The Charles Theater

10/08/2026

Cinema Sundays Club at The Charles is back! The Fall 2026 Season—Series No. 90—commences Sunday, October 11th, with THE SOCIAL RECKONING. Hosted by Mike Giuliano, the guest speaker for Week 1 is Linda DeLibero, a professor in the Film and Media Studies program at Johns Hopkins. Doors open for coffee and bagels at 9:45AM, showtime at 10:30AM. You can join the Club on any Sunday club date. Sign up form and more information at TheCharles.com and in the lobby. Walk-ups also welcome.

10/03/2026

The Exhibition On Screen series resumes at The Charles next week with James McNeil Whistler. Two screenings only, Wednesday, October 7, 7PM, and Saturday, October 10, 11:45AM.  Reserve your seats at TheCharles.com.

•Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1 (Portrait of the Painter’s Mother), 1871
•Arrangement in Yellow and Grey, Effie Deans, c. 1876-1878
•The Artist in His Studio
•Symphony in White No. 3

09/29/2026

For four days this fall, the stretch of North Charles Street around the historic Charles Theatre will feel like the center of the independent film world. The New/Next Film Festival, presented by Baltimore Public Media and curated by co-founder and director of programming Eric Allen Hatch, returns October 1–4, 2026, for its fourth and largest edition yet: more than 160 films, including 35 features and over 125 shorts, screening across all five of the Charles’s screens.

For four days this fall, the stretch of North Charles Street around the historic Charles Theatre will feel like the center of the independent film world. The New/Next Film Festival, presented by Baltimore Public Media and curated by co-founder and director of programming Eric Allen Hatch, returns Oc...

09/17/2026

BUDDY | Opens tomorrow, September 18th. Late shows only. Showtimes and reserve your seats at TheCharles.com.

08/22/2026

TEENAGE S*X AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA | Now playing at the Charles. Showtimes and reserve your seats at TheCharles.com.

08/22/2026

08/20/2026

Humble, the dog featured in Charles Theatre’s cute clip of a determined pup’s quest to reach the Station North cineplex, died earlier this month.

07/23/2026

READING LO**TA IN TEHRAN | Opens tomorrow at The Charles. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears). Tickets at TheCharles.com.