Movie Night in the Book Nook at Tecolote — After Hours

SAMSARA

No dialogue. No narration. No plot. And absolutely no need for any of them.

Filmed over nearly five years across twenty-five countries and photographed in extraordinary 70mm, Samsara is cinema built entirely from image, movement, music and juxtaposition.

From the filmmakers behind Baraka and Chronos—and part of the same extraordinary tradition of visual filmmaking we explored at Tecolote with Gods of Mexico—the film moves through sacred rituals, industrial landscapes, cities, wilderness, ancient traditions and startling scenes of modern life without ever telling us what to think about them.

The title comes from the Sanskrit word describing the continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth. The film takes that enormous idea and simply lets us look.

Beautiful. Unsettling. Hypnotic. Occasionally strange. Samsara is less something you follow than something you experience—and exactly the sort of film that benefits from turning off the phones, turning down the lights and watching it together.

Movie: Samsara (2011) 1hr 42min
Date: Tuesday, December 8th, 2026
Doors: 6:30pm
Film: 7:00pm
Location: The Book Nook — Upstairs at Tecolote Bookstore

Only 20 tickets available — $6 USD

The upstairs Book Nook becomes our tiny after-hours cinema every Tuesday, screening an eclectic rotation of independent films, documentaries, cult discoveries, music, classics and other things we want to see on a screen with interesting people.

Fresh GMO-free Amish popcorn and cold beverages will be served. Come early to browse—the bookstore stays open after hours exclusively for Movie Night guests before the film.

Private. Curated. Ticketed. 20 seats.

Advance tickets are recommended. There are only 20 seats in the Book Nook, which is rather the point.

This is a digital ticket. Your name will be on the guest list at the door. All Sales Final.