Color Out of Space screens Friday, January 24th through Thursday, January 30th It’s hard to believe that the first month of 2020 is already almost over, but we’re ending January at the Frida with a bang! Alongside Bong Joon-Ho’s monster hit Parasite, we’re presenting a weeklong run of Richard Stanley’s Color Out of Space! Starring […]
The Lighthouse continues Saturday, January 18th Darkness… a thrum slowly creeps its way into your consciousness as the faint wail of a foghorn sounds off and a thick curtain of grey fog appears. The faintest ghost of a vessel breeches through, and the thrumming is now a drone as we’re shown the crashing waves against […]
Hereditary screens Saturday, January 18th In honor of HorrorBuzz’s special screening of A24’s Hereditary, I’d like to take a look at 10 other Sundance horror favorites that have shaped the boundaries of 21st century horror. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) Described as “The First Iranian Vampire Western”, this film takes an unorthodox look (with […]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 screens Saturday, January 25th Thanks to our friends at Bombs Away Show, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 is on its way back to The Frida Cinema! Departing from the chilling tone of the original, Tobe Hooper’s sequel has a goofy energy all its own and is a surprisingly worthy follow-up. […]
Happy New Year, folks! It’s a brand new decade, which means a whole new slew of programming for your favorite after-hours film series! FAD is starting 2020 off with a glorious lineup of dystopian sci-fi, underrated 90s gems, and samplings from both ends of the horror spectrum. With favorites old and new, this month is […]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood screens Friday, January 3rd through Thursday, January 9th Quentin Tarantino’s critically acclaimed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is hitting The Frida Cinema this month! A critical yet longing homage to vintage film and TV, it’s only appropriate that we take a look at other films that feature or deal with Tinseltown. […]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford screens Monday, January 6th through Wednesday, January 8th 2020 is here, and so with it the start of not just a new year but a new decade as well! We’ve got an awesome slate of programming to ring in this momentous occasion, but today we’re […]
December at The Frida Cinema saw not one but two screenings of Polyester, John Waters’ delightfully trashy send-up of romantic melodramas. As mentioned in December’s Frida After Dark blog, the comedy’s release marked a scent-sational innovation in the field of Smell-O-Vision. Though far from the first to imagine an aromatic theater experience, Waters made the […]
People don’t usually associate the Caped Crusader and Christmastime with each other, but in fact they are more intertwined than you might think. One of the earliest episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, for instance, takes place during Christmas. I guess it’s understandable that most might not make this connection thanks to the seeming incongruity […]
Black Christmas + 2 Other Christmas Horror Movies screen Friday, December 27th Like all good things, Christmastime must come to an end but we at The Frida Cinema have come up with a fun way to keep the holiday spirit going! Just two days after Christmas day, we’ll be holding a Twisted Christmas triple feature! […]