Special Events
Science on Screen: Project Hail Mary
- Wed, Mar 25
Director: Christopher Miller, Phil Lord Run Time: 156 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ken Leung, Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub, Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller
Believe in the Hail Mary.
Pillion
- Wed, Mar 25
Director: Harry Lighton Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Hodge, Harry Melling, Jake Shears, Lesley Sharp
Colin, a timid gay man, is swept off his feet when Ray, an enigmatic and impossibly handsome biker,...
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
- Thu, Mar 26
Director: Baz Luhrmann Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Bono, Cary Grant, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Tom Parker
Elvis sings and tells his story like never before.
One Battle After Another
- Thu, Mar 26
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Run Time: 161 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor
Some search for battle, others are born into it…
Pieces – Presented with The Fright Zone
- Thu, Mar 26
Thu, Mar 26 @ 10:00 pm: Presented by The Fright Zone podcast.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 1982 Language: Spanish
Starring: Christopher George, Edmund Purdom, Frank Braña, Ian Sera, Lynda Day George
You don't have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre!
The Music Man w/ Panel Conversation
- Sun, Mar 29
Director: Morton DaCosta Run Time: 151 min. Release Year: 1962
Starring: Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Robert Preston, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones
The story of that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he played on every heart in town!
Movie Bash: Best in Show with Audience Interaction
- Tue, Mar 31
Director: Christopher Guest Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2000
Starring: Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock
Some pets deserve a little more respect than others.
The Fault in Our Stars
- Wed, Apr 1
Director: Josh Boone Run Time: 126 min. Release Year: 2014
Starring: Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, Nat Wolff, Sam Trammell, Shailene Woodley
Life doesn't have to be perfect for love to be extraordinary.
Shane – An OLLI Screening
- Thu, Apr 2
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!
Free Des Moines Latino Film Festival Shorts Program
- Sat, Apr 11
Run Time: 300 min.
Stop into the Loft Auditorium during the Des Moines Latino Film Festival and enjoy a rolling program of...
A Poet
- Sat, Apr 11
Director: Simón Mesa Soto Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Spanish
Starring: Alisson Correa, Guillermo Cardona, Margarita Soto, Rebeca Andrade, Ubeimar Rios
This critically acclaimed Colombian film was also a Cannes jury prize winner. Middle-aged and erratic, Oscar is a...
Of Mice and Men
- Sat, Apr 18
Director: Gary Sinise Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, Ray Walston, Sherilyn Fenn
We have a dream. Someday, we'll have a little house and a couple of acres. A place to call home.
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 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...