Ghoulish creatures are masquerading as humans while they lull the public into submission through subliminal advertising messages in this John Carpenter thriller.
“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.”—Joseph Heller
American history has always been defined by the sense that there are shadowy groups pulling the strings of public life. Inspired by everything from the wild conspiracy theories spawned by JFK’s assassination to the revelatory presidential corruption of Watergate, this series gathers films across a pivotal 25 year period at the “End of History”—the 70s, 80s, and 90s—when the power structures at the heart of the American empire were laid bare for all to see. Featuring political thrillers like JFK and All the President’s Men as well as paranoid classics from the dawn of the internet like Enemy of the State and The Matrix, these movies question everything, trust no one, and stop at nothing to uncover the elusive truth.
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FilmThe X-Files
Mar 1—Mar 2, 2024
The X-Files
Mar 1—Mar 2, 2024FBI special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully work to uncover a millenia-spanning supernatural entity and a government conspiracy set in place to hide the truth about alien colonization of Earth.
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FilmAll the President’s Men
Mar 1—Mar 6, 2024
All the President’s Men
Mar 1—Mar 6, 2024Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star as two Washington Post reporters investigating a seemingly minor break-in and end up uncovering the greatest political scandal in US history.
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FilmWinter Kills
Mar 1—Mar 7, 2024
Winter Kills
Mar 1—Mar 7, 2024A thinly veiled take on the JFK assassination and the conspiracy theories it spawned, starring Jeff Bridges and John Huston.
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FilmCutter’s Way
Mar 2—Mar 4, 2024
Cutter’s Way
Mar 2—Mar 4, 2024Two best friends are thrust into a conspiracy after one of them witnesses a man ditching a body in a trash can in this neo-noir thriller.
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FilmThe Parallax View
Mar 2—Mar 5, 2024
The Parallax View
Mar 2—Mar 5, 2024A journalist investigates the assassination of a senator and the subsequent deaths of six witnesses, leading him to the depths of a shadow organization.
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FilmBlow Out
Mar 2—Mar 4, 2024
Blow Out
Mar 2—Mar 4, 2024One of Brian de Palma’s masterpieces, this neo-noir mystery thriller stars John Travolta as a movie sound effects technician who accidentally records an assassination attempt.
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FilmTribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
Sun, Mar 3, 2024
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
Sun, Mar 3, 2024UFOs are real, the Earth is hollow, and the Panama Canal is flooded with radioactive waste in this delightfully cheesy, conspiracy-fueled mock-doc from experimental auteur Craig Baldwin.
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FilmJFK
Sun, Mar 3, 2024
JFK
Sun, Mar 3, 2024Made at the peak of Oliver Stone’s fame, this absolutely unhinged pop history renewed interest in the JFK assassination and brought the conspiracy thriller genre into the 90s.
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FilmEnemy of the State
Mar 3—Mar 7, 2024
Enemy of the State
Mar 3—Mar 7, 2024Tony Scott’s murky—and prophetic—political thriller about a corrupt group of NSA agents and the unsuspecting lawyer who learns about their scheme to kill a congressman.
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FilmThe Truman Show
Mar 4—Mar 6, 2024
The Truman Show
Mar 4—Mar 6, 2024Jim Carrey shines as the unwitting Truman Burbank in this mind-bending dramedy from director Peter Weir about a man whose life is a nonstop TV show—literally.
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FilmInvasion of the Body Snatchers
Mar 5—Mar 7, 2024
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Mar 5—Mar 7, 2024This dazzling, whip-smart remake of Don Siegel’s 1956 spine-tingler depicts the battle against a scourge of gelatinous alien parasites who are generating perfect biological clones on earth.
