Coming Soon
Pillion
- Today, Feb 27
- Sat, Feb 28
- Sun, Mar 1
- Mon, Mar 2
- Tue, Mar 3
- Wed, Mar 4
- Thu, Mar 5
Director: Harry Lighton Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Hodge, Harry Melling, Jake Shears, Lesley Sharp
Colin, a timid gay man, is swept off his feet when Ray, an enigmatic and impossibly handsome biker,...
Notorious – An OLLI Screening
- Thu, Mar 5
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Run Time: 103 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Ingrid Bergman, Leopoldine Konstantin, Louis Calhern
Deep their love! Great the risk!
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Director: Baz Luhrmann Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Bono, Cary Grant, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Tom Parker
Elvis sings and tells his story like never before.
A Red Carpet Affair 2026
- Sun, Mar 15
Run Time: 240 min.
About the Event Join us for a one-of-a-kind celebration of film’s biggest night. We are transforming Varsity Cinema...
Untitled Home Invasion Romance w/ Screenwriter Q&A
- Wed, Mar 18
Wed, Mar 18 @ 7:00 pm: Q&A with Des Moines based screenwriter Josh Johnson.
Director: Jason Biggs Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Anna Konkle, Arturo Castro, Jason Biggs, Justin H. Min, Meaghan Rath
Join us after the film for a Q&A with Des Moines based screenwriter Josh Johnson. As a last-ditch...
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Mar 21
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...
Preconceived
- Tue, Mar 24
Director: Kate Dumke, Sabrine Keane Run Time: 80 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Angela Dwyer, Brandi Swindell, Kathaleen Pittman, Maleeha, Maria
Presented by Family Planning Council of Iowa. Where does someone turn when facing an unplanned pregnancy? Preconceived tells...
Science on Screen: Project Hail Mary
- Wed, Mar 25
Director: Christopher Miller, Phil Lord Run Time: 156 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ken Leung, Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub, Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller
Believe in the Hail Mary.
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Director: Charlie Tyrell, Daniel Roher Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2026
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity, and explores the most...
The Music Man w/ Panel Conversation
- Sun, Mar 29
Director: Morton DaCosta Run Time: 151 min. Release Year: 1962
Starring: Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Robert Preston, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones
The story of that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he played on every heart in town!
Shane – An OLLI Screening
Director: George Stevens Run Time: 118 min. Release Year: 1953
Starring: Alan Ladd, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
The greatest story of the West ever filmed!
Of Mice and Men
Director: Gary Sinise Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, Ray Walston, Sherilyn Fenn
We have a dream. Someday, we'll have a little house and a couple of acres. A place to call home.
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, May 2
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 Umbrellas of Cherbourg – An OLLI Screening
Director: Jacques Demy Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 1964 Language: French
Starring: Anne Vernon, Catherine Deneuve, Marc Michel, Mireille Perrey, Nino Castelnuovo
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
Rebel with a Clause w/ Filmmaker Q&A and Author Signing
Director: Brandt Johnson Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Brandt Johnson, Ellen Jovin
We have so much in comma.
The Metropolitan Opera: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, May 30
Director: Deborah Colker, Yannick Nézet-Séguin 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...
The Muppet Movie – An OLLI Screening
Director: James Frawley Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 1979
Starring: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt
More entertaining than humanly possible!