Coming Soon
The Metropolitan Opera: La Bohème – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Nov 8
Sat, Nov 8 @ 12:00 pm: Live in HD!
Director: Keri-Lynn Wilson Run Time: 209 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Italian
Starring: Freddie De Tommaso, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Juliana Grigoryan, Heidi Stober, Lucas Meachem
With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is...
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
- Sun, Nov 9
Director: Dominic Cooke Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Bessie Carter, Kevin Doyle, Robert Glenister, Reuben Joseph
Five-time Olivier Award-winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the...
The Room with Audience Interaction
- Tue, Nov 11
Director: Tommy Wiseau Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman, Carolyn Minnott
Can you ever really trust anyone?
The Kneeling Goddess (La Diosa Arrodillada) – Presented with the Des Moines Art Center
- Wed, Nov 12
Wed, Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm: Join us for a special introduction!
Director: Roberto Gavaldón Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 1947 Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Starring: María Félix, Arturo de Córdova, Rosario Granados, Fortunio Bonanova, Carlos Martínez Baena
Join us before the film for an introduction by Art Center Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter about Manuel Álvarez Bravo,...
The Room
- Thu, Nov 13
Director: Tommy Wiseau Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman, Carolyn Minnott
Can you ever really trust anyone?
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...
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!
Wicked: For Good
- 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.
Jay Kelly
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.
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!
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.
The Metropolitan Opera: Andrea Chénier – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Dec 13
Sat, Dec 13 @ 12:00 pm: Live in HD!
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...
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.
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...
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...