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Fine Arts Theatre

Dedicated To First Run Art & Independent Films. Reopened in 1997, the Fine Arts Theatre features Art & Independent films.
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John Cram renovated Asheville's last remaining downtown cinema as part of his Adventure in the Arts. Premiering over 50 films a year, the Theatre is open daily with matinées, evening viewings and late shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Ticket Prices:
Matinées - $9.00
Evenings - $11.00
Seniors (60+) - $9.00

Discount tickets for evening shows:
Students / Military - $9.00
Seniors (60+) - $9.00

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ARKING SUGGESTIONS:
Biltmore Avenue Garage (city parking deck) under the Aloft hotel - The first hour is free, then $1.00 per hour for each additional hour. Metered street parking is free after 6 pm, Monday-Saturday, and all day on Sundays and city holidays.

06/11/2026

7:00 PM TONIGHT is the first showing of the BRAND NEW FILM from el Maestro Steven Spielberg! DISCLOSURE DAY, his first movie since 2022’s THE FABELMANS, tackles a subject near and dear to the Beard’s heart: ALIENS, UFOS, and SENTIMENTALITY.

Is it a spiritual sequel to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND? Will ET return? None of us know quite yet - all we can tell you is that the cast is stacked: Coleman Domingo (Sing Sing), Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer), Josh O’Connor (The Mastermind, La Chimera), and Colin Firth (MR DARCY) are all in this heartfelt summer blockbuster that tackles Roswell, government coverups, and what happens when the truth about aliens is finally revealed.

It’ll play at 7:00 pm tonight and have its full slot of showtimes begin tomorrow - 1:00, 4:00, and 7:00 pm in the main auditorium.

06/09/2026

WHEELER WEDNESDAY this month takes us back to 1987 as we head for the infamous Santa Carla boardwalk to STILL BELIEVE, NEVER GROW OLD, and revel in the film that made VAMPIRES cool again: it’s Joel Schumacher’s THE LOST BOYS, and it’s one night only on 6/24 at 9:30 pm.

Exploring themes of queerness through the lens of male heterosexual friendship, THE LOST BOYS feature a who’s who of eighties stars at the height of their stardom: Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters), Edward Herrmann (Annie), Alex Winter (Bill and Ted, FREAKED) Corey Haim (License to Drive), Corey Feldman (The Goonies, Friday the 13th Part 4), Jason Patric (RUSH), and the legendary Kiefer Sutherland as the KING OF COOL DAVID THE VAMPIRE.

THE LOST BOYS was shot on location in Santa Cruz, California (the at-the-time murder capital of the US) in June of 1986 and boy howdy is it a genuine time capsule of fashion, music, and life in that defining year (which is when your humble narrator was born fyi). Featuring songs by INXS, Roger Daltry, Echo and the Bunnymen, and SEXY SAX MAN himself Tim Cappello, the soundtrack became a defining cultural artifact and helped lead to the movies smash success. Joel Schumacher, the film’s openly gay director, himself said that “the screenings weren’t average experiences…they were balls-out rock concerts.”

If it’s your first time, welcome to the sexiest and coolest vampire film you’ve ever seen. If it’s not, welcome back to Santa Clara - which would be a nice town if it wasn’t for all the damn vampires. Tickets are on sale now on our website - it’ll be 6/24 at 9:30 pm and feature an introduction and discussion by ‘YOU’RE EATING WORMS, MICHAEL’ WHEELER as he talks 1987, the vampire genre, Schumacher, and why the idea of never growing up is so appealing to the lost males of today. See you then.

06/05/2026

OPENING TODAY: doubling down on the recent viral ‘horror is chic again’ trend, we’ve brought in the OTHER big scary release everyone won’t stop talking about - that’s right, it’s OBSESSION (not the Brian De Palma one much to Michael’s chagrin).

If you follow the movies at all, you’ve definitely already heard about how successful this movie has been, the saccharine rags to riches story of its production, its YouTuber turned feature film director Curry Barker (no relation to Clive), and the grandiose and unrestrained performance of the lead actress Inde Navarrette. That being said, it’s being hailed as “instant horror classic” (whatever that even means anymore) and has struck an alarming chord with certain demographics.

OBSESSION is the typical Monkey’s Paw theme of what goes horribly wrong when you wish for something via a supernatural object. In this case, it’s our despondently loser protagonist Bear (Michael Johnston) wishing for his friend Nikki (aforementioned Navarrette) to love him absolutely and without consequence. It happens, of course, and soon escalates into a horrific scenario that has left audiences hanging on the edges of their seats. It’ll be playing for one week only at the 1:00 and 4:00 in the main auditorium and 7:20 in the upstairs theater.

BACKROOMS, the huge OTHER horror hit out right now from wunderkind Kane Parsons, rolls on here for another week as it’s brought in massive numbers the last seven days. Come see it and stop by our liminal horror basement for our very own BACKROOMS portal you and your friends can take pictures with. It’ll be upstairs at 1:20 and 4:20 but, due to the huge crowds, will be back downstairs at 7:00 pm in the main auditorium.

05/28/2026

OPENING TONIGHT: BACKROOMS, the buzzy new genre flick by first time feature director Kane Parsons, opens tonight in the main auditorium at 7:00 pm.

Expanding on the ideas explored by Parsons in short films on YouTube, this liminal decent into a labyrinth of horror stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, The Life of Chuck) as a former architect who discovers a bizarre entry point under the used furniture store he runs and manages. Ever growing, mysterious, and possibly populated by an unseen presence, the titular BACKROOMS calls to our protagonist until he vanishes into them, prompting his psychiatrist (Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value, Worst Person in the World) to trace his steps into the liminal void in the hopes of finding answers.

Premiering at 7:00 pm tonight with a full slate of showtimes starting tomorrow (1:00, 4:00, and 7:00), BACKROOMS, produced by a24, will definitively be the talk of the social media sphere for the next few days. Catch it here before someone ruins it for you.

Meanwhile, I LOVE BOOSTERS, Boots Riley’s delightfully madcap, bizarre, and surreal ode to the working class, will head upstairs for the next week - it’ll be playing at 7:20 tonight with the usual 1:20, 4:20, and 7:20 showtimes starting tomorrow 5/29.

05/26/2026

Sending out a huge Thank You to Edwin Arnaudin and Bruce Steele (The Movie Guys) and everyone who came out last night to our super packed Memorial Day screening of ALL THE PRESIDENTS MAN. It was officially their first event in several years, and it was delightful to see such a large turn out. It’s a testament to our community and the power of film itself that so many of you came out on a holiday to see a fifty year old film.

05/24/2026

TOMORROW NIGHT (MEMORIAL DAY 7:00 pm) we are hosting a one time only screening of 1976’s ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN. Local critics Bruce Steele and Edwin Arnaudin will be moderating a short introduction and a post film Q&A that will touch on a variety of subjects concerning this landmark journalism thriller.

Starring Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, and Hal Holbrook, ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN is the ripped from the headlines cinematic adaptation of the monumental expose piece and later book by Washington Post journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Fifty years old as of last month, the film has remained topical, insightful, and still finds its way onto lists discussing the best films of the 1970s. Come see why its legacy is assured and definitive and why it’s helped launched so many careers in journalism.

It’ll screen tomorrow night - Monday the 25th at 7:00 pm - one time only with tickets going on sale IN PERSON at the box office at 6:30 pm. You could always purchase them ahead of time on our website but, please remember, we will still need you to check in at the box office ahead of time.

05/21/2026

OPENING TONIGHT: I LOVE BOOSTERS, the absurdist new comedy from rapper, songwriter, and filmmaker Boots Riley, starts tonight with a 7:00 opening slot in the main auditorium with our regularly full programming
of 1:00, 4:00, and 7:00 pm starting this weekend.

Director of one of the most original and best comedies of recent year - 2018’s Sorry to Bother You - Riley’s second full feature replicates his debut’s originality, surrealism, and incredible color palate with this maximalist descent into the fashion industry and the virtuous shoplifters who boost from it.

Set in an around a bizarro-world Bay Area, I LOVE BOOSTERS details a philanthropy first coven of Marxist boosters who run afoul of an evil fashion designer who has stolen their designs. The cast is absolutely loaded for this frenetic punch of pro-workers bit of levity with Keke Palmer (Nope), Naomi Ackie (Sorry, Baby), LaKeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You, Atlanta), Will Poulter (We’re the Millers), Don Cheadle (Boogie Nights, Oceans Eleven), and Demi Moore (The Substance).

“A tale of class warfare filtered through Looney Toons…I Love Boosters is an imaginative, heightened movie whose thought provoking messages on labor exploitation, capitalism, and consumerism cut through the surreal story.” - Richard Crouse

05/19/2026

The drivers are selected, the cargo is carefully loaded, and the Tangerine Dream score is already thumping as we are approach 24 hours to go before our Wheeler Wednesday screening of William Friedkin’s SORCERER tomorrow night (Wednesday 5/20).

A revolutionary, leftist masterpiece that was besieged and belittled by critics upon release, SORCERER is Friedkin’s self professed “most difficult and personal” film and one of those New Hollywood classics who’s production and release are as legendary as the movie itself. Filmed on location in the Dominican Republic and Mexico with all real effects and practical stunt work, SORCERER is an endurance run of tension, fate, and the thin line between good and evil. It will rattle your nerves, have you clutching your armrest, and leave you in awe at its sheer scale.

It’ll be screening ONLY ONCE tomorrow night at 7:00 pm and will, as always, be hosted by Hurricane Michael Wheeler as he relishes the chance to tell you the sordid, insane real life stories of SORCERER’s production, misfires, and how William Friedkin earned his reputation as one of the craziest, and yet best, filmmakers of his generation. Tickets are ON SALE on our website still and, if any are remaining, be sold at our box office at 6:30 pm to the lucky few left standing.

05/17/2026

HOFFMAN. REDFORD. A WEEK OUT.

This Memorial Day, join us at the Fine Arts Theatre for a one time only screening of the landmark 1976 tentpole drama ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN.

Launching a thousand careers in journalism, the film additionally won four Academy Awards, won best picture in three out of the four major critic awards circuits in 1976, and forever enshrined Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, both at the top of their game here, as the more handsome cinematic doppelgängers of real life Washington Post writers Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

Bolstering a screenplay by typewriter God William Goldman (Marathon Man, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Princess Bride) and direction by Alan J Pakula (Klute, The Pelican Brief, Presumed Innocent), ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN displays a world when journalism actually involved due diligence, checking sources, combative editors, clandestine parking garage meetings, and smoking as many ci******es as you could muster. Come for the absolutely amazing fashion, stay for the legendary and beautiful hair of ones Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.

This will be, again, a ONE TIME ONLY screening so hop on our website and purchase those tickets now to avoid missing out on this one on the big screen. Local critics Edwin Arnaudin and Bruce Steele will provide some insight and context on the film before and after the screening. The show is at 7 pm and the box office and doors will be open at 6:30.

05/14/2026

We’re opening hands down the best film of 2026 (so far) this weekend: Sophy Romvari’s BLUE HERON.

Commencing her career in the realm of short films, the Hungarian-Canadian filmmaker has been crafting this semi-autobiographical look into memory, family tragedy, and narrative conventions for over thirty years and the end result as her first full-length narrative feature is truly incredible. Set in the summer of the late 1990s, it is both a time capsule and an inventive deconstruction of these type of ‘coming of age’ films that is unlike most anything you’ve seen. Michael had the privilege of seeing this one a few weeks ago and he firmly believes it is not only the best film so far this year, he predicts it will be on his year end best of list as well.

“Blue Heron is an absolutely breathtaking film that challenges everything that we think we know—about family, about ourselves, even about the magic of cinema.” - Dave Giannini

BLUE HERON will be playing downstairs at 1:00, 4:00, and 7:00. Christy Lemire of FilmWeek says “This is such a beautiful film, and the less you know about it going in the better” so maybe just take our word for it and roll out for a truly independent, low-budget masterful heartbreaker.

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36 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC
28801

Opening Hours

Monday	12:30pm - 9pm
Tuesday	12:30pm - 9pm
Wednesday	12:30pm - 9pm
Thursday	12:30pm - 9pm
Friday	12:30pm - 11pm
Saturday	12:30pm - 11pm
Sunday	12:30pm - 9pm

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+18282321536

Website

http://www.fineartstheatre.com/

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