Director of the Month: Ari Aster – April 2023
Our April Director of the Month is Ari Aster, a modern day pioneer of elevated horror!
Director of the Month: Jordan Peele – February 2023
Our February director of the month is Jordan Peele, the visionary mind behind Get Out and other modern horror classics!
Todd Field Retrospective – January 2023
Revisit the work of one of modern cinema’s most penetrating filmmakers with our Todd Field Retrospective!
Director of the Month: John Waters
From a young age Waters was attracted to the strange and macabre. His desire to be in show business started following a guest appearance in the “peanut gallery” on the classic children’s television show Howdy Doody. While most children might become disillusioned when seeing how their favorite television show functions, Waters saw this and wanted it to be his life.
The Films of Martin Scorsese
As a child, Scorsese suffered from debilitating asthma, with the only activity accessible to him being watching movies at the local movie theatre. In that darkened theatre, the four-year-old Scorsese became mesmerized by the images, sounds, and words emanating from the giant silver screen. This became his “unintentional film school”, feeding his desire to learn everything about movies.
The Films of Pedro Almodóvar
Throughout September and October, The Frida Cinema presents a six-film retrospective of internationally-renowned Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar.
