Anora

Fall in love all over again with Anora, the Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning new film from writer/director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket). On Oscar night, Anora shook up the entire movie world as it took home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress In A Leading Role, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing! Don’t miss your chance see the most acclaimed film of 2024 on the big screen!

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Fall in love all over again with Anora, the Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning new film from writer/director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket). On Oscar night, Anora shook up the entire movie world as it took home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress In A Leading Role, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing! Don’t miss your chance see the most acclaimed film of 2024 on the big screen!
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

  1. 2:00 pm

The Rule of Jenny Pen

Witness The Rule Of Jenny Pen, the twisted new Horror-Thriller from filmmaker James Ashcroft starring the iconic duo of John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush!

Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child’s puppet to abuse the home’s residents with deadly consequences.

Witness The Rule Of Jenny Pen, the twisted new Horror-Thriller from filmmaker James Ashcroft starring the iconic duo of John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush!
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child’s puppet to abuse the home’s residents with deadly consequences.

  1. 2:30 pm

All That Jazz

Witness the dramatic side of dance with Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz, a semi-autobiographical musical drama that blurs the line between reality and fantasy in a dazzling, feverish spectacle, screening for The Frida Zinema in anticipation of their Musical March Madness issue! Copies will be available for purchase in the lobby.

The film follows Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a brilliant yet self-destructive Broadway director and choreographer, as he juggles his demanding career, multiple relationships, and an increasing dependence on drugs and alcohol. As he edits his latest film by day and rehearses a new stage production by night, his health deteriorates, leading him into a surreal, hallucinatory journey where he confronts his own mortality.

Witness the dramatic side of dance with Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz, a semi-autobiographical musical drama that blurs the line between reality and fantasy in a dazzling, feverish spectacle, screening for The Frida Zinema in anticipation of their Musical March Madness issue! Copies will be available for purchase in the lobby.
The film follows Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a brilliant yet self-destructive Broadway director and choreographer, as he juggles his demanding career, multiple relationships, and an increasing dependence on drugs and alcohol. As he edits his latest film by day and rehearses a new stage production by night, his health deteriorates, leading him into a surreal, hallucinatory journey where he confronts his own mortality.

  1. 5:00 pm

Picnic at Hanging Rock

We are proud to present additional opportunities to experience Janus Films’ stunning new 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration of Peter Weir’s penetrating 1975 mystery, Picnic at Hanging Rock.

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine’s Day, the school’s typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It’s not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

We are proud to present additional opportunities to experience Janus Films’ stunning new 50th Anniversary 4K Restoration of Peter Weir’s penetrating 1975 mystery, Picnic at Hanging Rock.
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine’s Day, the school’s typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It’s not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

  1. 5:30 pm

I Saw the TV Glow

I Saw The TV Glow is back already as part of our 21st Century Cult series! Join us for a limited engagement as we revisit our favorite first run film of 2024!

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Not even a full year after its initial release at our cinema, I Saw The TV Glow has been one of our most requested bring-back titles. It may have been snubbed at the Oscars, but it will live on in our hearts forever! 

I Saw The TV Glow is back already as part of our 21st Century Cult series! Join us for a limited engagement as we revisit our favorite first run film of 2024!
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
Not even a full year after its initial release at our cinema, I Saw The TV Glow has been one of our most requested bring-back titles. It may have been snubbed at the Oscars, but it will live on in our hearts forever! 

  1. 7:45 pm

Halloween III: Season of the Witch: Sponsored By Creepy AF

Our friends at Creepy AF are back to sponsor a screening to celebrate Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day with Halloween III: Season of the Witch! This is truly, at its roots, the most Irish horror film there is. If you know, you know! And if you don’t…well…don’t miss it on the big screen! 

Every movie ticket purchased comes with a free raffle ticket! Horror Producer Ace Jordan will introduce the film and raffle off some cool prizes before the show, so get there early and don’t miss out! Anyone wearing green or wearing a costume (related to Halloween 3: Season of the Witch) will receive an additional raffle ticket! Those who don’t wear green at all will get pinched!*

The film follows Dr. Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins) and Ellie Grimbridge (Stacey Nelkin) as they investigate the mysterious death of Ellie’s father, which leads them to the eerie town of Santa Mira. There, they uncover a sinister plot by Conal Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy), the owner of Silver Shamrock Novelties, who plans to unleash a deadly Halloween night massacre through his popular masks, embedded with ancient Celtic magic and microchips that trigger lethal transformations when activated by a televised jingle. Racing against time, Challis must stop the broadcast before millions of children fall victim to Cochran’s horrifying scheme.

*we will not really be pinching anybody–we promise!

Our friends at Creepy AF are back to sponsor a screening to celebrate Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day with Halloween III: Season of the Witch! This is truly, at its roots, the most Irish horror film there is. If you know, you know! And if you don’t…well…don’t miss it on the big screen! 
Every movie ticket purchased comes with a free raffle ticket! Horror Producer Ace Jordan will introduce the film and raffle off some cool prizes before the show, so get there early and don’t miss out! Anyone wearing green or wearing a costume (related to Halloween 3: Season of the Witch) will receive an additional raffle ticket! Those who don’t wear green at all will get pinched!*
The film follows Dr. Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins) and Ellie Grimbridge (Stacey Nelkin) as they investigate the mysterious death of Ellie’s father, which leads them to the eerie town of Santa Mira. There, they uncover a sinister plot by Conal Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy), the owner of Silver Shamrock Novelties, who plans to unleash a deadly Halloween night massacre through his popular masks, embedded with ancient Celtic magic and microchips that trigger lethal transformations when activated by a televised jingle. Racing against time, Challis must stop the broadcast before millions of children fall victim to Cochran’s horrifying scheme.
*we will not really be pinching anybody–we promise!

  1. 8:30 pm

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