The Grand Cinema

🔮 Look Into My Eyes opens this Friday, September 13 and we've got our very own resident tarot reader to coincide with the film!

The films follows a group of New York City psychics, who conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of loneliness, connection, and healing.

Come by The Grand between 3pm-7pm on Saturday, 9/13 or between 5:30pm-9:30pm on Tuesday, 9/17 for a reading by Danielle Luna!

Danielle regularly does tarot readings at Black Bird Apothecary and the Haunted Farmers Market, and they are also Crescent Moon's festival organizer.

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/movie/look-into-my-eyes

Would you like to brag that a future cinematic legend slept on your sofa? If so, now's your chance!

Tacoma Film Festival offers an innovative Community Homestay program, in which local film fans volunteer to house visiting filmmakers for the duration of the festival, which will run from October 10th to 13th. Not only do you get to provide crucial assistance to the festival and these artists, you also get access to swell perks!

Get details and sign up here: https://airtable.com/appcKc0UhCmqxnn74/shrFpf6KxWD3vPXQ9

BOOM: A Film About the Sonics played the Tacoma Film Festival in 2018 and now it's coming BACK for its theatrical release!

It opens next Friday, September 13 and tickets are available NOW for select showtimes!

'Boom' tells the untold story of one of rock 'n' roll's wildest and most influential bands, The Sonics. For the first time ever, all five original members of the band tell the story of how it all went down, beginning to end. 'Boom' takes a deep dive, exploring how a relatively unknown band from the Pacific Northwest became a worldwide phenomenon 50-years after their heyday, and in doing so, shaped music for decades to come (whether it was apparent at the time or not). Featuring interviews with homegrown heroes and breakthrough artists alike, Pearl Jam, The S*x Pistols, Heart, Mudhoney, and many, many more.

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/movie/boom-a-film-about-the-sonics

One pass to rule them all..

Get your VIP Pass for the 2024 Tacoma Film Festival and get access to ALL 100+ films & events, including opening & closing night, AND a screening of Rainier: A Beer Odyssey (TWO shows have already sold out!) Passes are $150, or $125 if you're a Grand Cinema member!

Get passes and tickets: https://grandcinema.com/tacomafilmfestival/

WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE FILMS....

Luther: Never Too Much, Opening Night, October 10, 7pm & 7:10pm
Devo, Closing Night, October 13, 6:30pm

We asked you to guess which artists would be featured in documentaries opening and closing our festival, and y'all did NOT disappoint! Both Devo AND Luther Vandross were guessed within a few hours the post going live! Our winners are each getting a pair of tickets for both films.

Tickets and festival passes are on sale NOW, including ANOTHER screening of Rainier Beer Movie on Sunday. A Festival pass gets you access to ALL films and events at the Tacoma Film Festival. Make sure you secure your seats before they sell out!

Get tickets, passes, and more: https://grandcinema.com/tacomafilmfestival/

Join us for a FREE community screening of the 2024 Presidential Debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump! Admission to this live telecast is FREE but seating is limited (passes are available day-of on a first come, first served basis while tickets last). The box office will be open 30 minutes prior to the first screening of the day and seating will not begin until 5:45 PM.

Let's experience this important night together!
Beer, cider, wine, and popcorn will be available for purchase 😉

A BIG announcement is coming tomorrow!

Tacoma loves music. and films. and films about music.

We know you do! We've featured music documentaries in past festival years and y'all pack the house! This year we will be opening AND closing with documentaries about iconic and era-defining musicians.

Can you guess who?? First person to correctly guess one or the other will *secretly* be given a pair of tickets to opening & closing night!

Festival passes are on sale NOW and include tickets to opening & closing night, any films and shorts you want to see, AND a ticket for the SOLD OUT Rainier: A Beer Odyssey!

Speaking of sell outs, a festival pass gets you early access to tickets, before they sell out! Get them here: https://grandcinema.com/tacomafilmfestival/

Next Friday, September 6, we're going back to school with four classic films chronicling the experiences of academia, such as homework, school dances, awkward romances... Oh, and PARTYING LIKE THERE'S NO CLASS TOMORROW 🤘😎 Catch the following films playing ALL WEEK LONG:

🐘 Napoleon Dynamite
🐘 Fast Times at Ridgemont High
🐘 House Party
🐘 Clueless

See showtimes and get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/silver-screen-society/

Ready to get chatty? We have not one, but TWO post-film discussions this Sunday, September 1! Both discussions are free to attend, even if you saw the film at another time.

🐘 Good One, led by Jesi Vega, after the 12:15pm show
🐘 War Game, led by Dr. Michael Artime, after the 2pm

AND both discussions are led by talented and accomplished local experts in their fields!

Jesi Vega lives in Fircrest with her partner Marc, and their blended family of four boisterous adolescents. She is an editor and writing coach who works with Writers of Color and is at work on her first novel. In a previous life, Jesi was a screenwriter and worked as an editor for non-fiction film and television.⁠

Dr. Michael Artime an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Pacific Lutheran University. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Missouri--St. Louis. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of media and politics.

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/

SEE Y'ALL AT THE HILLTOP STREET FAIR ON SATURDAY!

We'll be at our booth by People's Park giving away buttons, popcorn vouchers, & tickets from 11am-7pm, then we're setting up our 30-foot, inflatable screen and playing Puss in Boots: The Last Wish after sundown!

Bring your own blankets, chairs and snacks! Our AMAZING outdoor movies sponsor Tapco Credit Union will be there passing out FREE Grand Cinema popcorn starting at 8:30pm!

Our Free Outdoor Movie Series is made possible in part by funding from Tacoma Creates.

Learn more: https://grandcinema.com/outdoor-movie-series/

At tomorrow morning’s FREE Family Flick screening of The Goonies will be here selling his LIMITED EDITION poster prints for the movie!

Arrive early! Doors open at 9:30am and the show starts at 10am. Tickets are available first-come, first-served once doors open. The first 20 attendees get a FREE small popcorn courtesy of our sponsor, !!

Tonight's Showing of René Laloux's Fantastic Planet is already half-full, but we've got plenty of room for tomorrow's screening of his collaboration with Mœbius, The Time Masters!

The Time Masters, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is an incredibly underrated gem of sci-fi animation, often overshadowed by it's older, trippier sibling, Fantastic Planet. That's not to say this film doesn't have its fair share of the surreal! Mœbius's otherworldy landscapes and backgrounds are treat to behold in The Time Master's beautiful 4k restoration!

Don't miss this one, it isn't a film that comes around very often!

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/movie/the-time-masters

GREAT NEWS FOR FRIENDS AND FANS OF FELINES EVERYWHERE!

We're partnering with Feisty Felines once again this year for an adoption fair in The Grand Cinema Lounge to coincide with the release of Cat Video Fest 2024!

Between 11am and 3:30pm on Saturday, August 31 our lounge will be full of pop-up kennels of ready-to-adopt cats and a pen to play in! The fair is open to the public, no ticket required!

Same-day adoptions are available, contingent on an approved application and interview, adoption fee paid, and carrier in hand! You can also apply on the spot and make arrangements to take kitty home at a later date! 😻

In addition, 10 percent of Cat Video Fest 2024 ticket sales will go to supporting Feisty Felines's mission! Feisty Felines is a volunteer-run 501c3 non-profit specializing in TNR and rescuing any kitties that can be socialized and adopted out.

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/movie/catvideofestrr

It's not everyday that you get the opportunity to participate in a Q&A with someone from the film crew!

Stick around after the 5pm showing of Dìdi on Saturday, August 17 for a Q&A with the film's costume designer, Brianna Murphy!

Brianna spent her formative years (pictured above) at The Grand Cinema while growing up in Gig Harbor. She was kind enough to make time in her busy schedule for a little hometown screening!

Dìdi is the dose of early internet nostalgia we didn't know we needed, and it's opening THIS FRIDAY! Tag us in a yearbook photo (like our dear friend Brianna here) and we'll hook you up with a free small popcorn voucher!

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/movie/didi

Dìdi (弟弟) NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC'S PICK

"Serves as Page the Movie Star’s reintroduction to audiences, showing he is a singular talent as ever. I can’t wait to see what he does next." -Marya E. Gates, RogerEbert.com

Close to You opens this Friday, August 16 at The Grand!

Academy Award Nominee Elliot Page (Juno, The Umbrella Academy, Inception) stars as a trans man who returns to his hometown for the first time in years. On his journey, he confronts his relationship with his family, reunites with a first love, and discovers a newfound confidence in himself.

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/movie/close-to-you

We've got a special SPLIT Weird Elephant weekend featuring two films by the great René Laloux!

Playing Friday night is his surreal animated sci-fi classic, Fantastic Planet, and playing Saturday is the under-appreciated collaboration with Mœbius, The Time Masters, newly restored in 4K for its 40th anniversary!

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/weird-elephant/

From director Penny Lane (Hail Satan?, Nuts, Our Nixon) Confessions of a Good Samaritan is playing once a day at The Grand until Thursday, August 15! Catch it playing today at 4:30pm OR come by tomorrow to the 2pm showing of and participate in a video Q&A with the film’s director and star!

Penny Lane's decision to become a "good Samaritan" by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism. Confessions of a Good Samaritan is a provocative inquiry into the science, history, and ethics of organ transplantation, asking an ancient question in a whole new way: Who is your neighbor, and what do you owe them?

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/movie/confessions-of-a-good-samaritan

VROOM VROOM! 🚗💨

We've got some of the BEST car movies of ALL time playing at The Grand RIGHT NOW!

What's even better? Buying a ticket automatically puts you in the running to win a FREE PASS to Washington state's largest automotive collection, LeMay Collections at Marymount!

See showtimes and get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/silver-screen-society/

Stay cool today with an open captioned movie at The Grand! Playing today with captions:

🐘 Robot Dreams
🐘 Kneecap
🐘 Touch
🐘 Thelma

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/