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2025 Des Moines Latino Film Festival: Párvulos
- Tue, Apr 15
Run Time: 120 min.
Get ready for four unforgettable nights at the 2025 Des Moines Latino Film Festival, presented by the Latino...
2025 Des Moines Latino Film Festival: Lengua + Sujo
- Wed, Apr 16
Run Time: 138 min.
Get ready for four unforgettable nights at the 2025 Des Moines Latino Film Festival, presented by the Latino...
2025 Des Moines Latino Film Festival: The Ballad of Tita and the Machines + Rita
- Thu, Apr 17
Run Time: 121 min.
Get ready for four unforgettable nights at the 2025 Des Moines Latino Film Festival, presented by the Latino...
The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Fri, Apr 18
- Sat, Apr 19
- Sun, Apr 20
- Mon, Apr 21
- Tue, Apr 22
- Wed, Apr 23
- Thu, Apr 24
Director: James Griffiths Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Akemnji Ndifornyen, Carey Mulligan, Sian Clifford, Tim Key, Tom Basden
He's getting the band back together.
2025 Des Moines Latino Film Festival: La Cocina
- Fri, Apr 18
Run Time: 139 min.
Get ready for four unforgettable nights at the 2025 Des Moines Latino Film Festival, presented by the Latino...
One to One: John & Yoko
- Sat, Apr 19
- Sun, Apr 20
- Mon, Apr 21
- Wed, Apr 23
Director: Kevin Macdonald Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Andy Warhol, John Lennon, Yoko Ono
An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that one of music’s most famous couples — John...
The Jungle – An Earth Day Screening with Food & Water Watch and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
- Tue, Apr 22
Director: Matt Wechsler Run Time: 83 min.
Exposing the industry fueling Iowa's water crisis: factory farms.
The Shrouds
- Thu, Apr 24
- Fri, Apr 25
Director: David Cronenberg Run Time: 119 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Diane Kruger, Elizabeth Saunders, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt, Vincent Cassel
How dark are you willing to go?
Vision & Vibe Film Festival
- Sun, Apr 27
Run Time: 67 min.
Celebrate local talent. Watch. Listen. Vote. Vibe.
Point Break – A Science on Screen Presentation
- Tue, Apr 29
Tue, Apr 29 @ 7:00 pm: Special pre-show presentation from Drake professor, Terrance Pendleton.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow Run Time: 122 min. Release Year: 1991
Starring: Gary Busey, John C. McGinley, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Patrick Swayze
Science on Screen is back for a third year! A series of films paired with presentations from scientists...
Iowa’s Dirty Secret: The True Cost of Burning Coal – Premiere with Panel Discussion
- Wed, Apr 30
Director: Trevor Tejeda-Gervais Run Time: 30 min.
Iowans have been led to believe that their energy is clean. But in reality, MidAmerican Energy operates five...
Cinderella – An OLLI Screening
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson Run Time: 74 min. Release Year: 1950
Starring: Claire Du Brey, Eleanor Audley, Ilene Woods, Rhoda Williams, Verna Felton
The greatest love story ever told.
On Swift Horses
Director: Daniel Minahan Run Time: 119 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Diego Calva, Jacob Elordi, Sasha Calle, Will Poulter
How much would you gamble for love?
The Organizer in Partnership with the Iowa Labor History Society
- Sat, May 3
Director: Mario Monicelli Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1963 Language: Italian
Starring: Bernard Blier, Folco Lulli, Gabriella Giorgelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori
In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with...
Star Wars with Audience Interaction
- Sun, May 4
Sun, May 4 @ 1:00 pm: Meet some Star Wars characters in the lobby before the movie!
Director: George Lucas Run Time: 121 min. Release Year: 1977
Starring: Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Peter Cushing
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Tall Tales – A Companion Film to Thom Yorke’s New Album
- Thu, May 8
Director: Jonathan Zawada Run Time: 65 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke
Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall...
Ritual Mountain Bike Film Tour Presented by CITA & the Iowa Bicycle Coalition
- Wed, May 14
Run Time: 106 min.
Join Central Iowa Trails Association, the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, and premiere sponsor, Bike World, as we present the...
The Decline of Western Civilization – Presented with Iowa Basement Tapes
- Thu, May 22
Director: Penelope Spheeris Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 1981
Starring: Alice Bag, Claude Bessy, Dinah Cancer, Eugene Tatu, Exene Cervenka
See it in a theater.... where you can't get hurt.
Minnesota Mean – Presented with Des Moines Roller Derby
- Tue, May 27
Director: Dawn Mikkelson Run Time: 81 min. Release Year: 2023
It's now or never.
Dr. Strangelove – An OLLI Screening
Director: Stanley Kubrick Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 1964
Starring: George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn, Peter Sellers, Slim Pickens, Sterling Hayden
The hot-line suspense comedy.
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
Director: Sean Foley Release Year: 2025
Starring: Giles Terera, John Hopkins, Oliver Alvin-Wilson, Penny Ashmore, Steve Coogan
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy...
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Director: Lyndsey Turner, Robin Lough Run Time: 217 min. Release Year: 2015
Starring: Anastasia Hille, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Norton, Sian Brooke
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death...
Goodbye, Mr. Chips in Partnership with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Jul 12
- Fri, Jul 18
Sat, Jul 12 @ 1:00 pm: Des Moines Metro Opera and Des Moines Film are excited to present two screenings of Goodbye, Mr. Chips, a new opera reimagined for film by Gordon Getty. Fri, Jul 18 @ 1:00 pm: Des Moines Metro Opera and Des Moines Film are excited to present two screenings of Goodbye, Mr. Chips, a new opera reimagined for film by Gordon Getty.
Run Time: 115 min. Release Year: 2021
Starring: Kevin Short, Lester Lynch, Marnie Breckenridge, Nathan Granner, Walter Brown
This event is partnership with Des Moines Moines Metro Opera and Varsity Cinema. Enjoy an exclusive filmed introduction...