Jackie Chan’s Police Story is turning 40 years old—and we’re bringing it back to the big screen at The Frida Cinema for a limited run! 

Before CGI, before Hollywood figured out who Jackie Chan was, and before every action hero pretended to risk their life for the shot—there was Police Story. Directed by and starring Chan at the absolute height of his powers, this Hong Kong masterpiece redefined the genre with bone-breaking stunts, insane choreography, and a perfect blend of comedy, chaos, and pure cinematic adrenaline.

Chan plays Inspector Chan Ka-Kui, a cop framed for murder who takes on a corrupt system with nothing but fists, loyalty, and an unbreakable moral code. What follows: exploding shanty towns, bus-top chases, and one of the most legendary mall-set finales in action history. (Yes, that glass-shattering pole-slide.)

One role. Two twins. A thousand iconic moments. Lindsay Lohan’s star-making double debut The Parent Trap is finally coming to The Frida Cinema!

Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at Summer Camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.

The Parent Trap into a generation-defining family film. Whether you grew up quoting the handshake, dreaming of Napa Valley, or wondering how one actress could pull all that off, this movie owns a piece of your childhood. Directed with charm and sparkle by Nancy Meyers, this endlessly rewatchable reimagining of the 1961 Disney classic features a delightful supporting cast: Natasha Richardson, Dennis Quaid, and Elaine Hendrix as the perfectly wicked Meredith Blake—a villain so stylish, we all kinda rooted for her?

Our Technicolor Summer series gets delightfully macabre with Alfred Hitchcock’s offbeat charmer The Trouble with Harry—a murder mystery where the murder is beside the point, and the comedy is as dry as a New England autumn.

When the body of Harry Worp is discovered in the woods outside a sleepy Vermont town, the locals react not with horror, but with a series of polite, peculiar inconveniences. Who killed Harry? Was it the eccentric spinster? The retired sea captain? The single mother with a past? As each character quietly confesses—or denies—involvement, the real puzzle becomes what to do with the body… and how many times it must be buried.

Unexpected, off-kilter, and beautifully shot, it’s a reminder that Technicolor wasn’t just for musicals and melodramas—it could bring even the darkest jokes to life with a brilliant, irreverent glow. And plus, you didn’t think we could do this series without a couple of Hitchcock flicks, right?

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!

Prepare your black gloves and pour yourself a glass of J&B–Cinematic Void is invading The Frida Cinema for a four film marathon that dives headfirst into the shadowy world of Giallo cinema. Join us for Giall-o-thon, a one-night-only marathon featuring four gloriously unhinged Italian thrillers from the golden age of the genre. From whispered secrets and voyeuristic danger to knives in the dark and swinging Euro decadence–this is where horror meets high fashion, and nothing is quite what it seems. The lineup for the evening is:

4:00PM – What Have You Done to Solange? (1972, dir. Massimo Dallamano)
A haunting, sexually charged mystery set in a Catholic girls’ school, where buried secrets and brutal killings unravel a web of scandal and repression.

6:00PM – Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972, dir. Lucio Fulci)
Fulci’s rural murder mystery mixes Giallo style with biting social commentary. This one cuts deeper than most.

8:00PM – The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970, dir. Luciano Ercoli)
A stylish, swinging thriller soaked in sexual paranoia. With a Morricone score and a gorgeously mod aesthetic, this one’s pure Euro pulp pleasure.

9:45PM – Torso (1973, dir. Sergio Martino)
The sleaze hits overdrive in this proto-slasher classic. Violence and velvet are the name of the game–all building to a final act that is pure nightmare fuel.

There will be a 15 minute intermission between each film. Tickets are $25 for access to all 4 films. Member discounts and Frida Cinema comp passes not valid. All films presented dubbed in the English language with the exception of The Forbidden Photos, which will be in its original Italian language with English subtitles.

Even having just played it a few months ago, we felt that no Val Kilmer Tribute could truly be complete without showcasing his brilliant comedic work in the goof-fest that is Top Secret!

Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, an Elvis-style American pop star sent to East Germany, where he becomes entangled in an underground resistance, a scientist’s mysterious daughter, and an increasingly deranged plot involving cows, underwater bar fights, backwards bookshelves, and ballet-dancing Nazis. It makes no sense—and that’s exactly the point!

Equal parts homage and satire, Top Secret! fires visual gags and one-liners with a machine gun’s rhythm. But it’s Kilmer—singing his own songs, keeping a straight face through total nonsense, and completely owning the camera—who turns it into something iconic, as he often did.

Bust out those plastic spoons! Tommy Wiseau’s enduring 2003 cult classic The Room is back at The Frida for its monthly screening!

Wiseau’s peerless magnum opus finds the auteur who shaped a generation taking on the arts of acting, writing, casting, directing, editing and more. What’s even more remarkable: he’s mastered them all. The multi-talented director stars as Johnny, a big-time banker working in gorgeously shot San Francisco. His fiancée Lisa, seemingly a happy part of a successful relationship, has wandering eyes…for Tommy’s best friend Mark. Cinema has never witnessed such betrayal!

An intense, sensual thriller–at least as it was intended by Wiseau–The Room is an intricately knit web of sweet secrets and bitter lies that interrogates the very form of drama itself, as well as a truly unforgettable piece of cinema.