Star Wars Day is on the horizon! Make your May 4th an unforgettable night at the movies with ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY ✨ Audience interaction is encouraged! Dress up, quote your favorite lines, and celebrate all things Star Wars with us on May 4.
Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/rogue...
Celebrate the holidaze with us at our 4/20 🍔 HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE 🍔 Movie Bash! Monday at 7pm.
Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) get stoned, become bewitched by a White Castle commercial, and embark on a journey to find their beloved sliders.
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Stop into the Loft Auditorium this Saturday starting at 1 pm and enjoy a rolling program of short films — FREE of charge! Come and go at any point during the program.
The Des Moines Latino Film Festival is presented by Latino Center of Iowa and Des Moines Film.
We can't wait to kick off our newly expanded education programs this summer! We're now seeking creative, film loving volunteers to join us for Summer Camp 2026.
Ages 14-18 can apply to volunteer as Camp Counselors and ages 18+ can apply for Teaching Assistant.
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Fresh off its Sundance premiere, the documentary AMERICAN PACHUCHO plays this Saturday at 4:15pm for the #DesMoinesLatinoFilmFestival!
Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano storytelling from the fields to film screens.
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Join us on Sat., April 11 for the #DesMoinesLatinoFilmFestival! Playing at 1 PM: the critically acclaimed, award-winning Colombian film, A POET, where an aging poet finds new purpose as a mentor.
Tickets: varsitydesmoines.com/showtimes/a-...
Presented by Latino Center of Iowa and Des Moines Film
THE DRAMA is now playing! Discover the dark secret one bride-to-be has been holding from her fiancé that changes everything. Starring Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim and more — from A24 and writer-director Kristoffer Borgli.
Tickets & showtimes at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/the-d...
Check out these awesome reviews from our first #HighSchoolFilmClub screening! Students got to see PROJECT HAIL MARY for free then gathered to share their thoughts and dive deeper into the film.
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You’re cordially invited to THE DRAMA, opening next weekend! 💐 Zendaya and Robert Pattinson star as a happily engaged couple who are put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
Opening April 3.
📣 We’re kicking off our High School Film Club with #ProjectHailMary this Saturday! High school students get in FREE with a valid student ID. After the film, we’ll gather in the theater to share impressions and dive deeper into filmmaking.
Learn more and RSVP: varsitydesmoines.com/education/hi...
Not just a movie, but a call to action — THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST opens this Friday, March 27.
Tickets on sale now: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/the-a...
PROJECT HAIL MARY is a generational moment in moviegoing — come see it at your favorite local nonprofit art house cinema. Now playing. ✨
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#ProjectHailMary
Elvis hasn’t left the (Varsity) building yet. We’ve added more screenings of Baz Luhrmann's EPiC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT for this weekend & next week! 🕺🏻
Tickets & showtimes at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/epic/...
If you're in Des Moines, come out to the Varsity Cinema @thevarsitydsm.bsky.social on March 25th for a special screening of "Project Hail Mary" as part of our Science on Screen program. NASA Solar System Ambassador Dan Hoy will be there giving a pre-show talk. varsitydesmoines.com/showtimes/sc...
Movie poster for PIECES; an illustration of a shadowed man holding a bloody chainsaw.
We’re just one week away from our next Midnights@10 with The Fright Zone! Join us on Thursday, March 26 at 10pm for a screening of PIECES plus giveaways and a raffle. 🤘
Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/showtimes/pi...
PROJECT HAIL MARY opens this Thursday, March 19!
"Gosling can actually sell us on an everyman thrust into extraordinary circumstances while still beguiling us with old-school snap, crackle, and pop." — Rolling Stone
Showtimes & tickets: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/proje...
That’s a wrap on A Red Carpet Affair 2026. 🎬 Thank you to all who came out for a night full of food, fun, fashion and — of course — film! We love seeing cinema bring our community together, and appreciate everyone who chose to celebrate with us at Varsity Cinema.
📸: Dan Welk at Click! Photography
We are closed today, Monday, March 16, to let our staff recover from another amazing Oscar night. See you tomorrow and Happy Movie New Year!
Elvis has entered the building. EPiC is now playing!
You have three chances to catch Baz Luhrmann's documentary of newfound Elvis footage: Fri., 3/13 at 7:15pm, Sun., 3/15 at 1pm, and Tues., 3/17 at 7:15pm.
Playing as part of our One Night Only series, in partnership with First Fleet Concerts.
Come celebrate the late, great Catherine O'Hara on March 31 at our next Movie Bash: BEST IN SHOW ❤️
Audience interaction, such as call and response, loud laughter, quoting iconic lines, etc., throughout the film is encouraged!
Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/showtimes/mo...
The Met: Live in HD is back on March 21 with TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera
The electrifying Lise Davidsen plays the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death.
Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/the-m...
#ScienceOnScreen returns for one of the year’s biggest films! Join us on Wednesday, March 25 for #ProjectHailMary + pre-show presentation from NASA Solar System Ambassador Dan Hoy, about space travel, the science of stars, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life in our galaxy.
🎟️ bit.ly/4loEqDK
Our next Filmmaker in Person event is coming up! Join us on March 18 for Jason Biggs’ UNTITLED HOME INVASION ROMANCE, about an actor’s attempt to save his failing marriage by staging a home invasion.
Following the show: a Q&A with screenwriter and Des Moines local Josh Johnson!
🎟️ bit.ly/4sss13R
Kink friends and Pillion
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Dark. Twisted. Beautiful. #TheBrideMovie opens this Thursday!
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The big night is TWO WEEKS AWAY! Start planning your look now, whether that’s a top hat & bowtie or donning your favorite character costume like last year’s Nosferatu. Comfy clothes welcome too! See you on the red carpet. 💃
🎟️ Red Carpet Affair: bit.ly/4qXdc8a
Photo Credit to Mary Elle Photography
Introducing the 2026 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts! Opening Saturday, February 28.
Tickets & showtimes: bit.ly/4sk8tPe
🔪 “Butcher's Stain” (26 min.)
⚽️ “A Friend of Dorothy” (21 min.)
🩸 “Jane Austen's Period Drama” (12 min.)
🎶 “The Singers” (18 min.)
💋 “Two People Exchanging Saliva” (36 min.)
We’re looking for a part-time shift lead to join our team! Send us an email to learn more and apply. 🍿
Introducing the 2026 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts! Opening Friday, February 27.
Tickets at: bit.ly/3P5owSr
🎥 All the Empty Rooms
🎥 Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
🎥 Children No More: ‘Were and Are Gone’
🎥 The Devil is Busy
🎥 Perfectly a Strangeness
Opening, March 5: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein reimagining #TheBride stars Jessie Buckley as The Bride, who has been created as a companion for Frank (Christian Bale), sparking romance and radical social change. ⚡️
Tickets & Showtimes for Opening Weekend: bit.ly/3N3xwXK
#TheBrideMovie
