Previous Films
~WORK IN PROGRESS~ From 2013 to 2023, Paula programmed hundreds of films for Cinema Detroit, as many as 5 or 6 a week, across genres, from the commercial to the experimental and locally made and every budget in between. This Previous Films page is handy for recalling the name of that amazing film you saw last month or a few years ago. It is very much a work in progress. Please email info[at]cinemadetroit.org if you’d like to help.
LEGEND
EX – Cinema Detroit Exclusive; QA – Filmmaker Q & A; TB – Talkback; PR – Presentation; FOC – Filmmaker(s) of Color; LF – Local Filmmaker(s); LGBTQ; LM – Live Music; LS – Local Significance; WC – World Cinema; WF – Woman Filmmaker(s)
2025
| I Know Catherine, The Log Lady | April | EX |
| No Other Land at Lutheran Church of the Master | April 11 | LS, WC, WF |
| These Are My Friends World Première/Fundraiser | March 30 | EX, QA, LM, LF,LS |
| Mulholland Dr. | March 16 | |
| No Other Land | March 9 | LS, WC, WF |
| All We Imagine As Light | Feb. 23 | FOC, WC, WF |
| From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza (2024) | Jan. 12 | LS, WC, WF |
2024
| Un Día Normal / Nadia’s Story screening + discussion | Dec. 08 | QA, TB, FOC, LF, LS,WF |
| The Driver’s Seat | Nov. 10 | EX, WC |
| Union screening + discussion | Oct. 23 | EX, TB, LS, WF |
| L’Inferno with Live Music by Montopolis | Oct. 17 | EX, LM, WC |
| Any Number Can Win | Sept. 29 | EX, WC |
| Join or Die | Sept. 15 | EX, WF |
| West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty – Detroit première | May 22 | EX, FOC, WC |
| Love Lies Bleeding | May 15 | LGBTQ, WF |
| EL SANTO Double Feature | May 5 | EX, WC |
| The Draughtsman’s Contract | March 10 | |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Feb. 25 | WC, WF |
| I Heard It Through The Grapevine (James Baldwin) – Detroit première | Feb. 22 & 29 | EX, FOC, LS, WF |
| Last Things – Detroit première | Jan. 26 | EX, WF |
| Quantum Cowboys + Director Q & A – Detroit première | Jan. 19 | EX, QA |
2023
| Rare Exports | Dec. 17 | WC |
| Kid Flicks at MOCAD – Detroit première | Nov. 18, 2023 | EX, FOC, LF, LS, WC, WF |
| Nosferatu / Caligari with Live Music by Invincible Czars | Oct. 9, 2023 | LM, WC, EX |
| Make Me Famous + Producer Q & A | Sept. 27, 2023 | QA, LS, WF, EX |
| Pee Wee’s Big Adventure | Aug. 16, 2023 | |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Aug. 8, 2023 | |
| Moonstruck in the Park | Aug. 1, 2023 | |
| Earth Mama preview | July 23, 2023 | FOC, WF, EX |
| 10 Things I Hate About You | July 18, 2023 | |
| Hollow Triumph (1948) | July 9, 2023 | |
| Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes – Detroit première | July 8, 2023 | EX, FOC, LS |
| Big Boys – Detroit première | June 23, 2023 | EX, LGBTQ |
| Cadejo Blanco – Detroit première | June 16, 2023 | EX, WC |
| Sanctuary | June 2, 2023 | |
| Science on Screen: Picture A Scientist | May 23, 2023 | EX, PR, LS, WF |
| A Life on the Farm – Detroit première | May 21, 2023 | EX |
| Chop & Steele – Detroit première | May 21, 2023 | EX |
| Beau Is Afraid | April 28, 2023 | |
| Showing Up preview | April 24, 2023 | EX, WF |
| Pi 25th Anniversary Restoration | April 23, 2023 | EX |
| How to Blow Up a Pipeline | April 21, 2023 | |
| Whatever Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? | April 19, 2023 | EX |
| Little Richard: I Am Everything | April 11, 2023 | FOC, WF, LGBTQ |
| Science on Screen: Close Encounters of the Third Kind | April 6, 2023 | EX, PR |
| Return to Seoul (encore) | March 31, 2023 | FOC, WC |
| Enys Men | March 30, 2023 | |
| Drylongso | March 24, 2023 | EX, FOC, LGBTQ, WF |
| Science on Screen: Birders: The Central Park Effect & Pheasants with Detroit Audubon | March 21, 2023 | EX, TB, PR, WF |
| Rewind & Play | March 17, 2023 | EX, FOC, LS |
| Close | March 12, 2023 | EX, WC, LGBTQ |
| The Quiet Girl | March 11, 2023 | WC |
| Return to Seoul | March 5, 2023 | WC |
| The Blue Caftan | Feb. 26, 2023 | EX, WC, LGBTQ |
| Let It Be Morning | Feb. 25, 2023 | EX, WC |
| Cocaine Bear | Feb. 23, 2023 | WF |
| Buffed Up | Feb. 19, 2023 | FOC, LS |
| Alcarràs | Feb. 19, 2023 | EX, WC |
| Decision to Leave + Q & A with Park Chan Wook & Bong Joon Ho | Feb. 13, 2023 | WC, QA, FOC |
| Holy Spider | Feb. 12, 2023 | |
| James Baldwin Abroad | Feb. 11, 2023 | EX, LS, LGBTQ |
| A Woman on the Outside + Q & A with subject Kristal Bush and activist Marvin Cotton Jr. | Feb. 3, 2023 | EX, TB, LS, WF |
| Broker | Jan. 28, 2023 | WC, FOC |
| Infinity Pool | Jan. 28, 2023 | |
| Cat Daddies | Jan. 21, 2023 | EX, WF, FOC |
| Battling Butler and One Week with Live Music by Jeff Rapsis | Jan. 21, 2023 | EX, LM |
| Corsage | Jan. 7, 2023 | WC, WF |
2022
| Film Title | First Screening | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Eternal Daughter | Dec. 9, 2022 | WF, EX |
| Memories of My Father | Dec. 2, 2022 | WC, EX |
| Aftersun | Nov. 25, 2022 | WF |
| Bad Axe | Nov. 18, 2022 | FOC, LF, LS |
| Triangle of Sadness | Nov 11. 2022 | WC |
| No Time to Fail | Nov 2, 2022 | LS, EX |
| Decision to Leave | Oct 28, 2022 | FOC, WC |
| Scary Movie (2000) | Oct 26, 2022 | |
| Stars at Noon | Oct 14, 2022 | WF |
| Sidney | Sept 30, 2022 | FOC, EX |
| Woman in the Moon (1929) with Live Music |
Sept 29, 2022 | EX |
| Let the Little Light Shine | Sept 24, 2022 | LS, EX |
| Sundance Indigenous Shorts Tour | Sept 16, 2022 | FOC, WF, EX |
| Sundance Shorts Tour | Sept 16, 2022 | FOC, WF, EX |
| 1982 | Aug. 14, 2022 | WC |
| Nope | July 20, 2022 | FOC |
| America You Kill Me | July 17, 2022 | LF, LGBTQ |
| Lost Highway (restoration) | July 8, 2022 | EX |
| Neptune Frost | July 1, 2022 | FOC, LGBTQ, WC, WF, EX |
| Ali & Ava | June 26, 2022 | WC |
| Fire of Love | June 25, 2022 | WF |
| Memoria | June 24, 2022 | FOC, EX |
| Beba | June 24, 2022 | FOC, WF |
| Cane Fire with Standing Above The Clouds | June 17, 2022 | FOC, WF, EX |
| Science on Screen: The Wicker Man | June 12, 2022 | EX |
| Primera screening + discussion | June 11, 2022 | WC, FOC, WF, EX |
| Crimes of The Future | June 3, 2022 | |
| Science on Screen: The Birder’s Guide to Everything | May 22, 2022 | EX |
| Lux Æterna | May 20, 2022 | WC, EX |
| Flint | May 6, 2022 | LS |
| The Wobblies (restoration) | May 1, 2022 | WF, LS, EX |
| Inland Empire (restoration) | April 22, 2022 | EX |
| Gagarine | April 15, 2022 | WC, WF, EX |
| Science on Screen: The Nice Guys | April 9, 2022 | EX |
| The Earth is Blue as an Orange – Benefit for Razom for Ukraine | March 22, 2022 | WC, WF, EX |
| X (2022) | March 18, 2022 | |
| The Worst Person in the World | March 12, 2022 | WC |
| Parallel Mothers | Feb 28, 2022 | WC |
| Chameleon Street (restoration) | Feb 25, 2022 | FOC, LF, EX |
| Sankofa (restoration) + talkback | Feb 23, 2022 | WC, FOC, EX |
| Drive My Car | Feb 21, 2022 | WC |
| Nicolas Uncaged 8 – Adaptation (2002); Mandy (2016) | Feb 19, 2022 | EX |
| Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America | Feb 11, 2022 | FOC, LS |
| Flee | Feb 5, 2022 | FOC, LGBTQ |
| France | Feb 04, 2022 | WC, EX |
| In The Heat of the Night (1967) | Jan 14, 2022 | |
| Spies (1928) with live music | Jan 13, 2022 | EX |
2021
| Film Title | Date of First Screening | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cinematic Coalition Showcase | Nov 26, 2021 | FOC, LF, LS, WF, EX |
| Hava, Maryam, Ayesha (2019) | Nov 21, 2021 | EX, FOC, TB, WF, LS |
| The French Dispatch | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| Uncle. | Oct 29, 2021 | EX, LF |
| Ethics & Aesthetics: Breaking and Transforming Patterns | Oct 21, 2021 | FOC, LF, LGBTQ, LS, WF, EX |
| Better Cities Film Festival | Oct 7-9, 2021 | LS, EX |
| Titane | Oct 1, 2021 | LGBTQ, WC, WF |
| Days | Sept 17, 2021 | FOC, LGBTQ, WC |
| Ethics & Aesthetics: Reclaiming Family & Origins | Aug 20, 2021 | FOC, LF, LGBTQ, LS, WF, EX |
| Respect | Aug 13, 2021 | FOC, LS, WF |
| Ailey | Aug 06, 2021 | FOC, LGBTQ, LS |
| Who Will Start Another Fire? | June 11, 2021 | FOC, LGBTQ, WC, WD, EX |
| Two Gods + Q & A with director and producer | May 21, 2021 | FOC, LS, EX |
| The County | April 30, 2021 | WC, EX |
| Who Killed Vincent Chin? + Discussion | April 21, 2021 | FOC, LF, LS, WD |
| This is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection | April 02, 2021 | FOC, WC, EX |
| Rose Plays Julie | March 26, 2021 | WC, WF, EX |
| F.T.A. (Restoration) | March 12, 2021 | WF, EX |
| Stray | March 5, 2021 | WC |
| Test Pattern | Feb 26, 2021 | FOC, WF, EX |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Feb 18, 2021 | FOC, LS |
| Atlantis | Jan 29, 2021 | WC, EX |
| Deux (Two of Us) | LGBTQ, WC, WF | |
| Native Son | Jan 8, 2021 | FOC, LS, EX |
| Sweded Film Festival | ||
| Minari | FOC | |
| A Glitch in the Matrix | ||
| Some Kind of Heaven | ||
| The Story of Lovers Rock | Feb 05, 2021 | |
| Rock Camp: The Movie | Jan 13, 2021 | |
| Coup 53 + Discussion | Jan 05, 2021 |