Coming Soon
Track Guy Movie with Filmmaker Q&A
- Sun, Nov 16
Sun, Nov 16 @ 3:00 pm: Post-screening Q&A with Mike Jay and director Andrew Snyder!
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...
Track Guy Movie
- Tue, Nov 18
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...
Wicked: For Good
- Wed, Nov 19
- Thu, Nov 20
- Fri, Nov 21
- Sat, Nov 22
- Sun, Nov 23
- Mon, Nov 24
- Wed, Nov 26
- Thu, Nov 27
- Fri, Nov 28
- Sat, Nov 29
- Sun, Nov 30
- Wed, Dec 3
Director: Jon M. Chu Run Time: 138 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode
You will be changed.
Wicked + Wicked: For Good Double Feature
- Thu, Nov 20
Run Time: 313 min.
Experience both chapters of this spectacular story back-to-back on the big screen!
Jay Kelly
- Fri, Nov 21
- Sat, Nov 22
- Sun, Nov 23
- Mon, Nov 24
Director: Noah Baumbach Run Time: 132 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough
Everybody knows Jay Kelly, but Jay Kelly doesn't know himself.
The Metropolitan Opera: Arabella – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Nov 22
Sat, Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm: Live in HD!
Director: Nicholas Carter Run Time: 252 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: German
Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production...
Wicked: For Good Pre-Screening Singalong – Presented with Des Moines Performing Arts
- Sun, Nov 23
Sun, Nov 23 @ 6:00 pm: Join us for a singalong and themed cocktails before the show!
Director: Jon M. Chu Run Time: 197 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode
You will be changed.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Tue, Nov 25
Director: John Hughes Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Steve Martin, Dylan Baker, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean
What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.
Sentimental Value
Director: Joachim Trier Run Time: 133 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Norwegian
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage...
The Apartment – An OLLI Screening
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 1960
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
Hamnet
Director: Chloé Zhao Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, Jacobi Jupe
Keep your heart open.
Merrily We Roll Along
- Fri, Dec 5
- Sat, Dec 6
- Sun, Dec 7
Director: Maria Friedman Run Time: 145 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, Daniel Radcliffe, Krystal Joy Brown, Katie Rose Clarke
Hey, old friend? How do we stay old friends?
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Director: Lee Harry Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Eric Freeman, James Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jean Miller, Darrel Guilbeau
The nightmare is about to begin... AGAIN!
It’s a Wonderful Life – Presented with the State Historical Society of Iowa
- Thu, Dec 11
Thu, Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm: Special post-screening discussion with State Curator Hanna Howard
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!
The Metropolitan Opera: Andrea Chénier – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
Director: Daniele Rustioni Run Time: 211 min. Release Year: 2025
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and...
Elf
Director: Jon Favreau Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen
This holiday, discover your inner elf.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!
Die Hard with Audience Interaction
- Tue, Dec 16
Director: John McTiernan Run Time: 131 min. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Forty stories. Twelve terrorists. One cop.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Director: Nicholas Webster Run Time: 81 min. Release Year: 1964
Starring: John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Bill McCutcheon, Victor Stiles
Santa brings Christmas fun to Mars!
The Secret Agent
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho Run Time: 158 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Wagner Moura, Carlos Francisco, Tânia Maria, Robério Diógenes, Roney Villela
Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.
Elf: Buddy’s Sing & Cheer Along Edition
Director: Jon Favreau Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen
This holiday, discover your inner elf.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Director: Brian Henson Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his...
Marty Supreme
Director: Josh Safdie Run Time: 149 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Odessa A'zion, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler, The Creator
Dream big.
The Metropolitan Opera: I Puritani – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
Director: Marco Armiliato Run Time: 227 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Italian
When it comes to beautiful melodies, captivating coloratura and virtuoso vocal fireworks, few operas can match Bellini’s I...
No Other Choice
Director: Park Chan-wook Run Time: 139 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Korean
Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into...
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
Director: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Run Time: 312 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German
The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in...
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
Director: Timur Zangiev Run Time: 245 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Russian
Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation...
The Metropolitan Opera: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
Director: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Deborah Colker Run Time: 158 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and...