Ask anyone who caught it bringing the house down at the 2024 Knoxville Horror Film Fest: RATS! is one of the strangest, crowd-pleasingest comedies of the decade, and a guaranteed cult classic in the making. We're thrilled to be bringing it back to Central Cinema for its official theatrical run, and cannot overstate how important it is to see it with a crowd... bring your friends!

Round two of our year-long David Lynch memorial skips right to what many consider his masterpiece: the 2001 TV pilot-turned-feature that cemented his legacy as a titan of commercial American art cinema.

SPECIAL FREE MATINEE EDITION WITH TOURING HEADLINER! Get ready for an afternoon of laughs and lies as a panel of degenerate comedians submit a few secret stories or facts from their life, to be read aloud in random order by the host. The panel will engage in a few minutes of hilarious debate, insults, and baseless accusations — in an attempt to discover who the story came from. Audience members will then place votes, using their phones, on who they think is lying — and compete on a leaderboard for cash prizes & more!

Join us for our new KHFF Arcana $7 grab bag series, featuring a special monthly surprise curated by the Knoxville Horror Film Fest!

The Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound is pleased to collaborate with UT Libraries and UT Cinema Studies for the Knoxville edition of the inaugural international Amateur Movie Day! This screening will focus on vintage small-gauge films made by hobbyists and other non-professionals for audiences outside the home. Travel, cinema club activities, camera tricks, experimental aesthetics, and child's play will all be on display in a range of short titles spanning TAMIS' collection, other regional treasures, and peer film archives.

Get ready for a night of laughs and lies as a panel of degenerate comedians submit a few secret stories or facts from their life, to be read aloud in random order by the host. The panel will engage in a few minutes of hilarious debate, insults, and baseless accusations — in an attempt to discover who the story came from. Audience members will then place votes, using their phones, on who they think is lying — and compete on a leaderboard for $80 in prizes!

A young writer (Ayo Edebiri) is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star (John Malkovich) who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she finds herself in the middle of his twisted plan.

An Episcopal Priest (Billy Daniel) and a self-appointed Priestess (Monika Miller) invite YOU (brilliantly portrayed by you) to join our community conversation series. Each month, we tackle a new theme and welcome all opinions. This is your chance to witness and participate in a dialogue that bridges beliefs, sparks insights, and celebrates diverse perspectives.

Bring your gear and join us for a special low-light "Knit Along" screening of this enduring comedy classic, presented FREE (with registration) by Knit-A-Thon Knoxville, who are working in coordination with PBS Kids to encourage creation & donation of knit hats for Compassion Closet.

This month's installment of Highlander Center's "Off The Hill" screening series (featuring free admission & concessions) presents a stirring feature documentary on the life and work of famed Knoxville poet Nikki Giovanni, who passed away late last year.

Director Amy Heckerling (FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH) made her triumphant return to the upper echelons of the teen movie canon with this posh riff on Jane Austen's "Emma", including star-making turns from Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd (in his big screen debut) and erstwhile Aerosmith video vixen Alicia Silverstone. You'd be buggin' to miss this one on the big screen!

Join us for a one-off screening of Brad Bird's beloved sci-fi fable, sponsored by Big Slate Media and benefiting the fine folks at CASA of East Tennessee.

Mike Judge's long-awaited followup to comedy classic OFFICE SPACE was unceremoniously dumped into a handful of theaters a full year after its completion, so there's a good chance this is your only opportunity to see the ballad of Not Sure unfold on the big screen! (That's definitely the main reason we're showing this, can't think of any other topical reasons as to why we'd be showing this.)

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 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 Central Cinema's fourth annual Up All Night cult movie marathon event as we gorge ourselves on twelve hours of big screen insanity! This year's celebration features six audience-slaying features, shorts, commercials and other striking miscellany, anchored by David Lynch's mother-of-all-midnight-movies ERASERHEAD. (All the other ingredients are closely-held secrets, because it's more fun that way.) The fun starts at 6pm Saturday and ends bright and early at 6am Sunday morning... so pack a blanket, get all jacked up on whatever and see if you've got what it takes to stay UP! ALL! NIGHT!