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Akira Kurosawa kicked off the 1960s with his underrated film noir piece The Bad Sleep Well, screening at The Frida Cinema as part of our ongoing retrospective on the works of the legendary Japanese director. The story is simple: a vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide. What follows is a film that combines elements of Hamlet and noir to chilling effect in exposing the corrupt boardrooms of postwar corporate Japan.  Continuing his legendary collaboration with Toshiro Mifune, The Bad Sleep Well is a lesser-known stroke of genius in the filmmaker's canon, but great nonetheless. See it on the big screen, where it rarely plays!

As we continue to honor the extraordinary legacy of Rob Reiner, we get to the film that reshaped modern romantic comedy and set the gold standard for everything that followed: When Harry Met Sally…. Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears by remaining friends and admitting they just might be the perfect match for each other? Released in 1989 and still unmatched, When Harry Met Sally... remains a masterclass in how to tell a love story. It’s a movie about two people growing up together without realizing they’re growing toward each other, guided by Reiner’s warm, observant direction and Nora Ephron’s flawless screenplay. Few filmmakers moved so effortlessly between genres as Rob Reiner. From coming-of-age classics to sharp-edged comedy to pulse-pounding thrillers, his filmography is a tour of American movie magic. All tickets to the Remembering Ron Reiner are all discounted to $9.

It's as real as the feelings you feel. This season, we honor the extraordinary legacy of Rob Reiner with some screenings of one of his most beloved films: the timeless and irresistibly funny fairy-tale adventure The Princess Bride. When young Buttercup (Robin Wright in a luminous breakout performance) loses her true love Westley (Cary Elwes), she vows never to love again. Until fate, pirates, politics, giants, miracles, and rodents of unusual size intervene, of course. Told through the framing device of a grandfather (Peter Falk) reading a bedtime story to his skeptical grandson (Fred Savage), the film becomes a celebration of imagination itself. Few filmmakers moved so effortlessly between genres as Rob Reiner. From coming-of-age classics to sharp-edged comedy to pulse-pounding thrillers, his filmography is a tour of American movie magic. But The Princess Bride remains his most universally cherished creation. 

Our brand new Staff Picks series kicks off with the 2018 indie dramedy Hearts Beat Loud, courtesy of our Development Director, Porter! In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery. Over the years, Hearts Beat Loud has settled into the same emotional space as films like Begin Again, Sing Street, and Once. They're not huge theatrical hits, but deeply beloved by those who found them. And for first timers, now is as good a time as ever to discover this gem on this big screen!

Our Page To Screen series kicks off in the new year with the Drew Barrymore-starring Cinderella adaptation: Ever After. Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry. Over the past 25 years, Ever After has earned a reputation as the definitive grounded, feminist retelling of Cinderella. Many viewers, especially our beloved Millenial moviegoers, consider it the best non-animated version of the fairy tale ever put to screen.

Writer/Director Mark Fischbach's (known to so many people around the world as @markiplier) brand new science fiction horror film Iron Lung is making its way to The Frida Cinema for limited weekend run! Set in a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".

Kick off 2026 with us as See It On 16mm dusts off some well-loved (worn) prints of ignored exploitation, horror, and other off the radar films as we present our brand new Secret Grindhouse series! What's that mean? They're gonna dig up some decaying prints and thread them up for genre fans! Most titles are either in a rights limbo, forgotten, or just need to be shown more appreciation. They'll be playing blaxploitation, vansploitation, nunsploitation, kung fu, made-for-TV terrors, and everything else between! Grab a ticket and watch as the secret movie unspools loud and proud on the big screen!

In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom (Sam Riley) teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist (Stacy Martin) arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband (Jack Farthing) disappears, and the police suspect Tom.

The final film in our tribute to the late, great Rob Reiner is the star-powered and endlessly quotable courtroom thriller A Few Good Men. When two Marines are accused of murdering a fellow soldier at Guantánamo Bay, young Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is assigned to their defense. What begins as a routine plea deal spirals into a collision course with the chain of command, culminating in a courtroom showdown with the fearsome Col. Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson in one of the most iconic performances in film history). Few filmmakers moved so effortlessly between genres as Rob Reiner. From coming-of-age classics to sharp-edged comedy to pulse-pounding thrillers, his filmography is a tour of American movie magic. Tickets to the Remembering Ron Reiner are all discounted to $9.

The Oscars Can Suck It! Film Threat’s Award This! is the only award show where anyone can attend by simply buying a ticket. (Try getting tickets to the Oscars!) This year, Film Threat's Award This! event celebrates a diverse group of truly independent movies! The Award This! nominees were selected from over 2,000 indie films reviewed by Film Threat in 2025. The utterly unique Award This! event includes bold and diverse categories including Indie Sci-Fi, Indie Horror, Indie Comedy, Indie Action/Thriller, WTF Indie, Indie Romantic Comedy, Indie Drama, Indie LGBTQ+ Film, Music Documentary, Pop Culture Documentary, Socially-Relevant Documentary, Best Director, Best Directress, Indie Made for Less Than the Contents of an Oscar Gift Bag (Under $100K), and Indie Movie of the Year. For more info, go to: FilmThreat.com or AwardsThis.com! Please join us for this very special evening honoring the best indie films! The schedule is below: 6PM - Red Carpet Arrivals and Cocktail Party 8PM - Award This! Show 10PM - After Party (location TBA) The tickets that are available to the public are: $125 VIP Tickets (Limited Availability) (Admission to the main room, drink tickets, + a gift bag) $50 Gold Tickets (Admission to the overflow party room, drink tickets, + a gift bag) This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

We're kicking off February with a Samurai double feature of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and Sanjuro, both screening with brand new 4K restorations courtesy of the incredible talents at Janus Films! Yojimbo: A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men. Sanjuro: Jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a "proper" samurai on its ear. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic character's return is a masterpiece in its own right.

Join us for some cheeky encores of Charade—Stanley Donen’s irresistible mix of romance and suspense that pairs two of Hollywood’s brightest stars at the height of their powers. After Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) falls for the dashing Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex (James Coburn), Scobie (George Kennedy) and Gideon (Ned Glass), who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name? Often dubbed “the best Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made,” Charade pairs up Hepburn and Grant along with some witty dialogue and glamorous locations for some of the most flirtatious thrills of all time!

You sold it out, so we're bringing it back! Join us for a couple additional screenings of the Drew Barrymore-starring Cinderella adaptation: Ever After. Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry. Over the past 25 years, Ever After has earned a reputation as the definitive grounded, feminist retelling of Cinderella. Many viewers, especially our beloved Millenial moviegoers, consider it the best non-animated version of the fairy tale ever put to screen.

Please join us for some encores of the extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi, directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang. The film is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a brand new 4K restoration via our friends at Janus Films! The story follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-age father NJ’s tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang’s attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, the filmmaker deftly imbues every gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. This intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century. Don't miss it up on the big screen!

Charles Burnett's cinematic masterpiece Killer of Sheep, magnificently restored in 4K with sparkling picture and sound, is kicking off our Three By Charles Burnett series! The film evokes the everyday trials, fragile pleasures, and tenacious humor of blue-collar African Americans living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1970s. Burnett made it on a minuscule budget with a mostly nonprofessional cast, combining keen on-the-street observation with a carefully crafted script. The story centers on Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders), a slaughterhouse worker battling exhaustion and disconnected from his wife, his children, and himself. Stan and his neighbors struggle just to get by, let alone get ahead. Only the kids, leaping from roof to roof, seem to achieve a mobility that eludes their elders. Burnett’s film focuses on everyday life in Black communities in a manner rarely seen in American cinema – combining lyrical elements with a starkly neorealist, documentary-style approach that combines deep nuance with riveting simplicity.

All That's Left Of You is Jordan's official selection to these 98th Academy Awards, and has just been nominated for an upcoming Indie Spirit Award! We are bringing the film to The Frida for a week-long run! In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of displacement, but the unbreakable spirit of survival. Writer-director Cherien Dabis stars alongside Saleh Bakri in this sweeping, epic tale of a family’s love and struggle across generations in post-Nebka Palestine. All That's Left Of You premiered at Sundance and played in Telluride. Garnering acclaim and strong awards buzz as one of the year’s best dramas, a ‘must-see’ for theatrical audiences.

Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 1977 surrealist masterpiece Hausu (aka House) is back for two late night encores! The story follows a group of schoolgirls headed to a haunted house for summer vacation, only for things to go from weird to…weirder. From floating pianos to killer stuffed animals, the film is an explosion of colors and chaos. So join us for this Japanese cult classic (and certified Frida Cinema Favorite) that has become legendary for its bizarre special effects, haunting visuals, and wacky storytelling. It truly needs to be seen on the big screen to be believed.

Grab a slice and skate on down to The Frida Cinema as Moviebusters presents a very special screening of the 1990 cult classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles! And make sure to stick around after the screening as martial artist, actor, and the man behind Donatello’s legendary moves, Ernie Reyes Jr joins us for an in-person Q&A! Make sure to get there early as there will be an autograph signing and picture opportunity in the lobby before the event! Before superheroes ruled the multiplex, four brothers from the New York sewers saved the world with martial arts and heart. Director Steve Barron’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a box-office surprise and a practical-effects marvel. Produced on the edge of indie ingenuity, the film blended Jim Henson’s Creature Shop wizardry with street-level grit, creating a tone that felt mythic. Beneath the pizza jokes and wisecracks was something sincere--growing up in a hard (shelled?) city. This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff. Membership discounts and comp passes do not apply. Doors open at 4:00PM and the film will begin at 5:00PM.

Grab your history books and cruise on over to The Frida Cinema as Moviebusters are back to present a most triumphant screening of the 1989 cult classic Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure! And be sure to stay after the screening for an in-person Q&A with special guest Diane Franklin (Better Off Dead, Dallas, Matlock), who played the role of Princess Joanna of England. Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation. Anchored by the endlessly likable pairing of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, the film zips through history with Socrates, Napoleon, and Joan of Arc in tow, but never loses sight of its big heart. Beneath the goofy catchphrases and mall-set mayhem is a surprisingly sincere belief in the power of showing up for one another. Diane Franklin will also be signing autographs in the lobby before the film, so make sure to get there early! This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff. Membership discounts and comp passes do not apply. Doors open at 8:00PM and the film will begin at 8:30PM.

A stylish and seductive submersion into the techno-scored neon nightlife of Taipei, Hou Hsiao-hsien's marvel Millenium Mambo is coming back to The Frida as a Volunteer Of The Month pick courtesy of the amazing Shreshta!  Thee film stars Shu Qi (The Assassin) as an aimless bar hostess drifting away from her blowhard boyfriend and towards Jack Kao’s suave, sensitive gangster. Structured as a flashback to the then-present from the then-future of 2011, it’s a transfixing trance-out of a movie, drenched in club lights, ecstatic endorphin-rush exhilaration, and a nagging undercurrent of ennui. Thank you to our friends at Kino Lorber for the stunning 4K restoration of this evocative portrayal of youth and Taipei at the turn of the millennium.

Celebrate 40 years since the release of Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first film, Desert Hearts! Groundbreaking upon its 1986 release, the 1959-set film, an adaptation of a beloved novel by Jane Rule, stars straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver), who arrives in Reno to file for divorce, but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the younger free spirit Cay (Patricia Charbonneau). From there, the movie becomes a touching and slow seduction that unfolds against the breathtaking desert landscape. With smoldering chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor.

A brand new 4K restoration of High And Low is coming to The Frida Cinema as part of fourteen film retrospective on the films of Akira Kurosawa! Thank you to Janus Films for restoring this masterpiece and allowing us to play it. The story of High And Low follows an executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. This highly influential domestic drama, adapted Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on contemporary Japanese society.

The Vanishing (1988) is our second Volunteer Of The Month pick for February, courtesy of the wonderful Julia!  A young man embarks on an obsessive search for the girlfriend who mysteriously disappeared while the couple were taking a sunny vacation trip, and his three-year investigation draws the attention of her abductor, a mild-mannered professor with a clinically diabolical mind. An unorthodox love story and a truly unsettling thriller, Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer’s The Vanishing unfolds with meticulous intensity, leading to an unforgettable finale that has unnerved audiences around the world.

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind is coming back to The Frida to bum you out this Valentine's Day season! A visually inventive and emotionally raw exploration of love and loss, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind follows Joel (Jim Carrey), a reserved man who discovers that his impulsive ex-girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has undergone a medical procedure to erase all memories of their relationship. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actress (Winslet). It’s often cited as one of the defining films of the 2000s, and a certified Frida Cinema classic that we have thrown on our screens every February for years now. Don't miss your chance to see this cult classic on the big screen with a crowd!

They were warned...they are doomed...and on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them. Join us as we return to Camp Crystal Lake for the chilling one-two punch that launched one of horror’s most enduring franchises. We're screening a double feature of Friday The 13th Parts 1 & 2! Friday the 13th (1980) arrived at the height of the slasher boom and quickly carved out its own place in genre history. With its isolated lakeside setting mixed with those iconic and ominous point-of-view camerawork, the film builds suspense through atmosphere more than pure bloodshed, but don't worry, there's plenty of that. And after a brief ten minute intermission, it's time for Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), the sequel that expands the Jason Voorhees mythology and introduces the figure who would become the face of the franchise. Together, these two films chart the birth of a slasher phenomenon, and they're an absolute blast to watch with a crowd on the big screen. Join us and celebrate this holiday tradition that won't seem to die...

Do you love horror movies? Are you sick of all the lovey-dovey films playing around Valentine's Day? Well, The Frida Cinema's got your back! I <3 Horror is back! And this year, we're presenting an amazing triple feature of some of our favorite fun and spooky flicks! Lisa Frankenstein, Ginger Snaps, and Scre4m are the films in our murderers row, playing back-to-back-to-back with intermissions between so you can refill on your snacks and take a break! So put on your best hot pink horror attire and join us! The schedule is as follows: Doors - 3:00PM Lisa Frankenstein - 4:00PM Ginger Snaps - 6:00PM Scream 4 - 8:00PM All passes to this event will be General Admission and we'll have exclusive merch for sale along with a few other surprises! Member discounts and Frida Cinema comp passes not valid.

Akira Kurosawa's three hour epic, Red Beard, is screening at The Frida Cinema with a brand new 4K restoration via our friends at Janus Films! Red Beard chronicles the tumultuous relationship between an arrogant young doctor and a compassionate clinic director. Toshiro Mifune, in his last role for Kurosawa, gives a powerhouse performance as the dignified yet empathic director who guides his pupil to maturity, teaching the embittered intern to appreciate the lives of his destitute patients. Perfectly capturing the look and feel of 19th-century Japan, Kurosawa weaves a fascinating tapestry of time, place, and emotion.

A slow-burning masterwork of the early 1990s, To Sleep With Anger is a singular piece of American mythmaking that we are honored to include as part of our Three By Charles Burnett series! In a towering performance, Danny Glover plays the enigmatic southern drifter Harry, a devilish charmer who turns up out of the blue on the South Central Los Angeles doorstep of his old friends. In short order, Harry’s presence seems to cast a chaotic spell on what appeared to be a peaceful household, exposing smoldering tensions between parents and children, tradition and change, virtue and temptation. Interweaving evocative strains of gospel and blues with rich, poetic-realist images, To Sleep with Anger is a sublimely stirring film from an autonomous artistic sensibility; a portrait of family resilience steeped in the traditions of African American mysticism and folklore.

Our Classic Movie Nights pick in February is Pillow Talk—the endlessly charming Doris Day/Rock Hudson comedy that helped define the golden age of Hollywood rom-coms. Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly. Directed by master craftsman Michael Gordon and decked out in glamorous costumes and jazzy set design, Pillow Talk is studio-era comfort cinema at its most fun and quotable. The film earned Doris Day her first Academy Award nomination and cemented one of the most beloved screen pairings in movie history. Make sure to get to the screening early, as our Marketing Director Bekah will be doing a very informative and entertaining presentation on the film before it starts!

On February 19th, our friends at Flickrhappy invite you to experience the unforgettable romantic fantasy Somewhere in Time on the big screen. Starring the iconic duo of Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, the film follows a modern playwright who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman from the past, and attempts an extraordinary experiment to reach her across time. Elegantly shot at Michigan’s historic Grand Hotel and featuring a sweeping, iconic score by John Barry, Somewhere in Time blends romance and speculative fiction into a uniquely haunting experience. A beloved cult classic, the film rewards viewers with one of cinema’s most enduring themes: whether love can truly transcend time. Just added: as a fun bonus, Flickrhappy is making this screening completely FREE for Frida Cinema Film Club members!

It's time to dance with the devil. The 16-time Oscar-nominated epic Sinners is finally coming to The Frida Cinema! Emerging as one of the most audacious, emotionally charged visions in modern filmmaking, we're excited to have the opportunity to screen the film for audiences during our 12th Birthday Weekend celebration. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era, Sinners follows twin brothers Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) as they return home after years away trying to leave their troubled pasts behind. With plans to open a juke joint for their community using money earned in Chicago, the celebration takes a dark turn when supernatural forces are awakened and begin to menace the town. A towering modern classic in the making, Sinners has unheard of levels of ambition in the modern Hollywood landcape. Whether you've seen it already or are experiencing it for the first time, there's no denying that the big screen is the best place to celebrate its massive success. 

It's time to dust off those dancing shoes, because Jonathan Demme's 1984 concert film masterpiece Stop Making Sense is back just in time for The Frida Cinema's birthday weekend! Stop Making Sense is an iconic concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, while on tour for their 1983 album “Speaking in Tongues.” The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning, cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals. Featuring masterful performances by David Byrne and photography by Jordan Cronenweth (Blade Runner), Stop Making Sense is a concert experience at its most colorful and life-affirming. Stop Making Sense will continue with regularity at The Frida Cinem as long as we keep selling it out! Don't miss this once in a lifetime cinematic experience!

Hundreds of Beavers, one of the most entertaining and enduring independent films of the past decade, is coming to The Frida Cinema just in time for our 12th Birthday Weekend!  Called “gonzo cinema distilled from Buster Keaton to George Miller” (LA Times), “one of the most inventive comedies in years” (RogerEbert.com), that “puts most big screen comedies to shame,” (The Daily Beast), this impossible indie has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon — selling out theaters, melting Letterboxd & Rotten Tomatoes, and putting audiences worldwide into stitches. Equal parts silent-era stunt work, Looney Tunes energy, and pure filmmaking lunacy, this is a cult hit that’s too much dam fun to stream alone at home!

If you've got a taste for terror…take Carrie to the prom. We're celebrating The Frida Cinema's 12th birthday with a very special 50th anniversary screening of Brian De Palma's horror masterpiece Carrie! Put your best tux or dress on and join us for a night of live music, photo ops, vendors, a Prom court crowning, and so much more! Based on Stephen (Prom) King’s debut novel, Carrie centers on Carrie White, a shy, socially isolated high school girl who lives under the oppressive control of her fanatically religious mother. After enduring relentless bullying at school and humiliation at home, Carrie begins to discover she possesses powerful telekinetic abilities. As her classmates plan a prom night that promises acceptance and normalcy, unseen forces set the stage for one of the most devastating final acts in cinema history. Tickets are limited, so get them before they're gone! No encores. Frida Cinema member discounts DO apply. Doors open at 7:00PM. Movie begins at 8:00PM sharp! Stick around after the movie for the official Carrie Prom Night After Party!

Evil takes many forms. Play It By Fear (@playitbyfear.33) continues their brand new Sunday Scaries series by delving into the dark world of Robert Eggers' 2016 New England nightmare The VVitch.  In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways. Never too far from our programming line, The VVitch has stood the test of time over the past ten years, forever changing the landscape of Indie Horror as we know it.

Do you know anything about witches? A technicolor nightmare bathed in neon light and scored to the pounding, otherworldly rhythms of Goblin, Dario Argento’s Suspiria is back to play as part of our Sunday Scaries series, presented by Play It By Fear (@playitbyfear.33)!   Suzy (Jessica Harper) travels to Germany to attend ballet school. When she arrives, late on a stormy night, no one lets her in, and she sees Pat (Eva Axén), another student, fleeing from the school. What happens after that is a descent into colorful mystery madness that only Argento could deliver. Released in 1977 and still unlike anything before or since, Suspiria is the film Argento will be remembered for: a Giallo that transcends the genre, dripping with dread, saturated in color, and terrifying in ways that defy logic. It’s horror as high art. Don't miss this certified Frida Cinema favorite loud and proud on the big screen where it belongs!

The final film in our Three By Charles Burnett series is his charming 1999 drama The Annihilation Of Fish, now restored in a beautiful 4K restoration! Lynn Redgrave plays Poinsettia, a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini. She moves into a Los Angeles boarding house with an energetic landlady (Margot Kidder) where she meets a Jamaican widower, Fish (James Earl Jones), who has recently been released from a mental institution despite his continued battles against unseen demons. In the face of personal challenges and differences, the couple grows together and begins to discover new things about themselves and the nuances of love and happiness. Released in partnership with Milestone Films, restoration by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

William Wyler's 1939 adaptation of Wuthering Heights is coming to The Frida Cinema as part of our Page To Screen series! Based on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, the timeless story follows orphan Heathcliff, as he is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back. This adaptation remains one of the definitive screen versions of Brontë’s novel and a landmark of Golden Age Hollywood romantic drama, admired for its visual poetry and enduring performances from Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier.

Our Hallucinations series kicks off its four film sub-series of Seaside Horror with the 1981 shocker Dead & Buried! The story follows a small town sheriff (James Farentino from The Final Countdown) who is baffled by a sudden series of grisly murders. A familiar plot to some, but director Gary Sherman ups the creepiness factor with a spooky setting and uniquely morbid sense of humor. Unfairly ignored during its original theatrical release, Dead & Buried is one of those movies that was lucky enough to find a second life in the home-video market and is now considered a cult classic. Nearly forty years later, Grindhouse Releasing has released a brand new 4K restoration for us to enjoy on the big screen!  Hosted by Polygon’s editor-in-chief Chris Plante, Hallucinations is a monthly event that spotlights movies that challenge our expectations of story, style, and “good taste”. We invite guests to bond over films that change what we expect from the medium, the world, and themselves. So come early, stay late, make friends, and watch something strange, surprising, or just shamelessly sick.

Some girls will do anything to meet their idols. Our Staff Pick series has brought us to Robert Zemekis' I Wanna Hold Your Hand, brought you courtesy of our staffer, Isa, who will be introducing the screening! The story follows a group of wide-eyed New Jersey teenagers who descend on New York City in hopes of getting close to their idols. What begins as a simple plan (to see The Beatles) spirals into a chaotic, cross-town odyssey filled with manic Beatlemania-fueled hijinks. More than just a period comedy, I Wanna Hold Your Hand is a joyous time capsule of a cultural turning point. Come see this rarely screened gem on the big screen with fellow Beatles fans!

In 1993, invited by David Lynch to come up with a low-budget genre movie, filammaker Michael Almereyda recombined characters from Bram Stoker and set them loose in contemporary New York. The result? A cult classic known simply as Nadja.  Nadja (Elina Löwensohn) is a disillusioned “young” vampire who imagines herself liberated by the death of her father, Count Dracula, but the unhinged Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Fonda) wants to destroy her as well, interrupting her reunion with twin brother Edgar (Jared Harris) and pursuing them into “a netherworld of shadows” (J. Hoberman). Part seductive reverie, part spoof, Nadja is a delirious mashup of Andre Breton’s 1928 surrealist novel of the same name and Universal Pictures’ Dracula’s Daughter (1936). Simon Fisher Turner’s ethereal score is offset by propulsive pop songs from My Bloody Valentine, The Verve, and Space Hog. Executive producer Lynch fully financed the film when other investors faded out and even has a cameo as a hypnotized morgue attendant. This 4K restoration was generated from the print in the collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the version of the film that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1994, three minutes longer than the commercial release. 

Two hunts. Two eras. One ultimate killing machine. Join us on Thursday, February 26th as we present both the original 1987 Predator with its 2025 predecessor Predator: Badlands in an awesome double feature hosted by Jordan Morris, the author of the upcoming Marvel comic Predator: Bloodshed! First up is John McTiernan’s Predator (1987), which drops a team of elite commandos into the Central American jungle on what should be a routine rescue mission, only to reveal they’re being stalked by something far deadlier than any human enemy. Then, after a short intermission, it's time for Predator: Badlands! This contemporary sequel brings the hunt roaring into a new frontier. Trading dense jungle for harsh, open terrain where old rules no longer apply. Doors open at 6:15PM and the films will start at 7:00PM after a brief introduction. Tickets are $15, there will be a ten minute intermission between the films, and our host for the evening, Jordan Morris (co-host of the excellent and long-running podcast Jordan Jesse Go) will be selling and signing comics in the lobby before, between, and after the films! 

Join us on Saturday night, February 28th, as we screen Grease 2, the Michelle Pfeiffer star-making sequel to the iconic 1978 musical.  It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school...but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie? Grease 2 isn’t Grease. We get it. But we love it because it’s louder and messier, two adjectives used to throw it under the bus upon its initial release. But what was once a punchline has become a midnight movie favorite: a sequel that failed on release but succeeded, decades later, as gloriously ridiculous cult entertainment. The music and feeling go on forever!

Be afraid. Be very afraid. HorrorBuzz is kicking off their Horror Movie Night series in 2026 with a special 40th anniversary screening of David Cronenberg's notorious body horror classic The Fly! When eccentric scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum in a career-defining physical performance) cracks the secret of teleportation, he does what any self-respecting mad genius might: he tests it on himself. What he doesn’t know is that he wasn’t alone in the pod. A housefly slipped in at the final moment… and the machine fused man and insect into one evolving organism. As Brundle’s transformation accelerates from curiosity to nightmare, journalist Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) becomes witness to both his brilliance and his unraveling. Horror Movie Night takes filmgoing to another level with a full night of entertainment, including a themed HMN Video Pres-how, Trivia, Games, Prizes, and another outstanding horror short from HorrorBuzz’s The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream. Doors open and video pre-show video begins promptly at 7:30 pm. Games, prizes, and short film begin at 8:00PM. Feature starts at 8:30PM. This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

The penultimate film in our Akira Kurosawa retrospective is his epic 1985 masterpiece, Ran, now restored in glorious 4K thanks to Rialto Pictures! A grand and visually breathtaking epic that transposes Shakespeare’s King Lear into the chaotic feudal era of 16th-century Japan of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ran stars screen legend Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging warlord who decides to divide his vast domain among his three sons in hopes of securing peace in his final years. Instead, his decision ignites a violent power struggle, as betrayal and ambition shatter his family and plunge the region into civil war. Stripped of power and driven into madness, Hidetora becomes a ghost of his former self, wandering through the wreckage of a world he once ruled. With its masterful use of color, and meticulously staged battle sequences, Ran is both an intimate tragedy, and a large-scale historical spectacle.  In delivering his haunting and majestic summation of his lifelong explorations of power, betrayal, and the devastating consequences of human ambition, Kurosawa employs sweeping landscapes, intricate battle sequences, and vivid color symbolism to create a world teetering on the edge of chaos. About the Restoration Ran’s original 1985 production was made possible through a French-Japanese collaboration between Kadokawa and French producer Serge Silberman, with distribution later handled by companies such as Orion and Studiocanal. That international partnership was rekindled decades later when Kadokawa and Studiocanal brought on French laboratory Éclair to restore the film in 4K under Studiocanal’s supervision, using the original negative as its source. Much of the restoration was completed manually, frame by frame, with color grading approved by Masaharu Ueda, one of Ran’s three cinematographers and a longtime collaborator of Kurosawa.

The past, present, and future. One man's dreams...for every dreamer. We are concluding our fourteen film retrospective paying tribute to the great Akira Kurosawa with his surrealist masterpiece Dreams. Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature. Dreams holds a unique place in Akira Kurosawa’s career and reputation. It’s often regarded as one of his most personal and spiritual works--a literal painting of his imagination come to life. Don't miss a chance to see it on the big screen!

Join us for To Have and Have Not—the film that introduced the world to the electric pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall! Set in wartime Martinique, Bogart plays a tough American boat captain trying to stay neutral while Bacall arrives as a mysterious young drifter with a cigarette, a razor-sharp wit, and a look that could stop the story cold. What begins as a smoldering battle of nerves soon pulls both into a dangerous resistance plot. Directed by Howard Hawks and written in part by William Faulkner, To Have and Have Not belongs entirely to its stars, launching one of cinema’s most iconic romances. Make sure to get to the screening early, as our Marketing Director Bekah will be doing a very informative and entertaining presentation on the film before it starts!

Alright, see...join us for April's Classic Movie Nights pick: the James Cagney gangster flick Angels With Dirty Faces! Cagney plays Rocky Sullivan, a two-bit punk who grows into a full-blown gangster with the whole neighborhood full of kids. Trying to set him straight is his old pal Father Jerry, played by Pat O’Brien, now on the right side of the law and sweating bullets over whether those kids are gonna follow the wrong horse. Directed by Michael Curtiz of Casablanca and White Christmas fame, this is an old school, real-deal Warner Brothers gangster picture, culminating in one of the greatest endings in cinema history. Make sure to get to the screening early, as our Marketing Director Bekah will be doing a very informative and entertaining presentation on the film before it starts!

The good news is your date is here. The bad news is...he's dead. HorrorBuzz continues its 2026 Horror Movie Night series with a 40th anniversary blast of pure ’80s genre joy: Fred Dekker’s Night of the Creeps! In the 1980s, two college freshmen unwittingly unleash slug-like parasites that turn anyone they infect into walking corpses. As the outbreak spreads, it’s up to hardboiled detective Ray Cameron (the legendary Tom Atkins) and a group of panicked students to save the night...or at least go down swinging! Horror Movie Night takes filmgoing to another level with a full night of entertainment, including a themed HMN Video Pres-how, Trivia, Games, Prizes, and another outstanding horror short from HorrorBuzz’s The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream. Doors open and video pre-show video begins promptly at 7:30 pm. Games, prizes, and short film begin at 8:00PM. Feature starts at 8:30PM. This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

People of Earth: your planet is about to be destroyed...we're terribly sorry for the inconvenience. Our friends at HorrorBuzz are back to celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the most gloriously bonkers creature features of the 1980s: TerrorVision! When the ultra-quirky Putterman family installs a new satellite dish, they accidentally beam in more than late-night cable. A grotesque alien known as the Hungry Beast materializes in their home, and soon the eccentric clan is fighting for survival as the creature slithers through their pastel nightmare of a mansion, devouring everything in sight! Horror Movie Night takes filmgoing to another level with a full night of entertainment, including a themed HMN Video Pres-how, Trivia, Games, Prizes, and another outstanding horror short from HorrorBuzz’s The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream. Doors open and video pre-show video begins promptly at 7:30 pm. Games, prizes, and short film begin at 8:00PM. Feature starts at 8:30PM. This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

He's not Freddy, he's not Jason...he's real. HorrorBuzz continues its 2026 series with the 40th anniversary of one of the most unsettling and influential films of the 1980s: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. Loosely inspired by the confessions of real-life murderer Henry Lee Lucas, the movie follows drifter Henry (played by iconic silver screen "that guy" Michael Rooker) and his volatile accomplice Otis as they navigate a bleak Chicago landscape. When Otis’s sister Becky moves in, Henry’s flat affect and unpredictable behavior begin to reveal something far darker beneath the surface. Horror Movie Night takes filmgoing to another level with a full night of entertainment, including a themed HMN Video Pres-how, Trivia, Games, Prizes, and another outstanding horror short from HorrorBuzz’s The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream. Doors open and video pre-show video begins promptly at 7:30 pm. Games, prizes, and short film begin at 8:00PM. Feature starts at 8:30PM. This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

After a decade of silence...the buzz came back. HorrorBuzz is slicing up our October lineup with a 40th anniversary party of unhinged insanity: Tobe Hooper’s gloriously deranged sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2! When late-night DJ Stretch accidentally records a pair of murders committed by the Sawyer clan, she teams up with the unhinged Lieutenant “Lefty” Enright (a chainsaw-wielding Dennis Hopper in one of the wildest performances of his career). Their mission: descend into the Sawyer family’s subterranean lair of meat, madness, and twinkling Christmas lights to put an end to the carnage once and for all. Horror Movie Night takes filmgoing to another level with a full night of entertainment, including a themed HMN Video Pres-how, Trivia, Games, Prizes, and another outstanding horror short from HorrorBuzz’s The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream. Doors open and video pre-show video begins promptly at 7:30 pm. Games, prizes, and short film begin at 8:00PM. Feature starts at 8:30PM. This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

A singing plant. A daring hero. A sweet girl. A demented dentist. It's the most outrageous musical comedy ever made! HorrorBuzz caps off its year of 40th anniversary screenings with the show-stopping musical Little Shop of Horrors! Meek flower-shop clerk Seymour Krelborn (Frida favorite Rick Moranis) discovers a mysterious plant after a solar eclipse and names it Audrey II, after his coworker-crush Audrey (Ellen Greene). But this plant doesn’t want sunlight or water....it wants blood. As Audrey II grows from a cute little sprout to a fast-talking menace, Seymour must choose between fame, fortune, and doing the right thing…preferably before the plant eats the whole block. Horror Movie Night takes filmgoing to another level with a full night of entertainment, including a themed HMN Video Pres-how, Trivia, Games, Prizes, and another outstanding horror short from HorrorBuzz’s The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream. Doors open and video pre-show video begins promptly at 7:30 pm. Games, prizes, and short film begin at 8:00PM. Feature starts at 8:30PM. This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.