Central Cinema is pleased to present the debut feature from Caitlin Cronenberg, who follows her father David and brother Brandon in to the family business of brainy, unforgettable thrills and chills.

Join us for our FREE monthly live standup engagement, showcasing the best comics from Knoxville and elsewhere, courtesy of our friends at Tiny Stage Comedy!

Join us for a special FREE screening of THE EVENT, produced by Michael R. Ray as a graduate school thesis project. 

Just one year after his father helped kick off the Blaxploitation craze with SHAFT, first-time director Gordon Parks Jr solidifed the genre's commercial prominence with this down-and-dirty "one last score" saga set to an all-timer soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield.

Mario Van Peebles followed in the footsteps of his father Melvin (SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG) with his feature directorial debut, reviving the Blaxploitation spirit for the 1990s in a stylish Cops Vs Gangsters flick with a clear social conscience.

Check out one of the most notoriously cool hitman movies of all time as our May Is For Mobsters series presents LE SAMOURAÏ in its new 4K restoration, paired in an optional double feature Friday & Monday with spiritual conterpart GHOST DOG: WAY OF THE SAMURAI.

As the stunning new restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville's LE SAMOURAÏ (May 10-15) hits our screen, we had no choice as film fans but to offer a double bill with Jim Jarmusch's Zen-cool New York City homage, set to an legendary score/soundtrack by co-star RZA and sporting its own beautiful new 4K transfer.

Our Scruffy City Sisters Exalt The Pope Of Trash mini-retrospective culminates in the filthiest double feature you could ever hope to see: 1977's DESPERATE LIVING and 1972's world-notorious PINK FLAMINGOS, which bookend FEMALE TROUBLE (May 3) in the indelible "Trash Trilogy" that made John Waters a superstar in both independent film and freak counterculture.

Celebrate Mother's Day with us as we revisit Alfred Hitchcock's timeless tribute to filial devotion.

Knoxville Poetry Slam is a $5 monthly live poetry open mic presented by Lane Shuler and Jonathan "Courageous" Clark, who travel the country performing as I.N.K. Spoken Word.

Join us as we screen a collection of seven individual projects from students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This inaugural event offers the public a unique opportunity to experience their creativity - in the form of short films - on the big screen.

The eagerly anticipated followup to 2021's celebrated WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR gives writer/director Jane Schoenbrun a bigger budget and canvas with which to purse their alternately poignant and horrific brand of information-age existentialism. Don't miss this one!

Our Skate Video Night series presents a monthly program of top-shelf skate videos, presented on VHS and DVD curated by our friend Chris Albiston.

Join us every month for a celebration of ass-kicking chopsocky cinema, with a trailer reel and a handpicked feature presentation. Just $5!

We’re thrilled to welcome legendary multimedia collective NEGATIVLAND to Central Cinema on Saturday June 8 as they perform their latest show “We Can Really Feel Like We’re Here” (featuring video design & production by SUE-C), preceded by an exclusive screening of Ryan Worsley’s documentary STAND BY FOR FAILURE, a fittingly experimental portrait of the group’s history, art and thematic preoccupations. This show is co-presented by our dear friends at the Pilot Light and Knoxville Community Media.

Central Cinema is pleased to welcome star C. Thomas Howell (in town for Fanboy Expo July 12-14) for this special screening of the classic 1986 thriller, followed by an audience Q&A and meet & greet session!