Plaza Theatre
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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.
Misanthropes
Friday October 8, 2021 07:00 pm EDT
This screening is open to the public! Misanthropes is an 85 minute film produced entirely in Atlanta over the course of four years. The film features a collage of local talent, landmark locations, and a killer soundtrack. Doors to the Plaza open at 7:00, and the film begins at 7:30. There will be a ...
Cost: $10
Comedian Angelina Spicer's Postpartum Revolution Road Trip Tour
Saturday July 10, 2021 07:30 pm EDT
Categories: Comedy
Comedian, producer, mother, and "accidental activist" Angelina Spicer (as seen on Ellen, Conan, and Jimmy Kimmel Live) will be making a stop in Atlanta as part of her national Postpartum Revolution Road Trip tour at the Plaza Theater on July 10th. Tickets are $15 and on sale now.I...
Cost: $15
2021 Atlanta Film Festival presents PROFILE
Wednesday April 28, 2021 08:30 pm EDT
Categories: Film
Focus Features’ PROFILE releases in theatres on May 14, 2021. The 45th annual Atlanta Film Festival will host an advance screening of the film at the Plaza Theatre Drive-In. PROFILE follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter throug...
Cost: $15-$50
2021 Atlanta Film Festival presents LIMBO
Monday April 26, 2021 07:00 pm EDT
Categories: Film
Focus Features’ LIMBO releases in theatres on April 30, 2021, but the 45th annual Atlanta Film Festival will host an advance screening of the film. Recently nominated for two BAFTA® awards for Best British Film and Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, LIMBO is a wry...
Cost: $20
Sundance Film Festival: Atlanta [Satellite Screen]
Tuesday February 2, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Enjoy selections from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival presented by Atlanta Film Society, The Plaza Theatre and the Sundance Institute
Cost: Varies
Sundance Film Festival: Atlanta [Satellite Screen]
Monday February 1, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Enjoy selections from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival presented by Atlanta Film Society, The Plaza Theatre and the Sundance Institute with Acura, SundanceTV, ChaseSapphire, and Adobe. Visit festival.sundance.org to learn more about the Festival. This event is managed by the #SundanceSatellite partne...
Cost: Varies
Sundance Film Festival: Atlanta [Satellite Screen]
Sunday January 31, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Enjoy selections from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival presented by Atlanta Film Society, The Plaza Theatre and the Sundance Institute with Acura, SundanceTV, ChaseSapphire, and Adobe. Visit festival.sundance.org to learn more about the Festival. This event is managed by the #SundanceSatellite partne...
Cost: Varies
Sundance Film Festival: Atlanta [Satellite Screen]
Friday January 29, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Enjoy selections from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival presented by Atlanta Film Society, The Plaza Theatre and the Sundance Institute with Acura, SundanceTV, ChaseSapphire, and Adobe.
Cost: Varies
Sundance Film Festival: Atlanta
Thursday January 28, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Enjoy selections from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival presented by Atlanta Film Society, The Plaza Theatre and the Sundance Institute
Visit festival.sundance.org to learn more about the Festival.
Cost: Varies
Atlanta Film Society & Sundance Film Festival Partnership Zoom Event
Friday January 22, 2021 03:00 pm EST
Categories: Film
The Atlanta Film Society was chosen as a Satellite Screen partner for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, January 28 – February 3. On this Zoom event, representatives from the Atlanta Film Society, Plaza Theatre and Sundance Institute will give a look at what to expect from Atlanta’s p...
Cost: Free
Freak Power documentary ATLANTA
Friday December 25, 2020 12:00 am EST
Categories: FILM
FREAK POWER: The Ballot or the Bomb will be showing at the Plaza Theatre on December 25, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The film follows the irreverent and imaginative campaign of outlaw journalist HUNTER S. THOMPSON as well as the polarized politics of America in the midst of the ...
Cost: $15
Plazadrome Drive-in Presents: ACTION U.S.A.
Thursday November 19, 2020 07:30 pm EST
Action U.S.A. is a fireball of stunt-fueled insanity from the year 1989. Prolific 80’s stuntman John Stewart directs this giddy 90-minute avalanche of bus jumps, helicopter chases, and dudes getting tossed out of the tallest buildings in Waco, Texas. They truly, absolutely don’t make movies like thi...
Cost: $15-$50
Uncle Frank
Monday September 21, 2020 07:40 pm EDT
UNCLE FRANK Directed by Alan Ball USA, 2020, English, 95 minutes Monday, September 21, 2020, 7:40 PM — Plaza Theatre Drive-In In 1973, teenage Beth (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural hometown to study at New York University where her estranged uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature profess...
Cost: $15-$50
Dead by Midnight: Y2Kill
Sunday September 20, 2020 10:30 pm EDT
DEAD BY MIDNIGHT: Y2KILL
Directed by Davi Crimmins, Eric Davis, Hannah Fierman, Greg Garrison, Torey Haas, Melissa Haas, Jay Holloway, Jenna Kanell, Anissa Matlock, Tony Reames USA, 2020, English, 96 minutes
Sunday, September 20, 2020, 10:30 PM — Dad's Garage Drive-In
Introducing DEAD BY MIDNIGH...
Cost: $15-$50
Locals Only - Summer 2020
Wednesday July 15, 2020 09:25 pm EDT
LOCALS ONLY is at the Drive-In on July 15th for a summer screening of local short films that are so bad, they're good! LOCALS ONLY is a recurring screening of thematically tied short films from Georgia’s independent filmmakers with each event having a distinct theme and focus.
Featured short films...
Cost: $15-$50
Tangerine
Monday March 16, 2020 07:00 pm EDT
WUSSY MAG + Out On Film and Plaza Atlanta present "QUEERS ON FILM" — a monthly series of LGBTQ+ arthouse and independent classics.
In March, we are proud to screen the 2015 groundbreaking film, 'Tangerine'!
Tangerine follows a transgender sex worker who discovers her boyfriend and pimp has been ...
Cost: $13
Cinema for the Culture
Saturday February 29, 2020 06:00 pm EST
Categories: Film
Cinema for the Culture presents the Atlanta Premier of Hero by Frances-Anne Solomon. HERO is the story of Ulric Cross, who in 1941, left his small island home in Trinidad to seek his fortune, and became the RAF’s most decorated West Indian airman of WWII.
Shot in Trinidad, Ghana, UK...
Cost: $12-$20
Cat Video Fest 2020
Saturday February 22, 2020 01:00 pm EST
Categories: Film Screening
CatVideoFest, is a compilation of the best cat videos shown exclusively on the big screen. Every ticket purchased raises money to help local cats in need. Screens for a very limited time and only in theaters.
Cost: $11
Blackfilm Screening- Perfectly Single & tender Movie
Friday February 21, 2020 07:00 pm EST
The blackfilm_com Screening Series ATLANTA presents...PERFECTLY SINGLE & tender Movie
Join us on Friday, February 21 7pm at The Plaza Theater for an evening of Cocktails, Hors d'oeuvres, and Live Music.
Special Screening and Q&A with the film’s Director's VanElder and Felicia Pride. Cast ...
Cost: $20-$100
Moulin Rouge!
Wednesday February 12, 2020 07:00 pm EST
elebrate Valentine’s Day with your besties at this one-night special screening of Baz Luhrmann’s classic 2001 musical, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
Don’t miss the pre-show starring your favorite Atlanta drag starlets! Following the pre-show, we will have a quick costume contest before th...
Cost: $15
Sister Act
Wednesday January 8, 2020 07:00 pm EST
Wussy Wednesdays return with the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg classic 'Sister Act'!
Come early for the musical pre-show starring Sister Brigitte Bidet, Sister Molly Rimswell, and Sister Iv Fischer. Following the preshow, we will have a quick costume contest before hosting a rare screening of this musical ...
Cost: $15
New Year's Day w/ Metropolis
Wednesday January 1, 2020 07:00 pm EST
New Years Day, start the new decade with a look back at what the future looked like in the 20s, when we screen Fritz Lang's innovative and genre defining, METROPOLIS!!!
Cost: $13
Happy 80th Birthday with The Women
Monday December 23, 2019 07:00 pm EST
December 23rd, we're happy to celebrate our 80th birthday with a screening of the first movie to ever grace our screen, THE WOMEN!!! Celebrate 80 years of fantastic cinema with us on the big screen
Cost: $13
Homemade Screening
Monday November 11, 2019 07:00 pm EST
Categories: FILM
A new documentary film being released on Veteran’s Day in Atlanta, GA at Plaza Atlanta at 7 pm (Add: 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306) is likely to ignite renewed conversations about how best to care for our returning vets and their families.
HOMEMADE is the cinemati...
Cost: $13
Red Bull Music Festival Atlanta: A Conversation with Coach K
Friday November 8, 2019 07:00 pm EST
Categories: Lecture
It is not an understatement to say that without Kevin “Coach K” Lee, today’s hip-hop landscape would not be the same. His Quality Control imprint and label has helped bring to life the careers of Migos, City Girls, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby, Rich the Kid and many, many more. Join the ...
Cost: $15
Waste a Ladon Whitmire Film: Red Carpet Premire
Thursday September 12, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Waste is a dramatic film about the unpredictability of love! It is an untold tale of love
you don’t want to miss.
Genre: Romantic Drama Director: Ladon Whitmire Release Date: September 12th, 2019 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST Location: The Plaza Theater
Writer, Director, and Executive Producer, La...
Cost: $16
Waste a film by Ladon Whitmire screens Sept. 14th at the Plaza Theater
Thursday September 12, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Categories: Film
Waste is a dramatic film about the unpredictability of love! It is an untold tale of love you don’t want to miss.
Genre: Romantic Drama Director: Ladon Whitmire Release Date: September 12th, 2019 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST Location: The Plaza Theater
Writer, Director, and Execu...
Cost: $16.00
Quest of the Muscle Nerd
Thursday August 29, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Categories: Movie
The story of one man’s attempt to host the first ever bodybuilding/cosplay competition and the two men who drag their bodies through hell to claim the crown.
Be among the first to see the documentary in a fun and festive atmosphere. COSTUMES encouraged!
The VIP Screening will b...
Cost: $15
Fundraiser: Pageant Material
Saturday June 22, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Still recovering from the death of his mother, seventeen-year-old Rodney dreams of escaping his small southern hometown in pursuit of following in his mother's footsteps as an award-winning pageant queen. Despite an onslaught of bullying and abuse from his step-father, step-brothers, and classmates,...
Cost: $13
Plazadrome Presents: Kathryn Bigelow's NEAR DARK
Thursday June 20, 2019 09:30 pm EDT
Overshadowed at the time of its release by box office hit THE LOST BOYS, Katheryn Bigelow's 1987 vampire film NEAR DARK is an atmospheric horror/Western/road movie that defies convention. In a genre filled with stereotypes and century-old tropes, NEAR DARK drips with ingenuity and invention, challen...
Cost: $13
Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury
Wednesday June 19, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
What happens to a rock and roll band when three-fifths of its members become Eastern Orthodox priests? Find out in Parallel Love — take a journey with the small-town Georgia band Luxury, who, on the cusp of success, suffer a devastating touring wreck with long-term consequences. Screening June 19 *o...
Cost: $15
Queers on Film: Paris is Burning
Monday June 17, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
WUSSY MAG + Out On Film and Plaza Atlanta present "QUEERS ON FILM" — a new monthly series of LGBTQ+ arthouse and independent classics at the Plaza Theatre.
Featuring a Q&A with some of Atlanta's most iconic house members: Andre Mizrahi (House of Mizrahi), Tony Revlon (House of Revlon), an...
Cost: $15
Shebang! ATL in Heat
Saturday June 15, 2019 10:00 pm EDT
Shebang! A new dance party celebrating womxn and nonbinary DJ's in Atlanta.
Cost: $7-$15
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Taboolala live show and screening featuring Blast-Off Burlesque and the Candybox Revue
Saturday June 15, 2019 09:30 pm EDT
Categories: Arts Agenda
Blast-Off Burlesque is super stoked to be bringing back our popular TABOOLALA series to the Plaza Atlanta!
YEEEHAW! For this show we are gonna stage a good old fashioned HO DOWN at the Plaza *LIVE STAGE SHOW* featuring Blast-Off Burlesque , the gorgeous ladies of The Candybox...
Cost: $15
An Evening With Deadly Prey Gallery
Thursday June 13, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
Categories: Film Screening
Videodrome is proud to team up with the Plaza Theatre to bring this one of a kind art show and film screening event to the city of Atlanta. Deadly Prey Gallery is a Chicago-based art gallery dedicated to hand-painted movie posters from Ghana. These posters are fascinating ...
Cost: Free-$15
An Evening With Deadly Prey Gallery
Thursday June 13, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
Videodrome is proud to team up with the Plaza Theatre to bring this one of a kind art show and film screening event to the city of Atlanta. Deadly Prey Gallery is a Chicago-based art gallery dedicated to hand-painted movie posters from Ghana. Guaranteed to melt your mind, these posters are fascinati...
Cost: $15
Organizing Is The New Cool Documentary Screening
Saturday June 8, 2019 04:30 pm EDT
Categories: film
On Saturday June 8th the highly anticipated, documentary film “Organizing Is the New Cool” will make its debut in Atlanta, Georgia. Centered around the 15 year journey of social justice organization FTP Movement, and its collective mobilization to provide food, clothing, shelter and...
Cost: $15
Plaza Summers: Ghost World
Monday May 27, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Summertime is in the air, and we're kicking off with an alternative comic book classic, with Terry Zwigoff's GHOST WORLD!! Starring Scarlett Johansson, Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi
Cost: $11-$13
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Friday May 17, 2019 11:55 pm EDT
Every Friday at midnight the cult classic comes alive at the Plaza Theatre!
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 in...
Cost: $15
Atlanta Film Festival: Presentation of HBO?s ?Game of Thrones? Season 8 Premiere
Sunday April 14, 2019 09:00 pm EDT
Please note: Tickets do not guarantee entry. This screening will be overbooked to ensure a full house. Arrive early to ensure seating.
Cost: Free
Atlanta Film Festival: International Falls
Sunday April 14, 2019 06:30 pm EDT
Dee is stuck in a boring job and a broken marriage in International Falls, a snowbound border town at the end of the road. Harboring a secret dream of a stand up career, Dee encounters Tim: a burned out touring comedian who feels trapped by the very life Dee desires. As these two lost souls form an ...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Turbulent Stock (Narrative Shorts)
Sunday April 14, 2019 04:00 pm EDT
Volatile predicaments, uncertain futures, and tenuous connections.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Rendering a Reverie (Animated Shorts)
Sunday April 14, 2019 01:45 pm EDT
Wondrous animated illusions exploring the vast expanses of self.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Honey I Shrunk the Kid Films (Kids Shorts)
Sunday April 14, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Kid-sized shorts for the young and young at heart.
Cost: $6.50-$13
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Sunday April 14
Sunday April 14, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival ENCORE: Pageant Material
Saturday April 13, 2019 10:00 pm EDT
Recovering from the death of his mother, 17-year-old Rodney dreams of escaping his small southern hometown to follow in her footsteps as an award-winning pageant queen. Despite an onslaught of bullying and abuse from his family and peers, Rodney calls upon a unique cast of southern characters to hel...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival CLOSING NIGHT FILM: Them That Follow
Saturday April 13, 2019 07:30 pm EDT
In the rugged wilderness of Appalachia, the members of an isolated community of Pentecostal snake handlers led by Pastor Lemuel (Walton Goggins) risk their lives to attest themselves before God. Lemuel's daughter Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her upcoming wedding to the young believer her father...
Cost: $50
Atlanta Film Festival: Yellow is Forbidden & The Coin (??)
Saturday April 13, 2019 05:00 pm EDT
The world of fashion is incredibly exclusive, but no tier is more elite than that of haute couture. It's a restrictive group that can only be joined with the express permission of an official French fashion organization. If they don't approve you, you can't use their label. Chanel, Givenchy, Dior - ...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Afterlife (Hiernamaals)
Saturday April 13, 2019 02:45 pm EDT
After losing her beloved mother Vera in a tragic accident, 14-year-old Sam has taken on the responsibility of looking after her father and two little brothers. One morning as she rushes to school, a speeding truck causes Sam to meet a similar untimely end. With the help of her oddball guardian angel...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Lonely Hearts Club (Narrative Shorts)
Saturday April 13, 2019 12:30 pm EDT
Solitary meditations pressing at the barriers of isolation.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Saturday April 13
Saturday April 13, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival: Greener Grass
Friday April 12, 2019 09:30 pm EDT
A deliciously twisted comedy set in a demented, timeless suburbia where every adult wears braces on their straight teeth, couples coordinate meticulously pressed outfits, and coveted family members are swapped in more ways than one in this competition for acceptance.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Teen Spirit
Friday April 12, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Violet (Elle Fanning) is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition. Driven by a pop-fueled soundtrack, TEEN SPIRIT is a visceral ...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Friday April 12
Friday April 12, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival: In Fabric
Thursday April 11, 2019 09:30 pm EDT
A lonely woman (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), recently separated from her husband, visits a bewitching London department store in search of a dress that will transform her life. She?s fitted with a perfectly flattering, artery-red gown?which, in time, will come to unleash a malevolent curse and unstoppab...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life
Thursday April 11, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Meet Jonathan Agassi, a gay Israeli porn star with a worldwide following. Diving into his fantastical life, this intimate documentary explores the highest highs and lowest lows of one of the world's most famous adult entertainers. Behind the veil of fame, Agassi shares a loving yet complicated bond ...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Thursday April 11
Thursday April 11, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival: Little Woods
Wednesday April 10, 2019 08:00 pm EDT
Little Woods, North Dakota, a fracking boomtown well beyond its prime. Ollie (Tessa Thompson) is trying to survive the last few days of her probation after getting caught illegally running prescription pills over the Canadian border. But when her mother dies, she is thrust back into the life of her ...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival The Florida State University College Of Motion Picture Arts Presents: Selected Keylight Films
Wednesday April 10, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
The FSU College of Motion Pictures Arts presents a showcase of eight short student films followed by a panel discussion with representatives from the College. Ranked by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the top 25 film schools in the country, FSU College of Motion Picture Arts produces student films ...
Cost: RSVP
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Wednesday April 10
Wednesday April 10, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival: Fly By Night
Tuesday April 9, 2019 09:15 pm EDT
Tailo is a cab driver who runs a small and mildly profitable extortion ring. When Sailo, his wild card younger brother, decides to branch out on his own he inadvertently unleashes a trail of destruction. Suddenly Tailo's livelihood is under threat by both cops and crime lords and he must pull out al...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Rebels in the Rye (New Mavericks Shorts)
Tuesday April 9, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Bold works and bolder heroines reckon with the world around them.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Tuesday April 9
Tuesday April 9, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival: The Death of Dick Long
Monday April 8, 2019 10:15 pm EDT
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: The Tomorrow Man
Monday April 8, 2019 07:45 pm EDT
Ed Hemsler (John Lithgow) spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner (Blythe Danner) spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other's stuf...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival ACVB: Music Voyager
Monday April 8, 2019 06:00 pm EDT
Join us and the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau for the world premieres of ?Music Voyager? episodes 5 & 6 that feature yours truly?the Atlanta Film Festival?as well as the Plaza Theatre, Dad?s Garage, Paris on Ponce, Karen Anderson & Tiny Doors, Atlanta United and more! Georgia
Cost: Free with RSVP
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Monday April 8
Monday April 8, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Sunday April 7, 2019 09:15 pm EDT
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Reckoning
Sunday April 7, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Miles from the nearest power grid, Lemon Cassidy scratches out a humble living in an isolated Appalachian farming community. Her life is tossed into chaos when two men from the oldest family on the mountain hold her son hostage until she can settle a debt her missing husband owes to their cold-heart...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Always in Season
Sunday April 7, 2019 04:30 pm EDT
When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina, the trauma of the past bleeds into the present. Despite inconsistencies in the case, local officials quickly rule Lennon?s death a suicide, but his mother, Claudia, believes Lennon was lynched and begins a painst...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Life Without Basketball
Sunday April 7, 2019 02:15 pm EDT
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir broke records and barriers on her way to become the first Division I athlete to play basketball while wearing hijab. When a controversial ruling ends her chances at playing professionally, she re-examines her faith and identity as a Muslim American.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival FOOD ON FILM: The Biggest Little Farm
Sunday April 7, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
Want to join us after the screening of THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM at the Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge for farm-to-table eats? Select the FILM and PARTY ticket at checkout. The After-Party is open to Producer, Sponsor, Press, All-Access, Weekend 1 and Filmmaker badge-holders and FILM & PARTY ticket-hold...
Cost: $13-$23
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Sunday April 7
Sunday April 7, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival: Midnight State of Mind (Midnight Shorts)
Saturday April 6, 2019 11:30 pm EDT
When the wealthy patriarch of a family dies, they discover a rather unusual request in his will...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Saturday April 6, 2019 09:15 pm EDT
The definition of "cool" can be summed up by the name Miles Davis. The quintessential Renaissance Man known for his restless artistic aesthetic, Davis is widely regarded as one of the most innovative, influential and highly respected figures in music. Having changed the course of music five or six t...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Summer Night
Saturday April 6, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
In a small town, a young, tight-knit group of friends fall in and out of love over the course of one intoxicating, music-filled summer night. Starring Justin Chatwin, Analeigh Tipton, Victoria Justice, Lana Condor, Ellar Coltrane and Ian Nelson.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Speed of Life
Saturday April 6, 2019 04:30 pm EDT
In 2016, David Bowie's death creates a rift in time and space. June and Edward are in the midst of an argument when Edward suddenly falls into the wormhole created by Bowie's death, vanishing without a trace. In 2040, June continues to mourn the loss of Edward while facing the dark reality of her ap...
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Moments in the Multiverse (Sci-Fi & Fantasy Shorts)
Saturday April 6, 2019 02:00 pm EDT
In an enlightened future where humans no longer need to procreate, one woman risks her life to investigate the mystery of motherhood.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: Penguins
Saturday April 6, 2019 10:30 am EDT
Disneynature's all-new feature film PENGUINS is a coming-of-age story about an Ad?lie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitable nest, find a life partner and start a family. None of it comes easily for him, especially considerin...
Cost: $6.50-$13
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Saturday April 6
Saturday April 6, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Atlanta Film Festival Opening Night Film: The Farewell
Friday April 5, 2019 07:00 pm EDT
Shuttles will be available to transport you from the Plaza Theatre to Areu Bros. Studios.
The Farewell
After learning their beloved matriarch has terminal lung cancer, a family opts not to tell her about the diagnosis, instead scheduling an impromptu wedding-reunion back in China. Headstrong and e...
Cost: $50
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Friday April 5
Friday April 5, 2019 12:00 am EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Local Shorts)
Thursday April 4, 2019 07:30 pm EDT
A medley of Georgia makers and minds.
Cost: $13
Atlanta Film Festival: It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Local Shorts)
Thursday April 4, 2019 07:30 pm EDT
Short Film Block. A medley of Georgia makers and minds.
Cost: $14.69
Atlanta Film Festival 2019 - Thursday April 4
Thursday April 4, 2019 12:00 pm EDT
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Join the more than 25,000 people who attend the Atlanta Film Festival each year and enjoy a variety of documentaries, shorts, narratives, animated films, and more. Now in its fourth decade, the weeklong fest — one of only two-dozen Academy Award-qualifying...
Cost: Free-$125+
Coyote Project Film Screening "Killing Games"
Thursday February 28, 2019 07:00 pm EST
On any given weekend, some of America’s most iconic wild animals are massacred in wildlife killing contests. Sadly, Georgia now has its own wildlife killing contest - the Georgia Coyote Challenge. In KILLING GAMES, a groundbreaking exposé, actor, conservationist and Project Coyote Advisory Board Mem...
Cost: Free
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Movie Night!
Monday January 14, 2019 07:00 pm EST
Join us at the Plaza Theatre for a private screening of Ferris Bueller's Day off!
Tickets: $15 Doors: 7:00pm Show: 7:30pm
Arrive early to learn about The Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, grab a drink at the bar, and pick up a FREE throwback Race for Rest 5k shirt while supplies last!
With the ...
Cost: $15.00
Miami Connection + BFF Girls
Saturday December 1, 2018 07:00 pm EST
Join us for a celebration of the Florida born Independent classic MIAMI CONNECTION paired with one of the wildest shorts we have the pleasure of screening; BFF Girls! The event will feature a live performance of the classic tunes of DRAGON SOUND (as performed by Marcus). The screening will be follow...
Cost: $11-$15
Sonic Youth: 30 Years of 'Daydream Nation' film screening and discussion
Wednesday November 21, 2018 07:30 pm EST
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sonic Youth’s 1988 masterpiece Day Dream Nation, filmmaker Lance Bangs screens a collection of short live films, including an excerpt from a restored transfer of Charles Atlas’ documentary film Put Blood in the Music.
Bangs will also present live footage from ...
Cost: $11-$15.
Noirvember at the Plaza Theatre: Michael Curtiz's Mildred Pierce
Tuesday November 20, 2018 07:00 pm EST
See Michael Curtiz's MILDRED PIERCE with a hosted intro by Marya E. Gates, creator of #Noirvember
Based on a novel by James M. Cain, Michael Curtiz's MILDRED PIERCE stars Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, Eve Arden, and Ann Blyth and will be presented in 4K!
Founded in 2010, Noirvember ...
Cost: $13
Freddie Mercury Tribute Pub Crawl
Sunday November 18, 2018 03:00 pm EST
Celebrate the life of one of THE BEST lead vocalists of all time – the incomparable Freddie Mercury!
With the British-American biographical film BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY release imminent, if you plan to be Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon – come do it with us and hundreds of fellow Freddie and Queen fans!
Rais...
Cost: $12.14-$43.79
Noirvember at the Plaza Theatre: Otto Preminger's Laura
Tuesday November 13, 2018 07:00 pm EST
See Otto Preminger's LAURA with a hosted intro by Marya E. Gates, creator of #Noirvember
Based on a novel by Vera Caspary and an inspiration for David Lynch's Twin Peaks, Otto Preminger's LAURA stars Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, and Vincent Price.
Founded in 2010, Noirvember is a mo...
Cost: $13.00
Noirvember at the Plaza Theatre: Otto Preminger's Laura
Tuesday November 13, 2018 07:00 pm EST
See Otto Preminger's LAURA with a hosted intro by Marya E. Gates, creator of #Noirvember
Based on a novel by Vera Caspary and an inspiration for David Lynch's Twin Peaks, Otto Preminger's LAURA stars Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, and Vincent Price.
Founded in 2010, Noirvember is a mo...
Cost: $13.00
Noirvember at the Plaza Theatre: Stanley Kubrick's The Killing
Tuesday November 6, 2018 07:00 pm EST
See Stanley Kubrick's the Killing with a hosted intro by Marya E. Gates, creator of #Noirvember. Founded in 2010, Noirvember is a month long celebration of all things film noir.
Stanley Kubrick's classic heist film the Killing stars Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor, and Elisha Cook, Jr.
T...
Cost: $13
ASIFAC 2018
Friday November 2, 2018 06:00 pm EDT
Categories: Animation
Venue: Disrupt TV, Primal Screen, City Church Eastside ASIFA-South's annual animation festival and conference is right around the corner!
Attend panels, workshops, activities, parties, and mixers! Check our diverse selection of animated screenings!
Please see the ticket lin...
Cost: 35- 70
Return Of The Fifty Foot Film Festival
Tuesday October 30, 2018 07:00 pm EDT
Premiere/Screening of Atlanta Area Filmmakers quality short films in the Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy/Suspense genres.
Films include: Paranormal thriller "Residence 906", Suspense short "Pet", Fantasy film "The Wish & The Wisp, Sci-Fi film "No Time For Love", Horror short "Feast", Horror short "Mr. Smiles"...
Cost: $10
The Shining
Tuesday October 23, 2018 07:00 pm EDT
The cult classic on the big screen at the Plaza. Snag tickets here
Cost: $11-$13
Eyedrum Presents: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari & LIVE MUSIC
Saturday August 4, 2018 07:00 pm EDT
Eyedrum continues its series, the Signal and the Noise, at the Plaza Atlanta! Celebrating silent film and Atlanta musicians who improvise and compose new work, this event features LIVE musical performance by Paul Mercer, Gabe Monticello, Aileen Loy, and Paul Stevens! Come experience the beautiful an...
Cost: $15
Planet of the Apes 50th Anniversary Live Show and Screening with Blast-Off Burlesque and friends
Saturday June 2, 2018 09:30 pm EDT
Blast-Off Burlesque is back, bringing back the popular TABOOLALA series to their original home the Plaza Theatre. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Original 1968 Planet of the Apes. The groundbreaking movie that begun the franchise that asks; who is superior, man or ape? Still weirdly relevan...
Cost: $15
Planet of the Apes 50th Anniversary Live Show and Screening with Blast-Off Burlesque and friends
Saturday June 2, 2018 09:30 pm EDT
Blast-Off Burlesque is back, bringing back the popular TABOOLALA series to their original home the Plaza Theatre to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Original 1968 Planet of the Apes. The groundbreaking movie that begun the franchise that asks; who is superior, man or ape? Still weirdly relevan...
Cost: $15
