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June at OKCMOA presents a vibrant and wide-ranging lineup of international classics, compelling nonfiction, striking new releases, and special events—including the return of the deadCenter Film Festival! The month opens with an acclaimed National Theatre Live presentation of the Irish comedy The Playboy of the Western World. Documentary highlights include the timely independent media portrait Steal This Story, Please!, the soaring rock doc Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul, and Sara Dosa’s visually breathtaking Icelandic landscape study Time and Water. Visionary contemporary cinema is represented by Boots Riley’s bold comedy I Love Boosters alongside Milagros Mumenthaler’s atmospheric drama The Currents, while repertory offerings include new restorations of Satyajit Ray’s lyrical masterwork Days and Nights in the Forest, Katsuhito Ishii’s surreal cult favorite The Taste of Tea, and Alfred Hitchcock’s wry classic The Trouble with Harry.
As always, OKCMOA Film Society Members (including Fellow, Friend, and Sustainer members) receive $5 tickets to Museum Films screenings. To learn more about joining the Film Society, visit: https://www.okcmoa.com/filmsociety
Visit the bar inside OKCMOA’s Museum Store x Ganache for a variety of beverages to enjoy during film screenings.
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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD | Caitríona McLaughlin | 2026 | In English | 157 minutes (with intermission) | NR
Thurs., June 4 @ 6:30 pm | Sat., June 6 @ 2 pm (on-screen captions)
Filmed live at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin’s riveting revival of John Millington Synge’s classic Irish play of youth and self-discovery stars Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls).
DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST | Satyajit Ray | 1970 | Subtitled | 116 minutes | NR
Fri., June 5 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., June 6 @ 8 pm | Sun., June 7 @ 12:30 pm | New 4K Restoration
Featuring some of Satyajit Ray’s (The Apu Trilogy) most compelling characters and ravishing images, this lyrical masterpiece follows four Calcutta bachelors on a woodland getaway marked by culture clashes, romantic escapades, and self-discovery. Presented with a video introduction by Wes Anderson.
STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! | Carl Deal & Tia Lessin | 2025 | In English | 102 minutes | NR (violence and mature themes)
Fri., June 5 @ 8 pm | Sat., June 6 @ 5:30 pm | Sun., June 7 @ 3 pm | Thurs., June 18 @ 7:30 pm
A riveting portrait of journalism’s power and peril, this acclaimed documentary traces the three-decade career of fiercely independent Democracy Now! journalist Amy Goodman as she takes on soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in her fearless pursuit of truth.
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2026 DEADCENTER FILM FESTIVAL AT OKCMOA | June 11-14
OKCMOA is proud to be a venue for the 26th Annual deadCenter Film Festival! To learn more about deadCenter, view the full schedule and purchase a pass, visit: https://dcff.eventive.org/welcome
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GREGG ALLMAN: THE MUSIC OF MY SOUL | James Keach | 2026 | In English | 96 minutes | NR (language)
Wed., June 17 @ 8 pm | One Night Only
This definitive documentary from Golden Globe-winning filmmaker James Keach explores the life and legacy of Gregg Allman—frontman of the Allman Brothers Band, one of the most distinctive voices in American music, and a pioneering architect of Southern rock.
I LOVE BOOSTERS | Boots Riley | 2025 | In English | 105 minutes | R (strong sexual content, nudity, language throughout and brief drug use)
Fri., June 19 @ 8 pm | Sat., June 20 @ 2 & 8 pm | Sun., June 21 @ 12:30 pm (on-screen captions) | Thurs., June 25 @ 7:30 pm
Boots Riley’s (Sorry to Bother You) exhilarating, thought-provoking, and visually kaleidoscopic comedy follows a crew of professional shoplifters (Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, and Taylour Paige) who take on a cutthroat fashion mogul (Demi Moore) in the name of “fashion-forward philanthropy.”
THE TASTE OF TEA | Katsuhito Ishii | 2004 | Subtitled | 143 minutes | NR
Sat., June 20 @ 5 pm | Sun., June 21 @ 3 pm | New Restoration
Returning to theaters in a director-supervised restoration, Katsuhito Ishii’s delightfully dreamlike, Ozu-inspired cult classic drifts through the quirky routines and surreal inner lives of an extended family in rural Japan.
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TIME AND WATER | Sara Dosa | 2025 | Subtitled and in English | 93 minutes | PG (some thematic elements, smoking and brief language)
Fri., June 26 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., June 27 @ 7:30 pm | Sun., June 28 @ 12:30 pm | Fri., July 3 @ 8 pm
An Icelandic writer transforms his personal archive into a time capsule of vanishing glaciers and fading family memories in this poignant, timely, and visually breathtaking documentary from Oscar-nominated director Sara Dosa (Fire of Love).
THE CURRENTS | Milagros Mumenthaler | 2025 | Subtitled | 104 minutes | NR (nudity and sexual content)
Fri., June 26 @ 8 pm | Sat., June 27 @ 5 pm | Sun., June 28 @ 3 pm
A highlight of the New York and Toronto Film Festivals, Milagros Mumenthaler’s mesmerizing psychological mystery follows a successful Argentinian designer whose life fractures after she survives a shocking plunge into an icy Swiss lake.
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY | Alfred Hitchcock | 1955 | In English | 99 minutes | PG
Sat., June 27 @ 2 pm | Saturday Classics; New 4K Restoration
The discovery of a dead body disrupts the idyllic routine of a small Vermont town, where residents respond with bemused indifference, in this delightfully irreverent Hitchcock gem hailed as a surrealist masterpiece.
