Revisiting a true story of on-air drama that eerily foreshadowed the movie Network by a year, Christine stars a mesmerizing Rebecca Hall as Florida TV reporter Christine Chubbuck, whose drive to succeed gets complicated by inter-office competition and a tumultuous home life. With ratings in the cellar, the station manager (Tracy Letts) issues a mandate to deliver juicier and more exploitative stories, which is completely at odds with Christine’s principled brand of issue-based journalism. Director – and former Jacob Burns Film Center Artist in Residence – Antonio Campos uncannily recreates a hyper-local 1970s newsroom and builds toward a shocking conclusion that, thanks in large part to Hall’s haunting performance, proves impossible to shake.
Christine
Christine
10th Anniversary screening + Q&A with actor Rebecca Hall and director Antonio Campos
Tickets: $20 (members), $25 (nonmembers)
"The film's compassion towards Chubbuck emanates from a star turn of huge sensitivity: Hall's version of her is a crumbling person, not a concept."
"[Christine] is a thrumming, heartsore, sometimes viciously funny character study, sensitive both to the singularities of Chubbuck’s psychological collapse and the indignities weathered by any woman in a 1970s newsroom."
SPECIAL EVENTS
Q&A with actor Rebecca Hall and director Antonio Campos
Monday, Jul. 27 2026, 7:15
- Rebecca Hall is an acclaimed British-American actress, director, writer, and producer. Hall's directorial debut, Passing, which she also wrote and produced, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Festival. With over thirty films to her credit, Hall’s notable work includes Antonio Campos' Christine; Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon; Christopher Nolan's The Prestige; and Tom Vaughan's Starter For 10; her feature film debut. Additional film credits include Angela Robinson’s Professor Marston & The Wonder Women; Joel Edgerton’s The Gift; Patrice Leconte's A Promise; Stephen Frears' Lay the Favorite; Ben Affleck's The Town; and Nicole Holofcener's Please Give. In television, Hall starred in Mark Romanek’s Tales from the Loop; Susanna White’s Parade’s End, Julian Jarrold’s Red Riding: 1974; and Peter Hall’s The Camomile Lawn. On stage, Hall’s credits include Mrs. Warren’s Profession, As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale, Machinal, and Animal.
- Antonio Campos is a Brazilian-American filmmaker, showrunner, writer, director, and executive producer whose recent work includes the 2025 Netflix limited series The Beast in Me, starring Matthew Rhys and Claire Danes. He served as Showrunner, Executive Producer, and Director on the series The Staircase for Netflix. He is also known for directing the Netflix psychological thriller The Devil All the Time starring Tom Holland and Bill Skarsgård. He created, co-wrote, directed, and served as showrunner of HBO Max’s critically recognized limited series The Staircase, directed the pilot and executive-produced the first season of the hit series The Sinner, helmed an episode of Marvel’s The Punisher and directed the acclaimed drama Christine.
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Tickets: $20 (members), $25 (nonmembers)
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