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TO THE ART THEATRE

The Art Theatre originally opened in 1924 as a single screen silent movie house. At that time, there were over 50 independent theatres in Long Beach, today only the Art remains.

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The Art Theatre is the perfect venue for a wide variety of private events. With our state of the art digital sound system and projection, our equipment is second to none in Long Beach.

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Film Lineup

The Brutalist (2024)
Ends Jan 30
Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) and his son (Joe Alwyn) recognize his talent for building. But power and ...

Friday, Jan 17
2:55 PM 7:30 PM
Saturday, Jan 18
1:50 PM 6:25 PM
Sunday, Jan 19
2:55 PM 7:30 PM ...
Sing Sing (2024)
Ends Jan 30
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men, including a wary newcomer (Clarence Maclin), in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors. A moving celebration of art's redemptive power, Sing Sing draws its estimable emotional resonance from a never better Colman Domingo ...

Friday, Jan 17
12:10 PM
Saturday, Jan 18
11:00 AM
Sunday, Jan 19
12:10 PM ...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), 50th Anniversary with Bit of Mustard!
Opens Jan 18
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O'Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named "Rocky." Audience ...

Saturday, Jan 18
11:45 PM
Sorcerer (1977)
Opens Jan 24
In the small South American town of Porvenir, four men on the run from the law are offered $10,000 and legal citizenship if they will transport a shipment of dangerously unstable nitroglycerin to an oil well 200 miles away. Led by Jackie Scanlon (Roy Scheider), the men set off on a hazardous journey, during which they must contend with dangerously rocky roads, unstable bridges, and attacks from local guerillas. The four fight for their lives ...

Friday, Jan 24
11:00 PM
Art11: All We Imagine as Light (2024)
Opens Jan 25
The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia, who won the Grand Prize at this year`s Cannes Film Festival for her revelatory fiction feature debut. Centering on two roommates who also work together in a city hospital--head nurse Prabha (Kani Kusruti) and recent hire Anu (Divya Prabha)--plus their coworker, cook Parvaty (Chhaya Kadam), Kapadia`s film alights on moments of connection and heartache, hope and ...

Saturday, Jan 25
11:00 AM
Sunday, Jan 26
11:00 AM
100th Anniversary Spectacular! Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live score!
Opens Jan 25
Join us at the Art Theatre of Long Beach to celebrate our centennial with a truly special event! On Saturday, January 25th, we’re marking the 100th anniversary of the theater`s first public screening with a one-night-only showing—complete with classic 1925 ticket prices and much more! The evening will begin with an introduction by our film programmer, Kennedy Ghaill, alongside special guests. Together, they`ll explore a century of cinema history, including the story of the Art Theatre. Before ...

Saturday, Jan 25
7:30 PM
See It on 16mm: Beetlejuice (1988)
Opens Jan 31
Presented for one night only on an incredibly rare 16mm film print! After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones) and teen daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a rambunctious spirit whose ...

Friday, Jan 31
10:00 PM
IRL Movie Club presents: The Thinking Game (2024)
Opens Feb 2
Let`s see a movie together, and talk about it! The Thinking Game takes you on a fascinating journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world's leading AI labs, as it strives to unravel the mysteries of artificial general intelligence(AGI). Inside DeepMind's London headquarters, founder Demis Hassabis and his team are relentlessly pursuing the creation of AI that matches or surpasses human abilities on a wide range of tasks. Filmed over five years, the documentary ...

Sunday, Feb 2
2:15 PM
Time Passages (2024) with director Kyle Henry in-person
Opens Feb 15
A pandemic rages across the globe. In the final months of his mother Elaine’s late-stage dementia, gay filmmaker Kyle Henry uses his extensive family archive to travel back in time, exploring the complicated bonds of identity, history, and belonging in his large Texas family. Charting Elaine’s promising early life through her years of motherhood and self-sacrifice, finally tracing their relationship to its inevitable end, Time Passages playfully explores Kyle’s conflicting feelings of love, grief, guilt, ...

Saturday, Feb 15
11:00 AM
2025 Red Carpet Awards Fundraiser/Gala
Opens Mar 2
Enjoy watching the Red Carpet ceremony? Don’t have an exclusive ticket for the awards in Hollywood? No problem, The Art Theatre of Long Beach is holding its annual Red Carpet Awards Fundraiser! While you watch the Awards Live, your contribution will help preserve Long Beach’s last remaining independent theatre. Join us in your formal finest (or not – no pressure) for a viewing party you will not forget. This unique event takes place Sunday, March ...

Sunday, Mar 2
4:00 PM
The Golem (1920) with Live Score by the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble
Opens Apr 5
Saturday April 5, 2025, the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble brings their original live score to the 1920 silent classic THE GOLEM to the historic ART THEATRE in Long Beach, California! In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution. About Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble: JCDE sparks new life with original scores to classic ...

Saturday, Apr 5
7:00 PM

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NUMBER ONE

Voted THE NUMBER ONE INDEPENDENT THEATRE in Los Angeles, the Art opened as a silent movie theatre and included a pipe organ and orchestra pit. It is the oldest operating single screen house in Long Beach. Our art deco, streamline moderne-style historical landmark is famous for its screening of the most imaginative and stimulating independent, documentary, animated, alternative lifestyle, and foreign language films. After one million dollars of loving restoration, the addition of a wine bar and coffee bar, The Art Theatre is the perfect destination for memorable evening.