Coming Soon
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...
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
- Sat, Apr 11
Director: David Alvarado Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Edward James Olmos, Luis Valdez
This documentary is fresh off its Sundance premiere. Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano...
The Christophers
Director: Steven Soderbergh Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ferdy Roberts, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Jessica Gunning, Michaela Coel
Art can be copied. Artists cannot.
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.
Mother Mary
Director: David Lowery Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Atheena Frizzell, Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber, Michaela Coel
This is not a ghost story.
The Princess Diaries – Presented with Ballet Des Moines
- Tue, Apr 28
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
She rocks. She rules. She reigns.
Giving Back Breath
- Wed, Apr 29
Run Time: 18 min.
Cystic fibrosis used to be a death sentence — until Dr. Mike Welsh helped give back breath. Tracing...
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 Umbrellas of Cherbourg – An OLLI Screening
Director: Jacques Demy Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 1964 Language: French
Starring: Anne Vernon, Catherine Deneuve, Marc Michel, Mireille Perrey, Nino Castelnuovo
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
Rebel with a Clause w/ Filmmaker Q&A and Author Signing
- Thu, May 21
Director: Brandt Johnson Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Brandt Johnson, Ellen Jovin
We have so much in comma.
Popcorn – Presented with The Fright Zone
- Thu, May 21
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
Buy a bag... Go home in a box.
Backrooms
Director: Kane Parsons Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Mark Duplass, Renate Reinsve
Everything must go.
Diamond Diplomacy
- Wed, May 27
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 Yuriko Gamo-Romer will be here for a Q&A following the film. Presented by Iowa Sister States, Japan...
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...
The Muppet Movie – An OLLI Screening
Director: James Frawley Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 1979
Starring: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt
More entertaining than humanly possible!
Disclosure Day
Director: Steven Spielberg Release Year: 2026
Starring: Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Emily Blunt, Eve Hewson, Josh O'Connor
We deserve to know.
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
- Sun, Jun 21
Director: Ivo van Hove Run Time: 135 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Hayley Squires, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu, Tom Glynn-Carney
One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe Heller, it comes at...
National Theatre Live: The Audience
- Sun, Jul 12
Director: Robin Lough Run Time: 142 min. Release Year: 2013
Starring: Haydn Gwynne, Helen Mirren, Michael Elwyn, Nathaniel Parker, Richard McCabe
For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at...
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Director: Marianne Elliott Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aidan Turner, Cat Simmons, Darragh Hand, Lesley Manville, Monica Barbaro
The pen is mightier than the sword.