Coming Soon
Blooming Together Intergenerational Arts Festival @ Generations Center
- Sat, May 30
Run Time: 30 min.
a/perture curator Jake Laystrom will lead a special Film Appreciation session for the film WALL-E, more information below!...
Film A/ppreciation Rising Grades 6-9 / June 1-5
- Mon, Jun 1
Run Time: 420 min.
An introduction to the art of cinema for Middle Schoolers! Rising Grades 6-9 Two sessions: June 1-5 and...
TOP SECRET SUPERNATURAL THRILLER FEATURE FILM – Free Screening
- Wed, Jun 3
Run Time: 105 min. Rating: R
If you’d like to be put on a waitlist for a sold-out showtime, please email (info@aperturecinema.com) with the...
In Pursuit of Justice
- Thu, Jun 4
Director: Gregg Jamback Run Time: 98 min.
Greg’s story is one of wrong turns, bad luck, and a loving supportive family who never stopped believing...
Silent Friend
- Fri, Jun 5
- Sat, Jun 6
- Sun, Jun 7
- Mon, Jun 8
- Tue, Jun 9
- Wed, Jun 10
- Thu, Jun 11
Director: Ildikó Enyedi Run Time: 147 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: German
Starring: Enzo Brumm, Léa Seydoux, Luna Wedler, Sylvester Groth, Tony Leung Chiu-wai
On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity...
Power Ballad
- Fri, Jun 5
- Sat, Jun 6
- Sun, Jun 7
- Mon, Jun 8
- Tue, Jun 9
- Wed, Jun 10
- Thu, Jun 11
Director: John Carney Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Marcella Plunkett, Nick Jonas, Paul Rudd, Peter McDonald, Rory Keenan
It's time to set the record straight.
Trainspotting (1996)
- Fri, Jun 5
- Sat, Jun 6
- Sun, Jun 7
- Tue, Jun 9
- Wed, Jun 10
- Thu, Jun 11
Director: Danny Boyle Run Time: 94 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle
Choose life.
Film A/ppreciation for Adults: Lone Star (1996)
- Sat, Jun 6
Director: John Sayles Run Time: 135 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Chris Cooper, Clifton James, Elizabeth Peña, Kris Kristofferson, Miriam Colon
a/perture curator Jake Laystrom will introduce and lead a discussion on the film
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
- Sun, Jun 7
Director: Caitriona McLaughlin Run Time: 157 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Declan Conlon, Éanna Hardwicke, Lorcan Cranitch, Nicola Coughlan, Siobhán McSweeney
At the edge of the earth, you could be anyone.
Film A/ppreciation Rising Grades 3-5 / June 8-12
- Mon, Jun 8
Run Time: 180 min.
An introduction to the art of cinema for Elementary schoolers! Rising Grades 3-5 Three sessions: June 8-12, July...
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
- Tue, Jun 9
Director: John Badham Run Time: 111 min. Release Year: 1976
Starring: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson, Sam Brison
They put the ball in baseball.
Disclosure Day
- Thu, Jun 11
- Fri, Jun 12
- Sat, Jun 13
- Sun, Jun 14
- Mon, Jun 15
- Tue, Jun 16
- Wed, Jun 17
- Thu, Jun 18
Director: Steven Spielberg Run Time: 145 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Emily Blunt, Eve Hewson, Josh O'Connor
We deserve to know.
Bull Durham (1988)
- Thu, Jun 11
- Sun, Jun 14
Director: Ron Shelton Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Kevin Costner, Robert Wuhl, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.
Innovation & Cinema @ Bailey Park
Run Time: 100 min.
Innovation & Cinema returns to beautiful Innovation Quarter’s Bailey Park lower lawn for thrilling season of high-speed films...
Cars @ Bailey Park
- Fri, Jun 12
Director: John Lasseter Run Time: 117 min. Release Year: 2006
Starring: Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Paul Newman
Ahhh... it's got that new movie smell.
Afterlife: Beyond the Light
- Sat, Jun 13
Director: Constance Brenneman Run Time: 74 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Constance Brenneman, Raymond Moody, William Peters
Searching for meaning beyond life.
Film A/ppreciation for Adults: The Invisible Man (2020)
- Sun, Jun 14
Director: Leigh Whannell Run Time: 124 min. Release Year: 2020
Starring: Aldis Hodge, Elisabeth Moss, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman, Storm Reid
UNCSA Associate Professor of Sound Design Clint Smith will introduce the film, and lead a discussion following the screening
Film A/ppreciation Rising Grades 10-12 / June 15-19
- Mon, Jun 15
Run Time: 420 min.
An introduction to the art of cinema for High Schoolers! Rising Grades 10-12 Two Sessions: June 15-19 and...
dinner + a/ movie: Bull Durham (1988)
- Tue, Jun 16
Director: Ron Shelton Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1988
Starring: Kevin Costner, Robert Wuhl, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Trey Wilson
Romance is a lot like baseball. It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.
Steal This Story, Please!
- Thu, Jun 18
- Sun, Jun 21
Director: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin Run Time: 98 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Amy Goodman
Journalist Phoebe Zerwick, former Director of Wake Forest University’s journalism program and current co-author of Down from DC,...
Leviticus
Director: Adrian Chiarella Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ewen Leslie, Joe Bird, Mia Wasikowska, Stacy Clausen, Tyallah Bullock
It will never stop.
Girls Like Girls
Director: Hayley Kiyoko Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Levon Hawke, Maya da Costa, Myra Molloy, Remy Marthaller, Zach Braff
Love begins when you let it in.
Film A/ppreciation for Adults
- Sat, Jun 20
- Sat, Jul 11
- Sat, Jul 18
- Sat, Jul 25
Run Time: 150 min.
Jealous of the summer camps we have planned for elementary through high-schoolers this summer? Well now adults 18...
Moneyball (2011)
- Sat, Jun 20
- Sun, Jun 21
Director: Bennett Miller Run Time: 134 min. Release Year: 2011
Starring: Brad Pitt, Chris Pratt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright
What are you really worth?
Days of Thunder (1990)
- Wed, Jun 24
- Sat, Jun 27
Director: Tony Scott Run Time: 107 min. Release Year: 1990
Starring: Cary Elwes, Nicole Kidman, Randy Quaid, Robert Duvall, Tom Cruise
You can't outrun the thunder.
Science on Screen: Flow @ Kaleideum
- Thu, Jun 25
Director: Gints Zilbalodis Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: Latvian
Disaster tore their world apart. Friendship will bring them together.
Film A/ppreciation for Adults: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1998 Director’s Cut)
- Sat, Jun 27
Director: Steven Spielberg Run Time: 137 min. Release Year: 1977
Starring: Bob Balaban, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr
Dr. Woodrow Hood, Director of Film and Media Studies and Director of Critical and Creative Media at Wake Forest University will introduce the film and lead a discussion following the screening
F*cktoys w/ In-Person Q&A
- Sat, Jun 27
Director: Annapurna Sriram Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Annapurna Sriram, Big Freedia, Brandon Flynn, Damian Young, François Arnaud, Sadie Scott
Abandon me harder daddy.
Bullitt (1968)
- Sun, Jun 28
- Wed, Jul 1
Director: Peter Yates Run Time: 113 min. Release Year: 1968
Starring: Don Gordon, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Duvall, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen
The word 'cop' isn't written all over him—something more puzzling is.
Film A/ppreciation Rising Grades 3-5 / July 6-10
- Mon, Jul 6
Run Time: 180 min.
An introduction to the art of cinema for Elementary schoolers! Rising Grades Three sessions: June 8-12, July 6-10,...
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
- Sat, Jul 11
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 103 min. Release Year: 1989 Language: Japanese
Starring: Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma
I was feeling blue, but I'm better now.
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
- Sat, Jul 11
Director: Yoshifumi Kondo Run Time: 111 min. Release Year: 1995 Language: Japanese
Starring: Issey Takahashi, Minami Takayama, Shigeru Muroi, Takashi Tachibana, Yoko Honna
I found someone I like.
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- Sun, Jul 12
Director: Marianne Elliott Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aidan Turner, Cat Simmons, Darragh Hand, Lesley Manville, Monica Barbaro
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Film A/ppreciation Rising Grades 6-9 / July 13-17
- Mon, Jul 13
Run Time: 420 min.
An introduction to the art of cinema for Middle Schoolers! Rising Grades 6-9 Two sessions: June 1-5 and...
Christine (1983)
- Wed, Jul 15
- Sat, Jul 18
Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 110 min. Release Year: 1983
Starring: Alexandra Paul, Harry Dean Stanton, John Stockwell, Keith Gordon, Robert Prosky
How do you kill something that can't possibly be alive?
The Odyssey
Director: Christopher Nolan Run Time: 172 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland
Defy the gods.
Back to the Future @ Bailey Park
- Fri, Jul 17
Director: Robert Zemeckis Run Time: 116 min. Release Year: 1985
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Claudia Wells, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Michael J. Fox
He was never in time for his classes... He wasn't in time for his dinner... Then one day... he wasn't in his time at all.
Film A/ppreciation: New Hollywood Rising Grades 10-12 / July 20-24
- Mon, Jul 20
Run Time: 420 min.
A deep dive into the art of cinema for High Schoolers! Rising Grades 10-12 One session: July 20-24...
dinner + a/ movie: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- Wed, Jul 22
Director: Stanley Kubrick Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 1964
Starring: George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn, Peter Sellers, Slim Pickens, Sterling Hayden
The hot-line suspense comedy.
Speed (1994)
- Sat, Jul 25
- Sun, Jul 26
Director: Jan de Bont Run Time: 116 min. Release Year: 1994
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock
Get ready for rush hour.
Girls + Screen Summer Camp Rising Grades 8-12 / July 27-31
- Mon, Jul 27
Run Time: 420 min.
One session: July 27-31 Rising Grades 8-12 (NEW age grouping!) Full day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Girls + Screen...
Film A/ppreciation for Adults: Network (1976)
- Sat, Aug 1
Director: Sidney Lumet Run Time: 122 min. Release Year: 1976
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, William Holden
Filmmaker and UNCSA Professor Jeff Hammer will introduce and lead a discussion on the film
Matinee (1993) + Author Visit
- Sat, Aug 1
Director: Joe Dante Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 1993
Starring: Cathy Moriarty, John Goodman, Lisa Jakub, Omri Katz, Simon Fenton
Lawrence Woolsey presents the end of civilization as we know it. Make that... Proudly Presents!
Film A/ppreciation Rising Grades 3-5 / August 3-7
- Mon, Aug 3
Run Time: 180 min.
An introduction to the art of cinema for Elementary schoolers! Rising Grades Three sessions: June 8-12, July 6-10,...
Redline (2009)
- Sat, Aug 8
Director: Takeshi Koike Run Time: 102 min. Release Year: 2009 Language: Japanese
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Takeshi Aono, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Yu Aoi
The most violent race in the universe!
TRON: Legacy @ Bailey Park
- Fri, Aug 14
Director: Joseph Kosinski Run Time: 126 min. Release Year: 2010
Starring: Bruce Boxleitner, Garrett Hedlund, James Frain, Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde
The game has changed.
WFDD Movie Club: Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
- Sat, Aug 22
Director: Jacques Tati Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 1953 Language: French
Starring: Jacques Tati, Louis Perrault, Micheline Rolla, Nathalie Pascaud, Valentine Camax
It's laugh-vacation time!
Speed Racer @ Bailey Park
- Fri, Sep 11
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski Run Time: 135 min. Release Year: 2008
Starring: Christina Ricci, Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon
Go!
Ford v Ferrari @ Bailey Park
- Fri, Oct 9
Director: James Mangold Run Time: 153 min. Release Year: 2019
Starring: Caitríona Balfe, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Josh Lucas, Matt Damon
They took the American dream for a ride