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Relaxed Screenings

Relaxed Screenings are sensory-friendly film events presented in partnership with Film Streams. Designed to create a welcoming and accessible environment, these screenings offer adjustments such as lower sound levels, dim lighting, and the freedom for audience members to move around as needed. Relaxed Screenings invite everyone, especially people with sensory sensitivities, neurodivergent audiences, and families, to experience film in a comfortable and inclusive setting.

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Upcoming Events

Film
Sunday, April 5, 2026 11:00 AM
2026-04-05
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
A Matter of Life and Death
Set in a gorgeously photographed Technicolor England and a monochrome heaven, A Matter of Life and Death took the imaginative daring of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger to new heights.
Relaxed Screening
Sensory Kits
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Film
Thursday, April 9, 2026 9:00 PM
2026-04-09
Dundee Theater
The Drama
From rising comedic auteur Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself, Dream Scenario) comes a sexy, contemporary romantic comedy about a pair of young Boston professionals who find their relationship and pending nuptials put to the ultimate test.
Closed Captioning
Relaxed Screening
Sensory Kits
Social Narrative
Film
Sunday, April 12, 2026 10:00 AM
2026-04-12
Dundee Theater
KPop Demon Hunters
Earning the title of Netflix's most-watched film ever, the unbelievably fun KPop Demon Hunters took the world by storm.
Relaxed Screening
Sensory Kits
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Film
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 6:30 PM
2026-04-14
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Miroirs No. 3
In their fourth collaboration to date, director Christian Petzold (Phoenix, Transit) and actress Paula Beer forge an enigmatic depiction of haunting loss and mysterious connection.
Closed Captioning
Relaxed Screening
Sensory Kits
Social Narrative
Film
Sunday, April 19, 2026 11:00 AM
2026-04-19
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Werckmeister Harmonies
One of the major cinematic achievements of the past quarter century, Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky's mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance.
Closed Captioning
Relaxed Screening
Sensory Kits
Social Narrative
Film
Saturday, April 25, 2026 10:00 AM
2026-04-25
Dundee Theater
Rookie of the Year
There's a lot of great sports movies out there, but not many that are as fun as 1993's Rookie of the Year. Packed with silliness, the film is a delightful story of underdogs and big dreams.
Closed Captioning
Relaxed Screening
Sensory Kits
Social Narrative
Film
Thursday, April 30, 2026 3:45pm AM
2026-04-30
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Weathering with You
From director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed, global smash hit Your Name, comes another dazzling tale of young love, loss, and the ripple effect of our actions.
Relaxed Screening
Social Narrative
Closed Captioning
Sensory Kits

Past Events

Film
Saturay, March 28, 2026 11:00 AM
2026-03-28
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: City of God
Adapted from the 1997 novel by Paulo Lins, City of God took social concerns and expressed them in the language of the MTV, rap and disco cultures familiar to young people of the same age as its protagonists.
Relaxed Screening
Film
Thursday, March 26, 2026, 8:45 PM
2026-03-26
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: Oscar's Best Picture Winner (One Battle After Another)
Inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, the film is part political satire, part black comedy, and part action blockbuster.
Relaxed Screening
Film
Sunday, March 22, 2026 10:00 AM
2026-03-22
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Secret of NIMH
Released in the summer of 1982, at a time when Disney’s Animation Studio was struggling, The Secret of NIMH saw a group of traditional animators attempt to unseat Disney—or at the very least to rattle the company out of its complacency.
Relaxed Screening
Film
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Matinee
2026-03-17
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: Come See Me in the Good Light
Oscar® nominated for Best Documentary, Come See Me in the Good Light is a luminous and unflinching portrait of poet Andrea Gibson, following their journey after receiving a devastating cancer diagnosis.
Relaxed Screening
Film
Sunday, March 15, 2026. 5:00 PM
2026-03-15
Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: Awards Night 2026
Mark your calendars and join us for the most prestigious cinematic awards ceremony of the year to celebrate recent achievements in the film industry! Enjoy an evening of camaraderie with fellow film (and jewelry) enthusiasts.
Relaxed Screening
Film
Saturday, March 14, 2026. 11:00 AM
2026-03-14
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: Beau Travail
With her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor, Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of our time.
Relaxed Screening
Film
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 6:45 PM
2026-03-11
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Pillion
From writer-director Harry Lighton, making his feature debut, comes a romantic, funny, thoroughly unconventional love story, following two men who express desire in ways rarely depicted on the big-screen.
Relaxed Screening
Film
Sunday, March 8, 2026 10:00 AM
2026-03-08
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Flushed Away
Flushed Away was the third and final animated feature Aardman–the studio behind Wallace and Gromit–produced with DreamWorks, and the first Aardman project made entirely in CGI animation as opposed to stop-motion.
Relaxed Screening
Film
Sunday, March 1, 2026, Prime
2026-03-01
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Oscar Shorts: Live Action Program
Information coming soon! 
Relaxed Screening
Social Narrative
Film
Saturday, February 28, 2026, 10:00 AM
2026-02-28
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: The Fox and the Hound
Disney Animation's 20th film, the film was the first project for animators including Tim Burton (Corpse Bride), Brad Bird (The Incredibles), and John Lasseter (Toy Story) who would later become big name directors at Disney.
Relaxed Screening
Social Narrative
Film
Sunday, February, 22 2026 11:00 AM
2026-02-22
Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: Dr. Strangelove
Stanley Kubrick’s painfully funny take on Cold War anxiety is one of the fiercest satires of human folly ever to come out of Hollywood.
Relaxed Screening
Social Narrative
Film
Friday, February 20, 2026, Matinee
2026-02-20
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Oscar Shorts: Animated Program
Information coming soon! 
Relaxed Screening
Social Narrative
Film
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 9:15 PM
2026-02-18
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
The riotously hilarious web series from the minds of Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) and Jay McCarrol has been brought to the big screen in a mockumentary of epic proportions.
Relaxed Screening
Social Narrative
Film
Sunday, February 15, 2026 11:00 AM
2026-02-15
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: Black Orpheus
Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Black Orpheus brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century.
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
February 10, 2026, 6:45 PM
2026-02-10
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Arco
A wondrous odyssey filled with hope and optimism for our future, Arco is an enchanting fable from breakout filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu.
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Sunday, February 8, 2026 10:00 AM
2026-02-08
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: The Princess Diaries
Starring Academy Award® winner Julie Andrews and the enchanting Anne Hathaway, The Princess Diaries is a cool, comical Cinderella story that will touch your heart.
Relaxed Screening
Social Narrative
Film
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 11:00 AM
2026-01-31
Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: Ace in the Hole
In his diabolical new thriller, Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave) crafts a dark fable about the cutthroat nature of contemporary work culture and the domestic desperation for material comfort.
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Friday, January 30 2026, 11:00 AM
2026-01-30
Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: The Testament of Ann Lee
In his diabolical new thriller, Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave) crafts a dark fable about the cutthroat nature of contemporary work culture and the domestic desperation for material comfort.
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 6:00 PM
2026-01-29
Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: No Other Choice
In his diabolical new thriller, Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave) crafts a dark fable about the cutthroat nature of contemporary work culture and the domestic desperation for material comfort.
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 10:00 AM
2026-01-25
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Happy Feet
Featuring captivating performances from Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino, Gus Van Sant’s...
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 6:30 PM
2026-01-20
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Dead Man's Wire
Featuring captivating performances from Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino, Gus Van Sant’s...
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 9:15 PM
2026-01-14
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Is This Thing On?
In Bradley Cooper’s (Maestro) keenly observed comic drama, he confirms his dexterity for representing the complexities of human relationships...
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Sunday, January 11, 2026, 11:00 AM
2026-01-11
Ruth Sokolof Theater
Relaxed Screening: To Be or Not to Be
Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be set the stage for such audacious comedies as Dr. Strangelove, The Producers and Inglorious Bastards.
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 6:00 PM
2026-01-06
Dundee Theater
Relaxed Screening: Marty Supreme
In 1950s NYC, table tennis bred a subculture full of schemers, geniuses, and outcasts — it was a game played in smoky backrooms, penthouse parties, YMCAs, Ivy League dorms, and downtown tenements.
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative
Relaxed Screening
Film
Monday, November 3, 2025 7:00PM
2025-11-03
Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater
Crip Camp Film Screening + Discussion
We hosted a free screening of Netflix's award-winning documentary, Crip Camp, the story of a groundbreaking summer camp for teenagers with disabilities that ignited a movement and helped lead to landmark disability rights legislation.
ASL Interpreting
Closed Captioning
Social Narrative