Desire takes a dangerous turn in David Cronenberg’s controversial Cannes classic Crash, coming back for some late night encores in May!
In Crash, James Spader plays a film producer drawn into a secretive subculture after a near-fatal car accident. Alongside his wife (Deborah Kara Unger), he encounters a group of outsiders led by the enigmatic Elias Koteas, whose members, including characters played by Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette, share an unsettling obsession with the erotic possibilities of car crashes. It’s exactly as wild as it sounds.
This cold, controversial drama explores the intersection of technology, desire, and the human body, making it potentially the most Cronenbergian film ever made.
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Update: our guest will no longer be able to join us for this screening! Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause!
Utopia proudly presents I Live Here Now, the feature film debut from writer/director Julie Pacino!
The story follows Rose, an aspiring actress, checks into a remote California motel, seeking solace from the chaos of her life. But the walls of the motel pulse with the echoes of her past, with each room a distorted reflection of her fears, desires and regrets. As reality warps and fractures, Rose must confront the haunting specters of her trauma, identity and the oppressive forces that have shaped her existence.
I Live Here Now is described as a visually arresting journey into the labyrinth of the female psyche. Shot on 35mm, it blends surrealist horror with psychological depth, drawing comparisons to Lynchian narratives and films like Black Swan.
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Some search for battle, others are born into it…
Paul Thomas Anderson’s towering epic One Battle After Another, fresh off of its six Oscar wins for Best Picture, Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Adapted Screenplay (Paul Thomas Anderson), Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Best Film Editing (Andy Jurgensen), and first ever Best Casting award (Cassandra Kulukundis), is finally coming to The Frida Cinema!
Washed-up revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa (played by the incredible Chase Infiniti, in her first movie role ever). When his evil nemesis (Sean Penn) resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Immediately becoming one the defining films, for better or worse, of the 2020s, now is the time see One Battle After Another loud and proud on the big screen.
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Janus Films proudly presents the new thriller from filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa–Two Prosecutors!
Summoned with a blood-written note smuggled out of a prison block, an idealistic state lawyer (Alexander Kuznetsov) pushes past the prison’s leery authorities to interview an elderly, broken-down Bolshevik (Aleksandr Filippenko). The young attorney, determined to expose the miscarriages of justice that landed the man in confinement, finds the eye of the state turned on him instead, as an ever-tightening net encircles his investigation.
Set at the height of the great purge and drenched in the paranoia of Stalin’s police state, Two Prosecutors is a Kafkaesque thriller about the impunity of power and matter-of-fact horrors of fascism.
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Who killed Laura Palmer?
Be still your beating heart, The Frida Cinema is finally bringing the original 94 minute Twin Peaks pilot to our audience!
Widely regarded as a landmark in television history, the pilot stunned audiences with its combination of small-town mystery and supernatural weirdness that only a dreamer like David Lynch could create. Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost established a tone that was at once familiar and made it completely and utterly disorienting, layering dark secrets and eery characters one after another, influencing decades of prestige television and cinema alike.
Join us, one night only, on Sunday, March 29th as we attempt to re-create appointment television viewing. Only this time, on a much bigger screen.
Doors open at 7:30PM and the show will begin at 8:00PM!
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Trash-Mex is back at The Frida Cinema to present the 1980 mexploitation film Traficantes Del Panicko aka Under Siege!
A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos at the same time creating death and panic in their wake. As they flee the scenes of their crimes police begin to close in on them, so they quickly hide themselves in a villa owned by a wealthy industrialist taking him and his family hostage.
This Mexican-Spain-Italian co-production from legendary director Rene Cardona Jr is a huge favorite around the globe! Don’t miss it on the big screen!
This film will be presented in its original Spanish language with English subtitles.
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Just added: Frida Board Member/Trivia Night host Atalia Lopez (Chapman University) and Porter Gilberg (Frida Director of Development) are back on Thursday 3/19 at the 8:15PM screening for another special pre-screening presentation on The Handmaiden’s literary history and cinematic influences. An interactive discussion will take place immediately following the film.
We’re getting revenge for Park Chan-Wook’s Academy Award snubs this year the only way we know how: bringing back a bona fide Frida Cinema classic–his 2016 twist-filled psychological drama The Handmaiden.
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
A meticulously-crafted and lush tale of deception, The Handmaiden is the ultimate film about desire amongst shifting loyalties.
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You joined us for our Friday The 13th and Friday The 13th: Part 2 double feature last month, so in March…let’s do it again! Only this time…we’ll be returning to Camp Crystal Lake for Friday The 13th: Part 3 and Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter!
Friday the 13th: Part 3 – A new group of friends heads to a lakeside cabin expecting sun, booze, and bad decisions…instead they find themselves stalked by the unstoppable Jason Voorhees!
And after a brief ten minute intermission, it’s time for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter – Crystal Lake isn’t done with terror yet, as another group of locals and visitors faces a night of relentless suspense in one of the series’ fastest, fiercest entries.
Together, these two films continued the slasher phenomenon into new territory, and they’re an absolute blast to watch with a crowd on the big screen. Join us on Friday The 13th of March and celebrate this holiday tradition that won’t seem to die…
There will be a ten minute intermission between each film. One ticket gets you access to both movies!
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Please note: the McManus Brothers will no longer be joining us for this screening! Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.
Revenge is a vicious cycle.
The slick sci-fi multiverse revenge action thriller Redux Redux is coming to The Frida Cinema for one night only!
In an attempt to avenge her daughter’s death, Irene Kelly travels across parallel universes, killing her daughter’s murderer again and again. As she becomes consumed by her quest for revenge, her humanity begins to slip away—until the cycle is disrupted when she rescues Mia, a sharp-witted teenager already marked by the killer.
The film received great reviews hot off of its premiere at SXSW in 2025 and sports an insanely impressive 98% on Rotten Tomatoes!
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Sirât, the buzzy new film from director Oliver Laxe, is making its way to The Frida Cinema hot off of the heels of getting nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film!
The story follows a man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco. They are looking for Marina, their daughter and sister, who disappeared months ago at another rave. Driven by fate, they decide to follow a group of ravers in search of one last party, in hopes Marina will be there.
Sirât won the prestigious Jury Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and continues to stack up awards worldwide. Critics are praising the film for being one of the most intense and original films of 2025, with many noting that it demands to be seen on the big screen. Now’s your chance!
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