The Frida Cinema
@thefridacinema.org
Orange County’s only nonprofit arthouse cinema and year-round film festival! 🎬🍿📽️ Movies, art, community & culture since 2014! DONATE: https://thefridacinema.org/donate/
Yeon Sang-ho’s global phenomenon, TRAIN TO BUSAN is coming back to The Frida Cinema on Aug 14-17 to celebrate its 10th Anniversary 🚄 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/train...
THE PIANO is back on the big on the big screen in a stunning 4K restoration supervised and approved by writer-director, Jane Campion and cinematographer, Stuart Dryburgh! Aug 14-20 🎹 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-p...
Thanks to every single person who donated, and especially to our amazing Trivia Night: Tournament of Champions teams, we hit our fundraising goal of $10,000 for a BRAND new popcorn machine, coming very soon!
You too (yes you) can own this cool shirt as well. 🏳️⚧️ Available here!
"Fix Your Hearts or Die" T-Shirt | The Frida Cinema
Celebrate one of our favorite filmmakers and Pride Month with our new shirt!15% of Fix Your Hearts or Die T-shirt sales will be donated to The Trevor Project, a 501c3 organization dedicated to suicide...
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JosephScrimshaw@josephscrimshaw.bsky.social · last wk.Last night, we had a great screening of our horror film DEAD MEDIA in Oakland. I wore this fantastic shirt I got from our screening at @thefridacinema.org. Tonight, we’ve got a screening in Seattle. Will I wear the same shirt again?? Join us to find out: filmcenter.tasveer.org/movie/dead-m...
If the overall fundraiser gets to $4k, The Frida’s resident Rocky Horror troupe will kick in another $4k!
Craig Duffy@pinkcowduffy.bsky.social · last wk.One more day to @thefridacinema.org’s Movie Trivia Tournament of Champions means one more day to donate to upgrading their ailing popcorn machine. Donate if you can: secure.qgiv.com/event/trivia...
Last night at @thefridacinema.org, the film I wrote & directed, Dead Media, played at the exact same time as Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, a film that’s been very important to me for many years. What a beautiful, horrible torture that I couldn't watch both at the same time
The Frida Cinema is teaming up with our friends at Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association to screen the critically acclaimed documentary JIMMY IN SAIGON on July 31st! Followed by a special conversation with director, Peter McDowell! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/jimmy...
AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ is the first feature documentary about the titular revolutionary artist, narrated by Edward James Olmos! July 31-Aug 7, 10-13 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/ameri...
🚨New Keychains🚨 Thanks to our friends at Video Hero, we're excited to offer some special Frida-Edition versions of their infamous TV keychains...and yes, they do light up and make noise when you press the buttons 😉 Now available: thefridacinema.square.site/product/frid...
The Frida Cinema@thefridacinema.org · 3w agoExperience the anarchic stylings of legendary queer filmmaker Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy alongside his provocative new feature I WANT YOUR SEX in a cheeky retrospective we are calling I Want Your Teen Apocalypse ⛓️ 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/film-series/...
🚨🐟LESS THAN 30 TICKETS LEFT🐟🚨 for tonight’s (7/24) screening of the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON at @thefridacinema.org 🎟️: tinyurl.com/2xkhp5bz
An extremely painful message about a fantastic film playing @thefridacinema.org this Saturday, July 25th Tix and info: thefridacinema.org/movies/dead-...
🚨 AUGUST 2026 CALENDAR 🚨 What will you be watching this month? See it all at The Frida: thefridacinema.org/coming-soon/
Celebrate Art House Theater Day 2026 on July 30th with four films from across the wonderful world of cinema with a FREE small popcorn for all attendees! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/film-series/...
Even Gill-man had to moonlight doing commercials later in his career. Catch the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON on Friday, July 24th at @thefridacinema.org 🎟️🐟: tinyurl.com/2xkhp5bz
August 13th at @thefridacinema.org Lindsay Ellis is presenting INDEPENDANCE DAY as her pick for a Nu-Classic!!! 🛸 Come for the invasion, stay for the Q&A 💾 Grab your tickets, they're gonna go fast 👽 🎟️ thefridacinema.org/movies/indep...
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The Frida Cinema@thefridacinema.org · 4w agoOur Classic Movie Nights series is stepping into the courtroom on July 22 for a battle of the sexes with the sparkling romantic comedy ADAM'S RIB, starring the incomparable Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/adams...
Prepare to question everything you thought you knew about roundhouse kicks, thongs, and katana beheadings as SAMURAI COP is finally coming back to The Frida Cinema on August 8th! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/samur...
LA/OC folks: Tomorrow night, I'll be hosting a very rare screening of the batshit 1970 Olivia Newton-John psychedelia, space alien, rock-saves-Earth musical Toomorrow! @thefridacinema.org - Tuesday at 7:30pm thefridacinema.org/movies/toomo...
TOOMORROW trailer (2026 restoration)
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Tickets are moving fast for our 7/24 screening of the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON at @thefridacinema.org. Fish yourself one before they are all gone. 🎟️🐟: tinyurl.com/2xkhp5bz
Why yes, I DID see the modernized film adaptation of a classic literary epic this weekend (bless @thefridacinema.org) thefridacinema.org/movies/the-f...
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen is up next in our Art House for Families series! Director Karel Zeman conjures a story that follows the adventures of the legendary, boastful baron, whose whirlwind exp...
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THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, in all of its big-screen glory is coming to The Frida on July 25th, hosted by Arnold Leibovit! This special event includes a rare on-screen video appearance by child star Richard Eyer, as well as 2 Oscar-winning Puppetoons! 🎟️: thefridacinema.org/movies/the-7...
Were these supposed to drop during Pride Month? Maybe! But Cary Grant, and feeling gay, are truly timeless! New tote bags now available in-person at the theater… …or online! thefridacinema.square.site/product/cary...
