Coming Soon
Hamnet
- Today, Jan 28
- Thu, Jan 29
Director: Chloé Zhao Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, Jessie Buckley, Joe Alwyn, Paul Mescal
Keep your heart open.
The Voice of Hind Rajab
- Fri, Jan 30
- Sat, Jan 31
- Sun, Feb 1
- Mon, Feb 2
- Tue, Feb 3
- Wed, Feb 4
- Thu, Feb 5
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania Run Time: 89 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Arabic
Starring: Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, Nesbat Serhan, Saja Kilani
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a...
Groundhog Day with Audience Interaction
- Mon, Feb 2
Director: Harold Ramis Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky
He’s having the worst day of his life… Over and over again.
M – An OLLI Screening
- Thu, Feb 5
Director: Fritz Lang Run Time: 109 min. Release Year: 1931 Language: German
Starring: Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Peter Lorre, Theodor Loos
Who is the murderer?
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
- Sat, Feb 7
Director: Julia Loktev Run Time: 324 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Russian
Starring: Anna Nemzer, Irina Dolinina, Ksenia Mironova, Olga Churakova, Sofya Groysman
Join us for a special, one-time showing of the critically acclaimed, 5+ hour documentary. This special screening will...
Wuthering Heights
Director: Emerald Fennell Run Time: 136 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alison Oliver, Hong Chau, Jacob Elordi, Margot Robbie, Shazad Latif
Come undone.
The Moment
Director: Aidan Zamiri Run Time: 103 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Charli xcx, Hailey Benton Gates, Rachel Sennott, Rosanna Arquette
and it’s a movie about brat and charli and a tour but none of it happened but maybe some of it did
Fruitvale Station with Community Leader Conversation
- Wed, Feb 25
Wed, Feb 25 @ 7:00 pm: Special post-screening conversation with a panel of local community leaders
Director: Ryan Coogler Run Time: 82 min. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Melonie Díaz, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer
Every step brings you closer to the edge.
2026 Oscar Nominated Short Films
Run Time: 1 min.
Varsity Cinema is the place to see the Oscar®-Nominated Short Films in all three categories — Animated, Live...
Notorious – An OLLI Screening
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!
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...
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...
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!
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.
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!