This Friday and Sunday, we’re screening Leos Carax’s breakthrough film, MAUVAIS SANG FOR FREE! …but only if you’re a member. If you’re not already a member — hop to it! thefridacinema.org/memberships/ then… RSVP: thefridacinema.org/movies/mauva...

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🚨 R E M I N D E R 🚨 Tonight is the deadline for submissions to our October/November, Monster Mash Lobby Art Show! E-Mail: [email protected]

Released in the U.S. as CREEPERS, this aggressively re-edited cut of the film PHENOMENA trims Argento’s operatic vision down to a leaner, grindhouse-ready form— while losing none of its mad brilliance. 🐛🐒 Oct. 8 & 9 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/creep...

Wazzzzzzzzup!? SCARY MOVIE is 25 and coming back to the big screen for one night only courtesy of our friends at Nostalgic Nebula! Come early for a themed photo op, music, and more! Oct 14th 7:30PM Doors open 7:45PM “Guess the Killer” game 8:00P Film starts 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/scary...

Tomorrow is the last day to draft your Movie Fantasy League roster from the full slate of eligible films. Don’t fumble the bag! Be sure to enter “Frida Furies” as your league name when you sign up!

From director Robert Wise, comes the maiden, big-screen voyage of TV’s most iconic crew — STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE! A Volunteer of the Month pick, courtesy of Dana 🛰️ Sept 24-27 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/star-...

💅🛍️👭 Girls Trip! 💅🛍️👭 Neil Marshall’s THE DESCENT is celebrating 20 years of claustrophobic terrors 🔦 Oct 6-9 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-d...

Ciao, Claudia ❤️

🗞️ T O M O R R O W 🗞️

Initially excluded from distribution in several countries, BATTLE ROYALE is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a brand new 4K restoration! Stick around for a 10 minute pre-recorded interview with director, Kinji Fukasaku’s son, Kenta! Oct 13-15! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/battl...

Step into the gritty, electric world of 1970s Harlem as Flickrhappy presents BLACK CAESAR, followed by a very special Q&A with legendary actor Fred Williamson! Q&A moderated by Josiah Howard, author of Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide. 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/black...

See it all at The Frida: thefridacinema.org/coming-soon/

October at The Frida is gonna be pretty freaky! 🎃👻💀 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/coming-soon/

🤼 ¡ H O Y ! 🤼‍♂️

Closing out our Arthouse 101: Japanese Cinema series is Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 1999 award-winning masterwork AFTER LIFEl! A stunning and thought-provoking meditation on life and death. Sept 22 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/after...

if i lived in orange county i would be so amped about going to see this movie that i would break the sound barrier for how fast i would be buying a ticket

Our final Volunteer of the Month pick of September comes from Trevor, with Shane Black's 2016 buddy-cop throwback comedy THE NICE GUYS! Sept 28-30 🔍️ 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-n...

GOOD BOY, the buzzy new horror film told from the perspective of a dog, is coming to The Frida Cinema! Oct 2-9 🐶👻 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/good-...

Oh look who did a horror film capsule collab with Pacsun! Available online now. Available at The Frida on 10/3 & 10/4! 🔪

Class is back in session on Sept 25th with our Slash To School Double Feature, featuring two iconic slices of late-‘90s horror! 🔪 The Faculty & Scream 2! $15 gets you access you both films! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-f...

On Sept 19th, celebrate Latino cinema AND enjoy delicious tacos courtesy of Taquerias Guadalajara as the 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival kicks off with a screening of the short film, A CONGRESS OF CROWS followed by LA SOMBRA DEL SOL! ⁠ ⁠ 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/ocliff-2025/

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival is proud to present the OC premiere of directors Karine Vézina & André Kadi’s animated tribute to iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, HOLA FRIDA! Sept 20th at 12:15PM In Spanish, with English subtitiles 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/ocliff-2025/

On Sept 24th, celebrate the innovations the ABA brought to modern basketball with the new doc, THE WAITING GAME! Stick around after the screening for an in-person Q&A with Director Michael Husain, along with former Lakers Dave Robisch & Ron Boone via Zoom! 🏀 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-w...

🍕 T O N I G H T 🍕

All day Sep 28, The Frida Cinema will be celebrating the art of physical media with a screening of Alex Ross Perry’s VIDEOHEAVEN as well as vendors, like Deeper Issues Nerd-Cast & Play it by Fear. Doors at 11 Want to vend? E-mail [email protected] 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/video...

Farewell, Robert Redford. Thank you for all the films. Not just the ones you starred in. Not just the ones you directed. But also, the thousands we would never have discovered without @sundance.org. A seismic impact on the culture. Rest well, Wonderboy.

Celebrate Silent Film Day on Sept 29th as our friends at Flickrhappy present a 100th anniversary screening of THE FRESHMAN! Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of Harold Lloyd, will be there to introduce the film, & pianist Cliff Retallick will provide a live score! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-f...

Overjoyed that our founder and executive director, Logan Crow has been selected as the grand marshal for @oclgbtpride.bsky.social’s Blaze It Forward Pride Parade on September 27th!

Richard Kelly’s SOUTHLAND TALES is coming back on Sept 22 for a one-night-only descent into post-apocalyptic, SoCal chaos, as part of our In Defense Of... series! Defended by our founder and Executive Director, Logan Crow! Yes, we’re showing the Cannes Cut! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/south...

This week alone at @thefridacinema.org you can catch… -Hackers -The Lovers on the Bridge -Grave of the Fireflies -Phantom of the Opera (1925) -Linda Linda Linda -Batman Begins -Inferno -Licorice Pizza …and some new stuff too! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org

Following SUSPIRIA, Dario Argento plunged even deeper into the occult with INFERNO, the second chapter in his “Three Mothers” trilogy! Sept 19-21 📚️ 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/infer...

🎌 明日 🎌

🚨NEW MERCH🚨 In antici...pation of the Halloween season, we've brewed up some bumper stickers to rep your love for horror all year round 🎃 Now available online at: thefridacinema.square.site or in person at the theater 🦇

Tomorrow…

Hi y’all! Quick PSA: If you’re ever visiting The Frida Cinema during an event in Downtown Santa Ana that requires a flat rate/paid parking, just let the attendants know that you’re “just going to The Frida Cinema” or “not going to the event” and they’ll give you the regular parking ticket! 🚗

Or play along with the staff and fellow patrons of your favorite arthouse theater!

We’ve saved the best for our last Santo Sunday screening on Sept 21st as we present SANTO VS. FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, brought to you by our friends at @trash-mex.bsky.social 🪦⁠ 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/santo...

A preview of Spooky Season courtesy of @robertthornsonjr.bsky.social…

Dario Argento returned to the giallo genre in 1982 with TENEBRAE, his most brutal and unhinged film to date, screening at The Frida on Sept 26-28 🔪 👠 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/teneb...

LICORICE PIZZA closes out our Paul Thomas Anderson retrospective on Sept 18th 🍕 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/licor...

Tonight at @thefridacinema.org: we’re back with Walter Hill’s THE DRIVER. Catch this intense 70s thriller on the big screen. 🎟️: tinyurl.com/2t7rzdp4

Join us September 19th – 21st for the return of the Orange County Latino International Film Festival! 🍊 Tickets to OCLIFF 2025 are $10 per individual film block; $25 for either a Saturday or Sunday Day Pass; or $50 for a Full Festival Pass. 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/ocliff-2025/

Orange County’s only Fiestas Patrias festival and parade is back with the 45th annual event on September 13 & 14 in Downtown Santa Ana! 👜Street fair and vendors 🎶Free live music and entertainment 🤝Cultural exhibitors 🎡Carnival rides 🍻Beer garden, & more More info: www.santa-ana.org/fiestas-patr...

We're shining a spotlight on the enigmatic Isabelle Adjani! -Sept 13 Walter Hill's neo-noir, THE DRIVER (thanks to @cinematicvoid.bsky.social) -Oct 15 & 16 Werner Herzog's gothic masterpiece NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE -Oct 24-27 w the singular, POSSESSION 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/coming-soon/

Leos Carax’s delirious saga, THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE is coming to The Frida Cinema in a brand new 4K restoration! 🌉 Sept 12-18 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-l...

“A Game … A Challenge … A Chase to the Death.” See Walter Hill’s THE DRIVER on 9/13 at @thefridacinema.org 🎟️: tinyurl.com/2t7rzdp4

After a painful breakup, small-town Gemma moves to Los Angeles with the hopes of making it big. To get on her feet, she takes a job working the overnight shift at SOMNIUM—a mysterious, experimental sleep clinic where dreams are made real. Sept 12 & 13 💤 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/somni...

🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDDIE🎉 Please join us in wishing the happiest of birthdays to The Frida's biggest hype man, Eddie! 🥳 Eddie is an absolute ROCK STAR and we're so lucky to have him on our team 🎁