Webster Film Series
@wufilmseries.bsky.social
The Webster University Film Series, St. Louis' cinematic alternative since 1979. www.webster.edu/film-series
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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 the first night we're showing Sepideh Farsi's acclaimed new Palestinian doc PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK. Showtime 7:00pm. After tonight, it plays tomorrow, Tuesday, & Friday (Black Friday). With hugely charismatic photojournalist Fatma Hassona.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ec...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ec...
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Official U.S. Trailer
YouTube video by Kino Lorber
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November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
TONIGHT is the first night we're showing Sepideh Farsi's acclaimed new Palestinian doc PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK. Showtime 7:00pm. After tonight, it plays tomorrow, Tuesday, & Friday (Black Friday). With hugely charismatic photojournalist Fatma Hassona.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ec...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ec...
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It’s hard to find words for Sepideh Farsi’s PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK, a document of the ongoing genocide in Gaza that sent chills right through me. It’s essential viewing, and local screenings begin at @wufilmseries.bsky.social this Saturday. My review: bit.ly/4oMblTp
Review: “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”
Sepideh Farsi couldn’t enter Gaza. From Cairo, where she traveled in the hopes of crossing the Egyptian/Palestine border to document the ongoing war in Gaza, an Israeli-imposed blockade obstructed …
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November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It’s hard to find words for Sepideh Farsi’s PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK, a document of the ongoing genocide in Gaza that sent chills right through me. It’s essential viewing, and local screenings begin at @wufilmseries.bsky.social this Saturday. My review: bit.ly/4oMblTp
TONIGHT we return to Raoul Peck's ORWELL: 2+2=5 at 7:00pm! Tonight only we will be presenting the film with open captions. This is the penultimate screening of Orwell for us, with the one last screening being on Thanksgiving Day.
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
TONIGHT we return to Raoul Peck's ORWELL: 2+2=5 at 7:00pm! Tonight only we will be presenting the film with open captions. This is the penultimate screening of Orwell for us, with the one last screening being on Thanksgiving Day.
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!)
TONIGHT is the second of our four total shows of Raoul Peck's ORWELL: 2+2=5! Showtime 7:00pm.
After tonight, Orwell returns this Sunday (11/16), which show will feature open captions (the only one of our four screenings of it that will), and then the fourth and final show is Thanksgiving Day.
After tonight, Orwell returns this Sunday (11/16), which show will feature open captions (the only one of our four screenings of it that will), and then the fourth and final show is Thanksgiving Day.
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TONIGHT is the second of our four total shows of Raoul Peck's ORWELL: 2+2=5! Showtime 7:00pm.
After tonight, Orwell returns this Sunday (11/16), which show will feature open captions (the only one of our four screenings of it that will), and then the fourth and final show is Thanksgiving Day.
After tonight, Orwell returns this Sunday (11/16), which show will feature open captions (the only one of our four screenings of it that will), and then the fourth and final show is Thanksgiving Day.
TONIGHT is the first of four shows of Raoul Peck's new doc ORWELL: 2+2=5! Showtime 7pm. Not a SLIFF show--their passes don't work for this, Webster Film Series passes do, and our normal pricing ($7-8) applies. After tonight, other shows of Orwell are 11/13, 16, & 27.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=npwm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=npwm...
ORWELL 2+2=5 - Official Greenband Trailer - In Select Theaters October 3
YouTube video by NEON
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November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
TONIGHT is the first of four shows of Raoul Peck's new doc ORWELL: 2+2=5! Showtime 7pm. Not a SLIFF show--their passes don't work for this, Webster Film Series passes do, and our normal pricing ($7-8) applies. After tonight, other shows of Orwell are 11/13, 16, & 27.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=npwm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=npwm...
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 our one-night-only show of the long-thought-lost genderfluid 1974 Japanese film BYE BYE LOVE, now newly restored and ready for (re-)discovery! Showtime 7:00pm. From director Isao Fujisawa, an assistant director on the Teshigahara classics Woman in the Dunes and The Face of Another.
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
TONIGHT is our one-night-only show of the long-thought-lost genderfluid 1974 Japanese film BYE BYE LOVE, now newly restored and ready for (re-)discovery! Showtime 7:00pm. From director Isao Fujisawa, an assistant director on the Teshigahara classics Woman in the Dunes and The Face of Another.
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 we're opening the ecstatically acclaimed film MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS, PART I: LAST AIR IN MOSCOW! "The most essential investment of time you can make in a movie theatre this year" per the New York Times. See local legend Cliff Froehlich's review here: thetake-up.com/my-undesirab...
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow - The Take-Up
A group portrait of seven independent Russian journalists, My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 - Last Air in Moscow – which screens at Webster University from Oct. 24-26 – saddens, inspires, and enrages in...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
TONIGHT we're opening the ecstatically acclaimed film MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS, PART I: LAST AIR IN MOSCOW! "The most essential investment of time you can make in a movie theatre this year" per the New York Times. See local legend Cliff Froehlich's review here: thetake-up.com/my-undesirab...
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, tomorrow, & Sunday at 7:00pm we're showing the new near-future surveillance dystopia coming-of-age charmer HAPPYEND from Japanese director Neo Sora, son of legendary musician Ryuichi Sakamoto! This has been a stealth critical favorite so far this season.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWK...
HAPPYEND (2024) | Trailer | Neo Sora
YouTube video by Film Movement
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday at 7:00pm we're showing the new near-future surveillance dystopia coming-of-age charmer HAPPYEND from Japanese director Neo Sora, son of legendary musician Ryuichi Sakamoto! This has been a stealth critical favorite so far this season.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWK...
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
TONIGHT and TOMORROW Hong Sangsoo's current release BY THE STREAM returns for its final two shows! With Kim Minhee and Kwon Haehyo. Showtime 7:30pm. Consensus from our Hong regulars after last week's preview is that this one is one of his best ever--everyone was aglow after the screening.
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
TONIGHT and TOMORROW Hong Sangsoo's current release BY THE STREAM returns for its final two shows! With Kim Minhee and Kwon Haehyo. Showtime 7:30pm. Consensus from our Hong regulars after last week's preview is that this one is one of his best ever--everyone was aglow after the screening.
TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday we're showing the Singaporean surveillance thriller STRANGER EYES at 7:30pm! Co-starring Tsai Ming-liang favorite Lee Kang-sheng as its possible villain; Lee was the slow-walking man in a monk's robes in last week's Abiding Nowhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuKx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuKx...
Stranger Eyes (2024) | Trailer | Yeo Siew Hua
YouTube video by Film Movement
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday we're showing the Singaporean surveillance thriller STRANGER EYES at 7:30pm! Co-starring Tsai Ming-liang favorite Lee Kang-sheng as its possible villain; Lee was the slow-walking man in a monk's robes in last week's Abiding Nowhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuKx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuKx...
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Thank you to our Half Pie sponsor, the Webster University Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social!
Learn more: webster.edu/film-series
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September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thank you to our Half Pie sponsor, the Webster University Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.social!
Learn more: webster.edu/film-series
Learn more: webster.edu/film-series
TONIGHT is our preview show of current Hong Sangsoo release BY THE STREAM! Showtime 7:30pm, starring the usual Hong gang, including Kim Minhee. After tonight, By the Stream will return September 27-28. See it early! Impatience is good!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv-z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv-z...
By the Stream - Official Trailer
YouTube video by The Cinema Guild
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September 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
TONIGHT is our preview show of current Hong Sangsoo release BY THE STREAM! Showtime 7:30pm, starring the usual Hong gang, including Kim Minhee. After tonight, By the Stream will return September 27-28. See it early! Impatience is good!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv-z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv-z...
TONIGHT and TOMORROW (two shows only!) we're showing Film Series favorite Tsai Ming-liang's newest "Walker" film, ABIDING NOWHERE, at 7:30pm! This is a "pay what you wish" event. That means: You want in free? Fine! You want to pay the usual? Great! You want to donate food to our food pantry? Hooray!
September 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TONIGHT and TOMORROW (two shows only!) we're showing Film Series favorite Tsai Ming-liang's newest "Walker" film, ABIDING NOWHERE, at 7:30pm! This is a "pay what you wish" event. That means: You want in free? Fine! You want to pay the usual? Great! You want to donate food to our food pantry? Hooray!
Heavy-hitter docs playing here soon:
Oct 4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl (yes, about Leni)
Oct 24-26: My Undesirable Friends, Part I: Last Air in Moscow
(independent Gen Z Russian journalists as Russia invades Ukraine)
Nov 22-23, 25, 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Palestine doc from Cannes 2025)
Oct 4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl (yes, about Leni)
Oct 24-26: My Undesirable Friends, Part I: Last Air in Moscow
(independent Gen Z Russian journalists as Russia invades Ukraine)
Nov 22-23, 25, 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Palestine doc from Cannes 2025)
September 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Heavy-hitter docs playing here soon:
Oct 4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl (yes, about Leni)
Oct 24-26: My Undesirable Friends, Part I: Last Air in Moscow
(independent Gen Z Russian journalists as Russia invades Ukraine)
Nov 22-23, 25, 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Palestine doc from Cannes 2025)
Oct 4-5 + 7: Riefenstahl (yes, about Leni)
Oct 24-26: My Undesirable Friends, Part I: Last Air in Moscow
(independent Gen Z Russian journalists as Russia invades Ukraine)
Nov 22-23, 25, 28: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Palestine doc from Cannes 2025)
TONIGHT & TOMORROW (two shows only!) we're running Italian writer/director Giovanni Tortorici's debut feature, DICIANNOVE, at 7:30pm! This campus-set film is produced by Luca Guadagnino; come see it before Luca G's own campus-set After the Hunt opens in a few weeks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4j...
Diciannove - Official U.S. Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD
YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
TONIGHT & TOMORROW (two shows only!) we're running Italian writer/director Giovanni Tortorici's debut feature, DICIANNOVE, at 7:30pm! This campus-set film is produced by Luca Guadagnino; come see it before Luca G's own campus-set After the Hunt opens in a few weeks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4j...
TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday at 7:30pm we're showing the first feature film from the Quay Bros in almost 20 years, SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS! A gothic stop-motion/live-action hybrid that is the specialty of the Quays, a real treat on the big screen!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yqK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yqK...
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (Trailer)
YouTube video by KimStim Films
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September 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
TONIGHT, tomorrow, & Sunday at 7:30pm we're showing the first feature film from the Quay Bros in almost 20 years, SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS! A gothic stop-motion/live-action hybrid that is the specialty of the Quays, a real treat on the big screen!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yqK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yqK...