Plaza Theatre

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Call: (470) 410-1939 or visit www.plazaatlanta.com
The beloved, long-running cinema in Poncey-Highland continues to screen movies and host film festivals. First opened in 1939, the Plaza Theatre has undergone a series of renovations in recent years.
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Thursday April 24, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $50 per person
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The 49th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) revealed key programming highlights, including the full lineup of selected works from over 6,000 submissions. The 11-day film festival and educational conference will take place Thursday, April 24 through Sunday, May 4, 2025, with s... [click here for more]
Colorbook

Thursday April 24, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $53.59
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Following his wife's recent passing, single father Lucky finds himself navigating the challenges of raising his son Mason, who has Down syndrome. Mason is an 11-year-old exuberant boy who enjoys drawing and watching baseball with his dad. Seeking solace, Lucky and Mason embark on a journey across Me... [click here for more]
Metatakeone

Friday April 25, 2025 06:00 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $16.79
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In this highly stylized black and white epic shot entirely in Atlanta, a young director named John Cuffee is determined to complete the film he deems his masterpiece at any and all cost. After committing an accidental act of violence while shooting late into the night, his crew begins to lose faith ... [click here for more]
Rat

Friday April 25, 2025 08:30 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $16.79
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Rat! When a disgruntled music journalist accuses a global pop star of queerbaiting, the singer’s devoted stans seek retribution.

El Secreto: Desperate to pass Spanish class and graduate high school, James creates a scheme to change his teacher's mind.

Jesus 2: In the future no one can die and no... [click here for more]
Xibalba

Friday April 25, 2025 09:30 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $16.79
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Rogelio wants to know what happens when we die. Forced to spend holidays with his nanny in Yucatán, he aims to unravel this mystery. [click here for more]
Rocky

Friday April 25, 2025 11:00 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $13.50-$16.49
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In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet ( Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, includin... [click here for more]
Affcartoons

Saturday April 26, 2025 11:00 AM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $16.79
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Spice Frontier: Escape from Veltegar - While searching the galaxy for long-lost Earth spices, The crew of the Serrano crash lands on a dangerous desert planet.

  Rajas & the Wolf Girl - At a circus, a bird-brained teenager falls for a hirsute girl after finding himself transformed.

The Rise of Blu... [click here for more]
Affcattle

Saturday April 26, 2025 01:30 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $16.79
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The Beguiling, directed by ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby, United States // 2024 // English // 15 mins

What seems to be a burgeoning romance between two Natives takes a sinister turn as one grows suspicious of the other's Indigenous heritage.

The Return (ENCHUKUNOTO) directed by Laissa MalihKenya // 2... [click here for more]
Martha

Thursday April 17, 2025 07:00 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $25+
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CRITIC’S PICK
Thu., Apr. 17

In the 1970s, in her quest to become a professional photojournalist,...

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Aperture

Tuesday April 15, 2025 04:00 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: Free
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The Aperture International Student Film Festival presented by Emory University Film and Media is a competitive student-run festival with graduate and undergraduate films from all around the world. The audience votes for its favorite film in each screening.

Tuesday, April 15 at The Plaza Theatre:

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Slam 2

Sunday April 13, 2025 04:00 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $13
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In honor of National Poetry Month, the local film series “Soul Cinema Sundays” presents the award-winning (Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival, 1998) movie that put world-renowned poet Saul Williams on the map. The independent drama film was co-directed, co-written, and co-produced by Ma... [click here for more]
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Daughters Of The Dust 1

Sunday March 9, 2025 05:00 PM EDT
Plaza Theatre Cost: $13
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In honor of Women's History Month, Soul Cinema Sundays screens the Sundance Award-winning film (1991) "Daughters of the Dust," written, directed, and produced by Julie Dash. Julie Dash is presently the Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television & Related Media, Art, and Visual Cult... [click here for more]
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Forbidden Planet

Saturday March 1, 2025 01:30 PM EST
Plaza Theatre Cost: $10-$15
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CRITIC’S PICK
Sat., Mar. 1

‘Forbidden Planet’ is on everybody’s list of favorite or greatest...

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CL RECOMMENDS
SFA FILMER (1)

Wednesday February 26, 2025 07:30 PM EST
Plaza Theatre Cost: Free
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Join South Fulton Arts for Filmer 7, which celebrates storytelling through film and offers audiences the opportunity to engage with local filmmakers, actors and cinema enthusiasts for screenings and discussions. This free event features commissioned portrait documentary films by Will Feagins, Ethan ... [click here for more]
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Bamboozled One

Sunday February 16, 2025 04:00 PM EST
Plaza Theatre Cost: $13
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Spike Lee’s provocative and controversial satirical film “Bamboozled” was released in September 2000 and features Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rappaport and the late Paul Mooney, to name a few of the star-studded cast members. The community film screening ... [click here for more]
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IMG 4052 (1)

Sunday January 19, 2025 04:00 PM EST
Plaza Theatre Cost: $13
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Join Soul Cinema Sundays for its first film screening of 2025 on MLK weekend! "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" stars Danny Glover, Tichina Arnold, Mike Epps, Jonathan Majors, and Jimmie Fails. Soul Cinema Sundays is a community film screening featuring Black independent and underground films to... [click here for more]
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IG Running In The Dark Premiere Poster Seersha (Instagram Post) (1)

Sunday January 19, 2025 02:30 PM EST
Plaza Theatre Cost: Free
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Seersha's "Running in the Dark" Music Video Premiere and Q&A Be among the first to experience Seersha's latest music video "Running in the Dark" on the big screen at Atlanta's historic Plaza Theatre! This exclusive premiere event features a live Q&A session with Seersha, the cast, ... [click here for more]
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City Lights Movie Muppet Movie (1920 X 1080 Px)

Saturday January 11, 2025 04:00 PM EST
Plaza Theatre Cost: $12.75-$13
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Guests will enjoy a special pre-show conversation with WABE’s Lois Reitzes and Jason Hines, the new artistic director for the Center for Puppetry Arts, and puppeteer Raymond Carr. This conversation will be recorded for a future episode of City Lights with Lois Reitzes. A Hollywood agent persuades ... [click here for more]
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SILVER SCREEN SALUTATIONS: Plaza Theatre owner Chris Escobar has resurrected the theater’s “Plazasaur” t-shirt. Photo credit: R. Land

Gift Store

Limited edition shirts to support the Historic Plaza Theatre during this COVID-19 crisis.

A short-sleeve, navy blue T-shirt with "PLAZASAUR" art by Atlanta original, R.Land

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