Oct 20-27: Stars at Noon, The Good House, Dracula in 35mm, Chungking Express and So Much More!

This Thursday! The VOC Silent Film Harmonic live musical accompaniment to creepy classics of Surreal Cinema

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One Night Only! Oct 20 at 7:00pm. Get tickets now!


STARS AT NOON OCT 21 - 26

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Directed by Claire Denis (High Life), “Stars at Noon” shared the Grand Prix at Cannes. A young American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua (Margaret Qualley) falls for an enigmatic Englishman (Joe Alwyn) who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, though, that he may be in even greater danger than she is.

"Few filmmakers can evoke, as fully as Claire Denis does, the intoxication and menace of feeling cast adrift in a world where you don’t belong." - L.A. Times

"Deeply watchable, laden with sex and intimacy in a way that doesn’t apologize for itself, and provides an alternate gloss on key themes of power, bodies, and postcolonial afterlives." - The Film Stage


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The World of Wong Kar-Wai continues with CHUNGKING EXPRESS in a new 4K re-master!

 Two Nights Only: Oct 22 & 25

Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

"The masterful Wong Kar-wai crafts this exquisitely shot film - two films in one, really - into a meditation on love. Along the way, he uses music as only he can..." - Film Companion


Francis Ford Coppola takes on DRACULA... in 35MM!

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Rare opportunity to see Bram Stoker's DRACULA in glorious 35MM!

Oct 22, 25 & 27 ONLY!

The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

"It is Coppola's most lavish and, certainly, his most flamboyant film; never before has he allowed himself this kind of mad experimentation." - Washington Post


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Based on Ann Leary's best-selling novel, THE GOOD HOUSE starts Sunday and plays for 5 shows only!

Life for New England realtor Hildy Good begins to unravel when she hooks up with an old flame of hers from New York.

"One of Weaver's best performances." - Variety

"Sigourney Weaver deserves awards attention for turning what could have been a cliched dramedy about a real-estate agent, who’s a functioning alcoholic, into something funny, touching and vital. And cheers to Kevin Kline as the dazed dude who loves her." - Peter Travers, ABC News


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The film Stanley Kubrick said was the "scariest" he'd ever seen! See THE VANISHING on the big screen!

Two shows: Oct 23 & 24 

A clinical, maddening descent into the mind of a serial killer and a slowly unraveling hero, culminating with one of the scariest endings of all time.

"Horrifying..." - Roger Ebert


MIRACLE VALLEY OCT 26

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See Greg Sestero's directorial debut, with a special video introduction by Greg himself! 

An obsessive photographer and his girlfriend are invited to a desert getaway in search of an ultra-rare bird. Fortune, fame and mending their fading relationship takes a turn at the hands of a sinister force.


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The Room in 35MM Oct 21 @ 11:30PM

Grab some friends, grab some spoons and get ready to have an unreal cinematic experience! "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!" Because it is THE BEST worst movie ever made, it can be enjoyed again, and again and again. In 35mm. Only at the Playhouse!


Continuing this week!

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Moonage Daydream


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See How They Run


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Re-Animator in 35mm


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Oct 20th, 7:00pm. Live musical accompaniment by the VOC Silent Film Harmonic to landmark Surrealism short films, Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) and La Chute de la Maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher)

Film 1 (16 minutes): Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.

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Claire Denis' latest, won Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival!

A young American journalist stranded in Nicaragua falls for an enigmatic Englishman who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, though, that he may be in even greater danger than she is. 

No screenings currently scheduled.

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4K restoration

CHUNGKING EXPRESS is one of the defining works of ‘90s cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai an instant icon.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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30th Anniversary! The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

Adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. Gary Oldman plays Dracula whose lonely soul is determined to reunite with his lost love, Mina (Winona Ryder). In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of terror and seduction draining the life from her closest friend, Lucy (Sadie Frost). Together they try and drive Dracula away.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Stanley Kubrick called Director George Sluizer after seeing The Vanishing to say that it was the scariest film he had ever seen.

A clinical, maddening descent into the mind of a serial killer and a slowly unraveling hero, culminating with one of the scariest endings of all time.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Based on Ann Leary's novel, life for New England realtor Hildy Good begins to unravel when she hooks up with an old flame of hers from New York.

"In one of Weaver's best performances, the star brings her alpha, own-the-room energy to a character who's deluded herself into believing that her alcoholism isn't a problem." - Variety

No screenings currently scheduled.

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The Room's Greg Sestero makes his directorial debut with Miracle Valley a throwback to 70s cult-themed horror.

Featuring a special video introduction by our best friend, Greg Sestero!

An obsessive photographer and his girlfriend are invited to a desert getaway in search of an ultra-rare bird. Fortune, fame and mending their fading relationship takes a turn at the hands of a sinister force.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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"To make a movie so bad it's good you need vision, drive, luck and obsessive vanity. Fortuitiously Tommy Wiseau appears to possess all of these qualities, combined with a total lack of acting talent." - The Guardian

“Tommy Wiseau’s The Room may be the first true successor to the Rocky Horror throne.  Wiseau's Johnny is the noblest of boyfriends and most capable of lovers. But none of that satisfies his fiancée Lisa, a wicked Jezebel whose boredom with Johnny manifests in a brazen affair with his best friend.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Special 35mm presentation! A medical student (Jeffrey Combs) brings his headless professor back from the dead with a special serum.

Loosely based on H P Lovecraft's classic horror tale – Herbert West, a dedicated student at a medical college, and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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“...Astounding, bombastic, groundbreaking, electrifying, and among the best films about any artist or musician I’ve ever seen.” —Corey Seymour, Vogue

MOONAGE DAYDREAM illuminates the life and genius of David Bowie, one of the most prolific and influential artists of our time.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Special Presentation in 35mm. All Work And No Play...

No screenings currently scheduled.

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Henry Frankenstein is a doctor who is trying to discover a way to make the dead walk. He succeeds and creates a monster that has to deal with living again.

Still unnerving to this day, Frankenstein explores the fine line between genius and madness, and features Boris Karloff's legendary, frightening performance as the monster. 

No screenings currently scheduled.

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A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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A cruise for the super-rich sinks thus leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.

Ruben Östlund's bold and brilliant film slipped a whoopee cushion under this year's dreary Cannes festival - and took home the top prize

No screenings currently scheduled.

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A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are poised on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) leads an ordinary life with her husband and daughter. When Joy's pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart condition, she must navigate an all-male medical establishment unwilling to terminate her pregnancy in order to save her life.

No screenings currently scheduled.

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A classic Princess Cinemas tradition you never want to miss! Don't come alone...

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