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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.

Previous Screenings

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

2004 / USA / Michel Gondry

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

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

AWAKENINGS

1990 / USA / Penny Marshall

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.

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.