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Oscar-nominee The Seed of the Sacred Fig opens Friday, 2/7 at The Nightlight Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoul...
02/07/2025

Oscar-nominee The Seed of the Sacred Fig opens Friday, 2/7 at The Nightlight

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, a longtime critic of the regime (THERE IS NO EVIL, MANUSCRIPTS DON’T BURN), shot his latest, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Special Jury Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival) clandestinely — fleeing the country after receiving an 8-year prison sentence. His new film is a tense familial drama: when Iman is promoted to investigating judge on Tehran’s high court, he and his wife, Najmeh, are excited for their elevated social status. But when his government-issued gun goes missing while his daughters Resvan and Sana are glued to their phones, expressing support for women-led student protests, Iman grows increasingly paranoid and mistrusting of his own loved ones. Not only a lacerating critique of a patriarchal regime crumbling from within, but “a thriller of propulsive skill and blunt emotional force, marrying the muscularity of an action film to the psychological intensity of a chamber drama.” —Justin Chang, The New Yorker

2024 166 MIN. IRAN / GERMANY / FRANCE NEON
IN FARSI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

This Saturday, February 8,  presents the world-class Wild & Scenic Film Festival at ! Both in-person showings are sold o...
02/06/2025

This Saturday, February 8, presents the world-class Wild & Scenic Film Festival at ! Both in-person showings are sold out, however, there’s a virtual option to view the films at home for a week. Link in bio

Summit Metro Parks Foundation is excited to bring back the Wild & Scenic Film Festival to celebrate the beauty of nature and the importance of conservation. All proceeds will benefit the Summit Metro Parks Foundation’s work in supporting the park district’s mission to conserve, sustainably manage, and value natural resources for the health and enjoyment of our community, and inspire people to connect with nature through clean and safe parks.

🎟 Grab your tickets now at the link in our bio.

Let’s try this again! We are OPEN tonight for the Brutalist at 6:30 🎬
02/05/2025

Let’s try this again! We are OPEN tonight for the Brutalist at 6:30 🎬

Coming to The Nightlight on 3/21On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle...
02/05/2025

Coming to The Nightlight on 3/21

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family, in filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.

Ope! 🎉Good news: we have a new roof. 😢Bad news: the theater is closed again tonight. ❤️Safety first, always! Thanks for ...
02/04/2025

Ope!
🎉Good news: we have a new roof.
😢Bad news: the theater is closed again tonight.
❤️Safety first, always!

Thanks for your understanding during this exciting renovation. We are adding screenings of The Brutalist for Oscar weekend.

🚨 CLOSED TONIGHT: Due to critical roof repairs at The NightlightIf you have tickets to tonight’s showing of The Brutalis...
02/03/2025

🚨 CLOSED TONIGHT: Due to critical roof repairs at The Nightlight

If you have tickets to tonight’s showing of The Brutalist, you have been emailed, and we are processing your refund. Good news - we’ve added extra showings to ensure you don’t miss out!

We’ll be back open tomorrow (Tuesday) night for our regular schedule.

Thanks for your understanding! 🎬​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Ps- this work is ensuring those buckets are no longer necessary by the theater exit. 😉

🚨 The Nightlight will be closed on Sunday, February 2, due to unforeseen but necessary building maintenance. All tickets...
02/02/2025

🚨 The Nightlight will be closed on Sunday, February 2, due to unforeseen but necessary building maintenance. All tickets for "The Brutalist" have been automatically refunded, and we’ve added extra showings to accommodate everyone. We appreciate your understanding!

Jenn had a wonderful time meeting Victoria Price at Akronomicon! Perhaps we’ll invite her back for a special event; what...
02/01/2025

Jenn had a wonderful time meeting Victoria Price at Akronomicon! Perhaps we’ll invite her back for a special event; what do you think? 😊

We’ll be doing a video tour soon, but we wanted to give you a sneak peek behind the scenes with the second screen! A hug...
01/31/2025

We’ll be doing a video tour soon, but we wanted to give you a sneak peek behind the scenes with the second screen! A huge thank you to everyone at Adkins Construction and the subcontractors for their outstanding work. We appreciate your patience, especially you, , as we continue the construction of something truly special. 🎬🎬✨
Ps- one of these photos is the new women's restroom with three, that’s right, three toilets!

The Nightlight will be hosting Paul Mosley, assistant professor of architecture and urban design at Kent State, for a br...
01/30/2025

The Nightlight will be hosting Paul Mosley, assistant professor of architecture and urban design at Kent State, for a brief discussion before this Saturday’s 6:30 showing of The Brutalist!

Paul will be discussing Bauhaus, brutalism, and the historical basis of European architects emerging in post-war America. Come see the Brutalist this Saturday evening and enjoy an enlightening talk about the movie’s background!

Paul Mosley is a writer, critic, educator, and designer. He is an assistant professor of architecture and urban design in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. His work and writing have been published in Log, Thresholds, Architect’s Newspaper, Drawing Matter, and elsewhere.

He was previously project coordinator at Marlon Blackwell Architects (2019-2022), designer at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (2018-2019), designer and project manager for the Visionary Cities Project (2014-2017), and assistant editor at Log in New York City (2017). He holds an MS in Architecture and an MA in Design Criticism from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and a BArch from the Fay Jones School of Architecture.

Incredible poster design for The Brutalist by .psd

The Concrete Pour for The Brutalist 🚬 rye whiskey, cynar, dry vermouth, orange bitters, + a lemon peel playing through 2...
01/28/2025

The Concrete Pour for The Brutalist 🚬 rye whiskey, cynar, dry vermouth, orange bitters, + a lemon peel
playing through 2/7, get your tickets now!

Just wonderful
01/26/2025

Just wonderful

Both Saturday showings of Ten-time Oscar-nominated masterpiece The Brutalist are sold out, but there is still one ticket...
01/25/2025

Both Saturday showings of Ten-time Oscar-nominated masterpiece The Brutalist are sold out, but there is still one ticket available for each. Thank you for recognizing that good cinema is worth the wait and long run times are worth sitting for. ❤️🎬 The Brutalist will continue showing at The Nightlight through Thursday, February 6th.

Five-time Oscar nominee The Substance returns the weekend of 3/1! (We just really missed Monstra Elizasue!) 💉💚
01/24/2025

Five-time Oscar nominee The Substance returns the weekend of 3/1! (We just really missed Monstra Elizasue!) 💉💚

Our favorite two-time Oscar-nominated cat is coming back to The Nightlight, along with the true best supporting actor!  ...
01/24/2025

Our favorite two-time Oscar-nominated cat is coming back to The Nightlight, along with the true best supporting actor! 💕🎬 3/1 🐈‍⬛🐕

The ten-time Oscar nominee, The Brutalist, opens this weekend at The Nightlight. Don’t be deterred by the 3.5-hour runti...
01/23/2025

The ten-time Oscar nominee, The Brutalist, opens this weekend at The Nightlight. Don’t be deterred by the 3.5-hour runtime — intermission is included. And maybe, just maybe, you might literally meet the love of your life.

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...

What’s Snoopy picking from the Criterion Closet?
01/23/2025

What’s Snoopy picking from the Criterion Closet?

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