Varsity Cinema
@thevarsitydsm.bsky.social
Des Moines' nonprofit community art house cinema.
www.varsitydesmoines.com
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Give the gift of movies! 🎁 Varsity Cinema’s holiday offerings make it easy to treat the movie lovers in your life with everything from flexible gift cards and memberships to our newest sweatshirts and totes.
Explore our holiday gift options: varsitydesmoines.com/support/holi...
Explore our holiday gift options: varsitydesmoines.com/support/holi...
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Give the gift of movies! 🎁 Varsity Cinema’s holiday offerings make it easy to treat the movie lovers in your life with everything from flexible gift cards and memberships to our newest sweatshirts and totes.
Explore our holiday gift options: varsitydesmoines.com/support/holi...
Explore our holiday gift options: varsitydesmoines.com/support/holi...
Movies about movies should be seen in a movie theater. JAY KELLY is now playing. 🎞️
“A charming, wistful take on what lies beneath the myth of celebrity.” – Little White Lies
Showtimes: www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/jay-kelly/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
“A charming, wistful take on what lies beneath the myth of celebrity.” – Little White Lies
Showtimes: www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/jay-kelly/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Movies about movies should be seen in a movie theater. JAY KELLY is now playing. 🎞️
“A charming, wistful take on what lies beneath the myth of celebrity.” – Little White Lies
Showtimes: www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/jay-kelly/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
“A charming, wistful take on what lies beneath the myth of celebrity.” – Little White Lies
Showtimes: www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/jay-kelly/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
“SENTIMENTAL VALUE packs a whole novel’s worth of emotional texture and telling visual detail” (Slate).
Opening Wednesday.
Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/senti...
Opening Wednesday.
Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/senti...
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“SENTIMENTAL VALUE packs a whole novel’s worth of emotional texture and telling visual detail” (Slate).
Opening Wednesday.
Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/senti...
Opening Wednesday.
Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/senti...
It won’t quite be freezing on Thanksgiving day but it’s getting there! 🥶 Bundle up with the cozy holiday favorite PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, playing this Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7pm.
www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/planes-trains-and-automobiles/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/planes-trains-and-automobiles/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It won’t quite be freezing on Thanksgiving day but it’s getting there! 🥶 Bundle up with the cozy holiday favorite PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, playing this Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7pm.
www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/planes-trains-and-automobiles/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/planes-trains-and-automobiles/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
Opening Wednesday, Nov. 26: SENTIMENTAL VALUE — Joachim Trier reunites with Renate Reinsve, plus Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård, in this story of a fractured relationship between an acclaimed director and his two estranged daughters.
Tickets & Showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/senti...
Tickets & Showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/senti...
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Opening Wednesday, Nov. 26: SENTIMENTAL VALUE — Joachim Trier reunites with Renate Reinsve, plus Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård, in this story of a fractured relationship between an acclaimed director and his two estranged daughters.
Tickets & Showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/senti...
Tickets & Showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/senti...
Join us Sat., Nov. 22 for a Met Opera: Live in HD screening of Strauss’s romantic comedy “Arabella." Presented in partnership with the Des Moines Metro Opera, who will have a representative present before the show to share background and answer questions!
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November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Join us Sat., Nov. 22 for a Met Opera: Live in HD screening of Strauss’s romantic comedy “Arabella." Presented in partnership with the Des Moines Metro Opera, who will have a representative present before the show to share background and answer questions!
🎟️ varsitydesmoines.com/movies/the-m...
🎟️ varsitydesmoines.com/movies/the-m...
Time's almost up! ⏰ Become a Varsity Cinema member or renew your membership before November 15 to get a FREE t-shirt — just show your registration at the box office. And you’ll be automatically entered to win a YEAR OF FREE MOVIES!
Join or renew today: varsitydesmoines.com/memberships/...
Join or renew today: varsitydesmoines.com/memberships/...
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Time's almost up! ⏰ Become a Varsity Cinema member or renew your membership before November 15 to get a FREE t-shirt — just show your registration at the box office. And you’ll be automatically entered to win a YEAR OF FREE MOVIES!
Join or renew today: varsitydesmoines.com/memberships/...
Join or renew today: varsitydesmoines.com/memberships/...
Join us this Wednesday for THE KNEELING GODDESS + an intro from the Des Moines Art Center!
A sultry model leads a man away from his innocent wife and down into the ecstatic depths of degradation...
www.varsitydesmoines.com/the-kneeling-goddess/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
A sultry model leads a man away from his innocent wife and down into the ecstatic depths of degradation...
www.varsitydesmoines.com/the-kneeling-goddess/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Join us this Wednesday for THE KNEELING GODDESS + an intro from the Des Moines Art Center!
A sultry model leads a man away from his innocent wife and down into the ecstatic depths of degradation...
www.varsitydesmoines.com/the-kneeling-goddess/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
A sultry model leads a man away from his innocent wife and down into the ecstatic depths of degradation...
www.varsitydesmoines.com/the-kneeling-goddess/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
It's 5:30 somewhere. Let your conscious guide you to the Varsity this weekend to see the WTF-inducing film everyone's talking about.
#BUGONIA, Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film starring Emma Stone, is now playing.
Showtimes & tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/bugon...
#BUGONIA, Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film starring Emma Stone, is now playing.
Showtimes & tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/bugon...
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's 5:30 somewhere. Let your conscious guide you to the Varsity this weekend to see the WTF-inducing film everyone's talking about.
#BUGONIA, Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film starring Emma Stone, is now playing.
Showtimes & tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/bugon...
#BUGONIA, Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film starring Emma Stone, is now playing.
Showtimes & tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/bugon...
Join us on Nov. 12 for THE KNEELING GODDESS presented with the Des Moines Art Center with an intro from Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter about Manuel Álvarez Bravo who worked on the film.
🎟️ www.varsitydesmoines.com/showtimes/the-kneeling-goddess/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
🎟️ www.varsitydesmoines.com/showtimes/the-kneeling-goddess/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Join us on Nov. 12 for THE KNEELING GODDESS presented with the Des Moines Art Center with an intro from Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter about Manuel Álvarez Bravo who worked on the film.
🎟️ www.varsitydesmoines.com/showtimes/the-kneeling-goddess/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
🎟️ www.varsitydesmoines.com/showtimes/the-kneeling-goddess/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or
This year’s Palme d’Or winner #ItWasJustAnAccident opens this Friday, November 7.
In the film, director #JafarPanahi “summons all the medium’s expressive powers to deliver a fierce, unambiguous denunciation of authoritarian regimes the world over” (Justin Chang, The New Yorker).
#ComingSoon
In the film, director #JafarPanahi “summons all the medium’s expressive powers to deliver a fierce, unambiguous denunciation of authoritarian regimes the world over” (Justin Chang, The New Yorker).
#ComingSoon
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This year’s Palme d’Or winner #ItWasJustAnAccident opens this Friday, November 7.
In the film, director #JafarPanahi “summons all the medium’s expressive powers to deliver a fierce, unambiguous denunciation of authoritarian regimes the world over” (Justin Chang, The New Yorker).
#ComingSoon
In the film, director #JafarPanahi “summons all the medium’s expressive powers to deliver a fierce, unambiguous denunciation of authoritarian regimes the world over” (Justin Chang, The New Yorker).
#ComingSoon
On Nov. 9, don’t miss five-time Olivier Award-winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) onstage with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the first time, playing mother & daughter in Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” for #NationalTheatreLive.
🎟️ varsitydesmoines.com/movies/natio...
🎟️ varsitydesmoines.com/movies/natio...
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
On Nov. 9, don’t miss five-time Olivier Award-winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) onstage with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the first time, playing mother & daughter in Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” for #NationalTheatreLive.
🎟️ varsitydesmoines.com/movies/natio...
🎟️ varsitydesmoines.com/movies/natio...
Happy Halloween! 🎃 We’ve got two freaky good flicks for you this weekend.
October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 We’ve got two freaky good flicks for you this weekend.
Want to work with us at Varsity Cinema? 🍿 We have a new opening for Shift Lead!
Read more and apply at www.varsitydesmoines.com/jobs.
Read more and apply at www.varsitydesmoines.com/jobs.
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Want to work with us at Varsity Cinema? 🍿 We have a new opening for Shift Lead!
Read more and apply at www.varsitydesmoines.com/jobs.
Read more and apply at www.varsitydesmoines.com/jobs.
Emma Stone 🤝 Yorgos Lanthimos — They're back and better than ever in the wildly bizarre BUGONIA, opening this Thursday.
varsitydesmoines.com/movies/bugon...
varsitydesmoines.com/movies/bugon...
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Emma Stone 🤝 Yorgos Lanthimos — They're back and better than ever in the wildly bizarre BUGONIA, opening this Thursday.
varsitydesmoines.com/movies/bugon...
varsitydesmoines.com/movies/bugon...
Join us one week from today for the Des Moines Underground Film Festival 🎥 to see a slate of locally made short films!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/des-m...
This year's lineup includes: "Vainglory" by Sydney Pierick, "Flyover" by Max Ward, "Hell's Hollow" by Connor Botts & many more!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/des-m...
This year's lineup includes: "Vainglory" by Sydney Pierick, "Flyover" by Max Ward, "Hell's Hollow" by Connor Botts & many more!
October 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Join us one week from today for the Des Moines Underground Film Festival 🎥 to see a slate of locally made short films!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/des-m...
This year's lineup includes: "Vainglory" by Sydney Pierick, "Flyover" by Max Ward, "Hell's Hollow" by Connor Botts & many more!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/des-m...
This year's lineup includes: "Vainglory" by Sydney Pierick, "Flyover" by Max Ward, "Hell's Hollow" by Connor Botts & many more!
Join Varsity Cinema and Des Moines Performing Arts for a WICKED: FOR GOOD pre-screening singalong on Sunday, November 23!
The singalong will begin at 6:00 pm and the film will start at 7:00 pm. Plus, come early for themed cocktails!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/wicke...
The singalong will begin at 6:00 pm and the film will start at 7:00 pm. Plus, come early for themed cocktails!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/wicke...
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join Varsity Cinema and Des Moines Performing Arts for a WICKED: FOR GOOD pre-screening singalong on Sunday, November 23!
The singalong will begin at 6:00 pm and the film will start at 7:00 pm. Plus, come early for themed cocktails!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/wicke...
The singalong will begin at 6:00 pm and the film will start at 7:00 pm. Plus, come early for themed cocktails!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/wicke...
Tickets are on sale NOW for FRANKENSTEIN—opening this Friday! In Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated adaptation, Oscar Isaac stars as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature (Jacob Elordi) to life.
Get tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/frank...
Get tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/frank...
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Tickets are on sale NOW for FRANKENSTEIN—opening this Friday! In Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated adaptation, Oscar Isaac stars as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature (Jacob Elordi) to life.
Get tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/frank...
Get tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/frank...
Audiences are buzzing about AFTER THE HUNT, now playing.
Tickets & showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/after...
Tickets & showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/after...
October 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Audiences are buzzing about AFTER THE HUNT, now playing.
Tickets & showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/after...
Tickets & showtimes: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/after...
Scooby and the gang are reuniting at the Varsity this Tuesday at 7pm for our Movie Bash screening of SCOOBY-DOO (2002)! Come try our signature cocktail "Scooby Snack" at Concessions and take a trip to Spooky Island while quoting some of the movie's most iconic lines (written by James Gunn!) 🐕🔎 👻
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Scooby and the gang are reuniting at the Varsity this Tuesday at 7pm for our Movie Bash screening of SCOOBY-DOO (2002)! Come try our signature cocktail "Scooby Snack" at Concessions and take a trip to Spooky Island while quoting some of the movie's most iconic lines (written by James Gunn!) 🐕🔎 👻
Oh hi, *Mark* your calendars. THE ROOM returns to the Varsity next month! Join us for a Movie Bash screening with audience interaction on November 11 at 7pm or join the late night crowd for our Midnights@10 screening on November 13. Spoons provided! 🥄
🎟️ 11/11: bit.ly/48ASsxD
🎟️ 11/13: bit.ly/49fmyXE
🎟️ 11/11: bit.ly/48ASsxD
🎟️ 11/13: bit.ly/49fmyXE
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oh hi, *Mark* your calendars. THE ROOM returns to the Varsity next month! Join us for a Movie Bash screening with audience interaction on November 11 at 7pm or join the late night crowd for our Midnights@10 screening on November 13. Spoons provided! 🥄
🎟️ 11/11: bit.ly/48ASsxD
🎟️ 11/13: bit.ly/49fmyXE
🎟️ 11/11: bit.ly/48ASsxD
🎟️ 11/13: bit.ly/49fmyXE
Join us on Oct. 26 for THAT THING | THAT SOUND, a heartfelt documentary celebrating the soulful voice of the steel guitar, followed by a Filmmaker Q&A!
“A beautiful love letter to a complex instrument that deserves more attention.“ — True/False Film Festival
varsitydesmoines.com/movies/that-...
“A beautiful love letter to a complex instrument that deserves more attention.“ — True/False Film Festival
varsitydesmoines.com/movies/that-...
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Join us on Oct. 26 for THAT THING | THAT SOUND, a heartfelt documentary celebrating the soulful voice of the steel guitar, followed by a Filmmaker Q&A!
“A beautiful love letter to a complex instrument that deserves more attention.“ — True/False Film Festival
varsitydesmoines.com/movies/that-...
“A beautiful love letter to a complex instrument that deserves more attention.“ — True/False Film Festival
varsitydesmoines.com/movies/that-...
AFTER THE HUNT, the latest from Luca Guadagnino (CHALLENGERS) opens Friday! Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri & Andrew Garfield star in this gripping drama of a college professor at a crossroads when a star student makes an accusation against her colleague, and a dark secret of her own comes to light.
October 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
AFTER THE HUNT, the latest from Luca Guadagnino (CHALLENGERS) opens Friday! Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri & Andrew Garfield star in this gripping drama of a college professor at a crossroads when a star student makes an accusation against her colleague, and a dark secret of her own comes to light.
Join us on October 23 for a Midnights@10 showing of 1987’s A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIOR 💭🔪 Presented by The Fright Zone Podcast.
Commemorative event koozies for the first 50 attendees, and costumes encouraged! Let’s party!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/a-nig...
Commemorative event koozies for the first 50 attendees, and costumes encouraged! Let’s party!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/a-nig...
October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Join us on October 23 for a Midnights@10 showing of 1987’s A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIOR 💭🔪 Presented by The Fright Zone Podcast.
Commemorative event koozies for the first 50 attendees, and costumes encouraged! Let’s party!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/a-nig...
Commemorative event koozies for the first 50 attendees, and costumes encouraged! Let’s party!
🎟️ Tickets at: varsitydesmoines.com/movies/a-nig...