Coming Soon

DOLORES - Special Screening in Honor of National Farmworker Awareness Week!

Mar 25
Saturday 1pm only!

Dir. Peter Bratt - 2017 - 95m - $5 donation or long sleeves shirts suggested for movie entrance fee!

Special thanks to the UNM Farmworker Awareness Committee!

Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change.

“Exuberantly inspiring… makes you want to march and dance.” — David Talbot, San Francisco Chronicle

“A documentary of exceptional storytelling power.” — Joanne Butcher, CineSource

“Energetic, engaging” — Dennis Harvey, Variety

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GODLAND

Mar 26 to Mar 30
Sunday thru Thursday 5:30pm

Dir. Hlynur Palmason - 2022 - 143m - Iceland - in Danish with English Subtitles - NO MATINEES

The struggle between the strictures of religion and our own brute animal nature plays out amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote Iceland in this stunning psychological epic from director Hlynur Pálmason. In the late nineteenth century, Danish priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove) makes the perilous trek to Iceland’s southeastern coast with the intention of establishing a church. There, the arrogant man of God finds his resolve tested as he confronts the harsh terrain, temptations of the flesh, and the reality of being an intruder in an unforgiving land. What unfolds is a transfixing journey into the heart of colonial darkness attuned to both the majesty and terrifying power of the natural world.

"Palmason has enlisted us for a voyage of visual splendor, as terrifying as it is breathtaking, and divine contemplation." - Carlos Aguilar, indieWire

"This richly realized, meditative and invigorating saga makes clear: plans are the folly of man, the workings of survival are infinitely more mysterious." - Robert Abele, TheWrap

"One secret of this extraordinary film, and of its power to exhilarate: the shock of emotional vigor, arising from the continual rub of physical texture and effort." - Anthony Lane. New Yorker

"This transfixing drama is certainly austere. But there’s also a marvelously odd vein of sneaky humor running through it, along with an unpredictability that keeps you glued." - David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

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LONG HAULERS

Mar 26
Sunday 1pm ONLY!

Dir. Amy Reid - 2022 - 74m - NO MATINEES

DIRECTOR IN PERSON FOR TALK/Q&A!  A NO NAME CINEMA SPECIAL CO-THROW!

A feature-length experimental documentary created while riding with three long haul female truck drivers around the Southwest USA. Reid made the film while acting as a crew of one; independently filming on 16mm film and digital video, recording sound, editing, and raising funds to complete the project.

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THE LOST KING

Mar 26 to Mar 30
Sunday thru Thursday 3:15, 8:15pm

Dir. Stephen Frears - 2023 - 109m - UK

Starring Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd and Mark Addy 

In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a carpark in Leicester. For Philippa Langley, this was the culmination of years of obsessive research during which she had faced the incomprehension of friends and family and the derision of experts and academics.

"A perfect vehicle for Hawkins’s reliably winning screen presence." - The Observer

"A historical detective story that carries the kick of a true-life Da Vinci Code." - Variety

"Thanks to Frears’ touch, and Hawkins’ unrelenting and rousing performance, it’s hard not to get won over by The Lost King." - Collider

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CLUELESS - the 1995 teen comedy classic!

Mar 31
Friday 10:30pm ONLY!

Dir. Amy Heckerling - 1995 - 97m - ALL SEATS $10

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Join New Mexico Entertainment for the March Movie Night screening of Clueless. Early bird ticket purchasers have the chance to win door prizes from local businesses and organizations around town.

STORYLINE: Shallow, rich, and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give the hopelessly klutzy new student, Tai, a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him. (Rotten Tomatoes)

NME MOVIE NIGHT IS A LIMITED-SEAT EVENT. It is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED that you arrive NO LATER THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW to choose your seats and have time to grab something at concessions. Thank you!

COVID PROCEDURES: The Guild Cinema is a mask-friendly venue. Masks are encouraged during our movie screenings (subject to change depending on current mandates by the State). We will also provide hand sanitizer and remind patrons to perform basic hygiene practices while attending.

PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. Please bring your Hold My Ticket confirmation with your current state ID and check in at the Guild Box Office NO LATER THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW. If you do not have your receipt, please make sure you have your ID. We will have a list at the box office. If we have a sold-out performance or event, tickets will be released for resale to our standby list if you have not checked TEN MINUTES AFTER THE SHOW STARTS. Thank you for your punctuality!

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LINOLEUM

Mar 31 to Apr 3
Friday thru Monday 3:45, 8pm

Dir. Colin West - 2023 - 102m

Cameron Edwin (Jim Gaffigan), the host of a failing children's science TV show called "Above & Beyond", has always had aspirations of being an astronaut. After a mysterious space-race era satellite coincidentally falls from space and lands in his backyard, his midlife crisis manifests in a plan to rebuild the machine into his dream rocket. As his relationship with his wife (Rhea Seehorn) and daughter (Katelyn Nacon) start to strain, surreal events begin unfolding around him -- a doppelgänger moving into the house next door, a car falling from the sky, and an unusual teenage boy forging a friendship with him. He slowly starts to piece these events together to ultimately reveal that there's more to his life story than he once thought.

“...the emotional punch it packs has the weight of entire lifetimes behind it.” - The Hollywood Reporter, Angie Han

“An otherworldly tragedy about endings and beginnings, and the existential rot whose origins feel unknown.” - IndieWire, Robert Daniels

“A surprising and poignant reflection on what it means to live a fulfilling life, the memories and evocations of which will swell within you long after they’ve passed.” - Austin Chronicle, Trace Sauveur

“With this film about people trying to find what makes them extraordinary, West has made an extraordinary tale of the personal universes we all inhabit, the strange messiness of life, and the beauty of how everything all shakes out in the end.” - Collider, Ross Bonaime

“Jim Gaffigan Shines in a Startlingly Resonant Indie Sci-Fi Drama ... LINOLEUM snuck up and just absolutely clobbered me." - The Playlist, Jason Bailey

“A lovely experience to give yourself over to.” - Geek Vibes Nation, Devin McGrath-Conwell

“A lovely, celestial gem.” - Hammer to Nail, M.J. O’Toole

“The movie looks, sounds, and moves like a million bucks. What else can you possibly ask for?” - High on Films, Pramit Chatterj

“Director Colin West plucks heartstrings that inspire our zest for lives lived to the fullest, creating something outstandingly emotional in the last few scenes.” - IGN, Matt Donato

“A heartfelt and touching movie about finding joy and fulfillment in life.” - Film Threat, Alan Ng

“Strong performances from the entire cast led by Jim Gaffigan give the film its beating heart, and when paired with more abstract scientific concepts West explores, the eventual alignment of the mind and body is a mighty thing to behold.” - Moveable Fest, Stephen Saito

“In the final few minutes of SXSW selection Linoleum, I was in tears, speechless, and yearning desperately to find another critic who also watched so I could talk about it.” - Josh At The Movies, Allison Brown

“Jim Gaffigan has never been better than he is in writer/director Colin West's quirky, perplexing, and ultimately beautiful dramedy ‘Linoleum…’”

“Jim Gaffigan has easily delivered a career-best performance.” - Slash Films, Ethan Anderton

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SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING

Mar 31 to Apr 3
Friday thru Monday 6pm ONLY!

Dir. Quentin Dupieux - 2023 - 80m - France - In French with English subtitles - NO MATINEES

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF RUBBER, MANDIBLES, DEERSKIN & WRONG!

A wildly inventive new French comedy from Quentin Dupieux (MANDIBLES, RUBBER) The film,which had its world-premiere in Cannes’ Midnight section, follows the misadventures of a team of five superheroes known as the Tobacco Force - Benzene (Gilles Lellouche), Nicotine (Anaïs Demoustier), Methanol (Vincent Lacoste), Mercury (Jean-Pascal Zadi), and Ammonia (Oulaya Amamra).  After a devastating battle against a diabolical giant turtle, the Tobacco Force is sent on a mandatory week-long retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.

"Hands down his funniest – not to mention most enjoyable – to date. It’s bloody, absurd, and sports a Super Sentai influence in all the best ways imaginable." - Chris Sawin, Bounding Into Comics

"Every second of Smoking Causes Coughing is so unpredictable and funny you can’t help but love it." - Germain Lussier. io9.com

"There’s perhaps a metaphor for our post-lockdown solipsism hidden somewhere; as with anything by Dupieux, Smoking thankfully never slips into heavy-handed messaging." - Leonardo Goi, The Film Stage

"Isn’t just an anti-superhero superhero film, but, thanks to Tristram Shandy-like levels of discursivity, something akin to an anti-film." - William Repass, Slant Magazine

"It’s a film of fragmentary but funny rewards — funnier still, most likely, if accompanied by smoking of a different kind." - Guy Lodge, Variety

"The director’s stories know how to take extreme violence and turn it into sarcasm and comedy, often using inanimate objects to reflect humanity’s shortcomings." - Valerie Complex, Deadline Hollywood Daily

"Quentin Dupieux has a very strange and imaginative mind and “Smoking Causes Coughing” is a goofy and fun extension of that mind." - Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews

"Masquerades as a super hero yarn, but that’s merely an elaborate framing device for an anthology film that plays like “Creepshow” or “Tales from the Crypt” as processed through Dupieux’s delightfully warped sense of humor." - Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews

"Quentin Dupieux’s hilarious tokusatsu pastiche is an unhealthy delight for fans of the director." - Anton Bitel, VODzilla.co

"Calibrated to an uncanny tonal wavelength, entreating eavesdroppers to indulge in the simultaneous exhibition of the comical and the creepy. Think midnight hangout movie, with quasi-stoner philosophy to boot — it’s quite a hoot." - Morris Yang, In Review Online

"Relive the golden era of Saturday morning television with Quentin Dupieux’s latest cinematic oddity of weirdly charming science-fiction." - Kat Hughes, THN

"Everyone gets the joke, which feels impossible." - Dan Scully, ScullyVision

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HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP - a local AndroidVision special screening!

Apr 1
Saturday 10:30pm ONLY!

Dir. Dir. Barbara Peeters & Jimmy T. Murakami - 1980 - 83m - ALL SEATS $8

A raunchy, gory thrill ride where slimy beasts and gratuitous T&A fill the screen from start to finish. Basically a Corman remake of his own PIRANHA but with monster suits, HUMANOIDS has sleazy fun value — with a slam-bang climax featuring an entire town trashed by marauding fishfolk.

Featuring beloved genre stalwarts Vic Morrow and Doug McClure, and with SFX from Rob Bottin (THE THING) and Chris Walas (THE FLY), seeing is believing as the salmon are definitely coming home to spawn!

"You really need to go back and see how it was done back in the day ... with reckless abandon and lots of splattery fun in mind" - Steve, Dread Central

"Takes the theme of the Julie Adams-lusting 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' to an extreme that the censors would not have allowed in the 1950s..." - John Beifuss, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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WINGS OF DESIRE - the much beloved 1987 masterpiece as part of our new ongoing ARTHOUSE CLASSICS series!

Apr 1 to Apr 2
Saturday and Sunday 12:45pm

Dir. Wim Wenders - 1987 - 127m - NO MATINEES - Germany - In German & English with English subtitles

IN HONOR OF OUR LATE GREAT FRIEND AND LOCAL MOVIEMAKING HERO ALAN FULFORD!

One of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies with Bruno Ganz as Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts—fears, hopes, dreams—of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give up his immortality and come back to earth to be with her. Made not long before the fall of the Berlin wall, this stunning tapestry of sounds and images, shot in black and white and color by the legendary Henri Alekan, is movie poetry. And it forever made the name Wim Wenders synonymous with film art.

"Wim Wenders’ astonishing, award-winning fantasy drama depicts life in a divided Berlin through the eyes of angels." - Joe Clay, Times (UK)

"If some restorations of classic films are mere spit and polish, this one is spectacular: a deepening and sharpening of existing beauty." - Danny Leigh, Financial Times

"A cinema of ideas, almost an essay movie, and utterly distinctive." - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

"A stunningly made valentine to the city of Berlin, which has never been more imaginatively or more beautifully filmed. A joy from start to finish." - David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia)

"A beautiful, literate and romantic piece of cinema." - Ian Nathan, Empire Magazine

"A fantasy that... goes right in spite of its solemn style." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

"Wim Wenders’ most purely romantic film is like poetry on celluloid, a celebration of the transient and fragile moments of being human: the warmth of a cup of coffee on a cold day, the embrace of a friend, the touch of a lover, the rapture of love." - Sean Axmaker, Stream on Demand

"Remains a stunning cinematic achievement, and sits near the top of an exceptional filmography from one of not just Germany but Europe’s most celebrated directors." - Chris Connor, Flickering Myth

"The film remains as soothing and esoteric as it was upon release, suffused with a sweet lyricality and lightness of touch despite its heavily philosophical outlook." - Steph Green, WeLoveCinema

"Brobably the closest thing to a popular movie about metaphysics that the medium has had yet to offer." - Dennis Harvey, 48 Hills

"Peter Handke's script plays a big role when it injects into the movie a suitable poetic breath." - Octavi Marti, El Pais (Spain)

"Wenders has made a film that is elegiac but harsh, hard-edged and romantic, haunted as well as haunting, but that... holds out the promise of love as a benign coming-to-rest." - Molly Haskel, Vogue

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ACEQUIAS: The Legacy Lives On

Apr 4 to Apr 6
Tuesday thru Thursday 8:15pm

Dir. Arcie Chapa - 2023 - 60m - ONLY A $5 ADMISSION!

DIRECTOR IN PERSON FOR SEVERAL OF THE SCREENINGS!

An hour long visually stunning documentary film about New Mexico's enduring acequias as seen through the eyes of farmers, advocates, scholars, practitioners, lawmakers, journalists and members of the community. Award winning filmmaker, Aracely "Arcie" Chapa has crafted an emotional and reverential tribute to acequias' past, present and future. With funding from UNM's Center for Regional Studies, the film unfolds through a series of storylines including the acequias' current challenges, such as climate change and water rights transfers, their important role in the development of local food sheds, and the economic opportunity they provide for members of rural communities. Further, in an arid state where every drop of water is studied and tracked, it has been shown that acequias provide recharge to our groundwater systems as water seeps into the earth beneath the flow. For over 400 years, Acequias have been in continuous use and remain important to an understanding of New Mexico's acequia heritage and the continuing relevance of these water democracies.

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - The Oscar Winner for Best International Feature Film!

Apr 4 to Apr 6
Tuesday thru Thursday 2pm, 5pm

Dir. Edward Berger - 2022 - 148m - Germany/US/UK - In German & French with English Subtitles

Also Oscar Winner for the Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Original Score!

The gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.

"Oscar time is ideal for catching up with Edward Berger’s ferocious anti-war epic about young German soldiers dying in WW1 trenches. The German-language film boasts a wow nine nominations, including Best Picture, and tragically its message never gets old." - Peter Travers, ABC News

"Berger’s film is a powerful plea for pacifism that comes riding on a trenchant critique of the inhumanity of statecraft. One in which the enemy is not necessarily out there across the border but within." - Namrata Joshi, The New Indian Express

"More grisly, disturbing, and sadistic than any horror movie in 2022." - Jenny Nulf, Austin Chronicle

"Remarque wrote his novel hoping it would be the last word on war; for anyone who has never seen a war movie, maybe this should be their first." - Ty Burr, Ty Burr's Watch List

"Told from a German perspective, this version of All Quiet on the Western Front is the most brutal and harrowing in showing the horrors of World War I. The movie has well-crafted technical assets." - Carla Hay, Culture Mix

"Strikingly well shot with attention to both enormous scale and intimate detail ... assembled with such skill and insight that it grips the attention from start to finish." - Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

"Manages to carve out a unique place for itself, capturing the inherent absurdity and pointlessness of war with a relentless brutality that is always powerful." - Audrey Fox, Looper.com

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I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA! - 35th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!

Apr 7
Friday 10:30pm ONLY!

Dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans - 1988 - 88m - ALL SEATS $10

Join New Mexico Entertainment for the April Movie Night screening of I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Early bird ticket purchasers have the chance to win door prizes from local businesses and organizations around town.

STORYLINE: Featuring Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown, Steve James, Damon Wayans & many others!  Jack Spade comes home to the ghetto and finds his brother dead from a gold chain overdose. With the help of his hero, John Slade, and a team of washed-up crime fighters, Spade declares vengeance on Mr. Big, the white crime leader responsible for selling gold chains on the streets. But Spade realizes that he must take matters into his own hands to finish the job in this zany spoof of 1970s blaxploitation films. 

NME MOVIE NIGHT IS A LIMITED-SEAT EVENT.  It is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED that you arrive NO LATER THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW to choose your seats and have time to grab something at concessions. Thank you!

COVID PROCEDURES:  The Guild Cinema is a mask-friendly venue. Masks are encouraged during our movie screenings (subject to change depending on current mandates by the State). We will also provide hand sanitizer and remind patrons to perform basic hygiene practices while attending.

PLEASE NOTE:  TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.  Please bring your Hold My Ticket confirmation with your current state ID and check in at the Guild Box Office NO LATER THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW. If you do not have your receipt, please make sure you have your ID. We will have a list at the box office. If we have a sold-out performance or event, tickets will be released for resale to our standby list if you have not checked TEN MINUTES AFTER THE SHOW STARTS. Thank you for your punctuality!

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PAINT

Apr 7 to Apr 13
Friday thru Thursday 3:45, 8:15

Dir. Brit McAdams - 2023 - 95m

Funny as heck new Bob Ross inspired feature with Owen Wilson as that painter who has it all with the signature perm, custom van, and VT’s #1 public TV painting show… until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) he loves! 

Also starring Ciara Reneem, Stephen Root, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Michaela Watkins, Lucy Freyer & Lusia Strus!

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THUNDERHEART

Apr 8
Saturday 1pm ONLY!

Dir. Michael Apted - 1992 - 119m - No Matinees

SOVEREIGN MIND PRODUCTIONS / NATIVEZINE PRESENTATION SPONSORED BY AMERICANS FOR INDIAN OPPORTUNITY!

Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard and Graham Greene star in this powerful murder mystery with all the style and suspense of Witness. Kilmer stars as Ray Levoi, a hotshot FBI agent who's thrust into a strange new world when he is sent to solve a murder on an Indian reservation. Hand-picked because of his part-Sioux ancestry, Levoi is teamed with a legendary older agent (Shepard) to capture a radical Indian protester. But once on the reservation, Levoi encounters the irreverent local sheriff (Greene), and the tribe's religious leader (Chief Ted Thin Elk), who knows secrets about Levoi's own lost heritage. And as Levoi's awareness of the native culture grows, so does his belief that the U.S. government has framed an innocent man. A crackerjack mystery and a personal triumph of the heart.

"Stylishly balancing thrills, mysticism and political outrage, Apted's produced his most absorbing movie since Coal Miner's Daughter." - David Ansen, Newsweek

"ties together in ways that whisper of a deep, organic logic, both the humanly visible as well as the existence of unseen, other-dimensional realities that were commonplace in early American tribal life." - Mark Jackson, Epoch Times

"Behind the fiction... is a very real history of conflict between Indian activists and the FBI, which culminated in the Wounded Knee siege of 1973..." - Sean Axmaker, Turner Classic Movies Online

A fascinating murder mystery story that at the same time brings to our attention the plight of the modern Indians living on the reservation." - Dennis Schwartz, Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

"Unique film set on Native American reservation and featuring Val Kilmer." -Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

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NEAR MYTH: THE OSKAR KNIGHT STORY - the award-winning Hollywood comedy biopic - Starring Lenny Von Dohlen

Apr 9
Sunday 1pm ONLY!

Dir. Scott Fivelson - 2023 - 95m - NO MATINEES

“That’s just the way it was back then.” - Oskar Knight, Jr.

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The slap that Will Smith unceremoniously presented to Chris Rock was nothing compared to how the Oscars treated the Most Nominated Director in History, Oskar Knight, for most of his career. But in the end, did Knight finally take home the gold?  Like with The Exorcist, please don’t tell anyone what happens during the last 10 minutes…!

From writer/director Scott Fivelson comes the new Hollywood comedy biopic, Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story, starring the late, great Lenny Von Dohlen (Twin Peaks, Tender Mercies, Electric Dreams) as legendary director, Oskar Knight. 

Also starring a cavalcade of stars from throughout the decades of Hollywood, including Academy Award Winner Margaret O’Brien, International Emmy Winner David Suchet, Joaquim de Almeida, Julianna Guill, Rudolf Martin, Kristina Anapau, Randall Batinkoff, Lawrence Pressman, Maya Stange, Julian Flynn, Jon Provost (the original “Timmy” from TV’s Lassie), Noel Neill (the original “Lois Lane” from TV’s Superman), and many more. 

The film, which won Fivelson the Breakthrough Director’s Spotlight Award at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and actor Jay Gillespie Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, brought composer Ted Reedy the award for Best Song (“Theme from Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story”) at the Garden State Film Festival. With inventive cinematography and editing by David Polcino and a score that also includes  “Walkin’ My Karma” by acclaimed singer-songwriter Junior Burke and “Bright Morning Star” by BBC Radio 2 awarded Irish folk artist Cara Dillon.

Come relive the story of Hollywood in a way it’s never been told before. He probably never should have made Oskar Knight’s Moby Dick, but he did make They Came in Low. 

It’s Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story.

“Delightfully crafted, engagingly funny… Sandwiched somewhere between This Is Spinal Tap and Sunset Boulevard, this unique biopic is the story of one of the greatest Hollywood directors that you’ve never heard of — Oskar Knight.” - The Ryder Magazine and Film Series

“Genuinely funny… Portraying the gigantic legacy left behind by Fivelson’s filmmaking legend Oskar Knight, the picture shows not only a satirical view on near-enough a hundred years of film history, but also in its details and accuracy demonstrates a true love and respect for cinema.” - Filmotomy

“In this highly entertaining biography, deftly and warmly directed by Los Angeles writer/director Scott Fivelson… it all seemed so real that I felt transported back to that era. That’s how engaging this film is… Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story is one of the best films I have seen in years and it is truly not to be missed.” - The Metropolis Planet

“Beyond everything else, Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story is a love letter to Old Hollywood… Indeed, I think Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story could be destined to be a classic itself.” - A Shroud of Thoughts

"I thought it was a documentary going into it, and the funny thing is that it’s not a documentary… It was a documentary, but not… Incredibly well-done – it blew me away… You guys have gotta see this… Was very, totally original…  I’ve not seen a film like this.” - Kazzy Creates & Reacts

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LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING

Apr 11 to Apr 13
Tuesday thru Thursday 6pm ONLY!

Dir. Lisa Cortes - 2023 - 98m - No Matinees

SPECIAL THREE NIGHTS ONLY ENGAGMENT!

The truly amazing story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard’s complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon’s life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions. In interviews with family, musicians, and cutting-edge Black and queer scholars, the film reveals how Richard created an art form for ultimate self-expression, yet what he gave to the world he was never able to give to himself. Throughout his life, Richard careened like a shiny cracked pinball between God, sex and rock n’ roll. The world tried to put him in a box, but Richard was an omni being who contained multitudes – he was unabashedly everything.

“Wildly entertaining” - The Hollywood Reporter

“Exhilarating” - Chicago Reader

“Profound”- Essence

“Enthralling” - Variety

“The definitive documentary on a complicated icon.” - Toronto Star

“Brilliantly connects the past, present and future.” - Film Threat

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NAPOLEON DYNAMITE

Apr 14
Friday 10:30pm ONLY!

Dir. Jared Hess - 2004 - 86m - ALL SEATS $10

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Join New Mexico Entertainment for the April Movie Night screening of Napoleon Dynamite. Early bird ticket purchasers have the chance to win door prizes from local businesses and organizations around town including a custom poster created by artist Jeremy Montoya.

STORYLINE: In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico (Jon Gries), shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president. (Google)

NME MOVIE NIGHT IS A LIMITED-SEAT EVENT. It is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED that you arrive NO LATER THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW to choose your seats and have time to grab something at concessions. Thank you!

COVID PROCEDURES:  The Guild Cinema is a mask-friendly venue. Masks are encouraged during our movie screenings (subject to change depending on current mandates by the State). We will also provide hand sanitizer and remind patrons to perform basic hygiene practices while attending.

PLEASE NOTE:  TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.  Please bring your Hold My Ticket confirmation with your current state ID and check in at the Guild Box Office NO LATER THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW. If you do not have your receipt, please make sure you have your ID. We will have a list at the box office. If we have a sold-out performance or event, tickets will be released for resale to our standby list if you have not checked TEN MINUTES AFTER THE SHOW STARTS. Thank you for your punctuality!

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RETURN TO SEOUL

Apr 14 to Apr 17
Friday thru Monday 7:45pm **2:45pm Matinees Fri & Mon

Dir. Davy Chou - 2022 - 119m - France/Korea - In French & Korean with English subtitles

After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.

"A funny, melancholy, music-laced film that surprised me from start to finish." - John Powers, NPR

“True to its title, stays locked into the culture clash surrounding its defiant heroine and inside her, and the movie leads up to a moment of reckoning that more than earns its grateful tears." - Ty Burr, Ty Burr's Watch List

"Heady, searing, strident, and poignant..." - Nina Li Coomes, Chicago Reader

Extraordinary in every way." - Tim Cogshell, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

"One of the more exciting, invigorating dramas to come along so far this year." - Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail

"Not only one of the most successfully anomalous initiation stories, but also a monolith to subtlety on screen, and how cinema... can still offer unexpected mental and emotional journeys." - Antonio Trashorras, Fotogramas

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SEVEN BEAUTIES - as part of our ongoing ARTHOUSE CLASSICS series!

Apr 15 to Apr 16
Saturday and Sunday 1pm

Dir. Lina Wertmuller - 1975 - 116m - NO MATINEES - Italy - Italian w/English subtitles

Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director, Seven Beauties stars Giancarlo Giannini (Swept Away) as Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties." A petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer.

"Lina Wertmuller's audacious art-house hit is at once ruthless, sadistic and cynical -- it's also very funny, using its black comedy trappings to unearth laughs where none should exist." - Matt Brunson, Creative Loafing

"It's a stimulating movie that provokes thought and emotion in perfect cadence." - Dale Pollock, Santa Cruz Sentinel

"Intriguing...absorbing and mysterious" - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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THE OMEN - the original 1976 horror classic!

Apr 15
Saturday 10:30pm ONLY!

Dir. Richard Donner - 1976 - 111m - ALL SEATS $10

A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE AVAILABLE SOON!

A timeless, bone-chilling thriller set to Jerry Goldsmith’s Oscar-Winning Original Score!

American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts Damien (Harvey Stephens) when his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), delivers a stillborn child. After Damien's first nanny hangs herself, Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) warns Robert that Damien will kill Katherine's unborn child. Shortly thereafter, Brennan dies and Katherine miscarries when Damien pushes her off a balcony. As more people around Damien die, Robert investigates Damien's background and realizes his adopted son may be the Antichrist. 

"One of the finest horror films of the 1970s." - Matt Brunson, Film Frenzy

"Delivers splendidly." - Jacoba Atlas, Los Angeles Free Press

"Rich with forbidding details and impressive scare tactics." - Mike Massie, Gone With The Twins

"Directed by Richard Donner at a pace that creates moods of fear punctuated by sly and devilish humor. The climactic scene alone should win him any award for which he is nominated; it is, perhaps, the most chilling final 20 minutes ever put on film." - Ed Barnard, Philadelphia Gay News

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DOSED: THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME - Special Encores!

Apr 23 to Apr 25
Sunday thru Tuesday 6pm ONLY!

Dir. Nicholas Meyer & Tyler Chandler - 2022 - 90m approx. - NO MATINEES

A DOSED MOVIE / GOLDEN TEACHER FILMS INC. SPECIAL!  GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE NOW!

BONUS:  POST-SCREENING TALK / Q&A ON TUESDAY APRIL 25th

An award-winning documentary that has been called “raw and insightful” (Forbes) and “must see” (RogerEbert.Com).

Laurie, a terminally ill cancer patient and loving mother of four, is granted the right to legally use magic mushrooms to treat her end of life anxiety. She then embarks on a remarkable journey of personal transformation and healing while exploring lesser known possible cures for cancer, like cannabis oil. (Watch the trailer below)

DOSED 2: The Trip of a Lifetime features: Dr Gabor Maté, Paul Stamets, Dennis McKenna, Dave Phillips, Sharan Sidhu, Ben Lightburn, Chino Julian, Garyth Moxey, Dr Rob Sealey, Dana Larsen, Tyler Chandler, Nicholas Meyers, and Laurie and Glenn Brooks.

Many thanks to Louis from Mycology Now and organizations like TheraPsil, The Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary, Filament Health and Numinus for being part of Laurie's inspiring journey.

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FROM INSIDE OF HERE - One Afternoon Only!

Apr 23
Sunday 1pm

Dir. Bill Basquin - 2023 - 84m - NO MATINEES

POST-SCREENING IN-PERSON TALK/Q&A WITH THE DIRECTOR!

A feature-length film meditation on vulnerability and interdependence. The film is composed of multiple digital and analog formats: 16mm film, HD video, infrared stills, inter-titles, drawings, and sound recordings. Basquin structured The filming of From Inside of Here around a series of camping trips in the Gila Forest, which is a site for the reintroduction of the endangered Mexican Grey Wolf.

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Charlie Minn's new doc "I HATE ASIANS" - the Sihui Fang story

Apr 26
Wednesday 4pm, 6pm & 8pm

Dir. Charlie Minn - 2023 - 80m - Director in Person!

A DOUBLEWAVE PRODUCTIONS / CHARLIE MINN SPECIAL PRESENTATION ONE NIGHT ONLY!

On Jan 24th, 2022 in Albuquerque, NM a massage parlor owner Sihui Fang was brutally gunned down inside her business. Acclaimed filmmaker Charlie Minn("A Nightmare in Las Cruces") explores her senseless murder along with a larger picture of Asian hate that has creeped into America.

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RELATIVE - one night only!

Apr 27
Thursday 3:30, 7pm

Dir. Michael Glover Smith - 2023 - 97m

Starring Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks), Francis Guinan (Steppenwolf Theater Ensemble member), Cameron Scott Roberts (The Walking Dead), Melissa DuPrey (Grey’s Anatomy), Clare Cooney (Chicago Med), Keith D. Gallagher (Orders), Emily Lape (Mercy’s Girl), Elizabeth Stam (Bleed American)!

A comedy/drama about three days in the life of a modern American family. Karen Frank (Wendy Robie) and her husband David (Francis Guinan) are retirement-age progressive activists who have lived in the same Victorian home in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood for 30 years. It's the house in which their four children grew up and where two of their children, adult sons Benji (Cameron Scott Roberts) and Rod (Keith D. Gallagher), still live. On the eve of Benji’s graduation from college, daughters Evonne (Clare Cooney) and Norma (Emily Lape) return home from out-of-state for a weekend celebration. Evonne brings her daughter, Emma (Arielle Gonzalez), and newly separated wife, Lucia (Melissa DuPrey); Norma arrives alone, with thoughts of wasted potential as she reconsiders her suburban life; Rod, an unemployed burnout, pines for Sarah (Heather Chrisler), the “cam girl" ex who left him years ago; and all Benji wants to do is escape the party to rendezvous with Hekla (Elizabeth Stam), a free-spirited actress he met the night prior. As David and Karen announce the potential sale of their home, each member of the Frank family finds their bonds with the others being tested – and strengthened – in surprising ways.

“Featuring a brilliant and eclectic cast of talented veterans and relative newcomers, this is a wickedly funny, occasionally poignant and authentic-to-its-core drama/comedy about three eventful days in the life of a totally relatable extended family." (***1/2 stars out of four) — Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

"His intimate, actor-driven dramas are set not merely in the real world, but in specific locales, with dialogue testifying to the fact that both the characters and the place have histories that still weigh on them in the present. The movies are ragged and imperfect, alternate awkward and sublime, but when they hit, they strike deep and tear you up." (*** stars out of four) — Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com

"Crucial Viewing: Smith gracefully interweaves the lives of all four siblings, their liberal Baby Boomer parents, and a handful of other characters as they come together amiably and unhurriedly, employing the time-honored scenario of the big family gathering to consider how many of us live at the dawn of the 2020s." — Ben Sachs, Cine-File

"One of the first great films I've seen in 2022...an impeccably cast, superbly directed and utterly captivating ode to the spontaneity and resilience of human connection." — Matt Fagerholm, Indie Outlook

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A PURE PLACE

Apr 28
Friday 10:30pm ONLY!

Dir. Nikias Chryssos - 2023 - 91m - Greece & Germany - in Greek & German with English subtitles - ALL SEATS $8

An offbeat dystopian thriller/coming-of-age tale about two young siblings engulfed in a secret community obsessed with soap, located on a remote Greek island. Award-winning director Nikias Chryssos follows up on his success with the story of a young and feverish boy named Paul who must challenge the obsessive community that surrounds him in order to free his sister from the nefarious conspirations of the cult leader, Fust. Funny, bizarre, poetic and tender, A Pure Place is a tale about love, rebellion and what it means to be actually clean.

“One of the most radical genre films in germany in the last years.“ – Epd Film

 “Part fable, part lynchian nightmare, and an equal dose of a socialist parable, a pure place is a deftly constructed satiric horror that never ceases to amaze.“ – Joonatan Itkonen, Toisto Magazine Finland

 “An unsettling and darkly witty allegorical fairy tale of ex-nazis, mad messianic ambition, and arcane cult activity in the greek islands.” – Grimmfest, UK

 “Slickly stylised ‘cult’ movie exposes the fascistic flaws and filth in one man’s insular utopia.” – Projected Figures, UK

“A satire of which you never understand to what extent it should be taken seriously and a cutting story at the service of a fairytale and at the same time disturbing style. It is no coincidence that chryssos has been called the german gaspar noé and one of his inspirations is lanthimos, when already in 2015 his first film the bunker was germany’s answer to dogtooth . We add some midsommar folklore and nicholas winding refn’s neon lights, and a pure place is ready to wield its spell, amidst intoxicating images of greek mythology and the classical music that accompanies them. At pure place shows the totalitarian mechanisms of cults, sects and other religious communities. It is a caustic farce about the obsession with cleanliness of our time, a study of a rigid society reproduced on a small scale, a complicated multi-layered and then again pleasantly clear, terrible and funny at the same time. Behind the surface of the genre lies a political allegory that includes the terror of the national socialists, as well as other ideological currents, who want to realize their ideas about what they see as a pure world, and by any means necessary.” – The Hot Corn, Italy

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JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY

Apr 29
Saturday 12:30pm

Dir. Bert Stern - 1959 - 85m - Donations greatly appreciated

In support of National Jazz Appreciation Month hosted by the New Mexico Jazz Workshop!

Noted photographer Bert Stern's incredible collection of classic live performances that captures Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Chuck Berry, Mahalia Jackson, and many others performing at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival!

"Shot in gorgeous color, it's probably the best feature-length jazz concert movie ever made." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

"The sense of well-being is immense." - Dave Kehr, New York Daily News

"As generous a dish of top jazz music as any cat could take in one gulp." -  Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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THE THE SHOW

Apr 29
Saturday 10:30pm ONLY!

Dir. Anthonee Smith - 2023 - 81m

At The The Show the Fruitbird gang has tons of new surreal comedy shorts to share to the mammalian world. 

Summer With Sasquatch Special Look - Fruitbirdfilms first narrative feature and has been in production since 2020. Here we share a glimpse of what we have been working on. Director: Anthonee Smith.  Run Time: 9 Min 34 Sec

ZergyZ - We are proud to showcase music videos from local musician ZergyZ's need2sleep and BABYWEEDV3.  Director: Isaiah Velasquez & Shawn Maestas.  need2sleep: 3 Min, BABYWEEDV3: 2 Min 20 Sec

Tranquility Wizard -  We are proud to showcase a music video from local musician Tranquility Wizard titled Junipers Tale.  Director: Kenneth Vigil.  Run Time: 3 Min 35 Sec

Sitcom Show - On the 3rd episode of Fruitbird TV, Pete Casserole continues his mayoral campaign and Wombo gets lost!  Director: Anthonee Smith.  Run Time: 29 Min 39 Sec

The Zoo - One day The Narrator can't tell if he is dreaming or alive as he wonders through a surreal zoo.  Directors: Anthonee Smith, Kenneth Vigil.  Run Time: 8 Min 1 Sec

The Museum - The Narrator learns the hard truth of his reality from some new bony friends.  Directors: Anthonee Smith, Kenneth Vigil & Robert Velasquez.  Run Time: 12 Min 57 Sec

The End - After destroying the world from buying a soda from a sketchy dinosaur, The Narrator finally takes a stand to say no to war.  Director: Anthonee Smith, Kenneth Vigil, & Robert Velasquez.  Run Time: 11 Min 53 Sec

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May 1 to May 1