The Heroic Trio + The Heroic Trio 2: Executioners

Posted on January 30, 2026

Each holds a secret power…together they face the ultimate evil!

We’re harnessing the supernova star power of cinema icons Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, and Anita Mui in a gloriously unrestrained action extravaganza double feature of The Heroic Trio + Executioners!

From genre maestro Johnnie To, the story follows three knife-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung-fu-fighting super-heroines who must overcome their dark pasts in order to defeat an evil, baby-snatching eunuch who is terrorizing Hong Kong. Eye-popping motorcycle stunts, brain-exploding skeletons, infant cannibals, and kinetically choreographed wire work are all part of the delirium in this unstoppably entertaining cult favorite (referenced in Cheung’s international breakthrough Irma Vep), a kick-butt showcase for three of the coolest women warriors to ever hit the screen.

There will be a ten minute intermission between each film. One ticket gets you access to both movies!

Our Hong Kong Action Essentials series explores the time from the mid-’80s through the early ’90s, where Hong Kong filmmakers rewrote the grammar of action cinema forever. Directors like John Woo, Tsui Hark, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Ringo Lam, and Lau Kar-Leung fused balletic gunplay, risky stunts, martial arts virtuosity, and raw emotional intensity into a new cinematic language that would be oft-imitated but never replicated. (sorry, The Matrix, we love you too!) Join us every month in 2026 as we explore this golden age where style and emotion collided to change movies forever.

City on Fire

Posted on January 30, 2026

He thought he knew the risks of going undercover.

We are stepping away from the lens of John Woo to explore the eye of Ringo Lam, as we present his iconic 1987 action thriller City On Fire!

Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague. Chow would rather quit the force, feeling guilty about betraying gang members who have become his friends.

Stripped of glamour in favor of sweet, sweet desperation, City on Fire replaces operatic heroism with fatalism and realism, helping define a harder edge of Hong Kong action cinema that would echo for decades.

The Killer

Posted on January 30, 2026

One Vicious Hitman. One Fierce Cop. Ten Thousand Bullets.

Step into the operatic heart of Hong Kong action cinema with John Woo’s The Killer!

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim’s sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

What unfolds is a tragic dance of loyalty and doomed brotherhood, escalating into some of the most iconic slow-motion gunfights ever put on screen. See it how it was meant to be seen: loud and emotionally overwhelming.

The Day the Earth Stood Still: Hosted by Arnold Leibovit

Posted on January 30, 2026

The Frida Cinema is proud to present a special 75th Anniversary screening of The Day the Earth Stood Still, one of the most important science fiction films ever made whose message has only grown more urgent with time! Plus, get there early and see the iconic 8-Foot-Tall Gort Robot live-on-stage!

Starring Michael Rennie in his unforgettable performance as Klaatu, this 20th Century Fox landmark follows an alien emissary who arrives on Earth with a message that could save humanity…or doom it! At his side the towering Gort Robot whose silent presence became a legend of science fiction design. Directed by Academy Award winner Robert Wise (West Side Story, The Sound Of Music, The Haunting, Star Trek: The Motion Feature) The Day the Earth Stood Still rejected spectacle in favor of moral urgency during a time of high-anxiety, making it evergreen filmmaking at its finest.

Bernard Herrmann’s revolutionary score, featuring eerie theremins and groundbreaking electronic instrumentation, forever changed the sound of Science Fiction cinema. Lauded worldwide and praised by critics for its intelligence and restraint, the film was selected by the National Film Registry for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic importance.

Arnold Leibovit, a personal friend of Robert Wise, will host the evening and present two more of George Pal’s Academy Award-winning Puppetoons he’s restored: “A Hatful of Dreams” featuring a DC Comics use of Superman and “The Gay Knighties” with a mischievous Ogre.

Also: please join us for Bonus pre-screening of The Puppetoon Movie – A Legacy Revisited, at 5:00PM, a behind-the-scenes look into the making of The Puppetoon Movie with Joe Dante (Gremlins), Floyd Norman(Walt Disney animator – Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book), Peter Lord (Aardman Animations – Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit), Dennis Muren (Star Wars, Jurassic Park), Phil Tippett (Starship Troopers), Mick Garris (Critters 2), Bob Kurtz (Animation Director), Marc Caballero & Seamus Walsh (Screen Novelties Directors), Art Clokey (Gumby Creator), Dallas McKennon (Actor), Jerry Beck (animation historian) and others. Produced & Directed by Arnold Leibovit with archival narration by Paul Frees. This showing will coincide with the new restoraton Blu-ray release of The Puppetoon Movie.

4:00PM Doors Open
5:00PM A Puppetoon Movie: A Legacy Revisited documentary (introduction by Arnold Leibovit)
7:00PM Two Puppetoons shorts + The Day The Earth Stood Still (introduction by Arnold Leibovit)

Tickets are $20 to this event. Frida Cinema comp passes and member discounts do not apply.

The Shout

Posted on January 27, 2026

Our Hallucinations series heads to the seaside one final time (for this sub-series, at least) for director Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Shout!

Adapted from Robert Graves’ short story, The Shout follows a mysterious traveler, Crossley, who takes advantage of a young couple’s hospitality. Claiming to have learned an Aboriginal ‘terror shout,’ Crossley threatens the couple’s safety and sanity.

Skolimowski’s film is dreamlike and disorienting, playing out like a hallucination (see what we did there?). It’s not a conventional horror movie by any means, using fractured timelines and the barren English coastal to slowly create an existential nightmare.

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.

Night Tide

Posted on January 27, 2026

Our seaside horror Hallucinations mini series continues with a brand new 4K restoration of the 1961 gem Night Tide!

Night Tide presents a world in which undefined realms float around, blurring boundaries between reality and fantasy. Dennis Hopper is profoundly charming in his portrayal of Johnny, a young sailor who is spellbound by Mora, an enigmatic woman who performs as a mermaid at the Santa Monica Pier carnival.

Set near the water in Santa Monica and Venice Beach, Night Tide dives into the purgatory domain of dreamy love, which is cursed by doomed imagination, like a beautiful nightmare underwater.

Predator + Predator: Badlands Double Feature: Hosted by Jordan Morris

Posted on January 23, 2026

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!

Nadja

Posted on January 23, 2026

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.

Carrie Prom Night Celebration

Posted on January 23, 2026

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 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!

Sinners

Posted on January 23, 2026

Nominated for a record-shattering 16 Oscar nominations, writer-director Ryan Coogler’s Sinners comes to The Frida in celebration of Black History Month, and as part of our 12th Anniversary Weekend selection of films.

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.

Programmed in honor of Black History Month, celebrating the creativity, innovation, legacy, and enduring cultural impact of Black filmmakers and storytellers.