This month, Museum Films welcomes illuminating artist documentaries, visionary American indies, award-winning art films from Europe and Latin America, a 35mm Film Society screening, and the return of the deadCenter Film Festival. Â
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:Â https://www.okcmoa.com/filmsociety
Visit OKCMOA’s Museum Store x Ganache during regular Museum hours for a variety of beverages to enjoy during film screenings.Â
Click here to view the printable June Film Schedule + Calendar.
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Thurs., June 1 @ 7:30 pm | Art-house Expanded   Â
Shot in several French hospitals with a specially designed camera, this acclaimed experimental documentary is an unprecedented cinematic immersion into the human body. Â
BEAU IS AFRAID | Ari Aster | 2023 | In English | 179 minutes | R (viewer discretion is advised) Â
Fri., June 2 @ 7:30 pm | Sat., June 3 @ 7:30 pm | Sun., June 4 @ 2:30 pm  Â
A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from Ari Aster (Hereditary), Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix, and A24. Â
VERMEER: THE GREATEST EXHIBITION | David Bickerstaff | 2023 | In English | 90 minutes | NR Â
Fri., June 2 @ 5:30 pm | Sat., June 3 @ 2 & 5 pm | Sun., June 4 @ 12:30 pm Â
This acclaimed new documentary from Exhibition on Screen offers exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. Â
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2023 DEADCENTER FILM FESTIVAL AT OKCMOA | June 8-11 Â
OKCMOA is proud to be a venue for the 23rd Annual deadCenter Film Festival! To learn more about deadCenter, view the full schedule and purchase a pass, visit: https://dcff.eventive.org/welcome Â
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DRYLONGSO | Cauleen Smith | 1998 | in English | 86 minutes | NR Â
Thursday, June 15 @ 7:30 pm | New 4K restoration!Â
A poetic landmark of 1990s independent cinema, Cauleen Smith’s award-winning debut feature follows an art student in Oakland as she begins photographing the young black men of her neighborhood in order to document and preserve their existence. Â
SANCTUARY | Zachary Wigon | 2022 | In English | 96 minutes | RÂ
Fri., June 16 @ 8 pm | Sat., June 17 @ 5:30 & 8 pm | Sun., June 18 @ 3:30 pm Â
This wickedly inventive dark comedy follows the escalating battle of wits and wills between the heir to a hotel empire (Christopher Abbott) and the dominatrix who primed him for success (Margaret Qualley).Â
Sat., June 17 @ 2 pm | Sun., June 18 @ 12:30 pm Â
Set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, this beautifully crafted drama traces the profound, complex bond that evolves over four decades between childhood friends Pietro and Bruno. Â
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TRENQUE LAUQUEN | Laura Citarella | 2022 | subtitled | 262 minutes (15 min. intermission) | NR Â
Thursday, June 22 @ 6 pm | Art-house Expanded Â
Told in twelve chapters, this dazzling and wildly entertaining epic chronicles mysterious appearances and disappearances in and around the Argentinean city of Trenque Lauquen (“Round Lake”). Â
YOU HURT MY FEELINGS | Nicole Holofcener | 2023 | In English | 93 minutes | R Â
Fri., June 23 @ 5:30 & 8 pm | Sat., June 24 @ 2 & 8 pm | Sun., June 25 @ 12:30 & 3 pm Â
Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars in this sharply observed comedy about a novelist whose long-term marriage is upended when she overhears her husband’s honest reaction to her latest book.  Â
UNREST | Cyril Schäublin | 2022 | subtitled | 93 minutes | NR Â
Saturday, June 24 @ 5:30 pm | Art-house Expanded Â
Berlin Film Festival award winner Unrest is an unconventional and richly textured tale of love, anarchism, and watchmaking set in the Swiss Jura Mountains during the 1870s. Â
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FILM SOCIETY SELECTS: NEW CLASSICS EDITION Â
Thursday, June 29 @ 5:30 pm | Free and Exclusive to OKCMOA Film Society Members Â
Join the OKCMOA Film Society for a special screening and discussion of Edward Yang’s sweeping modern masterpiece Yi Yi, the winning film in our Film Society Selects “New Classics” poll.  Â
BLUE JEAN | Georgia Oakley | 2022 | In English | 97 minutes | NR (viewer discretion is advised) Â
Friday, June 30 @ 8 pm | Saturday, July 1 @ 2 pm | Sunday, July 2 @ 3 pmÂ
Featuring an award-winning lead performance from Rosy McEwen, Georgia Oakley’s stunning directorial debut follows Jean, a closeted gym teacher forced to live a double life in late-80s Britain. Â
LYNCH/OZ | Alexandre O. Philippe | 2022 | In English | 108 minutes | NRÂ
Friday, June 30 @ 5:30 pm | Saturday, July 1 @ 5 pm | Sunday, July 2 @ 12:30 pmÂ
Featuring illuminating analysis from filmmakers and critics, this six-chapter cinematic essay traces the influence of Victor Fleming’s iconic Technicolor fantasy The Wizard of Oz on the surreal and singular work of American independent film legend David Lynch.  Â
WILD AT HEART | David Lynch | 1990 | In English | 125 minutes | RÂ
Saturday, July 1 @ 8 pm | One night only!Â
Star-crossed lovers Sailor Ripley (Nicholas Cage) and Lula Fortune (Laura Dern) go on the run when Lula’s mother (Diane Ladd) hires a hitman to keep them apart forever in David Lynch’s darkly romantic, Wizard of Oz-inspired Palme d’Or winner.   Â