Films
| All We Imagine As Light | Feb. 23 @ 5:30 p.m. |
| Mulholland Dr. | March 16 @ 6:30 p.m. |
| These Are My Friends: An Evening with Satori Circus World Première | March 31 @ 5:30 p.m. |
All shows are on Sundays at Planet Ant.
Sunday, February 23 at 5:30 p.m.
Doors at 5:00 p.m. | Planet Ant, 2320 Caniff, Hamtramck
Capturing the here and now of modern India with the spontaneity of a candid photograph, All We Imagine As Light is a lustrous achievement that announces Payal Kapadia as an essential filmmaker.
Writer/director Payal Kapadia’s revelatory fiction feature debut ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT explores and celebrates the light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary working-class Mumbai. Centering on two roommates who also work together in a city hospital—head nurse Prabha (Kani Kusruti) and recent hire Anu (Divya Prabha)—plus their coworker, Parvaty (Chhaya Kadam), a cook, the film alights on moments of connection and heartache, hope and disappointment.
Kapadia captures the bustle of the metropolis and the open-air tranquility of a seaside village with equal radiance, articulated by her superb actresses and by the camera with a lyrical naturalism that occasionally drifts into dreamlike incandescence. All We Imagine As Light is a soulful study of the transformative power of friendship and sisterhood, in all its complexities and richness.
Grand Prix – Cannes Film Festival
Independent Spirit: Best International Film nominee
Golden Globe: Best Director (Motion Picture) and Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language) nominee
Critics Choice: Best Foreign Language Film nominee
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg. 2024.
Payal Kapadia.
In Malayalam with English subtitles.
Running time 118 min.
Presented with Cinema Lamont.
Sunday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m.
MULHOLLAND DR.
Doors at 6:00 p.m. | Planet Ant, 2320 Caniff, Hamtramck
Mulholland Dr. is a love story set in the city of dreams. Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux) runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project. David Lynch’s seductive and scary vision of Los Angeles’s dream factory is one of the true masterpieces of the new millennium, a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other.
USA. 2001.
David Lynch.
Running time 146 min.
World Première
These Are My Friends: An Evening with Satori Circus
A Concert Film
Sunday, March 30 at 5:30 p.m.
Doors at 5:00 p.m. | Planet Ant, 2320 Caniff, Hamtramck
Join Cinema Detroit for an exciting experience with Satori Circus and Friends!
The evening will include
• the WORLD PREMIERE of the concert film THESE ARE MY FRIENDS: AN EVENING WITH SATORI CIRCUS
• a LIVE performance by Konrad Lee-Lounge Singer Extraordinaire, AND
• a Q & A with Satori Circus and filmmakers after the film
THESE ARE MY FRIENDS: AN EVENING WITH SATORI CIRCUS is a new film of the legendary concert by Satori Circus and His Friends at the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Michigan, on February 10, 2018.
From Manxman Films, the team that brought you Being Satori Circus: A Performance Documentary in Five Acts, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS features performances by the Theatre Bizarre Orchestra, Pinch and Squeal of Whiz Bang Theatre, Josie Pace, Lushes LaMoan & Scotty D, Konrad Lee-Lounge Singer Extraordinaire, and of course…Satori Circus!
If you were there, you know. If you missed it, now is your chance!
Early Bird discounted tickets are available
This event is a fundraiser for Cinema Detroit.
Since losing our space in July 2023, we’ve continued to offer access to a wide variety of films. Most of these are exclusive to us and would not otherwise be seen in the City of Detroit or even the Metro area. We pay other organizations to use their spaces, we pay for film rights, and we no longer sell concessions, which was a major source of revenue. Your ticket purchase helps keep us going. Thank you!