever learn.

In STAND BY ME, four 12-year-old friends go out in search of the missing body of a boy in the woods near their town of Castle Rock, Oregon, during the summer holiday of 1959. The…

Women are unstoppable in animation as well. Or cyborg women in the case of Mamoru Oshii’s GHOST IN THE SHELL, the anime cult classic based on Masamune Shirow’s original manga. In the year 2029 technology is so highly evolved that cyborgs are commonplace. Moreover, the human brain can now directly connect to the internet. Main character Major Motoko Kusanagi is a cyborg who leads a Secret Intelligence Operation within the counter terrorism and cybercrime division. Her team has to investigate…

MY STOLEN PLANET + A MOVE

De Cinema and Studio Sarab present an evening of contemporary Iranian cinema, curated and introduced by filmmaker and curator Maryam K. Hedayat. Studio Sarab, a newly founded multidisciplinary production and distribution platform established by Hedayat, focuses on ecofeminist and diasporic voices. For this first collaboration, we present two films that explore the themes of memory, resistance, and identity in contemporary Iran through both poetic and political perspectives. The screenings will be followed by an…

MY STOLEN PLANET + A MOVE

De Cinema and Studio Sarab present an evening of contemporary Iranian cinema, curated and introduced by filmmaker and curator Maryam K. Hedayat. Studio Sarab, a newly founded multidisciplinary production and distribution platform established by Hedayat, focuses on ecofeminist and diasporic voices. For this first collaboration, we present two films that explore the themes of memory, resistance, and identity in contemporary Iran through both poetic and political perspectives. The screenings will be followed by an…

SAAT EL TAHRIR DAKKAT (THE HOUR OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED) by Lebanese filmmaker Heiny Srour from 1974 is the first film by an Arab woman that was selected and screened at the Cannes Film Festival. In itself, that fact doesn’t mean much; film festivals are known for their lack of diversity. But the fact that Srour’s film was selected is very remarkable.

The documentary focuses on the anti-colonial fight of the ‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the…

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, we’re screening the ultimate guilty pleasure CHARLIE’S ANGELS — now in stunning 4K! In this movie, the Angels Dylan, Natalie and Alex are crime-fighting detectives, who work for a private agency. Their boss ‘Charlie’, an invisible father figure who only makes through a 70s speakerphone, dispatches the trio to find and take out all kinds of criminals and to make the world a little safer. When one of these bad guys drags them into…

It’s the last day of school in a Texan town in 1976. Everyone is trying to have one last adventure before the summer holiday starts. The graduating students haze the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get a last fix – be it drugs, booze or getting laid. Raging hormones, keg parties and a sold-out Aerosmith concert are only a few of the obstacles on their path.

One of director Richard Linklater’s great strengths is creating true-to-life characters on…

GRONDSTOF

On Friday, June 6, the GRONDSTOF collective – organiser of a film, food, and discussion series - lands at De Studio. GRONDSTOF is an initiative of RICO, The Food Hub and GROF. In this edition, we reflect together on our consumption habits and the residual streams they create, on the value of the small and the everyday, on forgotten rural rituals and discovered meanings.

Before, during, and after the film, you'll be served a delicious course. The chef for…

In rural Mexico, the fates of three women from different social classes collide when the tragic case of a missing person leads them on a path of pain and redemption.

This Mexican crime film and debut of director and writer Natalia López Gallardo is clearly influenced by her experience as editor (a.o. for her husband Carlos Reygadas) to tell a mysterious tale, clouded in an atmosphere of guilt and penance, horror and shame. Gallardo’s ensemble film mixes realism, dream sequences…

“We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy” That’s how the boys the five Lisbon sisters – Cecilia, Lux, Bonnie, Mary, and Therese – growing up under the suffocating rule of their parents. They try to understand the girls, but get lost in their own longings and projections. Who were the sisters, really? Or rather: who were they (not) allowed to be?

Sofia Coppola’s 1999 debut, based on the novel…