Dance, Girl, Dance

1940’s Dance, Girl, Dance, directed by Dorothy Arzner, is a groundbreaking and feminist-tinged drama that explores the struggles of women in the entertainment industry.

The film follows Judy O’Brien (Maureen O’Hara), a classically trained ballet dancer with dreams of artistic success, who finds herself working alongside the bold and ambitious Bubbles (Lucille Ball), a brassy burlesque performer. As their careers take divergent paths — Judy yearning for legitimacy while Bubbles embraces the spotlight — the two women become rivals in both dance and love, particularly over the affections of a wealthy playboy (Louis Hayward).

1940’s Dance, Girl, Dance, directed by Dorothy Arzner, is a groundbreaking and feminist-tinged drama that explores the struggles of women in the entertainment industry.
The film follows Judy O’Brien (Maureen O’Hara), a classically trained ballet dancer with dreams of artistic success, who finds herself working alongside the bold and ambitious Bubbles (Lucille Ball), a brassy burlesque performer. As their careers take divergent paths — Judy yearning for legitimacy while Bubbles embraces the spotlight — the two women become rivals in both dance and love, particularly over the affections of a wealthy playboy (Louis Hayward).

  1. 2:00 pm

The Rule of Jenny Pen

Witness The Rule Of Jenny Pen, the twisted new Horror-Thriller from filmmaker James Ashcroft starring the iconic duo of John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush!

Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child’s puppet to abuse the home’s residents with deadly consequences.

Witness The Rule Of Jenny Pen, the twisted new Horror-Thriller from filmmaker James Ashcroft starring the iconic duo of John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush!
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child’s puppet to abuse the home’s residents with deadly consequences.

  1. 2:30 pm
  2. 5:15 pm

Anora

Fall in love all over again with Anora, the Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning new film from writer/director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket). On Oscar night, Anora shook up the entire movie world as it took home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress In A Leading Role, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing! Don’t miss your chance see the most acclaimed film of 2024 on the big screen!

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Fall in love all over again with Anora, the Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning new film from writer/director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket). On Oscar night, Anora shook up the entire movie world as it took home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress In A Leading Role, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing! Don’t miss your chance see the most acclaimed film of 2024 on the big screen!
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

  1. 5:00 pm

I Saw the TV Glow

I Saw The TV Glow is back already as part of our 21st Century Cult series! Join us for a limited engagement as we revisit our favorite first run film of 2024!

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Not even a full year after its initial release at our cinema, I Saw The TV Glow has been one of our most requested bring-back titles. It may have been snubbed at the Oscars, but it will live on in our hearts forever! 

I Saw The TV Glow is back already as part of our 21st Century Cult series! Join us for a limited engagement as we revisit our favorite first run film of 2024!
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
Not even a full year after its initial release at our cinema, I Saw The TV Glow has been one of our most requested bring-back titles. It may have been snubbed at the Oscars, but it will live on in our hearts forever! 

  1. 7:45 pm

Polyester + Free Odorama Cards: Presented By Cinematic Void

Cinematic Void is back and better than ever as they bring John Waters’ 1981 trashterpiece Polyester to The Frida in the most scentsational way! Each ticket purchased comes with a complimentary Odorama card courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures! 10 distinct scratch-and-sniff smells await! 

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart — until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.

Foreber a Frida Favorite, John Waters’ films continue to radiate their own funky energy (and smell) to all audiences alike. There’s nothing like seeing a movie on the big screen by The Pope Of Trash himself!

Cinematic Void is back and better than ever as they bring John Waters’ 1981 trashterpiece Polyester to The Frida in the most scentsational way! Each ticket purchased comes with a complimentary Odorama card courtesy of Warner Bros Pictures! 10 distinct scratch-and-sniff smells await! 
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart — until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
Foreber a Frida Favorite, John Waters’ films continue to radiate their own funky energy (and smell) to all audiences alike. There’s nothing like seeing a movie on the big screen by The Pope Of Trash himself!

  1. 8:15 pm Sold Out

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Our award-winning resident performance troupe K.A.O.S. returns for their celebrated all-costumed, all-choreographed, all-leg-kicking live shadowcast presentation of the 1975 cult classic, performed on stage in front of the film!

Our award-winning resident performance troupe K.A.O.S. returns for their celebrated all-costumed, all-choreographed, all-leg-kicking live shadowcast presentation of the 1975 cult classic, performed on stage in front of the film!

  1. 11:00 pm

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