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Frank Capra's classic ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944) in 35mm, Monday September 30th. This screening will sell out so get your tickets today!

Heights Theater | ARSENIC AND OLD LACE in 35MM One of the most beloved dark comedies returns to the Heights! When Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) returns to his Brooklyn home to show off his new wife to his spinster aunts and oddball uncle, he figures nothing can go wrong, right? But when Mortimer's psychopathic brother shows up with a doctor (wh...

Wes Anderson's THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2014) Monday September 16. Don't miss it!

Heights Theater | THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL A drab hotel owned by the charming Zero Moustafa is the basis for this story-within-a-story, as the older Zero recounts his life to a mysterious Author. The Grand Budapest Hotel, high in the mountains of Zubrowka, is the backdrop for the story of the great concierge Gustave H. Gustave ran a tight sh...

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, Tim Burton's new sequel to his 1988 classic starts this Friday 9/6!

Heights Theater | BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE Three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life soon gets turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter discovers a mysterious portal to the afterlife. When someone says Beetlejuice's name thre...

Coming to our 35mm screening of IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) this Thursday 8/29 @7:30pm, check out this great ad from when it played here at The Heights in 1934...but to be clear....we are NOT going to be giving away free beer this Thursday!!!!

SING SING may be the most inspiring and uplifting movie you see this year and it starts Friday 8/23.

Heights Theater | SING SING Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn=E2= =80=99t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, hum...

It's not often we get the chance to show the original version and then the remake, but that is the case with IMITATION OF LIFE (1934) on Thursday 8/22 and IMITATION OF LIFE (1959) on 8/26. Both versions are amazing in their own way, and you will never get the chance to see both back to back on the big screen. And we will be presenting the 1934 version in 35mm!

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Heights Theater | IMITATION OF LIFE (1959) Douglas Sirk's Hollywood swan song is also rightfully regarded as his masterpiece, and a cutting indictment of racial and sexual mores that was years ahead of its time. The story of two women, Lora (Lana Turner), who seeks Broadway success, and her housekeeper Annie (Juanita Moore), who wants nothin...

Preston Sturges' hilarious THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942) this Thursday 8/15 @7:30pm presented in 35mm! Don't miss it!

Heights Theater | THE PALM BEACH STORY in 35MM Tom Jeffers (Joel McCrea) is an inventor, down on his luck. His gorgeous wife, Gerry (Colbert), wants to help him, so when an old man looking to sublet their apartment gives her a wad of cash, she accepts, only to watch Tom demand a divorce in a fit of jealousy. So, they split, but Gerry plots to fi...

Where were you in 62?..... You will not want to miss our special screening of George Lucas' AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) this coming Monday 8/12 @7:30pm. Tickets have been selling so get yours today!

Heights Theater | AMERICAN GRAFFITI Before Star Wars, George Lucas tapped into a beleaguered America's urge for a more innocent time with American Graffiti. This warm and hilarious coming of age comedy invokes the music and the memories of falling in love and cruising Main Street in 1962.

Claudette Colbert stars in the gem of a screwball comedy MIDNIGHT (1939), this Thursday 8/9 @7:30pm. You will not want to miss this super rare screening in 35mm!

Heights Theater | MIDNIGHT in 35MM Eve (Colbert) is a showgirl who lost all her money in Monte Carlo. She's fresh off the boat in Paris, it's raining, and so she finagles a free taxi ride from driver Tibor Czerny (Don Ameche) to find work as a singer. When that fails, he tells her to crash at his apartment, and though there's a fire....

Cecil B. DeMille's CLEOPATRA (1934) kicks off our month long Claudette Colbert series this Thursday 8/1. This is a crazy fun movie that HAS to be seen on the big screen!

Heights Theater | CLEOPATRA Colbert was never sexier than in this bonkers 1934 Cecil B. DeMille pre-code classic. Playing the titular queen, Colbert exudes the passion and power of the Egyptian ruler who seduces Caesar in order to expand her empire. Whoops, he's killed, and so she sets her sights on Marc Antony, Caesar's heir....

Our Liz Goes Boom! series ends this Wednesday 7/31 with.....BOOM (1968)...Joseph Losey's truly out there masterpiece. Don't miss this super rare screening of John Waters' favorite film on the big screen!

Heights Theater | BOOM! BOOM! We have to open this description by pointing out that BOOM! is John Waters' favorite movie, one that he adores so much he shows it to first dates and won't continue the evening if they hate it. "The greatest failed art movie ever," he has said, with adoration. BOOM! is the story of Sissy Gofor...

Only one more week until the our 70th Anniversary screening of one of the greatest monster movies ever....GODZILLA (1954), Monday July 29th at 7:30pm, and we will be screening the original Japanese version, not the re edited American 1956 version. Tickets have been selling so get yours today!

Heights Theater | GODZILLA When a Japanese freighter is mysteriously destroyed off Odo Island, and the fishing there is suddenly reduced to nothing, the islanders demand an explanation. When it comes, it's a doozy...Godzilla, an ancient sea creature, awoken by underwater hydrogen bomb testing. He's mad, he's got all the power...

Only one week until our 20th Anniversary screening of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (2004) on Monday 7/15. Tickets are selling fast so get yours today!

Heights Theater | NAPOLEON DYNAMITE Romance! Intrigue! Politics! Is this the epic NAPOLEON? NO! It's the epically weird NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, unleashed on American audiences 20 years ago! Napoleon is a bumbling 16-year-old trying to endure high school in rural Idaho with his best friends Deb and Pedro. Learning to dance, falling in love,...

You are cordially invited for Cocktails with George and Martha and their guests, this Wednesday 7/3 @7:30pm. Formal attire not required.

Heights Theater | WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Adapted from a play considered so shocking it could never be filmed, starring the ravishing Taylor deliberately made up to be frumpy and unappealing, and helmed by a young Broadway director making his cinema debut, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? was thought to be a sure disaster. And, in a sense, i...

PANDORA'S BOX (1929), one of the greats of German silent cinema comes to The Heights in a new restored digital print, with a recorded original score by German composer Peer Raben, who regularly worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Don't miss this all time classic on the big screen, this Sunday 6/30 @7:30pm!

Heights Theater | PANDORA'S BOX Lulu is a reckless young woman, the mistress of the respectable publisher, Ludwig, but very willing to have more men on the side - including Ludwig's attractive son, Alwa. Later, after she drives Ludwig's fiance away, he kills himself - and then Lulu pounces on his son. And now she beings her stunni...

Only one week until our 60th Anniversary screening of the Beatles' landmark film A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964), Monday July 1 @7:30pm. Tickets are selling fast so get yours today!

Heights Theater | A HARD DAY'S NIGHT Originally planned by United Artists to be a quickie B movie to cash in on The Beatles popularity. A Hard Days Night emerged as a boldly contemporary rock n' roll comedy unleashing the fledgling Beatles into a maelstrom of screaming fans, paranoid producers, rabid press and troublesome family member...

You do not want to mess with this Grandma! THELMA starts Friday 6/21

Heights Theater | THELMA The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, THELMA is a poignant action-comedy that gives veteran Oscar nominee June Squibb (NEBRASKA) her first leading role and features the final performance of trailblazing actor Richard Roundtree (SHAFT). Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, pl...

Just a little under 2 weeks until Quentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME IN...HOLLYWOOD (2019) in 35MM!!! Thursday 6/27 7:00pm

Heights Theater | ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD in 35MM We're bringing back this ode to late 60s Hollywood on glorious 35mm, just as it should be seen, and just to highlight Damian Lewis' brief but memorable turn as Steve McQueen. The story of Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth's (Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, whose chemistry is amazing) attempts to revive D...

Steve McQueen! "THE GREAT ESCAPE" (1963)! This Thursday 6/20 @7:00pm.

Heights Theater | THE GREAT ESCAPE 1942, behind enemy lines. A cunning group of Allied POWs have escaped from camps one too many times, and so they're rounded up and kept under lock and key by the brutal Colonel von Luger, who threatens instant death for anyone who dares try again. Does that stop them? What do you think? Despite bein...

Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway! THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968) this Thursday 6/13 @7:30pm.

Heights Theater | THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR Thomas Crown (McQueen) is probably the coolest millionaire ever. Suave, a sportsman and man-about-town, he's also the brains behind a stunning heist that nets him and his compatriots (who never discover their leader) a sweet couple million. Enter Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway), a sharp insurance inve...

THELMA, starring the wonderful June Squibb starts Friday June 21. Word of mouth should be big on this film as it is going to be great!

Heights Theater | THELMA The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, THELMA is a poignant action-comedy that gives veteran Oscar nominee June Squibb (NEBRASKA) her first leading role and features the final performance of trailblazing actor Richard Roundtree (SHAFT). Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, pl...

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) in 35mm Dye Transfer Technicolor! No surprise that our Monday June 17th screening is sold out, so we have ADDED A BONUS SCREENING Tuesday June 18th. If you want the ultimate OZ experience you have to see it in true TECHNICOLOR on 35mm film!

Heights Theater | THE WIZARD OF OZ in 35MM TECHNICOLOR One of the greatest motion pictures of all-time is one of our most popular events and sells out year after year. As always, we're screening the rare 35mm Technicolor Dye Transfer print, whose astounding colors must be seen to be believed. Has there ever been a more essential piece of movie magic tha...

Our Steve McQueen series continues with Sam Peckinpah's THE GETAWAY (1972) this Thursday June 6th @7:30pm.

Heights Theater | THE GETAWAY McQueen is D McCoy, a criminal mastermind four years into a ten-year sentence. When his wife, Carol (Ali McGraw), visits, he tells her to do what she can to get him sprung - so she agrees to get Doc to help with a half-million-dollar heist organized by corrupt businessman (and parole board member) J...

SUMMER CAMP starring Diane Keaton and Kathy Bates starts this Friday 5/31!

Heights Theater | SUMMER CAMP Summer Camp tells the story of Nora (Keaton), Ginny (Bates), and Mary (Woodard), who have been best friends since being inseparable at summer camp. As the years have passed, they have seen each other less and less, so when the chance to reunite for a summer camp reunion arises, they all take it, som...

Don't miss our 75th Anniversary screening of Carol Reed's classic THE THIRD MAN (1949) Monday 6/3 @7:30pm. Tickets have been selling so get yours today!

Heights Theater | THE THIRD MAN Written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten, Aida Valli, and of course Orson Welles as Harry Lime, The Third Man is a classic espionage film that also undermines the trope of the American sleuth solving the crime and winning the love of the femme fatale. A gorgeous, thrilling and melancholy...

Steve McQueen in perhaps his best film, BULLITT (1968) this Thursday 5/30 @7:30pm.

Heights Theater | BULLITT Steve McQueen was never better than in this iconic 1960s cop film that was the very definition of cool. Tasked with protecting a witness from the mob, pressured by a powerful Congressman, Bullitt (McQueen) tries to keep it all under control. But when he's double-crossed and the witness is murdered,....

Bonus screening added of our LAUREL & HARDY COMEDY FEST at 4:00pm on Sunday June 2nd, our 1:00pm screening is SOLD OUT!

Heights Theater | LAUREL & HARDY COMEDY FESTIVAL The enormously popular LAUREL AND HARDY FESTIVAL returns! This year we're screening the classic 1936 feature OUR RELATIONS, in which Stan and Ollie discover their identical twins, long thought dead, are actually sailors who have come to port in their hometown. What could go wrong? Thankfully, everyt...

McQUEEN MEANS COOL! Our Steve McQueen Thursday night series starts Thursday May 30th with one of his best films, BULLITT (1968). And just for fun we are including Quentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD in 35mm in this series! Don't miss any of these rare films on the big screen!

Heights Theater | McQUEEN MEANS COOL! Steve McQueen: racer, pilot, carnival barker, lumberjack, chain-gang convict, counter-cultural hero, movie star. And above all, one cool dude. Steve McQueen’s best films featured the actor as a laconic hero, tough but reluctant to use his strength, stylish, secretive, and possessing a great inner ...