The Queen's Film Society upcoming events

First Reformed (Paul Schrader, US 2017) (7 Apr 2026)

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities and 5,000-strong flock. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own torments until he finds redemption in an act of grandiose violence.

This celebrated comeback from writer/director Paul Schrader, one of American cinema’s greatest artist-scholars, is both a complex reworking of Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light, and an Oscar-nominated new classic that stands impressively on its own.

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Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, US 1960) © Universal Pictures (14 Apr 2026)

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This screening is at The Kimbell Building Black Box Theatre, 607 N Main St, Bryan, TX 77803

Psycho unfolds with disarming simplicity before tightening into something far more unsettling. A secretary on the run, carrying stolen money and a head full of second thoughts, stops for the night at a quiet roadside motel. There she meets its soft-spoken proprietor, a young man whose awkward charm and devotion to his unseen mother hint at tensions just beneath the surface. What begins as a story of guilt and escape soon shifts, without warning, into something colder and far more disorienting.

The film strips away the comforts audiences expect-stable characters, clear motives, even narrative continuity-and replaces them with unease. Familiar ground gives way to fractured perspective, where identity feels uncertain and danger arrives abruptly, without the usual cues. In doing so, Psycho doesn’t just tell a story; it unsettles the very act of watching, forcing the audience to question what they think they understand about control, morality, and human behavior.

Beyond its shocks, the film lingers as a study of isolation and repression. Beneath the surface of everyday life lies a fragile boundary between order and chaos, one that can break with startling ease. With its stark imagery, unnerving score, and precise direction, Psycho transforms a simple premise into a lasting meditation on fear-less about what we see than about what might be waiting just out of sight.

This film is a special selection by one of our interns.

There will be a discussion after the film.

The Kimbell Building Black Box Theatre, 607 N Main St, Bryan, TX 77803

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April Meeting at the Kimbell Building (21 Apr 2026)

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Help choose June's Member-Pick’d Flick and stay for a quick round of movie trivia! We’ll kick things off at 7:00 PM with a brief update, then hold the vote and crown our trivia champs. Film fans welcome - members vote.

In The Mood For Love (28 Apr 2026)

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This screening is at The Kimbell Building Black Box Theatre, 607 N Main St, Bryan, TX 77803

Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love lingers in the spaces between what’s said and what’s left unspoken. In a crowded Hong Kong apartment building, two neighbors form a quiet bond after suspecting their spouses of an affair-yet resolve not to follow the same path. What unfolds is restrained, aching, and hypnotic, as stolen moments and passing glances carry more weight than words ever could. It’s a study in longing, memory, and the choices that shape the lives we almost live.

The Kimbell Building Black Box Theatre, 607 N Main St, Bryan, TX 77803

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