Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman (Mary Astor). As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam's partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man (Peter Lorre) demanding he locate a valuable statuette. Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejeweled Maltese falcon.

When fresh-faced Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.

An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

Teenager Owen (Justice Smith) is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate (Jack Haven) introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Gregory (Clint Howard, EVILSPEAK) is the local ice cream man. And all he wants to do is sell the neighborhood children some ice cream treats. Unfortunately, the adults disrespect him and the kids fear him. So, as any recently released mental patient would do, Gregory begins brutally murdering anyone who prevents him from having a happy, happy, happy day! The most essential 1990s horrorblast ever made by the director of EDWARD PENISHANDS, ICE CREAM MAN is an absurd, gory, and hilarious direct-to-video slasher, punctuated by Clint Howard’s unleashed performance and featuring Olivia Hussey (BLACK CHRISTMAS), David Naughton (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON), and Jan-Michael Vincent (AIRWOLF). Fully uncut and restored from its original 35mm camera negative!

Central Cinema is pleased to finally present the trio of crowd-pleasing shorts that introduced the world to one of animated cinema's most beloved duos and put British stop-motion studio Aardman on the map! Join us on our anniversary weekend for a 90-minute program featuring 1989's A GRAND DAY OUT (in which Wallace and Gromit go to the moon), 1993's THE WRONG TROUSERS (in which they face down a nefarious houseguest) and 1995's A CLOSE SHAVE (in which they meet Shaun The Sheep.)

Help us celebrate our anniversary weekend with the Akira Kurosawa classic that introduced the wider world to Japanese cinema, screening on 16mm courtesy of Film On Film series coordinator Josh Mays.

Paleontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme park populated by dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. While the park's mastermind, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.

Banned upon its original release in 1981, Andrzej Żuławski’s highly choreographed nightmare of a marriage unraveling is an experience unlike any other. Professional spy Mark (Sam Neill) returns to his West Berlin home to find his wife Anna (Isabelle Adjani, in a role that earned her Best Actress at Cannes) insistent on a divorce. As Anna’s frenzied behavior becomes ever more alarming, Mark discovers a truth far more sinister than his wildest suspicions. With its pulsating score, visceral imagery, and some of the most grueling performances ever captured on screen, Possession is cinematic delirium at its most intoxicating. (Metrograph)

A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, RASHOMON is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema—and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune—to the Western world. (Janus Films)

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!