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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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In-Theatre Viewing

Emilia Pérez
Emilia Pérez
(2h 12m R) 2024 France Jacques Audiard, director
Exclusive Long Beach Engagement, Nov. 1st
E-Tickets | Click Here | Opens Friday, November 1st
From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. Written and directed by Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet), the double Cannes-winning film also stars Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramírez.
 

The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson
(2h 5m PG-13) 2024 US Malcolm Washington, director
Exclusive Long Beach Engagement, Nov. 8
E-Tickets | Click Here | Showtimes vary | November 8 - 19

Set in 1936 Pittsburgh after the Great Depression, the Charles family grapples with the fate of their heirloom piano, a powerful symbol of their history, with carvings made by an enslaved ancestor. As a brewing battle between brother (John David Washington), who wants to sell the piano, and sister (Danielle Deadwyler), who refuses to part with it, escalates, the family is forced to confront deeply buried truths about legacy, memory, and who defines their past. Based on August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, this gripping drama explores the emotional and generational impact of family history.

After Dark: The Substance
After Dark: The Substance
(2h 21m R) 2024 US Coralie Fargeat, director
The horror sensation of the year!
E-Tickets | Click Here | Friday, November 8th | 10:00pm
Elisabeth Sparkle, renowned for an aerobics show, faces a devastating blow on her 50th birthday as her boss fires her. Amid her distress, a laboratory offers her a substance which promises to transform her into an enhanced version of herself. Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it's called The Substance. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. With The Substance, you can generate another you: younger, more beautiful, more perfect. You just have to share time -- one week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days each... Easy right? If you respect the balance... What could possibly go wrong?

See It on 16mm: SCREAM
See It on 16mm: SCREAM
(1hr 41m R) 1996 US Wes Craven, director
One night only on an ultrarare 16mm print!
E-Tickets | Click Here | Friday, November 15th | 11:00pm
The sleepy little town of Woodsboro just woke up screaming. There's a killer in their midst who's seen a few too many scary movies. Suddenly nobody is safe, as the psychopath stalks victims, taunts them with trivia questions, then rips them to bloody shreds. It could be anybody... Wes Craven re-invented and revitalised the slasher-horror genre with this modern horror classic, which manages to be funny, clever and scary, as a fright-masked knife maniac stalks high-school students in middle-class suburbia. Craven is happy to provide both tension and self-parody as the body count mounts - but the victims aren't always the ones you'd expect.

Dirtbag Kingdom presents... DINNER IN AMERICA + In-Person Q&A director Adam Rehmeier and producer Ross Putman
Dirtbag Kingdom presents... DINNER IN AMERICA + In-Person Q&A director Adam Rehmeier and producer Ross Putman
(1h 46m NR) 2020 US
See it on the big screen for one night only!
E-Tickets | Click Here | Friday, November 22nd | 10:00pm
In a dreary Midwestern suburb, aggro punk rocker Simon (Kyle Gallner) finds himself on the run again after a bout of arson and a close call with the police. A chance encounter with the eccentric Patty (Emily Skeggs) provides him a place to hide, though she fails to realize that her new friend is the anonymous lead singer of her favorite band. As the two embark on a series of misadventures, they realize they have a lot more in common than they first expected. Join us following the film for an in-person Q&A with director Adam Rehmeier and producer Ross Putman, moderated by our film programmer.

Art11: Good One
Art11: Good One
(1h 39m R) 2024 US India Donaldson, director
FREE Admission to Art Theatre members
E-Tickets | Click Here | Saturday & Sunday, November 23-24 | 11:00am
In India Donaldson's insightful, piercing debut, 17-year-old Sam (Lily Collias) embarks on a three-day backpacking trip in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros) and his oldest friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). As the two men quickly settle into a gently quarrelsome brotherly dynamic, airing long-held grievances, Sam, wise beyond her years, attempts to mediate. But when lines are crossed and Sam's trust is betrayed, tensions reach a fever pitch, as Sam struggles with her dad's emotional limitations and experiences the universal moment when the parental bond is tested. Selected in both Sundance and Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, Good One is an emotionally expansive work that probes the limits of familial trust, understanding, and ultimately, forgiveness. This screening is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture as well as the Arts council of Long Beach, the City of Long Beach, and Port of Long Beach.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(1hr 40min R) 1975 US
It's tradition. Sat. November 30 at 11:45pm!
E-Tickets | Click Here | Sat. November 30th | 11:45pm
Rocky's back at the Art, baby, with shadowcast Bit of Mustard! Doors open at 11:15, arrive early for the virgin games and our infamous preshow! 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."

Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto's INTERSTELLA 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (4K)
Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto's INTERSTELLA 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (4K)
(1h 30m NR) 2003 Japan
In Cinemas One Night Only. Thursday, December 12. ON SALE NOVEMBER 13TH
E-Tickets | Click Here | ON SALE NOVEMBER 13TH
Created by Daft Punk and Cédric Hervet in collaboration with Leiji Matsumoto and Toei Animation, and tells the story of the abduction of an alien music band by an evil human character who has dark plans. Essentially an anime visual album, Interstella features the entirety of Daft Punk’s seminal 2001 album Discovery as its soundtrack, including iconic anthems such as “One More Time,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” and “Veridis Quo.” Says Shinji Shimizu of Toei Animation, who produced the film, “‘One More Time’ was playing all over the town at that time! I felt so proud that I wanted to shout to people on the street, ‘We are making its animation now!’” As a visual album, the film was cut into individual music videos, and until this year it has been very rare to see the film in its entirety in cinemas.

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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.