Art House Theater Day 2025

We are proud to once again join our fellow art houses around the country to celebrate Art House Theater Day! Join us on Thursday, July 24 for art house filmmaking + exclusive film content.


🍊 TANGERINE – Sean Baker’s breakthrough 2015 film follows a Los Angeles sex worker on Christmas Eve, and their rip-roaring odyssey through various subcultures of Los Angeles. Celebrate its 10th anniversary for a special Art House Theater Day screening with pre-recorded content from Sean Baker and Samantha Quan, Art House Theater Day Ambassadors.

Playing at 4pm & 7pm: www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/tangerine/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or


🌌 THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE — Jane Wagner created this one-woman show for Lily Tomlin in 1985 so that audiences could appreciate not just Tomlin’s comic timing but also her extraordinary acting talent. Tomlin inhabits 12 characters in this tour-de-force anchored by bag lady Trudy, an everywoman for all time. As Tomlin explained onstage at the restoration’s world premiere, “Trudy is a philosopher… the wise fool.” Asked by Jane Fonda, her comrade-in-arms and the evening’s moderator, if she sees any signs of intelligent life in the universe at the moment, Tomlin replied, “I see a lot of intelligence, but we apply that intelligence so stupidly.”

This new 4K Restoration by IndieCollect features a special pre-recorded introduction from Lily Tomlin for Art House Theater Day.

Playing at 6:30 pm: www.varsitydesmoines.com/movies/the-search-for-signs-of-intelligent-life/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=or

You may also like the following events from The Varsity Cinema:

• Next month, 4th August, 07:00 pm, LOVE & FRIENDSHIP — Presented with the Jane Austen Society in Des Moines

Also check out other Arts events in Des Moines, Entertainment events in Des Moines, Theatre events in Des Moines.