Revisit one of Stanley Kubrick’s first features with 1956’s The Killing, the next entry in our Kubrick Christmas series.
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
Read MoreOur Party Like It’s 1999 series draws to a close with Go, Doug Liman’s LGBTQ crime comedy!
Grocery store clerk Simon occasionally sells drugs from his cash register at work, so when soap opera actors Adam and Zack come looking for Ecstasy on a quiet Christmas Eve, they are surprised to find Ronna covering his shift. Desperate for money, Ronna decides to become an impromptu drug dealer, unaware that Adam and Zack are secretly working for obsessed narcotics officer Burke.
Read MoreA girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.
Read MoreYou sold out the first screening, so let’s do another! Join us for a very special early-evening screening with C. Thomas Howell as he provides live commentary throughout the iconic film, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel. Hear what it was like to work with the infamous Francis Ford Coppola and Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, and the late Patrick Swayze. Learn why Francis Ford Coppola kept the Greaser and Socks separate, even in their down time, and why he chose to film the complete movie on VHS tape first as a rehearsal, and so much more!
Want to get your memorabilia you’ve kept all these years signed by Ponyboy Curtis himself? Now’s your chance. Arrive early at 4:00PM for one-on-one time with your favorite greaser. Meet and greet tickets sold separately at tommyhowellmusic.com!
As a super added bonus, there will be an audience participation Q&A immediately following the screening!
This screening is to benefit C. Thomas Howell’s non-profit, The Stay Gold Foundation, which promotes literacy and the arts in schools.
This program is a venue rental engagement. Member discounts and Frida Cinema comp passes not valid. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.
Read MorePulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino’s groundbreaking crime film, turns 30!
The film follows the lives of several characters, including hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, mob boss Marsellus Wallace, his wife Mia, and a washed-up boxer named Butch Coolidge. Each of their stories unfolds non-linearly, connected by moments of violence, absurdity, and unexpected humanity. Whether it’s a bizarre twist during a date, a botched robbery, or an accidental shooting, Pulp Fiction defies traditional storytelling conventions, making it both unpredictable and iconic.
Read MoreOur next In Defense Of entry comes courtesy of our Marketing Director Bekah Phillips, who has chosen Thomas Schlamme’s 1993 black comedy So I Married an Axe Murderer!
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer — “Mrs. X” — wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.
Read MoreSay your prayers.
Read MoreSidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is a high school student in the town of Woodsboro who becomes the target of a masked killer known as Ghostface. As the killer terrorizes the town, picking off Sidney’s friends one by one, the survivors must navigate the killer’s twisted game of horror movie tropes. With the help of horror movie-obsessed Randy (Jamie Kennedy), Sidney and her group try to figure out the identity of Ghostface while staying alive.
Read MoreWhat are they hiding?
Read MoreThe story of a man, a woman, and a rabbit in a triangle of trouble.
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