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Blue Heron opens theatrically at The Main Cinema starting May 8.
ABOUT THE FILM
In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that defined it.
Relased 2025
Directed by Sophy Romvari
May 9, 2026 11:00 AM
Location: Theater 3 115 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414
Capri Theater Address: 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Conversation Leader: Filmmaker Van Hayden
ABOUT THE FILM
From Academy Award winning writer/director Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, and A$AP Rocky.
When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the “best ears in the business”, is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Brothers Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the 5th in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller High and Low, now played out on the mean streets of modern day New York City.
FIRST THURSDAY FILMS @ THE CAPRI
Be @ the movies! Noteworthy films with good conversation that follows each screening on the first Thursday of every month. The series is presented by MSP Film Society, the Capri Theater, and the Minnesota Historical Society.
Tickets to First Thursday Films are free for Northside residents (zip codes 55411, 55412, 55430). Northsiders will be asked to submit their zip code information at the door or enter it as a promo code during checkout.
Relased 2025
Rated R
Directed by Spike Lee
May 7, 2026 7:00 PM
Location: Capri Theater 2027 W Broadway Ave Minneapolis, MN 55411
In Tuner, Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher’s first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as for tuning Steinways.
With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki’s safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory. Blending romance, drama, and the taut suspense of a heist thriller, Tuner also features performances from Tony Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, Jean Reno, and Lior Raz.
Relased 2025
Rated R
Directed by Daniel Roher
May 29, 2026 12:00 PM
Location: Coming Soon 115 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414
Come hang out with Ellen at her nationally acclaimed Grammar Table starting at 12:00 PM. She will answer grammar questions, resolve family grammar disputes, and take complaints. After the screening, please stick around for a Q&A with Brandt and Ellen, followed by a book signing of Ellen’s national bestseller.
ABOUT THE FILM
A grammar guru takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on an epic road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.
One fall day, Ellen Jovin set up a folding table on a Manhattan sidewalk with a homemade sign that said “Grammar Table.” Right away, passersby began excitedly asking questions, telling stories, and filing complaints.
What happened next is the stuff of grammar legend.
Ellen and her filmmaker husband, Brandt Johnson, took the table on the road, visiting all 50 states as Brandt shot the grammar action. But this story transcends grammar. It’s the story of an epic quest in a divided time to bring us all closer together.
Relased 2025
Rated NR
Directed by Brandt Johnson
August 15, 2026 12:00 PM
Location: Coming Soon 115 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414
After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Relased 2025
Rated R
Directed by Curry Barker
May 14, 2026 12:00 PM
Location: Coming Soon 115 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. A film by Kane Parsons, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell.
Relased 2026
Rated R
Directed by Kane Parsons
May 28, 2026 12:00 PM
Location: Coming Soon 115 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414
Free Community Screening on May 1 at 7pm | Click the showtime to RSVP
A recording of the community conversation from the MSPIFF screening of ESCALATION will be shared with audiences following Friday’s screening, featuring Director AJ Schnack, photojournalist Tim Evans, Kirstin McCudden from the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and John Rash, Editorial Columnist at the Minnesota Star Tribune.
A data-driven nonfiction short film documenting the surge of U.S. incidents where law enforcement have targeted journalists since May 25, 2020.
Directors Statement
The last five-plus years have seen a dramatic increase in attacks on journalists by state actors and law enforcement. In the United States, we have seen hundreds of examples of police purposely targeting journalists. In this film, more than a dozen journalists from across the US tell their own stories of being targeted by law enforcement while documenting protests.
These efforts to restrict the free press and to physically harm those who are filming or otherwise covering protests has an immense effect on freelance and independent journalists, as well as nonfiction filmmakers, who are often working without corporate backing or support. It also stifles those who do work for “official” outlets, who often are not allowed to speak honestly and publicly about being targeted by police.
In addition, efforts to stop filming of police, or other state agents, are coinciding with demonstrable lies told by police or by the state as to their actions. Without these witnesses, the truth about what happened during a protest may never be revealed.
With the current efforts to militarize our urban centers, this targeting of a free press and the right to bear witness will continue to be a major issue in the coming years.
Relased 2026
Directed by AJ Schnack
May 1, 2026 7:00 PM
Location: Theater 2 115 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414
In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that defined it.
Relased 2025
Directed by Sophy Romvari
May 8, 2026 6:00 AM
Location: Coming Soon 115 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414
Brian De Palma’s horror classic in a blistering new 4K restoration.
ABOUT THE FILM
A girl unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
ABOUT MIDNIGHT MAYHEM
Midnight Mayhem features films that play the best after dark. Presented in the fun community experience that they were always meant to be, hosted by Chaz Kangas with special surprises, giveaways, and more throughout the night.
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Relased 1976
Rated R
Directed by Brian De Palma
May 2, 2026 10:00 PM
Location: Theater 2 115 SE Main Street Minneapolis, MN 55414
