Varsity Cinema

Opening Friday: #Highest2Lowest 📉 The latest Spike Lee joint, a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW, stars Denzel Washington as a titan music mogul, known for having the “best ears in the business,” who is targeted with a ransom plot and jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

Rave reviews are pouring in for WEAPONS, one of the scariest films of the year. Writer-director Zach Cregger (BARBARIAN) spins an expertly crafted yarn of terrifying mystery and thrilling intrigue. Now playing.

All attendees of IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY (now extended with new showtimes) will be put into a drawing to win one of 50 limited-edition mini posters. All showtimes are eligible; winners will be randomly drawn at the end of the film’s run. #NowPlaying

Presented with First Fleet Concerts

Show off your sweet dance moves in our pre-show dance off at NAPOLEON DYNAMITE on Tuesday, August 19!

Start practicing. 🕺🏻

Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/napol...

We want to give a shout out and huge thanks to our friends over at The Bartender's Handshake for hosting a fundraiser for Varsity Cinema this summer after news broke of our National Endowment for the Arts funding termination. In times like these, we couldn’t be more grateful for this community. 🫶

Opening Friday: WEAPONS. When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance. Tickets on sale now: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/weapo...

Our next Movie Bash 🍿 is NAPOLEON DYNAMITE 🧨 Join us on August 19 for a special screening where audience interaction is encouraged! Dig up your old Vote for Pedro shirt or grab some friends who’ve never seen the 2004 cult comedy and get your tickets now. Gosh!

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Join us on Monday, August 4 at 7pm for a celebration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with a screening of the film LOVE & FRIENDSHIP, based on one of Austen’s earliest works. Presented in partnership with the Jane Austen Society of North America.

Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/love-...

Master of anxiety Ari Aster strikes again with EDDINGTON, a modern Western set in May 2020, where politics, generations, and egos clash in an epic showdown between an eccentric sheriff who’s fed up with the current mayor of Eddington, New Mexico.

Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/eddin...

SORRY, BABY is the breakout indie drama capturing everyone’s attention and hearts.

“Vibrant, real faces and places that seem like they were there before the movie opens; it’s a modest miracle that when it ends, you don’t want to say goodbye.” – NYT

Now playing: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/sorry...

TODAY IS THE DAY! Come on in and celebrate your love for independent film at Varsity Cinema for #ArtHouseTheaterDay.

TOGETHER opens in ONE WEEK! Real-life spouses Dave Franco and Alison Brie star in this new body horror film as a couple who move to the countryside but soon encounter a mysterious force that horrifically causes changes in their bodies.

🎟️ Tickets on sale now at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/toget...

EDDINGTON is the talk of the town (and Letterboxd). Have you traveled back to 2020 yet? Tell us what you thought of Ari Aster's latest.

Still need to catch it? EDDINGTON is now playing.

Tickets & Showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/eddin...

#Eddington #A24 #Letterboxd

"That a story about post-traumatic dissociation and recovery is this funny and charming is a minor miracle." — (AV Club)

Opening Friday: #SorryBaby, an intimate look at a woman picking up the pieces of her life after a traumatic event.

🎟️ Tickets & showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/sorry...

TANGERINE (2015) dir. by Sean Baker – plays one day only this Thursday for #ArtHouseTheaterDay! Catch it at 4pm and 7pm with exclusive new content from Baker about the film.

Tickets: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/tange...

Wednesday night: we're excited to celebrate #DisabilityPrideMonth with our screening of #CripCamp followed by a Q&A!

We are always looking for more opportunities to provide access to the art of film — join us for Open Caption screenings on Mondays, plus sensory friendly screenings and visual menus.

Art House Theater Day is THIS WEEK! Join us on Thursday for TANGERINE directed by Sean Baker (ANORA) featuring exclusive pre-recorded content from Baker and Samantha Quan, Art House Theater Day Ambassadors.

Now Playing: #Eddington from Ari Aster. "Such a superb social satire about contemporary America that I want to bury it in the desert for 20 years. More distance will make it easier to laugh" — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times.

🎟️ Tickets & showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/eddin...

PIEOWA keeps selling out (and leaving no crumbs) so we’ve added MORE SCREENINGS! 🥧

Starting Friday, come out and catch the hit local documentary PIEOWA: A PIECE OF AMERICA that celebrates the myriad ways pie is woven into Iowa’s culture.

Tickets & showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/pieow...

Playing July 24 on #ArtHouseTheaterDay: THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE 🌌

You may know her as Ms. Frizzle or the Frankie to your Grace, but Lily Tomlin gives her ultimate performance in this one-woman show, now restored in 4K and featuring a special intro.

🎟️ bit.ly/4eUOT6x

Join us on July 23 for CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION + Q&A session.

Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.

varsitydesmoines.com/movies/crip-...

Playing August 8: IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY 🎙️ Buckley had only released one album when he died suddenly in 1997. Now, never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from those closest to him offer a portrait of the captivating singer.

Sponsored by First Fleet
🎟️ bit.ly/454cq1v

We have the perfect drink to go with a viewing of STEALING PULP FICTION, the “$5 Milkshake” (aka our $9.50 Signature Cocktail). Now available at Concessions! We’ll let Vincent Vega tell ya how good it is. 😉 #StealingPulpFiction is now playing.

#ArtHouseTheaterDay is NEXT WEEK! Join us on July 24 for a lineup of films including TANGERINE 🍊 with pre-recorded content from Sean Baker.

Baker’s breakthrough 2015 film follows a sex worker on a rip-roaring odyssey through subcultures of Los Angeles.

Tickets: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/tange...

We were thrilled to host a sold-out show for Beth Howard’s documentary PIEowa 🥧 last night! We’ve had so much demand, we’ve added additional showings for this Saturday, July 12 & Tuesday, July 15.

Get tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/pieow...

📷: Connor Henzi

Opening Friday: STEALING PULP FICTION 🎥 A group of Hollywood wannabes and their eccentric therapist concoct a plot to steal Quentin Tarantino’s personal 35mm print of Pulp Fiction from his movie theater. What begins as a simple heist quickly spirals.

Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/steal...

Tomorrow's screening of PIEOWA is sold out but we've added another showing for this Saturday at 4pm!

PIEOWA celebrates the myriad ways pie is woven into Iowa’s culture.

Get tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/pieowa-a-piece-of-america/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or

Now serving: “Biohazard” ☣️
Now playing: #28YearsLater

Experience both at the Varsity while you can! Tickets & Showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/28-ye...

Celebrate #ArtHouseTheaterDay with us again this year! Join us on Thurs., July 24 for a special selection of art house films, including TANGERINE and THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, with exclusive features & introductions.

Learn more: varsitydesmoines.com/film-series/...

There are still seats remaining for Tuesday’s Movie Bash 🍿💥 screening of RETURN OF THE JEDI with audience interaction encouraged! July 8 at 7 pm.

Get tix: www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/return-of-the-jedi/?utm_source=stories&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or