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Detroit's ALL-Film Movie Theater

June-August 2025 Schedule

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June-August 2025 Complete Schedule

Upcoming Shows

Rosie '98 - June 9th

Among the rarest and newest films on any of our schedules so far, Rosie is an enthralling and spooky psychological drama directed by Patrice Toye and starring Aranka Coppens (in her only movie role). 

In Dutch with English Subtitles

Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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June-August 2025 Screening Schedule

June-August Season Pass

1 Ticket to all 13 screenings & a bag of popcorn for just $65!  A $130 value.

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Individual Tickets

Lilies of the Field '63 - June 16th

Lilies of the Field '63 - June 16th

Lilies of the Field '63 - June 16th


Sydney Poitier in his Academy Award winning performance as a handyman who builds a chapel for German Catholic nuns in the Arizona desert. This ‘rescue print’ has been brought back from the brink of vinegar syndrome to be shown proudly on our screen.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Magical Mystery Tour'67 June 23rd

Lilies of the Field '63 - June 16th

Lilies of the Field '63 - June 16th


The Beatles’ avant-garde cinematic interpretation of their album of the same name, with pre-Python surrealistic silliness, a Magical soundtrack, and a special appearance by the Bonzo Dog

Doo-Dah Band performing 

‘Death Cab for Cutie’.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Time Bandits - 1981 June 30th

Lilies of the Field '63 - June 16th

Village of the Giants '65 July 7th

Terry Gilliam’s brilliant fantasy about a young boy’s adventures with a gang of six miniature marauders traveling through time and thieving while on the run from the Supreme Being. Features a wonderful supporting cast including Sean Connery, John Cleese, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Shelley Duvall, and Michael Palin.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Village of the Giants '65 July 7th

Return to Oz '85 - July 14th

Village of the Giants '65 July 7th

“The wildest, weirdest adventure you’ve ever seen!” Boy genius (Ronnie Howard)’ s lab created food turns a group of teens into 30 foot tall havoc-wreaking giants. Based on a novel by H.G.Wells.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Return to Oz '85 - July 14th

Return to Oz '85 - July 14th

Return to Oz '85 - July 14th

Fairuza Balk (in his first major motion picture role) plays Dorothy Gale in this masterfully crafted

and dark sequel to the 1939 MGM classic The Wizard of Oz. Featuring an incredible cast of characters from the mystical Land of Oz, realized by the Jim Henson Creature Shop, this rare and dazzling film has gained a deserving cult following since its debut in 1985.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Mermaids '90 - July 21st

Return to Oz '85 - July 14th

Return to Oz '85 - July 14th

A superb ensemble cast including Cher, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci and Bob Hoskins leads this coming-of-age comedy romance about a free spirited single mother raising two daughters in yet another new town. Directed by Richard Benjamin (based on the novel by Patty Dann), with music by Jack Nitzsche.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Vampyr '32 - July 28th

A Streetcar Named Desire '51 - August 9th

A Streetcar Named Desire '51 - August 9th

Genuinely unnerving, Vampyr is Carl Theodor Dreyer’s first sound film, the striking follow-up to his masterful work The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). Come and witness the terrifying atmospheric effect of this film presented on 16mm, and succumb to the curse of the Vampyr.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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A Streetcar Named Desire '51 - August 9th

A Streetcar Named Desire '51 - August 9th

A Streetcar Named Desire '51 - August 9th

The film that made Marlon Brando a worldwide phenomenon overnight, reprising his stage role of Stanley Kowalski (as originally cast by author Tennessee Williams) was also a notorious ‘Oscar snub’, he being the only member of its cast to not win. This film is an acting tour de force, featuring towering performances from Vivien Leigh, Karl 

The film that made Marlon Brando a worldwide phenomenon overnight, reprising his stage role of Stanley Kowalski (as originally cast by author Tennessee Williams) was also a notorious ‘Oscar snub’, he being the only member of its cast to not win. This film is an acting tour de force, featuring towering performances from Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter, brilliantly directed by Elia Kazan.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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42nd Street '33 - August 11th

A Streetcar Named Desire '51 - August 9th

Corvette Summer '78 - August 18th

Arguably the best of the Busby Berkeley musicals, this pre-code show-within-a-show is delightfully brought to life by a prodigious cast including Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers, and Berkeley’s mesmerizing choreography.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Corvette Summer '78 - August 18th

Corvette Summer '78 - August 18th

Corvette Summer '78 - August 18th

In this “fiberglass romance”, Mark Hamill and Annie Potts find love, excitement, and danger on the trail of a stolen corvette! An irresistibly fun and somewhat peculiar ‘vehicle’ for Hamill at the height of his newfound fame from Star Wars '77.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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Raging Bull '80 - August 25th

Corvette Summer '78 - August 18th

Raging Bull '80 - August 25th

Well regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull chronicles the exploits and redemption of real life boxer Jake LaMotta, perfectly rendered in character by Robert De Niro (in his second Oscar winning role). This magnificent film, photographed in both black & white and color stock, will be presented in a chemically restored print.


Door - 6:30pm

Show - 7:00pm

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