A24 invites you to experience The Legend Of Ochi, a world where mysterious creatures, myths, and adventures await!

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.

This is a see-it-on-the-biggest-screen-you-can-find-and-bring-the-whole-family kind of movie. Every frame is a painting. Every moment pulses with emotion. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll even get to see another great Willem Dafoe performance! Fans of old school Amblin, Jim Henson, and Studio Ghibli will have a great time.

Ochi is your new best friend and you will love him!

The penultimate film in our Akira Kurosawa retrospective is his epic 1985 masterpiece, Ran, now restored in glorious 4K thanks to Rialto Pictures!

A grand and visually breathtaking epic that transposes Shakespeare’s King Lear into the chaotic feudal era of 16th-century Japan of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ran stars screen legend Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging warlord who decides to divide his vast domain among his three sons in hopes of securing peace in his final years. Instead, his decision ignites a violent power struggle, as betrayal and ambition shatter his family and plunge the region into civil war. Stripped of power and driven into madness, Hidetora becomes a ghost of his former self, wandering through the wreckage of a world he once ruled.

With its masterful use of color, and meticulously staged battle sequences, Ran is both an intimate tragedy, and a large-scale historical spectacle.  In delivering his haunting and majestic summation of his lifelong explorations of power, betrayal, and the devastating consequences of human ambition, Kurosawa employs sweeping landscapes, intricate battle sequences, and vivid color symbolism to create a world teetering on the edge of chaos.

About the Restoration
Ran’s original 1985 production was made possible through a French-Japanese collaboration between Kadokawa and French producer Serge Silberman, with distribution later handled by companies such as Orion and Studiocanal. That international partnership was rekindled decades later when Kadokawa and Studiocanal brought on French laboratory Éclair to restore the film in 4K under Studiocanal’s supervision, using the original negative as its source. Much of the restoration was completed manually, frame by frame, with color grading approved by Masaharu Ueda, one of Ran’s three cinematographers and a longtime collaborator of Kurosawa.

Join us for the world premiere of The Meathook Massacre! Get there early at 1PM to walk the red carpet, and stick around after the screening for a Q&A with the cast and crew of the film!

In this all-new reboot, three young women experience car trouble on their way to a concert. One-by-bloody-one they go to a nearby house for help where they come face-to-face with the meathook wielding maniac “Bubba” and his entire sadistic family.

From director Dustin Ferguson, this re-imagining stars Brett Wagner (Leatherface, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003), Jennifer Moriarty (Spider Baby) and Anastasia Elfman!

This program is a venue rental engagement. Member discounts and Frida Cinema comp passes not valid. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

Frida Cinema members are invited to step into the whimsical, hyper-detailed world of Jacques Tati’s PlayTime–A visual masterpiece of modernist comedy. Released in 1967, it’s a grand orchestration of architecture, sound, movement, and human behavior, all choreographed to perfection in Tati’s signature style.

Set in a gleaming, glass-and-steel version of Paris that reflects the anxieties and absurdities of modern life, PlayTime follows the bumbling Monsieur Hulot as he navigates a maze of bureaucratic buildings, gadget-obsessed offices, and a chaotic new restaurant opening. But plot is secondary here—Tati’s genius lies in what happens in the margins. The background becomes the foreground, and every frame is packed with layered gags and visual poetry.

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Legally Blonde is back at The Frida! This whip-smart, feel-good classic starsReese Witherspoon as the iconic Elle Woods, a fashion-obsessed sorority queen who follows her ex to Harvard Law. Only, once she’s done that, she discovers she’s more than just a pretty face. Way more.

Directed by Robert Luketic, this early-2000s gem is equal parts screwball comedy, courtroom drama, and underdog triumph. Its sharp screenplay will leave you quoting the movie long after it’s over. Don’t let the pink fool you! 

For the first time in over 5 years, The Frida Cinema is proud to bring back one of greatest films of all time–Jaws! For Memorial Day Weekend only, come celebrate Steven Spielberg’s industry-changing, pop culture-shifting, era-defining movie right where it belongs to be seen: on the big screen with a packed crowd! 

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town’s chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.

What else can be said about Jaws that hasn’t been said by every film scholar for the past fifty years? Featuring career-best work from its all-star cast of Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton, the film has kept audiences from ever going back into the ocean (or their pool…or bathtub) for the better part of a century. It’s one of the best examples of man vs man, man vs himself, man vs society, and man vs nature ever put on celluloid.