Special Events

Director: Josh Boone Run Time: 126 min. Release Year: 2014

Starring: Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, Nat Wolff, Sam Trammell, Shailene Woodley

Director: George Stevens Run Time: 118 min. Release Year: 1953

Starring: Alan Ladd, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin

Run Time: 300 min.

Sat, Apr 11 @ 1:00 pm: Des Moines Latino Film Festival, presented by Latino Center of Iowa and Des Moines Film.

Director: Simón Mesa Soto Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Spanish

Starring: Alisson Correa, Guillermo Cardona, Margarita Soto, Rebeca Andrade, Ubeimar Rios

Sat, Apr 11 @ 4:15 pm: Des Moines Latino Film Festival, presented by Latino Center of Iowa and Des Moines Film.

Director: David Alvarado Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Edward James Olmos, Luis Valdez

Sat, Apr 18 @ 1:00 pm: Join Des Moines Metro Opera, Des Moines Film and Proteus, Inc.—a nonprofit dedicated to providing agricultural workers and their families with affordable health care, education assistance, and job training—for a special screening of Of Mice and Men. Stick around after the film for a discussion exploring the history and lived experiences of Iowa farmworkers, offering local context to Steinbeck’s story.

Director: Gary Sinise Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1992

Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, Ray Walston, Sherilyn Fenn

Wed, Apr 29 @ 7:00 pm: Join us after the film for a Q&A with Dr. Mike Welsh, Grace Lidgett, William O’Neal II and filmmakers Courtney Crowder and Chad Cohen.

Run Time: 18 min.

Director: Timur Zangiev Run Time: 245 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Russian

Thu, May 21 @ 7:00 pm: Starting an hour before the film, come hang out with Ellen at her nationally acclaimed Grammar Table, where she will answer grammar questions, resolve family grammar disputes, and take complaints. After each screening, please stick around for a Q&A with Brandt and Ellen, followed by a book signing of Ellen’s national bestseller, also called Rebel with a Clause. A grammar guru takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on a road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.

Director: Brandt Johnson Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2025

Starring: Brandt Johnson, Ellen Jovin

Wed, May 27 @ 7:00 pm: Director Yuriko Gamo-Romer will be here for a Q&A following the film.

Director: Yuriko Gamo Romer Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2025

Director: Deborah Colker, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Run Time: 158 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish