The Grand Cinema

The Grand Cinema Pierce County’s non-profit home for independent, international, and local film.
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The Grand Cinema is your friendly neighborhood art house theater, the South Sound’s nonprofit home for independent, foreign and local film. A certified 501(c)3 tax exempt organization, our mission is to enhance the cultural vitality of the Greater Tacoma community through the art of film. The Grand is supported by our loyal patrons, volunteers, small staff and Board of Directors

In addition to sc

reening independent, first-run films 365 days per year, The Grand is also the proud host of the Tacoma Film Festival, Tacoma Film Camp, 72 Hour Film Competition, 25 New Faces of Independent Film and many other film programs and events.

HAPPY THRIFTY THURSDAY We’ve got $7.50 tickets available ALL DAY LONG for ALL OUR FILMS!🐘 Teenage S*x and Death at Camp ...
08/27/2026

HAPPY THRIFTY THURSDAY

We’ve got $7.50 tickets available ALL DAY LONG for ALL OUR FILMS!

🐘 Teenage S*x and Death at Camp Miasma
🐘 Tony
🐘 The Rivals of Amziah King (Leaving Saturday!)
🐘 The Wrong Girls (Leaving TODAY!)
🐘 CatVidFest 2026 (Leaving TODAY!)

See showtimes and get tickets: www.grandcinema.com

Up next for Weird Elephant: the most dangerous film ever made, ROAR, this Friday and Saturday at 10pm, then on September...
08/27/2026

Up next for Weird Elephant: the most dangerous film ever made, ROAR, this Friday and Saturday at 10pm, then on September 11 & 12, the new 4K restoration of René Laloux’s GANDAHAR!

As always, Weird Elephant at The Grand is sponsored by our buds over at House of Cannabis (Tacoma) ✌️😎

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/weird-elephant

08/27/2026

▶️ Opening Friday
Coyote vs. ACME (Film Discussion on Sunday at 4:05pm!)
Late Fame

🔁 Holding Over
Teenage S*x & Death at Camp Miasma
Tony

⏏️ Leaving Thursday
The Wrong Girls
CatVideoFest 2026

⏏️ Leaving Saturday
The Rivals of Amziah King

🌟 Special Screenings
Weird Elephant - Roar
Sunday, One Day Only - The End of Evangelion (4K Restoration)
Tuesday Film Series - The Big Cheese

08/26/2026

“A quirky food documentary on the surface, but underneath lies a thrilling sports story about perseverance, belonging, and the relentless pursuit of excellence in one of the world’s most delightfully specialized professions.” -Louisa Moore, Screen Zealots

Up next for the Tuesday Film Series is THE BIG CHEESE, playing September 1 at 1:45pm & 7pm! Ticketholders to the 7pm screening will be treated to fine samples from Peterson’s Cheese AND subjects from the film are scheduled to be in attendance for a Q&A!

A scrappy team of eccentric American cheesemongers defies tradition to take on the world’s top cheese masters at the Mondial du Fromage, battling cultural clashes, personal struggles, and melting cheese in pursuit of respect, redemption, and a historic victory.

Get tickets: grandcinema.com/movie/the-big-cheese

08/24/2026

“It’s a pleasure to report that the film is a hilarious delight, one of the best live-action/animation films ever, and will be treasured by Looney Tunes fans (and who isn’t one?).” - Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter

Coyote Vs. ACME opens THIS FRIDAY, August 28 at The Grand Cinema!

After decades of being blown to bits by bombs, demolished by dynamite, mangled by magnets, battered by boulders, trampled by trains, tricked by tunnels, sprung by springs, steamrolled by steamrollers, maligned by misfires, bedeviled by bungees, rattled by rockets, backstabbed by bat suits, rocked by rocket skates, upended by unicycles, quaked by quake pills, rubberized by rogue bands, and hurled headlong off every cliff in the Southwest, Wile E. Coyote (Genius) finally fights back. Teaming up with billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte), he takes on slick corporate counsel Buddy Crane (John Cena) and ACME, Inc., the profit-obsessed conglomerate behind every one of the Coyote’s chaotic catastrophes.

Get tickets: grandcinema.com/movie/coyote-vs-acme

08/24/2026

“The poetry of this movie, in short, is in Dafoe, who gives his finest performance in years—a long trek from bliss to despair to disillusionment, and finally to the odd contentment and consolation that disillusionment often brings.” - Justin Chang, The New Yorker

Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee star in LATE FAME, opening this Friday, August 28 at The Grand Cinema!

Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet, works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius. Intoxicated by the attention — and by the alluring presence of Gloria, the group’s “tragic heroine” — Saxberger gradually reckons with the authenticity of his newfound poetic circle. This thoughtful, witty film is a wistful yet unromantic look at a lost idea of downtown New York.

Get tickets: grandcinema.com/movie/late-fame

Catch TONY, now playing at The Grand, then grab a copy of Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential” or any of his other ...
08/22/2026

Catch TONY, now playing at The Grand, then grab a copy of Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential” or any of his other great works at King's Books !!

Get tickets: https://grandcinema.com/movie/tony

08/21/2026

The End of Evangelion is coming to The Grand Cinema for ONE DAY ONLY on August 30.

Neon Genesis Evangelion has been hailed as one of the most important anime series of all time – a remarkable fusion of genres, and a powerful examination of the relationship between man and machine. But after famously concluding with a fizzle of a finale, creator Hideaki Anno reimagined the ending with one of the most stunningly animated, kinetic, and visually impactful anime films of all time. The End of Evangelion is a film that must be experienced theatrically.

Get tickets: grandcinema.com/movie/the-end-of-evangelion

The new 4K restoration of Gregg Araki’s masterpiece, Mysterious Skin, plays Sunday and Monday only at The Grand Cinema!“...
08/21/2026

The new 4K restoration of Gregg Araki’s masterpiece, Mysterious Skin, plays Sunday and Monday only at The Grand Cinema!

“Scott was so brilliant in the way that he sort of incorporated all these touchstones of childhood — like universal touchstones of someone who grew up in suburbia. I grew up in Santa Barbara when I was a little kid, and just like the cereal boxes and the station wagon — like, all of that stuff, I lived with that stuff. I know all of that stuff.” -Gregg Araki, on writer Scott Heim’s novel which Mysterious Skin was adapted from.

Get tickets: grandcinema.com/movie/mysterious-skin-4k-restoration

08/21/2026

“The apex of irresponsible filmmaking, but start-to-finish completely harrowing even in the absence of much of a story, and ultimately more successful than probably anyone anticipated at illustrating humanity’s clueless hubris in the face of nature. Someone should probably have gone to prison for making this.” -Matt Lynch

Roar, The most dangerous film ever made, is coming to Weird Elephant at The Grand on August 28 & 29!

A naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.

Weird Elephant is sponsored by our buds at House of Cannabis (Tacoma)

Get tickets: grandcinema.com/movie/roar

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