Esquire & Kenwood Theatres

08/20/2026

This Friday 8/21, the ESQUIRE Theatre opens 2 film’s with select showtimes that resonate deeply with our Indie Theatre Heart ❤️

ONCE UPON A TIME IN A CINEMA
Drama
SYNOPSIS: Set in a small-town cinema during one eventful Friday night screening from hell. Over the course of one evening, the film follows the travails of beleaguered cinema owner Earl Clancy (Colin Morgan) as he faces a myriad of disasters, any one of which could sink him. Drawing from writer/director David Gleeson’s own experience growing up in a family of cinema owners where his father’s 78-year career marked the longest in the cinema business in Ireland, if not the world, this film is a love letter to a peculiarly Irish cinema experience, which was as much about connecting with people as it was about the movie.

THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS
Documentary
SYNOPSIS: A journey into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater.

🎟️ Tickets and Showtimes at esquiretheatre.com

08/20/2026

The Cincinnati Psychotronic Film Festival marks its milestone fifth year from August 26 to August 28, 2026, at the ESQUIRE Theatre!

🛸Curated by Outer Cinema Cincinnati, this annual three-day event showcases underground, rare, and bizarre cult and genre films from around the world. 🤖

⚡️2026 Feature Lineup⚡️

🗓️Wednesday, August 26

The Devil Queen (1974) — New 4K restoration of the lurid, campy Brazilian crime thriller.
Sheila and the Brainstem (1989)

🗓️Thursday, August 27

Embalmer (1996)
Love Massacre (1981)
The Manitou (1978)

🗓️Friday, August 28

Challenge of the Tiger (1980)
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)
Roar (1981) — The infamous wild animal feature film shot with live, untrained big cats.

🎟️ Individual and Festival Tickets at esquiretheatre.com

08/20/2026

The Cincinnati Psychotronic Film Festival marks its milestone fifth year from August 26 to August 28, 2026, at the ESQUIRE Theatre!

🛸Curated by Outer Cinema , this annual three-day event showcases underground, rare, and bizarre cult and genre films from around the world. 🤖

⚡️2026 Feature Lineup⚡️

🗓️Wednesday, August 26

The Devil Queen (1974) — New 4K restoration of the lurid, campy Brazilian crime thriller.
Sheila and the Brainstem (1989)

🗓️Thursday, August 27

Embalmer (1996)
Love Massacre (1981)
The Manitou (1978)

🗓️Friday, August 28

Challenge of the Tiger (1980)
Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)
Roar (1981) — The infamous wild animal feature film shot with live, untrained big cats.

🎟️ Individual and Festival Tickets at esquiretheatre.com

08/18/2026

🚨 This Friday, 8/21 the ESQUIRE Theatre opens 2 highly anticipated films with early showtimes Thursday 8/20!

THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER a film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2h 27m, Mystery & Thriller/Drama/Crime Not Rated

SYNOPSIS: When Lord Murashige Araki (Masahiro Motoki) rises up against the tyrannical Nobunaga Oda (Bando Shingo), he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda’s army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei Kuroda (Masaki Suda), a brilliant yet dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon. Helped by his wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yosh*taka) and his most loyal generals, Murashige must uncover the truth before the castle falls.

The Critics Concensis: “Orchestrated with an intelligence as sharp as a katana’s edge, The Samurai and the Prisoner is an elegant mystery that offers further proof of director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s mastery in any genre.”

TEENAGE S*X AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
1h 46m, Horror Rated R

SYNOPSIS: After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, Hacks) for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star (Gillian Anderson, The X-Files), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

The Critics Consensus: “A bloody valentine to slasher horror that celebrates personal self-discovery as much as it does the possibilities of cinema, Teenage S*x and Death at Camp Miasma combines killer style with a big, still-beating heart.”

🎟️ Tickets and Showtimes at:
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08/18/2026

🦫BEAVERS have been in the headlines lately… so we saw it fit to do our part as a fellow small business and round some up. HUNDREDS in fact! 🦫🦫🦫

🦫 Join us for a Special Screening of HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS Thursday 9/10 at 7:00pm in support of the Beaver’s Mini Mart in Beaver Creek Ohio. A portion of every ticket sold will go directly to their legal fund! ⚖️

🦫ABOUT THE FILM: In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

08/15/2026

TONY 🦪

Opens Thursday 8/20 at the ESQUIRE Theatre

Nineteen-year-old Anthony Bourdain stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that shapes the course of his life.

🎟️ Tickets On Sale Now!
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08/15/2026

TONY - Thursday 8/20/26- Thursday 8/27/26

📍Esquire Theatre
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08/15/2026

What in the Amelia Bedelia⁉️

Want more childish fun 😛🍿? Only 2 more films left on our FREE MOVIES FOR KIDS SUMMER SERIES generously sponsored by Gaslight Property !

8/17 & 8/19 THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981)

8/24 & 8/26 DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (2019)

🎟️ Doors open at 9:45am, film starts at 10:30am, first come first served 🎟️

08/14/2026

🚨NOW SHOWING!

📍ESQUIRE Theatre
Select Showtimes 8/14-20/26
📍KENWOOD Theatre
8/16 at 1:00pm & 8/18 at 7:00pm

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🎟️ kenwoodtheatre.com

For filmmaker Adam Meeks, making "Union County" was a way to reconnect with the state he was born in. Read more here.

08/14/2026

Now Showing at the KENWOOD Theatre! 🦕

Writer-director David Robert Mitchell knows what he's doing: this movie is silly, scary, and over-the-top all at once.