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The ACLU-MN invites you to a private screening of Steven Spielberg's Minority Report (2002, 145m). Before the film you will have the opportunity to hear from ACLU experts and reflect on some of the questions state surveillance raises about our rights, our freedoms, and the world we’re building. Come watch. Come think. Come connect. Tickets are…
Screenings: September 24 7:00
(2026, 76m) dir Tom Smith w/Clifton Taylor, Amber Brooke. We the audience follow Victor & Valerie Mortis as they claim to be famous film critics. Join them as they go to the movies to critique Sick & Twisted Tales. Three short films for the price of one. Now, that sounds like a bloody good experience!…
Screenings: October 17 2:00
(1958, DCP, 116 min) dir Konrad Wolf, w/ Ulrike Germer, Günther Simon, Erwin Geschonneck. Set in a uranium mine in the German Ore Mountains, Sun Seekers tells the story of the Soviet nuclear program, here framed as a matter of “world peace.” At the center of the film is a young woman named Lutz, sentenced…
Screenings: March 14 7:00
(2023, DCP, 178m) dir Yury Butusov, w/Konstantin Raikin, Timofey Tribuntsev, Maryana Spivak. Yury Butusov’s award-winning production of Nikolai Gogol’s “Government Inspector” delves into the dual impossibilities of accepting reality and escaping from it. As with many of Butusov’s stagings, chaos and pathos are seamlessly interwoven, with art presented as both freeing and healing. Written by…
Screenings: April 6 3:00
(2023, 113m, Latvian with English subtitles) dir Ināra Kolmane w/Maija Doveika, Elīna Vaska, Rūta Kronberga, Indra Briķe, Inga Tropa. Based on bestseller book "Soviet Milk" ("Mātes piens") by renown Latvian writer Nora Ikstena. Book has been published in more than 20 countries. After the movie there will be an opportunity to meet with Ināra Kolmane…
Screenings: April 25 6:30
(2024, 84m) dir Mark Atkins w/Vernon Wells, Lindsay Marie Wilson, Daniel Collins. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, two sisters leave their stronghold to save their wounded mother. Armed only with a muscle car and limited ammo, they race against time and ruthless raiders to secure life-saving supplies from a distant outpost. FRI 5:00 SAT-THU 1:00 …
Screenings: May 17 5:00, May 18 1:00, May 19 1:00, May 20 1:00, May 21 1:00, May 22 1:00, May 23 1:00
(1982, 55m) dir Digger Kohler w/ Jim Turner. A locally produced comedy featurette about a preacher who upsets his church board by urging his flock to turn off their television sets. Fired from his position, the disturbed preacher embarks on a pilgrimage across the prairies where he and his disciples pursue a futile campaign to…
Screenings: June 6 7:00
(2024, 40m) dir Louie LaFleur w/Mallory Helmerick, Londe Richardson, Niko Waryan, Louie LaFleur. After she is informed of a secret will, Val returns to her childhood home following the death of her estranged mother. THU 7:00 SAT 5:00 $8
Screenings: June 20 7:00, June 27 7:00, July 13 5:00
(2024, 86m) dir Michael Su w/Tiffany, Kayla Fields, Paul Logan. Dozens of deadly tornadoes converge in the Midwest (why can't we have cool disasters, like volcanos?), merging into a mega twister set to obliterate everything for hundreds of miles. The original title was TORNADOPOCALYPSE, which frankly we prefer. You're probably wondering where you've seen Paul…
Screenings: June 28 5:00, June 29 5:00, June 30 1:00, July 1 1:00, July 2 5:00, July 3 1:00, July 4 1:00
(2024, 94m) dir Jimmy Gadd w/David Chokachi, Andrew J. Katers, Angela Cole. After 20 years, a man returns to the town where his brother was killed by a shark. But when it resurfaces and kills again, the man decides to hunt down the predator to stop it once and for all. It's kind of like…
Screenings: July 26 1:00, July 27 12:00, July 28 1:00, July 29 1:00, July 30 1:00, July 31 1:00, August 1 11:00
(2024, 90m) dir Christopher Ray w/LaRonn Marzett, Ray Acevedo, Vanesa Tamayo. When an alligator eats a load of drugs all hell breaks loose in Florida. "It's a bit like Star Wars" says the anonymous 8 star imdb review.
Screenings: August 2 5:00, August 3 5:00, August 4 1:00, August 5 5:00, August 6 5:00, August 7 1:00, August 8 5:00
(2024, 94m) dir Mick Davis w/Natasha Wilson, Logan Arditty, Sydney Bullock. Mickey Ferrara (Jimi Petulla) teeters at life’s crossroads: his record producing career is going down the tubes, his estranged wife wants a divorce, his son is struggling with his sexuality, and the only one he can count on is his beach bum brother Bobby…
Screenings: August 10 5:00
(2024, 90m) dir Adrian Avila w/Michael Paré, Paul Logan, Preston Geer. An alien spacecraft lands near New York and destroys everything as it heads toward Washington D.C. If it reaches the capital, it will trigger an invasion. Scientists and the military must stop it before it's too late. "My house might be in the direct…
Screenings: August 23 1:00, August 24 2:00, August 25 1:00, August 26 3:00, August 27 5:00, August 28 5:00, August 29 5:00
(2024, 90m) dir Monroe Robertson w/Eric Roberts. Just hours before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, a team of American Special Forces parachutes into German-occupied France. Their mission: avoid capture and activate critical drop zone beacons to guide the 101st Airborne’s assault.
Screenings: September 20 5:00, September 21 2:00, September 22 1:00, September 23 5:00, September 24 5:00, September 25 1:00, September 26 5:00
(2024, 90m) dir Marc Gottlieb w/Doug Bradley, DC Douglas, Dylan Vox. A medieval town is terrorized by demonic beasts transformed from woodland creatures by a powerful and vile witch. Now, a brave witch hunter and his warrior band must venture into the forest to confront the monstrous creatures and put an end to the witch's…
Screenings: October 4 5:00, October 5 11:00, October 6 1:00, October 7 1:00, October 8 3:00, October 9 1:00, October 10 5:00
(1936, 68m) dir Louis J. Gasnier w/Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles. Join the Minnesota Academy of Science for a compelling afternoon with Dr. Manuel Esguerra, neuroscientist and assistant research professor at the University of Minnesota. With a background in advanced neuroimaging and a focus on understanding the brain’s response to addictive substances, Dr. Esguerra will shed light…
Screenings: October 5 1:00
Franconia Sculpture Park is proud to present the fourth annual Franconia 5 Minute Film Festival, showcasing filmmakers from Minnesota and Wisconsin working across all disciplines. Come experience fifteen new and experimental short films from filmmakers in your own backyard! This year's films were selected by Sequoia Hauck, Ryan Stopera, and Merit Thursday. Screening will last…
Screenings: October 10 7:00
(1997, DVD, 89m) dir Mike McCarthy w/ Jack Oblivian, D’Lana Tunnell, and Guitar Wolf. Hot rod juvenile delinquents from outer space come to Memphis to kill hippies! Shot on16mm film between Tupelo, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee in 1996, The Sore Losers is a southern psychedelic sexploitation cinematic romp & stomp with a killer lo-fi garage/punk…
Screenings: October 24 7:00
(2024, 85m) dir Christopher William Johnson, w/Vernon Wells, Myrom Kingery, Emma Reinagel. When a once great gladiator's betrothed is murdered, he vows to hunt down the killer and wreak vengeance. But when he discovers the murderer is no stranger, the gladiator must do the unthinkable—enter the colosseum once more to avenge his bride.
Screenings: November 8 5:00, November 9 11:00, November 10 10:00, November 11 5:00, November 12 5:00, November 13 1:00, November 14 3:30
(2023, 104m) dir Alexander Yellen w/Tobias Forrest, John W. Lawson, Victoria Scott, Abigail Hawk and Barry Bostwick. Daruma tells the story of Patrick (Tobias Forrest) discovering he has a daughter as the result of a one-night-stand he forgot about prior to becoming paralyzed. He takes the girl, Camilla (Victoria Scott), with the promise of a payout…
Screenings: November 15 4:30, November 16 4:30, November 17 12:30, November 18 4:30, November 19 4:30, November 20 4:30, November 21 3:30
(2017, 90m) dir John and Jean Griesser w/AC Bhaktivedanta Swami, Srila Prabhupada, Syamsudara Dasa, Yogasvara Dasa. An exploration of the life and philosophy of Srila Prabhupada, the controversial Indian swami whose teachings sparked a movement now known as Hare Krishna. 4:00PM - TICKETS ARE FREE AT THE DOOR
Screenings: November 23 4:00
(2024, 83m) dir Jose Prendes w/Eric Roberts, Neeley Dayan, JJ Fech. Recovered footage documents the horror of a group teens who break into the abandoned Simmons House. What begins as a thrill-seeking adventure turns into a nightmare as they discover a dark cult intent on sacrificing them one by one. Written by Scott Ebert (no…
Screenings: December 6 5:00, December 7 1:00, December 8 1:00, December 9 5:00, December 10 5:00, December 11 1:00, December 12 5:00
Join Director Ben Taman for a night of short films and works in progress. He is fundraising to finish his documentary Do You Think I’m Weird? Donations will be accepted via Kickstarter through the month of January. Trylon ticket sales contribute to the completion of this film. Included in the program is a teaser for Ben Taman’s…
Screenings: December 21 1:00
(2024, 15m) dir Michael Greenberg w/Ryan London Levin, Luke LeBrun, and Troy LaFaye. Join North Coast Entertainment for a screening of "The Combination", based on the true story of Minnesota's most notorious mobster, Kid Cann. After an incident in their speakeasy, young bootleggers Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld and his brother Harry, seek representation from upstanding…
Screenings: December 28 5:00
(2025, 89m) dir Anthony Firth w/Michael Paré, Jack Pearson and Lauren Koopowitz. Present day survivors of a sunken naval vessel capture a Russian sub, only to find themselves stranded on an island filled with deadly, prehistoric creatures.
Screenings: January 24 5:00, January 25 5:00, January 26 1:00, January 27 5:00, January 28 5:00, January 29 1:00, January 30 1:00
(2024, 95m) dir Michael Phillip Edwards w/David Chokachi, Andrew C. English Jr., Frances Diogoye Faye. As WWII reaches its turning point, the 761st Tank Battalion, a majority-African American unit known as the Black Panthers, must fight to stop Germany’s advance during the Battle of the Bulge. The fate of the free world is in their…
Screenings: February 7 5:00, February 8 5:00, February 9 1:00, February 10 1:00, February 11 1:00, February 12 1:00, February 13 3:30
(2023, 65m) Director: Andrew Hatling, Stage Director: Jon Ferguson, Choreographer: Helen Hatch. Paradise, created in collaboration by choreographer Helen Hatch (Hatch Dance) and theater visionary Jon Ferguson, is a dance film that combines movement, physical theater, clown, and music to evoke joy through a journey beyond the everyday. It features original music by Seth Conover…
Screenings: February 20 7:00
(2025, 93m) dir Ryan Ebert w/Dominic Keating, Jane Hajduk, Anthony Jensen. Upon their mother’s death, siblings Jenny and Marshall return to renovate her crumbling motel, The Jolly Monkey. But as they work, a deadly force tied to their family’s dark past emerges, forcing them to face terrifying truths if they want to survive.
Screenings: February 28 5:00, March 1 5:00, March 2 1:00, March 3 5:00, March 4 5:00, March 5 1:00, March 6 1:00
(2024, 50m) dir Nathan Deming w/David Ezekiel Duran, Nayeli Hernandez, Erick Inestroza, and Richie Gordon. A recent Mexican immigrant (David Ezekiel Duran) struggles to fit into a small town in Wisconsin in winter, until discovering ice fishing. Part of the "Year Project", a film series based on each month of the year all set in…
Screenings: March 6 7:00
(2025, 93m) dir Michael Johnson and Erica Duke. It's another "mockbuster" from the Asylum, and this one's animated and has (the voice of) Danny Bonaduce. When the Queen’s jealousy turns deadly, Snow White must join forces with gnomes to fight back against her stepmother’s wrath.
Screenings: March 7 5:00, March 8 5:00, March 9 1:00, March 10 5:00, March 11 5:00, March 12 1:00, March 13 1:00
(2022, DVD, 124m, German with English subtitles) dir Sophie Linnenbaum w/Fine Sendel, Jule Böwe, Henning Peker. In a repressive three class-society, Paula, a simple Supporting Character, is about to face the most important test of her life: she has to prove she deserves to be a Lead. She is at the top of her class…
Screenings: March 15 4:00
(2024, 54m, Director Q&A) What happened since Chicago closed 50 public schools in 2013? This documentary retraces the history of the largest mass school closures in the U.S. history highlighting the intertwined issues of inequity, racism, and injustice. Three closed schools showcase a new pathway — the one of community self-determination. Through the voices of…
Screenings: April 10 7:00
(2025, 92m) dir Adrian Avila w/Tom Arnold, Tania Fox, Cody Renee Cameron. In this Asylum "mockbuster" a group of repressed college co-eds decides to join the sexual revolution–30,000 miles in the air.
Screenings: April 18 5:00, April 19 5:00, April 20 1:00, April 21 1:00, April 22 5:00, April 23 5:00, April 24 12:00
(2025, 28m) dir Payton Brooks Prafke w/Callan Bradley, Joe Ciesielczyck and other BSCC buddies. Bone Saw is Ready is a documentary that follows a grassroots group of passionate cyclists who are working to make cycling more welcoming and inclusive. The film captures their efforts through hosting group rides, volunteering with the community, learning about each other,…
Screenings: May 15 7:00
(2019, DVD, 111m, German with English subtitles) dir Alireza Golafshan w/Tom Schilling, Jella Haase, Birgit Minichmayr. High-flying banker and portfolio manager Oliver lives life in the fast lane—until a devastating car crash brings it all to a screeching halt. Waking up in the hospital, he’s faced with a harsh reality: paralysis from the waist down.…
Screenings: May 29 7:00
(2025, 86m) dir Michael Su w/Dominic Keating, Preet Kaur, G. Anthony Joseph. After a devastating betrayal wipes out her entire spy network, an elite female assassin embarks on a relentless mission to dismantle the syndicate responsible. As she hunts down their top killers one by one, she becomes the ultimate target, forced to outsmart and…
Screenings: May 30 5:00, May 31 9:00, June 1 1:00, June 2 10:00, June 3 5:00, June 4 1:00, June 5 1:00
(2024, 86m) dir Wendy Lobel. Touchstone Mental Health brings Anxiety Club to the Twin Cities for this exclusive screening. Emmy-winning producer Wendy Lobel makes her feature debut with this side-splitting, piercingly perceptive look at anxiety through a group of contemporary comedians who channel their experiences into their acts…and their everyday lives. Part therapy, part behind-the-scenes…
Screenings: June 26 7:00
(2025, 84m) dir Marcel Walz (no relation) w/Daniel Baldwin, possibly the best Baldwin. Also Danielle Titus, Esmeree Sterling, Bryan Scamman, William Castrogiovanni. When cutting-edge research leads to the creation of living dinosaurs, a team of scientists on a secluded island must risk their lives to prevent the rapidly growing creatures from escaping and attacking the…
Screenings: June 27 10:00, June 28 5:00, June 29 1:00, June 30 5:00, July 1 5:00, July 2 10:00, July 3 10:00
(2012, 94m) dir Jan Bäss. The Invisible String tells the fascinating love story between human beings and flying plastic. The documentary takes the audience on a trip from the very beginning of pie pin tossing at the Frisbie's Pie bakery in Connecticut back at the turn of the century to the Rose Bowl World Championships…
Screenings: July 3 7:00
(2025, 89m) dir Mario N. Bonassin w/Michael Paré, Sarah Lieving, Javier Duran. After falling overboard during a cruise, a young woman washes ashore – injured, stranded, and stalked by sharks – as her desperate mother races to find her. An Asylum movie with Michael Paré? What a twist! FRI/SAT/MON/TUE 5:00 SUN 1:00 WED/THU 10:00AM
Screenings: July 18 5:00, July 19 5:00, July 20 1:00, July 21 5:00, July 22 5:00, July 23 10:00, July 24 10:00
*THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT...however we expect to have some seats available at the door. For your best chance, please arrive at 6:30 and ask to be put on our wait list.* (2024, 98m) Bad River, narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton; written and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio; and produced…
Screenings: July 24 7:00
(2025, 85m) dir Jared Cohn w/William Baldwin, McKenzie Westmore, Grant Bowler. When a super-volcano threatens the island of Hawaii, a team of rescue and disaster experts are called in to help. They must race against the clock to save those in the path of the molten lava and stop the volcano for good. Look, we're…
Screenings: July 25 5:00, July 26 11:00, July 27 1:00, July 28 5:00, July 29 5:00, July 30 10:00, July 31 10:00
(2025, 90m) dir Jared Cohn w/William Baldwin, McKenzie Westmore, Tyler Christopher, Tori Griffith. As a megaquake threatens San Francisco, a series of foreshocks wreaks havoc across the city. Now, an elite team of emergency service and disaster experts converge on the anticipated epicenter, working tirelessly to save as many lives as possible and stop the…
Screenings: August 15 5:00, August 16 5:00, August 17 1:00, August 18 5:00, August 19 5:00, August 20 10:00, August 21 5:00
(51m) dir Kiera Faber. Viscerally raw fever dreams made by hand—MinnAnimate presents its first ever featured animator, Kiera Faber, showcasing five short stop-motion animated films overflowing with tactility and breath. Experience a variety of this celebrated contemporary animator's work, including her latest, ‘The Garden Sees Fire’ (2024). Join us for a post-screening Q&A with the…
Screenings: September 13 2:00
(57m) dir various. In 2025, MinnAnimate expands into a three-day festival, bringing animation from across the midwest and beyond into Minneapolis venues. Discover a trove of animated splendor and join our fervent community when you attend any or all of this year’s five unique animation screenings, each with attending filmmakers. See the full program at…
Screenings: September 13 4:15
Birchwood Palace Industries, the Minneapolis micropress founded by writer and artist Andy Sturdevant, will celebrate its seventh anniversary with a trunk sale at Trylon Cinema's courtyard on Sunday, September 14, from 12–2 p.m. The event will feature discounted titles from the archive, a communal coney dog bar, and free notary services. Since 2018, Birchwood Palace has…
Screenings: September 14 12:00
(2025, 95m) dir Jose Prendes w/Michael Paré, Bix Krieger, Shelby Wright. When a lifelike doll begins killing people linked to a dead woman’s past, the remaining survivors must risk their lives to uncover the doll’s true nature—before they become her next victims. FRI/SUN 1:00 SAT/WED/THU 10:00AM MON/TUE 5:00
Screenings: June 20 1:00, June 21 10:00, June 22 1:00, June 23 5:00, June 24 5:00, June 25 10:00, June 26 10:00
(2019, 218m) dir Thomas Heise. In his award-winning film–Best German Documentary, 2019, Main Prize International Film Festival Vision du Réel 2019, Chantal Akerman Prize 2019 and many more–German filmmaker Thomas Heise shares the stories of three generations of his family from the beginning of the 20th century to the Fall of the Wall. Heimat is a…
Screenings: September 25 6:30
(2025, 90m) dir The Onion w/Sex Perverts. America's Finest News Source is proud to resuscitate the dying medium of film with a double-feature presentation beginning with their latest investigative documentary. Featuring never-before-seen interviews and footage, Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile succeeds where hundreds of previous documentaries have failed, finally uncovering the truth behind one of America's…
Screenings: October 2 7:00, 9:00
(2005, 83m) dir Ashim Ahluwalia w/Glen Castinho, Sydney Fernandes, and Oaref Irani. Johns and Janes fall asleep while fantasizing about New York, flailing around within the confines of their cramped Mumbai apartments. A blend of observational documentary and tropical science-fiction, John & Jane follows the stories of six "call agents" that answer American 1-800 numbers…
Screenings: October 9 7:00
(2025, 102m) dir Kody Leibowitz, Allison Norlian. Two decades after being paralyzed in a domestic violence incident, Erika Bogan uses her wheelchair to climb the largest free-standing mountain in the world - Mt. Kilimanjaro - to help raise awareness about the mental health struggles plaguing both her and the disability community at large. 4:00 $17
Screenings: January 3 4:00
(2022, 94m, Latvian with English subtitles) dir Viesturs Kairiss w/Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Alise Danovska, Baiba Broka, Aleksas Kazanavicius, Juhan Ulfsak, Sandis Runge. It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis’s whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the people’s peaceful protests against the Soviet Army’s attempted takeover of power…
Screenings: January 17 2:30
(2024, 116m, German with English subtitles) dir Natja Brunckhorst w/Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld. In the summer of 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall but before official reunification, an unlikely group of East Germans stumbles upon hidden millions in an underground government vault. With only days before their stash of Ostmarks becomes…
Screenings: March 12 7:00
A film by Ethan Wagner Hundreds of strangers across Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and New York were invited to share something deeply personal. What emerges is a collection of honest reflections that reveal the positivity, wisdom, and love that exist within us all, reminding us how much we share, even with those we've never met. 3:00…
Screenings: April 18 3:00
(109m, Russian w/ English subtitles) dir Dmitry Krymov w/Chulpan Khamatova, Maksim Sukhanov. Premiered in Riga in 2024, Diary of Madmen is an independent production by visionary director Dmitry Krymov — an ode to theater as both escape and salvation from a collapsing world. In this deeply personal work, two acclaimed actors, Chulpan Khamatova and Maksim Sukhanov,…
Screenings: April 25 1:00
(2025, 98m) dir Tony Nguyen. Year of the Cat follows filmmaker Tony Nguyen on an extraordinary quest to solve the mystery of his father, lost in the chaos of the Fall of Saigon. Crafted as an investigative home movie, this intensely raw documentary weaves together moments of humor and heartache, offering an intimate look at…
Screenings: April 25 4:00
(2025, 85m) dir Vera Brunner-Sung. In western Montana, recently divorced Lue keeps to a steady, quiet routine: his maintenance job, working his family stand at the farmers market, fly fishing on the river, and midnight outings for karaoke at the local bar. He lives with his widowed mother, Song, whose efforts to find him another…
Screenings: May 2 4:00
(2023, 119m, DVD, German with English subtitles) Summer 2003. Amidst the oppressive heat, four teenage boys navigate the challenges of adolescence in a gritty, troubled neighborhood. When a fateful encounter with rival dealers leaves one of them owing 500 EUR in protection money, the boys hatch a risky plan: steal their school’s new computers and…
Screenings: May 16 4:00
All proceeds go to help The Video Store MPLS get a brick-and-mortar home! Kick-off The Video Store MPLS’s 30-day Kickstarter campaign (to raise money for a physical space) and enjoy selected 16mm shorts from the Cult Film Collective Archive, as well as the documentary At the Video Store - an ode to the death (and…
Screenings: August 1 2:00
(2024, 88m) dir Todd G. Bieber. Ontario is the only province in Canada without a ban on cat declawing. Amy Hoggart, the hilarious correspondent from Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, cracks jokes, cuddles kittens and attacks this controversial practice using satire to expose a heart-wrenching catspiracy. Join Humane World for Animals for a free showing…
Screenings: September 10 7:00