January - April 2026 Complete Schedule
Footloose (1984) - 1/12
A classic from the ‘80s featuring lively musical numbers and starring Kevin Bacon as a defiant youth who moves to a town where dancing is outlawed. Also starring John Lithgow, Diane Wiest, Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Penn.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
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Footloose (1984) - 1/12
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) - 1/19
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) - 1/19
A classic from the ‘80s featuring lively musical numbers and starring Kevin Bacon as a defiant youth who moves to a town where dancing is outlawed. Also starring John Lithgow, Diane Wiest, Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Penn.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) - 1/19
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) - 1/19
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) - 1/19
Loosely based on the 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders, this early ‘slasher’ horror film will be presented in anamorphic CinemaScope. Not for the faint of heart.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
The World of Apu (1959) - 1/26
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) - 1/19
The World of Apu (1959) - 1/26
Satyajit Ray’s extraordinary conclusion to his ‘Apu Trilogy’. We at MCCS insist that our attendees watch Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road, 1955) and Apparjito (The Unvanquished, 1956) prior to this rare film exhibition.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
The Ugly American (1963) - 2/2
Get Down and Boogie (1975) - 2/9
The World of Apu (1959) - 1/26
Directed by Marlon Brando’s personal friend George Englund, this political drama is the first film to star Brando following the notorious production of Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Get Down and Boogie (1975) - 2/9
Get Down and Boogie (1975) - 2/9
Get Down and Boogie (1975) - 2/9
Also known as Darktown Strutters, this cult blaxploitation favorite stars Trina Parks, Lejeune Richardson, and Bettye Sweet.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Mahogany (1975) - 2/16
Get Down and Boogie (1975) - 2/9
Get Down and Boogie (1975) - 2/9
Directed by and starring Detroit’s own Berry Gordy and Diana Ross (and featuring costume designs by Ross), this well-tailored drama follows an ingenue’s rise to international fame. Also starring Anthony ‘Psycho’ Perkins and Billy Dee Williams.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Harold and Maude (1971) - 2/23
There Will Be Blood (2007) on 35MM - 2/27
There Will Be Blood (2007) on 35MM - 2/27
Hal Ashby’s existential romp, revealing the unexpected romance between a 79 year old eccentric and a privileged yet suicidal young man. Featuring a soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
There Will Be Blood (2007) on 35MM - 2/27
There Will Be Blood (2007) on 35MM - 2/27
There Will Be Blood (2007) on 35MM - 2/27
This contemporary classic stars Daniel Day Lewis (in his second Academy Award-winning role)
as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned ‘oil man’ who unrelentingly seeks drillable land with
the help of an orphan, played by Dillon Freasier (in his first and only screen appearance), who
believes he is his son. When the pair encounters Eli Sunda
This contemporary classic stars Daniel Day Lewis (in his second Academy Award-winning role)
as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned ‘oil man’ who unrelentingly seeks drillable land with
the help of an orphan, played by Dillon Freasier (in his first and only screen appearance), who
believes he is his son. When the pair encounters Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a faith healer who
controls the oil-soaked town of Little Boston, their lives become irreversibly embroiled in a
bitter struggle of ambition, redemption, and greed.
Door - 7:00pm
Show - 8:00pm
There Will Be Blood (2007) on 35MM - 2/28
There Will Be Blood (2007) on 35MM - 2/27
This contemporary classic stars Daniel Day Lewis (in his second Academy Award-winning role)
as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned ‘oil man’ who unrelentingly seeks drillable land with
the help of an orphan, played by Dillon Freasier (in his first and only screen appearance), who
believes he is his son. When the pair encounters Eli Sunda
This contemporary classic stars Daniel Day Lewis (in his second Academy Award-winning role)
as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned ‘oil man’ who unrelentingly seeks drillable land with
the help of an orphan, played by Dillon Freasier (in his first and only screen appearance), who
believes he is his son. When the pair encounters Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a faith healer who
controls the oil-soaked town of Little Boston, their lives become irreversibly embroiled in a
bitter struggle of ambition, redemption, and greed.
Door - 7:00pm
Show - 8:00pm
Animation Odyssey Part 2 - 3/2
Two hours of some of the most obscure and wonderful animated short subjects from our vaults.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Sophie’s Choice (1982) - 3/9
An aspiring young writer (Peter MacNicol) moves into a Brooklyn boarding house and bonds with a loving yet ill-fated couple (Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep - in her Oscar winning role). One of the most harrowing and well-acted films you will ever see.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Footlight Parade (1933) - 3/16
The most magnificent of the Pre-Code Busby Berkeley musicals, featuring an unforgettable cast including James Cagney, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
My Own Private Idaho (1991) - 3/23
My Own Private Idaho (1991) - 3/23
My Own Private Idaho (1991) - 3/23
Gus Van Sant’s surrealistic road movie starring River Phoenix as Mike and Keanu Reeves as Scott; two male hustlers with dramatically different fates. The two best friends navigate their transient life together, Mike’s narcolepsy and Scott’s impending fortune, leading them to a forthright conclusion.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Topper (1937) - 3/30
My Own Private Idaho (1991) - 3/23
My Own Private Idaho (1991) - 3/23
The first installment in the Topper franchise starring Roland Young as Cosmo Topper, an uptight, hen-pecked banker whose life is magically transformed by two free-spirited ghosts trying to do a good deed - played irresistibly by Cary Grant and Constance Bennett.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Performance (1970) - 4/6
My Own Private Idaho (1991) - 3/23
Invaders from Mars (1953) - 4/13
Originally rated X, this controversial and thrilling film features a fantastical personage of Mick Jagger whose bohemian lair serves as a hideout for a gangster on the run.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Invaders from Mars (1953) - 4/13
Invaders from Mars (1953) - 4/13
Invaders from Mars (1953) - 4/13
William Cameron Menzies’ sci-fi horror classic is the first in Hollywood to feature aliens and spacecrafts filmed in color.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Shawscope Surprise! - 4/20
Invaders from Mars (1953) - 4/13
Shawscope Surprise! - 4/20
Join us for a kung-fu Mystery? Movie? screening from the Shaw Brothers Studio.
Door - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
Special 35MM Event
There Will Be Blood (2007) on 35MM - 2/27 & 2/28
The Motor City Cinema Society is proud to present TWO screenings of Paul Thomas Anderson’s
acclaimed tour de force There Will Be Blood (2007) on February 27th and 28th, 2026 at
the Historic Redford Theatre.
This contemporary classic stars Daniel Day Lewis (in his second Academy Award-winning role)
as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned ‘oil man’ who unrelentingly seeks drillable land with
the help of an orphan, played by Dillon Freasier (in his first and only screen appearance), who
believes he is his son. When the pair encounters Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a faith healer who
controls the oil-soaked town of Little Boston, their lives become irreversibly embroiled in a
bitter struggle of ambition, redemption, and greed.
Operatic and haunting, with spectacular photochemical cinematography by Robert Elswit (for
which he won an Academy Award) and featuring a score by Johnny Greenwood (the first of six
collaborations with Anderson) There Will Be Blood is a towering achievement that is not to be
missed. We are honored to bring you two opportunities to see this amazing motion picture on
35MM film – the way God intended.
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