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Detroit's ALL-Film Movie Theater

Sept-Dec 2025 Schedule

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September - December 2025 Complete Schedule

Upcoming Shows

Raiders of the Lost Ark '81 - 9/8

Steven Spielberg’s epic Best Picture-nominated homage to the great adventure serials of the Golden Age of Hollywood, starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Denholm Elliiot. Presented proudly in a rare Pan & Scan print.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Sept - Dec 2025 Screening Schedule

Sept - Dec Season Pass

1 Ticket to all 14 screenings & a bag of popcorn for just $65!  A $130 value.

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Individual Tickets

Raiders of the Lost Ark '81 - 9/8

Raiders of the Lost Ark '81 - 9/8

Raiders of the Lost Ark '81 - 9/8

Steven Spielberg’s epic Best Picture-nominated homage to the great adventure serials of the Golden Age of Hollywood, starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Denholm Elliiot. Presented proudly in a rare Pan & Scan print.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Working Girl '88 - 9/15

Raiders of the Lost Ark '81 - 9/8

Raiders of the Lost Ark '81 - 9/8

Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver and Harrison Ford lead the cast in this clever story of a receptionist’s rise to power in the corporate world despite all odds. Directed by Mike Nichols and featuring Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, and an original song by Carly Simon.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Dead End '37 - 9/22

Raiders of the Lost Ark '81 - 9/8

The Common Law '31 - 9/29

Among the best noir gangster pictures of its era, starring Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Silvia Sidney, and featuring the Dead End Kids. Based on the Broadway play ‘Dead End’ by Sidney Kingsley, and directed by William Wyler.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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The Common Law '31 - 9/29

The Common Law '31 - 9/29

A pre-code romance starring Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea; the third screen adaptation of Robert W. Chambers’ novel, and the first made in the era of talkies. This film is another beautiful ‘rescue print’ given new life for our theater.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Sisters '72 - 10/6

Margot Kidder and Jennifer Salt play the titular siblings in Brian De Palma’s disturbing horror thriller inspired by real events and drawn cinematically from classic Hitchcock. This print has aged nicely to a subtle fade.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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House of Frankenstein '44 - 10/13

The Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula, The Hunchback, and The Mad Doctor wreak terrifying havoc! Starring Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, and J. Carrol Naish.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Night of the Living Dead '68 - 10/20

Night of the Living Dead '68 - 10/20

Night of the Living Dead '68 - 10/20

George A. Romero’s original terrifying masterpiece and the first in his ‘Dead’ series, starring Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea. Our theater’s most beloved annual Halloween tradition.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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The Exorcist '73 - 10/27

Night of the Living Dead '68 - 10/20

Night of the Living Dead '68 - 10/20

Still the most horrifying film ever made, this event is not for the faint of heart. Attend at your own risk.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Evening of Shorts Volume 2 - 11/3

Night of the Living Dead '68 - 10/20

Evening of Shorts Volume 2 - 11/3

A two-hour program of some of the most wondrous and rare short subject films from our vaults.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Just One of the Guys '85 - 11/10

Just One of the Guys '85 - 11/10

Evening of Shorts Volume 2 - 11/3

Lisa Gottlieb’s ‘80s teen comedy-interpretation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, starring Joyce

Hyser, Sherilyn Fenn, and William Zabka (in one of his notoriously villainous ‘bully’ roles of the decade).


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Rocky 2 '79 - 11/17

Just One of the Guys '85 - 11/10

Barry Lyndon - 11/21 35MM

The continuing saga of Rocky (Sylvester Stallone), Adrian (Talia Shire), Pauly (Burt Young) and Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). The most electrifying rematch in motion picture history. Shown with a chemically-restored print.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Barry Lyndon - 11/21 35MM

Just One of the Guys '85 - 11/10

Barry Lyndon - 11/21 35MM

Join us in commemorating the 50th anniversary of Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick’s magnificent historical epic of the rise and fall of a likeable scoundrel in aristocratic 18th century Europe. Presented in glorious 35mm film, we are delighted to bring you a cinematic experience like no other, as we will also restore Kubrick’s personally-det

Join us in commemorating the 50th anniversary of Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick’s magnificent historical epic of the rise and fall of a likeable scoundrel in aristocratic 18th century Europe. Presented in glorious 35mm film, we are delighted to bring you a cinematic experience like no other, as we will also restore Kubrick’s personally-detailed exhibition requirements for this unparalleled masterpiece.

- Rated PG -

Door - 6:00pm

Show - 7:00pm

At the Historic Redford Theatre

**Not included with Season Pass

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The Governess '98 - 12/1

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer '64 - 12/8

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer '64 - 12/8

Sandra Goldbacher’s gothic tale of secrets, love, heartbreak and photography, starring Minnie

Driver, Tom Wilkinson and John Rhys Meyers.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer '64 - 12/8

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer '64 - 12/8

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer '64 - 12/8

Join us for this special holiday stop-motion animated classic, with a print as red as Rudolph’s nose. Featuring voice work from the inimitable Burl Ives.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Sayonara '57 - 12/15

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer '64 - 12/8

Sayonara '57 - 12/15

Marlon Brando, Miiko Taka, Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki and James Garner lead this superb drama of romance and prejudice. Presented in gorgeous Technicolor widescreen anamorphic Technirama.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Special 35MM Event

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September to December 35MM Screenings

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