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Norma Rae – A Free Screening in Partnership with the Iowa Labor History Society
- Sun, Sep 6
Director: Martin Ritt Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1979
Starring: Barbara Baxley, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Ron Leibman, Sally Field
The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.
sex, lies, and videotape
- Tue, Sep 8
Director: Steven Soderbergh Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1989
Starring: Andie MacDowell, James Spader, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Gallagher, Ron Vawter
the husband. the wife. her sister. his friend.
Practical Magic 2
- Thu, Sep 10
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- Thu, Sep 24
Director: Susanne Bier Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Joey King, Maisie Williams, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Xolo Mariduena
Everything you've witched for.
Resident Evil
- Thu, Sep 17
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- Wed, Sep 30
Director: Zach Cregger Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Austin Abrams, Johnno Wilson, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry
No sweat.
Reefer Madness
- Thu, Sep 17
Director: Louis J. Gasnier Run Time: 66 min. Release Year: 1938
Starring: Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Thelma White
Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!
Jury of Her Peers
- Wed, Sep 23
Director: William Rock Run Time: 93 min.
Starring: Brianne Magel, Cheyenne Goode, James Serpento, Klint Sinclair, Stephanie Schneider
Friends, Family, and Other Crimes
Primetime
- Thu, Sep 24
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- Sun, Sep 27
- Mon, Sep 28
- Tue, Sep 29
- Wed, Sep 30
Director: Lance Oppenheim Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Matthew Maher, Merritt Wever, Phoebe Bridgers, Robert Pattinson, Skyler Gisondo
Are you ready to make television history?
2026 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival: You Be the Judge!
- Sun, Sep 27
- Wed, Sep 30
Run Time: 165 min. Release Year: 2026
Discover your inner film critic by casting your vote at the 29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. You’ll join film lovers simultaneously in over 500 venues across the globe!
Silent Movie Day: Battleship Potemkin featuring a new score by Pet Shop Boys
- Tue, Sep 29
Director: Sergei Eisenstein Run Time: 75 min. Release Year: 1925 Language: Russian
Starring: Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Vladimir Barsky
Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun.
The Color Purple w/ Community Leader Conversation
- Thu, Oct 1
Director: Steven Spielberg Run Time: 154 min. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Willard E. Pugh
It's about life. It's about love. It's about us.
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Così fan tutte – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Oct 3
Run Time: 237 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Italian
Starring: Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Federica Lombardi
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of...
Jane Elliott Against the World
- Wed, Oct 7
Director: Judd Ehrlich Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Jane Elliott, Killer Mike, Oprah Winfrey, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel
A rural Iowa schoolteacher becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination...
The Craft with Audience Interaction
- Tue, Oct 13
Director: Andrew Fleming Run Time: 101 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Robin Tunney, Skeet Ulrich
Welcome to the witching hour.
My Cousin Vinny w/ Drake University Law School
- Wed, Oct 14
Director: Jonathan Lynn Run Time: 119 min. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Fred Gwynne, Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Ralph Macchio
There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
The Bright Path: The Johnny Bright Story – A Free Screening in Partnership with Drake University
- Thu, Oct 15
Director: Jerald B. Harkness Run Time: 57 min. Release Year: 2022
Chronicles the life of African American Johnny Bright trailblazer who changed College football forever. Despite experiencing one of...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Macbeth – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Oct 17
Run Time: 209 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Italian
Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists star in Verdi’s thrilling take on Shakespeare’s immortal tale. Following past triumphs in...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Live Shadow Cast
- Thu, Oct 22
- Fri, Oct 23
Director: Jim Sharman Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 1975
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry
A different set of jaws.
Get Out
- Tue, Oct 27
Director: Jordan Peele Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 2017
Starring: Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Catherine Keener, Daniel Kaluuya
Just because you're invited, doesn't mean you're welcome.
Night of the Creeps w/ The Fright Zone Podcast
- Thu, Oct 29
Director: Fred Dekker Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Steve Marshall, Tom Atkins, Wally Taylor
The good news is your date is here. The bad news is...He's dead.
Wicker
Director: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Olivia Colman, Peter Dinklage
Marriage material.
Red River w/ Karina Longworth of You Must Remember This
- Sun, Nov 8
Director: Howard Hawks Run Time: 133 min. Release Year: 1948
Starring: Coleen Gray, Joanne Dru, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan
Join us for a special screening of Red River featuring a presentation by You Must Remember This' Karina Longworth.
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Samson et Dalila – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Dec 5
Run Time: 234 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: French
Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive...
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Jan 23
Director: Gary Halvorson Run Time: 195 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: Italian
Starring: Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann, Matthew Rose, Richard Bernstein, Željko Lučić
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones,...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Silent Night – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Mar 20
Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2027
Following his smash-hit company debut with The Hours, composer Kevin Puts returns to the Met with his Pulitzer...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Manon – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Apr 3
Run Time: 264 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: French
Following her radiant performance in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette—which garnered raves for “high notes that spun like liquid...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Otello – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Apr 24
Run Time: 201 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: Italian
One of today’s leading dramatic tenors, Brian Jagde takes on the tour-de-force title role of what many consider...
The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Parsifal – Presented with Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Jun 5
Run Time: 365 min. Release Year: 2027 Language: German
A profound philosophical meditation on compassion and reconciliation, this transcendent rendering of a medieval knight’s heroic quest for...