Webster Film Series
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The Webster University Film Series, St. Louis' cinematic alternative since 1979. www.webster.edu/film-series
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1/2-4, 9-11: Resurrection (matinee & evening 1/11)
1/8 + 17: Nosferatu the Vampyre
1/15 + 25: Possession (w/ Victor Putinier on 1/15)
1/16: The Story of Adele H 35mm w/ Cliff Froehlich
1/22: One Deadly Summer
1/27: Quartet
1/29: Ishtar
1/30: Camille Claudel
1/31: Queen Margot
1/2-4, 9-11: Resurrection (matinee & evening 1/11)
1/8 + 17: Nosferatu the Vampyre
1/15 + 25: Possession (w/ Victor Putinier on 1/15)
1/16: The Story of Adele H 35mm w/ Cliff Froehlich
1/22: One Deadly Summer
1/27: Quartet
1/29: Ishtar
1/30: Camille Claudel
1/31: Queen Margot
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
[Ad]January calendar!
1/2-4, 9-11: Resurrection (matinee & evening 1/11)
1/8 + 17: Nosferatu the Vampyre
1/15 + 25: Possession (w/ Victor Putinier on 1/15)
1/16: The Story of Adele H 35mm w/ Cliff Froehlich
1/22: One Deadly Summer
1/27: Quartet
1/29: Ishtar
1/30: Camille Claudel
1/31: Queen Margot
1/2-4, 9-11: Resurrection (matinee & evening 1/11)
1/8 + 17: Nosferatu the Vampyre
1/15 + 25: Possession (w/ Victor Putinier on 1/15)
1/16: The Story of Adele H 35mm w/ Cliff Froehlich
1/22: One Deadly Summer
1/27: Quartet
1/29: Ishtar
1/30: Camille Claudel
1/31: Queen Margot
TONIGHT is the sneak preview of one of 2025's most anticipated titles (THE most anticipated for the Webster Film Series team), Bi Gan's RESURRECTION, starring Jackson Yee & Shu Qi! Showtime 7:00pm tonight, returns for seven more shows in 2026. Winner of the Special Jury's Award at Cannes this year.
December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
TONIGHT is the sneak preview of one of 2025's most anticipated titles (THE most anticipated for the Webster Film Series team), Bi Gan's RESURRECTION, starring Jackson Yee & Shu Qi! Showtime 7:00pm tonight, returns for seven more shows in 2026. Winner of the Special Jury's Award at Cannes this year.
TONIGHT is our one-off show of Webster Film Series repertory favorite MILLENNIUM MAMBO, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and starring Shu Qi! Shu's back on our screen day after tomorrow for our preview show of Resurrection. MM runs at 7:00pm tonight.
December 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
TONIGHT is our one-off show of Webster Film Series repertory favorite MILLENNIUM MAMBO, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and starring Shu Qi! Shu's back on our screen day after tomorrow for our preview show of Resurrection. MM runs at 7:00pm tonight.
TONIGHT through SUNDAY we're showing the new Taiwanese film DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER, starring Film Series favorite Sylvia Chang (Shanghai Blues, Mountains May Depart, Long Day's Journey into Night), & executive produced by another Film Series favorite, Hou Hsiao-hsien. Showtime 7:00 pm each night!
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
TONIGHT through SUNDAY we're showing the new Taiwanese film DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER, starring Film Series favorite Sylvia Chang (Shanghai Blues, Mountains May Depart, Long Day's Journey into Night), & executive produced by another Film Series favorite, Hou Hsiao-hsien. Showtime 7:00 pm each night!
TONIGHT and THURSDAY (but not tomorrow) we are bringing the beavers back home: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is playing here, its first St. Louis venue, for the first time since March 2024! Showtime 7:00pm. Free mini-posters to the first ten attendees each night!
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
TONIGHT and THURSDAY (but not tomorrow) we are bringing the beavers back home: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is playing here, its first St. Louis venue, for the first time since March 2024! Showtime 7:00pm. Free mini-posters to the first ten attendees each night!
December!
12/7: What's Up, Doc? (free admission)
12/9 + 11: Hundreds of Beavers
12/12-14: Daughter's Daughter (starring Sylvia Chang, EP Hou Hsiao-hsien)
12/16: Millennium Mambo
12/18: Resurrection (sneak preview; returns for seven shows in January)
12/19-21: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
12/7: What's Up, Doc? (free admission)
12/9 + 11: Hundreds of Beavers
12/12-14: Daughter's Daughter (starring Sylvia Chang, EP Hou Hsiao-hsien)
12/16: Millennium Mambo
12/18: Resurrection (sneak preview; returns for seven shows in January)
12/19-21: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
December!
12/7: What's Up, Doc? (free admission)
12/9 + 11: Hundreds of Beavers
12/12-14: Daughter's Daughter (starring Sylvia Chang, EP Hou Hsiao-hsien)
12/16: Millennium Mambo
12/18: Resurrection (sneak preview; returns for seven shows in January)
12/19-21: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
12/7: What's Up, Doc? (free admission)
12/9 + 11: Hundreds of Beavers
12/12-14: Daughter's Daughter (starring Sylvia Chang, EP Hou Hsiao-hsien)
12/16: Millennium Mambo
12/18: Resurrection (sneak preview; returns for seven shows in January)
12/19-21: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
Good thing we've held onto this poster all this time...
(Returning to the Webster Film Series December 9 and 11!)
(Returning to the Webster Film Series December 9 and 11!)
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Good thing we've held onto this poster all this time...
(Returning to the Webster Film Series December 9 and 11!)
(Returning to the Webster Film Series December 9 and 11!)
November calendar! Watch out for irregular, nonconsecutive runs this month:
11/8, 14-15: SLIFF
11/9, 13, 16, & 27: Orwell: 2+2=5 (from Raoul Peck, director of I am Not Your Negro and distributor Neon) (and yes, 11/27 is Thanksgiving)
11/22-23, 25, & 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
11/8, 14-15: SLIFF
11/9, 13, 16, & 27: Orwell: 2+2=5 (from Raoul Peck, director of I am Not Your Negro and distributor Neon) (and yes, 11/27 is Thanksgiving)
11/22-23, 25, & 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
November calendar! Watch out for irregular, nonconsecutive runs this month:
11/8, 14-15: SLIFF
11/9, 13, 16, & 27: Orwell: 2+2=5 (from Raoul Peck, director of I am Not Your Negro and distributor Neon) (and yes, 11/27 is Thanksgiving)
11/22-23, 25, & 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
11/8, 14-15: SLIFF
11/9, 13, 16, & 27: Orwell: 2+2=5 (from Raoul Peck, director of I am Not Your Negro and distributor Neon) (and yes, 11/27 is Thanksgiving)
11/22-23, 25, & 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
TONIGHT is a special Halloween show of Jim Hosking's 2016 horror/anticomedy whatsit THE GREASY STRANGLER, showing at 7:00pm! Please do not come in costume, especially if your costume involves slathering yourself with grease.
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
TONIGHT is a special Halloween show of Jim Hosking's 2016 horror/anticomedy whatsit THE GREASY STRANGLER, showing at 7:00pm! Please do not come in costume, especially if your costume involves slathering yourself with grease.
TONIGHT is our one-night-only show of Chan-wook Park's underseen 2009 effort, THIRST, wherein Parasite patriarch Song Kang-ho plays a Catholic priest on the wrong end of a medical experiment and comes out the other side a horny vampire, resulting in a crisis of faith. Showtime 7:00pm, no trailers.
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
TONIGHT is our one-night-only show of Chan-wook Park's underseen 2009 effort, THIRST, wherein Parasite patriarch Song Kang-ho plays a Catholic priest on the wrong end of a medical experiment and comes out the other side a horny vampire, resulting in a crisis of faith. Showtime 7:00pm, no trailers.
TONIGHT, tomorrow, + Sunday we're showing Hal Hartley's first new feature in a decade, WHERE TO LAND, in its St. Louis premiere & exclusive run! Showtime 7:00pm each night. Here Hartley reteams with some he helped make stars--Bill Sage, Edie Falco, Robert John Burke--for a quick and delightful film.
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
TONIGHT, tomorrow, + Sunday we're showing Hal Hartley's first new feature in a decade, WHERE TO LAND, in its St. Louis premiere & exclusive run! Showtime 7:00pm each night. Here Hartley reteams with some he helped make stars--Bill Sage, Edie Falco, Robert John Burke--for a quick and delightful film.
TONIGHT our mini Hal Hartley retro continues with his 1997 Cannes best screenplay prizewinner HENRY FOOL, starring James Urbaniak, Thomas Jay Ryan, and Parker Posey!
Showtime 7:00pm. Henry Fool is arguably Hartley's highest esteemed and most beloved film these days. Where to Land starts tomorrow!
Showtime 7:00pm. Henry Fool is arguably Hartley's highest esteemed and most beloved film these days. Where to Land starts tomorrow!
October 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TONIGHT our mini Hal Hartley retro continues with his 1997 Cannes best screenplay prizewinner HENRY FOOL, starring James Urbaniak, Thomas Jay Ryan, and Parker Posey!
Showtime 7:00pm. Henry Fool is arguably Hartley's highest esteemed and most beloved film these days. Where to Land starts tomorrow!
Showtime 7:00pm. Henry Fool is arguably Hartley's highest esteemed and most beloved film these days. Where to Land starts tomorrow!
TONIGHT our brief Hal Hartley retro continues with his sophomore feature, 1990's TRUST, at 7:00pm! Reteaming with The Unbelievable Truth star Adrienne Shelly, between those two films we see Hartley beat down a path later followed by Anderson, Baumbach, Stillman, etc. OOP on physical! Hard to stream!
October 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
TONIGHT our brief Hal Hartley retro continues with his sophomore feature, 1990's TRUST, at 7:00pm! Reteaming with The Unbelievable Truth star Adrienne Shelly, between those two films we see Hartley beat down a path later followed by Anderson, Baumbach, Stillman, etc. OOP on physical! Hard to stream!
TONIGHT at 7:00pm is THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, the first of three Hal Hartley classics we're running before we premiere his new one next week. Unbelievable is a key text in the 90s American independent cinema boom (despite being from 1989...) and unavailable to legally stream. Don't miss your chance!
October 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
TONIGHT at 7:00pm is THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH, the first of three Hal Hartley classics we're running before we premiere his new one next week. Unbelievable is a key text in the 90s American independent cinema boom (despite being from 1989...) and unavailable to legally stream. Don't miss your chance!
October calendar!
FIRST RUN:
10/4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl
10/10-12: Happyend
10/24-26: My Undesirable Friends
HAL HARTLEY:
10/9: The Unbelievable Truth
10/14: Trust
10/16: Henry Fool
FIRST RUN HAL HARTLEY:
10/17-19: Where to Land
SCARY (?):
10/23: Thirst (Chan-wook Park)
10/31: The Greasy Strangler
FIRST RUN:
10/4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl
10/10-12: Happyend
10/24-26: My Undesirable Friends
HAL HARTLEY:
10/9: The Unbelievable Truth
10/14: Trust
10/16: Henry Fool
FIRST RUN HAL HARTLEY:
10/17-19: Where to Land
SCARY (?):
10/23: Thirst (Chan-wook Park)
10/31: The Greasy Strangler
October 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
October calendar!
FIRST RUN:
10/4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl
10/10-12: Happyend
10/24-26: My Undesirable Friends
HAL HARTLEY:
10/9: The Unbelievable Truth
10/14: Trust
10/16: Henry Fool
FIRST RUN HAL HARTLEY:
10/17-19: Where to Land
SCARY (?):
10/23: Thirst (Chan-wook Park)
10/31: The Greasy Strangler
FIRST RUN:
10/4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl
10/10-12: Happyend
10/24-26: My Undesirable Friends
HAL HARTLEY:
10/9: The Unbelievable Truth
10/14: Trust
10/16: Henry Fool
FIRST RUN HAL HARTLEY:
10/17-19: Where to Land
SCARY (?):
10/23: Thirst (Chan-wook Park)
10/31: The Greasy Strangler
September calendar!
9/5-7: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (Quay Bros)
9/11-12: Diciannove (Luca G. produces)
9/13-14: Abiding Nowhere (Tsai Ming-liang; pay what you wish admission)
9/18 + 27-28: By the Stream (Hong Sangsoo)
9/19-21: Stranger Eyes (Singaporean surveillance thriller)
9/5-7: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (Quay Bros)
9/11-12: Diciannove (Luca G. produces)
9/13-14: Abiding Nowhere (Tsai Ming-liang; pay what you wish admission)
9/18 + 27-28: By the Stream (Hong Sangsoo)
9/19-21: Stranger Eyes (Singaporean surveillance thriller)
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
September calendar!
9/5-7: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (Quay Bros)
9/11-12: Diciannove (Luca G. produces)
9/13-14: Abiding Nowhere (Tsai Ming-liang; pay what you wish admission)
9/18 + 27-28: By the Stream (Hong Sangsoo)
9/19-21: Stranger Eyes (Singaporean surveillance thriller)
9/5-7: Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (Quay Bros)
9/11-12: Diciannove (Luca G. produces)
9/13-14: Abiding Nowhere (Tsai Ming-liang; pay what you wish admission)
9/18 + 27-28: By the Stream (Hong Sangsoo)
9/19-21: Stranger Eyes (Singaporean surveillance thriller)
TONIGHT brings Michelangelo Frammartino's gorgeous debut, IL DONO, at 7:30pm! Frammartino has made just three features in his 20+ year career; this one, Le Quattro Volte, and Il Buco. He has a unique approach to slow cinema and is a singular voice. In Italian, left deliberately unsubtitled.
August 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
TONIGHT brings Michelangelo Frammartino's gorgeous debut, IL DONO, at 7:30pm! Frammartino has made just three features in his 20+ year career; this one, Le Quattro Volte, and Il Buco. He has a unique approach to slow cinema and is a singular voice. In Italian, left deliberately unsubtitled.
TONIGHT is our one-off show of Marva Nabili's THE SEALED SOIL, the earliest surviving feature film directed by an Iranian woman! Newly restored in 4K to boot. Shot on 16mm, it had to be smuggled out of the country for developing and editing. Showtime 7:30 p.m.
August 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
TONIGHT is our one-off show of Marva Nabili's THE SEALED SOIL, the earliest surviving feature film directed by an Iranian woman! Newly restored in 4K to boot. Shot on 16mm, it had to be smuggled out of the country for developing and editing. Showtime 7:30 p.m.
TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're running the new doc DROP DEAD CITY at 7:30pm each night! A wonkish but entertaining look at NYC's 1975 financial crisis and how they got out of it, Variety praises how the film “charts how those pivotal months of 1975 unfolded like a thriller."
August 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're running the new doc DROP DEAD CITY at 7:30pm each night! A wonkish but entertaining look at NYC's 1975 financial crisis and how they got out of it, Variety praises how the film “charts how those pivotal months of 1975 unfolded like a thriller."
August!
1-3: Drop Dead City (NYC doc)
8-10: Jem Cohen's Little, Big, & Far
15-17: King Hu's The Fate of Lee Khan w/ Hsu Feng, Angela Mao
21: The Sealed Soil
22-24: Souleymane's Story
26: En el Séptimo Día / On the Seventh Day
28: Il Dono
29-31: Taxi zum Klo (new 4K restoration!)
1-3: Drop Dead City (NYC doc)
8-10: Jem Cohen's Little, Big, & Far
15-17: King Hu's The Fate of Lee Khan w/ Hsu Feng, Angela Mao
21: The Sealed Soil
22-24: Souleymane's Story
26: En el Séptimo Día / On the Seventh Day
28: Il Dono
29-31: Taxi zum Klo (new 4K restoration!)
July 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
August!
1-3: Drop Dead City (NYC doc)
8-10: Jem Cohen's Little, Big, & Far
15-17: King Hu's The Fate of Lee Khan w/ Hsu Feng, Angela Mao
21: The Sealed Soil
22-24: Souleymane's Story
26: En el Séptimo Día / On the Seventh Day
28: Il Dono
29-31: Taxi zum Klo (new 4K restoration!)
1-3: Drop Dead City (NYC doc)
8-10: Jem Cohen's Little, Big, & Far
15-17: King Hu's The Fate of Lee Khan w/ Hsu Feng, Angela Mao
21: The Sealed Soil
22-24: Souleymane's Story
26: En el Séptimo Día / On the Seventh Day
28: Il Dono
29-31: Taxi zum Klo (new 4K restoration!)
TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're showing French master Albert Serra's first foray into documentary filmmaking, the bullfighting doc AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE, at 7:30pm each night! Regardless your feelings about bullfighting, pro or con, you're likely to find this film to be incredible.
July 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're showing French master Albert Serra's first foray into documentary filmmaking, the bullfighting doc AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE, at 7:30pm each night! Regardless your feelings about bullfighting, pro or con, you're likely to find this film to be incredible.
TONIGHT is the one-night-only show of David Lynch's debut as an actor, 1988's ZELLY & ME, where he plays the romantic interest of Isabella Rossellini's character. (Lynch and Rossellini were dating irl at the time.) Currently unstreamable and rarely screened. Showtime 7:30pm sharp; no trailers.
July 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
TONIGHT is the one-night-only show of David Lynch's debut as an actor, 1988's ZELLY & ME, where he plays the romantic interest of Isabella Rossellini's character. (Lynch and Rossellini were dating irl at the time.) Currently unstreamable and rarely screened. Showtime 7:30pm sharp; no trailers.
TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're showing the new 4K restoration of Tsui Hark's 1984 slapstick gem SHANGHAI BLUES at 7:30pm each night! Shanghai Blues stars Kenny Bee, Sylvia Chang, and Sally Yeh--legends of Hong Kong cinema all--and Hark is the guy behind Peking Opera Blues, OUaTiC, tons more.
July 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
TONIGHT (& tomorrow & Sunday) we're showing the new 4K restoration of Tsui Hark's 1984 slapstick gem SHANGHAI BLUES at 7:30pm each night! Shanghai Blues stars Kenny Bee, Sylvia Chang, and Sally Yeh--legends of Hong Kong cinema all--and Hark is the guy behind Peking Opera Blues, OUaTiC, tons more.
TONIGHT we're running Wes Craven's original 1996 SCREAM from laserdisc in Winifred Moore at 7:30pm! Usual admission prices apply. Laserdiscs of course being the first home video format to come in optical disc form, and Scream was one of the best-selling and most beloved of the format.
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
TONIGHT we're running Wes Craven's original 1996 SCREAM from laserdisc in Winifred Moore at 7:30pm! Usual admission prices apply. Laserdiscs of course being the first home video format to come in optical disc form, and Scream was one of the best-selling and most beloved of the format.
The original Ghostface Killer is on the loose! TONIGHT (4th of July), tomorrow, and Sunday we're playing the 1979 kung fu basher THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING at 7:00pm each night. Subbed Friday and Sunday, dubbed Saturday only. New digital restoration thanks to RZA. Note early start time.
July 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The original Ghostface Killer is on the loose! TONIGHT (4th of July), tomorrow, and Sunday we're playing the 1979 kung fu basher THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING at 7:00pm each night. Subbed Friday and Sunday, dubbed Saturday only. New digital restoration thanks to RZA. Note early start time.