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SINNERS
EPiC: Elvis Presley in COncert
2026 | D: Baz Luhrmann
ALL SEATS:$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.
THUR 3/12 | 4:30pm
FRI 3/13 | 2:00pm
SAT 3/14 |4:30pm
SUN 3/15 | 12:00pm
MON 3/16 | 4:30pmTUE 3/17 | 4:30pmWED 3/18 | 4:30pmTHUR 3/19 | 4:30pm
FRIDAY MARCH 20 | 6:30pM
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STROMBOLI
1950 | D: Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
ALL SEATS:
$30.00 - in person
$30.75 - on line
Special 20th Anniversary Screening with Richard Pena in person
The Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul, in partnership with the Heights Theater, proudly presents a special screening of Stromboli in celebration of the Center’s 20th Anniversary.
The first collaboration between Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman is a devastating portrait of a woman’s existential crisis, set against the beautiful and forbidding backdrop of a volcanic island. After World War II, a Lithuanian refugee (Bergman) marries a simple Italian fisherman (Mario Vitale) she meets in a prisoner of war camp and accompanies him back to his isolated village on an island off the coast of Sicily. Cut off from the world, she finds herself crumbling emotionally, but she is destined for a dramatic epiphany. Balancing the director’s trademark neorealism—exemplified here in a remarkable depiction of the fishermen’s lives and work—with deeply felt melodrama, Stromboli is a revelation.
Rossellini’s use of on-location shooting, natural lighting, and non-professional actors creates an immediacy and realism that immerses the audience in Karin’s emotional, physical and psychological struggles. The stark, rugged landscapes of Stromboli reflect her inner turmoil, turning the island into a living character whose unpredictability mirrors the challenges of human survival and resilience.
The film’s narrative is both a personal story and a social critique, exploring themes of displacement, gender roles, and the tension between individual desire and communal expectation. Ingrid Bergman delivers a masterful, restrained, empathetic performance, conveying both vulnerability and determination. DCP
Rossellini’s use of on-location shooting, natural lighting, and non-professional actors creates an immediacy and realism that immerses the audience in Karin’s emotional, physical and psychological struggles. The stark, rugged landscapes of Stromboli reflect her inner turmoil, turning the island into a living character whose unpredictability mirrors the challenges of human survival and resilience.
The film’s narrative is both a personal story and a social critique, exploring themes of displacement, gender roles, and the tension between individual desire and communal expectation. Ingrid Bergman delivers a masterful, restrained, empathetic performance, conveying both vulnerability and determination. DCP
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Sinners
2025 | D: Ryan Coogler
Michael B Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku
ALL SEATS:$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Elijah "Smoke" and Elias "Stack" Moore are twins (both played by an incredible Michael B. Jordan) who’ve returned to Clarksdale after making their fortune bootlegging in Chicago. Determined to open the best juke joint in Mississippi, they buy an abandoned mill and hope to feature their blues-playing cousin, Sammie (Miles Caton). One problem: white supremacists. Another problem: vampires. Which is worse? Ryan Coogler’s genre-defying SINNERS is the rare box office smash that is at once thought-provoking, exciting, and profoundly moving. Nominated for sixteen Academy Awards.
THUR 3/12 | 7:00pm
FRI 3/13 | 4:15pm
SAT 3/14 | 1:30pm
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026 | D: Matt Johnson
ALL SEATS:$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
FRI 3/13 | 7:15pmSUN 3/15 | 2:30pm, 4:45pmWED 3/18 | 7:00pm
THUR 3/19 | 7:00pm
SATURDAY MARCH 14 | 7:00 PM TuesDAY MARCH 17 | 7:00 PM
BY DESIGN
2026 | D: Amanda Kramer
ALL SEATS:$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Upon seeing a gorgeous chair in a showroom, Camille (Juliette Lewis) realizes that she truly envies the life of this perfect piece of furniture. If only she could be someone’s favorite thing. When she and the chair swap forms, Camille learns that she is better liked as an inanimate object than she was as a person: her mother (Betty Buckley) finds her to be a better listener, and her best friends (Samantha Mathis and Robin Tunney) enjoy a newfound, friction-free rapport. As the chair, Camille is unable to speak or move and winds up in the hands of Olivier (Mamoudou Athie), a minimalist bachelor who gradually becomes romantically fixated on his elegant new possession. Narrated by Melanie Griffith, this modern fable celebrates the messiness of female interiority with deadpan humor, surrealist flourishes, and interpretative dance numbers. An absurdist spin on the body-swap comedy, By Design is a bold new work from singular filmmaker Amanda Kramer.
SAT 3/14 | 7:00pm
TUES 3/17 | 7:00pm
SCI-FRI'S
FriDAY MARCH 13 | 9:45 pM
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They Live
1988| D: John Carpenter
Roddy Piper, Meg Foster, Keith David, George 'Buck' Flower
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
OBEY! That’s right, the iconic image of Andre the Giant demanding fealty to our corporate overlords comes straight from John Carpenter’s iconic THEY LIVE. Nada (wrasslin’ great Rowdy Roddy Piper) is a homeless man who stumbles upon a pair of sunglasses that reveals that the powerful in the world are lizard-like aliens bent on human capitulation. A very modest hit in its day, THEY LIVE has become a bona-fide cult classic, and the foundation of a thousand conspiracy theories.
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Catherine the Great
saturDAY March 14| 11:00 aM & 9:45pm
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Beetlejuice
1988 | D: Tim Burton
Catherine O'Hara, Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
STUDENT, SENIOR AND CHILDRENS PRICING AVAILABLE FOR MATINEE
Celebrating the career of one of our favorite actresses, the late Catherine O’Hara, the Heights presents CATHERINE THE GREAT, featuring six of her most beloved films.
When Adam and Barbara die in a car accident, they discover that they’re ghosts, forever plagued to haunt their fixer-upper in Connecticut. What could be worse? Enter mopey developer Charles Deetz, his utterly talentless sculptor wife, Delia, and their daughter, Lydia. Annoyed at the intrusion, Adam and Barbara conjure up the wicked Beetlejuice to drive the family out. Well, that’s a problem, because Beetlejuice is worse than the Deetzes! Tim Burton’s sophomore feature catapulted him into the stratosphere, and Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder also saw their stars rise, but it’s Catherine O’Hara’s portrayal of the goofy Delia—at one point possessed by a ghost and dancing to Harry Belafonte—who garnishes the best laughs. DCP
When Adam and Barbara die in a car accident, they discover that they’re ghosts, forever plagued to haunt their fixer-upper in Connecticut. What could be worse? Enter mopey developer Charles Deetz, his utterly talentless sculptor wife, Delia, and their daughter, Lydia. Annoyed at the intrusion, Adam and Barbara conjure up the wicked Beetlejuice to drive the family out. Well, that’s a problem, because Beetlejuice is worse than the Deetzes! Tim Burton’s sophomore feature catapulted him into the stratosphere, and Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder also saw their stars rise, but it’s Catherine O’Hara’s portrayal of the goofy Delia—at one point possessed by a ghost and dancing to Harry Belafonte—who garnishes the best laughs. DCP
Catherine the Great
sunDAY March 15 | 7:00 PM
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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION in 35mm
2006 | D: Christopher Guest
Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Rannazzisi, Ed Begley Jr., Eugene Levy
GENERAL ADMISSION
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
Celebrating the career of one of our favorite actresses, the late Catherine O’Hara, the Heights presents CATHERINE THE GREAT, featuring six of her most beloved films.
Skip the Academy Awards this year and come join us for some Oscar skewering! In FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, little is going right in the production of the quite-low-budget indie film Home for Purim—the director seems to be crazy, the screenwriters hate him, and the producer is a spoiled brat who knows nothing of filmmaking. But when the three leads hear rumors that they might be nominated for Oscars, their obsessions lead them down a path of downright absurdity. Christopher Guest has a blast sending up Oscar season, and Catherine is simply amazing as the over-the-hill actress who has a complete meltdown.
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Skip the Academy Awards this year and come join us for some Oscar skewering! In FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, little is going right in the production of the quite-low-budget indie film Home for Purim—the director seems to be crazy, the screenwriters hate him, and the producer is a spoiled brat who knows nothing of filmmaking. But when the three leads hear rumors that they might be nominated for Oscars, their obsessions lead them down a path of downright absurdity. Christopher Guest has a blast sending up Oscar season, and Catherine is simply amazing as the over-the-hill actress who has a complete meltdown.
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Catherine the Great
Monday March 16 | 7:00 PM
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After Hours
1985 | D: Martin Scorsese
Griffin Dunne, Catherine O'Hara, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Celebrating the career of one of our favorite actresses, the late Catherine O’Hara, the Heights presents CATHERINE THE GREAT, featuring six of her most beloved films.
Martin Scorsese’s wonderfully strange black comedy, featuring Griffin Dunne as mild-mannered Paul, who goes out on a date and finds himself trapped in SoHo—withouty any money, he can’t take the subway, can’t take a cab, is pursued by angry women, punks, and vigilantes for… well, he doesn’t even know what. Though in the film for a short time, it’s Catherine O’Hara’s vengeful Mister Softee ice cream truck driver that will stick with you.
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Martin Scorsese’s wonderfully strange black comedy, featuring Griffin Dunne as mild-mannered Paul, who goes out on a date and finds himself trapped in SoHo—withouty any money, he can’t take the subway, can’t take a cab, is pursued by angry women, punks, and vigilantes for… well, he doesn’t even know what. Though in the film for a short time, it’s Catherine O’Hara’s vengeful Mister Softee ice cream truck driver that will stick with you.
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FRIDAY MARCH 20 | 6:30pM
STROMBOLI
1950 | D: Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
ALL SEATS:
$30.00 - in person
$30.75 - on line
Special 20th Anniversary Screening
The Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul, in partnership with the Heights Theater, proudly presents a special screening of Stromboli in celebration of the Center’s 20th Anniversary. The first collaboration between Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman is a devastating portrait of a woman’s existential crisis, set against the beautiful and forbidding backdrop of a volcanic island. After World War II, a Lithuanian refugee (Bergman) marries a simple Italian fisherman (Mario Vitale) she meets in a prisoner of war camp and accompanies him back to his isolated village on an island off the coast of Sicily. Cut off from the world, she finds herself crumbling emotionally, but she is destined for a dramatic epiphany. Balancing the director’s trademark neorealism—exemplified here in a remarkable depiction of the fishermen’s lives and work—with deeply felt melodrama, Stromboli is a revelation.
Rossellini’s use of on-location shooting, natural lighting, and non-professional actors creates an immediacy and realism that immerses the audience in Karin’s emotional, physical and psychological struggles. The stark, rugged landscapes of Stromboli reflect her inner turmoil, turning the island into a living character whose unpredictability mirrors the challenges of human survival and resilience.
The film’s narrative is both a personal story and a social critique, exploring themes of displacement, gender roles, and the tension between individual desire and communal expectation. Ingrid Bergman delivers a masterful, restrained, empathetic performance, conveying both vulnerability and determination. DCP
The Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul, in partnership with the Heights Theater, proudly presents a special screening of Stromboli in celebration of the Center’s 20th Anniversary. The first collaboration between Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman is a devastating portrait of a woman’s existential crisis, set against the beautiful and forbidding backdrop of a volcanic island. After World War II, a Lithuanian refugee (Bergman) marries a simple Italian fisherman (Mario Vitale) she meets in a prisoner of war camp and accompanies him back to his isolated village on an island off the coast of Sicily. Cut off from the world, she finds herself crumbling emotionally, but she is destined for a dramatic epiphany. Balancing the director’s trademark neorealism—exemplified here in a remarkable depiction of the fishermen’s lives and work—with deeply felt melodrama, Stromboli is a revelation.
Rossellini’s use of on-location shooting, natural lighting, and non-professional actors creates an immediacy and realism that immerses the audience in Karin’s emotional, physical and psychological struggles. The stark, rugged landscapes of Stromboli reflect her inner turmoil, turning the island into a living character whose unpredictability mirrors the challenges of human survival and resilience.
The film’s narrative is both a personal story and a social critique, exploring themes of displacement, gender roles, and the tension between individual desire and communal expectation. Ingrid Bergman delivers a masterful, restrained, empathetic performance, conveying both vulnerability and determination. DCP
Cartoons & Classics
SaturDAY march 21 | 11:00 aM
Aladdin
1992 | D: John Musker and Ron Clements
Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
STUDENT, SENIOR AND CHILDRENS PRICING AVAILABLE
The story is an old one: the poor young man named Aladdin finds a magic lamp, falls in love with the princess Jasmine and runs afoul of the evil vizier. But from this simple presence, and the casting of the great Robin Williams as the Genie, Walt Disney’s ALADDIN forever changed animated films—with Williams throwing joke-after-joke, and some of the film squarely aimed at adults, ALADDIN wasn’t just a surprise hit, it was shockingly the biggest grossing film of the year and, in 1992, the biggest animated film of all time, until LION KING. Rarely screened today, ALADDIN is a treat for kids and parents.
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SaturDAY MARCH 21 | 9:45 pM
Police Story
1985| D: Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Bridgette Lin
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
A virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lord he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.
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Catherine the Great
sunDAY March 22 | 11:00 aM
Monday March 23 | 7:00 pM
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Best in Show
2000 | D: Christopher Guest
Catherine O'Hara, Jay Brazeau, Parker Posey, Michael Hitchcock
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Celebrating the career of one of our favorite actresses, the late Catherine O’Hara, the Heights presents CATHERINE THE GREAT, featuring six of her most beloved films.
With BEST IN SHOW, Christopher Guest turned his satirical camera to the world of prestigious dog shows, resulting in perhaps his most beloved film of all. Guest’s usual comedy stalwarts are on hand playing some of the weirdest dog owners yet, and everyone who owns a pooch sees a little bit of themselves in every one onscreen. But it’s Catherine O’Hara’s Cookie Fleck who truly steals the show, flirting, singing, and carrying this hilarious movie on her shoulders. DCP
With BEST IN SHOW, Christopher Guest turned his satirical camera to the world of prestigious dog shows, resulting in perhaps his most beloved film of all. Guest’s usual comedy stalwarts are on hand playing some of the weirdest dog owners yet, and everyone who owns a pooch sees a little bit of themselves in every one onscreen. But it’s Catherine O’Hara’s Cookie Fleck who truly steals the show, flirting, singing, and carrying this hilarious movie on her shoulders. DCP
Sci-Fri's
FriDAY March 27 | 9:45 PM
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Donnie Darko
2001 | D: Richard Kelly
Jake Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Maggie Gyllenhaal
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
The story of Donald “Donnie” Darko, a teenager whose sleepwalking allows him to communicate with a strange and ominous looking man-rabbit named Frank, who predicts the end of the world in 28 days. From this strange opening spins a tale so weird and convoluted, it could only come from the mind of writer/director Richard Kelly. DONNIE DARKO was a modest hit and a full-fledged cult classic that launched the careers of Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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Cartoons & Classics
SaturDAY march 28 | 11:00 aM
Wall-E
2008 | D: Andrew Stanton
Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
STUDENT, SENIOR AND CHILDRENS PRICING AVAILABLE
On an earth literally covered in garbage, the little robot WALL-E is the last of the mechanized garbage collectors. Content to watch HELLO DOLLY with his pet cockroach again and again, WALL-E is smitten when a robot called EVE lands, searching for life forms. Made at the apex of Pixar’s domination over the world of animation, and at a time when that wonderful studio would commit to stories as seemingly bleak as this one, WALL-E is one of the most emotionally complex of any animated film ever, a heartwarming, heartbreaking, life-affirming movie that captivated audiences then as now.
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Late night Heights
SaturDAY MARCH 28 | 9:45 pM
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Clue
1985| D: Jonathan Lynn
Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
In the 1950s, six strangers are brought together to a mansion and given pseudonyms to protect their identities, a blackmailer enters, lights go out, and there’s a murder. Based on the popular board game, and featuring three different endings, CLUE was a flop in its day, but this star-studded comedy has become an eternal sell-out at theaters (including every time at the Heights!)
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Silent Sunday's
sunDAY March 29 | 11:30 aM
The Lodger: A Story of London Fog
1927 | D: Alfred Hitchcock
Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen, June Tripp
GENERAL ADMISSION
$20.00 - in person$20.75 - on line
The Avenger is a serial killer, preying on blonde women in London. When a mysterious man rents a room from Daisy Bunting's mother, they notice he bears a striking resemblance to descriptions of the murderer. But Daisy is smitten by their new tenant, to the profound dismay of her boyfriend, Joe, who happens to be a detective investigating the Avenger case. With a breathtaking score and performance by The Poor Nobodys, this rare Hitchcock silent film should not be missed!
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The 2026 Hitchcock Film Festival
ThursDAY April 2 | 7:00 pM SUNDAY APRIL 5 | 11:30 AM
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Psycho
1960 | D: Alfred Hitchcock
Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Marion Crane (Leigh)goes on the run after embezzling funds and stops at the cozy Bates Motel to hide out.Perhaps the most iconic of Hitchcock’s movies, Psycho is still shocking, sixty years after its debut.
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The 2026 Hitchcock Film Festival
ThursDAY April 9 | 7:00 pM SUNDAY APRIL 12 | 11:30 AM
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Rear WIndow
1954 | D: Alfred Hitchcock
Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Photographer “Jeff” Jefferies (Stewart) has a broken leg and sweats out summer days in his wheelchair, spying on neighbors from his apartment window. At first aghast, his girlfriend (Kelly) and nurse (Ritter) help him uncover what he suspects is a murder occurring across the courtyard. This classic is at once thrilling, sexy, and hilarious.
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The 2026 Hitchcock Festival
ThursDAY April 16 | 7:00 pM
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941 | D: Alfred Hitchcock
Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
A Hitchcock screwball comedy? Believe it. Lombard and Montgomery play one of the most cantankerous couples in Hollywood history. They think they’ve been wed for three years—only to discover that the marriage isn’t legal. Guest appearances by the original Trylon and Perisphere.
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The 2026 Hitchcock Film Festival
ThursDAY April 23 | 7:00 pM
Rope
1948 | D: Alfred Hitchcock
Jimmy Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
GENERAL ADMISSION
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Inspired by the notorious 1924 Leopold–Loeb murder case, Rope concerns a pair of intellectuals who kill a young man to prove their superiority—and then invite their professor over while the body lies in a trunk in the living room.
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The 2026 Hitchcock Film Festival
ThursDAY April 30 | 7:00 pM SUNDAY May 3 | 11:00 AM
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North by Northwest
1959 | D: Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
GENERAL ADMISSION
$19.00 - in person$19.75 - on line
Part of the 2026 Hitchcock Film Festival presented in partnership with trylon Cinema
Charming adman Roger O. Thornhill (Grant) must run for his life when he’s mistaken for a government agent by a crime ring, gaining help from the seductive Eve Kendall (Saint) along the way. This one has it all: high-flying thrills, a barrage of witty quips, and abundant suspense.
70mm - MGM
70mm - MGM