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 Technicolor Summer series continues with the Cary Grant-Grace Kelly-Alfred Hitchcock classic To Catch A Thief! 

On the sun-drenched French Riviera, retired jewel thief John “The Cat” Robie (Cary Grant) finds his peaceful life interrupted when a string of copycat burglaries threatens to frame him for crimes he didn’t commit. Determined to clear his name, Robie sets out to catch the new thief in action—posing once more as a high-society gentleman among the Riviera’s wealthy elite.

There, he meets Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly), a cool and elegant American heiress who may be more intrigued by Robie’s rumored criminal past than his attempts at innocence. As romance and suspicion intertwine, To Catch a Thief becomes a dazzling game of cat and mouse—full of flirtation, deception, and Hitchcock’s signature suspense.

In the early 1930s, the 3-strip Technicolor process was introduced to audiences, inviting them to experience a world dripping with vibrant saturation for the very first time. The Technicolor Summer series ranges from familiar classics to rarely-screened gems all Summer long!

Charlotte Wells’ quietly devastating debut masterpiece, Aftersun, is returning to The Frida Cinema for a special 2-day run for Father’s Day weekend. 

An 11-year-old girl named Sophie (Frankie Corio) spends a summer holiday at a Turkish resort with her father, Calum (Paul Mescal)—a man young in years but carrying invisible burdens. Seen through Sophie’s sunlit, inquisitive eyes, the trip is tender and ordinary: poolside games, shared meals, camcorder footage, karaoke, and fleeting glimpses of adult sadness she doesn’t yet understand.

Aftersun is more than a coming-of-age story. It’s also a haunting act of remembrance.

Up first in our Santo Sundays series is Santo vs. The Diabolical Brain!

In Santo vs. Evil Brain (Santo Conntra Cerebro Del Mal), the dastardly Doctor Campos is kidnapping and brainwashing scientists. When undercover detective Santo falls prey to Campos’ scheme, Lieutenant Zambrano (Enrique Zambrano) and El Incognito (Fernando Osés) must come to his assistance to foil Campos’ plans. Meanwhile, in the same year’s Santo vs. Infernal Men (Santo contra hombres infernales), the trio of Santo, El Incognito, and Zambrano team up once again to fight a band of drug smugglers.

Trash-Mex is proud to collaborate with Permanencia Voluntaria Archivo Cinematográfico for a special screening series of Mexican icon El Santo. Join us every other Sunday this Summer for a total of eight of his greatest hits! All films will be presented in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is $9. 

Julia Ducournau’s controversial Palme d’Or body horror extravaganza is coming back for our Father’s Day weekend programming as present Titane from 2021!

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who’s reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

Unflinching and unforgettable, Titane fuses the visceral with the vulnerable. Ducournau (Raw and the upcoming Alpha) directs with feral intensity, crafting a film that shifts from slasher to surrealist family drama to near-mythic transformation tale all in one.