Special Events

Dir. Ristra Productions - NOW - 75m - ALL SEATS $15 IN ADVANCE / $20 AT THE DOOR

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Ristra Comedy teams up once again with Chuck Parker Comedy for an outta site round of  Late-Nite Comedy Jam at The Guild Cinema!!

Headliner Josh Fournier with openers Sara Anne Myers, Chuck Parker and Caleb Mulkey, hosted by Alex Benton!

Dir. Joel Schumacher - 1993 - 112m - NO MATINEES

BONUS!  memorabilia, door prizes & other surprises!

The film will be introduced by film critic, author, and filmmaker Benjamin Radford. Falling Down memorabilia will also be on display.

The adventures of an ordinary man at war with the everyday world.

Freeways are clogged. Terror stalks our cities. At shops and restaurants, the customer is seldom right. Pressures of big-city life can anger anyone. But Bill Foster is more than angry. He’s out to get even. Foster abandons his gridlocked car license plate D-FENS on the hottest day of the year and walks straight into an urban nightmare both absurdly funny and shatteringly violent. Academy Award winner Michael Douglas is Foster, an ordinary guy at war with the frustrations of daily life. Fellow Oscar winner Robert Duvall is the savvy cop obsessed with stopping Fosters citywide rampage. This spellbinding thriller is their story, asking “Are we falling apart?”

Considered a controversial cult classic soon after its release in 1993, Falling Down (starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, and Barbara Hershey) was a cultural touchstone featured on the cover of Newsweek. Kirk Douglas called Falling Down his son Michael’s best work. 

“It turns one man's slide toward madness into a wickedly mischievous, entertaining suspense thriller.” - Caryn James, New York Times

“Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, and certainly unnerving.” - Time Out

“What makes this an innovative film is Joel Schumacher's bold eschewing of the good-guy-verses-bad-guy Hollywood convention.” - Film4

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Dir. Agnes Varda - 1962 - 89m - France - In French with English Subtitles - NO MATINEES

DOUBLE FEATURED (THAT'S A 2 MOVIES FOR THE PRICE OF 1 SPECIAL DEAL!!) WITH AGNES VARDA'S LE BONHEUR!

Agnes Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand ("The Umbrellas of Cherbourg") and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

"Agnes Varda has accomplished a really impressive stint in directing the picture. writing the scenario, adapting it to film form and doing the dialogue." - Marjory Adams, Boston Globe

"The passage of time has been kinder to [Varda's] films than some of theirs, and Cléo from 5 to 7 plays today as startlingly modern. Released in 1962, it seems as innovative and influential as any New Wave film." - Roger Ebert. Chicago Sun-Times

"Miss Varda's cameraman, Jean Rabier, gets around everywhere -- by taxi, car, bus and on foot -- and we are with him every inch of the way. I can't imagine a more enjoyable way to see and hear the City of Light." - Philip K. Scheuer, Los Angeles Times

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Dir. Agnes Varda - 1965 - 80m - France - In French with English Subtitles - NO MATINEES

DOUBLE FEATURED (THAT'S A 2 MOVIES FOR THE PRICE OF 1 SPECIAL DEAL!!) WITH AGNES VARDA'S CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 !!

Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse (Claire Drouot), young husband and father François (Jean-Claude Drouot) finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, _Le bonheur_ examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.

"Varda fills her frames with riots of nature and color, like Bonnard paintings come to life, and with an erotic intimacy to match, choreographing physical passion with unabashed but formally controlled delight." - Richard Brody, New Yorker

"Varda takes great care with each frame of her lusciously shot film while presenting a nuanced perspective on polyamory that eschews the pearl-clutching ethics of non-monogamy that consumes far too many narratives on the subject." - Ian Thomas Malone, ianthomasmalone.com

"A masterpiece. With one of the strongest screenplays and visual styles of all time, the film effortlessly is able to find a nuanced look at the human condition that has never been captured with the same power either before or after." - Carson Timar, ButteredPopcorn

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Dir. Various - Various - Vaties - FREE ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS!

As part of their annual Festival Flamenco Alburquerque of events!

The NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO presents the oldest, most prestigious flamenco festival in the United States,  now returning for its 36th edition, bigger and bolder than ever!

TO BE SCREENED AT THE GUILD CINEMA - 

(10:15 a.m.) BODAS DE SANGRE:   classic adaptation of Federico Lorca’s famous tragedy.  

(12 NOON) EL AMOR BRUJO:   Carlos Saura’s stirring interpretation of the famous ballet of haunted love.  

(2:00pm) FLAMENCO FLAMENCO:  Carlos Saura’s lush look at flamenco featuring Patricia Guerrero.

Dir. Jamie Babbit - 1996 - 83m - ALL SEATS $10

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It's Pride Month and time for Big Gay Movie Night! Pride & Equality Magazine presents But, I'm a Cheerleader at The Guild Cinema. The night includes performances and prize giveaways.

THIS IS AN ALL-AGES EVENT!

STORYLINE: Megan considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she isn't that crazy about him. So she's stunned when her parents decide she's gay and sendS her to True Directions, a boot camp meant to alter her sexual orientation. While there, Megan meets a rebellious and unashamed teen lesbian, Graham. Though Megan still feels confused, she starts to have feelings for Graham.

PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. Please bring your payment receipt with your current state ID and check-in at the Guild Box Office 20 minutes before the show. If you do not have your receipt, please make sure if you have your ID. We will have a list at the box office. In the likelihood we have a sold-out performance or event, tickets are subject to be released for resale to those on the standby list if you have not checked ten minutes after the show starts. Thank you for your punctuality!

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Dir. John Carpenter - 1983 - 110m - No Matinees

DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 54 AND DARK ROOM HORROR!

From John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN, THE THING, THE FOG), starring Keith Gordon, Alexandra Paul, John Stockwell, Kelly Preston & Harry Dean Stanton !

HOW DO YOU KILL SOMETHING THAT CAN’T POSSIBLY BE ALIVE?

She was born bad. Plain and simple. Somewhere deep on a darkened assembly line.

Christine. 

A ’58 Plymouth Fury possessed by Hell.  She’s taken control of her teenage owner, Arnie.  Her previous owner is not alive to warn him.  And now she’s steering straight for the one person in her way.  Arnie’s girlfriend, Leigh.

The other woman.

"Proves Carpenter's mastery of both mood and the widescreen frame." - Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

"A very slick and polished affair with crisp cinematography and superb sound editing utilizing a great selection of 50's rock and a roll." - Mark Henderson, Ottawa Citizen

"This "Carrie on wheels" is driving." - Bruce R. Miller, Sioux City Journal

"One of the more effective screen treatments of the era." - David Keyes, Cinemaphile.org

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Dir. Jim Jarmusch - 1995 - 121m - NO MATINEES

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

BONUS!  A POST SCREENING TALK/Q&A WITH ITS STAR GARY FARMER!

RSVP IS AN OPTION BY EMAILING US DIRECTLY AT info (at) guildcinema (dot) com . 

William Blake (coincidence named?!) has just lost his parents. Nothing left to lose he makes his way from Cleveland to Machine, a small town far in the west where the railroad ends. In his pockets are just some dollars and a letter promising a job as an accountant. When William arrives in Machin he must realize that he is one month too late. Dickinsons steel-works already have a new accountant. There really could be no other man more wrong in place in the wild west than William. What to do? Surprisingly William seems to make his career as a real westerner. As he shoots a man in self-defense, he needs to flee into the wilderness: westward.

“Jim Jarmusch's most stunning achievement.” - Zach Campbell, Slant Magazine

“A low-key classic of strangely poetic beauty - a western for sleepwalkers and dreamers.” - Anton Bitel, Eye for Film

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Dir. Sabine Gruffat & Bill Brown - 2014-2020 - 90m approx - NO MATINEES

A NO NAME CINEMA CO-THROW WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO BASEMENT FILMS!!

The dynamic artist-filmmaker duo of Gruffat and Brown have been making experimental films, documentaries and essay films, and performing live electronic improvisation, for over two decades. Sabine Gruffat explores different methods to generate content and images, from laser cutting/etching on 35mm film strips to 3D animation. Bill Brown is known for his nomadic filmmaking and for transporting us to various destinations. The program, Moving or Being Moved, features seven short and medium-length films and videos created 2014-2020. (filmmakers in attendance from North Carolina! * post-screening Q&A!)

Dir. Malcolm D. Lee - 2008 - 114m - NO MATINEES

HOSTED BY LOCAL K.A.T ("Kicking it with KAT!) AS PART OF THE BLACK CINEMA NIGHT SERIES!

Martin Lawrence leads an all-star cast, including Cedric the Entertainer, Mo'Nique, and Mike Epps, in the hit comedy from 2008!  When a celebrated TV show host (Lawrence) returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation! It's one outrageous predicament after another when big-city attitude and small-town values collide in this over-the-top hysterical comedy.

"Makes its "honor your past" tale fresh and funny." - Julie Washington, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Great performances that will have the audience thoroughly entertained." - Jeffrey Lyles, Lyles' Movie Files

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Dir. Kerry Candaele - 2013 - 78m - No Matinees

DIRECTOR IN PERSON!  AS PART OF OUR HOSTED BEETHOVEN DOCUMENTARY SERIES TOUR!

A documentary film about the global impact of Beethoven’s final symphony. The film, released in mid-2013, has screened in over 250 cities in the United States and around the globe, with more to come.

Written in 1824, near the end of Beethoven's life, the Ninth Symphony was composed by a man with little to be thankful for. Sick, alienated from almost everyone, and completely deaf, Beethoven had never managed to find love, nor create the family he’d always wanted. And yet, despite this, he managed to create an anthem of joy that embraces the transcendence of beauty over suffering.

Celebrated to this day for its ability to heal, repair, and bring people together across great divides, the Ninth has become an anthem of liberation and hope that has inspired many around the world:

At Tiananmen Square in 1989, students played the Ninth over loudspeakers as the army came in to crush their struggle for freedom.

In Chile, women living under the Pinochet dictatorship sang the Ninth at torture prisons, where men inside took hope when they heard their voices.

As the Berlin Wall came down in December 1989, it collapsed to the sound of Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven’s Ninth as an “Ode To Freedom.”

In Japan each December, the Ninth is performed hundreds of times, often with 10,000 people in the chorus. Following the Ninth gives us insight into the heightened importance of this massive communal Ninth, known as “Daiku,” in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami of 2011.

Directed and produced by Kerry Candaele—who previously produced Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices, Iraq for Sale, and the documentary A League of Their Own—Following the Ninth traces these stories, intertwining them with the history of the Ninth itself to create a moving ode to hope, freedom, and the power of art.

“The film is beautiful and powerful…If millions could experience its affirming and incandescent message, we might turn around the destructive dynamics that are overwhelming the earth.” – Bill Moyers

"Thrilling, smartly assembled and gracefully paced" – The New York Times

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Dir. Kerry Candaele - 2023 - 84m - No Matinees

DIRECTOR IN PERSON!  AS PART OF OUR HOSTED BEETHOVEN DOCUMENTARY SERIES TOUR!

Beethoven composed only one opera in his lifetime, the grand and profoundly moving Fidelio. The 1805 opera tells the story of Leonore, the wife of the unjustly imprisoned Florestan, who has been slowly dying, spiritually and physically, in a dungeon run by the tyrant Pizzaro. Desperate to save Florestan, Leonore disguises herself as a young man named Fidelio and takes a job in the prison where Florestan is held. Fidelio is an opera about courage, heroism, love, and the struggle for justice in the face of despotism.

Beethoven’s operatic masterpiece is at the heart of my new documentary, Love and Justice: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Rebel Opera. But as in my previous film, Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony, I track the themes and influence of Beethoven’s work across time and space to tell a deeply contemporary story.

Along with the tale of Leonore and Florestan, Love & Justice tells a parallel story of a man imprisoned during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile—and the wife and children who worked to free him. The third tale woven into Love & Justice highlights the drama of Beethoven himself, who composed the opera at the very time (1803) when he discovered that he would become permanently deaf—a catastrophic spiritual defeat that he overcomes by writing some of the greatest music of his life.

To be filmed in Chile, Love & Justice takes a radical musical turn by having the renowned Chilean folk ensemble Inti-Ilimani perform the music for Fidelio. To add to the drama, our Chilean version of Fidelio will be staged in a former prison in Valparaiso.

Love & Justice: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Rebel Opera is the second part of our trilogy Beethoven | Hero. The first film, Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony, has screened around the world

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Dir. Valentin Javier Diment - 2021 - 102m - Argentina - In Spanish with English Subtitles - - ALL SEATS JUST $8

ALSO PLAYING FRIDAY JUNE 30th AT 10:30PM!

Argentina, 1970s. A desperate young woman goes to a clinic to have a clandestine abortion. As her pregnancy is already through the fourth month, the doctor refuses. Instead, she proposes to sell the baby to one of her clients and offers to provide shelter in her house until the child is born. Their disturbed personalities will become intertwined in a strange and dangerous relationship.

"There's a fearlessness to The Attachment Diaries that sees it power ahead without letting us pause to take a breath, and its determination and originality explode on the screen in something altogether wild." - Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, AWFJ.org

"A wildly entertaining, gripping, stylish and refreshingly unpredictable thriller." - Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

"Will keep audiences guessing with a story that covers a number of topical subjects. Despite switching genres with seemingly each changing scene, each moment becomes more suspenseful and meaningful. Amazing performances." - Nathaniel Muir, AIPT

"About as politically charged as any film can get in this day and age, and it does so with an amazing amount of style and pause." - Dan Tabor,Cinapse

Aesthetically impeccable and ideologically incisive." - Emiliano Basile, EscribiendoCine

"At times ominous and disturbing." - Diego Batlle, Otroscines.com

"Valentín Javier Diment's noirish psycho-erotic thriller takes a gynaecological view of a damaged relationship between doctor and patient." - Anton Bitel, Projected Figures

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Dir. Various - Various - 60m approx. - All Seats $10

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Grab your pajamas, your blanket and take part in these Saturday morning events with your family and friends. New Mexico Entertainment Magazine brings you cartoons from your childhood on the big screen at The Guild Cinema. Kick back, have some breakfast, and enjoy the toons!

Morning Toons with NME is a LIMITED seat event

Dir. various - 2023 - 90m approx - ALL SEATS $10

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The 48 Hour Film Project Albuquerque returns with a new season of unique and exciting short movies all produced by talented Albuquerque filmmakers! Using a required genre, prop, line of dialogue and character, teams were given the task to submit their finished movies in just one weekend! More info to follow!

Sat, Jun 24, 2023

Group A:  1:30 PM

Group B: 4:30 PM

Group C: 7:30 PM

Sun, Jun 25, 2023

Group C: 12:30 PM

Group A:  3:30 PM

Group B: 6:30 PM

Dir. Andrew Fleming - 1996 - 101 - ALL SEATS $10

MEAN GIRLS GOES ALL WITCHES!  A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE SOON!

Four high school girls discover the secret of witchcraft and band together to form a coven in this teen-oriented horror film. The girls' spells prove successful, but things go too far when they invoke an extremely powerful spirit that begins a cycle of destruction, ultimately turning the coven against itself.

"The smartest and most satisfying horror thriller to come out in a while." - Mick La Salle, San Francisco Chronicle

"Supernatural fun with attitude." - Kevin A. Ranson, MovieCrypt.com

"Imagine "The Lost Boys," only they're girls instead of boys ... and they're witches instead of vampires." - Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

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Dir. Valentin Javier Diment - 2021 - 102m - Argentina - In Spanish with English Subtitles - ALL SEATS JUST $8

Argentina, 1970s. A desperate young woman goes to a clinic to have a clandestine abortion. As her pregnancy is already through the fourth month, the doctor refuses. Instead, she proposes to sell the baby to one of her clients and offers to provide shelter in her house until the child is born. Their disturbed personalities will become intertwined in a strange and dangerous relationship.

"There's a fearlessness to The Attachment Diaries that sees it power ahead without letting us pause to take a breath, and its determination and originality explode on the screen in something altogether wild." - Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, AWFJ.org

"A wildly entertaining, gripping, stylish and refreshingly unpredictable thriller." - Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

"Will keep audiences guessing with a story that covers a number of topical subjects. Despite switching genres with seemingly each changing scene, each moment becomes more suspenseful and meaningful. Amazing performances." - Nathaniel Muir, AIPT

"About as politically charged as any film can get in this day and age, and it does so with an amazing amount of style and pause." - Dan Tabor,Cinapse

Aesthetically impeccable and ideologically incisive." - Emiliano Basile, EscribiendoCine

"At times ominous and disturbing." - Diego Batlle, Otroscines.com

"Valentín Javier Diment's noirish psycho-erotic thriller takes a gynaecological view of a damaged relationship between doctor and patient." - Anton Bitel, Projected Figures

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Dir. Bill Hinzman & Simon Nuchtern - 1988 & '84 - 90m per - $10 per movie OR the better deal of $18 to see both!

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RARE EXPLOITATION HOME VIDEO LABEL VINEGAR SYNDROME'S REP. THERESA MERCADO (ALSO HOST OF THE FABULOUS SCREAM SCREEN SERIES) RETURNS WITH A WHOLE NEW DOUBLE FEATURE OF PSYCHOTRONIC BLAST OUT FUN!!  

BONUS:  POP UP SHOP IN OUR LOBBY THAT'LL INCLUDE A TON OF GREAT BLU-RAYS AND DVDS FOR SALE!!  

PLUS POST SCREENING DRINK DISCOUNT WITH ADMISSION TICKAT AT TRACTOR BREWING COMPANY  ACROSS THE STREET!

BIG THANKS TO GARY WITH SPECTRAL YOUTH FOR THE GREAT FLYER/POSTER & HELP!

FLESH EATER (6:30pm ONLY!) View trailer

"Halloween just got fun again."— BLEEDING SKULL!

A "spiritual sequel" to George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD that takes place entirely on Halloween night, FLESHEATER is a hypnotizing 16mm gore epic that overflows with autumn vibes, killer synthesizers, and wall-to-wall denim. On Halloween night, a group of twentysomethings take a hayride through the woods. At the same time, the First Zombie from NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (director Bill Hinzman) is resurrected from his grave by a construction worker. Darkness falls. And with it comes an army of bloodthirsty, undead maniacs, all led by First Zombie on a mission of brain-chomping carnage. FLESHEATER is a fitting tribute to Romero’s chilling masterpiece, updating the setting to the late 1980s while piling on the gut-munching, throat-ripping, and limb-tearing action. Newly restored in 4K from the original 16mm camera negative!

SILENT MADNESS (3D) (8:30pm ONLY!) View trailer

“Synths are ravishing. Grit is ingrained. Photography complements the 3-D novelty, resulting in kill scenes that are much more creative than the ones in FRIDAY THE 13TH 3-D.” — Joseph A. Ziemba, BLEEDING SKULL!

One of the few slashers produced during the early 1980s revival of 3D movies, SILENT MADNESS knows exactly what audiences want. And it delivers. A glitch in the computer system at an asylum for the criminally insane results in the release of the wrong patient - a homicidal maniac named Howard Johns. It’s up to Joan Gilmore (Belinda Montgomery, DYNASTY), one of the institute’s top doctors, to track him down as the killings begin. Utilizing dreamy gelled lighting, excellent 3-D photography from Gerald Feil (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III), and over-the-top kills, SILENT MADNESS is a blast from beginning to end — now newly restored from its original 3-D negative by the 3-D Film Archive in partnership with Vinegar Syndrome.

**Vinegar Syndrome is a film restoration and distribution company specializing in horror, exploitation and B-movies primarily from the 70s-80s. Long live physical media! More info: vinegarsyndrome.com

Scream Screen is a monthly horror series at the Sie FilmCenter in Denver programmed and hosted by Theresa Mercado. Scream Screen presents experiential film events with special guests, live music, cosplay and more with a focus on underseen and genre classics across formats from 35mm to digital to VHS, when possible. More info: scream-screen.com

Dir. Brandon Loran Maxwell - 2023 - 90m

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A new documentary film that explores the complex origins of pachuco and cholo culture which sprouted from American soil more than 100 years ago in response to wartime sentiment, social alienation, and government discrimination only to become a pop culture phenomenon.

The film draws from rare interviews shot on 5k with leading Mexican American historians, academics, artists, activists, cholos, and former law enforcement officers against a backdrop of 50 hours of restored archival footage.

Featuring: Estevan Oriol (Netflix’s L.A. Originals), Luis J. Rodriguez (Always Running), Charley Trujillo (PBS’s Soldados In Vietnam), David “Compton” Oropeza (Tattoo Nation), John Ulloa (Low Creations C.C.), Eduardo Obregón Pagán (Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon), James Diego Vigil (From Indians To Chicanos), Denise Sandoval (The Art Of Riding Low), Kenneth Castillo (Counterpunch), Richard Valdemar (Gangland), Sandy Avila (Lady Lowriders C.C.), Chuco Moreno (Viceland), Jose Valle (Raza del Soul), Jose “Barrio Archaeologist” Joaquin, Jerry Ramirez (This Fool), Sonia Romero, and more.

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