heights theater
Minnesota's classic cinema experience.
Established 1926
Unforgiven
THE CHORAL
MONDAY JANUARY 19 | 7:00 PM
UNFORGIVEN - IN 35MM
1992 | D: CLINT EASTWOOD
CLINT EASTWOOD, GENE HACKMAN, MORGAN FREEMAN
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
Clint Eastwood's return to the western genre was considered risky at the time, but was instantly recognized as a classic. When prostitute Delilah Fitzgerald (Anna Thomson) is disfigured by a cowboy in Big Whiskey, Wyoming, the sheriff fines the man and sends him on his way. Enraged, her fellow brothel workers post a reward for their murder, drawing the likes of some of the most deadly outlaws in the land, including William Munny (Clint Eastwood), Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman), and the florid English Bob (Richard Harris). Eastwood's revisionist western won Oscars for Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Hackman).
35mm print - Warner Brothers
35mm print - Warner Brothers
The Choral
2026 | D: Nicholas Hytner
Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Mark Addy
As World War I rages on, Dr. Henry Guthrie takes over a British choral society that's lost most of its men to the army. The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.
MON 1/19 | 4:30pmTUE 1/20 | 4:30pmWED 1/21 | 4:30pm, 7:00pmTHUR 1/22 | 7:00pm
SAT 1/24 | 4:15pm
SUN 1/25 | 4:30pm
MON 1/26 | 4:15pm
TUES 1/27 | 4:30pm
WED 1/28 | 4:30pm
THURS 1/29 | 2:30pm
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
2025 | D: JIM JARMUSCH
TOM WAITS, ADAM DRIVER, CATE BLANCHETT
Winner of the Golden Lion Best Film prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is the eagerly-awaited new film from Jim Jarmusch. Funny, tender and astutely observed, this is an intimate exploration of the universal intricacies of family dynamics. Starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat.
Told in the form of a triptych divided into chapters set in New Jersey, Dublin and Paris, each story concerns the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other. Blending remarkable performances from its ensemble cast with Jarmusch’s wry and idiosyncratic observations of everyday life, the iconic indie director’s latest serves as a timely reminder that you can choose your friends and your lovers, but you can’t choose your family.
Told in the form of a triptych divided into chapters set in New Jersey, Dublin and Paris, each story concerns the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other. Blending remarkable performances from its ensemble cast with Jarmusch’s wry and idiosyncratic observations of everyday life, the iconic indie director’s latest serves as a timely reminder that you can choose your friends and your lovers, but you can’t choose your family.
MON 1/19 | 2:00pm
THUR 1/22 | 4:30pm
Merrily we Roll Along
2025 | D: Maria Friedman
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez
Spanning three decades, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary and lyricist & playwright Charley. Originally produced on Broadway in 1981, then becoming an inventive cult-classic ahead of its time, Merrily We Roll Along features some of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated and personal songs.
TUE 1/20 | 7:00pm
SaturDAY February 7 | 6:30PM + 9:30PM
Joe Bob Briggs Presents My Bloody Valentine
1981 | D: GEORGE MIHALKA
PAUL KELMAN, LORI HALLIER, NEIL AFFLECK
ALL SEATS:
$30.00 - in person
$30.75- on line
Heartbreak, horror, and Joe Bob Briggs!
Forget the chocolates and overpriced roses! Bring your Valentine to the historic Heights Theatre on February 7th as Joe Bob and Darcy the Mail Girl host the 1981 classic MY BLOODY VALENTINE, with special intro by Joe Bob and meet-and-greets before, during and after the film. The Heights is doing two showings--one rolls at 6:30pm and the other at 9:30pm--to squeeze in as many of your Drive-In Mutants as possible. Don't miss it! Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy in person for both showtimes Friends defy the rules of a legendary murderer and discover he is real when they start celebrating Valentine's Day.
DCP
Forget the chocolates and overpriced roses! Bring your Valentine to the historic Heights Theatre on February 7th as Joe Bob and Darcy the Mail Girl host the 1981 classic MY BLOODY VALENTINE, with special intro by Joe Bob and meet-and-greets before, during and after the film. The Heights is doing two showings--one rolls at 6:30pm and the other at 9:30pm--to squeeze in as many of your Drive-In Mutants as possible. Don't miss it! Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy in person for both showtimes Friends defy the rules of a legendary murderer and discover he is real when they start celebrating Valentine's Day.
DCP
FriDAY FebrUARY 6 | 7:00PM
25 Cats From Qatar
2025 | D: Mye Haong
$12.00 - Adult
$10.00 - Senior and Children
On the road with Cat Daddies, Mye met her next documentary subject Katy McHugh, owner of the Sip & Purr Cat Cafe in Milwaukee. Besides having pastries, coffee, and wine, Sip & Purr adopts out cats from the cafe, finding new homes for almost 1,500 cats in the last six years.
Katy also routinely accepts international at-risk cats into their adoption program, bringing in cats from the Middle East. The cafe has found homes for over 300 international cats from 11 different countries. In Qatar, it's estimated the cats outnumber humans, and Mye follows Katy on a mission there to bring 25 cats back to Milwaukee for adoption.
Along the way we learn more about Qatar, one of the world's wealthiest nations, and the cat rescuers in Doha who have reached a breaking point in the nation’s capital.
The film has been receiving rave audience reviews, with encore screenings requested in over half the cities it's played so far. Film Threat called it “Thrilling! A compelling, fast-paced rescue adventure,” and Tim Sika of At The Movies described it as “Remarkable! A must-see!”
You can find more about the film at www.25CatsFromQatar.com or find the EPK at https://bit.ly/25CatsEPK
Katy also routinely accepts international at-risk cats into their adoption program, bringing in cats from the Middle East. The cafe has found homes for over 300 international cats from 11 different countries. In Qatar, it's estimated the cats outnumber humans, and Mye follows Katy on a mission there to bring 25 cats back to Milwaukee for adoption.
Along the way we learn more about Qatar, one of the world's wealthiest nations, and the cat rescuers in Doha who have reached a breaking point in the nation’s capital.
The film has been receiving rave audience reviews, with encore screenings requested in over half the cities it's played so far. Film Threat called it “Thrilling! A compelling, fast-paced rescue adventure,” and Tim Sika of At The Movies described it as “Remarkable! A must-see!”
You can find more about the film at www.25CatsFromQatar.com or find the EPK at https://bit.ly/25CatsEPK
FriDAY janUARY 23 | 10:00 pM
evil dead II
1987 | D: Sam Raimi
Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
The second of three films in the Evil Dead series is part horror, part comedy, with Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) once again battling horrifying demons at a secluded cabin in the woods. After discovering an audiotape left by a college professor that contains voices reading from the Book of the Dead, Ash's girlfriend Linda (Denise Bixler) becomes possessed by evil spirits that are awakened by the voices on the tape. Ash soon discovers there is no escaping the woods
DCP - Rialto
DCP - Rialto
The Secret agent
2025 | D: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Wagner Maura, Udo Kier, Maria Fernanda Cândido
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting. Winner of Best Director and Best Actor in Cannes
FRI 1/23 | 6:30pm SAT 1/24 | 1:00pm, 6:45pm SUN 1/25 | 1:15pm, 7:00pm
MON 1/26 | 1:00pm
TUES 1/27 | 7:00pm
WED 1/28 | 7:00pm
THUR 1/29 | 8:00pm
CARTOONS & CLASSICS
saturDAY janUARY 24 | 11:00 aM
My neighbor totoro
1988 | D: Hayao Miyazaki
Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, TIm Daly
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
STUDENT, SENIOR AND CHILDRENS PRICING AVAILABLE
This acclaimed animated tale by director Hayao Miyazaki follows schoolgirl Satsuke and her younger sister, Mei, as they settle into an old country house with their father and wait for their mother to recover from an illness in an area hospital. As the sisters explore their new home, they encounter and befriend playful spirits in their house and the nearby forest, most notably the massive cuddly creature known as Totoro. (Dubbed)
DCP - GKids
DCP - GKids
One night only!
saturDAY janUARY 24 | 10:00 pM
Phantom of the paradise
1974 | D: Brian De Palma
Paul WIlliams, William Finley, Jessica Harper
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
After record producer Swan (Paul Williams) steals the music of songwriter Winslow Leach (William Finley) and gives it to one of his bands, Leach sneaks into Swan's offices. Catching Leach, Swan frames him for dealing drugs, which lands him in prison. After Leach breaks out and again attempts to sabotage Swan's empire, an accident crushes his face. Leach then dons a costume and becomes the Phantom, intent on ruining Swan while saving singer Phoenix (Jessica Harper) from a terrible fate.
DCP - Disney
DCP - Disney
SILENT SUNDAYS!
SunDAY January 25 | 11:30 aM
GO WEST
1925| D: BUSTER KEATON, KATHLEEN MYERS, BROWN EYES
ALL SEATS
$20.00 - in person$20.75 - on line
100TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
The Heights launches its Silent Sundays with a 100th anniversary screening of Go West, the little-seen Buster Keaton classic. Unable to find a job in the heartless city, Friendless (Keaton) hops a freight west, only to fall off the train at a cattle ranch. There, he befriends Brown Eyes, a cow. When Friendless discovers that Brown Eyes is about to be sold to the stockyards, he'll do anything to stop it. Go West is one of Keaton's most sublime films, its many incredible gags taking place against the stark landscape of Red Rock Canyon, and culminates in one of the most insane cattle drives you'll ever see, thousands of cows marching through Los Angeles. Featuring live accompaniment by DREAMLAND FACES, with Andy McCormick on the Heights Mighty Wurlitzer.
DCP
One show only!
MonDAY janUARY 26 | 7:00 pM
true grit
2010 | D: Joel and Ethan Coen
Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
After an outlaw named Tom Chaney murders her father, feisty 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross hires Rooster Cogburn, a boozy, trigger-happy lawman, to help her find Chaney and avenge her father. The bickering duo are not alone in their quest, for a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf is also tracking Chaney for reasons of his own. Together the unlikely trio ventures into hostile territory to dispense some Old West justice.
DCP - Paramount
DCP - Paramount
Two shows only!
tHursDAY janUARY 29 | 5:00 PM SunDAY FebrUARY 1 | 11:00 aM
IRON Lung
2026 | D: Mark Fischback
Mark Fischbach, Caroline Rose Kaplan, Seán McLoughlin
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Set in a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung". An ocean of blood. The only hope left after The Quiet Rapture. In the rusting halls of crumbling space stations, the last remnants of humanity craft a submarine to explore the bleeding depths... and weld one soul inside to pilot it. But hope in this void is as illusionary as the starlight. This is not an expedition. It's an execution.
arco
2025 | D: Ugo Bienvenu
Will Ferrell, Natalie Portman, America Ferrera, Flea
In 2075, a 10-year-old girl, Iris, sees a mysterious boy wearing a rainbow jumpsuit falling from the sky. It's Arco. He comes from a distant, idyllic future where time travel is possible. Iris takes him in and will do whatever it takes to help him return home.
FRI 1/30 | 2:00pm, 4:30pm, 7:00pm SAT 1/31 | 2:00pm, 4:30pm, 7:00pm SUN 2/1 | 2:00pm, 4:30pm, 7:00pm MON 2/2 | 4:30pm, 7:00pmTUE 2/3 | 4:30pm, 7:00pmWED 2/4 | 4:30pm, 7:00pmTHUR 2/5 | 2:30pm, 4:30pm
ONE SHOW ONLY!
Friday janUARY 30 | 9:30PM
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
1999 | D: Michael Patrick Jann
Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
An annual beauty pageant in small-town Minnesota turns ridiculously competitive and ultimately chaotic in this biting comedy. Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst), the daughter of hard-drinking mom Annette (Ellen Barkin), and Becky Leeman (Denise Richards), who is motivated by her former beauty-queen mother, Gladys (Kirstie Alley), are among the top contenders in the event. As Amber, Becky, and other local girls prepare for the big day, bizarre incidents occur, leading up to an ending with a bang.
DCP
DCP
CARTOONS & CLASSICS
saturDAY janUARY 31 | 11:00 aM
James and the giant peach
1996 | D: Henry Sellick
Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
STUDENT, SENIOR AND CHILDRENS PRICING AVAILABLE
Featuring stop-motion animation and live action, this inventive adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's tale follows the adventures of James (Paul Terry), an orphaned young British boy. Forced to live with his cruel aunts (Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes), James finds a way out of his bleak existence when he discovers an enormous enchanted peach. After rolling into the sea inside the buoyant fruit, James, accompanied by a crew of friendly talking insects, sets sail for New York City
DCP
DCP
One show only!
saturDAY janUARY 31 | 10:00 PM
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
2022 | D: Mike Cheslik
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Doug Mancheski
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
DCP
DCP
DOWN A DARK STREET: THE FILMS NOIR OF DON SIEGEL
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5 | 7:00 PM
THE KILLERS
1964 | D: DON SIEGEL
LEE MARVIN, ANGIE DICKINSON
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Two hitmen (Marvin, Cassavetes) are tasked with killing a racecar driver but are taken aback when the mark doesn’t resist. Unable to shake it, they take it upon themselves to find out more. Siegel’s remake of the Hemingway story from the hitmen's point of view is a fascinating, thrilling ride.
Presented in partnership with the Trylon Cinema
DCP - Universal Pictures.
DCP - Universal Pictures.
SaturDAY February 7 | 6:30PM + 9:30PM
Joe Bob Briggs Presents My Bloody Valentine
1981 | D: GEORGE MIHALKA
PAUL KELMAN, LORI HALLIER, NEIL AFFLECK
ALL SEATS:
$30.00 - in person
$30.75- on line
Heartbreak, horror, and Joe Bob Briggs!
Forget the chocolates and overpriced roses! Bring your Valentine to the historic Heights Theatre on February 7th as Joe Bob and Darcy the Mail Girl host the 1981 classic MY BLOODY VALENTINE, with special intro by Joe Bob and meet-and-greets before, during and after the film. The Heights is doing two showings--one rolls at 6:30pm and the other at 9:30pm--to squeeze in as many of your Drive-In Mutants as possible. Don't miss it! Friends defy the rules of a legendary murderer and discover he is real when they start celebrating Valentine's Day.
DCP
Forget the chocolates and overpriced roses! Bring your Valentine to the historic Heights Theatre on February 7th as Joe Bob and Darcy the Mail Girl host the 1981 classic MY BLOODY VALENTINE, with special intro by Joe Bob and meet-and-greets before, during and after the film. The Heights is doing two showings--one rolls at 6:30pm and the other at 9:30pm--to squeeze in as many of your Drive-In Mutants as possible. Don't miss it! Friends defy the rules of a legendary murderer and discover he is real when they start celebrating Valentine's Day.
DCP
DOWN A DARK STREET: THE FILMS NOIR OF DON SIEGEL
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12 | 7:00 PM
THE VERDICT IN 35mm
1946 | D: DON SIEGEL
SYDNEY GREENSTREET, PETER LORRE, JOAN LORRING, GEORGE COULOURIS
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
An incompetent, ambitious detective (Coulouris) says nothing when he witnesses police superintendent Grodman (Greenstreet) make a terrible mistake, resulting in the execution of an innocent man. Grodman, teaming up with a macabre artist (Lorre), seeks his revenge. A moody, underestimated triumph
Presented in partnership with the Trylon Cinema
35mm - Park Circus
35mm - Park Circus
DOWN A DARK STREET: THE FILMS NOIR OF DON SIEGEL
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 | 7:00 PM
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THE BIG STEAL IN 35MM
1949 | D: DON SIEGEL
ROBERT MITCHUM, JANE GREER, WILLIAM BENDIX
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
Duke (Mitchum) is a lieutenant who’s been framed for a robbery he didn’t commit. He races against time to chase the real culprit, with the thief’s fiancée in tow. Taut action scenes and charming humor set this great film apart.
Presented in partnership with the Trylon Cinema
35mm - Park Circus
35mm - Park Circus
DOWN A DARK STREET: THE FILMS NOIR OF DON SIEGEL
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26 | 7:00 PM
RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11
1954 | D: DON SIEGEL
NEVILLE BRAND, EMILE MEYER, FRANK FAYLEN
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Inspired by a real-life prison riot, Cell Block 11 was shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with inmates and guards as extras. Siegel’s prison-life film is gritty and humane.
Presented in partnership with the Trylon Cinema
DCP - Paramount
DCP - Paramount
DOWN A DARK STREET: THE FILMS NOIR OF DON SIEGEL
THURSDAY march 5 | 7:00 PM
THE Lineup
1958 | D: DON SIEGEL
ELI WALLACH, ROBERT KEITH, RICHARD JAECKEL
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Two mobsters use unsuspecting tourists to transport drugs into the country. One of the darkest and most underestimated noir films, The Lineup is essential.
Presented in partnership with the Trylon Cinema
DCP - Columbia
DCP - Columbia