Coming Soon
The Librarians with Panel Discussion
- 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...
A House of Dynamite
Director: Kathryn Bigelow Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Gabriel Basso, Idris Elba, Jared Harris, Rebecca Ferguson, Tracy Letts
Not if. When.
National Theatre Live: Inter Alia
- 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.
Misery – 35th Anniversary Screening with TCM Festival Q&A
- 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.
After the Hunt
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.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Shadow Cast
- 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.
Scooby-Doo with Audience Interaction
- 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.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors – Presented with The Fright Zone
- 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.
Frankenstein
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.
That Thing | That Sound with Filmmaker Q&A
- 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.
Bugonia
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...
Life After – Presented with The Harkin Institute and the Des Moines Art Center
- 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...
Genevieve – An OLLI Screening
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...
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
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...
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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.
The Room with Audience Interaction
- 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?
The Kneeling Goddess (La Diosa Arrodillada) – Presented with the Des Moines Art Center
- 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,...
The Room
- 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?
Track Guy Movie with Filmmaker Q&A
- 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...
Wicked: For Good
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.
The Apartment – An OLLI Screening
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!
Die Hard with Audience Interaction
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.