Todd Solondz’s WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE followup found him leaning hard into his unflinching vision of suburban rot, now turned inward from teenage girlhood to (emphatically, content-warningly) adult maladjustment. Featuring a cast of 90s indie film ringers (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Joy Adams) and some of the most uncomfortable comedy you’ll ever see, HAPPINESS was an early shoo-in four our Bleak Week lineup.

The Jordan sisters are going through it. Joy (Jane Adams) moves through lackluster jobs with no sense of purpose. Now employed teaching adults, she is dating a student, Russian taxi-driver Vlad (Jared Harris). Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle) is an esteemed poet who becomes amused by her perverted neighbor, Allen (Philip Seymour Hoffman). And eldest sister Trish (Cynthia Stevenson) is married to Bill (Dylan Baker), a psychiatrist with a very disturbing secret life.

“A caustic, beautiful, funny, tiresome, and brilliant Molotov cocktail.” – Slant Magazine

About Bleak Week: Presented in partnership with American Cinematheque, ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair’ is an annual film festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history. The fifth annual edition in June 2026 expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S., Canada, U.K. and South and Central America, with each venue presenting its own original curated lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy.

Showtimes

Tuesday 6/9	Wednesday 6/10
8:15 pm	8:15 pm