Orange County's Year-Round Film Festival

STREAMING CINEMA – Buildout page

Error: View 0805b84a16 may not exist

Error: View 59e5c98qfo may not exist

The Frida Cinema

Back in stock – shipping now!

TESTIMONIALS

What a gem. I’ve lived in Orange County for twenty years and never knew of a repertory theater here. I’d expect to drive to L.A. to find a venue as cool as this.

Joe V.

I love this place! I’m one of the former “regulars” a The New Beverly Cinema in L.A. and I’m so glad I don’t have to drive all the way out there for my art house, vintage, cult and special film events. I love the fact that they’re a non-profit organization.

Al B.

Went to see North by Northwest as a date night a couple weeks ago. I am a huge Cary Grant fan and yet had never seen this one so I knew I had to see it on the big screen so this was perfect! Cute little theater in Downtown Santa Ana near bars and restaurants. Will definitely be back for some more throwback movies or artsy films.

Sandra K.

This place rocks. The rest of this review is only to meet the minimum length requirement for yelp reviews, heh, imagine that. Failing to meet a length requirement. Couldn’t be me, No way José. Not in a million years. But yeah this place rocks.

Heriberto R.

Went to The Frida Cinema today to see a 3 o’clock showing of The Void, which was listed on their home page. When I got there, I saw the marquee said the first show was at 5. I went in & asked what time The Void was playing and they said 5 — but they could run it for me at 3. That’s customer service above & beyond! Thanks to The Frida Cinema for making one very happy customer that didn’t have to go home & drive back 2 hours later.

Paul H.

The Frida Cinema is a force to be reckoned with! And a non-profit at that. A place that offers documentaries, the classics, foreign cinema, and everything else outside the mainstream world. This cinema is one of the only few running that do this. There is nothing like it.

Zaina H.

‘A Blast from the Past’ are the words I’d use to describe this tremendous jewel contained within the artsy downtown Santa Ana. …These people aren’t selling the next best thing in Hollywood, they’re promoting COMMUNITY!

Allan O.

We are so lucky to have this gem in our town. Fantastic, diverse, interesting movies that you can’t see anywhere else. They are community focused, showing low cost kids movies on the weekend and free movies on the rooftop in the summer. The customer service is warm and welcoming. This is clearly a labor of love and we are all benefiting. Thank you for being you Frida Cinema!

Tabitha A.

This is a magical space. My first film experience here was Mullholland Drive, and I would have that no other way. The people that work there are all charming and fun to talk to. I really need to visit more often, as it’s just such a radical place.

Cari M.

I love the Frida, as an avid movie watcher, it’s great to have a place to go where many classic, cult and underrated films are shown. I had the pleasure of attending “The Decline of Western Civilization” screening with director Penelope Spheres doing a Q&A. Her films are so historically important and impacted me at a very young age. I am forever grateful for the experience, like nowhere else would this be possible. I think it’s truly amazing what the staff and everyone involved is doing for the … Read more

Kim S.

INSTAGRAM @THEFRIDACINEMA

RESCHEDULED! You Michael Mann fans out there are tenacious! Can’t say we blame you! By popular demand, we’re extending our Michael Mannuary series into February with rescheduled and much-requested classics COLLATERAL (February 1, 2 & 3) and MIAMI VICE (February 11 & 12)! HEAT will run as scheduled starting this Friday the 28th! Showtimes and tickets now available at http://thefridacinema.org!

thefridacinema

•

RESCHEDULED! You Michael Mann fans out there are tenacious! Can’t say we blame you! By popular demand, we’re extending our Michael Mannuary series into February with rescheduled and much-requested classics COLLATERAL (February 1, 2 & 3) and MIAMI VICE (February 11 & 12)! HEAT will run as scheduled starting this Friday the 28th! Showtimes and tickets now available at http://thefridacinema.org!

2 hours ago

View on Instagram |

1/16

THIS WEEKEND’S DRIVE-INS CANCELED — Due to this weekend’s High Wind Warning, and incredibly strong winds on the @messhallmarketoc parking lot rooftop, we will be rescheduling this weekend’s planned El Topo and The Holy Mountain screenings. New dates will be announced next week. Thank you, and please stay safe out there.

thefridacinema

•

THIS WEEKEND’S DRIVE-INS CANCELED — Due to this weekend’s High Wind Warning, and incredibly strong winds on the @messhallmarketoc parking lot rooftop, we will be rescheduling this weekend’s planned El Topo and The Holy Mountain screenings. New dates will be announced next week. Thank you, and please stay safe out there.

2 days ago

View on Instagram |

2/16

Coming to The Frida next Friday, January 28th! Acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returns with PARALLEL MOTHERS, a powerful new drama starring Academy Award-winner Penélope Cruz. Showtimes and tickets at http://thefridacinema.org. “A ravishingly crafted work that again illustrates with ineffable beauty that no one uses the expressive power of color and design quite like Almodóvar.” - Hollywood Reporter

thefridacinema

•

Coming to The Frida next Friday, January 28th! Acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returns with PARALLEL MOTHERS, a powerful new drama starring Academy Award-winner Penélope Cruz. Showtimes and tickets at http://thefridacinema.org. “A ravishingly crafted work that again illustrates with ineffable beauty that no one uses the expressive power of color and design quite like Almodóvar.” - Hollywood Reporter

3 days ago

View on Instagram |

3/16

TOMORROW, Thursday January 20th! Join us as we kick off CLASSICS ON FRENCH STREET - a new program featuring FREE outdoor screenings of family-friendly classics, presented right around the corner from The Frida on French Street - with THE WIZARD OF OZ! Screenings are free and open to the public, thanks to the generous partnership of City of Santa Ana and Community Engagement @ce_org, and will happen the 3rd Thursday of every month through June! Capacity is limited — RSVP on our event page at http://thefridacinema.org!

thefridacinema

•

TOMORROW, Thursday January 20th! Join us as we kick off CLASSICS ON FRENCH STREET - a new program featuring FREE outdoor screenings of family-friendly classics, presented right around the corner from The Frida on French Street - with THE WIZARD OF OZ! Screenings are free and open to the public, thanks to the generous partnership of City of Santa Ana and Community Engagement @ce_org, and will happen the 3rd Thursday of every month through June! Capacity is limited — RSVP on our event page at http://thefridacinema.org!

4 days ago

View on Instagram |

4/16

Take a trip with us this Friday night as we kick off the return of DRIVE-IN DINE OUT nights at Tustin’s @messhallmarketoc, with Alejandro Jodorowsky’s legendary psychedelic cult classic EL TOPO! If you couldn’t make it out to Joshua Tree when we screened it there in August 2020, now’s your chance! 🎟Tickets available at thefridacinema.org! 🎥🚗

thefridacinema

•

Take a trip with us this Friday night as we kick off the return of DRIVE-IN DINE OUT nights at Tustin’s @messhallmarketoc, with Alejandro Jodorowsky’s legendary psychedelic cult classic EL TOPO! If you couldn’t make it out to Joshua Tree when we screened it there in August 2020, now’s your chance! 🎟Tickets available at thefridacinema.org! 🎥🚗

5 days ago

View on Instagram |

5/16

We’re back on January 28th with Michael Mann’s 1995 crime classic HEAT, screening at 12pm, 4pm, & 7:45pm! Additional screenings through Monday January 31st - visit thefridacinema.org for full schedule and advance tickets!

thefridacinema

•

We’re back on January 28th with Michael Mann’s 1995 crime classic HEAT, screening at 12pm, 4pm, & 7:45pm! Additional screenings through Monday January 31st - visit thefridacinema.org for full schedule and advance tickets!

5 days ago

View on Instagram |

6/16

Join us January 28th & 29th as we kick off CAGE MATCH with The Rock (1996) and The Wicker Man (2006)! Cage Match is a no-holds-barred movie tournament featuring 16 films from “The Patron Saint of The Frida Cinema” himself, the one-and-only Nicolas Cage. Every month, we will pair up two Cage classics against each other, and whichever film sells more tickets will move on to the next round. There will be a round of sweet sixteen, elite eight, final four, and then the Cage Match championship! May the most Cagey movie win! We’ll post up the full bracket soon!

thefridacinema

•

Join us January 28th & 29th as we kick off CAGE MATCH with The Rock (1996) and The Wicker Man (2006)! Cage Match is a no-holds-barred movie tournament featuring 16 films from “The Patron Saint of The Frida Cinema” himself, the one-and-only Nicolas Cage. Every month, we will pair up two Cage classics against each other, and whichever film sells more tickets will move on to the next round. There will be a round of sweet sixteen, elite eight, final four, and then the Cage Match championship! May the most Cagey movie win! We’ll post up the full bracket soon!

6 days ago

View on Instagram |

7/16

This Thursday night in Downtown Santa Ana! Join us for the first of our CLASSICS ON FRENCH STREET events, featuring FREE outdoor screenings of family-friendly classics, presented right around the corner from The Frida on French Street! Screenings are free and open to the public, thanks to the generous partnership of City of Santa Ana and Community Engagement @ce_org, and will happen the 3rd Thursday of every month through June! Capacity is limited — RSVP on our event page at http://thefridacinema.org!

thefridacinema

•

This Thursday night in Downtown Santa Ana! Join us for the first of our CLASSICS ON FRENCH STREET events, featuring FREE outdoor screenings of family-friendly classics, presented right around the corner from The Frida on French Street! Screenings are free and open to the public, thanks to the generous partnership of City of Santa Ana and Community Engagement @ce_org, and will happen the 3rd Thursday of every month through June! Capacity is limited — RSVP on our event page at http://thefridacinema.org!

7 days ago

View on Instagram |

8/16

The Frida’s DRIVE-IN | DINE OUT is back! We’re thrilled to be returning to Tustin’s @messhallmarketoc to bring you great nights of art house and cult favorites, plus great bites from Mess Hall Market’s family of restaurants, all enjoyed from the comfort of your car! We’re kicking it off next weekend with two psychedelic classics from one of our favorite filmmakers, Alejandro Jodorowsky — EL TOPO (Friday, January 21) and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Saturday, January 22)! Tickets available now at thefridacinema.org! 🎥 🚗

thefridacinema

•

The Frida’s DRIVE-IN | DINE OUT is back! We’re thrilled to be returning to Tustin’s @messhallmarketoc to bring you great nights of art house and cult favorites, plus great bites from Mess Hall Market’s family of restaurants, all enjoyed from the comfort of your car! We’re kicking it off next weekend with two psychedelic classics from one of our favorite filmmakers, Alejandro Jodorowsky — EL TOPO (Friday, January 21) and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Saturday, January 22)! Tickets available now at thefridacinema.org! 🎥 🚗

1 week ago

View on Instagram |

9/16

In consideration of the incredible strain that our local OC hospitals are enduring due to Omicron, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our doors. By all accounts current numbers should be decreasing over the next two weeks, so we look forward to reopening on Friday, January 28th.

We will be hosting several outdoor events over the next two weeks, including a FREE outdoor screening of The Wizard of Oz next Thursday January 20th (with major gratitude to the City of Santa Ana and Community Engagement @ce_org for their support!), and our #DriveIns return to @messhallmarketoc next Friday! Visit http://thefridacinema.org for updates, schedule and tickets, and more! Please stay safe out there. 🎥❤️

thefridacinema

•

In consideration of the incredible strain that our local OC hospitals are enduring due to Omicron, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our doors. By all accounts current numbers should be decreasing over the next two weeks, so we look forward to reopening on Friday, January 28th. We will be hosting several outdoor events over the next two weeks, including a FREE outdoor screening of The Wizard of Oz next Thursday January 20th (with major gratitude to the City of Santa Ana and Community Engagement @ce_org for their support!), and our #DriveIns return to @messhallmarketoc next Friday! Visit http://thefridacinema.org for updates, schedule and tickets, and more! Please stay safe out there. 🎥❤️

1 week ago

View on Instagram |

10/16

Our final screening of THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH is tonight at 8pm!

thefridacinema

•

Our final screening of THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH is tonight at 8pm!

1 week ago

View on Instagram |

11/16

TONIGHT! Flocker Flicks 21+ Movie Night powered by @tropicannasa and our friends @oldpal , @madebykiva and @clsics.official presents DAZED AND CONFUSED at The Frida!

Where: @thefridacinema in Downtown Santa Ana

21+ Screening - bring ID! Show your ticket purchase at Tropicanna from 1/8 - 1/13 show to pickup a Goodie Bag! Tickets still available at http://thefridacinema.org.

thefridacinema

•

TONIGHT! Flocker Flicks 21+ Movie Night powered by @tropicannasa and our friends @oldpal , @madebykiva and @clsics.official presents DAZED AND CONFUSED at The Frida! Where: @thefridacinema in Downtown Santa Ana 21+ Screening - bring ID! Show your ticket purchase at Tropicanna from 1/8 - 1/13 show to pickup a Goodie Bag! Tickets still available at http://thefridacinema.org.

1 week ago

View on Instagram |

12/16

thefridacinema

•

FILM TRIVIA — TONIGHT! We’ve got seven teams signed up for Movie Trivia Night tonight, Tuesday January 11th! These cinephiles are so confident they know movies better than you do — are you and your friends cine-savvy enough to prove them wrong? Sign up at thefridacinema.org/trivia! Doors open at 7:30PM, and the games will begin shortly after! 🎥 🧠

2 weeks ago

View on Instagram |

13/16

Opening this Friday — Academy Award winner Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) returns with A HERO. Winner of the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival, is “a superb morality play that immerses us deeply in a society’s values and rituals, and keeps us guessing right up to its powerful final shot” (Time Out). Info, showtimes and tickets available at http://thefridacinema.org.

thefridacinema

•

Opening this Friday — Academy Award winner Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) returns with A HERO. Winner of the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival, is “a superb morality play that immerses us deeply in a society’s values and rituals, and keeps us guessing right up to its powerful final shot” (Time Out). Info, showtimes and tickets available at http://thefridacinema.org.

2 weeks ago

View on Instagram |

14/16

Just a few more chances to catch Sean Baker’s new award-winner RED ROCKET at The Frida! Catch it today, Wednesday, and Thursday at 5:30pm! Tickets and info at https://thefridacinema.org/event/red-rocket.

thefridacinema

•

Just a few more chances to catch Sean Baker’s new award-winner RED ROCKET at The Frida! Catch it today, Wednesday, and Thursday at 5:30pm! Tickets and info at https://thefridacinema.org/event/red-rocket.

2 weeks ago

View on Instagram |

15/16

“Thief is the best crime movie since Chinatown. Period. And it's better.” Bold words, Michael Ventura of L.A. Weekly! Agree or disagree, there’s no denying that Michael Mann’s 1981 thriller THIEF marked one of cinema’s most exciting and boldly stylish directorial debuts. Catch it today and this week at The Frida as our Michael Mannuary series continues!

thefridacinema

•

“Thief is the best crime movie since Chinatown. Period. And it's better.” Bold words, Michael Ventura of L.A. Weekly! Agree or disagree, there’s no denying that Michael Mann’s 1981 thriller THIEF marked one of cinema’s most exciting and boldly stylish directorial debuts. Catch it today and this week at The Frida as our Michael Mannuary series continues!

2 weeks ago

View on Instagram |

16/16