Current & Upcoming Shows

The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 50th Anniversary - Poster

The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 50th Anniversary

Synopsis:

The Calgary Underground Film Festival & Calgary Cinematheque are excited to present the 50th anniversary screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show!


This is the perfect lead in to Pride Week, featuring live performances from Fake Mustache and the evening hosted by Phil.

Costumes and full audience participation encouraged.

Prop kits will be available for purchase at the event for $10.

EVENT SCHEDULE:
Friday August 29, 2025 @ Globe Cinema
Doors: 10:30pm
Live Performances: 11:30pm
Film Screening: 12:00am

TICKETS:
$25 Regular
$23 CUFF & Cinematheque Members, Students, Seniors

* Tickets are non-refundable. If you can no longer attend, tickets can be transferred to others.

SYNOPSIS:
A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.

Genre: Horror, Musical

Director: Jim Sharman
Stars: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick                        
Running time: 1 hr 40 min 
Rating: 14A  




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 29 - 10:30pm
Freaks Come Out at Night Vol. 5 - Poster

Freaks Come Out at Night Vol. 5

Synopsis:

Rough Cut Video Presents: Freaks Come Out at Night Vol. 5


We struggled long and hard on what to pick for this double feature, but in the end it worked out. You picking up what we're putting down? If so, use your legs and not your back.

AUGUST 9TH
GLOBE CINEMA

8:00 Doors Open
9:00 Show Starts

You won’t know what will play until the lights go down, and the films start. 

What you will know is that they will be sick!

Tickets can be purchased online or in store AND at the door on the night of.

Mini poster to the first 75 attendees.




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 9 - 9:00pm
The Decline of Western Civilization - Poster

The Decline of Western Civilization

Synopsis:


A League of Their Own Presents: The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

Their message is brutally clear: Destroy the old and make way for the new. This is the punk's violent revolution; Their lawless world. This is THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A Riveting, unflinching account of the punk rock phenomenon and its alienated, reactionary subculture. 

This fierce, bleak portrait documents L.A.'s infamous punk bands as they perform on stage and discuss their lives, music and philosophy off stage. Through interviews with punk fans, music critics and club owners, it is a crucial, compelling statement of the most significant and influential youth movementand musical transformation of the past 3 decades. It is perhaps a prophetic glimpse of the forces that will inherit our world.... Witness THE DECLINE.

INCLUDING PERFORMANCES BY: 
X, CIRCLE JERKS, BLACK FLAG, FEAR, CATHOLIC DISCIPLINE, GERMS AND ALICE BAG BAND.

Genre: Documentary, Music

Director: Penelope Spheeris
Stars: Black Flag, Circle Jerks, The Germs                 
Running time: 1 hr 40 min 
Rating: 14A (Coarse Language, Mature Subject Matter)  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 13 - 7:00pm
Let's Scare Jessica to Death - Poster

Let's Scare Jessica to Death

Synopsis:


Globe Cinema Presents: Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Following a nervous breakdown and subsequent hospitalization, Jessica seeks a fresh start with her husband and their good friend as the three of them move to a small remote farm property outside of New York. 

Although her mental state is still fragile, Jessica is determined to move on from her past traumas and live a happy, simple life. Upon arriving to their new secluded homestead, the three encounter a mysterious young drifter squatting in their home. They agree to let the woman stay with them for a while as she does not seem to pose any threat, though strange phenomena begin happening to Jessica as she begins to worry she may be sliding back into her paranoid tendencies.


Genre: Horror, Thriller

Director: John D. Hancock
Stars: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Mariclare Costello                           
Running time: 1 hr 29 min 
Rating: PG 


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 3 - 3:30pm
  • August 6 - 7:30pm
  • August 7 - 7:30pm
  • August 8 - 9:15pm
  • August 9 - 10:00pm
Dog Day Afternoon - Poster

Dog Day Afternoon

Synopsis:

Calgary Cinematheque Presents: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)


The second film of Calgary Cinematheque’s Summer Heat series is also the second film to allude to the movie’s heat directly in its title. Set on a hot summer day in Brooklyn, this crime thriller is based upon a true story. A heist goes wrong, and all of a sudden two thieves (Al Pacino and John Cazale) are stuck holding hostages in a sweltering bank.

The heat directly reflects the characters’ desperation. Temperature even becomes a key point in the strategic standoff between the cops and robbers. Pacino’s sweat-soaked performance is one of his finest. The film is admirably directed by maestro Sidney Lumet. He controls massive crowds of extras surrounding the bank as precisely as he does close-ups of Pacino’s twitchy, drenched face, as he frantically schemes his way out of the mess he’s found himself in.

Of the film’s six Academy Award nominations, only screenwriter Frank Pierson was recognized with a golden statue for his work. However, in a year that also featured Jaws, Barry Lyndon, and Nashville losing Best Picture, Dog Day Afternoon can comfortably place itself amongst the classics of one of the strongest release years in cinema history.

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen               
Running time: 1 hr 53 min 
Rating: 14A




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 14 - 7:00pm
Do the Right Thing - Poster

Do the Right Thing

Synopsis:

Calgary Cinematheque Presents: Do the Right Thing (1989)


An early scene of summer levity in Do the Right Thing is scored by a Steel Pulse song. The groovy rhythm matches what we are seeing on screen, but the lyrics heed a warning of what is to come — you can’t stand the heat.

Spike Lee’s masterpiece captures the hottest day of the summer turning “everyday” class and racial tensions into a political pressure cooker that is still as relevant in 2025 as it was in 1989. The camera moves, and the performers shine with a vibrancy that other filmmakers have been chasing for over thirty years, to no avail.

Under-heralded at the Academy Awards (two nominations, zero wins), this movie’s reputation has only grown with age. The 2022 BFI Sight and Sound Poll placed this film at #24 on its list of the Greatest Films of All Time. The film is passionate, vibrant, insightful, tragic, and authentic. Don’t miss your chance to see Do the Right Thing on the big screen!

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Spike Lee
Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee                 
Running time: 2 hr 00 min 
Rating: 14A (Coarse Language)




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 21 - 7:00pm
Children of Men - Poster

Children of Men

Synopsis:


Globe Cinema Presents: Children of Men (2006)

This sci-fi epic from Alfonso Cuaron imagines a future world that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population that has made humankind face the likelihood of its own extinction. Set against a backdrop of London torn apart by violence, the film follows an unlikely champion of Earth's survival: Theo, a disillusioned ex-activist turned bureaucrat, who is forced to face his own demons and protect the planet's last remaining hope for a future generation.

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi

Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor                    
Running time: 1 hr 49 min 
Rating: 14A (Coarse Language, Violence)  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 8 - 7:00pm
  • August 8 - 9:30pm
  • August 9 - 7:00pm
  • August 10 - 3:00pm
  • August 13 - 7:30pm
The Truman Show - Poster

The Truman Show

Synopsis:


Globe Cinema Presents: The Truman Show (1998)

Since birth, a big fat lie defines the well-organised but humdrum life of the kind-hearted insurance salesman and ambitious explorer, Truman Burbank. Utterly unaware of the thousands of cleverly hidden cameras watching his every move, for nearly three decades, Truman's entire existence pivots around the will and the wild imagination of the ruthlessly manipulative television producer, Christof--the all-powerful TV-God of an extreme 24/7 reality show: The Truman Show. 

As a result, Truman's picturesque neighbourhood with the manicured lawns and the uncannily perfect residents is nothing but an elaborate state-of-the-art set, and the only truth he knows is what the worldwide television network and its deep financial interests dictate. Do lab rats know they are forever imprisoned?

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Peter Weir
Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney                      
Running time: 1 hr 43 min 
Rating: PG  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 8 - 7:30pm
  • August 9 - 6:00pm
  • August 10 - 3:30pm
  • August 16 - 3:30pm
  • August 17 - 3:30pm
Claudio Simonetti's Goblin - Performing the Live Score to Suspiria - Poster

Claudio Simonetti's Goblin - Performing the Live Score to Suspiria

Synopsis:

The Calgary Underground Film Festival Presents: Claudio Simonetti's Goblin - Performing the Live Score to Suspiria


Claudio Simonetti's Goblin performs a live score to Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA (1977) alongside a screening of the film. Following the screening there will be a 45 minute "Best Of" add-on performance.

Composer Claudio Simonetti has written, recorded and performed some of the most influential scores and soundtracks in horror, including DAWN OF THE DEAD, DEEP RED / PROFONDO ROSSO, DEMONS, TENEBRE and many others, with his seminal work still informing the genre to this day. This year, Simonetti's Goblin celebrates Dario Argento's 1977 classic, SUSPIRIA by performing Goblin's iconic score to a special screening of the film. 48 years after its release, SUSPIRIA and Goblin's masterpiece of a score are both the stuff of legend and laid the framework for a myriad of horror scores to come.

SHOW DETAILS
Dates: October 8 & 9, 2025

Doors: 7:00 pm
Screening / Show Begins: 8:00 pm
Intermission: 9:35 pm - 9:45 pm
Best of Set: 9:45 pm - 10:30 pm (45 min)

Location: Globe Cinema, Upper
Tickets: Tier 1 $100 (first 8 rows) / Tier 2 $80
(There is no CUFF membership discount for this performance)
Tickets are on sale now!


ABOUT THE FILM: SUSPIRIA (1977)
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
Following the film and live score (90 minutes), there will be a 15-minute intermission followed by a 45-60 minute live set.

* This show will take place in the upper cinema *




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Upcoming Showtimes
  • October 8 - 8:00pm
  • October 9 - 8:00pm
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Poster

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Synopsis:


Globe Cinema Presents: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

McMurphy has a criminal past and has once again gotten himself into trouble and is sentenced by the court. To escape labor duties in prison, McMurphy pleads insanity and is sent to a ward for the mentally unstable. 

Once here, McMurphy both endures and stands witness to the abuse and degradation of the oppressive Nurse Ratched, who gains superiority and power through the flaws of the other inmates. McMurphy and the other inmates band together to make a rebellious stance against the atrocious Nurse.

Genre: Drama

Director: Milos Forman
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman                    
Running time: 2 hr 13 min 
Rating: 14A  


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 15 - 8:00pm
  • August 16 - 7:00pm
  • August 20 - 7:30pm
  • August 21 - 7:30pm
  • August 23 - 3:00pm
  • August 24 - 3:00pm
Gimme Shelter - Poster

Gimme Shelter

Synopsis:


Blackbyrd Myoozik Calgary Presents: Gimme Shelter (1970)

A documentary on the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour and the tragic events that concluded it. We see footage of their concerts and of them making the Sticky Fingers album in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. However, the main focus of the film is on one concert - Altamont Speedway, outside San Francisco, 6 December 1969. A free concert, it is the Stones' idea and it was meant to be the Woodstock of the West (Woodstock having occurred four months earlier). 

Other bands performing included Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Ike and Tina Turner, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Santana. However, it is far from being the peace and love of Woodstock. Part of the problem is that the Stones hired the Hells Angels as security. The other problem was that a large portion of the crowd were high on drugs. Friction ensues. During the Stones' set, Meredith Hunter, high on methamphetamine and armed with a gun, makes a lunge for the stage and is stabbed to death by the Hells Angels. The peace and love era of the 60s was over.

Genre: Music, Documentary

Director: Albert Maysles
Stars: The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Tina Turner                     
Running time: 1 hr 31 min 
Rating: 14A 


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Upcoming Showtimes
  • August 28 - 8:00pm