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The Main Cinema The Main Cinema is your neighborhood movie theater! Recently refurbished, The Main Cinema is the only 5-screen theater in downtown Minneapolis.

Visit us to view the latest Hollywood blockbusters, best international films, and standout independent cinema.

We're so excited to introduce Staff Picks, a monthly screening series where a Main Cinema staff member selects the film ...
09/24/2026

We're so excited to introduce Staff Picks, a monthly screening series where a Main Cinema staff member selects the film and hosts the screening! The series kicks off with Box Office staffer Erin’s pick: GYPSY 83: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT
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GYPSY 83: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT⁠
Wed, Sep 30 • 7pm ⁠
Hosted by Erin Brown ⁠
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"If you love the exploration of self and consequences of decisions we make in life, and if you identify with goths, weirdos, freaks, outcasts, and of course, Stevie Nicks, this film is for you." ⁠

GYPSY 83, at it's core, is a film about rebellion, integrity, and the power of platonic love. ⁠
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Sandusky, Ohio is hell on earth for goth misfits and Stevie Nicks superfans Gypsy Vale (Sara Rue) and her younger, q***r protégée Clive Webb (Birkett Turton). When they discover a New York City club is hosting a “Night of 1000 Stevies”, the pair hit the road with high hopes that Gypsy will be able to perform. Along the way, they encounter other misfits who pave the way to their salvation, all while discovering profound truths about themselves. Costarring John Doe of the legendary punk band X and the great Karen Black as a has-been lounge singer, Todd Stephens's cult favorite puts a q***r, outsider spin on both the road movie and the coming-of-age journey, with plenty of black eyeliner to spare.⁠
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For its 25th Anniversary, GYPSY 83 has been completely reimagined as a brand-new Director’s Cut, restored in 4K from the 35mm camera negative. Now featuring over 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage and containing more legendary goth songs from bands like The Cure, Cocteau Twins and Echo and the Bunnymen, the Director’s Cut is sure to satiate longtime fans and create a generation of new ones.

Are you looking for the perfect before and after movie spot? Join us in the Film Strip for the official Launch Party thi...
09/21/2026

Are you looking for the perfect before and after movie spot? Join us in the Film Strip for the official Launch Party this Tuesday!

Film Strip Launch Party
Tues, Sep 22 • 6:30pm-9:30pm
Featuring live sounds by BALTIC FURS + exclusive cocktail THE FALL FLICK
Free to Attend

This week at The Main! ⁠⁠Starting this Week: ⁠BAD APPLES ⁠⁠A primary school teacher (Saoirse Ronan) accidentally locks h...
09/17/2026

This week at The Main! ⁠
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Starting this Week: ⁠
BAD APPLES ⁠
⁠A primary school teacher (Saoirse Ronan) accidentally locks her most disruptive student in her home. Desperate to undo it, she hesitates when her class begins to flourish in the child's absence, landing her in an impossible predicament.⁠
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THE WEIGHT⁠
⁠When Samuel (Ethan Hawke) is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy (Russell Crowe) offers a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he'll win his freedom. But as the group journeys into the unforgiving wilderness, the real threat isn't the terrain - it's the betrayal and violence festering within their ranks. Surrounded by greed, suspicion, and danger, Samuel must risk everything to reunite with his child.⁠
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CHRONOVISOR⁠
⁠While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City’s hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough.⁠
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Special Events: ⁠
REBEL WITH A CLAUSE Encore Screening⁠
⁠Mon, Sep 21 • 7pm ⁠
Grammar Guru Ellen Jovin takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on an epic road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.⁠
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Mizna's 20th Arab Film Festival Opening Night: THE STORIES ⁠
⁠Wed, Sep 23 • 7pm ⁠
Join us before the opening night film The Stories for a catered reception to celebrate the opening of the twentieth edition of the Twin Cities Arab Film Fest. Entry to reception is included with your Opening Night film ticket, or Arab Film Fest All–Access Pass.⁠
Followed by a Q&A with Director Abu Bakr Shawky⁠
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Sticking Around: ⁠
HOPE ⁠
THE CYCLE OF LOVE ⁠
⁠FILIPIÑANA⁠
TONY⁠
TEENAGE S*X AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA⁠
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Coming Soon: ⁠
THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE⁠
PRIMETIME⁠
DIGGER⁠
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Relive your middle school memories (but in a good way) with EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER on Thursday, September 24 at 7pm. Sti...
09/15/2026

Relive your middle school memories (but in a good way) with EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER on Thursday, September 24 at 7pm. Stick around after the film for a live Q&A with the filmmakers and cast! ⁠
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EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER + Q&A ⁠
Thu, Sep 24 • 7pm ⁠
Stick around after the film for a live Q&A featuring the filmmakers and cast!⁠
Featuring: Megan Rico (writer/director), Kade Atwood (director/producer), Adi Madden Cabrera (actor), and Bryson Alejandro (producer/actor)!⁠
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Timid Catholic school dork Edie Arnold is dragged to a punk show where a mishap lands her on stage behind the drums. She's mortified... but a natural. Convinced by her best friend, she secretly forms a band called The NunDead. Her newfound confidence leads to a date with the altar boy but also a fight that gets her suspended. Thinking she bailed on their first gig, her bandmates bust her out of the house just in time to win a Battle of the Bands. But when she faces expulsion and her mother's wrath at a disciplinary hearing, footage of her kick-ass performance has an unexpected effect on her mom.

We're getting closer and closer to opening night of Cine Latino! Don't miss out on all of the fun. Buy your tickets and ...
09/04/2026

We're getting closer and closer to opening night of Cine Latino! Don't miss out on all of the fun. Buy your tickets and passes now. ⁠
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LA BOLA NEGRA ⁠
Wed, Oct 7 • 7:30pm + 7:45pm *JUST ADDED⁠
Opening Party precedes the film starting at 5:30 PM sponsored by Netflix.⁠
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From Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi — known together as Los Javis — La Bola Negra follows three generations of men across pivotal moments in Spanish history, bound by pain, desire, and love. Carlos (Milo Quifes) longs to belong in a fractured Spain. Sebastián (Guitarricadelafuente) finds connection across enemy lines. And Alberto (Carlos González) uncovers a long-buried family secret — one that finally gives voice to truths the past tried to erase. Co-written by Calvo, Ambrossi, and Alberto Conejero, and adapted from Conejero's play La Piedra Oscura and La bola negra, and other texts by Federico García Lorca.⁠
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De los directores galardonados en Cannes Javier Calvo y Javier Ambrossi —conocidos como «Los Javis»—, La Bola Negra sigue a tres generaciones de hombres a través de momentos cruciales de la historia de España, unidos por el dolor, el deseo y el amor. Carlos (Milo Quifes) anhela encontrar su lugar en una España fracturada. Sebastián (Guitarricadelafuente) establece un vínculo más allá de las líneas enemigas. Y Alberto (Carlos González) descubre un secreto familiar guardado por años: uno que finalmente da voz a verdades que el pasado intentó borrar. El guión escrito por Calvo, Ambrossi y Alberto Conejero, y adaptada a partir de la obra teatral de Conejero La piedra oscura.⁠
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Cine Latino returns October 7–11 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish- and Portuguese-language films, special guests, fiestas, and more! The 14th annual celebration of US Latino, Latin American, and Ibero Cinema honors the longstanding film traditions across these communities, showcasing a richness of stories, the beauty of place, and vibrant cultures through the power of film.

Look at hoo is coming to The Main Cinema!WILD INSIDE Sunday, Sep 6 • 4pm Stick around after the film for a live video Q&...
08/28/2026

Look at hoo is coming to The Main Cinema!

WILD INSIDE
Sunday, Sep 6 • 4pm
Stick around after the film for a live video Q&A with director Penny Lane!

A Eurasian Eagle-Owl named Flaco escapes from the Central Park Zoo and sets off on a magical odyssey through the island of Manhattan. Flaco overcomes his years of captivity and lack of survival skills to answer the call of the wild – and discovers he was wild inside all along.

From The team that brought you the horror masterpiece RE-ANIMATOR followed it up one year later with another H.P. Lovecr...
08/28/2026

From The team that brought you the horror masterpiece RE-ANIMATOR followed it up one year later with another H.P. Lovecraft-inspired body horror classic FROM BEYOND. ⁠
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Starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton as well as fellow horror legend Ken Foree (DAWN OF THE DEAD), Stuart Gordon's sophomore splatter-fest starts with a pineal gland experiment and ends with wall-to-wall interdimensional mutants getting mutilated. Come celebrate 40 years of FROM BEYOND - no splash zone required.⁠
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Midnight Mayhem: FROM BEYOND⁠
Sat, Sep 5 • 10pm ⁠
Hosted by Chaz Kangas ⁠
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A doctor invents a machine that stimulates a sensory gland in the brain that allows the user to view an extra dimension. Unfortunately, when he sees the monstrous inhabitants of this realm, they can see him too and are rather eager to introduce him to their world: one that goes beyond the flesh.⁠
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Midnight Mayhem features films that play the best after dark. Presented in the fun community experience that they were always meant to be, with special surprises, giveaways, and more throughout the night.

This week at The Main! ⁠⁠Starting this week: ⁠BUDDY ⁠Starts Thu, Aug 27 ⁠Remember BUDDY—the bright orange unicorn and st...
08/27/2026

This week at The Main! ⁠
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Starting this week: ⁠
BUDDY ⁠
Starts Thu, Aug 27 ⁠
Remember BUDDY—the bright orange unicorn and star of that classic childrens' television show who brought joy and life lessons into your living room?⁠
Inside the colorful world of "It's Buddy!", a group of children spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness. But when one child refuses to play along, Buddy is not pleased and cracks begin to appear in this seemingly perfect world.⁠
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ECHOES IN THE NIGHT: THE SEARCH FOR JACOB WETTERLING ⁠
Starts Fri, Aug 28 ⁠
Chris Newberry’s film was the 2nd highest rated film at MSPIFF45!⁠
In 1989, on a quiet road in rural Minnesota, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling is abducted by a masked gunman. The case remains shrouded in mystery for decades, until a courageous sexual-assault survivor, a citizen journalist, and Jacob’s unshakable parents demand action. After the case reaches a devastating conclusion, they are all left to question what “closure” really means.⁠
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FRANZ⁠
Starts Fri, Aug 28⁠
Award-winning director Agnieszka Holland embarks on her most ambitious project to date, a biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer Franz Kafka. Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna. Franz gives audiences a brand new perspective on the life of the man behind the literary giant.⁠
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Special events: ⁠
STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN: FILMS FROM BOB DYLAN CENTER TULSA, OK ⁠
Sat, Aug 29 • 1pm & 4pm ⁠
Followed by a Q&A with Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins and a solo-acoustic set from Dan Israel⁠.⁠
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Sloppy Discs Presents: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE⁠
Mon, Aug 31 • 7pm ⁠
⁠SOLD OUT ⁠
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Sticking around: ⁠
SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY⁠
TONY⁠
TEENAGE S*X AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA⁠
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Coming Soon: ⁠
AMERICAN DOCTOR 9/4⁠
HOPE 9/9⁠
THE CYCLE OF LOVE 9/11⁠
DIGGER

08/26/2026

Opening Night Film: She's The He!
Thursday Oct 1st at 7:00pm / Only screening in-person at The Main Cinema

Join us at The Main Cinema for the Minnesota Premiere of She's The He! An irreverent coming-of-age comedy, written and directed by Siobhan McCarthy, that reclaims the gender-bending narrative by trans people for trans people.

Can’t make it to Opening Night? Catch the Matinee Replay on Oct 3rd at 2:15pm, also at The Main Cinema.

About the film:
Comedy, Coming-of-Age | 82 min | 2026
Just before graduation, Ethan and Alex pose as trans women in a last ditch effort to quell gay rumors about them. It's all a joke until Ethan realizes: she really is trans. As the school year ends, the two best friends must reckon with their changing friendship, coming out, and coming-of-age.

Tickets on sale + Full Line-up Announced on Friday Sept 4th!

This Week at The Main!⁠⁠Starting This Week: ⁠TONY⁠Starts Aug 19⁠A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown a...
08/20/2026

This Week at The Main!⁠
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Starting This Week: ⁠
TONY⁠
Starts Aug 19⁠
A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.

Special Screenings:
Community Screening - CUBA AFTER CASTRO
Wed, Aug 26 • 7pm
Post-screening Live Virtual Q&A with Director Abby Martin
Presented by the Minnesota Cuba Committee
Cuba After Castro delivers the definitive portrait of Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba's first leader born after the Revolution. Through this unprecedented in-depth interview we see a vision of revolutionary Cuba suppressed in the west: a nation of collective values and defiance in the face of constant threats from the United States.
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Sticking Around: ⁠
SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY⁠
THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER⁠
THE ODYSSEY⁠
TEENAGE S*X AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA⁠
THE END OF OAK STREET⁠
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Coming Soon: ⁠
ECHOES IN THE NIGHT: THE SEARCH FOR JACOB WETTERLING 8/28⁠
THE CYCLE OF LOVE ⁠
AMERICAN DOCTOR ⁠
DIGGER

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