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  Ghost in the Shell (1995)

  Now that Elon Musk seems to have gotten bored with the idea of sticking chips in people’s heads and is too busy wrecking the global economy, it’s a lot easier to enjoy Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell. This 1995 anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s groundbreaking cyberpunk manga pits Major Motoko Kusanagi (voiced by Atsuko Tanaka) against the enigmatic Puppet Master. Stunning as the action sequences are, it’s Shirow’s meditations on the nature of being that made this story so memorable, as he asks what happens when we all become ghosts in the machine. – Richard Whittaker Read a full review of Ghost in the Shell.

  April 3-4 & 6

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  Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (2025)

  You know the song. You know the scene. But do you know the artist behind that haunting pop serenade? Singer Q Lazzarus, aka Diane Luckey, gained cult status following her 1988 tune “Goodbye Horses” being used as serial killer Buffalo Bill’s mirror-dance anthem. After having her songs and performances featured in other Jonathan Demme pictures, she later returned to working as a driver. Skip to 2019, when Lazzarus picks up filmmaker Eva Aridjis Fuentes by chance: Fuentes recognizes the musician, they talk, and now AFS screens the documentary they’ve made, where Lazzarus details her whole life alongside archival performance footage. Though the talented musician passed in 2022 due to sepsis, her legacy lives on. – James Scott

  March 30 & April 3

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  Young Frankenstein (1974)

  “Sedagive?” “Roll, roll, roll in ze hay!” “Abby someone.” “What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night?” “No, it’s pronounced ‘eye-gor.’” “Super-duper!” “There, wolf. There, castle.” “Blücher!” All great lines, but it’s the delivery in Mel Brooks’ hysterical spoof of the Universal Pictures classic Frankenstein that puts it among the best enduring movie satires. Sit back and watch one of the greatest comedy troupes in history, including Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Marty Feldman, an uncredited Gene Hackman, and Cloris Leachman (horses whinny!) as they go putting on the Ritz and finding the sweet mysteries of life. – Richard Whittaker

  March 29-31 & April 1-3

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