April 28, 2025

Museum Films in May 2025

From breathtaking family-friendly adventures (Princess Mononoke and The Legend of Ochi) and mesmerizing music movies (Tall Tales and Becoming Led Zeppelin) to stunning 4K restorations of Luis Buñuel’s Él and rediscovered 80s punk gem Nightshift, Museum Films’ May schedule offers an eclectic mix of highly anticipated new releases and under-the-radar exclusives. This month’s lineup also features a spotlight on contemporary Chinese cinema with compelling new films from Lou Ye (An Unfinished Film) and Jia Zhang-ke (Caught by the Tides); a striking new adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s coming-of-age classic Bonjour Tristesse; and acclaimed festival highlights, including David Cronenberg’s deeply personal new film The Shrouds, French dark comedy Misericordia, and Matías Piñeiro’s elegant cine-essay You Burn Me.

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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ÉL | Luis Buñuel | 1953 | subtitled | 93 minutes | NR

Thurs., May 1 @ 7:30 pm | Fri., May 2 @ 8 pm | New 4K Restoration!

A rich bachelor’s single-minded quest to woo and wed a beautiful socialite descends into obsession, jealousy, and madness in this darkly compelling Mexican masterwork by the legendary surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel.

Fri., May 2 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., May 3 @ 2 & 8 pm | Sun., May 4 @ 12:30 pm

An elegant tale of first love, rebellion, and self-discovery on the sun-soaked French coast, debut writer-director Durga Chew-Bose’s beautifully tactile update of Françoise Sagan’s iconic 1954 coming-of-age novel stars Lily McInerny, Claes Bang, and Chloë Sevigny.

Sat., May 3 @ 5:30 pm | Sun., May 4 @ 3 pm | Spotlight on Contemporary Chinese Cinema

In this poignant and riveting docudrama from Chinese Sixth Generation luminary Lou Ye (Suzhou River), a film crew reunites in Wuhan in January 2020 to complete a decade-old film project only to find themselves stranded by the first wave of COVID lockdowns.

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Thurs., May 8 @ 7:30 pm | One Night Only!

Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke, and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall Tales – a debut collaborative visual and audio cinema experience that was a decade in the making.

Fri., May 9 @ 8:30 pm | Sat., May 10 @ 8 pm | Sun., May 11 @ 3:30 pm | Thurs., May 15 @ 7:30 pm

Still grieving the loss of his wife (Diane Kruger), a tech entrepreneur (Vincent Cassel) finds what’s left of his world collapsing into a nightmare of sex, paranoia, and grief in David Cronenberg’s (Videodrome, A History of Violence) most profound and personal film.

Fri., May 9 @ 5:30 pm (subtitled) | Sat., May 10 @ 2 (dubbed) & 5 pm (subtitled) | Sun., May 11 @ 12:30 pm (dubbed) | New 4K Restoration!

A dazzling and thoughtful meditation on the delicate relationship between man and nature, Hayao Miyazaki’s breathtaking fantasy epic follows a young girl raised by wolves as she battles to defend the forest.

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Fri., May 16 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., May 17 @ 2 & 7:30 pm | Sun., May 18 @ 12:30 pm

Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, the first-ever authorized documentary about the band is an experiential cinematic odyssey exploring Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story.

Fri., May 16 @ 8:30 pm | Sat., May 17 @ 5 pm | Sun., May 18 @ 3:30 pm

Voted the best film of 2024 by the iconic French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, this darkly comic triumph from acclaimed writer-director Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) is a deliciously twisted tale of sexual repression and murder in a picturesque French village.

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Thurs., May 22 @ 7:30 pm | Fri., May 23 @ 8 pm | Art House Expanded; New 4K Restoration!

Unfolding over the course of one desk clerk’s night shift at a small West London hotel, Robina Rose’s ethereal punk reverie alternates between surreal flights of fancy and the quiet rhythms of work.

Raised to fear the elusive Ochi species, a young girl from a remote island village rescues a wounded baby Ochi and embarks on a life-changing quest to bring it home in this exquisitely crafted fantasy adventure from writer-director Isaiah Saxon and A24.

Sat., May 24 @ 8 pm | Sun., May 25 @ 3 pm | Art House Expanded

An imagined philosophical dialogue about death and desire between the ancient Greek poet Sappho and the siren goddess Britomartis becomes the starting point for Matías Piñeiro’s elegantly constructed cinematic essay on translation, digression, and performance.

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Fri., May 30 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., May 31 @ 8 pm | Sun., June 1 @ 3 pm | Spotlight on Contemporary Chinese Cinema

A transformative exploration of two decades of his cinema and a valentine to his wife and collaborator Zhao Tao, the latest masterpiece from pioneering Sixth Generation director Jia Zhang-ke (Ash is Purest White) offers a moving meditation on the passage of time and a dynamic portrait of contemporary China.

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