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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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Film Lineup

From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza (2024)
Ends Feb 13
22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war capture their lives in Gaza following the attacks on October 7, 2023, revealing stories beyond the headlines. Through a blend of animation, documentary, and fiction, they create a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. This film serves as a remarkable reflection of how art can thrive even in the darkest times, showcasing the enduring spirit and creativity that emerge amid ongoing devastation.

Monday, Feb 10
2:15 PM 7:50 PM
Tuesday, Feb 11
4:30 PM
Wednesday, Feb 12
2:15 PM 7:50 PM ...
Sugarcane (2024)
Ends Feb 13
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered on the grounds of an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Canada. After years of silence, the forced separation, assimilation and abuse many children ...

Monday, Feb 10
11:30 AM 5:05 PM
Tuesday, Feb 11
1:45 PM
Wednesday, Feb 12
11:30 AM 5:05 PM ...
Anora (2024)
Opens Feb 14
Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner ANORA is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey Madison (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD) captivates as Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and impulsively marries Vanya, the impetuous son of a Russian billionaire. However, when Vanya's parents catch wind of the union, they send their henchmen to annul the marriage, setting off ...

Friday, Feb 14
10:00 PM
2025 Oscar® Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Opens Feb 14
For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2nd.

Friday, Feb 14
7:15 PM
Saturday, Feb 15
7:30 PM
Sunday, Feb 16
7:30 PM ...
2025 Oscar® Nominated Short Films: Documentary
Opens Feb 14
For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2nd.

Friday, Feb 14
3:30 PM
Saturday, Feb 15
4:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 16
4:00 PM ...
2025 Oscar® Nominated Short Films: Animation
Opens Feb 14
For the 20th consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 14th. With all three categories offered – Animated, Live Action and Documentary – this is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 2nd.

Friday, Feb 14
1:00 PM
Saturday, Feb 15
1:30 PM
Sunday, Feb 16
1:30 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
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), 50th Anniversary with Bit of Mustard!
Opens Feb 15
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, Feb 15
11:45 PM
See It on 16mm: Alfred Hitchcock`s PSYCHO (1960)
Opens Feb 21
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and ...

Friday, Feb 21
10:00 PM
The Big Payback
Opens Feb 22
In recognition of Black History please invite you to join us for a special screening of The Big Payback, a powerful documentary exploring the fight for reparations in America. The film follows the journey of Evanston, Illinois, the first U.S. city to implement a reparations program for Black residents, sparking a nationwide conversation on racial justice and economic equity. Following the screening, engage in a thought-provoking discussion with Melissa Morgan of Black Worker Hub and Emmy Award-winning ...

Saturday, Feb 22
1:30 PM
Art11: Soundtrack to a Coup d`Etat (2024)
Opens Feb 23
United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations ...

Sunday, Feb 23
11:00 AM
Art11: No Other Land (2024)
Opens Feb 28
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with a journalist from the other side who joins his fight. An elegantly assembled diary of the Palestinian experience, No Other Land is a harrowing document that leaves traces of hope for a better future.

Friday, Feb 28
11:00 AM
Saturday, Mar 1
11:00 AM
Across the Universe (2007)
Opens Feb 28
The songs of the Beatles provide the sonic framework for this musical tale of romance, war and peace. When young British worker Jude (Jim Sturgess) sets sail for the United States in search of his father, he ends up meeting carefree college student Max (Joe Anderson) and his lovely sister, Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), along with a cast of eccentric characters. As Jude and Lucy fall for each other, their relationship is threatened by the ...

Friday, Feb 28
10:00 PM
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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VOTED

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.