Enzian Theater

The Apartment
2025-12-27 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
New 4K Restoration! 65th Anniversary! Screening as part of the Enzian Holiday Series!
Jack Lemmon stars as C.C. “Bud” Baxter, an ambitious insurance clerk who lends his Manhattan apartment to company executives for their extramarital escapades. When he falls for elevator operator Fran Kubelik (the original manic pixie dream girl Shirley MacLaine), he finds himself caught between career and conscience.
A sharp blend of wit and romance, The Apartment marked the third collaboration between Lemmon and writer-director Billy Wilder, following Some Like It Hot. The film swept the 1961 Academy Awards®, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and earning Lemmon’s third Oscar nomination for his poignant performance. More than six decades later, The Apartment remains a benchmark of sophisticated comedy and a testament to Lemmon’s rare ability to balance humor with heartbreaking sincerity—proof that few stars ever embody the human spirit on screen quite like Jack Lemmon.
Celebrating 100 Years of Jack Lemmon:
One of Hollywood’s most beloved and versatile actors, Jack Lemmon was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1925. Over seven decades, his career moved effortlessly between comedy and drama in iconic films as diverse as Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, The Odd Couple and Glengarry Glen Ross. A two-time Academy Award winner (Mister Roberts and Save the Tiger) and eight-time nominee, Lemmon embodied the “everyman” with charm, wit, and vulnerability, setting a standard that influenced generations of performers. From his collaborations with Billy Wilder to his enduring partnership with Walter Matthau (10 films), Lemmon’s warmth and humanity continues to resonate across film history and popular culture a century after his birth.

The Wizard of Oz
2025-12-28 12:00 - 14:00
Free for Kids 12 & Under!
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) that needs a brain, a Tin Man (Jack Haley) missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) who wants courage. The wizard (Frank Morgan, The Shop Around the Corner) asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) to earn his help.

Batman Returns
2025-12-30 21:30 - 23:30
35mm Screening! Screening as part of the Enzian Holiday Series!
Tim Burton’s darkly stylish sequel blends comic book spectacle with gothic fairytale, cementing Burton’s singular vision of Gotham City. The film reunited Michael Keaton as the brooding Bruce Wayne/Batman, while introducing two of the franchise’s most memorable villains: Danny DeVito as Oswald Cobblepot, a grotesque yet tragic incarnation of The Penguin, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, whose feline alter ego became one of the most iconic antiheroines in film history.
Amid Gotham’s snowy, neon-lit Christmas, Batman faces chaos as The Penguin’s circus gang terrorizes the city and corrupt tycoon Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) schemes to drain its energy. After Shreck’s secretary Selina Kyle is reborn as Catwoman, the trios intertwined destinies collide in a tragic showdown of betrayal, desire, and destruction.
Upon release, Batman Returns was notable for its strikingly dark tone and twisted holiday imagery—where Christmas cheer is subverted into a nightmare of consumerism, corruption, and fractured identities. Though controversial for its violence and mature themes (leading to a backlash from parents’ groups and toy companies), the film has since earned a reputation as a bold, gothic outlier in the history of superhero movies.

2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
2026-01-05 18:30 - 20:30
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a dynamic showcase of seven standout short films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, including two Festival Award–winning titles. A 100-minute program curated for theatrical audiences, the tour is a special opportunity to discover a collection of fiction, nonfiction, and animated shorts, and offers an eclectic mix of storytelling that highlights bold voices and fresh perspectives.
The Festival’s Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alumni Andrea Arnold, Lake Bell, Damien Chazelle, Destin Daniel Cretton, Jay and Mark Duplass, Debra Granik, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Todd Haynes, Sterlin Harjo, Don Hertzfeldt, Sky Hopinka, Shaka King, Lynne Ramsay, Dee Rees, Joey Soloway, Taika Waititi, and many others.
2025 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program:

Azi / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Montana Mann, Producer: Steven Snyder) — During a weekend vacation with her best friend’s family, 17-year-old Azi gets caught up in an unexpected game with another guest. Cast: Dior Negeen Goodjohn, Breeda Wool, Emma Filley, Dan Thiel. Fiction.
Debaters / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Alex Heller, Producers: Angie Gaffney, Brittani Ward, Amy E. Powell) — In a debate chamber, affluent high schoolers argue a bill on minimum wage in an effort to impress two working-class adult judges. Cast: Sripadh Puligilla, J. Smith-Cameron, Kenneth Lonergan, Bernadette Santos Schwegel. Fiction.
Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites / Cambodia, France (Director and Screenwriter: Chheangkea, Producers: Daniel Mattes, Karen Madar) — During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her Queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman. Cast: Bonrotanak Rith, Saroeun Nay, Sokun Theary Ty, Phalla Im, Chansophorn Buth, Ponleu Chab. Fiction. 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
Hurikán / Czech Republic (Director and Screenwriter: Jan Saska, Screenwriter: Václav Hašek, Producers: Kamila Dohnalová, Martin Vandas, Alena Vandasová) — Hurikán rushes to save his favorite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst. Cast: Johana Matoušková, Patrik Velek. Animation.
Such Good Friends / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Bri Klaproth, Screenwriter and Producer: Jon Walkup, Producer: Rachel Rambaldi) — After ending a toxic friendship, a people pleaser finds herself falling into old patterns with her former best friend’s family. Cast: Mindy Sterling, Niamh O’Neill Culhane, Jared Lo Nigro, Rachel Rambaldi. Fiction.
SUSANA / Mexico, U.S.A. (Directors, Screenwriters, and Producers: Gerardo Coello Escalante, Amandine Thomas, Producers: Mariana Tames, Fernanda Preciado, Hannah Swayze) — A middle-aged American tourist finds herself alone in Mexico City. When she encounters a group of young Americans, she jumps at the opportunity for a little adventure. Cast: Bonnie Hellman, Christine Spang, Parth Shah, Keenan MacWilliam, Andrea Raggio, Richard Laite. Fiction.
We Were The Scenery / U.S.A. (Director: Christopher Radcliff, Producers: Cathy Linh Che, Jess X. Snow) — In 1975, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled from Vietnam by boat and docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras during the filming of Apocalypse Now. Nonfiction. Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction.
