Filmscene

Series & Special Events

FilmScene hosts numerous special events, community screenings and ongoing series to bring a diverse slate of film programming to Eastern Iowa audiences.

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS

1961 / USA / Clyde Geronimi +

Sat, Dec 911:00amSun, Dec 1011:00amThu, Dec 143:30pm

When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the owners must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE

1993 / China + / Kaige Chen

Sun, Dec 103:30pm

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China’s history.

LOST IN TRANSLATION

2003 / USA + / Sofia Coppola

Tue, Dec 127:00pmSat, Dec 167:00pmMon, Dec 187:00pm

A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.

KRAMPUS

2015 / USA / Michael Dougherty (Trick 'r Treat)

Wed, Dec 1310:00pm

He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good. So be good for goodness sake.
You better be good because we’ll have a very bad Santa taking photos with everyone naughty and nice in the lobby before the screening.

CRUISING

1980 / West Germany + / William Friedkin

Thu, Dec 147:00pm

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.

WHITE CHRISTMAS

1954 / USA / Michael Curtiz

Fri, Dec 151:00pmSat, Dec 163:30pmWed, Dec 206:30pm

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

1946 / United States / Frank Capra

Fri, Dec 153:30pmSun, Dec 173:30pmTue, Dec 193:30pmThu, Dec 216:30pm

In Frank Capra’s definitive holiday classic, an angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.

HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK

1992 / USA / Chris Columbus

Fri, Dec 156:30pmSat, Dec 1612:30pmSun, Dec 1712:30pmThu, Dec 2112:45pm

One year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City – and the same criminals are not far behind.

DIE HARD

1988 / USA / John McTiernan

Fri, Dec 159:20pmSat, Dec 169:30pmTue, Dec 197:00pmWed, Dec 209:30pm

A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

YOU’VE GOT MAIL

1998 / USA / Nora Ephron

Sat, Dec 166:30pmMon, Dec 183:30pmThu, Dec 213:45pm

Struggling boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly is perpetually butting heads with Joe Fox, the owner of a rival corporate bookstore chain. However, when they meet online, they begin an intense, anonymous internet romance.

THE THIN MAN

1934 / USA / W.S. Van Dyke

Sun, Dec 177:00pmMon, Dec 186:30pmWed, Dec 203:30pm

A retired detective who has resigned himself to a life of managing his wife’s considerable fortune is asked to follow the trail of a missing investigator, sending him and his adventure-hungry wife on one final case.

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2

1987 / USA / Lee Harry (Street Soldiers)

Wed, Dec 2010:00pm

The nightmare is about to begin… AGAIN!
And… photos with a very bad Santa in the lobby before the screening.

NEBRASKA

2013 / USA / Alexander Payne

Sat, Dec 237:00pmTue, Dec 267:00pmWed, Dec 277:00pm

An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.

PHOBE: THE XENOPHOBIC EXPERIMENTS

1995 / Canada / Erica Benedikty (Kobblestone +

Wed, Dec 2710:00pm

A galactic prisoner escape on the planet Mondora has sent a dangerous military experiment called Phobe into the stars.

FUNNY FACE

1957 / United States / Stanley Donen

Sun, Dec 315:00pm

Parisian New Year at FilmScene returns with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire in Funny Face! An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

2015 / USA / Travis Knight

Sat, Jan 2011:00amSun, Jan 2111:00amThu, Jan 253:30pm

Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.

THE PRINCESS DIARIES

2001 / USA + / Garry Marshall

Sat, Feb 1711:00amSun, Feb 1811:00amThu, Feb 223:30pm

A teenager discovers that she is the princess of a small European country.

BLUE CARPET BASH

2024 / USA

Sun, Mar 104:30pm

An annual FilmScene tradition! No matter who you’re cheering for on Hollywood’s biggest night, there’s only one place to watch the ceremony – at FilmScene with a community of cinema lovers. And it’s free!