Speed Cinema Screenings: Science on Screen: Dead Ringers 5/15/25 6PM

In Dead Ringers, David Cronenberg tells the chilling story of identical twin gynecologists—suave Elliot and sensitive Beverly, bipolar sides of one personality—who share the same practice, the same apartment, the same women. When a new patient, glamorous actress Claire Niveau, challenges their eerie bond, they descend into a whirlpool of sexual confusion, drugs, and madness. Jeremy Irons' s tour-de-force performance—as both twins—raises disturbing questions about the nature of personal identity. 1988, Canada/U.S., DCP, 116 minutes.

CINEMA+ with a post-screening discussion with Lauren Freeman, Professor of Philosophy at University of Louisville and Director of the M.A. in Applied Philosophy.

An initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.