Local art events and films hosted by our community partners.
Babygirl (2024)
Browning Cinema
New at the Browning
Directed by Halina Reijn
With Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas
Rated R, 114 minutes, DCP
Panel Discussion to follow Friday's screening!
Following the success of her last film,Bodies Bodies Bodies, writer/director Halina Reijn said she was inspired to make a film like9½ Weeksbut from the female's perspective. The spirit of 1980s and 1990s erotic thrillers with an updated sensibility and humanity comes through inBabygirl, which won numerous accolades including Best Actress for Nicole Kidman at the Venice Film Festival. The film follows a high-powered CEO (Kidman) of an empty-box business who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much-younger intern.
Co-presented by the Notre Dame Gender Studies Program.
A Tribute to Motown
A Tribute to Motown
Leighton Concert Hall
Event Dates
Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Presenting Series
Get ready to groove again to more of that unforgettable Motown music! Bigger and better each time, your ticket guarantees a concert packed with the biggest hits sung by talented vocalists and backed by a smokin' band known for bringing the Motor City sound to life. A Gammage Solutions and Bishop's House Music have this tribute to the timeless Motown era down. Dance all night long to a catalog that includes legends like Stevie, Teena Marie, Smokey, The Isley Brothers, those Tempting Temptations, and hits written by Ashford and Simpson that you know every word by heart. Don't wait for another sell-out. This show is a must-see for all fans of the pioneers who led a musical and cultural revolution that continues today.
The DJ set begins at 7:30 p.m., and the concert starts at 8 p.m.
This event is part of the Presenting Series' Cultural Collective, programming supporting equitable artistic development in our community.
The Substance (2024)
The Substance (2024)
BROWNING CINEMA
New at the Browning
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
With Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
Rated R, 141 minutes, DCP
In case you missed The Substance when it screened in the Browning Cinema near finals last semester, here is a Valentine Day's chance to catch a film many think will net Demi Moore an Oscar for Best Actress. Moore gives a career-defining performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong?
Deliriously entertaining and ruthlessly satirical, Coralie Fargeat's sensation at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, The Substance marks the arrival of a thrillingly visionary filmmaker.
KNEECAP (2024)
KNEECAP (2024)
BROWNING CINEMA
Event Dates
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 9:30 PM
Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 9:30 PM
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 4:00 PM
New at the Browning
Directed by Rich Peppiatt
With Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvai
Rated R, 105 minutes, DCP
In English and Irish with English subtitles
When fate brings Belfast schoolteacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise & Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, the music group Kneecap quickly becomes unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first overcome police, paramilitaries, and politicians trying to silence their defiant sound while their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies. In this fiercely original sex, drugs, and hip-hop biopic, Kneecap's members play themselves, laying down a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures.
Co-presented by the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (2024)
Browning Cinema
Event Dates
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 6:30 PM
Friday, February 14, 2025 - 6:30 PM
Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 3:00 PM
Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 6:30 PM
New at the Browning
Directed by Johan Grimonprez
With Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie
Not Rated, 150 minutes, DCP
In English and French, Dutch, and Russian with English subtitles
United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo's leader Patrice Lumumba.
Richly illustrated by eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, speeches from Lumumba himself, and a veritable canon of jazz icons, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etatinterrogates colonial history to tell an urgent and timely story of precedent that resonates more than ever in today's geopolitical climate.
Co-presented by the John and Margaret Brogan Endowment for Excellence in Documentary Film, Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience.
From Ground Zero (2024)
From Ground Zero (2024)
BROWNING CINEMA
New at the Browning
Directed by Aws Al-Banna, Ahmed Al-Danf, Basil Al-Maqousi and others
With Kenzi Al Balbisi, Mohammed Kamel, Damo Nidal
In Arabic with English subtitles
Panel discussion to follow!
Palestine's Official Submission for the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero is a collection of short films by 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through the war in Gaza. Through a unique blend of animation, documentary, and fiction, these stories capture the unyielding steadfastness of the human spirit and enduring creativity that thrives even in the face of relentless devastation.
This is a free but ticketed event. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show, at which point your unclaimed tickets may be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office beginning one hour prior to the performance.
Co-presented by Contending Modernities and the John and Margaret Brogan Endowment for Excellence in Documentary Film.
Supa Modo (2018)
Supa Modo (2018)
BROWNING CINEMA
Event Dates
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 1:00 PM
Professor Pfinklepfunder's $1 Sunday Family Films
Directed by Likarion Wainaina
With Stycie Waweru, Marrianne Nungo, Nyawara Ndambia
Rated PG, 74 minutes, DCP
In English and Kikuyu and Swahili with English subtitles
From first-time feature filmmaker Likarion Wainaina and co-producer Tom Tykwer comes this honest and inspiring story about the strength of young people in the face of adversity. Obsessed with Jackie Chan and action films, nine-year-old Jo dreams of being a superhero, but time is not on her side. When the doctors reveal that she is terminally ill, Jo leaves the hospital and returns home to be with her mom and sister. While her mom insists that she stay inside and rest, her sister has different plans. With the entire village's support, they decide to make dreams a reality and turn Jo into the superhero they know she is. Newcomer Stycie Waweru delivers a captivating and earnest performance, imbuing her character with a subtle strength that ignites the screen. This film is a stunning reminder of the power of imagination.
Sponsored by the Meg and John P. Brogan Endowment for Classic Cinema.
FLOW (2024)
FLOW (2024)
BROWNING CINEMA
Event Dates
Friday, February 7, 2025 - 9:30 PM
Saturday, February 8, 2025 - 3:00 PM
Saturday, February 8, 2025 - 6:30 PM
Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 4:00 PM
New at the Browning
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
Rated PG, 85 minutes, DCP
This surprise Golden Globe winner for Best Animated Feature is a wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, that follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. From the boundless imagination of the award-winning filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis (Away) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling,Flowis a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart.
MOMIX : ALICE
Presenting Series
Event Dates
Friday, February 7, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 8, 2025 - 2:30 PM
Saturday, February 8, 2025 - 7:30 PM
MOMIX propels you down the rabbit hole in Artistic Director Moses Pendleton's Lewis Carroll-inspired creation, Alice. The company enchanted DPAC audiences in 2013 and 2016 with the incredible physicality of its dancers, who seamlessly blend illusion, acrobatics, magic, and mystery. "I don't intend to retell the whole Alice story," Pendleton says, "but use it as a taking off point for invention."
Unfolding as an exhilarating 90-minute fable, Alice encounters a rippling Caterpillar, jovial Mad Hatters, a herd of excitable White Rabbits, mad Queens, and other surprises. Filled with visual wonder and startling creative movement, Alice reveals that in MOMIX's world, very little is what it appears to be.
Made possible by the Teddy Ebersol Endowment for Excellence in the Performing Arts.