Join us this November for Remembering Godard, a series celebrating the life and films of Jean-Luc Godard!
Join us the first weekend of November for Halloween Hangover Weekend, a series of horror and monster movies for those still feeling some spooky spirit!
Join us this November for Pioneers of Queer Cinema, a series highlighting early LGBTQ films presented by Kino Lorber and Vaccinate All 58!
Join us this October for an outdoor film series at Birch Park featuring four classic horror films that inspired Guillermo del Toro!
Join us this October for a multi-media celebration of Guillermo del Toro, featuring 21 films made by the director or cited as an inspiration on him!
Join us in celebrating our September Volunteers of the Month by watching their picks, Reservoir Dogs and The Quick and the Dead!
Join us this December for DTSA Business Holiday Matinees, a free series to ring in the holidays and support local businesses!
Frida Content Editor Reggie Peralta recounts his experience at Arvida Book Co.’s screening and discussion of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Frida writing team member Marleen Apodaca describes her time at See It 16mm and Trash Mex’s screening of Cementerio del Terror.
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan with screenings of Nicholas Meyer’s sci-fi classic this weekend!
Frida Content Editor Reggie Peralta recounts his experience at Arvida Book Co.’s screening and discussion of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Frida writing team member Bobby Thornson takes readers on a survey of low-budget 2000s and 2010s films.
Frida writing team member Penny Folger examines the sensual mystery of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut.
Frida writing team member Drew Smith revisits John Hughes’ enduring Thanksgiving classic, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
Frida writing team member Josh Green shares 5 comedies that he feels capture the spirit of Thanksgiving.
Frida writing team member Marleen Apodaca describes her time at See It 16mm and Trash Mex’s screening of Cementerio del Terror.
When you set out to do the impossible, it helps to find a source for inspiration…
Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954), the legendary Mexican painter and central figure in revolutionary Mexican politics and twentieth-century art, is renowned for her magnificent body of surreal, symbolic, and deeply personal art. What is less known about Kahlo is the incredible saga of integrity and perseverance inherent to her life’s story. In 1925, at the age of eighteen, Kahlo was involved in a tragic streetcar accident where she suffered multiple fractures to her spine, foot, and pelvic bones, spending the rest of her life struggling against severe pain and disability.
Where for some this would have been enough to lose oneself to despair, Kahlo turned to art to communicate her physical suffering, as well as her passions for Mexican politics and for the love of her life, Diego Rivera, whom she married in 1929. A consummate creator until her death at 47, Kahlo’s inspiring resoluteness and individualism has led to her becoming a leading icon for both the LGBT and feminist movements, as well as for the greater conversation of self-expression through art.
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