Snowpiercer

Set in a future where a failed climate change experiment kills nearly all life on the planet, this 2014 sci-fi epic from director Bong Joon Ho follows the final survivors who board the Snowpiercer, a train that crosses the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. When cryptic messages incite the passengers to revolt, the train thrusts full-throttle toward disaster. Running time: 126 minutes. Rated R. Screened in conjunction with Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia.