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The Frida Cinema’s In Defense Of… series for March circles all the way back to our Executive Director, Logan Crow, as he selects the 1992 Brad Pitt live action/cartoon hybrid Cool World! 

A bizarre accident lands Frank Harris in Cool World, a realm of cartoons. Years later, cartoonist Jack Deebs, who’s been drawing Cool World, crosses over as well. He sets his lustful sights on animated femme fatale Holli Would, but she’s got plans of her own to become real, and it’s up to Frank to stop her.

Directed by legendary animator Ralph Bakshi, the film’s poor reception, coupled with its confusing narrative and mismatched tone, contributed to it being a major dud in the box office. While it has since gained a cult following (Logan included), general audiences still continue to reject it…until now! 

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See the most-acclaimed animated shorts of the year as we present the 2025 Oscar® Nominated Short Films in the category of Animation!

Since 2006, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe. This special release features the year’s most spectacular animated short films and is available to watch on the big screen for a limited time. Program includes: Beautiful Men (Belgium/France/Netherlands, 18 min.), In the Shadow of the Cypress (Iran, 20 min.), Magic Candies (Japan, 21 min.), Wander to Wonder (Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK, 13 min.), and Yuck! (France, 13 min.)

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Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature and now Oscar Nominee for Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature, The Frida Cinema is proud to present the wondrous animated film Flow for an extended run and matinees and early evening screenings!

A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, they must rely on trust, courage, and wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. From the boundless imagination of the award-winning Gints Zilbalodis (Away) comes a thrilling animated spectacle as well as a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling, Flow is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart.

Upon premiering at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the film has received critical acclaim and won numerous film and animation awards, including Best Animated Film at the European Film Awards, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the National Board of Review Awards, and many more! The film is selected as the Latvian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards!

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Dreamworks’ fantasy comedy sequel Shrek 2 returns just in time for its 20th anniversary!

Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona’s mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after. Shrek and the King find it difficult to get along, and there’s tension in the marriage. The Fairy Godmother discovers that Fiona has married Shrek instead of her son Prince Charming and plots to destroy their marriage.

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GKIDS presents Look Back, a new coming-of-age anime from first-time director Kiyotaka Oshiyama.

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Prepare yourself for a landmark screening featuring the 71st Anniversary of The War of the Worlds, George Pal’s eye-popping, edge-of-your-seat science fiction classic restored in 4K plus Academy Award®-winning restored Puppetoons not seen on the big screen in generations! Producer-Director-Restorationist Arnold Leibovit (The Puppetoon Movie, The Time Machine 2002) will be on hand for Q&A and signing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 the Rondo Award Winner Best Blu-ray Collection of 2024

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