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Orange County’s only nonprofit arthouse cinema and year-round film festival!

🎬🍿📽️ Movies, art, community & culture since 2014!

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The most romantic movie ever made, THE ROOM, is back for Valentine's Day on Feb 21st! Bust out those plastic spoons (and a dozen red roses) 🥄🌹🏈

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February 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Happy Valentine's Day from the Frida Cinema 💌🌹

We still have tickets available for ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND:
Feb 14 (today) - 10PM
Feb 15 - 12:30PM

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February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Jonathan Demme's 1984 concert film masterpiece STOP MAKING SENSE is back for The Frida Cinema's birthday weekend on Feb 20th 🛋️

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues."

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February 14, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Our Hallucinations series is headed to the seaside with 4 beachy terrors, kicking off on Feb 24th with DEAD & BURIED, MESSIAH OF EVIL on March 31st, NIGHT TIDE on April 29th, and THE SHOUT on May 27th 🌊🧜‍♀️

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February 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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🚨NEW MERCH🚨

Revealing our exclusive, extremely limited batch of shirts designed by Bekah for our I <3 Horror triple feature on Feb 15th ⚡️🌕️ Ticket holders get first dibs, with leftovers added to our shop after the triple feature.

Tickets EXTREMELY limited.

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Model shot of the shirt that reads “ginger snapped so Jennifer could body” Model shot of the shirt that reads “ginger snapped so Jennifer could body”
February 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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SURPRISE!

We've added on a SECOND Film Club Members-Only screening for this month!

To celebrate its 60th anniversary, we'll be screening Gillo Pontecorvo's THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS!

Make sure to grab your tickets at the RSVP link: thefridacinema.org/purchase/139...
Poster for battle of Algiers
February 13, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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On February 19th, our friends at Flickrhappy invite you to experience the unforgettable romantic fantasy SOMEWHERE IN TIME on the big screen! 🪙

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February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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Return to Camp Crystal Lake TOMORROW for the chilling one-two punch that launched one of horror's most enduring franchises as we screen a double feature of FRIDAY THE 13TH Parts 1 & 2 🔪

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February 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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See It On 16mm is back on Feb 19th to dust off some well-loved prints of ignored exploitation, horror, and other off the radar films as we present another entry into our Secret Grindhouse series, this month, our theme hint is: 70's Vampire Horror 🦇

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February 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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🚨ENCORES ADDED🚨
We're rolling out some encores of the original TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES from 1990 on Feb 18-20🍕

A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan

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February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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At long last, NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE is finally screening at The Frida Cinema TOMORROW, Feb 12-19

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February 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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And Maude loves Harold. ❤️🌻

Rest In Peace, Bud Cort.
A drvilish grin from cort as Harold
February 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Guillermo Del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, the movie he was born to make, is finally coming alive at The Frida Cinema!

February 27-March 5 🍁

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Klimt inspired art for this screening
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is coming back to The Frida to bum you out this Valentine's Day season TOMORROW, Feb 11-15 💞

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February 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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If you're torn with desire for more WUTHERING HEIGHTS, William Wyler's 1939 adaptation is coming to The Frida Cinema on Feb 23 as part of our Page To Screen series 🏰💐

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February 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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THE VANISHING (1988) is our second Volunteer Of The Month pick for February, courtesy of the wonderful Julia!

Feb 11-12 🪏

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Still from The Vanishing
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Join us on Saturday night, February 28th, as we screen GREASE 2, the Michelle Pfeiffer star-making sequel to the iconic 1978 musical 🏍️

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February 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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Play It By Fear continues their brand new Sunday Scaries series on Feb 22 by delving into the dark world of Robert Eggers' New England nightmare THE VVITCH 🐐

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February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Calendar of various Frida events this week. More info at link in post
February 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Are you SCRE4MING for more horror movies? Well, The Frida Cinema's got your back! I <3 Horror is back on Feb 15th! And this year, we're presenting an amazing triple feature of some of our favorite fun and spooky flicks!⚡️

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February 9, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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Akira Kurosawa's three hour epic, RED BEARD, is screening at The Frida Cinema on Feb 15-17 with a brand new 4K restoration via our friends at Janus Films!

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February 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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For our 12th birthday week, we’re really embracing The Frida Canon, so of course that means HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS on Feb 20th! 🦫🍎

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Still from hundreds of beavers
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Hou Hsiao-hsien’s techno-scored neon marvel MILLENNIUM MAMBO is coming back to The Frida as a Volunteer Of The Month pick courtesy of the amazing Shreshta!

Feb 8-10

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VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH: SHRESHTA Q: HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN VOLUNTEERING AT THE FRIDA CINEMA? A: I've been volunteering at the Frida for about six months now. Q: WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT VOLUNTEERING WITH THE FRIDA CINEMA? A: I love being part of a community that cares about celebrating the best that film has to offer. I've been watching movies at The Frida for around a 7 years now, and I wish I started volunteering earlier. I'm thankful for the space's existence, and I want to contribute to it in some way. Q: WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT 'MILLENNIUM MAMBO", AND WHAT MADE YOU PICK IT? A: I picked Millennium Mambo for my VOTM movie because I think experiencing the film in theaters adds to the ambiance and environment. I remember reading a review of the film that argues that it's less about what we do at clubs and parties and more about what we come home to when the party is over. I'd like to experience that push and pull in a theater. I also like this film because personally I see it as a reminder for why we shouldn't underestimate how powerful inertia can be, and why we should instead question and resist it. Vicky's (the protagonist) relationships throughout the film are so stuck, and I remember wanting to tear her away from what she kept returning to when I saw the film for the first time. Letterboxd top 4: kes, paper moon, song of the sea, legally blonde Graphic for this series
February 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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A brand new 4K restoration of HIGH AND LOW is coming to The Frida Cinema tomorrow, Feb 8-10 as part of our Akira Kurosawa retrospective! Thank you to Janus Films for restoring this masterpiece and allowing us to play it 📞

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February 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM