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UPCOMING EVENTS

Bob Trevino Likes It
Ojai Playhouse
2024
Director: Tracie Laymon
Starring: Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 42min
When lonely 20-something Lily Trevino accidentally befriends a stranger online who shares the same name as her own self-centered father, encouragement and support from this new Bob Trevino could change her life.

Friday - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
1995
Director: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tom Lister Jr., John Witherspoon, Regina King, Dj Pooh, Bernie Mac, Tony Cox
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 31min
It's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.
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Desperate Living
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
Flickerhead Friday Night Features - John Waters
1977 91m Director: John Waters
Cast: Mink Stole, Jean Hill, Susan Lowe
John Waters pushes the boundaries of bad taste even further in Desperate Living, a deliriously unhinged tale of crime, exile, and total anarchy. After murdering her husband, neurotic housewife Peggy Gravel and her devoted, homicidal maid Grizelda seek refuge in Mortville—a trash-strewn kingdom ruled by the tyrannical Queen Carlotta. A gloriously filthy fever dream of camp, chaos, and revolution, this is Waters at his most unapologetically outrageous.

Hundreds of Beavers
SBIFF Film Center
916 State St, Santa Barbara CA
JEAN KAYAK finds himself stranded in a surreal winter landscape with nothing but his dim wits to guide him. Against a backdrop of ruthless elements and sinister creatures – all played by actors in full-sized mascot costumes – KAYAK develops increasingly complex traps in order to win the hand of a mischievous lover.
Directed by Mike Cheslik
Written by Mike Cheslik, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
Starring Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Wes Tank, Doug Mancheski, Luis Rico
1h 48m

Inherent Vice - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
2014
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Katherine Waterston
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 28min
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
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Fire of Love
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
2022 93m Director: Sara Dosa Cast: Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Alka Balbir
Come watch last year’s SLO Film Festival opening night selection before diving into the 2025 festival! Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things—each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries, leaving behind a breathtaking archive of footage. Ultimately, they lost their lives in a 1991 volcanic explosion, but their legacy forever enriched our understanding of the natural world. Director Sara Dosa crafts a lyrical celebration of their spirit of adventure, drawing from their extraordinary visual records.

Fire of Love
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
2022 93m Director: Sara Dosa Cast: Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Alka Balbir
Come watch last year’s SLO Film Festival opening night selection before diving into the 2025 festival! Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things—each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries, leaving behind a breathtaking archive of footage. Ultimately, they lost their lives in a 1991 volcanic explosion, but their legacy forever enriched our understanding of the natural world. Director Sara Dosa crafts a lyrical celebration of their spirit of adventure, drawing from their extraordinary visual records.

LOTR: The Two Towers - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
2002
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 59min
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
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The Big Lebowski
Ojai Playhouse
1998
Director: Joe Coen
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 57min
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Unforgiven
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
1992 Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman
The late Gene Hackman delivers an Oscar-winning performance as a ruthless sheriff in Clint Eastwood’s masterful deconstruction of the Western myth. William Munny, a retired gunslinger turned widowed hog farmer, is drawn back into violence when he takes on one last bounty mission to support his children. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he sets out to confront the men who brutalized a prostitute—only to find himself facing Hackman’s brutal lawman in a final, unforgettable showdown.

Hundreds of Beavers
SBIFF Film Center
916 State St, Santa Barbara CA
JEAN KAYAK finds himself stranded in a surreal winter landscape with nothing but his dim wits to guide him. Against a backdrop of ruthless elements and sinister creatures – all played by actors in full-sized mascot costumes – KAYAK develops increasingly complex traps in order to win the hand of a mischievous lover.
Directed by Mike Cheslik
Written by Mike Cheslik, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
Starring Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Wes Tank, Doug Mancheski, Luis Rico
1h 48m

RATS! - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
2024
Director: Maxwell Nalevansky, Carl Fry
Starring: Danielle Evon Ploeger, Luke Wilcox, Darius Autry, Khali Sykes, Ariel Ash, Jacob Wysocki, John Ennis
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 25min
AFTERSHOW Q&A WITH DIRECTOR MAXWELL NALEVANSKY
It’s 2007 in Pfresno, Texas. Raphael is in county jail following an arrest for graffiti. He’s a good kid. It’s just graffiti. So you can’t blame Raphael for the events that unfold after his arrest. He’s not responsible for the sting operation, Pflophaus’s new mixtape, Officer Williams and her delusional suspicions, the meth pipes, the FBI, the rich kids with nothing to lose, Mateo, Larry the pig, all the knives, the local aspiring TV newswoman, the plutonium deal gone wrong, or anyone who may or may not die due to that deal turning sour. None of it is Raphael’s fault, but it is his problem.
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420 Fest: Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
1980 Director: Tommy Chong Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Evelyn Guerrero
Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of collecting unemployment, they find themselves thrown back on the streets, searching for a way to earn new income. But when Cheech's cousin, "Red" Mendoza, arrives, things get even crazier.

2001: A Space Odyssey - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
1968
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 29min
Intermission from 4:10-4:30pm
When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
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420 Fest: Half Baked
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
1998 Director: Tamra Davis Cast: Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams
A cult classic of stoner comedy, Half Baked follows three lovable party buds on a mission to bail their friend out of jail—by selling a whole lot of weed. Just when their plan seems foolproof, they run into trouble with a rival dealer, the law, and their own questionable decision-making. Packed with quotable lines, outrageous antics, and an unforgettable Dave Chappelle performance, this high-flying comedy still delivers the laughs.

Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie
Ojai Playhouse
2025
Director: David Bushell
Starring: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 3min
Rated R
Exploring their 5-decade career performing stand-up, making records, and starring in hit films. It covers their lives, comedy partnership, and lasting influence on pop culture.
SNEAK PEEK!

420 Fest: Dazed and Confused
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
1993 Director: Richard Linklater Cast: Jason London, Matthew McConaughey, Joey Lauren Adams
Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused is a hazy, nostalgic ride through the last day of school in 1976, following a group of Texas teens as they party, rebel, and navigate the pressures of growing up. At the center is Randall "Pink" Floyd, a star athlete torn between his love for weed and his coach’s demand that he sign a “no drugs” pledge. Packed with an iconic soundtrack, breakout performances, and Linklater’s signature naturalism, this cult classic perfectly captures the thrill and aimlessness of teenage freedom.

THERE'S STILL TOMORROW
Oxnard Film Society
Plaza Cinemas 14 - Oxnard, CA
2024 Italy 1hr 57minutes
Drama/Comedy PG-13
In Italian with English Subtitles
In this moving comedic drama set in postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life. An Italian box office phenomenon and winner of six Italian Academy Awards.

Fire of Love
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
2022 93m Director: Sara Dosa Cast: Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Alka Balbir
Come watch last year’s SLO Film Festival opening night selection before diving into the 2025 festival! Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things—each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries, leaving behind a breathtaking archive of footage. Ultimately, they lost their lives in a 1991 volcanic explosion, but their legacy forever enriched our understanding of the natural world. Director Sara Dosa crafts a lyrical celebration of their spirit of adventure, drawing from their extraordinary visual records.

Pulp Fiction
Bay Theatre
Director(s): Quentin Tarantino
Rating & Run Time: (R) 2 hours and 29 minutes
Release Year: 1994
The Rock Radio is back at The Bay, this time enjoying one of the most electric visions of violence and vengeance ever committed to the big screen. Quentin Tarantino expertly directs (and acts alongside) a sprawling cast of Los Angeles’ most depraved and lovable psychos. With unmatched cinematic style and a caustic yet charming ear for rambling dialogue, this is the film that firmly established one of America’s most beloved contemporary film artists as a powerful independent voice and master of his craft.

THERE'S STILL TOMORROW
Oxnard Film Society
Plaza Cinemas 14 - Oxnard, CA
2024 Italy 1hr 57minutes
Drama/Comedy PG-13
In Italian with English Subtitles
In this moving comedic drama set in postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life. An Italian box office phenomenon and winner of six Italian Academy Awards.

Dog Day Afternoon
Regency Buenaventura 6
(1975) Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick< Charles Durning
Three amateur robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice, simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.

Thank You Very Much - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
Free Screening / Registration Required
2023 Director: Alex Braverman
Starring: Bob Zmuda, Danny DeVito, Laurie Anderson, Lynne Margulies, James L. Brooks
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 39min
Andy Kaufman's provocative comedy often outraged audiences, challenging them to confront their own presumptions. Through never-before-seen footage and intimate recollections, filmmaker Alex Braverman explores Kaufman’s brief but impactful life and career. As the lines between performance and reality blur in our present age, Kaufman’s genius resonates more than ever.
AFTER SCREENING Q&A WITH DIRECTOR ALEX BRAVERMAN
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Magic Mike
Studio Movie Grill - Retro Series / Simi Valley
110 minutes Rated R Directed By: Steven Soderbergh
Let's hear it for the boys! Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum (Step Up) and Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four) star in this revealing drama set in the world of exotic male dancing. Tatum plays Magic Mike, a womanizing hustler with an entrepreneurial spirit who makes his living on the stage. When he takes on a protégé (Pettyfer) to instruct him in the fine art of hustling onstage and off, he finds himself falling for the newcomer's sister (Cody Horn) -- and questioning his life choices. Oscar® winner Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies & Videotape, Ocean's Eleven films) directs an all-star cast that also includes White Collar's Matthew Bomer, True Blood's Joe Manganiello, Olivia Munn and Matthew McConaughey as a former dancer and now owner of the club.

SLO FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 24-29 2025
Dive into our slate of over 100 films including narrative features, short films, documentary features, and doc shorts! We can’t wait to see you at the best fest yet!

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
1964
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 35min
A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
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Showgirls
Ojai Playhouse
1995
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlin, Gina Gershon
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 8min
A mysterious young drifter who calls herself Nomi Malone hitches a ride to Las Vegas, where she finds work as a stripper and sets about clawing her way to the top of the Vegas showgirls.

Goodfellas
SBIFF Film Center - After Hours
35th Anniversary 4K Restoration
April 25 & 26
SBIFF Film Center
916 State St, Santa Barbara CA
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
1990
2h 25m

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
2024
Director: Peter Browngardt
Starring: Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 31min
Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are Earth's only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion.
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LOTR: The Return of the King - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
2003
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom
Format: DCP
Running Time: 3hr 21min
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
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First Blood / Rambo: First Blood Part II (double feature)
Ojai Playhouse
DOUBLE FEATURE!
First Blood
Year: 1982
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 33min
Rated R
A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Year: 1985
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 36min
Rated R
Rambo returns to the jungles of Vietnam on a mission to infiltrate an enemy base-camp and rescue the American POWs still held captive there.

Goodfellas
SBIFF Film Center - After Hours
35th Anniversary 4K Restoration
April 25 & 26
SBIFF Film Center
916 State St, Santa Barbara CA
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Written by Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
1990
2h 25m

RAD and A RAD Documentary
Ojai Playhouse
1986 Director: Hal Needham
Starring: Bill Allen, Bart Conner, Lori Loughlin
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 33min
The story of one young man, Cru Jones, who has the intensity and desire
to win a BMX race called Helltrack.
A RAD Documentary (2025)
Directed by Michael Kirsch
The official documentary about the 1986 cult classic RAD. It features
exclusive interviews with cast, crew and the BMX legends who performed the
stunts, and revisits and explores iconic moments from RAD.
1hr 3min

Bike Short - Shown along with RAD and A RAD Documentary
2024
Director: Kevin McDevitt
Running Time: 9min
When a mountain biker steals another’s “lucky” drying bike shorts, mistaking them for a curbside discard, a wild chase into the mountains ensues.
This short will appear on the bill with RAD and A RAD Documentary.

Special Event: The Cigarette Surfboard
Sunday, April 27 — ONE SHOWING ONLY TICKETSBUY TICKETS HERE
Director(s): Ben Judkins
Rating & Run Time: (NR) 1 hour and 33 minutes
Join us for this special presentation from the SLO International Film Festival! Ben Judkins’ documentary takes viewers around the world (via a surfboard built from 10,000 littered cigarette butts) to learn about the importance of the ocean and what an inspiring cast of professional surfers are doing to protect it. The film is solution-driven with an optimistic outlook for the future of our planet – it opens up the dialogue for audiences to explore what anyone can do to take action in their personal lives and local communities. Surfing is the medium, but the message is universal. Followed by a Q&A with the director after the show.

the Cigarette Surfbaord
Bay Theatre
Rating & Run Time: (NR) 1 hour and 33 minutes
Release Year: 2025
Join us for this special presentation from the SLO International Film Festival! Ben Judkins’ documentary takes viewers around the world (via a surfboard built from 10,000 littered cigarette butts) to learn about the importance of the ocean and what an inspiring cast of professional surfers are doing to protect it. The film is solution-driven with an optimistic outlook for the future of our planet – it opens up the dialogue for audiences to explore what anyone can do to take action in their personal lives and local communities. Surfing is the medium, but the message is universal. Followed by a Q&A with the director after the show.

Left Behind - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
2025
Director: Anna Wild Toomey
Running Time: 1hr 15min
The gripping new feature documentary Left Behind tells the story of five tenacious mothers determined to establish the first public school in New York City for children with dyslexia.
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Morro Bay High School Film Festival
Bay Theatre
Join us and the student filmmakers of Morro Bay High School once again for their fabulous showcase of this year’s original works! From cartoons and comedies to action and horror shorts, our local filmmakers-of-tomorrow show their stuff and compete for prizes in this exciting and dynamic selection of shorts. All ticket proceeds benefit Morro Bay High School.

The Protector - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
2025
Director: Raul Gasteazoro
Starring: Marguerite Moreau, Graham Greene, Jade Tailor, April Lee
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 30min
With the region's last source of freshwater buried under a Native American reservation and evil forces angling for control, a convict fighting for her freedom becomes the unlikely protector of a young boy who may have the power to save it.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Buenaventura 6
(1998) 118m Directed By: Terry Gilliam Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro
A duo's journey through Las Vegas as their initial journalistic intentions devolve into an exploration of the city under the influence of psychoactive substances.

Dumb and Dumber
Studio Movie Grill - Retro Series / Simi Valley
107 Minutes Rated PG-13 Directed By: Peter Farrelly
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
or Harry and Lloyd every day is a no-brainer. Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels star as two good-natured but incredibly stupid friends who drive across the United States to return a client's briefcase in this comedy blockbuster.

Heat - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
1995
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 50min
A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.
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Batman Forever - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
1995
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O’Donnell
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 1min
Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler, with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.
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Top Secret - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
1984
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Starring: Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 30min
An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist.
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Thunderheart - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
1993
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 59min
A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.
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The Doors: The Final Cut - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS - Free Screening / Registration Required
1991
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlin, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 20min
Capturing the hedonistic chaos of the late '60s, The Doors: The Final Cut follows the life and times of the band's enigmatic and magnetic front man Jim Morrison from cradle to grave. Stone's powerful musical portrait, featuring an amazing soundtrack including over twenty-five songs from The Doors' catalogue, charts Morrison's turbulent relationship with his muse Pamela Courson , the formation of the band in Southern California, his experimentation with hallucinogens and the occult, and his tragic death at the age of 27 in Paris.
4K RESTORATION
DOLBY ATMOS
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Ojai Playhouse
1964
Director: Jacques Demy
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 31min
A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks - Free screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
Year: 2025
Director: Josh Roush
Starring: Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Mickey Rourke, Leonard Maltin, Haley Joel Osment, Justin Long, Robert Rodriguez, Mark Frost, Jim Mickle, Matt Pinfield, Kevin Smith, Ralph Garman, James Parks, Mark Lewis
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 45min
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parksis an unflinching and intimate portrayal of the life and career of actor Michael Parks, a man whose journey through the Hollywood system was as unpredictable and unique as the roles he portrayed.
Once dubbed “the greatest living actor” by Quentin Tarantino, Michael’s career swung the pendulum between the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. When “discovered” by Lew Wasserman, Michael starred in some of the biggest blockbusters of the time, however, when he bit the hand that fed him, Wasserman had him relegated to TV, and later to having no career at all. Michael’s answer? Pivot to music, where he recorded several gold albums, performed with Johnny Cash, and on the Ed Sullivan show.
Despite living on the outside of the movie industry for decades, Michael continued to take the work where he could get it, resulting in dozens of small, yet incredibly noteworthy performances in B-movies and TV. All this hard work culminated in the resurrection of his career at the hands of filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Mark Frost, Kevin Smith, and many more.
Michael first met filmmaker Josh Roush on the set of Kevin Smith’s movie Tusk, where Josh was working as a behind the scenes cameraman. Due to Michael’s declining health at the time, Kevin asked Josh to change gears and be his personal assistant throughout the shoot. Though the older curmudgeonly actor and the young brash Punk Rocker had little aesthetically in common, the two struck up an immediate friendship that lasted until Michael’s passing and resulted in Josh creating this documentary in his honor.
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SUJO
Oxnard Film Society
Plaza Cinemas 14 - Oxnard, CA
2024 Mexico 2hr 6minutes
Drama PG-13
In Spanish with English Subtitles
Mexico's Submission to the 2025 Academy Awards for Best International Film
After a cartel gunman from a small Mexican town is murdered, Sujo, his beloved four-year-old son, is left an orphan and in danger. Sujo narrowly escapes death with the help of his aunt who raises him in the isolated countryside amidst hardship, poverty, and the constant peril associated with his identity. When he enters his teens a rebelliousness awakens in him, and like a rite of passage, he joins the local cartel. As a young man, Sujo attempts to make his life anew, away from the violence of his hometown. However, when his father's legacy catches up with him, he will come face-to-face with what seems to be his destiny.
It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.

Across America
Across America
Monday, May 5 — ONE SHOWING ONLY
Rating & Run Time: (NR) 25 min. & 35 min.
Release Year: 2025 & 2003
The spirit of adventure is thriving at the Bay Theatre with two real-life stories of taking to the open road on one’s own terms. Two similar stories of a skateboarder making their intrepid way across the farm roads and lonely highways of America, one from local legend and filmmaker, Jack Smith, about his 2003 push to raise awareness for Lowe Syndrome, and another about Chad Caruso’s push from Venice Beach to Virginia Beach to raise awareness for mental health. Never underestimate the power of the push!

SUJO
Oxnard Film Society
Plaza Cinemas 14 - Oxnard, CA
2024 Mexico 2hr 6minutes
Drama PG-13
In Spanish with English Subtitles
Mexico's Submission to the 2025 Academy Awards for Best International Film
After a cartel gunman from a small Mexican town is murdered, Sujo, his beloved four-year-old son, is left an orphan and in danger. Sujo narrowly escapes death with the help of his aunt who raises him in the isolated countryside amidst hardship, poverty, and the constant peril associated with his identity. When he enters his teens a rebelliousness awakens in him, and like a rite of passage, he joins the local cartel. As a young man, Sujo attempts to make his life anew, away from the violence of his hometown. However, when his father's legacy catches up with him, he will come face-to-face with what seems to be his destiny.
It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.

Björk: Cornucopia
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2025
Director: Ísold Uggadóttir
Starring: Björk, Viibra flutes, Manu Delago, Bergur Þórisson
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr
Bjork Cornucopia, the highly anticipated concert film recorded live in Lisbon, captures the celebrated artist’s groundbreaking tour that mesmerized audience worldwide for five years. This unique cinematic experience immerses viewers in Bjork’s spectacular stage production, featuring a setlist spanning her iconic early works to the visionary Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2023). The production showcases bespoke instruments, including a magnetic harp, a circular flute, an aluphone, and a reverb chamber. Directed by Isold Uggadottir, the film features sound and visual creative direction, music arrangements, production, and performance by Bjork. Cornucopia sees Bjork pushing the boundaries of live performance, offering a visually and sonically immersive experience unlike anything seen before.

Blade
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
Rated R 120m
Director: Stephen Norrington Starring: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.

The Code
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2024
Director: Eugene Kotlyarenko
Starring: Dasha Nekrasova, Peter Vack, Ivy Wolk, Vish Velandy, Casey Frey, Richard Edson
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 38min
After screening Q&A with director Eugene Kotlyarenko
A sexless couple, paranoid about the status of their relationship, embraces surveillance, spying and performance as a means to fall in love again, in this absurd, high-concept comedy.
When Celine begins filming a documentary about her failing relationship, her boyfriend, Jay, becomes suspicious that she may have an ulterior motive: to cancel him. In a paranoid attempt to seize authorship over the film, Jay sets up hidden cameras and tries to entrap Celine into problematic behavior he can record as insurance. As their secret surveillance escalates, they find themselves creating a movie full of absurd, erotic and highly performative scenes, with a wild cast of characters. But when another couple’s whirlwind marriage puts Jay and Celine’s dysfunctional dynamic into perspective, the two of them must use all the cinematic moments they've shared to try and save their love, in this high-concept relationship comedy that asks, “Who’s in control of the narrative?”

The Shrouds
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2024
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr
In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual decay of loved ones dead and buried in the earth. While Karsh is still reeling from the loss of his wife (Diane Kruger) from cancer—and falling into a peculiar sexual relationship with his wife’s sister (also Kruger)—a spate of vandalized graves utilizing his “shroud” technology begins to put his enterprise at risk, leading him to uncover a potentially vast conspiracy. Written following the death of the director’s wife, the new film from David Cronenberg is both a profoundly personal reckoning with grief and a descent into noir-tinged dystopia, set in an ominous world of self-driving cars, data theft, and A.I. personal assistants. Offering Cronenberg’s customary balance of malevolence and wit, The Shrouds is a sly and thought-provoking consideration of the corporeal and the digital, the mortal and the infinite.

Tall Tales
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2025
Director: Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke, Jonathan Zawada
Format: DCP
Running Time: 64min
An audio-visual experience from Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke, and Jonathan Zadawa.
Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall Tales – a debut collaborative visual and audio cinema experience a decade in the making. Landscapes of synth-pop, prog, dub, 70s synth, Joe Meek, Ivor Cutler, Library, kraut and classic Warp™️ – Tall Tales sounds like musicians meeting in the Hinterland. Transmitted by Australian visual artist Jonathan Zawada, Tall Tales is a fairy tale for the modern world; depicting rising tides, kings & queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies. We wanted computers to do our accounting – instead, they try to paint our pictures and sing our songs. Like all good fairy tales – this work edges light with the dark as Thom's echoed chants intertwine with Mark's shimmering electronics. On Tall Tales, we hear seasoned musicians continue down the path of experimentation.
A prophetic visual album, Tall Tales has been years in the making, but delivered right on time.

One to One: John and Yoko - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
Year: 2024
Director: Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards
Starring: John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 40min
Set in 1972 New York, this documentary explores John and Yoko's world amid a turbulent era. Centered on the One to One charity concert for special needs children, it features unseen archives, home movies, and restored footage.
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Lawrence of Arabia
Bay Theatre
Director: David Lean
Rating & Run Time: (PG) 3 hours and 47 minutes
Release Year: 1962 Cast: Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Raines, Arthur Kennedy, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole
David Lean’s epic masterpiece of one man against all odds is coming to our screen for one show only! See Peter O’Toole as the titular unlikely hero, whose blind faith in himself and seemingly reckless abandon in the face of insurmountable odds steers him time and again on his complicated path to glory, or something like it. A testament to the power of following one’s own sense of what’s right in small moments that lead to tremendous results.

Selena
Regency Theatre - Buenaventura 6
1997 Director: Gregory Nava Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Constance Marie
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla (Jennifer Lopez) is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham (Edward James Olmos), realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez (Jon Seda), who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.


Gazer
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2024
Director: Ryan J. Sloan
Starring: Ariella Mastroianni, Renee Gagner, Jack Alberts
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 56min
Rated R
Frankie, a young mother with dyschronometria, struggles to perceive time. Using cassette tapes for guidance, she takes a risky job from a mysterious woman to support her family, unaware of the dark consequences that await.

Vulcanizadora
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2024
Director: Joel Potrykus
Starring: Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Solo Potrykus
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 25min
Rated R
Two friends take a trip through a Michigan forest, intent on carrying out a disturbing pact.

It's Only Life After All - Free Screening / Registration Required
Known for stirring harmonies and socially conscious lyrics, iconic folk rock duo Indigo Girls are the subject of this intimate and insightful documentary, which tracks their decades-long career.
Post-Screening Discussion with Emily Saliers (of Indigo Girls) as part of a day of fundraising for Ojai Playwrights Conference in partnership with Ojai Playhouse to support the future of the American Theater.
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Ojai Playwrights Conference Fundraiser
Ojai Playhouse
Join us for a Benefit Concert for Ojai Playwrights Conference in partnership with Ojai Playhouse with Grammy Award-Winner Emily Saliers (of Indigo Girls) and Folk-Rock Sensation Jonatha Brooke - showcasing never-before-heard songs from their upcoming musicals, along with beloved fan favorites. The night will feature Tony Award-nominated Broadway powerhouse Beth Malone (Fun Home) and iconic actor, YouTuber, podcaster, graphic novelist & playwright Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds). Hosted by the Emmy and Grammy Award-nominated comedian, writer, director and podcast host Tig Notaro. The Benefit Concert will be held here at Ojai Playhouse, and a post-show gathering with the artists nearby will follow.
All to support Ojai Playwrights Conference and the future of the American Theater. And if you can't join in person, you can sponsor a ticket for an artist!

Disaster at Devil’s Jaw
Bay Theatre
Director(s): Frank Oz
Rating & Run Time: (NR) 1 hour and 22 minutes
Release Year: 2023
Join us with the Morro Bay Maritime Museum for this special presentation of the riveting documentary account of the largest peacetime Naval disaster in history! Devil’s Jaw is the name of a treacherous pass of the Pacific between Point Conception and the Channel Islands, and when a fleet of Navy destroyers attempted a speed run from San Fransisco to San Diego in September of 1923, a string of spooky coincidences and unlucky decisions saw seven speeding ships careen into the California coast in a historic pile up. This documentary paints a vivid and exciting picture of the events.

Purple Rain
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
Rated R 111m Director: Albert Magnoli Starring: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day
A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2024
Directors: David McMurry, Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson
Starring: Swamp Dogg, Moogstar, Guitar Shorty
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 34min
Cult musician Swamp Dogg and housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty have turned their suburban LA home into an artistic haven. They journey through the turbulent music business, forming a special friendship transcending eras.
SWAMP DOGG + MOOGSTAR IN PERSON!
SPECIAL AFETR SCREENING Q&A WITH SWAMP DOGG, MOOGSTAR AND DIRECTOR DAVID MCMURRY

Ran
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 1985
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 40min
Rated R
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Jaws
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 1975
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Running Time: 2hr 04min
When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
SPECIAL 4K RESTORATION in DOLBY ATMOS

Jaws
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 1975
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Running Time: 2hr 04min
When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
SPECIAL 4K RESTORATION in DOLBY ATMOS

Friday Night Lights
Bay Theatre
Monday, May 26 — ONE SHOWING ONLY
Rating & Run Time: (PG-13) 1 hour and 58 minutes
Release Year: 2004
A small town’s obsessive love of their high school’s football squad sets the backdrop for this epic true story of a season spent in a pressure cooker. New coach (Billy Bob Thornton) has to justify his methods and earn the trust of the team and the town, while everyone in the football program juggles domestic dramas and familial needs making their demands on the focus it takes for the team to live up to it’s own great name. All proceeds from the show benefit MBHS Pirates football trip to Hawaii this summer.

Miss Congeniality
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
110m Rated PG-13 Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt
Gracie Hart, a tomboyish detective, is forced to infiltrate the Miss United States beauty pageant as a contestant after her department learns that the event is under threat from an anonymous bomber.

Maya and the Wave
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2022
Director: Stephanie Johnes
Starring: Maya Gabeira
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 35min
Ten years in the making, Maya and the Wave tells the extraordinary story of Maya Gabeira, the first woman to surf the giant wave in Nazaré, Portugal. After a brush with death, Maya makes history in the male-dominated world of big-wave surfing.

The Iron Giant
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
86m Rated PG Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston
A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

The Iron Giant
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
86m Rated PG Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston
A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

32 Sounds
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2022
Director: Sam Green
Starring: JD Samson, Edgar Choueriri, Joanna Fang, Phillip Glass, Sam Green
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 35min
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.

Pavements
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2024
Director: Alex Ross Perry
Starring: Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kanberg, Joe Keery
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 8min
Documentary about the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of songs from their discography.

Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2023
Director: Daniel Weintraub
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 57min
Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros" tells the story of the iconic composer, performer, teacher, philosopher, technological innovator and humanitarian, Pauline Oliveros. She was one of the world's original electronic musicians, one of the only females amongst notable post-war American composers, a master accordion player, a teacher and mentor to musicians, a gateway to music and sound for non-musicians and a technical innovator who helped develop everything from tools that allow musicians to play together while in different countries to software that enables those with severe disabilities to create beautiful music. On the vanguard of contemporary American music for six decades, her story illuminates the pathway to how we got where we are and where the future will take us in the worlds of music, the philosophy of sound, and the art of listening.

32 Sounds
Ojai Playhouse
Year: 2022
Director: Sam Green
Starring: JD Samson, Edgar Choueriri, Joanna Fang, Phillip Glass, Sam Green
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 35min
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.

LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Ext)
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
208m Rated PG-13 Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin
"One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings
In the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, a shy young hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a simple gold ring. He knows the ring has power, but not that he alone holds the secret to the survival--or enslavement--of the entire world. Now Frodo, accompanied by a wizard, an elf, a dwarf, two men and three loyal hobbit friends, must become the greatest hero the world has ever known to save the land and the people he loves.

LOTR: The Two Towers
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
224m Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin
"One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings
In the second part of the Tolkien trilogy, Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.

LOTR: The Return of the King
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin
"One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings
In the conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, as armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied only by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.

Neil Young: Coastal (NR)
Studio Movie Grill - Simi Valley
TICKETS NR Director: Daryl Hannah Starring: Neil Young 105m
Take a journey with maverick musician Neil Young in this personal, behind-the-scenes doc as he cruises the coast on his recent solo tour. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker and Young’s wife, Daryl Hannah, Coastal offers a glimpse behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid – from his everyday observations on the bus to his candid, wry banter with his audience. The illuminating film also features songs rarely, if ever played live, performed in breathtakingly beautiful theaters.

The Insomniac Cinema - Secret Screening
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
Bob Whiteford, co-owner of the beloved Insomniac Video video store, is back with THE INSOMNIAC CINEMA! Join us for a secret screening.

Neil Young: Coastal
Buenaventura 6
(2025) 1h 45m Directed By: Daryll Hannah Starring: Neil Young
Take a journey with maverick musician Neil Young in this personal, behind-the-scenes doc as he cruises the coast on his recent solo tour. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker and Young’s wife, Daryl Hannah, Coastal offers a glimpse behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid – from his everyday observations on the bus to his candid, wry banter with his audience. The illuminating film also features songs rarely, if ever played live, performed in breathtakingly beautiful theaters.

Adaptation - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
2002
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Nicholas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 55min
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
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Selena
Studio Movie Grill - Retro Series / Simi Valley
(1997) 127 minutes Rated PG Directed By: Gregory Nava
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda
Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos star in this celebration of Selena Quintanilla Perez, a girl from South Texas with global talent, incredible will and magnetic charm. Young. Beautiful. Enormously gifted. At 23, Selena shone as a fresh star in a vibrantly new musical field. But just as she was poised to be the next pop-music sensation, her life was tragically cut short.

Léon: The Professional
Buenaventura 6 - Flashback Series
Rated R 1h 50m
Directed By: Luc Besson
Starring: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.

Koyaanisqatsi
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
1983 Directed By: Godfrey Reggio
Starring: Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown
A stunning meditation on the fragile relationship between humanity, technology, and nature. With no dialogue or narration, this groundbreaking visual tone poem juxtaposes breathtaking landscapes with the chaos of industrialization, all set to Philip Glass’s mesmerizing score. A hypnotic, thought-provoking experience, Koyaanisqatsi remains one of the most powerful environmental films ever made.

300 Waves
Bay Theatre
Rating & Run Time: (NR) 1 hour and 14 minutes
Release Year: 2009
300 Waves is a surf film like no other. From the beginning to the end you'll see wave after wave, like you're sitting in your car with the stereo on as you watch the surfers ride. Filmed from 1994-2008 from Morro Rock to Cayucos Pier, come see your favorite local ride their local wave on our local big screen for the first time!

The Figures
Ojai Playhouse
2024
Director: Nadia Szold
Original Music by Daniel Wright
Music Edit by Scott Hirsch
Cinematography by Christian Huguenot
Title and Poster Design by Johanna Bjork
Additional photography by Marc Alt
Starring: Geoffrey Young, James Siena, Kirsten Dierup, Clark Coolidge, Carroll Dunham, Kenneth Goldsmith, Laura Chester, Peter Gizzi, Joanna Drucker
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 20min
Poet, publisher, gallerist, artist Geoffrey Young eschewed the traditional route of climbing the establishment ladder, instead operating in parallel. Yet he is no outsider artist. His thumb has always been on the pulse of the avant-garde, whether in art or poetry.
The Figures began as a small literary press in Berkeley but it continually charted new territory, championing one of the most influential movements in latter 20th century literature — “language poetry.” And The Geoffrey Young Gallery always shined a light on young artists just breaking onto the scene. Perhaps Geoffrey Young, instead, is the ultimate insider artist. A true poet’s poet. Certainly a significant figure worthy of a closer look. The Figures: An Abstract on Geoffrey Young traverses the studios of artists & writers in his orbit as they dive into a freewheeling volley on the art making practice, lineages and the essence of time & language itself.
West Coast Premiere!
A Woman Under the Influence
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
In Memoriam 1974 155m Director: John Cassavetes
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper
In one of the greatest performances ever captured on film, the late Gena Rowlands delivers a raw, heartbreaking portrayal of Mabel Longhetti, a housewife struggling with mental instability and a world that refuses to understand her. Directed by her husband and longtime collaborator John Cassavetes, this landmark of independent cinema is an unflinching look at love, control, and the fragility of human connection. Screening in tribute to Rowlands’ recent passing, A Woman Under the Influence remains a towering achievement in acting and filmmaking.

Bob Trevino Likes It
Ojai Playhouse
2024
Director: Tracie Laymon
Starring: Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 42min
When lonely 20-something Lily Trevino accidentally befriends a stranger online who shares the same name as her own self-centered father, encouragement and support from this new Bob Trevino could change her life.

Moana - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
2016
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams
Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 47min
In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
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Mamma Mia!
Bay Theatre
Rating & Run Time: (PG-13) 1 hour and 48 minutes
Release Year: 2008
Help send our MBHS Pirate Girls Water Polo team to compete in a competitive international tournament in Greece, while enjoying this Mediterranean musical rom-com favorite. On Amanda Seyfried’s wedding day, she invites three of her mother (Meryl Streep)’s long-lost flames, any of whom may be her biological father! Set on the beautiful dreamed-up isle of Kalokairi, and scored by an infectious dance soundtrack of singalongs by beloved pop superstars ABBA, this fun-loving whirlwind of a story stands the test of time. HERE WE GO AGAIN!

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
2001
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 58min
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
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A Woman Under the Influence
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
In Memoriam 1974 155m Director: John Cassavetes
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper
In one of the greatest performances ever captured on film, the late Gena Rowlands delivers a raw, heartbreaking portrayal of Mabel Longhetti, a housewife struggling with mental instability and a world that refuses to understand her. Directed by her husband and longtime collaborator John Cassavetes, this landmark of independent cinema is an unflinching look at love, control, and the fragility of human connection. Screening in tribute to Rowlands’ recent passing, A Woman Under the Influence remains a towering achievement in acting and filmmaking.

The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac
Ojai Playhouse
2024
Director: Craig Campobasso
Starring: Craig Campobasso, Dr. J.J. Hurtak, Dr. Desiree Hurtak, Mark Sims
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 33min
Amazon’s best-selling UFO book is now a groundbreaking documentary! Explore the mysteries of benevolent and malevolent aliens through gripping firsthand encounters from contactees, human hybrids, and experts. Spotlighting contactee-shared photos of extraterrestrials.
PANEL AFTER SCREENING with director Craig Campobasso, Producer Tonia Madenford, Mark Sims and Yvonne Smith

Koyaanisqatsi
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
1983 Directed By: Godfrey Reggio
Starring: Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown
A stunning meditation on the fragile relationship between humanity, technology, and nature. With no dialogue or narration, this groundbreaking visual tone poem juxtaposes breathtaking landscapes with the chaos of industrialization, all set to Philip Glass’s mesmerizing score. A hypnotic, thought-provoking experience, Koyaanisqatsi remains one of the most powerful environmental films ever made.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Ojai Playhouse
1977
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr
Format: DCP
Running Time: 2hr 18min
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

Koyaanisqatsi
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
1983 86m Directed By: Godfrey Reggio
Starring: Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown
A stunning meditation on the fragile relationship between humanity, technology, and nature. With no dialogue or narration, this groundbreaking visual tone poem juxtaposes breathtaking landscapes with the chaos of industrialization, all set to Philip Glass’s mesmerizing score. A hypnotic, thought-provoking experience, Koyaanisqatsi remains one of the most powerful environmental films ever made.

Eraserhead - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
TICKETS Free Screening / Registration Required
1977
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 29min
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.
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Polyester
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
Flickerhead Friday Night Features - John Waters
1981 86m Directed By: John Waters
Starring: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey
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John Waters’ subversive suburban melodrama follows Francine Fishpaw, a long-suffering housewife with a hypersensitive nose and a spectacularly dysfunctional family. As her life crumbles—thanks to a cheating pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and delinquent children—she finds unexpected hope in the arms of the mysterious Todd Tomorrow. Originally released with Odorama scratch-and-sniff cards, Polyester is a hilariously campy send-up of ‘50s melodramas, starring the legendary Divine alongside Hollywood heartthrob Tab Hunter.

I Don't Know Jack - Free Screening / Registration Required
Ojai Playhouse
(2002)
Director: Chris Leavens
Starring: Jack Nance, John Achorn, Leo Bulgarini
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 36min
Biography of actor Jack Nance, who became famous when he appeared in David Lynch's cult film Eraserhead.
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KCPR Presents: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
2010 113m Directed By: Edgar Wright
Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.

Secret Mall Apartment
Ojai Playhouse
(2024) Director: Jeremy Workman
Starring: Michael Townsend, Colin Bliss, Adriana Valdez-Young
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 31min
In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved.

Space Jam
Studio Movie Grill Retro Series - Simi Valley
(1996) 87 minutes Rated PG
Directed By: Joe Pytka
Starring: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle
Get a laugh-loaded glimpse of the future as it's never looked before! See two of the world's greatest legends collide in a brand-new universe! When basketball megastar Michael Jordan teams up with animated icon Bugs Bunny--get ready for Space Jam! Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig--and many more. The National Basketball Association meets Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes--with Jordan as a live-action hero entering a spectacular animated world. Captured by Bugs Bunny to foil a ghastly gang of space creatures, Jordan must play the basketball game of his life to save the beloved cartoon heroes from a hideous kidnapping scheme. Will Jordan beat the odds and get his Looney new pals out of a real jam? Fasten your seat belts and enter a whole new dimension in entertainment in the wildest, wackiest comic fantasy ever.

I Need You: 53 Years of the Band America
Ojai Playhouse
2025
Directed by Dustin Elm & David Breschel - Produced by Jack Piatt & David Breschel
Starring: Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, Henry Diltz
Format: DCP
Running Time: 1hr 34min
After 53 consecutive years of touring, the iconic duo of the band 'America' privately say goodbye to a lifetime together on the road. The film dives into their extraordinary journey and the profound decision that marks the end of a musical era.
Featuring a Q&A with:
Gerry Beckley (band)
Dewey Bunnell (band)
David Breschel (Director)
Dustin Elm (Director)
Jack Piatt (Producer)

NO OTHER LAND
Oxnard Film Society
Plaza Cinemas 14 Oxnard, CA
Directed By: Basel Adra
2024 Palestine/Norway 1hr 36 minutes
Documentary PG-13
In Arabic, Hebrew and English with English Subtitles
A young Palestinian activist named Basel Adra has been resisting the forced displacement of his people by Israel's military in Masafer Yatta, a region in the occupied West Bank, since he was a child. He records the gradual destruction of his homeland, where Israeli soldiers are tearing down homes and evicting their inhabitants in order to enforce a court order maintaining that the area designation as a Israeli military firing zone was legal under Israeli law.

Little Shop of Horrors
Bay Theatre
Rating & Run Time: (PG-13) 1 hour and 34 minutes
Release Year: 1986
Spend an evening of terror and delight in support of the Morro Bay High School Drama Department, as we take in the musical-comedy-sci-fi-horror CLASSIC that they will be taking to their stage starting Friday April 11. Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, and the unmistakeable alien-flora voice talents of Levi Stubbs (of the Four Tops) create one of the most enduring man-eating-plant meets teenage-romance meets social-commentary-song-and-dance tales ever told!
March of the Penguins
Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center
2005 80m Directed By: Luc Jacquet Starring: Charles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Jules Sitruk
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!

NO OTHER LAND
Oxnard Film Society
Plaza Cinemas 14 Oxnard, CA
Directed By: Basel Adra
2024 Palestine/Norway 1hr 36 minutes
Documentary PG-13
In Arabic, Hebrew and English with English Subtitles
A young Palestinian activist named Basel Adra has been resisting the forced displacement of his people by Israel's military in Masafer Yatta, a region in the occupied West Bank, since he was a child. He records the gradual destruction of his homeland, where Israeli soldiers are tearing down homes and evicting their inhabitants in order to enforce a court order maintaining that the area designation as a Israeli military firing zone was legal under Israeli law.