Good Boy, the buzzy new horror film told from the perspective of a dog, finally scampers its way to The Frida!

A loyal dog (played by dog actor Indy, the director’s real life pet) moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.

Premiering at this year’s South By Southwest, the film’s trailer gathered one million views in just its first four days, with its global interest only further piqued by its current 95% Rotten Tomatoes rating!  Catch it on the big screen at The Frida!

The Frida will be donating a portion of ticket proceeds from our Thursday, October 2nd screening of Good Boy to OC Animal Allies!  OC Animal Allies is a nonprofit organization founded with the mission to save animal lives and strengthen the human-animal bond in Orange County by providing emergency financial support, education, referral services, and therapy programs.

The Frida Cinema is pumped to present Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer as our Volunteer Of The Month pick for October courtesy of Nathan! 

Nothing is as it seems on the field, where disgraced ex-players, washed-up coaches, and a ragtag crew of kung-fu brothers band together to reclaim their glory through the beautiful game. Watch as Shaolin monks bend physics, rocket soccer balls through the air like cannon fire, and unleash outrageous special moves that would make even Bruce Lee raise an eyebrow. 

A gravity-defying kick of pure joy for martial arts maniacs and sports movie fanatics alike, Shaolin Soccer was a global smash and instant cult classic.

To pass this final exam, you’ll have to survive your classmates! Deemed too controversial for release in 2000, Battle Royale is celebrating its 25th anniversary with three nights of screenings at The Frida! And as an added bonus, stick around for a 10 minute pre-recorded interview with the screenwriter–Director Kinji Fukasaku’s son Kenta–sharing an intimate look at the forces that shaped his father and how they inspired his final film.

In an alternate near-future Japan, the government has passed the Battle Royale Act, a brutal law designed to control unruly youth. Each year, one randomly chosen middle-school class is taken to a remote island, armed with weapons, and forced to fight to the death until only one student remains.

A savage satire on youth, control, and violence that still hits harder than ever, don’t miss your chance to catch it on the big screen, in 4K for the first time, starting October 13th! Get your tickets now! 

Flickrhappy is proud to present a double feature focused around the 1983 film The Keep and its notoriously difficult production.

First up, they’ll be presenting the new documentary A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann’s The Keep. This documentary provides a comprehensive look inside the making of a promising filmmaker’s sophomore studio film, and how perfection, indecision, endless workdays, and the death of a key crew member made for a movie best forgotten, only to be rediscovered years later.

With brand new interviews, rare archival material, and never before seen photographs, A World War II Fairytale transports audiences back to the early 1980s when Paramount Pictures just wanted another Raiders of the Lost Ark, but got director Michael Mann’s atmospheric and dreamlike adaptation of F. Paul Wilson’s novel instead.

And then after a quick 10 minute break…we will be screening Michael Mann’s The Keep in its original 96-minute theatrical version, restored to haunting 4K clarity from the original 35mm negative. A supernatural nightmare unlike anything else, The Keep has earned its reputation as one of the great cult films of the 1980s. Set in a remote Romanian fortress during World War II, the story follows German soldiers who unwittingly unleash an ancient evil imprisoned within its walls—a presence more terrifying than anything the Nazis could imagine.

Though plagued by studio interference, truncated edits, and a troubled release that left audiences with only fragments of Mann’s original vision, The Keep endures as a mesmerizing cinematic oddity. Its eerie atmosphere and unforgettable score by electronic pioneers Tangerine Dream have cemented its status as a beloved cult artifact.

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