Showings for Sunday, May 11, 2025

The Friend
( r ) 119 min
in English
Buy Tickets for May 11:   11:30  4:45  

Based on the bestselling novel by Sigrid Nunez, writer and teacher Iris finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane, Apollo.

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Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
( nr ) 89 min
in English
Film In Focus
Buy Tickets for May 11:   11:45  2:00  5:00  7:15  

Five Black students rode a segregated carousel in 1960, igniting one of the earliest organized interracial civil rights protest in US history. AIN’T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO- ROUND is the untold story of the Jews they marched with, Nazis they provoked, Congressmen they inspired, and Civil Rights leaders they became.

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The Wedding Banquet
( nr ) 103 min
in English and Korean with English subtitles
Buy Tickets for May 11:   2:15  7:30  

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee’s expensive IVF.

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Admission: $15.00 Adults, $11.50 Matinee Bargain Shows, $11.75 Seniors (62+), $10.00 Child (12 & under), Student and Military, $10.50 Avalon Members, $9.50 Seniors who are Avalon Members.
Same rates apply to Wednesday Signature Series and Science on Screen programs unless otherwise noted. Weekend Family Matinees, Exhibition on Screen, NT Live and Special Event ticket prices vary; senior discounts may not be available for these programs.

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