Banned in Francisco Franco’s Spain and denounced by the Vatican upon its premiere, Luis Buñuel’s irreverent Virdiana is coming to The Frida Cinema in a brand new 4K restoration!

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, Viridiana is as audacious today as ever.

Live for tomorrow. Die today.

The Frida Cinema is excited to partner up with our friends at GKIDS to present All You Need Is Kill, the action-packed new anime film from director Kenichiro Akimoto!

When a massive alien flower known as “Darol” unexpectedly erupts in a deadly event, unleashing monstrous creatures that decimate the population of Japan, Rita is caught in the destruction—and killed. But then she wakes up again. And again. Caught in an endless time loop, Rita must navigate the trauma and repetition of death until she crosses paths with Keiji, a shy young man trapped in the same cycle. Together, they fight to break free from the loop and find meaning in the chaos around them.

We’re diving headfirst into 2026 with the radioactive glow of Repo Man, Alex Cox’s zero-f***s-given cult masterpiece.

Otto (a baby-faced Emilio Estevez), directionless and pissed off at the world, stumbles into the repo business, where the only rule is “don’t get killed for a used car.” But when the crew gets wind of a 1964 Chevy Malibu with a glowing trunk full of…something not of this Earth, Otto finds himself in the middle of a cosmic mess.

Always a favorite around these parts for a fun late night screening, Repo Man starts Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton exchanging iconic one liner after one liner, all over one of the best film soundtracks of the 1980s.

A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one, The Hidden Fortress is coming to The Frida Cinema with a brand new 4K restoration thanks to the fine folks at Janus Films!

The film stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a general charged with guarding his defeated clan’s princess (a fierce Misa Uehara) as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends.

This rip-roaring ride is among the director’s most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas’s Star Wars. The Hidden Fortress delivers Kurosawa’s trademark deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action, and compassionate humanity.

Anytime. Anywhere. Anyone. 

We’re heading to the coldest corner of horror history with a short run of John Carpenter’s The Thing–now in a new 4K restoration! 

What begins as a simple rescue mission at a remote Antarctic outpost quickly dissolves into a nightmare of shape-shifting terror. When a mysterious organism infiltrates U.S. research station Outpost 31, it doesn’t attack its victims–it becomes them. With no way out and no way to tell who’s human, the team must confront an enemy capable of wearing any face…including their own.

What can be said about The Thing that hasn’t already been said? This 1982 masterpiece redefined paranoia horror, practical effects (by the incredible Ron Botin and his team), and the art of keeping an audience on the very edge of its seat in only a way that the master of horror, John Carpenter, can do.