Filmmaker Jim Hosking (The Greasy Strangler) is back in his bag with another absurdist fever dream with his new movie Ebony & Ivory!
Two musical legends gather at a Scottish Cottage on The Mull Of Kintyre for a tense summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a Global Number One smash hit single.
Absolute nonsense or pure brilliance? Ebony & Ivory walks the line with ease, practically daring you not to laugh throughout.
Read MoreA twisted reimagining of a beloved fairytale that has emerged as one of the most buzzed-about horror films of 2025, The Ugly Stepsister comes to The Frida for two late night screenings!
Writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt’s visceral, aesthetically-sumptuous gothic body‑horror presents the Cinderella story as experienced through the eyes of her overlooked stepsister. Set in a decaying 18th‑century kingdom of “Swedlandia,” The Ugly Stepsister centers on awkward, bookish Elvira (a sensational Lea Myren, making her feature-film debut), whose ambitious mother Rebekka (Ane Dahl Torp) forces her into brutal cosmetic procedures and deadly beauty rituals, none of which will be spoiled here, all in a desperate bid to win Prince Julian’s affection over her radiant stepsister Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss). It’s not all blood and gore, however; drawing from the darker undertones of the original Grimm tale, as well as her own struggles with body image, Blichfeldt masterfully employs symbolism, and Myren’s intense and fully-committed performance, to craft a film that stirs empathy just as powerfully as it unsettles.
Read MoreThis August, The Frida Cinema proudly presents Greenaway & Nyman, a film series celebrating four of the most iconic collaborations between filmmaker Peter Greenaway and composter Michael Nyman. Our series’ third film is 1988’s Drowning by Numbers, Greenaway’s wickedly playful and morbid game of murder, repetition, and structure.
Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, and Joely Richardson star as three women from the same family, all of whom are each named Cissie Colpitts. Under seemingly rational pretenses, each woman drowns her own husband — but rather than seek justice, local coroner Madgett (Bernard Hill) becomes complicit, lured by his own ambitions. Structured like a counting game by literally placing the numbers 1 through 100 sequentially within its visuals and dialogue, Drowning by Numbers is an exercise in visual beauty marked by escalating absurdity, a grimly comic dark fable about rules, rituals, fate, and numbers.
Nominated for the Palm d’Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, Drowning By Numbers took home the festival’s Best Artistic Contribution prize, and won the Best Director Award at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Read MoreThis August, The Frida Cinema proudly presents Greenaway & Nyman, a film series celebrating four of the most iconic collaborations between filmmaker Peter Greenaway and composter Michael Nyman. Our second film in the series is 1985’s A Zed and Two Noughts, a beautifully disturbing and darkly humorous take on erotic obsession and death.
When a swan causes a car accident in front of the Rotterdam Zoo, two women die and a third, Alba (Andrea Ferréol), loses her leg. Their two grieving husbands, twin zoologists Oliver and Oswald (Eric and Brian Deacon), fixate on their wives’ bodies, and slowly become obsessed with evolution and decomposition, even going as far as to meticulously craft exquisitely morbid time-lapsed films of decaying creatures. As the film evolves into an increasingly bizarre scientific fantasia, things get even stranger when a mad surgeon schemes to use Alba as a subject for his own experiments in animal symmetry. Highlighted by painterly compositions inspired by Vermeer, a hypnotic score by Nyman, and Greenaway’s signature dark comedy, A Zed and Two Noughts is a stylish and unsettling exploration of mortality and the limits of control.
Read MoreThe Frida Cinema just hit 100,000 followers on Instagram, and as a massive thank you, we’re throwing a high-octane, turbo-charged party the only way we know how — with two FREE screenings of The Wachowskis’ eye-popping cult classic: Speed Racer!
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.
Come experience the visually electric, emotionally turbocharged thrill ride that was way ahead of its time. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a curious first-timer, there’s no better way to see it than on the big screen with a cheering crowd of fellow film lovers.
Read MoreSuper Yaki and Mise en Scènt are invading The Frida to celebrate the 25th anniversary of McG’s Charlie’s Angels with a totally free screening! Join us for exclusive merch, movie magic, and a brand-new scent drop!
Come for the slow-mo hair flips and killer soundtrack, stay for the giveaways, exclusive merch, and the in-person debut of our brand-new Concession Stand Candle 3-Pack. This 3-pack features scents inspired by our favorite cinematic snacks—popcorn, cherry slushy, and chocolate bar—and will be available exclusively at the screening, ahead of its online release. A portion of proceeds from this event (and the full week of programming) will go directly to our host theaters, in support of the independent venues that keep film culture thriving.
Saddle up, Angels—it’s time to celebrate 25 years of sexy struts, fierce female leads, and summertime moviegoing!
Read MoreFilm Movement Classics is bringing a brand new 4K restoration of Masayuki’s Suo 1996 charmer Shall We Dance? to The Frida Cinema!
Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) seems to have it all – a high-paying job as an accountant, a beautiful home, a caring wife and a doting daughter he loves
dearly. However, he feels something is missing in his life. One day while commuting on the train he spots a beautiful woman staring wistfully out a
window and eventually decides to find her. His search leads him head-first into the world of competitive ballroom dancing.
A box office sensation in North America upon its initial release (which led to a Hollywood remake with Richard Gere), Film Movement Classics is presenting the original 137-minute film, available uncut for the first time in North America.
Read MoreJoin us for the heart and soul of our Fireworks At The Frida series, Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes To Washington!
Sent to fill a Senate seat as a political pawn, Smith instead uncovers a web of graft and greed. What follows is a political trial by fire—and one of the most legendary speeches in film history. But for all its soaring speeches and small-town sentiment, Capra’s film is no naïve civics lesson; it’s a clear-eyed look at how power distorts purpose, and how standing alone can still mean something.
With brilliant support from Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, and a gallery of weary insiders and hopeful outsiders, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington is both timeless and timely—especially in a week devoted to wrestling with American identity.
Read MoreCelebrate 50 years of Robert Altman’s 1975 magnum opus, Nashville, as part of our Fireworks At The Frida series!
With unforgettable performances from Lily Tomlin, Karen Black, Keith Carradine, Ronee Blakley, and Henry Gibson, the film skips between recording studios, campaign buses, traffic jams, and concert stages—capturing a cross-section of American life that feels both impossibly specific and disturbingly timeless. It’s more than a musical. More than a satire. More than a political drama.
Nominated for five Academy Awards and still a towering achievement in ensemble storytelling, Nashville holds up a cracked mirror to American identity—how we perform it, profit from it, and try to hold onto it even as it slips away.
Read MoreEven having just played it a few months ago, we felt that no Val Kilmer Tribute could truly be complete without showcasing his brilliant comedic work in the goof-fest that is Top Secret!
Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, an Elvis-style American pop star sent to East Germany, where he becomes entangled in an underground resistance, a scientist’s mysterious daughter, and an increasingly deranged plot involving cows, underwater bar fights, backwards bookshelves, and ballet-dancing Nazis. It makes no sense—and that’s exactly the point!
Equal parts homage and satire, Top Secret! fires visual gags and one-liners with a machine gun’s rhythm. But it’s Kilmer—singing his own songs, keeping a straight face through total nonsense, and completely owning the camera—who turns it into something iconic, as he often did.
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