Filmscene

Reel Representation

FilmScene, Iowa City's nonprofit cinema, has a long tradition of programming featuring women, and non-binary artists. This series champions those underrepresented perspectives in the industry.

Upcoming Screenings

LA CHIMERA

2023 / Italy + / Alice Rohrwacher

Tue, Apr 163:30pm6:30pmWed, Apr 173:30pm6:30pm9:30pmThu, Apr 184:00pm6:30pmFri, Apr 196:30pmSat, Apr 206:30pm

Desperately seeking the woman he lost, Arthur (Josh O’Connor) returns to Italy and stumbles back in with a group of black market archaeologists searching for precious Estruscan artifacts.

WICKED LITTLE LETTERS

2024 / UK / Thea Sharrock

Tue, Apr 163:45pmWed, Apr 173:45pmThu, Apr 183:30pmSat, Apr 2012:30pm

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy based on a true story.

THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

2024 / USA / Vera Drew

Wed, Apr 2410:00pmFri, Apr 2612:00am

An aspiring clown grapples with her gender identity and combats a fascistic caped crusader when she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian.

AWAY FROM HER ON 35MM

2006 / Canada + / Sarah Polley

Tue, May 77:00pm

A man copes with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer’s disease while she transfers her affections to another patient at the nursing home.

Previous Screenings

THE MAN WITHOUT A WORLD

1992 / USA / Eleanor Antin

A merchant’s daughter is betrothed to a local butcher but loves a poet.