Sony Pictures Classics: 30 Years

Orlando (1992)

Director Sally Potter’s mysterious gender-bending excursion, adapted from Virginia Woolf’s book, follows the incredible journey of the title character. Once a nobleman in the court of Queen Elizabeth I who was commanded to stay forever young, Orlando did just that, and finds himself 200 years later unchanged in age, and transformed into a woman! Tilda Swinton stars as the sexually ambiguous hero/heroine. Quentin Crisp and Billy Zane co-star. 94 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

The City Of Lost Children (1995)

Moody, striking fantasy from Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, co-directors of "Delicatessen," tells the grim fairy tale of a scientist who has kidnapped children brought to his lab so he can tap into their dreams. Trouble occurs when a circus strongman joins forces with a child gang leader to save his kidnapped younger brother. Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus star. 112 min. In French with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. C/Rtg: R

The Celluloid Closet (1996)

This entertaining and often hilarious look at homosexuality in the cinema features film clips, interviews and fascinating revelations. Among the films featured are "Spartacus," "The Boys in the Band," "The Children’s Hour," "Philadelphia," "Tea and Sympathy" and many others. Lily Tomlin narrates, while Harvey Fierstein, Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Gore Vidal and others comment on the films. 101 min. C/Rtg: R

Run Lola Run (1998)

Knockout exercise in style and tension follows Lola (Franka Potente), a flame-haired German punkette, as she races to get 100,000 marks and deliver it to her petty crook boyfriend, who lost a bag of money he was taking to his violent boss, in 20 minutes. Lola’s frantic trek through the streets of Berlin is followed through three different scenarios and three very different outcomes. Moritz Bleibtreu co-stars. 81 min. In German with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. BW&C/Rtg: NR

SLC Punk (1999)

In this energetic comedy set in 1985 Salt Lake City, college-age best buddies Stevo (Matthew Lillard) and Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian) try spiked hair, ripped clothes, and punk rocker attitudes to rebel against their staid, conservative hometown, but still find themselves faced with family life, romantic tangles, and an uncertain future. With Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien, Christopher McDonald, Jason Segel. 98 min. C/Rtg: R

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

A pair of martial arts masters and would-be lovers, an independent young woman with a dark secret, and the search for a stolen mystical sword all come together in director Ang Lee’s visually stunning, gravity-defying mix of kung fu action and feminist-slanted melodrama, set in 19th-century China. Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Cheng Pei-Pei star; winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Film. 120 min. In Mandarin with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. C/Rtg: PG-13

The Devil's Backbone (2001)

From "Chronos" director Guillermo del Toro comes a haunting ghost story set in a Spanish orphanage that houses children of left-wing families during the final days of the Civil War. As a huge, unexploded bomb rests in the school’s courtyard, Carlos, the young son of a dead war hero, is visited by the spectre of one of the orphanage’s late residents, who tries to warn him of impending doom. Federico Luppi, Eduardo Noriega, and Marisa Paredes star. 108 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. C/Rtg: R

Volver (2006)

Penélope Cruz is luminous in this fantasy-tinged comic drama from Spain’s Pedro Almodóvar. When Raimunda (Cruz) suffers the loss of a beloved aunt and then learns that her daughter (Yohana Cobo) has killed her stepfather (Antonio de la Torre) after he made unwanted advances, Raimunda tries to cover up the murder, and receives some unlikely help...from the ghost of her late mother (Carmen Maura)! Blanca Portillo, Carlos Blanco also star. 121 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. C/Rtg: R

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

If life does indeed imitate art, then Schenectady theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman may have found a remedy for his stalled career and stale marriage to painter Catherine Keener. Crafting an elaborate stage simulacrum of his world, Hoffman hopes to control the actors playing the people around him. Once again blurring the line between fiction and reality, "Adaptation." screenwriter Charlie Kaufman makes his directorial debut with this surreal seriocomedy. Hope Davis, Samantha Morton, Emily Watson also star. 124 min. C/Rtg: R

Still Alice (2014)

After becoming uncharacteristically forgetful, linguistics professor Dr. Alice Howland (Best Actress Oscar-winner Julianne Moore) is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. With help from her family, Alice steels herself in a brave attempt to face whatever the future has in store for her, even as her keen mind slowly begins showing further signs of deterioration. Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth also star in this powerful drama, based on Lisa Genova’s bestseller. 101 min. C/Rtg: PG-13

Call Me By Your Name (2017)

For 17-year-old music prodigy Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), the summer of 1983 seemed like it would pass like any other at the Italian villa of his professor father (Michael Stuhlbarg). However, with the arrival of his dad’s new grad student assistant--Oliver (Armie Hammer)--their immediate rapport would lead to an intense and transformative relationship. Acclaimed coming-of-age opus from André Aciman’s 2007 novel also stars Amira Casar, Esther Garrel. 132 min. C/Rtg: R