SHOWING JULY 11-17 | An examination of the iconic 90s indie band, PAVEMENTS appears to be just another music documentary, until it doesn’t. A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.

SHOWING JULY 11-24 | From comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti, SUNLIGHT is a darkly funny love story between a man and a woman who doesn’t want to come out of a monkey suit until she is truly loved.

MADE IN NEBRASKA SUMMER SERIES | SHOWING JULY 15 | Star (Sasha Lane), a teenage girl from a troubled home runs away with a traveling sales crew that drives across the American mid-west selling Magazine subscriptions door to door. Finding her feet in this gang of teenagers, one of whom is Jake (Shia LaBeouf), she soon gets into the group’s lifestyle of hard partying, law-bending and young love.

SHOWING JULY 18-24 | Based on Alexandra Fuller’s memoir of the same name, DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT captures the childhood of 8-year-old Bobo on her family farm in Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) at the end of the Zimbabwean War for independence in 1980. Growing up in the midst of this long running war, Bobo internalizes both sides of the struggle. Conflicted by her love for people on opposing sides, she tries to make sense of her life in a magical way. Through her eight-year-old gaze we witness Rhodesia’s final days, the family’s unbreakable bond with Africa, and the deep scars that war leaves on survivors.

MADE IN NEBRASKA SUMMER SERIES | SHOWING JULY 22 | An experiential, immersive documentary capturing a year in the life of a 130 year old Nebraska Sandhills ranch. OCEAN OF GRASS presents the intriguing personalities of the individuals who choose this sparse, rugged lifestyle, from old school patriarchs to artistic ranchers to young guns pushing the ranch operations into the future. This lyrical documentary showcases the incredible yet sublime beauty of the little-known Nebraska Sandhills using 4K, aerial, and POV cameras.

Showing at The Ross WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 | Michael Mayer’s sumptuous production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy returns, featuring soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Juan Diego Flórez in this 2018 performance. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

SHOWING JULY 25-31 | Akira Kurosawa’s epic retelling of King Lear returns to theaters in a beautiful 4K restoration celebrating the film’s 40th anniversary.

SHOWING JULY 25-31 | An Argentine filmmaker, unable to finish editing a movie about his unrequited first love, receives an unexpected invitation to revisit his past, reconstruct his memories, and perhaps even find a new ending to the story.

MADE IN NEBRASKA SUMMER SERIES | SHOWING JULY 29 | From Joel and Ethan Coen, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS tells six stories, united by their dark, offbeat takes on traditional tales from the American West.

Showing at The Ross WEDNESDAY, JULY 30 | In this dazzling 2024 Met performance, soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim are the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal love story. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

SHOWING AUGUST 1-7 | Mr. Andrew Blake (John Malkovich), a recently widowed British businessman, by happenstance takes a job as a butler in a manor house in northern France in a bid to get closer to the memory of his late French wife. His life takes an unexpected turn as he finds himself befriending not only the household staff but the charming lady of the house (Fanny Ardant) as well.

SHOWING AUGUST 1-7 | In Oscar®-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s life-affirming film, teenagers converge at a traditional folk high school in Arctic Norway where they must rely on only themselves, one another, and a loyal pack of sled dogs as they all grow in unexpected directions.