HOLIDAY MEMBER DRIVE 2025

JOIN TODAY

Ebony & Ivory

Filmmaker Jim Hosking (The Greasy Strangler) is back in his bag with another absurdist fever dream with his new movie Ebony & Ivory! 

Two musical legends gather at a Scottish Cottage on The Mull Of Kintyre for a tense summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a Global Number One smash hit single.

Absolute nonsense or pure brilliance? Ebony & Ivory walks the line with ease, practically daring you not to laugh throughout.

Filmmaker Jim Hosking (The Greasy Strangler) is back in his bag with another absurdist fever dream with his new movie Ebony & Ivory! 
Two musical legends gather at a Scottish Cottage on The Mull Of Kintyre for a tense summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a Global Number One smash hit single.
Absolute nonsense or pure brilliance? Ebony & Ivory walks the line with ease, practically daring you not to laugh throughout.

  1. 12:15 pm

All That Heaven Allows

Our Technicolor Summer series turns rich with mid-century emotion in All That Heaven Allows—a swooning melodrama from master filmmaker Douglas Sirk that’s as emotionally vivid as it is visually stunning.

Jane Wyman stars as Cary Scott, a well-to-do widow in a quiet New England town whose world is upended when she falls for her much younger gardener, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson). What begins as a tender connection soon draws the judgmental glare of her country club peers and disapproving adult children. As Cary wrestles with the pressures of conformity and the cost of personal happiness, the film paints her inner conflict in bold, breathtaking hues.

Elegant, emotional, and quietly radical, All That Heaven Allows is a shining example of how Technicolor could elevate not just the world we see, but the feelings we carry. A true classic of color, style, and heart.

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!

Our Technicolor Summer series turns rich with mid-century emotion in All That Heaven Allows—a swooning melodrama from master filmmaker Douglas Sirk that’s as emotionally vivid as it is visually stunning.
Jane Wyman stars as Cary Scott, a well-to-do widow in a quiet New England town whose world is upended when she falls for her much younger gardener, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson). What begins as a tender connection soon draws the judgmental glare of her country club peers and disapproving adult children. As Cary wrestles with the pressures of conformity and the cost of personal happiness, the film paints her inner conflict in bold, breathtaking hues.
Elegant, emotional, and quietly radical, All That Heaven Allows is a shining example of how Technicolor could elevate not just the world we see, but the feelings we carry. A true classic of color, style, and heart.
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!

  1. 2:30 pm

Heat

A titan of repertory cinema, Michael Mann’s 1995 masterpiece Heat, is back at The Frida Cinema for some August encores!

A towering epic of crime and consequence, Heat is the film where everything came together: De Niro vs. Pacino, Mann at full power, and Los Angeles lit like a dream you don’t want to wake up from. It’s a genre-defining masterpiece that changed the way crime films look, sound, and move.

Robert De Niro is Neil McCauley, a master thief planning one last score. Al Pacino is Vincent Hanna, the obsessive LAPD detective on his trail. Their lives orbit each other in parallel—both masters of their craft, both isolated by it. When they finally sit down face-to-face in a now-legendary diner scene, the movie bends time around them.

With a killer ensemble cast (our beloved Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Natalie Portman, Jon Voight, and many more), an iconic synth-and-guitar score by Elliot Goldenthal, and shootouts that redefine the word intense, Heat is more than a crime film–it’s pure cinema.

A titan of repertory cinema, Michael Mann’s 1995 masterpiece Heat, is back at The Frida Cinema for some August encores!
A towering epic of crime and consequence, Heat is the film where everything came together: De Niro vs. Pacino, Mann at full power, and Los Angeles lit like a dream you don’t want to wake up from. It’s a genre-defining masterpiece that changed the way crime films look, sound, and move.
Robert De Niro is Neil McCauley, a master thief planning one last score. Al Pacino is Vincent Hanna, the obsessive LAPD detective on his trail. Their lives orbit each other in parallel—both masters of their craft, both isolated by it. When they finally sit down face-to-face in a now-legendary diner scene, the movie bends time around them.
With a killer ensemble cast (our beloved Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Natalie Portman, Jon Voight, and many more), an iconic synth-and-guitar score by Elliot Goldenthal, and shootouts that redefine the word intense, Heat is more than a crime film–it’s pure cinema.

  1. 5:30 pm

Alphaville

Part science fiction, part noir, part poetry—Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville remains a landmark of experimental French New Wave cinema. On its 60th anniversary, step into a hypnotic future now remastered in 4K for the perfect big screen experience!

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

Don’t miss this rare chance to see one of cinema’s most influential dystopias on the big screen—where its stark beauty and radical ideas truly belong.

Part science fiction, part noir, part poetry—Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville remains a landmark of experimental French New Wave cinema. On its 60th anniversary, step into a hypnotic future now remastered in 4K for the perfect big screen experience!
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
Don’t miss this rare chance to see one of cinema’s most influential dystopias on the big screen—where its stark beauty and radical ideas truly belong.

  1. 6:30 pm

Speed Racer: 100K Celebration Screenings

The Frida Cinema just hit 100,000 followers on Instagram, and as a massive thank you, we’re throwing a high-octane, turbo-charged party the only way we know how — with two FREE screenings of The Wachowskis’ eye-popping cult classic: Speed Racer!

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.

Come experience the visually electric, emotionally turbocharged thrill ride that was way ahead of its time. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a curious first-timer, there’s no better way to see it than on the big screen with a cheering crowd of fellow film lovers.

The Frida Cinema just hit 100,000 followers on Instagram, and as a massive thank you, we’re throwing a high-octane, turbo-charged party the only way we know how — with two FREE screenings of The Wachowskis’ eye-popping cult classic: Speed Racer!
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.
Come experience the visually electric, emotionally turbocharged thrill ride that was way ahead of its time. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a curious first-timer, there’s no better way to see it than on the big screen with a cheering crowd of fellow film lovers.

  1. 9:00 pm Sold Out
  2. 9:45 pm Sold Out

CURRENT & UPCOMING SERIES

See All

SUPPORT THE FRIDA CINEMA

We are OC’s year-round film festival
COPYRIGHT ©THE FRIDA CINEMA 2025
TAX ID 27-0950151

SUBSCRIBE TO GET OUR NEWSLETTER

Sign up

(714) 285-9422
305 E. 4th Street Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92701