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The Librarians with Panel Discussion

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  • Tue, Oct 7

Tue, Oct 7 @ 6:30 pm: Celebrate Banned Book week with us!

Director: Kim A. Snyder Run Time: 94 min. Release Year: 2025

Following the show, a panel of voices organized by Cowles Library at Drake University, including Amanda Jones, a...

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A House of Dynamite

Opens on October 10

Director: Kathryn Bigelow Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Gabriel Basso, Idris Elba, Jared Harris, Rebecca Ferguson, Tracy Letts

Not if. When.

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National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

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  • Sun, Oct 12

Director: Justin Martin Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Jamie Glover, Jasper Talbot, Rosamund Pike

A searing new play from the team behind Prima Facie.

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Misery – 35th Anniversary Screening with TCM Festival Q&A

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  • Tue, Oct 14
  • Sun, Oct 19

Director: Rob Reiner Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 1990

Starring: Frances Sternhagen, James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.

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After the Hunt

Opens on October 17

Director: Luca Guadagnino Run Time: 139 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny, Julia Roberts, Michael Stuhlbarg

Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Shadow Cast

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  • Fri, Oct 17
  • Sat, Oct 18

Fri, Oct 17 @ 10:00 pm: Celebrate Rocky Horror's 50th Anniversary!Sat, Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm: Celebrate Rocky Horror's 50th Anniversary!

Director: Jim Sharman Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 1975

Starring: Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry

A different set of jaws.

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Scooby-Doo with Audience Interaction

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  • Tue, Oct 21

Director: Raja Gosnell Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2002

Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Neil Fanning, Sarah Michelle Gellar

Be afraid. Be kind of afraid.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors – Presented with The Fright Zone

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  • Thu, Oct 23

Director: Chuck Russell Run Time: 96 min. Release Year: 1987

Starring: Craig Wasson, Heather Langenkamp, Laurence Fishburne, Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund

If you think you'll get out alive, you must be dreaming.

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Frankenstein

Opens on October 24

Director: Guillermo del Toro Run Time: 149 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac

Only monsters play God.

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That Thing | That Sound with Filmmaker Q&A

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  • Sun, Oct 26

Director: Kelsey Hammer-Parks, Nathan M. Emerson Run Time: 74 min. Release Year: 2022

A love letter to the steel guitar, following one man’s journey to pass on his knowledge and keep the instrument alive.

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Bugonia

Opens on October 31

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Run Time: 118 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone, Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Stavros Halkias

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an...

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Life After – Presented with The Harkin Institute and the Des Moines Art Center

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  • Wed, Nov 5

Director: Reid Davenport Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Alex Thompson, Ann Gulliver, Catherine Frazee, Rebecca Castner

Kick off the A Taste of ReelAbilities Film Festival with this one-night event at Varsity Cinema. Staff from The...

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Genevieve – An OLLI Screening

Opens on November 6

Director: Henry Cornelius Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 1953

Starring: Dinah Sheridan, Geoffrey Keen, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be...

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National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession

Opens on November 9

Director: Dominic Cooke Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Bessie Carter, Imelda Staunton, Kevin Doyle, Reuben Joseph, Robert Glenister

Five-time Olivier Award-winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the...

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Opens on November 11

Director: John Hughes Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 1987

Starring: Dylan Baker, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Steve Martin

What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

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The Room with Audience Interaction

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  • Tue, Nov 11

Director: Tommy Wiseau Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2003

Starring: Carolyn Minnott, Greg Sestero, Juliette Danielle, Philip Haldiman, Tommy Wiseau

Can you ever really trust anyone?

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The Kneeling Goddess (La Diosa Arrodillada) – Presented with the Des Moines Art Center

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  • Wed, Nov 12

Director: Roberto Gavaldón Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 1947 Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Starring: Arturo de Córdova, Carlos Martínez Baena, Fortunio Bonanova, María Félix, Rosario Granados

Join us before the film for an introduction by Art Center Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter about Manuel Álvarez Bravo,...

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The Room

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  • Thu, Nov 13

Director: Tommy Wiseau Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2003

Starring: Carolyn Minnott, Greg Sestero, Juliette Danielle, Philip Haldiman, Tommy Wiseau

Can you ever really trust anyone?

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Track Guy Movie with Filmmaker Q&A

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  • Sun, Nov 16

Director: Andrew Snyder Run Time: 66 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Mike Jay

Through the course of an Iowa high school track & field season, PA announcer Mike Jay shares what...

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Wicked: For Good

Opens on November 21

Director: Jon M. Chu Run Time: 138 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Ethan Slater, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode

You will be changed.

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The Apartment – An OLLI Screening

Opens on December 4

Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 1960

Starring: Fred MacMurray, Jack Kruschen, Jack Lemmon, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine

Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!

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Die Hard with Audience Interaction

Opens on December 16

Director: John McTiernan Run Time: 131 min. Release Year: 1988

Starring: Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Reginald VelJohnson

Forty stories. Twelve terrorists. One cop.

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