Rose Theatre

Rose Theatre First opened as a vaudeville house in 1907, the Rose features the finest films from around the globe.

An independent cinema on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, offering the best in current films, classic and cult movies, in addition to world-class broadcasts of theatre, dance and opera from all over the globe. With real butter on our popcorn, a fully-loaded spice counter and live introductions to every film, a visit to the theatre is more than just going to a movie. Now featuring an online film library with over 100 independent films to stream from home!

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! We have a few tickets left for ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW on Saturday at 10pm. MARY POPPINS on Saturda...
06/03/2026

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! We have a few tickets left for ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW on Saturday at 10pm. MARY POPPINS on Saturday morning at 11am is filling up too! LAST CHANCE for I LOVE BOOSTERS! Truly a movie with all the colors of the 🌈

Join us and the Riff Raff Street Rats for a night of ROCKY HORROR that you will never forget! Prop bag proceeds and more...
06/02/2026

Join us and the Riff Raff Street Rats for a night of ROCKY HORROR that you will never forget! Prop bag proceeds and more benefit Port Townsend Pride.

This is a fully immersive audience participation experience. WARNING: People will be throwing props, yelling lines, dancing, and interacting with the film and performers the entire show, so if you are simply wanting to watch the movie, this experience may not be for you.

This low-budget freak show/cult-classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors and Janet Weiss inside a strange mansion that they come across on a rainy night. After the wholesome pair’s car breaks down in the woods, they seek refuge in a towering castle nearby. Greeting them at the door is a ghoulish butler named Riff Raff, who introduces them to a bacchanalian collection of partygoers dressed in outfits from some sort of interplanetary thrift shop.

Riff Raff’s Street Rats is the premier Rocky Horror Picture Show production of the Pacific Northwest doing regular shows at the Tracyton Movie House in Bremerton and The Historic Admiral Theater in West Seattle as well as various other shows across the PNW.

Team Zizsu showed up for THE LIFE AQUATIC!You’ve got one more chance to see THE LIFE AQUATIC Tuesday 6/2 at 6:30. Next u...
06/01/2026

Team Zizsu showed up for THE LIFE AQUATIC!

You’ve got one more chance to see THE LIFE AQUATIC Tuesday 6/2 at 6:30.

Next up in our WES ANDER-THON is THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, playing June 19th, 21st + 24th.

Sea you at the movies! 😉🌊

Presenting the rest of our Wes Ander-thon line up in the Starlight Room!We continue with THE LIFE AQUATIC, playing:Satur...
05/29/2026

Presenting the rest of our Wes Ander-thon line up in the Starlight Room!

We continue with THE LIFE AQUATIC, playing:
Saturday, May 30th at 7:30 (just a few tickets left)
Sunday, May 31st at 4:00
Tuesday, June 2nd at 6:30

Don your red beanies and blue coats!

See you at the movies.

Presenting the rest of our Wes Ander-thon line up in the Starlight Room!We continue with THE LIFE AQUATIC, playing:Satur...
05/29/2026

Presenting the rest of our Wes Ander-thon line up in the Starlight Room!

We continue with THE LIFE AQUATIC, playing:
Saturday, May 30th at 7:30
Sunday, May 31st at 4:00
Tuesday, June 2nd at 6:30

Don your red beanies and a blue coats!

See you at the movies.

You’ve got another week to see THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. Showings are still filling up, so be mindful to come a little early...
05/28/2026

You’ve got another week to see THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. Showings are still filling up, so be mindful to come a little early to get snacks and your favorite seat. PRESSURE will start next week!

If a heartwarming family film isn’t your thing — good news! BACKROOMS starts Friday in the Rose Bud. The set up is simple - A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Reviews are noting amazing performances, production and sound design, calling it “A horror film that feels genuinely singular: eerie, melancholy, deeply uncanny, and willing to trust audiences enough to leave them lost inside its maze.”

Creepy basements that defy physics, not your thing? Dive into whimsical world of Wes Anderson’s THE LIFE AQUATIC. Playing in the Starlight Room Sat 5/30 at 7:30 + Sun 5/31 at 4:00 as well as Tues 6/2 6:30.

Be sure to catch I LOVE BOOSTERS by Boots Riley! His sophomore film is a refreshing and shocking cornucopia of color with a soundtrack by the Tune-Yards. All we’ll say is that it’s Rated R and you were warned. It’s a fun ride!

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We’ll be posting more about them soon but new Noir, Wes Ander-thon and kid-friendly films have been added up in the Starlight Room!
Check starlightroomtheatre.com for more info!

See you at the movies!

You’ve got another week to see THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. Showings are still filling up, so be mindful to come a little early...
05/28/2026

You’ve got another week to see THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. Showings are still filling up, so be mindful to come a little early to get snacks and your favorite seat. PRESSURE will start next week!

If a sheep-filled heartwarming family film isn’t your thing — good news! BACKROOMS starts Friday in the Rose Bud. The set up is simple - A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Reviews are noting amazing performances, production and sound design, calling it “a horror film that feels genuinely singular: eerie, melancholy, deeply uncanny, and willing to trust audiences enough to leave them lost inside its maze.”

Creepy basements that defy physics, not your thing? Dive into whimsical world of Wes Anderson’s THE LIFE AQUATIC. Playing in the Starlight Room Sat 5/30 at 7:30 + Sun 5/31 at 4:00 as well as Tues 6/2 6:30.

Be sure to catch I LOVE BOOSTERS too! It’s a refreshing and shocking cornucopia of color with a soundtrack by the Tune-Yards. All we’ll say is that it’s Rated R and you were warned. It’s a fun ride!

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We’ll be posting more about them soon but new Noir, Wes Ander-thon and kid-friendly films have been added up in the Starlight Room!
Check starlightroomtheatre.com for more info!

See you at the movies!

Friday 5/22 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES is moving to the Rose Theatre due to popular demand and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 is movi...
05/20/2026

Friday 5/22 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES is moving to the Rose Theatre due to popular demand and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 is moving to the Rose Bud. They’re both leaving Thursday 5/28 so be sure to see them soon!

On the horizon we have PRESSURE, BACKROOMS, THE LIFE AQUATIC and MARY POPPINS to look forward to. PLUS a Port Townsend Pride Fundraiser screening of ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with the RIFF RAFF STREET RATS. WARNING: People will be throwing props, yelling lines, dancing, and interacting with the film and performers the entire show, so if you are simply wanting to watch the movie, this experience may not be for you. If that sounds like fun though—WHOOPIE!

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This DEEP FOCUS REVIEW gives you a taste of what to expect from I LOVE BOOSTERS— which starts Friday 5/22 up in The Starlight room!

“I Love Boosters reminded me of some of my favorite films without resorting to homage or overt sampling. The film has the overstuffed energy of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) and The Zero Theorem (2014) and the sociopolitical edge of B**g Joon-ho’s Okja (2017) and Parasite (2019). Boots Riley’s visual approach and color palette are reminiscent of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) on psychedelics, complete with a zany Danny Elfman-esque score by Tune-Yards that propels every moment with its oompah-style tempo.

But it’s also a layered allegory for how capitalist systems exploit workers, reserving the profits for the super-rich, while the ones actually toiling away at the unfulfilling work of making these products barely receive a living wage. Set in the fashion industry, I Love Boosters is about a revolution in which the underpaid workers finally develop a cohesive class consciousness and overthrow the designer who reaps the benefits. When college students are asked to explain Marxist theories in their courses, this film provides an ideal illustration that lays it all out quite clearly.”

Happy 91st Rhododendron Festival! We’ve got some great films this weekend if you need to step away from the parades OR i...
05/14/2026

Happy 91st Rhododendron Festival! We’ve got some great films this weekend if you need to step away from the parades OR if you just need a cherry on top of a great celebration.

See you at the movies!

A letter from George at Cannes: Each May, 30,000 people travel to Cannes, France to watch films. This year, I’m one of t...
05/13/2026

A letter from George at Cannes: Each May, 30,000 people travel to Cannes, France to watch films. This year, I’m one of them. It’s especially important for movie programmers like myself to attend festivals. It offers the opportunity to connect with and retain healthy relationships with independent production and distribution houses. We meet with people from every aspect of the industry, from those that you see on the screen to -most importantly- those that are responsible for getting a film made and into theatres.

Cinema owners also play a strategic role at a film festival, we bring the foundation of Theatrical Exhibition into focus. We must work to remind everyone in this industry that cinema has no life if not for theatres. (BUT George! What about our phones? Our laptops? Our homes? I can see a movie anywhere! Ah, yes, a movie you can experience anywhere. But cinema? No, you experience cinema at the Cinema).

Notable at this year’s Cannes are the lack of any major studios. Universal, Paramount, Disney, Sony… they’re absent. This absence stands in stark relief to the state of the cinema industry back home, where major studios have a stranglehold on our everyday viewing choices.

In the coming week, I’ll be reporting back on the films I’m screening, the wonderful people I’m connecting with, and with any luck, what I’m bringing back home for you.

See you at the movies!

With love,
George

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