Special Events

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

Tue, Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm: Presented with Ballet Des Moines, featuring dancers in-person.

Director: Garry Marshall Run Time: 115 min. Release Year: 2001

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Caroline Goodall, Heather Matarazzo, Héctor Elizondo, Julie Andrews

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 the 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

Thu, May 21 @ 10:00 pm: Presented with The Fright Zone podcast.

Director: Mark Herrier Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 1991

Starring: Dee Wallace, Derek Rydall, Jill Schoelen, Kelly Jo Minter, Tom Villard

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

Director: Ivo van Hove Run Time: 135 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Bryan Cranston, Hayley Squires, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu, Tom Glynn-Carney

Director: Robin Lough Run Time: 142 min. Release Year: 2013

Starring: Haydn Gwynne, Helen Mirren, Michael Elwyn, Nathaniel Parker, Richard McCabe