This October, the Roxy presents four unforgettable visions, where the computer screen is a flimsy boundary between the "real world" and a dimension of pure terror. 

Log Off: Ghosts in the Machine

October 7: We're All Going to the World's Fair (Jane Schoenbrun, 2022) October 14: Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001)
October 21: Red Rooms (Pascal Plante, 2023)
October 28: Existenz (David Cronenberg, 1999)


Existenz: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Defoe, Sarah Polley, Ian Holm and Christopher Eccleston all collide in this epic take on the gaming era – one as important to Y2K as VIDEODROME is to the ‘80s. The film’s many layers of sci-fi excellence feel ripped from the pages of Phillip K. Dick and William Burroughs.

In the terrifying near-future, game designer Allegra Geller (Leigh) and her mousy publicist (Law) disappear down the VR rabbit hole to fend off deadly assassins and repair her controversial game “eXistenZ” from the inside. Cronenberg brilliantly gives this world the feel of video game cutscenes with a psychosexual edge: electronic umbilical cords, TOTAL RECALL-style reality shattering and other kinks.