Slab Cinema Art House

05/31/2026

June 1 and 2 - Our Sidney Lumet series continues with The Verdict. A washed-up, ambulance-chasing attorney (Paul Newman) gets a chance at redemption when his friend tosses him an open-and-shut medical malpractice case. Screenplay by David Mamet. 1982

05/27/2026

This Sunday, 5/31 at 7 pm.

Banned by the Soviet government for this overly stylistic interpretation of Sayat Nova’s life, this film presents a poetic biography of a well-loved Armenian ashug’s (storyteller’s) life. The film is a nearly all-silent tableaux, inspired by the charged symbolism of Armenian illuminated manuscripts. The film went against the grain and mandate of Soviet cinema at the time, which favored socialist realism. Without reserve, Paradjanov’s film colorfully celebrates the survival of Armenian culture in the darkness of oppression and political persecution. Sergei Parajanov (Armenian, 1924-94) was a master of cinematography whose films were centered on the celebration of Armenian, Georgian, and Ukrainian culture. (Synopsis from screening of this film for their Darkness Film Series)



CREDITS
Restored in 2014 by Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, in association with the National Cinema Centre of Armenia and Gosfilmofond of Russia. Restoration funding provided by the Material World Charitable Foundation and The Film Foundation.

05/25/2026

Wemby with a half-court buzzer be**er to end the half! Arthouse

05/22/2026

Tonight!

05/22/2026

05/21/2026

Upcoming films screening indoors at . Tix $10.

5/25 & 5/26 - Scarface
5/29 - Rachel Ormont
5/31 - Color of Pomegranates
6/1 & 2 - The Verdict
6/8 & 9 - Dazed and Confused
6/14 - Under the Skin
6/15 & 16 - The Matrix
6/22 & 23 - Tangerine
6/29 & 30 - Videodrome

05/21/2026

Scarface, a legendary crime saga that explores the rise and fall of a ruthless mobster, screens Monday May 25 and Tuesday May 26 at 7 pm. Directed by Brian de Palma, Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. Ticket link in bio.

05/16/2026

Upcoming films screening indoors at Slab Cinema Arthouse in Blue Star Arts Complex. Tix $10.

5/18 & 19 - Midsommer
5/25 & 5/26 - Scarface’s
5/29 - Rachel Ormont
5/31 - Color of Pomegranates
6/1 & 2 - The Verdict
6/8 & 9 - Dazed and Confused
6/14 - Under the Skin
6/15 & 16 - The Matrix
6/22 & 23 - Tangerine
6/29 & 30 - Videodrome

Daecos Omoxi

05/16/2026

Upcoming films screening indoors at . Tix $10.

5/18 & 19 - Midsommer
5/25 & 5/26 - Scarface
5/29 - Rachel Ormont
5/31 - Color of Pomegranates
6/1 & 2 - The Verdict
6/8 & 9 - Dazed and Confused
6/14 - Under the Skin
6/15 & 16 - The Matrix
6/22 & 23 - Tangerine
6/29 & 30 - Videodrome

05/15/2026

Screening one night only, May 29, www.RachelOrmont.com. Directed by , this experimental sci-fi drama stars Betsy Brown, Chloe Cherry and Dasha Nekrasova.

Rachel Ormont (Betsey Brown) lives in an all-too-familiar, decidedly dystopian, alternate universe where she tries to navigate a life of feverish monotony. Raised in captivity in the carefully controlled and craftily curated clutches of an advertising agency, Rachel’s humanity is imprinted by and organized around commodity and perception. Her parasocial relationship with the product being advertised—a popstar named Mommy 6.0 (Chloe Cherry)—blossoms, blooms, mutates, eats itself, is regurgitated and reconstituted in an insane sci-fi roller coaster ride. 

“This hellaciously satirical exploration of performance, digital life, commodity culture, and modern sexuality is as deeply disturbing as it is grotesquely entertaining. Director Peter Vack provokes, pokes fun at, and perfectly encapsulates a nearly indefinable moment of terminally online, critically anxious American life. The singularity of this jarring yet reflective world is engineered with precision, malice, and wild abandon. This challenging and innovative new work is sure to make a splash.” — Ash Hoyle via Jewish Film Institute film page.