Central Cinema Upcoming productionshttps://centralcinema865.com/Knoxville's Neighborhood MoviehouseMatineehttps://centralcinema865.com/production/matinee/MatineeOur MOVIE MOVIES series continues with this underrated, family-friendly adventure into silver screen showmanship and Cold War paranoia. Shlock filmmaker Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) oversees the premiere of his gimmicky new horror movie in coastal Florida at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. "A delightful comedy and one of the most charming movies in a long time." - Roger Ebert]]>The Stunt Driverhttps://centralcinema865.com/production/the-stunt-driver/Stunt Driver Director Michael Dowse reunites with GOON writer/actor Jay Baruchel for this stranger-than-fiction Canadian biopic spectacle. See it at Central Cinema! Set in the mid-seventies, THE STUNT DRIVER recounts the true underdog story of Canada's Ken Carter, the world champion stunt driver who battles personal demons and public doubt to attempt what everyone considers impossible – a mile-long jump across the St. Lawrence river in a rocket car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzM34TjcMso  ]]>The Stunt Man (1980)https://centralcinema865.com/production/the-stunt-man-1980/Stunt ManWe're pairing the new daredevil biopic THE STUNT DRIVER with this 1980 cult classic, part of our MOVIE MOVIES megaseries. In an iconic Oscar-nominated performance, Peter O’ Toole (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA) is film director Eli Cross: a megalomaniacal madman commanding a circus of a production where paranoid young Vietnam vet Steve Railsback (LIFEFORCE) finds himself *maybe* replacing a dead stunt man, *possibly* falling for leading lady Barbara Hershey (BEACHES) and discovering that love, death and the mayhem of moviemaking are the wildest illusions of all. (AGFA) "A bravura piece of moviemaking — a true popular work of modernist art. It makes the audience experience the uncertainty of the contemporary world.” — Rolling Stone]]>Sunset Boulevardhttps://centralcinema865.com/production/sunset-boulevard-2/Sunset Boulevard Our MOVIE MOVIES series gets dark with Billy Wilder's flawless psycho-noir about Hollywood's rotting underbelly. A failed screenwriter (William Holden) falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star (Gloria Swanson). "It is Hollywood craftsmanship at its smartest and at just about its best, and it is hard to find better craftsmanship than that, at this time, in any art or country." - James Agee]]>$5 Screening: Close-Uphttps://centralcinema865.com/production/5-screening-close-up/Close UpJoin us for just $5 as we continue our collaboration with UT's Denbo Center, pursuing themes of identity and place with Abbas Kiarostami's mold-breaking blend of narrative and nonfiction. The screening will be introduced by Mehrenegar Rostami from UT's Natalie L. Haslam College of Music, with a discussion to follow. Internationally revered Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years, and Close-up is his most radical, brilliant work. This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves. With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, Close-up has resonated with viewers around the world. (Janus Films) "The meanings of CLOSE-UP shift, subtly and profoundly, with every viewing; the only certainty is that its rewards are boundless." - Time Out]]>16mm Screening: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)https://centralcinema865.com/production/16mm-screening-the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-1923/HunchbackIn observance of 2026's Silent Movie Day we'll be presenting a 16mm silent presentation headlined by Universal's 1923 blockbuster production of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, which set the studio (and star/makeup whiz Lon Chaney) on a trajectory that would help define the horror movie as we know it. In 15th-century Paris, Jehan (Brandon Hurst), the evil brother of the archdeacon, lusts after a Gypsy named Esmeralda (Patsy Ruth Miller) and commands the hunchback Quasimodo (Lon Chaney) to capture her. Military captain Phoebus (Norman Kerry) also loves Esmeralda and rescues her, but the Gypsy is not unsympathetic to Quasimodo's condition, and an unlikely bond forms between them. After vengeful Jehan frames Esmeralda for the attempted murder of Phoebus, Quasimodo's feelings are put to the test.]]>$5 Screening: Secret Mall Apartmenthttps://centralcinema865.com/production/secret-mall-apartment/Secret Mall ApartmentWe're excited to be bringing this fascinating, art-forward 2025 doc back to our screen for one night only as part of our ongoing series with the Knoxville Museum of Art. (This screening is FREE for KMA members and just $5 for everyone else!) In 2003, eight young Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment in a hidden space inside the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years, filming everything along the way. They snuck in furniture, tapped into the mall’s electricity, and even secretly constructed a brick wall with a locking door, smuggling in over 2 tons of cinderblock. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all its inhabitants – a personal expression of defiance against local gentrification, a boundary-pushing work of public/private art, and finally, a 750 square foot space that sticks it to the man! "Thanks to its thoughtful protagonists and filmmaker Jeremy Workman, what starts out as a quirky human interest story becomes a profoundly humane portrait of creativity and community." - Washington Post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9OCYOD-e9s]]>Ninja Scroll (4K Remaster)https://centralcinema865.com/production/ninja-scroll-4k-remaster/Ninja Scroll Sunday October 4, Monday October 5 and Wednesday October 7 Join us for a special limited engagement of Yoshiaki Kawajiri's extreme anime classic, newly remastered in 4K and screening in both its dubbed (Sunday & Monday) and subtitled (Sunday & Wednesday) versions. When Jubei saves a young ninja woman from the unthinkable, he assumes that’s the end of it. To his surprise, it’s only just the beginning. Together, the two investigate the mysterious deaths of an entire village which uncovers a conspiracy of demonic proportions! Getting closer to the truth, the demonic forces will stop at nothing to silence Jubei and his companion for good!]]>Tiny Stage presents Central Cinema Comedy Nighthttps://centralcinema865.com/production/tiny-stage-comedy-night/Join us for our FREE monthly live standup engagement, showcasing Knoxville's best comics courtesy of our friends at Tiny Stage Comedy! Doors at 7pm, comedy beginning at 7:30pm.
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