Gateway Film Center
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Battle Royale 25th Anniversary ()
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Taro Yamamoto
Runtime: 2 hr. 7 mins.
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of visionary director Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale with a new theatrical release in partnership with Iconic Events. This special screening is presented in 4K along with a new interview with the screenwriter — Kinji's son Kenta — sharing an intimate look at the forces that shaped his father and how they inspired his final film. Battle Royale is an intense and brutal story about Japanese high school students who are sent off by their government with three days to kill each other — until only one remains. With its blend of social commentary and high-stakes action, Battle Royale continues to influence modern dystopian storytelling and has inspired countless television shows, video games, and films. (Interview in Japanese with English subtitles).

A House Of Dynamite (R)
Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Idris Elba
Runtime: 1 hr. 52 mins.
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

Beast Of War (R)
Cast: Mark Coles Smith, Sam Delich
Runtime: 1 hr. 27 mins.
When their boat is sunk while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a young troop of Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking life raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark. From Kiah Roache-Turner, director of Wyrmwood and Sting, comes this uniquely terrifying tale.

Deathstalker ()
Cast: Daniel Bernhardt, Patton Oswalt
Runtime: 1 hr. 43 mins.
In Deathstalker, the Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege by the Dreadites, heralds of the long-dead sorcerer Nekromemnon. When Deathstalker recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield, he's marked by dark magick and hunted by monstrous assassins. To survive, he must break the curse and face the rising evil. Death is just the beginning… of great adventure!

Kiss Of The Spider Woman (R)
Cast: Diego Luna, Tonatiuh
Runtime: 2 hr. 8 mins.
Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon returns to the movie musical in this dazzling Technicolor-hued fantasy. Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez). Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical hit.

Anemone (R)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean
Runtime: 2 hr. 1 mins.
ANEMONE explores the complex and profound ties that exist between brothers, fathers, and sons.

Bone Lake (R)
Cast: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe
Runtime: 1 hr. 34 mins.
A couple's romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.

Fairyland (R)
Cast: Emilia Jones, Scoot McNairy
Runtime: 1 hr. 56 mins.
Produced by Oscar® winner Sofia Coppola (Writing, Original Screenplay, Lost in Translation, 2003) and based on the acclaimed memoir of the same name by Alysia Abbott, Fairyland is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s vibrant cultural scene in the 1970s and ’80s. This captivating film chronicles a father and daughter relationship as it evolves through an era of bohemian decadence to the sober and heartbreaking era of the AIDS crisis. Starring Emilia Jones (CODA), Scoot McNairy (A Complete Unknown), Cody Fern (“American Horror Story”), Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice), Bella Murphy (Coming 2 America), with Adam Lambert (“Glee”), and Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise) and introducing Nessa Dougherty. The film is written, produced, and directed by Andrew Durham.

Good Boy (PG-13)
Cast: Indy (II), Shane Jensen
Runtime: 1 hr. 13 mins.
Our canine hero, Indy, finds himself on a new adventure with his human owner—and best friend—Todd, leaving city life for a long-vacant family home in the country. From the start, two things are abundantly clear: Indy is wary of the creepy old house, and his affection for Todd is unwavering. After moving in, Indy is immediately vexed by empty corners, tracks an invisible presence only he can see, perceives phantasmagoric warnings from a long-dead dog, and is haunted by visions of the previous occupant’s grim death. When Todd begins succumbing to the dark forces swirling around the house, Indy must battle a malevolence intent on dragging his beloved Todd into the afterlife.

Orwell: 2+2=5 (R)
Cast: Damian Lewis
Runtime: 2 hr. 0 mins.
George Orwell was one of the most radical and visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose 1940s novels, such as 1984 and Animal Farm, foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future that has become scarily prescient in our modern era. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), working in collaboration with the Orwell Estate, seamlessly interweaves historical clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and dynamic modern day footage to craft not only a definitive portrait of the writer himself, but an entirely fresh take on how remarkably relevant and prophetic his work has become.

The Smashing Machine (R)
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt
Runtime: 2 hr. 4 mins.
The story of legendary mixed martial arts & UFC fighter Mark Kerr.

One Battle After Another (R)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro
Runtime: 2 hr. 42 mins.
Washed-up revolutionary Bob (DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa (Infiniti). When his evil nemesis (Penn) resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

Chain Reactions ()
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike
Runtime: 1 hr. 43 mins.
Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, CHAIN REACTIONS charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller- Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama – through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), CHAIN REACTIONS goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) (R)
Cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger
Runtime: 1 hr. 23 mins.
A group of teenagers on the road in Texas stop off at the wrong farm and encounter a family gone awry. Once abattoir workers, the decay of the Southern rural economy has left them unemployed, and the directionless father and sons take to using their butchering skills on passing people. One by one, the kids encounter members of the grisly family.

My Omaha ()
Cast: Nick Beaulieu
Runtime: 1 hr. 25 mins.
Set against the backdrop of Omaha's deep divides and burgeoning racial justice movement, MY OMAHA tells the story of filmmaker Nick Beaulieu's personal journey to document the activism of his hometown and reconcile with his terminally ill father Randy, a staunch pro-Trump supporter. Guided by the wisdom of community activist Leo Louis II, Nick navigates the complexities of family conflict, political and racial discord, and the difficult search for common ground.

North by Northwest (1959) ()
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
Runtime: 2 hr. 16 mins.
A suave, succesful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police and get an evil crime syndicate, looking for a lost microfilm, off his tail.

Perfect Blue (Pafekuto buru) (1997) (R)
Cast: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto
Runtime: 1 hr. 21 mins.
Mima was a pop idol, worshipped by the masses until fashion dictated otherwise. In order to salvage her career, she is advised to drop music and pursue acting. A soap opera role is offered but Mima's character is less clean cut than desired. Regardless, she agrees and events take a turn for the worse. She begins to feel reality slip, that her life is not her own. She discovers (imagines) her identical twin, a mirror image that hasn't given up singing. Internet sites appear describing every intimate detail of her life and a figure stalks her from the shadows. Her friends and associates are threatened (and killed) as Mima descends into a dangerous world of paranoid delusion. She fears for her life and must unravel fact from illusion in order to stay alive. Perfect Blue represents a major change from traditional anime subject matter, analysing the pop icon phenomenon, fame and its psychological impact on the performer.

The Librarians ()
Runtime: 1 hr. 28 mins.
In Texas, the Krause List targets 850 books focused on race and LGBTQia+ stories – triggering sweeping book bans across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate. As tensions escalate, librarians connect the dots from heated school and library board meetings nationwide to lay bare the underpinnings of White Christian Nationalism fueling the censorship efforts. Despite facing harassment, threats, and laws aimed at criminalizing their work – the librarians’ rallying cry for freedom to read is a chilling cautionary tale.