Come on out for Universal Language, a new absurdist comedy-drama from Matthew Rankin!

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew (Matthew Rankin) leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.

See the most-acclaimed animated shorts of the year as we present the 2025 Oscar® Nominated Short Films in the category of Animation!

Since 2006, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe. This special release features the year’s most spectacular animated short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time. Program includes: Beautiful Men (Belgium/France/Netherlands, 18 min.), In the Shadow of the Cypress (Iran, 20 min.), Magic Candies (Japan, 21 min.), Wander to Wonder (Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK, 13 min.), and Yuck! (France, 13 min.)

ArtWalk joins forces with SAUSD for this year’s Boca de Oro Festival of Literary Arts and Culture, an all-day event featuring panels, performances, and more! This year’s theme is The Artist’s Playground, a celebration of imagination, where innovation and the arts collide to transform our community.

See the most-acclaimed live-action shorts of the year as we present the 2025 Oscar® Nominated Short Films in the category of Live Action!

Since 2006, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe. This special release features the year’s most spectacular live-action short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time. Program includes: A Lien (USA, 15 min.), Anuja (India, USA, 22 min.), I’m Not a Robot (Belgium, Netherlands, 22 min.), The Last Ranger (South Africa, 28 min.), and The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Croatia, 13 min.)

Wind up the tension with The Monkey, a new horror film from Longlegs’ Osgood Perkins!

The film follows twin brothers Hal and Bill, portrayed by Theo James and Bill Skarsgård, who reunite to settle their late father’s estate. Among his belongings, they discover an eerie wind-up monkey toy with cymbals, an artifact tied to a series of tragic deaths from their childhood. As the monkey’s sinister influence resurfaces, the brothers are drawn into a horrifying battle to break its curse before it claims more lives.

Just added: actresses Danielle Evon Ploeger and Shelby Quinn will be joining us for a Q&A after the 10PM screening on 3/1! 

Travel to the fictional town of Pfresno, Texas in RATS!, Maxwell Nalevansky and Carl Fry’s new indie comedy!

The story follows 19-year-old Raphael Tinski (Luke Wilcox), a graffiti artist whose arrest by the unhinged Officer Williams (Danielle Evon Ploeger) for defacing a dilapidated payphone—a local “monument”—sets off a chain of absurd events. To avoid jail time, Raphael is coerced into spying on his cousin Mateo (Darius Autry), whom Officer Williams irrationally suspects of trafficking nuclear weapons. As Raphael delves deeper into this chaotic mission, he encounters a colorful cast of characters, including the aspiring rapper Flophouse (Ka5sh) and the enigmatic Bernadette (Khali Sykes), all while navigating the tumultuous landscape of small-town life.

Blending gross-out humor with heartfelt moments, Rats! offers a nostalgic nod to early 2000s counterculture and youthful rebellion.

Our hearts continue to ache with the passing of visionary filmmaker David Lynch, as we present Wild at Heart, his 1990 romantic black comedy. 

After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune (Laura Dern). Lula’s mother, Marietta (Diane Ladd), desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman (J. E. Freeman) to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe), an old buddy who’s also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Barry Gifford, Wild at Heart earned a mixed reception upon release but has since been reassessed a key entry in Lynch’s filmography.