Join Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and the entire Muppet gang as we screen some special encores of The Muppet Christmas Carol!
Charles Dickens’ classic story gets the Muppet treatment as Ebenezer Scrooge (an extremely committed Michael Caine), a cold-hearted miser, is visited on Christmas Eve by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. With help from Kermit’s Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy’s Emily Cratchit, and a chorus of singing, joke-cracking Muppets, Scrooge is shown the impact of his greed — and given one last chance to open his heart and embrace the spirit of Christmas.
A little bit of Muppet mayhem is exactly what every holiday season needs. Don’t miss your chance to see this one on the big screen!
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Sex, bugs, and rock n’ roll! Our final In Defense Of…pick from 2026 comes courtesy of our Director Of Memberships, Bobby, as he’s chosen the 1996 cult comedy Joe’s Apartment!
Entirely a product of MTV’s weirdo golden age, Joe’s Apartment follows a fresh-faced transplant to New York who moves into the only place he can afford — a rundown East Village unit already occupied by an army of wisecracking, singing, dancing cockroaches.
Jerry O’Connell plays the perpetually overwhelmed Joe, whose attempts to survive city life quickly collapse under the chaos of his new six-legged roommates. With its mix of practical puppetry and anarchic cartoon energy, the film has become a cult favorite for anyone nostalgic for the heyday of midnight movies and VHS oddities.
About In Defense Of…: Who says critics and audiences get it right every time!? Revisit some of cinema’s most polarizing films, selected and presented by members of our staff!
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Have a very Terry Christmas, ya’ll! The Frida Cinema is excited to present a double feature of two wildly imaginative Terry Gilliam classics, Brazil and Twelve Monkeys, now celebrating their 40th and 30th anniversaries, respectively, with new 4K restorations!
Brazil (1985): A satirical fever dream of paperwork, plumbing, and paranoia, Brazil follows low-level clerk Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) as he stumbles into a deadly web of mistaken identity and resistance in a dystopia held together by duct tape and denial. With its baroque production design, razor-sharp humor, and unforgettable performances from Robert De Niro and Katherine Helmond, Brazil remains one of the great cinematic critiques of authoritarian absurdity. Forty years later, its vision of a future overwhelmed by incompetence feels both prophetic and painfully funny.
Twelve Monkeys (1995): Gilliam’s time-twisting thriller stars Bruce Willis as a prisoner sent back in time to stop a plague, only to question reality itself. Brad Pitt delivers one of his most electrifying performances as the unstable Jeffrey Goines, and Madeleine Stowe anchors the film with emotional intelligence. Twelve Monkeys fuses noir, sci-fi, and psychological horror into a gripping examination of memory, fate, and the thin line between sanity and prophecy. Three decades on, it’s as tense, inventive, and unsettling as ever.
This special anniversary double feature pairs the director’s most iconic visions of bureaucratic madness and apocalyptic fate, presented back-to-back on the big screen right where they belong.
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Join us as we ring in the holiday season by playing Nancy Meyers’ The Holiday for the first time ever!
Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz star as two women on opposite sides of the globe who impulsively swap homes for Christmas—one trading a cozy English cottage for sunny Los Angeles, the other escaping Hollywood hustle for snow-dusted Surrey. What begins as an experiment in escape soon turns into a chance for renewal, connection, and the kind of unexpected romance that only seems possible in December.
With Meyers’ signature warmth and gorgeous interiors (duh) and a dream ensemble (we didn’t even mention Jack Black, Jude Law, and the legendary Eli Wallach), The Holiday delivers everything you want from a seasonal favorite!
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Cinematic Void is closing our their year at The Frida Cinema by presenting a special 30th anniversary screening of the The Day Of The Beast, putting the “antichrist” in “Christmas”!
The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible, a death metal salesman from Carabanchel, and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult. These go on a literal “trip” through Christmas-time Madrid to hunt for and prevent the reincarnation of the Antichrist.
Director Álex de la Iglesia balances slapstick comedy and supernatural mayhem with ease, making The Day of the Beast is a gonzo cult classic that filled with crowd-pleasing holiday cheer.
This event is being co-presented by the fine folks at the American Cinematheque!
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Billy Wilder’s timeless romantic dramedy The Apartment returns to the big screen with a new 4K restoration as we celebrate what would have been Jack Lemmon’s 100th birthday.
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he’s left with a major problem to solve.
Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Apartment remains one of the great Hollywood stories about the courage to choose kindness in an unkind world. It’s the perfect aperetif to our Holiday Season programming.
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Yeah, we’ll play Porco Rosso…when pigs can fly! Wait.
The 1992 animated masterpiece Porco Rosso is zooming back to The Frida Cinema as our Volunteer Of The Month pick in December, courtesy of Emily!
In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew’s American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.
Blending old-Hollywood romance, slapstick comedy, and some of the most breathtaking aerial animation Studio Ghibli ever created, Porco Rosso is one of Miyazaki’s most underrated gems and a must-see on the big screen! Fly on over!
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Please note: Ernie Reyes Jr. is no longer able to join us for this screening. We apologize for any inconveniences this might cause!
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 actor Michelan Sisti joins us for an in-person Q&A! He played the Pizza Man in the movie and has plenty of stories to tell us about the production of the film (and TMNT 2: Secret Of The Ooze)!
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.
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A few years before winning multiple Oscars, filmmaker Sean Baker, like everyone else, was battling with releasing a film around the time of Covid. Our Lost Films Of Covid series is bringing back his 2021 wild ride through the backroads of Texas, Red Rocket, to the big screen.
Simon Rex stars as a washed-up adult film actor returning to his Texas hometown with big talk, no plan, and a knack for burning every bridge he crosses. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.
Shot on 16mm with Baker’s signature energy and empathy, Red Rocket captures the beauty and absurdity of people chasing something—anything—to keep going. Five years later, it plays like a snapshot of a country still struggling to sell The American Dream.
Thank you to our friends at Filmbot for their support in presenting this amazing series.
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They say you can’t outsmart the farmers—but nobody told Mr. Fox. Wes Anderson’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox scampers back to The Frida just in time for Thanksgiving.
George Clooney voices Mr. Fox, a dashing ex-thief turned family fox who can’t resist one last heist against the fearsome trio of farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. When his plan goes spectacularly awry, Fox and his eccentric woodland neighbors must band together to outwit their human enemies and dig their way to freedom.
Adapted from Roald Dahl’s classic story, Anderson’s version is both faithful and boldly his own—every frame a diorama of autumnal wonder, every line of dialogue dry and delightful. With a pitch-perfect cast (Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe), Alexandre Desplat’s jazzy score, and stop-motion that feels alive with personality, Fantastic Mr. Fox is a triumph of craft and heart.
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