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Calling all sickos 📣 if you've come to The Nightlight these past two weeks for 'Obsession', you are now obligated to com...
05/30/2026

Calling all sickos 📣 if you've come to The Nightlight these past two weeks for 'Obsession', you are now obligated to come see 'Backrooms', playing for the next two weeks. Sorry, we don't make the rules 🫡

05/30/2026

Thanks to Hank Azaria in 'The Birdcage', I also never wear shoes 👞🎬👠 Playing at in Akron, OH for the film's 30th anniversary this June! ⤵️

🍿 Sunday, 6/7 @ 7:00 PM
🍿 Wednesday, 6/10 @ 5:30 PM + 8:15 PM

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SPECIAL ONE NIGHT ONLY SHOWING 🚨🎬 'Asco: Without Permission' is coming to on Thu, 6/18 @ 7:45 PM. This one's for doc lo...
05/30/2026

SPECIAL ONE NIGHT ONLY SHOWING 🚨🎬 'Asco: Without Permission' is coming to on Thu, 6/18 @ 7:45 PM. This one's for doc lovers, artists, nonconformists, and history buffs alike. You won't want to miss it.

In 1970’s LA a group of young Chicano’s were sick of the war, the government's violence against their people, their own people’s nationalism, the art landscape that barred them and those like them. Asco, the Spanish word for disgust or revulsion, became their groups identifier.

ASCO: WITHOUT PERMISSION is a genre-defying film that profiles the extraordinary, Los Angeles based, Chicano art group of the 70's-80's, ASCO, who merged activism and art as they challenged representation in the art world, Hollywood and the news media. Unrecognized in their time, they are now being considered amongst the most important artists of the 20th century. Utilizing a wholly original approach to filmmaking where nonfiction and fiction are interconnected through collaborative film works made with the next generation of Latinx artists, "Without Permission" reimagines what is possible today in cinema and art while celebrating an iconoclastic group that was far ahead of its time. From executive producers, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna.

Grab your 🎟️ now in the 🔗🔝, or in-person at the box office

05/30/2026

As Iceland’s glaciers melt, one man creates a time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it into the future. In Academy Award®-nominated director Sara Dosa’s , poet Andri Snær Magnason interlaces his family’s story with the land around him, reflecting on the power of home and what it means to be alive amid profound epochal change. 💧🎬

Playing at beginning Saturday, 6/13. 🎟️ available in the 🔗🔝, or in-person at the box office

'Silent Friend' wants to connect you with trees, and yourself 🌳 Playing this week at The Nightlight for 3 days only: Sat...
05/29/2026

'Silent Friend' wants to connect you with trees, and yourself 🌳 Playing this week at The Nightlight for 3 days only: Sat, 5/30 at 4:35 PM, Sun, 5/31 at 3:00 PM, and Wed, 6/3 at 5:30 PM 🎬🎬🎬

From Ildikó Enyedi, the director of Academy Award-nominated ON BODY AND SOUL, comes SILENT FRIEND, an epic, awe-inspiring exploration of the natural world. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Tony Leung, Léa Seydoux and Venice Prize-winning newcomer Luna Wedler, Enyedi crafts a thoughtful meditation on the essential question of what it means to be human.

The legendary GREGG ALLMAN: THE MUSIC OF MY SOUL documentary at for a special one-night-only showing on Wed, 6/17 at 7:...
05/29/2026

The legendary GREGG ALLMAN: THE MUSIC OF MY SOUL documentary at for a special one-night-only showing on Wed, 6/17 at 7:45 PM 🎬🎬🎬

“Gregg Allman’s music is woven into the fabric of American culture, and this film captures both the artistry and the humanity behind the legend." – Brian Levy, Subtext

This soaring music documentary traces Gregg Allman’s journey from a childhood scarred by his father’s murder to the heights of Southern rock and late-life sobriety, exploring grief, addiction, love, and the racially charged American South through his transcendent music. Tender and unsparing, featuring electrifying performances and archival recordings, the film reveals how Gregg’s unforgettable blend of rock, country and blues mirrored the music and struggles of his soul.

🎟️🎟️🎟️ available now in the 🔗🔝, or in-person at the box office

The 4K restoration release of the 1974 Brazilian cult classic THE DEVIL QUEEN (A Rainha Diaba) is coming to The Nightlig...
05/29/2026

The 4K restoration release of the 1974 Brazilian cult classic THE DEVIL QUEEN (A Rainha Diaba) is coming to The Nightlight this June, just in time for pride month ❤️‍🔥🎬 Tix available soon!

Rio de Janeiro’s criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: Diaba (Milton Gonçalves), a femme queen with a taste for power and violence. When the police come after her boy toy, Diaba attempts to find a scapegoat to take the blame and a plot to dethrone Her Majesty arises! Always clad in gloriously colourful outfits and accessories inspired by Afro-Brazilian culture, Diaba runs a mob of eccentric misfits made up of drag queens, pimps, prostitutes, and q***r folks of all stripes. Directed by Antônio Carlos da Fontoura, the movie’s bold and audacious color palette and camp aesthetic evokes the early films of Pedro Almodóvar, while its stylized and over-the-top violence is giving Quentin Tarantino q***r fever dream.”

"I am who I am because I choose to be, and I don't stop being a man for it." – Madame Satã (real-life historical figure who was the inspiration for the character "Diaba") 🎬🎬🎬

SomeBODY once told me today is “Shrek’s” 25th anniversary 💚🧅 coming to TOMORROW, Fri 5/29! Don’t miss it 🎬😉
05/28/2026

SomeBODY once told me today is “Shrek’s” 25th anniversary 💚🧅 coming to TOMORROW, Fri 5/29! Don’t miss it 🎬😉

Coming this week to The Nightlight 🎬 FRI, 5/29 - THU, 6/4🍿 Silent Friend: SAT - SUN, WED🍿 Shrek: 25th Anniversary: FRI -...
05/28/2026

Coming this week to The Nightlight 🎬 FRI, 5/29 - THU, 6/4

🍿 Silent Friend: SAT - SUN, WED

🍿 Shrek: 25th Anniversary: FRI - TUE

🍿 Backrooms: FRI - THU

🍿 I Love Boosters: FRI - THU
^ last week to see it!

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