Coming Soon
Track Guy Movie with Filmmaker Q&A
- Sun, Nov 16
Sun, Nov 16 @ 3:00 pm: Post-screening Q&A with Mike Jay and director Andrew Snyder!
Director: Andrew Snyder Run Time: 66 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Mike Jay
Through the course of an Iowa high school track & field season, PA announcer Mike Jay shares what...
Track Guy Movie
- Tue, Nov 18
Director: Andrew Snyder Run Time: 66 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Mike Jay
Through the course of an Iowa high school track & field season, PA announcer Mike Jay shares what...
Wicked: For Good
- Wed, Nov 19
- Thu, Nov 20
- Fri, Nov 21
- Sat, Nov 22
- Sun, Nov 23
- Mon, Nov 24
- Wed, Nov 26
- Thu, Nov 27
- Fri, Nov 28
- Sat, Nov 29
- Sun, Nov 30
- Wed, Dec 3
Director: Jon M. Chu Run Time: 138 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode
You will be changed.
Wicked + Wicked: For Good Double Feature
- Thu, Nov 20
Run Time: 313 min.
Experience both chapters of this spectacular story back-to-back on the big screen!
Jay Kelly
- Fri, Nov 21
- Sat, Nov 22
- Sun, Nov 23
- Mon, Nov 24
Director: Noah Baumbach Run Time: 132 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough
Everybody knows Jay Kelly, but Jay Kelly doesn't know himself.
The Metropolitan Opera: Arabella – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
- Sat, Nov 22
Sat, Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm: Live in HD!
Director: Nicholas Carter Run Time: 252 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: German
Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide in a sumptuous production...
Wicked: For Good Pre-Screening Singalong – Presented with Des Moines Performing Arts
- Sun, Nov 23
Sun, Nov 23 @ 6:00 pm: Join us for a singalong and themed cocktails before the show!
Director: Jon M. Chu Run Time: 197 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode
You will be changed.
Sentimental Value
Director: Joachim Trier Run Time: 133 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Norwegian
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage...
The Apartment – An OLLI Screening
Director: Billy Wilder Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 1960
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
Movie-wise, there has never been anything like it - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!
Hamnet
Director: Chloé Zhao Run Time: 125 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, Jacobi Jupe
Keep your heart open.
Merrily We Roll Along
- Fri, Dec 5
- Sat, Dec 6
- Sun, Dec 7
Director: Maria Friedman Run Time: 145 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, Daniel Radcliffe, Krystal Joy Brown, Katie Rose Clarke
Hey, old friend? How do we stay old friends?
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Director: Lee Harry Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 1987
Starring: Eric Freeman, James Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jean Miller, Darrel Guilbeau
The nightmare is about to begin... AGAIN!
It’s a Wonderful Life – Presented with the State Historical Society of Iowa
- Thu, Dec 11
Thu, Dec 11 @ 7:00 pm: Special post-screening discussion with State Curator Hanna Howard
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!
The Metropolitan Opera: Andrea Chénier – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
Director: Daniele Rustioni Run Time: 211 min. Release Year: 2025
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and...
Elf
Director: Jon Favreau Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen
This holiday, discover your inner elf.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Director: Frank Capra Run Time: 130 min. Release Year: 1946
Starring: James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!
Die Hard with Audience Interaction
- Tue, Dec 16
Director: John McTiernan Run Time: 131 min. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Forty stories. Twelve terrorists. One cop.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Director: Nicholas Webster Run Time: 81 min. Release Year: 1964
Starring: John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Bill McCutcheon, Victor Stiles
Santa brings Christmas fun to Mars!
The Secret Agent
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho Run Time: 158 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Wagner Moura, Carlos Francisco, Tânia Maria, Robério Diógenes, Roney Villela
Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.
Elf: Buddy’s Sing & Cheer Along Edition
Director: Jon Favreau Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2003
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen
This holiday, discover your inner elf.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Director: Brian Henson Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 1992
Starring: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his...
Hundreds of Beavers – A Northwoods Christmas
Director: Mike Cheslik Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Wes Tank, Olivia Graves, Doug Mancheski, Luis Rico
Possibly thousands.
Marty Supreme
Director: Josh Safdie Run Time: 149 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Odessa A'zion, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler, The Creator
Dream big.
The Metropolitan Opera: I Puritani – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
Director: Marco Armiliato Run Time: 227 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Italian
When it comes to beautiful melodies, captivating coloratura and virtuoso vocal fireworks, few operas can match Bellini’s I...
No Other Choice
Director: Park Chan-wook Run Time: 139 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Korean
Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into...
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
Director: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Run Time: 312 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German
The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in...
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
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
Director: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Deborah Colker 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...