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Wednesday 23, April

Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet

PG

Wednesday 23, April

Green Room

Green Room

RRated R for strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language and some drug content

Wednesday 23, April

Thursday 24, April

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

Rfor strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Thursday 24, April

Friday 25, April

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

Rfor strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Friday 25, April

Saturday 26, April

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

Rfor strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Saturday 26, April

Green Room

Green Room

RRated R for strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language and some drug content

Saturday 26, April

Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet

PG

Saturday 26, April

Sunday 27, April

No Other Land

No Other Land

NR

Sunday 27, April

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

Rfor strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Sunday 27, April

Monday 28, April

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

Rfor strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Monday 28, April

Series: Skate Video Night

Series: Skate Video Night

Monday 28, April

Tuesday 29, April

No Other Land

No Other Land

NR

Tuesday 29, April

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

Rfor strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Tuesday 29, April

Wednesday 30, April

Downfall

Downfall

Wednesday 30, April

Thursday 1, May

No Other Land

No Other Land

NR

Thursday 1, May

Friday 2, May

No Other Land

No Other Land

NR

Friday 2, May

Saturday 3, May

No Other Land

No Other Land

NR

Saturday 3, May

Cinematary 500: Grand Budapest Hotel + Podcast

Cinematary 500: Grand Budapest Hotel + Podcast

RRated R for language, some sexual content and violence

Saturday 3, May

Sunday 4, May

The Running Man

The Running Man

R

Sunday 4, May

Guacamole Yesterdays with filmmaker Q&A

Guacamole Yesterdays with filmmaker Q&A

Sunday 4, May

Monday 5, May

The Running Man

The Running Man

R

Monday 5, May

Wednesday 7, May

The Running Man

The Running Man

R

Wednesday 7, May

Thursday 8, May

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

R

Thursday 8, May

Friday 9, May

Clown in a Cornfield

Clown in a Cornfield

Rfor bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking.

Friday 9, May

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

R

Friday 9, May

Saturday 10, May

Clown in a Cornfield

Clown in a Cornfield

Rfor bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking.

Saturday 10, May

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

R

Saturday 10, May

Clown in a Cornfield (with author Adam Cesare)

Clown in a Cornfield (with author Adam Cesare)

Rfor bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking.

Saturday 10, May

Sunday 11, May

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

R

Sunday 11, May

Clown in a Cornfield

Clown in a Cornfield

Rfor bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking.

Sunday 11, May

Monday 12, May

Clown in a Cornfield

Clown in a Cornfield

Rfor bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking.

Monday 12, May

KHFF Arcana: Surf Nazis Must Die

KHFF Arcana: Surf Nazis Must Die

R

Monday 12, May

Friday 30, May

Double Feature
Found Footage Fest 20th Anniversary Double Bill Found Footage Fest 20th Anniversary Double Bill

Found Footage Fest 20th Anniversary Double Bill

Friday 30, May

Found Footage Fest: 20th Anniversary Show!

Found Footage Fest: 20th Anniversary Show!

Friday 30, May

Chop & Steele (with guest intro + Q&A)

Chop & Steele (with guest intro + Q&A)

Friday 30, May

Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

R

College student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns home after his father has a stroke. When he discovers a severed ear in an abandoned field, Beaumont teams up with detective's daughter Sandy Williams (Laura Dern) to solve the mystery. They believe beautiful lounge singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) may be connected with the case, and Beaumont finds himself becoming drawn into her dark, twisted world, where he encounters sexually depraved psychopath Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper).

Thursday 8, May

Friday 9, May

Saturday 10, May

Sunday 11, May

Show Future Dates
Chop & Steele (with guest intro + Q&A)

Chop & Steele (with guest intro + Q&A)

Our evening with the Found Footage Festival continues with this 2022 documentary about the duo's legally controversial comic exploits. Childhood friends turned professional comedians Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett book their gag-strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows. When their pranks go viral, they land in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate. The stress of the lawsuit and pressure to continue their pranks threaten their livelihood and tests their lifelong friendship. "Chop & Steele plays like one act of artistic defiance after another in celebration of Pickett and Prueher’s love of obscure content, much of which was never cleared for public consumption." - The Film Stage Note: This documentary screening with special guests Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett will be presented as the second half of a double bill event also featuring the duo's live Found Footage Festival 20th Anniversary Show. This ticketing link is for the standalone screening of CHOP & STEELE.

Friday 30, May

Cinematary 500: Grand Budapest Hotel + Podcast

Cinematary 500: Grand Budapest Hotel + Podcast

RRated R for language, some sexual content and violence

The crew of young cinephiles behind Knoxville-based podcast Cinematary have been treasured Central Cinema supporters and collaborators since we opened in 2018, and we're thrilled to help celebrate a huge milestone as they record their 500th (!) episode live on stage following a screening of Wes Anderson's 2014 pinnacle THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. In the 1930s, the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European ski resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). Junior lobby boy Zero (Tony Revolori) becomes Gustave's friend and protege. Gustave prides himself on providing first-class service to the hotel's guests, including satisfying the sexual needs of the many elderly women who stay there. When one of Gustave's lovers dies mysteriously, Gustave finds himself the recipient of a priceless painting and the chief suspect in her murder.

Saturday 3, May

Clown in a Cornfield

Clown in a Cornfield

Rfor bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking.

In a fading Midwestern town, the local legend of Frendo the clown becomes all too real as teenagers start to go missing one by one, before meeting spectacularly sticky ends. With chills, memorable set pieces and messy mayhem aplenty, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD will be sure to electrify both young horror audiences and fans of the classic slasher movies.

Friday 9, May

Saturday 10, May

Sunday 11, May

Monday 12, May

Show Future Dates
Clown in a Cornfield (with author Adam Cesare)

Clown in a Cornfield (with author Adam Cesare)

Rfor bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking.

One screening only: Frankencon presents CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD author Adam Cesare In a fading Midwestern town, the local legend of Frendo the clown becomes all too real as teenagers start to go missing one by one, before meeting spectacularly sticky ends. With chills, memorable set pieces and messy mayhem aplenty, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD will be sure to electrify both young horror audiences and fans of the classic slasher movies.

Saturday 10, May

Downfall

Downfall

Nominated for the 2004 Best Foreign Language Oscar, DOWNFALL takes you into Hitler’s bunker during the brutal last days of the Third Reich. Presented on the 80th anniversary of Hitler's suicide. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (THE EXPERIMENT) and featuring an indelible Hitler by the late Bruno Ganz (WINGS OF DESIRE), DOWNFALL gives gripping insight into the madness and desperation of a tyrant’s final hours. In 1942, young Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) lands her dream job -- secretary to Adolf Hitler (Bruno Ganz) at the peak of his power. Three years later, Hitler's empire is now his underground bunker. The real-life Traudl narrates Hitler's final days as he rages against imagined betrayers and barks orders to phantom armies, while his mistress, Eva Braun (Juliane Köhler), clucks over his emotional distance, and other infamous Nazis prepare for the end.

Wednesday 30, April

Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet

PG

On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.

Wednesday 23, April

Saturday 26, April

Show Future Dates
Double Feature
Found Footage Fest 20th Anniversary Double Bill Found Footage Fest 20th Anniversary Double Bill

Found Footage Fest 20th Anniversary Double Bill

Central Cinema is thrilled to present Found Footage Festival's oddity archivists Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher live and in person as they host a cherry-picked program of uproarious home video stunners culled from 20 years of the @foundfootagefestival project. This touring presentation will be followed by a screening of the 2022 documentary CHOP & STEELE, documenting the surprising legal saga behind the duo's comedic side hustle as television pranksters. Standalone tickets are also available to either event. FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW | Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show) have over 14,000 VHS tapes in their collection and have been taking viewers on a guided tour through their latest and greatest finds since 2004. To celebrate two decades of this VHS nonsense, Joe & Nick will serve up their all-time greatest finds including the dumbest exercise videos, the craziest public access shows and updates with the most wonderful weirdos they’ve met along the way. CHOP & STEELE (2022) | Childhood friends turned professional comedians Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett book their gag-strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows. When their pranks go viral, they land in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate. The stress of the lawsuit and pressure to continue their pranks threaten their livelihood and tests their lifelong friendship.

Friday 30, May

Found Footage Fest: 20th Anniversary Show!

Found Footage Fest: 20th Anniversary Show!

host a cherry-picked program of uproarious home video stunners. Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show) have over 14,000 VHS tapes in their collection and have been taking viewers on a guided tour through their latest and greatest finds since 2004. To celebrate two decades of this VHS nonsense, Joe & Nick will serve up their all-time greatest finds including the dumbest exercise videos, the craziest public access shows and updates with the most wonderful weirdos they’ve met along the way. Note: This 20th anniversary program will be presented as the first half of a double bill event, followed by the FFF-related documentary CHOP & STEELE. This ticketing link is for the standalone live show.

Friday 30, May

Green Room

Green Room

RRated R for strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language and some drug content

A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.

Wednesday 23, April

Saturday 26, April

Show Future Dates
Guacamole Yesterdays with filmmaker Q&A

Guacamole Yesterdays with filmmaker Q&A

Join us for a special event screening of this independent sci-fi romance, featuring a live music preshow and a post-screening Q&A with director Jordan Noel, writer/producer Hudson Phillips, and Knoxville-based score composer William Wright. (Along with standard $12 admission, the filmmakers are also offering VIP tickets that include an enamel pin and hand-numbered screenprinted poster.) Following a painful separation, a heartbroken woman turns to an experimental technology that allows her to revisit and manipulate her memories as a way to heal. But as she immerses herself in the past, the line between memory and reality blurs—forcing her to confront the memories she’s been avoiding before she loses herself entirely. GUACAMOLE YESTERDAYS is a grounded sci-fi romance in the tradition of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Her, starring Randy Havens (Stranger Things), Sophie Edwards (This World Alone) and Adetinpo Thomas (Hawkeye).

Sunday 4, May

KHFF Arcana: Surf Nazis Must Die

KHFF Arcana: Surf Nazis Must Die

R

When the son of a gun-wielding woman is murdered by neo-Nazi surf punks in the post-apocalyptic future, his Mama hunts them down for some bloodthirsty revenge.

Monday 12, May

No Other Land

No Other Land

NR

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

Sunday 27, April

Tuesday 29, April

Thursday 1, May

Friday 2, May

Saturday 3, May

Show Future Dates
Series: Skate Video Night

Series: Skate Video Night

A collection of skateboarding videos old and new.

Monday 28, April

The Running Man

The Running Man

R

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

Sunday 4, May

Monday 5, May

Wednesday 7, May

Show Future Dates
The Shrouds

The Shrouds

Rfor strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, builds a device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud.

Thursday 24, April

Friday 25, April

Saturday 26, April

Sunday 27, April

Monday 28, April

Tuesday 29, April

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