Coming Soon
Troll 2
- Today, Nov 14
- Thu, Nov 21
Director: Claudio Fragasso Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 1990
Starring: Connie Young, George Hardy, Margo Prey, Michael Stephenson, Robert Ormsby
The Original Boogeyman is Back.
Heretic w/ In-Person Directors’ Q&A
- Sat, Nov 16
Sat, Nov 16 @ 7:00 pm: Special in-person Q&A with the film's directors after the screening.
Director: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck Run Time: 111 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Chloe East, Elle Young, Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Topher Grace
Question everything.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon with Audience Interaction
- Tue, Nov 19
Director: Chris Weitz Run Time: 131 min. Release Year: 2009
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Michael Sheen, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
The Next Chapter Begins.
Live Magic Lantern with Historian Mike Zahs
- Wed, Nov 20
Wed, Nov 20 @ 7:00 pm: Live Magic Lantern Performance Read More ›
Run Time: 90 min.
Experience what cinema was like before the advent of motion pictures as historian and collector Mike Zahs presents...
Gladiator II
- Thu, Nov 21
- Fri, Nov 22
Director: Ridley Scott Run Time: 148 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal
Prepare to be entertained.
Wicked
- Thu, Nov 21
Director: Jon M. Chu Run Time: 160 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh
Everyone deserves the chance to fly.
Wicked Pre-Screening Singalong
- Fri, Nov 22
Fri, Nov 22 @ 6:00 pm: Join Varsity Cinema and Des Moines Performing Arts for a WICKED event!
Director: Jon M. Chu Run Time: 220 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh
Everyone deserves the chance to fly.
The Last Waltz
- Wed, Nov 27
Director: Martin Scorsese Run Time: 117 min. Release Year: 1978
Starring: Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson
It Started as a Concert. It Became a Celebration.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – 50th Anniversary Restoration
Director: Tobe Hooper Run Time: 83 min. Release Year: 1974
Starring: Allen Danziger, Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Teri McMinn, William Vail
Who will survive and what will be left of them?
Elf
- Tue, Dec 3
Director: Jon Favreau Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Will Ferrell
This holiday, discover your inner elf.
Harvey
Director: Henry Koster Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 1950
Starring: Cecil Kellaway, Charles Drake, James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow
The Wonderful Pulitzer Prize Play … becomes one of the Great Motion Pictures of our Time!
Hundreds of Beavers – Holiday Special Event
- Thu, Dec 5
Director: Mike Cheslik Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Doug Mancheski, Luis Rico, Olivia Graves, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Wes Tank
Possibly thousands.
Silent Night, Deadly Night – 40th Anniversary
- Thu, Dec 5
Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. Run Time: 79 min. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Charles Dierkop, Gilmer McCormick, Lilyan Chauvin, Robert Brian Wilson, Toni Nero
He knows when you've been naughty.
Elf: Kids Holiday Movie & Santa
- Sat, Dec 7
- Sun, Dec 8
Sat, Dec 7 @ 1:00 pm: Visit Santa & get a cookie before the screening!Sun, Dec 8 @ 1:00 pm: Visit Santa & get a cookie before the screening!
Director: Jon Favreau Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Will Ferrell
This holiday, discover your inner elf.
The Holdovers
Director: Alexander Payne Run Time: 133 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Brady Hepner, Carrie Preston, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Paul Giamatti
Discomfort and joy.
Maria
Director: Pablo Larraín Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher, Angelina Jolie, Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Pierfrancesco Favino
1977: Maria Callas, once the world’s greatest opera diva, lives in seclusion in Paris with her staff and...
Maria + Q&A with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Wed, Dec 11
Wed, Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm: Special Q&A with esteemed opera expert Roger Pines before the screening.
Director: Pablo Larraín Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher, Angelina Jolie, Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Pierfrancesco Favino
Join us for a pre-screening conversation with renowned opera scholar Roger Pines. Roger is recognized nationally and internationally...
Gremlins
- Thu, Dec 12
Director: Joe Dante Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 1984
Starring: Corey Feldman, Frances Lee McCain, Hoyt Axton, Phoebe Cates, Zach Galligan
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.
Queer
Director: Luca Guadagnino Run Time: 137 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Colin Bates, Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Omar Apollo
The door is already open.
A Christmas Story
- Sat, Dec 14
- Sun, Dec 15
Director: Bob Clark Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 1983
Starring: Darren McGavin, Ian Petrella, Jean Shepherd, Melinda Dillon, Peter Billingsley
A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.
Tangerine
Director: Sean Baker Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2015
Starring: Alla Tumanian, Karren Karagulian, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mickey O'Hagan, Mya Taylor
It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend...
AGFA’s Special Christmas Special
- Thu, Dec 19
Run Time: 70 min. Release Year: 2020
AGFA’S SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL is a brand new, feature-length mixtape culled from the tinsel-strewn video vaults of the...
The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Sat, Dec 21
- Sun, Dec 22
Director: Brian Henson Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his...
It’s a Wonderful Life
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: Donna Reed, Henry Travers, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!
Nosferatu
Director: Robert Eggers Run Time: 132 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bill Skarsgård, Emma Corrin, Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult
Succumb to the darkness.
The Room Next Door
Director: Pedro Almodóvar Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: Spanish
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Alex Høgh Andersen, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid...