Film enthusiasts gathering for the latest installment of the Janus Film Club will experience one of the most uniquely hypnotic works in cinematic history. Taking place on Friday, September 4, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, the session highlights the acclaimed 1981 feature, My Dinner with Andre.
Running entirely as a feature-length dialogue across a single restaurant table on New York’s Upper West Side, the film features actor and playwright Wallace Shawn and theater director André Gregory. The pair engage in an alternately whimsical and despairing confessional covering love, death, money, and all the spiritual superstitions in between. What on paper sounds like an austere conceptual experiment unfolds as a deeply compelling exploration of human connection, artistic compromise, and existential awakening.
Following the screening, attendees will participate in the club’s signature group discussion, dissecting the psychological weight and enduring cultural relevance of the conversation.
Established in 1956, Janus Films serves as patrons and distributors of culturally significant classic and contemporary art house cinema. The Janus Film Club continues this legacy by bringing cinephiles together to explore a diverse range of genres, languages, and eras from the legendary catalog. Tonight’s screening offers a rare opportunity to appreciate a film that turns simple conversation into high cinematic art, followed by community dialogue that keeps the spirit of classic cinema alive.
