It's time to say farewell to our 22nd FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR! But we're going out with a bang this weekend with modern noir - BRICK, the Rian Johnson/Joseph Gordon-Levitt high school detective flick, double featured with BOUND, A 30th Anniversary screening of the lesbian noir thriller!

Double feature #4 is a showcase of director Joseph Losey! THE LAWLESS is an Intriguing study of Mexican-American fruit-pickers championed by a a crusading newspaperman and STRANGER ON THE PROWL is a neorealist film noir set in Italy and directed by Losey while he was blacklisted by Hollywood!

Midweek double feature! For our third double feature of the FILM NOIR FEST, we've got NAKED ALIBI (1954) - the Gloria Grahame/Sterling Hayden cop killer thriller paired with THE DAMNED DON'T CRY (1950) - Joan Crawford in ambition overdrive!

For our FESTIVAL OF FILM NOIR's second double feature, it's 2 directed by Edgar G. Ulmer! RUTHLESS - a devious drama with Zachary Scott + MURDER IS MY BEAT - a 50s mystery homicide! 2 movies for the price of one - see one or both for the same price!

We got a NOIR FEST punch card for this year's 5 double features & all for only a measly $30! Stop by our movie theater or contact us if interested! The first 2 people to see all 5 double features, & get thereby their card stamped, get a free Guild Cinema t-shirt (sizes & types while supplies last)!

Welcome to 5 double features of crooked, not quite on the level tales...devious, mistrustful, full of sly agendas, and out for the take! Our 22nd Festival of Film Noir begins tomorrow!

Coming soon!

Starts tomorrow on our screen! GLOWING - maverick indie alternative filmmaker Beth B.'s newest genre exploding feature! An immersive, genre-defying experience that blurs the boundaries between documentary, narrative, experimental cinema, and music video. buff.ly/cQNxTZv

Starting tomorrow! 2026 SUNDANCE SHORTS TOUR! - a new outstanding collection of shorts organized by the great time honored indie fest! buff.ly/5YWejWe

Starting tomorrow on our screen! NEXT LIFE - multimedia artist Tenzin Phuntsog’s fiction debut of alternate buddhist take on The Tibetan Book of the Dead + UNDERLAND - a spectacular adaption of the Robert Macfarlane bestseller on the hidden world beneath our feet!

Our final BLEAK WEEK: THE CINEMA OF DESPAIR double feature is AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (1966) - the Robert Bresson profound masterpiece + CHRISTIANE F. (1981) - the exceptional German teen drug addict drama with cameos by David Bowie in his Berlin period! Last solo BLEAK WEEK feature coming on Thursday!

BLEAK WEEK double features continue this weekend with IN A YEAR OF 13 MOONS (1978) - the unforgettable Fassbinder feature + STROSZEK (1977) - the great 70s Werner Herzog/Bruno S. drama! Part of AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE'S BLEAK WEEK: CINEMA OF DESPAIR!

This weekend's 🌜 late night🌛 shows give 90s action vibes! On Friday catch HARDBOILED - a 94 Rock late nighter special of the John Woo revered classic! Then on Saturday, revisit MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE - Scum Pit Toys presents the cult feature film based on the hit TV series!

We're kicking off BLEAK WEEK, part of American Cinematheque's worldwide fest, with a double feature of WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (2000) - the Bela Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky Hungarian epic + COME AND SEE (1985) - the notorious Soviet shocker!

Last day to catch Blaxploitation Double Feature SUPER FLY (1972) - the legendary 70s bad ass flick + BLACULA (1972) - the William Marshall drive-in classic! 2 movies for the price of one!

Join us for a BLAXPLOITATION MID WEEK DOUBLE FEATURE with author/film writer Josiah Howard! THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) - Ivan Dixon's extraordinary feature + TOP OF THE HEAP (1972) - the underseen/underplayed 70s gem! 2 movies for the price of one!

We're taking it back to the 80s for this weekend's 🌜️ late night🌛 features! Catch a 40th Anniversary screening of HIGHLANDER on Friday, while Saturday brings NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: THE DREAM WARRIORS - an ANDROIDVISION special from the famed Freddy Krueger horror franchise!

Midweek documentaries! DEEPFAKING SAM ALTMAN - the new funny & surprisingly moving doc/investigation into the ever encroaching world of AI + EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY - the new Ben McKenzie doc on cryptocurrency, both crushing & curious, entertaining & educational!

Celebrate Kirk Douglas in Albuquerque with a double feature of 2 great blasts from the past! LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962) is a contemporary western based on a novel by Edward Abbey. Pair it with Billy Wilder's ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) - a scathing indictment of American culture! A 2-FOR-1 SPECIAL!

Midweek Moritsugu double feature! NUMBSKULL REVOLUTION - punk filmmaker Jon Moritsugu's newest, a punk rock Blade Runner for artists + MOD F&*K EXPLOSION (1994) - West Side Story meets Rumble in the Bronx meets A Clockwork Orange. SEE ONE OR BOTH FOR THE SAME PRICE! A 2-FOR-1 SPECIAL DEAL!

This weekend's 🌜️ late night🌛 ! On Friday, here's ANTI-FILM: REWIND - the reruns - some local, some loco, some something else - let 'er roll ! On Saturday, it's an AndroidVision special of the original Wes Craven 70's legendary shocker THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1977)!

Starting tomorrow! BUNNYLOVR - the new engaging debut feature of a drifting Chinese American cam girl struggling to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with a client while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father. May 12 thru 14 Tue to Thu 8:15pm only! buff.ly/5dWqlrv

Midweek on our screen! TIKI TIKI (1971) - a new restoration of the early 70's animation cult flick to-be from the director of HEAVY METAL + MERMAID -like The Shape of Water by way of Sean Baker, from the director of BUTT BOY!

Starting tomorrow! THE STRANGER - François Ozon's newest based on the Albert Camus landmark existential novel + THE CHRISTOPHERS - Steven Soderbergh's newest sly comedy with a great Ian McKellen & Michaela Coel!

Upcoming 🌜 late night🌛 offerings! Friday: SOLOMON KING (1974) - a Deaf Crocodile restoration of the 70s Long Lost funked up Blaxploitation classic! Saturday: ALIENS (1986) - extended director's cut version! A Midnite Concessions special screening of the great 80s sci fi action sequel!

This weekend! JOHN LILLY AND THE EARTH COINCIDENCE CONTROL OFFICE - the fascinating story of the maverick consciousness researcher who inspired ALTERED STATES + MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN - the 2026 Best Documentary Feature Oscar Winner, like a cross between SCHOOL OF ROCK and 1984!

Monday- Wednesday on our screen! LAND WITH NO RIDER - a new doc on the Cowboys of Silver City, New Mexico + JIMMY & THE DEMONS - the new unforgettable doc on celebrated woodcutter artist Jimmy Grashow!

EIC special program spotlight: Way OUT West Fest: QUEER X 3.0 Curated by Roberto Appicciafoco Saturday, April 18 at 4:30-6:00pm The Way OUT West Film Festival is proud to return with the third edition of Queer X at this year’s EIC festival. Queer X reminds us that queer life is always in motion.

EIC special program spotlight: The Magic of Cinema - The Films of Dominic Angerame Curated by Kornelia Boczkowska Friday April 17, 7:30pm-9:00 at the Guild Cinena Angerame’s films are magical: a powerful marriage of image, sound, movement and technique, they are both strange and familiar.

Experiments in Cinema is an annual international festival celebrating current trends and history of international cinematic experimentation. Tickets and festival passes can be purchased at the Guild Cinema box office starting April 16th. buff.ly/8ya7tav