What’s Playing

NUREMBERG

December 5-8
Rated PG-13 | 148 min

As the Nuremberg trials are set to begin, a U.S. Army psychiatrist gets locked in a dramatic psychological showdown with accused Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring.

MORE THAN CARICATURES: A SHORT FILM SHOWCASE

December 11 | 6 PM

More than A Caricature: Short Film Showcase by Rodrick Pocowatchit
(various years, newest 2025)
Join us for an evening of short films by Comanche filmmaker Rodrick Pocowatchit, including his newest documentary, The Heartbest of the Heartland: Honoring Tradition, Embracing Tomorrow (2025). The screening will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A with the filmmaker.

This film is in collaboration with our exhibition ReVision

BUGONIA

December 12-15
Rated R | 120 min

Two conspiracy-obsessed men kidnap the CEO of a major company when they become convinced that she's an alien who wants to destroy Earth.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE AUSTEN!
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1940)

December 16 | 6 PM
Not Rated | 117 min

Join the Art Center Cinema and Red Fern Booksellers on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 6 PM for a screening of the 1940 Pride and Prejudice.
Tickets: $8 for everyone

All guests are entered into a drawing for a gift basket featuring:
• Pride and Prejudice (book)
• Collector’s vinyl from the 2005 movie
• Salina Art Center Membership
• Cinema tickets
Optional: Dress in your best Regency or Austen-inspired look!

Throwback films sell out fast! Save your seat and get tickets ahead of time!

THROWBACK THURSDAY HOLIDAY FILM!
WEDEL FINANCIAL PRESENT’S

IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)

December 18 | 6 PM
Not Rated | 116 min

Tickets: $8 for everyone

While rich businessman Mike O'Connor (Charles Ruggles) resides in Virginia, his luxury townhouse in New York City appears vacant. However, in reality, drifter Aloysius "Mac" McKeever (Victor Moore) has been staying there. Mac invites Jim (Don DeFore), an unemployed veteran who has just been evicted from a building owned by O'Connor, to stay at the house without revealing he's squatting. When O'Connor's daughter, Trudy (Gale Storm), shows up as well, she falls for Jim and tries to help him.

RENTAL FAMILY

December 19-22
Rated PG-13 | 110 min

Struggling to find purpose, an American actor lands an unusual gig with a Japanese agency to play stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he soon rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

ETERNITY

December 26-29
Rated PG-13 | 112 min

In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with, and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.