Join us for a very special film event as the producers of HURT: A MISSISSIPPI INSPIRATION (an upcoming short documentary about bluesman Mississippi John Hurt) present a trailer & informational session about their film, followed by a 16mm presentation of Terry Zwigoff's LOUIE BLUIE sourced from the TAMIS collection and projected by Bradley Reeves.

A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.

A wildly inventive new comedy from Quentin Dupieux (MANDIBLES, RUBBER), SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING follows the misadventures of a team of five superheroes known as the Tobacco Force - Benzene (Gilles Lellouche), Nicotine (Anaïs Demoustier), Methanol (Vincent Lacoste), Mercury (Jean-Pascal Zadi), and Ammonia (Oulaya Amamra). After a devastating battle against a diabolical giant turtle, the Tobacco Force is sent on a mandatory week-long retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.

Nominated for 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Daniels' transcendent infinite-quadrant blockbuster returns for a Central Cinema victory lap... catch it one last time on the big screen at Central Cinema beginning February 17.

Our April Late Show slate kicks off with this wild Japanese horror fantasy concoction, the first in a series known for its inventive visuals and unforgettable creature designs.

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

Darren Aronofsky's bracing, one-of-a-kind debut returns to the screen for its 25th anniversary in a brand new restoration courtesy of A24.

Join local activists the Scruffy City Sisters as they debut their Queer Movie Night with this fierce, essential document of ecstatic joy and deep melancholy.

After proving his chops in 1987’s MOONSTRUCK and RAISING ARIZONA, Nicolas Cage puzzled critics and audiences alike with his unhinged performance as a yuppie bloodsucker in this vampiric sex comedy... little did they know that VAMPIRE’S KISS would be a spiritual ground zero for the big swings that made him Hollywood’s most lovable maniac. With a full-fledged Cage Dracula on the way in RENFIELD, the Late Show is flashing back to its patron saint’s first taste of blood, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year.

We've literally been waiting years for Rex Manning Day (April 8) to fall on a Saturday so we could throw a party. Join us for ultra-90s classic EMPIRE RECORDS April 8 & 9, complete with a 90s karaoke jam Saturday night!

The long-running Knoxville Poetry Slam has a new home at Central Cinema... come join them on the second Tuesday of every month for recitations, slam poetry and other crowd-pleasing fun!

Join us for the season premiere of our ongoing sing-along series, presented by Appalachian Equality Chorus and benefiting Bryant's Bridge! April's selection is this endlessly sunny, much-requested 2008 jukebox musical spotlighting ABBA's timeless catalog of hits. One screening only... don't miss out!

No one would have pegged 1992's ENCINO MAN as an awards incubator, but Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan's 2023 Oscar glory is a wonderful excuse to revisit this profoundly 90s teenage caveman comedy. (Fun fact: Sean Astin also has an Oscar, for producing/directing a 1994 Best Short Film winner; as of press time Pauly Shore has received 0 Academy Awards.)

Join us for a very special mid-month spinoff of our FREE Central Cinema Comedy Night as Los Angeles standup Rivers Langley comes to town, backed by a lineup of local favorites led by host Keith Marcell.

Our exclusive lock-in celebration of cult cinema and togetherness returns for a second year with the Late Show's Up All Night movie marathon, presenting six wild feature films plus a hand-picked mix of wild short films, commercials, music videos and other fun! Running from 6pm Saturday evening until 6am Sunday morning, Up All Night is a brain-melting endurance test designed with adventurous film fans in mind... do you have what it takes to stay up?

Roll for hilarity! Stand-up comedy crosses swords with Dungeons & Dragons and myth meets mirth. Join an amusing adventuring party of intrepid comedians as they explore a realm both fanciful and funny while playing the world’s greatest role-playing game live on stage. With a show called Catacombs & Comedians, it’s bound to get weird.

Shoe Game and RheaSunshine present Collectively Speaking, hosted by Knoxville poet laureate RheaSunshine.

Join Knox By Night productions for the long-awaited third installment of their FREE Knox Comedy Film Fest, featuring comedic short films from creator around the region.