Speed Art Museum

Sirāt at Speed Cinema
2026-03-15 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville)
Sirāt
Directed by Oliver Laxe
2026 Academy Award nominations – Best Sound, Best International Feature
Sunday, March 15, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“It’s a reminder of what movies can do when they loosen the restraints of traditional narrative and remember that images are meant to evoke as much as they are to explain.”—Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar—daughter and sister—who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties.
Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading, but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert.
As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits. Nominated for two Oscars—Best International Feature Film and Best Sound. 2025, Spain/France, DCP, in Spanish, French, English, and Arabic with English subtitles, 115 minutes. Rated R.

Collection Highlights Drop-In Tour
2026-03-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-27 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-28 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-03 13:00 - 14:00
Explore the Speed and engage in conversations during this one-hour Docent-guided tour focused on the highlights of our collection. Free with admission.
For more information, visit our tours page.

The Elephant Man at Speed Cinema
2026-03-20 18:00 - 20:00
New 4K Restoration
The Elephant Man
Directed by David Lynch
Friday, March 20, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“From deep beneath layers of latex makeup, Hurt inhabits a highly specific physical and behavioral characterization, while also conveying the essential, universal loneliness of the human soul.”—Adam Nayman, The Ringer
With this poignant second feature, David Lynch brought his atmospheric visual and sonic palette to a notorious true story set in Victorian England. When the London surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets the freak-show performer John Merrick (John Hurt), who has severe skeletal and soft-tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship. Shot in gorgeous black and white and boasting a stellar supporting cast that includes Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, and Wendy Hiller, The Elephant Man was nominated for eight Academy Awards, cementing Lynch’s reputation as one of American cinema’s most visionary talents. 1980, U.S., DCP, 123 minutes. Rated PG.

Speed Chat Spot
2026-03-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-22 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-28 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-29 15:00 - 16:00
Check out Speed Chat Spots. During this time frame a friendly docent will be available to chat about our collection, for specific Chat Spot locations check in with Guest Services in the Front Lobby upon arrival.

Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable at Speed Cinema
2026-03-21 13:00 - 14:30
Exhibition on Screen
Turner & Constable
Directed by David Bickerstaff
Saturday, March 21, 1 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $10 Speed members
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.
Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Tate Britain is bringing these two greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition, in London from November 2025 to April 2026, and Exhibition on Screen once again has exclusive and privileged access to bring their extraordinary art and remarkable stories to the big screen. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.
Turner’s blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels and Constable’s idealized depictions of beloved places from home whipped the public of the time into a frenzy of enthusiasm. Constable represents the very best of the old school of realism and pastoral nostalgia; Turner, an exciting new way of depicting emotion and dreamlike impressions. Critics compared their starkly different styles to a clash of ‘fire and water’. Don’t miss this opportunity to see these greats side-by-side, as they so often were in life, on the big screen for the first time. 2025, U.K., DCP, 90 minutes. Recommended for 12+.

The Missing Pieces at Speed Cinema
2026-03-21 15:00 - 16:30
The Missing Pieces
Directed by David Lynch
Saturday, March 21, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
The Missing Pieces compiles deleted and alternative takes from the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, as assembled by David Lynch. In the town of Twin Peaks, everyone has their secrets—but especially Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). In the prequel to his groundbreaking 1990s television series, David Lynch resurrects the teenager found wrapped in plastic at the beginning of the show, following her through the last week of her life and teasing out the enigmas that surround her murder. Homecoming queen by day and drug-addicted thrill seeker by night, Laura leads a double life that pulls her deeper and deeper into horror as she pieces together the identity of the assailant who has been terrorizing her for years. 2014, U.S., DCP, 90 minutes. Recommended for 16+.

The Elephant Man at Speed Cinema
2026-03-21 18:00 - 20:00
New 4K Restoration
The Elephant Man
Directed by David Lynch
Saturday, March 21, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS – LOW TICKET ALERT
$12 | $8 Speed members
“From deep beneath layers of latex makeup, Hurt inhabits a highly specific physical and behavioral characterization, while also conveying the essential, universal loneliness of the human soul.”—Adam Nayman, The Ringer
With this poignant second feature, David Lynch brought his atmospheric visual and sonic palette to a notorious true story set in Victorian England. When the London surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets the freak-show performer John Merrick (John Hurt), who has severe skeletal and soft-tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship. Shot in gorgeous black and white and boasting a stellar supporting cast that includes Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, and Wendy Hiller, The Elephant Man was nominated for eight Academy Awards, cementing Lynch’s reputation as one of American cinema’s most visionary talents. 1980, U.S., DCP, 123 minutes. Rated PG.

Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable at Speed Cinema
2026-03-22 13:00 - 14:30
Exhibition on Screen
Turner & Constable
Directed by David Bickerstaff
Sunday, March 22, 1 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $10 Speed members
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.
Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Tate Britain is bringing these two greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition, in London from November 2025 to April 2026, and Exhibition on Screen once again has exclusive and privileged access to bring their extraordinary art and remarkable stories to the big screen. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.
Turner’s blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels and Constable’s idealized depictions of beloved places from home whipped the public of the time into a frenzy of enthusiasm. Constable represents the very best of the old school of realism and pastoral nostalgia; Turner, an exciting new way of depicting emotion and dreamlike impressions. Critics compared their starkly different styles to a clash of ‘fire and water’. Don’t miss this opportunity to see these greats side-by-side, as they so often were in life, on the big screen for the first time. 2025, U.K., DCP, 90 minutes. Recommended for 12+.

Nosferatu X Radiohead at Speed Cinema
2026-03-25 18:00 - 19:30
Silents Synced
Nosferatu X Radiohead
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Wednesday, March 25, 6 pm | SOLD OUT
$12 | $8 Speed and LPM members
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, F.W. Murnau’s celebrated silent-era vampire film, has been given new life for the 21st century: It’s returning to theaters with its orchestral classical score replaced by Radiohead’s dense and moody albums Kid A and Amnesiac. Few people have actually heard the original Hans Erdmann score since much of it was lost; later shows either built off what remained or created new orchestral scores. Nosferatu X Radiohead, marks the debut of Silents Synced, a series that marries classic silent films with alternative rock. 1922, Germany, DCP, 90 minutes.
Co-presented with WFPK.

Nosferatu X Radiohead at Speed Cinema
2026-03-26 18:00 - 19:30
Silents Synced
Nosferatu X Radiohead
Directed by F. W. Murnau
Thursday, March 26, 6 pm | SOLD OUT
$12 | $8 Speed and LPM members
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, F.W. Murnau’s celebrated silent-era vampire film, has been given new life for the 21st century: It’s returning to theaters with its orchestral classical score replaced by Radiohead’s dense and moody albums Kid A and Amnesiac. Few people have actually heard the original Hans Erdmann score since much of it was lost; later shows either built off what remained or created new orchestral scores. Nosferatu X Radiohead, marks the debut of Silents Synced, a series that marries classic silent films with alternative rock. 1922, Germany, DCP, 90 minutes.
Co-presented with WFPK.

Sound of Falling at Speed Cinema
2026-03-27 18:00 - 20:30
Sound of Falling
Directed by Mascha Schilinski

Friday, March 27, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“Mascha Schilinski’s superb feature is a masterclass in ethereal, unnerving brilliance.”—Damon Wise, Deadline
In Mascha Schilinski’s transcendent Sound of Falling, fragments from a hundred years in one farmhouse coalesce into a cinematic flood of memory.
Germany’s shortlisted Best International Feature Film entry to the 98th Academy Awards® tracks the lives of four adolescent girls (Alma, Erika, Angelika, Lenka) across the last century – their desires and distress, their secrets and truths, their encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return. Though separated by time, far-reaching resonances emerge as echoes of experience linger.
Sensual and sensory, this awe-inducing Cannes prizewinner invites audiences to witness an eternal summer, a constant now, and ask: what is looking back at us from the past – or perhaps even from the future? 2025, Germany, DCP, in German with English subtitles, 155 minutes. Recommended for 17+.

Sound of Falling at Speed Cinema
2026-03-28 15:00 - 17:30
Sound of Falling
Directed by Mascha Schilinski

Saturday, March 28, 3 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“Mascha Schilinski’s superb feature is a masterclass in ethereal, unnerving brilliance.”—Damon Wise, Deadline
In Mascha Schilinski’s transcendent Sound of Falling, fragments from a hundred years in one farmhouse coalesce into a cinematic flood of memory.
Germany’s shortlisted Best International Feature Film entry to the 98th Academy Awards® tracks the lives of four adolescent girls (Alma, Erika, Angelika, Lenka) across the last century – their desires and distress, their secrets and truths, their encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return. Though separated by time, far-reaching resonances emerge as echoes of experience linger.
Sensual and sensory, this awe-inducing Cannes prizewinner invites audiences to witness an eternal summer, a constant now, and ask: what is looking back at us from the past – or perhaps even from the future? 2025, Germany, DCP, in German with English subtitles, 155 minutes. Recommended for 17+.

Natchez at Speed Cinema
2026-03-28 18:00 - 19:30
Natchez
Directed by Suzannah Herbert
Saturday, March 28, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“A piercing portrait of a Mississippi town’s Antebellum tourism industry.” — Ross McIndoe, Slant
Natchez captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all. 2025, U.S., DCP, 86 minutes.

Small Change (L’argent de poche) at Speed Cinema
2026-03-29 12:30 - 14:30
2026 UofL French Film Festival
Small Change (L’argent de poche)
Directed by François Truffaut
Sunday, March 29, 12:30 pm CINEMA + | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed and Alliance Française members| Free for UofL students, faculty, and staff
“Francois Truffaut’s series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity – a poetic comedy that’s really funny.”—Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
Too long absent from the big screen, Small Change is one of Truffaut’s most poetic and personal films, a radiant celebration of the world of childhood. Through a series of loosely connected vignettes in a small city in southern France, a group of children, from infants to adolescents, experience the joys and trials of being young. “Children exist in a state of grace,” as a young mother observes. “They pass untouched through dangers that would destroy an adult.” 1976, France, 35mm, in French with English subtitles, 104 minutes. Rated PG.
CINEMA+ with an introduction and post-screening discussion.

Natchez at Speed Cinema
2026-03-29 15:30 - 17:00
Natchez
Directed by Suzannah Herbert
Sunday, March 29, 3:30 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“A piercing portrait of a Mississippi town’s Antebellum tourism industry.” — Ross McIndoe, Slant
Natchez captures an unsettling clash between history and memory in a small Mississippi town; a layered mosaic of people contending with the weight of the past in a place where it is always present. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all. 2025, U.S., DCP, 86 minutes.

Opening day for "Your “Boy,” Jack: Fluid Impressions of Lilian Miller"
2026-04-02 10:00 - 17:00
April 2, 2026 – July 26, 2026
Born in Tokyo in 1895 to American parents, Lilian “Jack” Miller moved fluidly across nations, cultures, and identities. Trained in traditional Japanese artmaking techniques, she became one of the few American artists working in Japan to fully take up the modern woodblock printmaking for which she is best known.
Miller, known to family and friends as “Jack,” defied social convention with her androgynous style, independent spirit, and deeply personal work. Her prints, often portraying a variety of Japanese and Korean subjects, reflect the life of a queer artist who transcended aesthetic and societal boundaries, bringing us new perspectives and blended traditions. Featuring nine prints from the Speed’s collection, this exhibition reintroduces Miller as a modern visionary whose art has reshaped inherited traditions and whose life and work continue to engage questions of gender, geography, and artistic practice.
2026 Season Exhibition Sponsors

Cary Brown and Steven E. Epstein

Susan Dabney Lavin and Allan Lavin

Todd P. Lowe and Fran C. Ratterman

Debra and Ronald Murphy

Dr. Victoria Phillips and Travis Anderson

Sociable Weaver Foundation

Dont Look Back at Speed Cinema
2026-04-02 18:00 - 19:30
Dont Look Back
Directed by D. A. Pennebaker
Thursday, April 2, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed and LPM members
“Both a great concert movie and an amazing documentary of the mid-60s cutting edge pop culture.”—Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Bob Dylan is captured on-screen as he never would be again in this groundbreaking film from D. A. Pennebaker. The legendary documentarian finds Dylan in England during his 1965 tour, which would be his last as an acoustic artist. In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
Featuring some of Dylan’s most famous songs, including “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” Dont Look Back is a radically conceived portrait of an American icon that has influenced decades of vérité behind-the-scenes documentaries. 1967, U.S., DCP, 96 minutes. Recommended for 15+
Co-presented with WFPK. Bob Dylan will appear in concert Monday, April 6 at the Louisville Palace.

Days and Nights in the Forest sat Speed Cinema
2026-04-03 18:00 - 20:00
Days and Nights in the Forest
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Saturday, April 3, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“Packed with cultural references and sly satire, this is also a hugely entertaining comic romp.”—David Parkinson, Empire Magazine
Adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated 1968 novel, Days and Nights in the Forest is one of director Satyajit Ray’s greatest achievements, a modern search for connection that conjures the timeless resonance of a folktale.
Desperate to flee Calcutta’s rat race, four friends—Ashim (Soumitra Chatterjee), Sanjoy (Subhendu Chatterjee), Hari (Samit Bhanja), and Shekhar (Rabi Ghosh)—drive to Palamu, one of India’s rural “tribal lands,” where they bribe a watchman into letting them stay at a sylvan guesthouse. Despite vowing to get away from it all, the crew soon mixes with the locals, including a woodland family: the soulful yet mischievous Aparna (Sharmila Tagore) takes to the overconfident Ashim, while her widowed sister-in-law Jaya (Kaberi Bose) grows closer to the bookish Sanjoy. At the same time, Hari, fresh off a break-up, woos a Santal girl named Duli (Simi Garewal); and Shekhar, despite his own penchant for gambling, tries to rein in his companions’ boozy hedonism.
Filled with some of Ray’s most indelible characterizations and lavish images (shot by longtime cinematographer Soumendu Roy), Days and Nights in the Forest touches on masculine vulnerabilities and Indian class divisions with the graceful complexity of a master at his peak. 1970, India, 4K DCP, in Bengali with English subtitles, 116 minutes. Recommended for 14+.
These screenings will include a theatres-only pre-recorded introduction from director Wes Anderson.
Restored in 4K in 2025 by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Film Heritage Foundation in collaboration with Janus Films – The Criterion Collection at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, from the original camera and sound negatives provided by Purnima Dutta and the magnetic track preserved by BFI National Archive. Funding provided by the Golden Globe Foundation. Special thanks to Wes Anderson and Sandip Ray.

Serpent’s Path (1998) and Chime (2024) at Speed Cinema
2026-04-03 18:00 - 20:00
Serpent’s Path (1998) and Chime (2024)
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Friday, April 3, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
A masterclass in escalating dread and shocking violence, Chime reaffirms Kiyoshi Kurosawa as one of modern horror’s most innovative and unpredictable visionaries. During a class, culinary instructor Matsuoka (Mutsuo Yoshioka) witnesses the suicide of a young student (Seiichi Kohinata), driven to insanity by what he claims is a chiming sound that controls his mind. Soon, Matsuoka begins hearing it, too, and descends into a mental abyss that warps his perception of reality and gives vent to his darkest impulses. Expertly blending psychological portraiture and hallucinatory mystery, Kurosawa offers a chilling depiction of madness that interrogates the very stability of our everyday existence, with the director’s patented creeping tracking shots and complex sound design fashioning an immersively terrifying and unnerving cinematic experience. 2024, Japan, DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles, 45 minutes.
Straight off Cure (1997), his international breakthrough, Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed two low-budget films using the same basic premise and the same lead actor (Sho Aikawa) to completely different ends. The experiment first resulted in Serpent’s Path (1998, later remade in 2024), a dark gangland thriller with philosophical overtones. Obsessed with avenging his young daughter’s murder, yakuza subordinate Miyashita (Teruyuki Kagawa) recruits Nijima (Aikawa), a brilliant yet strangely detached math teacher, to help carry out a scheme to kidnap and torture the man allegedly responsible. But the plan goes awry when their target, Otsuki (Yurei Yanagi), fingers another mobster as the mastermind behind Miyashita’s tragedy. As the two partners ascend the yakuza chain of command in search of the true culprit, Miyashita and Nijima follow the cold, calculating logic of revenge, descending into a moral abyss from which they may never surface. Featuring Kurosawa’s patented long takes and his claustrophobic arrangement of space, Serpent’s Path is one of the legendary director’s most chilling investigations into the endless cycle of violence and the evil that lodges in every heart. 1998, Japan, DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles, 85 minutes. Recommended for 17+. Total running time: 130 minutes.
