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 this October for an outdoor film series at Birch Park featuring four classic horror films that inspired Guillermo del Toro!
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 September for a miniseries celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month!
Join us this September for Remembering 2007, a series that highlights some of the best movies to come out that year!
Join us for Arthouse 101, a multi-month introduction to the world of arthouse cinema!
Frida writing team member Colin Kerekes gives a recap of Arvida Books’ screening of Call Me by Your Name and post-film discussion.
Join See It On 16mm for a one night-only triple feature of Monster of Piedras Blancas, The Giant Gila Monster, and Robot Monster!
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Join us on October 15th for Camp Frida 6: Holiday Horrors, an all-night marathon of holiday-themed horror movies!
Frida writing team member Colin Kerekes gives a recap of Arvida Books’ screening of Call Me by Your Name and post-film discussion.
Frida writing team member Anthony McKelroy previews our coverage of the 60th New York Film Festival.
Frida writing team member Justina Bonilla talks with Dr. David Wilt about the Mexican horror film El Vampiro in commemoration of its 65th anniversary.
Frida writing team member Josh Green shares his memories of watching Gundam as a kid in anticipation of the new film Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island.
Frida Content Editor Reggie Peralta examines five German Expressionist films in anticipation of our 100th anniversary screening of Nosferatu this weekend.
Frida Content Editor Reggie Peralta interviews Jonathan Chapman, one of two September Volunteers of the Month, about his pick Reservoir Dogs as well as his time at The Frida.
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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