Series & Programs

Live Events

Join us for live events at the historic Texas Theatre!

Screening on 35mm

Presenting 35mm prints since 1931

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Saturday, May 23

Vault Access

35MM prints made available through the generosity of the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection at the SMU Libraries. VAULT ACCESS... Read more

Wolf Lake
Tuesday, May 26

SUSPENDED ANIMATION

SUSPENDED ANIMATION sees you when you’re sleeping. It knows when you’re awake. It knows when you are most susceptible to autosuggestion... Read more

suspended animation: Rock & Rule
Thursday, May 28

DAMN

DAMN (@DallasAmbientMusicNights) is a collective of experimental musicians who put on immersive A/V shows in the Dallas area.

For All Mankind
Saturday, May 30

bleak week: cinema of despair

Purchase a Series Pass for access to all the movies, including our special bleak week preview with Satantango!The American Cinematheque... Read more

Satantango
Sunday, May 31

CinéWilde

America's longest-running monthly LGBTQ film series. CinéWilde promotes education, entertainment & engagement with pre-film discussions... Read more

The Celluloid Closet
Sunday, Jun 21

Recent Series & Programs

Hong Kong Cinema Classics

The American Cinematheque and Beyond Fest, in partnership with Shout! Studios and GKIDS, present ‘Hong Kong Cinema Classics,’ a retrospectiv... Read more

JFK Week

Jan Noir 2026

Film noir adaptations of graphic novels from filmmakers Robert Rodriguez, Alex Proyas, David Cronenberg, Christopher Nolan, and Zack Snyder.

The Before Trilogy

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Rob Reiner: The American GOAT

A tribute to the late Rob Reiner, the director of some of the most iconic films in American cinema.

Shakespeare Double Feature

Texas Theater & Shakespeare Dallas present a Shakespeare Double Feature with Chloé Zhao's Hamnet & Baz Lurhmann's Romeo + JulietCo-presented... Read more

Dallas International Film Festival

The eight-day Festival is set for Thursday, April 23 – Thursday, April 30, 2026. DIFF is committed to celebrating films and their impact on... Read more

Twin Peaks

The entire series and films of David Lynch's Twin Peaks. Click here to purchase a "Season 3 / The Return" Series Pass. 

May the Fourth Be With You

Tuesday Night Trash

Come on down to the Texas Theatre to see an ongoing series of Strange Frames and Lost Causes otherwise known as Tuesday Night Trash!

Wamono Nights

WAMONO NIGHTS brings you fresh Japanese films every month, paired with a handcrafted preshow of Japanese goodness and the sounds of rare gro... Read more

Bleak Cinema

Bleak Cinema assembles the most harrowing, hopeless, and dread-inducing endeavors of the cinematic form. This series is rooted in the belief... Read more