Thursday, June 27, 2024 | 7:00pm Doors | Naro Cinema
In partnership with the Virginia Queer Film Festival
The femme fatales are out for blood-soaked cash in our ‘Naro Minded’ Pride Month feature, Criterion’s new 4K restoration of BOUND (1996). Pure pulp with a gay twist, the Wachowski Sisters’ tarted-up neo-noir debut was controversial in its day for its steamy lesbian love scenes (choreographed by sex-positive feminist writer Susie Bright). BOUND is a gripping, stylish thriller with a nasty mean streak - especially for the boys.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 7:30pm | Michael and Kimthanh Lê Planetarium
Intro presentation on black holes by ODU’s Planetarium Director, Justin Mason
A defining millennial cult classic that became a sensation on DVD, and a dorm room fixture for a young generation coming of age in an era defined by disillusionment and disaster.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 7pm | Michael and Kimthanh Lê Planetarium
Returning for another performance under the dome is HOT 91.1 turntablist DJ Bee, who will explore the impact of martial arts cinema on the history of hip hop with a set dedicated to the iconic hip hop collective The Wu-Tang Clan.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 6:30pm | Michael and Kimthanh Lê Planetarium
For our next reverie in the artificial skies of ODU’s Le Planetarium, we’re screening THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY (2022), a beautifully shot, lyrical road movie through flyover country anchored by a delicate performance by Lily Gladstone (Winning her top honors at the 2023 Gotham Awards). After the screening, we’ll be joined virtually by the film’s writer and director Morrisa Maltz for a discussion on the film, moderated by ODU Film Studies professor Dr. Najmeh Moradiyan-Rizi.
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 7:30pm | Naro Cinema
“Why are you here, then? —Is it okay for me to be here?”
Naro Video @ ODU Libraries is celebrating the long-awaited big screen debut of Hideki Anno's essential anime THE END OF EVANGELION with a FREE screening at the iconic Naro Cinema. A dazzling sci-fi spectacle about kids in robots fighting their parents and the cruel, unloving world that they’ve inherited – will go great with the best popcorn in town!