Arthouse Cinema at NPCC: A Film Screening Event Series
We welcome artists, the NPCC community, film buffs and film students from all over the city to come and enjoy these community screening. The collection of films selected for Arthouse Cinema at NPCC have been chosen to offer a source of inspiration, conversation, and connection, and to bring certain artistic elements to light and screen that may speak to artists looking for a creative spark.
A short Q&A session will be held at the end of each screening. Admission is free with a suggested small pay-what-you-can donation of $10.00, and snacks and refreshments (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be available for purchase. No outside food or drinks permitted. Enjoy responsibly.
Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Director: Louis Malle
| Date | Time | Registration Link | Description |
| Friday, April 17, 2026 | 6:45 PM – 9:30 PM | S26AFILM2 | Celebrated for Miles Davis’ improvised jazz score, this film’s soundtrack stands alone as a work of art, capturing mood and adding a unique patina to the fascinating story. “Julien is a former paratrooper, who now works for millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala. He is in love with Florence, Carala’s wife. They plan to murder him and make it look like a suicide, but Julien forgets a rather important detail.”… – Toronto Public Library |
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013), Director: Frank Pavich
| Date | Time | Registration Link | Description |
| Friday, May. 29, 2026 | 6:45 PM – 9:30 PM | S26AFILM3 | “A documentary film about Alejandro Jodorowsky’s attempt to make a film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction novel, Dune, starring Jodorowsky’s own 12-year-old son, as well as Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dali with music by Pink Floyd; film includes interviews with Jodorowsky and others.” – Toronto Public Library |
Surprise Screening – TBC, You'll see, you'll like it!
| Date | Time | Registration Link | Description |
| Thursday, June 19, 2026 | 6:45 PM – 9:30 PM | TBC | TBC |
Surprise Screening – TBC, You'll see, you'll like it!
| Date | Time | Registration Link | Description |
| Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 6:45 PM – 9:30 PM | TBC | TBC |
Gerhard Richter Painting (2011) Director: Corinna Belz
| Date | Time | Registration Link | Description |
| Thursday, August 20, 2026 | 6:45 PM – 9:30 PM | SU26AFILM6 | “Born in 1932 in Dresden, Gerhard Richter is considered one of the world’s greatest living painters and now nearly 80 years old, agreed to talk about his work, as a small film crew documents his creative process. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic (but never cynical), the artist says he’s ‘interested in things he doesn’t understand…” – Toronto Public Library |