REEL ODDITIES: STALKER

September 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2025
Reel Oddities: Stalker
Andrei Tarkovsky’s final Soviet feature is a metaphys­ical journey through an enigmatic postapocalyptic landscape, and a rarefied cinematic experience like no other. A hired guide—the Stalker—leads a writer and a professor into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the Room, a place rumored to fulfill one’s most deeply held desires. Adapting a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Tarkovsky created an immersive world with a wealth of material detail and a sense of organic atmosphere. A religious allegory, a reflection of contemporaneous political anxieties, a meditation on film itself—Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings.
Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky / 1979 / Soviet Union / 161 min

“The film has a hypnotic pull, drawing the viewer deeper and deeper into its enigmatic adventure by crafting a world all its own.” – Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

SCREENING: WED 9/3 7PM; WED 9/10 7PM; WED 9/17 7PM; WED 9/24 7PM

$13 GA & $10 OFS. Tickets are available at the box office 30 minutes before showtimes.