Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements is coming to The Frida Cinema!

An ambitious blend of narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, and metatextual form, the fil intimately shows the band preparing for their sold out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking their preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history, and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.

Starring Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Nat Wolff, Fred Hechinger, Logan Miller, Griffin Newman, Tim Heidecker, Michael Esper, Zoe Lister-Jones, Kathryn Gallagher, and as themselves….the band Pavement. 

Our A24orror series comes to a very spooky conclusion with Bring Her Back, a disturbing descent into psychological dread from directors Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou (Talk To Me).

Bring Her Back tells the story of a brother and sister that uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother. With another great performance from Sally Hawkins and a number of horrifying sequences, it’ll have you thinking long after you’ve left the theater.

Brace yourself for a haunting you won’t forget.

Our Pride Month programming takes it back to the early-90s queer cinema movement with Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho!

The film follows Mike Waters (River Phoenix), a vulnerable, narcoleptic street hustler, as he drifts through the Pacific Northwest in search of his estranged mother. Alongside him is Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves), the rebellious, privileged son of a mayor who chooses to live on the streets until he inherits his fortune. Together, they navigate a world of sex work, survival, and fleeting human connection. 

Loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays and infused with a dreamlike sense of melancholy, My Own Private Idaho is a cornerstone of queer cinema.

No Pride Month programming would be complete without a film from Pedro Almodóvar. This year, we’ve chosen All About My Mother!

Manuela (Cecilia Roth), a nurse and single mother, watches her teenage son die tragically in a car accident on his 17th birthday. Grieving and desperate to find closure, she leaves Madrid to search for the boy’s estranged father—now a transgender woman named Lola—who is unaware of ever having a son.

Almodóvar’s signature blend of melodrama, bold color palettes, and layered female characters shines in this emotionally charged and compassionate film. Themes of gender fluidity, chosen family, loss, and rebirth make this one of the definitive LGBTIA+ films of the 90s.