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Science on Screen

FilmScene, Iowa City’s nonprofit cinema, is a proud partner of Science on Screen®. An initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Science on Screen® supports recipients efforts to present films that—directly or indirectly—are connected to science.

Upcoming Screenings

AWAKENINGS

1990 / USA / Penny Marshall

Tue, Mar 286:30pm

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years before have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

2004 / USA / Michel Gondry

Tue, Apr 46:30pm

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories for ever.

AFTER YANG

2021 / USA / Kogonada

Wed, Apr 267:00pm

When his young daughter’s beloved companion, an android named Yang, malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair it.

Previous Screenings

A BEAUTIFUL MIND

2001 / USA / Ron Howard

After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

STAR WARS

1977 / USA / George Lucas

With the planet-destroying power of the Death Star, the Empire looks to cement its grip on the galaxy. Meanwhile, farm boy Luke Skywalker rises to face his destiny.

DOUBLE INDEMNITY

1944 / USA / Billy Wilder

Complete with smoke filled rooms, dark alleys, a dynamite femme fatale, a nefarious murder plot, and enough hardboiled dialogue to fill a pulp novel, this is one of the most iconic noir films of the classic era.

REEFER MADNESS

1936 / USA / Louis J. Gasnier (Murder on the Yukon)

For eighty years since its creation, this seminal cult classic has captured the imaginations of stoners, curiosity seekers and movie maniacs. Come join the party—vive le reefer!

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2021 / USA / Amenda Tate

A short art documentary exploring labor, empathy, and humanity in the tech-saturated era of pandemic with a dance perfomance by Lovar Davis Kidd.