Enzian Theater

News From Home
2024-10-17 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
All free La CinOMAthéque screenings will take place in the Truist Auditorium at the Orlando Museum of Art.
ACCESS FOR ALL AT OMA presents:
La CinOMAthéque: A collaboration between OMA and Enzian, with generous support provided by the Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
The Orlando Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the launch of La CinOMAthéque in partnership with the Enzian Theater, as part of its “Access for All at OMA,” an all-new program offering FREE admission to the museum!
Access for All at OMA is a monthly free day dedicated to the community. La CinOMAthéque will be a series of 6 bimonthly free screenings of experimental, avant-garde, art films in the Truist auditorium at OMA on Access for All day.
Each screening will be introduced by a UCF film professor and include a talkback with OMA Chief Curator Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon and Enzian Programming Manager Tim Anderson.
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News from Home
Introduction by Elizabeth Danker Kritzer
Letters from Chantal Akerman’s (Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Brussels) mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban alienation and personal and familial disconnection.

The Mist: Black & White Director's Cut
2024-10-19 11:00 - 15:00
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Rare Black & White Director’s Cut Screening!
Featuring a Book to Big Screen discussion on The Mist with Dr. Paul D. Reich of Rollins College!
After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within.
3-time Academy award nominee Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE) assembles an iconic cast featuring: Marcia Gay Harden (MYSTIC RIVER), Toby Jones (HARRY POTTER), William Sadler (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION), Andre Braugher (HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET) and future THE WALKING DEAD co-stars Laurie Holden and Jeffrey DeMunn in this timeless adaptation of the legendary Stephen King novella.
About the speaker: Dr. Paul D. Reich is the Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Rollins College. He teaches literature and media studies classes, including courses on Asian literature and film, contemporary television, and adaptation. His essay, “Under the Influence: Adaptation, Adultery, and Acceptance in Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car,” has recently appeared in Comparative Drama. He has co-authored two essays on critically acclaimed television shows Westworld, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Watchmen

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

The Widower – $15
Gin, Earl Grey Tea, Lavender Syrup, Ube, Oat Milk, Whipped Cream

Ginger Snaps
2024-10-19 23:59 - 2024-10-20 01:30
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Fifteen-year-old Brigitte Fitzgerald (Emily Perkins, STEPHEN KING’S IT, JUNO) and her nearly-sixteen-year-old sister Ginger (Katharine Isabelle, FREDDY VS. JASON, AMERICAN MARY) are both best friends and outcasts. Obsessed with dying and bound by a childhood pact to stay together forever, they loathe their mind-numbing existence in the suburbs of Bailey Downs. One the night of Ginger’s first period, the two girls are heading through the woods when Ginger is savagely attacked by a wild creature.
Ginger’s horrible wounds miraculously heal over, but something is not quite right about her. Ginger is irritable and in denial. But to Brigitte, it is obvious that a terrifying force has taken hold of her sister. She’s convinced that the insatiable craving her sister is experiencing can mean only one thing: Ginger is becoming something unspeakably evil and monstrous.
Also starring Mimi Rogers (PENNY DREADFUL), Kris Lemche (FINAL DESTINATION 3) and Jesse Moss (TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL), this wicked feminist horror film was created by ORPHAN BLACK Producers John Fawcett and Karen Walton

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Hair of the Wolf – $15
Bourbon, Pomegranate Juice, Ginger Beer, Raspberries

Enzian Kid’s Halloween Party featuring Frankenweenie
2024-10-20 11:00 - 14:00
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
There’s fun for all ages at Enzian’s family-friendly Halloween celebration! Put on your costumes and join us for a costume parade, crafts, and Frankenweenie! Kids can decorate their own spooktacular candy bag and enjoy some trick-or-treating outside after the movie.
Event Start: 11:00am
Film Begins: 12:00pm
Trick-or-Treating Ends: 2:30pm
Tickets are only $12.50 for adults and $13.50 for kids. Kids tickets include a candy bag kit, admission to the film, and a Halloween Squishmallow!
Table reservations cannot be made for this event. For questions, please email events@enzian.org.

Frankenweenie:
Young Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) is a science nerd and outsider at school, but he does have one good friend: his dog, Sparky. But then, tragedy strikes, and Sparky shuffles off this mortal coil. Victor is heartbroken, but his science teacher (Martin Landau) gives him an idea of how to jolt old Sparky back to life. The experiment is successful, and all goes well, until Victor’s fellow students steal his secret and use it to resurrect other dead animals — with monstrous consequences.

Try our special kid-friendly Halloween drink, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Franken-Peep – $5
Oat Milk, Chocolate Syrup, Whipped Cream, with a Frankenstein Peep

Maniac
2024-10-22 21:30 - 23:30
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Screening in 35mm!
Frank Zito—a career defining performance by co-writer/co-executive producer Joe Spinell (ROCKY, THE GODFATHER)—is a deeply disturbed man haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. When these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now, Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME), yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a MANIAC.
Directed by William Lustig (MANIAC COP) and featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD, FRIDAY THE 13th), this relentlessly shocking and disturbing film was originally censored all over the world due to its graphic violence.

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Mama’s Boy – $15
Vanilla Bourbon, Amaretto, Cherry Juice

Children of the Damned
2024-10-23 20:00 - 22:00
Part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
60th Anniversary Screening!
FREE outdoor screening on the Enzian lawn!
The United Nations conducts a global survey on child development, identifying six children with exceptional intelligence. All were born under mysterious circumstances, with the mothers claiming they were conceived without a father. Brought to London to be studied, the children escape to an abandoned church. Alarmed by the children’s telekinetic powers, the government prepares to destroy them!
***Please note; this screening is no longer a Popcorn Flick in the Park – it will take place on the Enzian lawn***

Hotel Transylvania
2024-10-24 20:00 - 22:00
This film is a part of our Popcorn Flicks in the Park series, which takes place in Central Park, Winter Park once a month and is FREE and open to the public! These films are presented with open captions.
When monsters want to get away from it all, they go to Count Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) Hotel Transylvania, a lavish resort where they can be themselves without humans around to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula invites creatures like the Invisible Man, the Mummy and others to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez). However, an unforeseen complication unfolds when an ordinary human unwittingly crashes the party and falls in love with Mavis.

NYE
2024-10-26 11:00 - 14:00
Michael Sheen (Good Omens) plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.
Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia was filmed live from the National Theatre.

Purchase a Season Pass to attend all three National Theatre Live performances and receive discounted admission, as well as a complimentary glass of house wine, coffee, or tea at each show!
Members that are Contributor level or above and Season Passholders are able to make a table reservation for this series. Reservations can only be made after a ticket or Season Pass has been purchased and are limited. Please make sure to have your confirmation number ready to provide to the box officer at time of your reservation.

The Burning
2024-10-26 23:30 - 2024-10-27 01:30
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Uncut 4K Restoration!
At a bucolic summer camp in upstate New York, a group of miscreant teenagers pull a prank on the camp’s caretaker, Cropsy (Lou David). But the joke goes terribly wrong, and the teens leave Cropsy for dead after setting him on fire. But no one keeps Cropsy down. After a few years locked away in a hospital, the burned and disfigured caretaker returns to camp equipped with his trusty shears, ready to unleash a particular brand of vengeance on a whole new group of teens.
Based on a real urban legend and inspired by the massive box office success of the low-budget slasher FRIDAY THE 13TH, THE BURNING was the first film from the fledgling Miramax production group. Luring FX god Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD) away from creating the gore gags for FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2, THE BURNING is an iconic early-age slasher film with dizzying practical effects work and a collection of soon-to-be-Hollywood stars, including: Brian Backer (FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH), Jason Alexander (SEINFIELD), Fisher Stevens (SHORT CIRCUIT) and Oscar-winner Holly Hunter (THE PIANO)!

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Stonewater – $15
Mezcal, Aperol, Green Chartreuse

Phantasm
2024-10-29 21:30 - 23:30
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
45th Anniversary – 35mm Screening!
The original cult classic from the Director of THE BEASTMASTER and BUBBA HO-TEP!
Michael Baldwin and Bill Thornbury star in the shocker that started it all, as two brothers discover that their local mortuary hides a legion of hooded creatures, a flying drill-ball, and the demonic mortician known as The Tall Man (the iconic Angus Scrimm) who enslaves the souls of the damned.
45 years later, it remains unlike any fright film you’ve ever seen. Reggie Bannister co-stars in the heart-stopping classic from writer/director Don Coscarelli that launched the most uniquely chilling series in horror history and is still hailed as one of the scariest movies of all time!

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

The Tall Man – $15
Vanilla Vodka, Pumpkin Pie Syrup, Whipped Cream

Halloween III: Season of the Witch
2024-10-30 20:00 - 22:00
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Free movies on the Enzian lawn!
Wednesday Night Pitcher Shows are FREE and open to the public. Keep an eye on our Facebook for information about rescheduled shows due to weather. Free overflow parking is available at Park Maitland School and Peach Valley across the street. Outside food & beverage is not permitted.
Want a reserved spot on the lawn with a bucket of beer and popcorn for your besties? We have a limited number of exclusive picnic baskets for sale! Grab one fast before the sell out.

Producer John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) presents the third chilling installment in the shocking Halloween collection.
When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, babbling and clutching the year’s most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask, doctor Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins, Night of the Creeps) is thrust into a terrifying Halloween nightmare. Working with the salesman’s daughter, Ellie, Daniel traces the mask to the Silver Shamrock Novelties company and its founder, Conal Cochran. Ellie and Daniel uncover Cochran’s shocking Halloween plan and must stop him before trick-or-treaters across the country never come home in this terrifying thriller.

Paddington
2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:00
This film is a part of our Popcorn Flicks in the Park series, which takes place in Central Park, Winter Park once a month and is FREE and open to the public! These films are presented with open captions.
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear (Ben Whishaw) makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed “Paddington” for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry (Hugh Bonneville) and Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins). Although Paddington’s amazement at urban living soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her eye on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman) has designs on the rare bear and his hide.

The Bat Woman
2024-11-08 23:59 - 2024-11-09 01:30
4K Restoration!
Wrestlers, mad doctors, and human-fish hybrids abound in The Bat Woman (La mujer murciélago), a colorful showcase for the talents of Italian Mexican sex symbol Maura Monti.
When Acapulco’s wrestlers start being murdered and their pineal glands mysteriously extracted, the wealthy luchadora Gloria (Monti) adopts her crime-fighting persona of the Bat Woman. Donning her disguise of shiny blue mask, cape, and micro-bikini, she teams up with agent Mario (Héctor Godoy) to foil the evil Dr Williams (Roberto Cañedo) in his dastardly plan to create an army of amphibious ‘fish-men’.
Produced by Guillermo Calderón (Santo vs. the Riders of Terror) and directed by the legendary René Cardona (Night of the Bloody Apes), The Bat Woman is an eye-popping, high-camp blend of lucha libre and superhero action.
Freaky Fridays ticket prices include a free popcorn and soda, tea, or lemonade for all attendees! Alcohol can be purchased at Eden Bar. Regular food service will not be available for Freaky Friday events. So, come early, and fuel up outside for the night ahead!

Rear Window
2024-11-09 11:00 - 13:00
Dive into the magic of cinema with the Enzian Film Club! Join us for an enriching experience where film enthusiasts and novices alike can explore classic films in a new light. Each session features a short presentation by esteemed professors from local colleges, followed by collaborative discussions that bring fresh insights and foster a deeper appreciation for the art of filmmaking. Part of our Saturday Matinee Classics series, the Enzian Film Club is your gateway to understanding and enjoying timeless cinematic masterpieces in a vibrant, community-focused setting.
70th Anniversary Screening!
Featuring an Enzian Film Club discussion on “Composition and Framing” by Nichole Richter from Rollins College.
Professional photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies (James Stewart) breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. When he begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife, Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) and his visiting nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter) to investigate.
About the speaker: Nicole Richter, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Critical Media and Cultural Studies and Director of Film Studies at Rollins College. She is the author of The Moving Image: A Complete Introduction to Film.

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
2024-11-10 12:00 - 14:00
Featuring a live Zoom Q&A with Michael Rooker!
4K Restoration! Freaky Fridays takeover!
John McNaughton’s (WILD THINGS) infamous take on Henry Lee Lucas’ true crime story returns to theaters with a new 4K presentation that cements its reputation as one of the most harrowing, original American films of all time.
Henry (Michael Rooker, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) is a psychopathic drifter who has coldly murdered a number of people for no particular reason and without any remorse. Leaving scores of bodies in his wake, Henry makes his way to Chicago and settles into the rundown apartment of his drug-dealing former prison friend Otis (Tom Towles, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES). Also moving into the space is Otis’s younger sister Becky (Tracy Arnold), who is fleeing from her abusive husband. Unbeknownst to Becky, Henry continues to commit a series of random killings along with Otis, who has quickly developed a taste for murder…
Originally premiering at the Chicago International Film Festival in September 1986, the film had a long and controversial path to distribution. Saddled with the disreputable “X” rating for violence in 1989, the film was finally released unrated in January 1990. Along with Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Pedro Almodóvar’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, McNaughton’s notorious film is often-cited as the inspiration for the Motion Picture Association’s creation of the NC-17 rating.

In September programmers Tim Anderson and Paige Babbage let the Uncomfortable Brunch team take over Freaky Fridays for a screening of Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers in 35mm! Now Josh and Kat are returning the favor and the Freaky Fridays team are bringing you this special screening of one of their favorite controversial masterpieces.

About Michael Rooker:

Born on April 6, 1955, in Jasper, Alabama, into a family of eight children, Rooker lived in a house with a dirt floor and no indoor plumbing. As a young child, he and a cousin would scour the ground to find bottle caps from RC Colas in order to exchange them for free admission to the local movie theater. Six bottle caps, he once recalled, were enough to get him a ticket. Rooker’s parents divorced when he was 12, and the following year his mother moved with the children to Chicago, where they lived in what Rooker describes as a rough neighborhood. Rooker has credited his hardscrabble upbringing with fostering his determination and fight to succeed as an actor. In high school, he worked as a lifeguard at Chicago’s North Avenue Beach, winning Rookie Lifeguard of the Year and saving some 10 people in one of his summers at the job.
Encouraged by an instructor at Wright Junior College in Chicago to audition for admission to the prestigious Goodman School of Drama (now the Theater School of DePaul University), Rooker debated for two years on whether to try out and finally applied and was accepted. He graduated in 1982 and worked in the theater for several years thereafter. He later professed his love for film acting because it gave actors the chance to improvise and create, as opposed to the rehearsed and technical nature of stage performing. He once equated film acting with being a jazz musician in its possibilities for personalizing a role.
His breakthrough role was the title role in John McNaughton’s low-budget cult film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which is based on the life of serial murderer Henry Lee Lucas. The film was shot in 1986 but was not released until 1990 because of continuing debate over its rating. Rooker received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award for best actor in 1991 for the film. Footage from the unreleased film sent to director John Sayles led to Rooker being cast as one of the main characters in the 1988 baseball film Eight Men Out, which was based on the game-fixing scandal of the Chicago White Sox in the 1919 World Series. Rooker has recounted the story of winning the role of Charles “Chick” Gandil by going to the town where the film was shooting, knowing that Sayles had seen the footage of his performance in Henry, and finagling his way into an audition. Despite getting into a shouting match with the casting director, he still won the role. The film was critically acclaimed and widely popular at the box office, and Rooker credits it with bringing him more opportunities, including roles in some of the highest-grossing films of the late 1980s and the 1990s: Mississippi Burning, Sea of Love, Days of Thunder, JFK, Cliffhanger, and Tombstone. He also appeared in Kevin Smith’s 1995 cult indie film Mallrats.
In addition to his film work, Rooker has appeared on a number of popular television shows, including Burn Notice, Criminal Minds, Law and Order, and the 2006 miniseries Thief. Despite his more than 100 film and television acting credits, however, Rooker did not become a widely recognized figure until he was cast as Merle Dixon, a racist southern drug addict, in AMC’s The Walking Dead series about the zombie apocalypse. Merle Dixon and his brother Daryl struck a chord among devoted Walking Dead fans. Rooker has said that people responded to the character and the show because provided them a sense of relief and the belief that they live in a safer world. In 2011, Merle Dixon’s popularity led Rooker to be hired as a character voice to play Merle in the Call of the Dead video game, which is part of the Call of Duty series of games and centers on a zombie-infested future.
Rooker’s name recognition exploded internationally when he was cast as Yondu Udonta, the blue-skinned leader of a band of space pirates in the blockbuster 2014 superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy, one of the major installments in the Marvel Comics Cinematic Universe. He reprised his role in 2017 in Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2, and his character’s sympathetic turn and sacrificial death earned Rooker wide praise. He has continued to be a popular choice for fantasy and science fiction films, appearing in 2019’s Brightburn and 2021’s The Suicide Squad. He also continues to appear in television and video game voice roles.

Splice
2024-11-12 21:30 - 23:30
15th Anniversary – 35mm Screening!
Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL) and Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley, DAWN OF THE DEAD) achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create incredible new hybrid animals. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, instead mandating that their department be reorganized to focus on finding & extracting certain proteins from the creatures they have already created. Not wishing to spend all their time engaged in what they consider mundane research for the next 5-10 years, Clive and Elsa secretly conduct their own experiments, blending human DNA with that of other animals. From director Vincenzo Natali (CUBE, IN THE TALL GRASS).

An Evening with C. Thomas Howell featuring The Outsiders
2024-11-14 18:00 - 20:00
*Please note, this event was rescheduled from September 5, 2024. If you purchased a ticket to September 5, it is valid for this event.*
The Outsiders with Ponyboy himself, C. Thomas Howell. Howell will join Enzian for this unique screening opportunity including a Q&A following the film.
Based on S.E. Hinton’s best-selling classic novel and directed by Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Francis Ford Coppola, The Outsiders focuses on the class struggles between two groups of Oklahoma teenagers during the 1960s.
Capturing the intense feelings of being caught between childhood and adulthood, and not belonging anywhere, this 1983 film also served as a launching pad of talent, featuring a slew of future box-office names before they were stars, including Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio and Emilio Estevez.
After the Q/A, stick around for some one-on-one time with Tommy. Get your memorabilia signed and/or take a selfie. All meet ‘n greets will require a separate ticket.
Tickets for the meet ‘n greet are available directly from Howell at www.tommyhowellmusic.com
Please note: Member discounts and table reservations are not available for this screening. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.

C. Thomas Howell
The son of a professional bull rider turned stuntman; C. Thomas Howell started working in the film industry at the young age of seven. In 1981, he was cast as ‘Tyler’ in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Shortly thereafter, he nabbed the lead in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic, The Outsiders, starring opposite the likes of Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon and Tom Cruise. The coming-of-age film went on to become a cult classic. Howell’s gripping performance as the tough, yet vulnerable ‘Ponyboy Curtis’ made him a household name virtually overnight, earning him a Young Artist Award. In 1984 he appeared in the commercially successful film Red Dawn, the first movie to be released in the U.S. with a PG-13 rating. Howell joined stars such as Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, and Jennifer Grey in their depiction as members of a teenage guerilla warfare group, known as the Wolverines, during a WWIII invasion.
Earmarked as one of the most promising young actors of his time, Howell’s career skyrocketed with roles in films such as The Hitcher, Grand View USA, Secret Admirer and tv series such as Moonlighting and Two Marriages. just to name a few. He even worked alongside greats such as Elizabeth Taylor and Anne Margaret. Since then, Howell, with over 250 tv/film projects under his belt, has been in consistent demand for the last thirty years, appearing in favorites such as War of the Worlds, The Amazing Spiderman, Gettysburg, Criminal Minds, Southland, Seal Team, The Walking Dead, and the upcoming Netflix release Obliterated.

Paris, Texas (4K Restoration)
2024-11-16 11:00 - 13:30
40th Anniversary – 4K Restoration!
New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows the mysterious, nearly mute drifter Travis (a magnificent Harry Dean Stanton, whose face is a landscape all its own) as he tries to reconnect with his young son, living with his brother (Dean Stockwell) in Los Angeles, and his missing wife (Nastassja Kinski). From this simple setup, Wenders and Shepard produce a powerful statement on codes of masculinity and the myth of the American family, as well as an exquisite visual exploration of a vast, crumbling world of canyons and neon.
Wim Wenders’ iconic Cannes winner from 1984 is exquisitely photographed by Dutch master Robby Müller. Outstanding performances by Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski, a masterful screenplay by Sam Shepard and Ry Cooder’s haunting soundtrack have contributed to Paris, Texas’ cult film status and its spell, even 40 years later. The new 4K restoration makes it shine more than ever.

Night at the Museum
2024-11-17 12:00 - 14:00
Free for Kids 12 & Under!
Dreamer Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) thinks he’s destined for something big but his imaginative ideas never pay off. In desperate need of a job, he accepts to be a security guard at the Natural History Museum. During his watch, Larry makes a startling discovery — thanks to the unleashing of an Egyptian curse, the museum’s animals spring to life after the building closes. Larry must find a way to save the night!

35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio
2024-11-18 21:30 - 23:30
Come early to hear Cody Mathewson with James Hall play live music at Eden Bar from 6:30-9:30PM, courtesy of Performing Arts Matter!
35000 WATTS charts the wild journey of visionaries and rebels on college campuses across America who changed the course of music history and made an indelible imprint on our culture.
It’s the story of the youth and music culture that originated, and later flourished, on the airwaves of American colleges and universities, establishing a new generational voice and a new path to success for many alumni and artists like R.E.M. SONIC YOUTH, THE REPLACEMENTS, and the B-52s.
Highlighting an era where college radio’s influence was at its peak, the film examines its humble beginnings and how it evolved to create hugely impactful experiences for local and regional communities, students finding their voice, and the musicians seeking their shot at hitting it big.
The film dives deep into the music that was the heart of college radio programming, exploring the symbiotic relationship between artists creating music that did not fit into commercial radio formats and the student-run radio stations that were more than happy to play it. The film features interviews with iconic big-name acts including Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO), Joey Santiago (THE PIXIES), Allison Wolfe (BRATMOBILE) plus THE TOADIES, APPLES IN STEREO and many smaller regional bands who lived their rock-and-roll dream for a short while, as well as discussions with former college radio alumni who spin on about their role in college radio and why college radio is still relevant in today’s media-saturated landscape.
Full of music, humor, and energy, 35000 WATTS: THE STORY OF COLLEGE RADIO is an electrifying journey through an aspect of American culture that is often overlooked but has made an undeniably loud impact on society.
2024, 72 minutes, Directed by Michael Millard, Unrated
Preceded by
WPRK: The Documentary

WPRK has been serving the greater Orlando community since 1952. From talk shows and punk rock to world music and heated political debates. The number 91.5 on your FM dial exemplifies what non-commercial radio is all about: broadcasting what people want to listen to. With more than 80 weekly shows, WPRK broadcasts the best in basement radio 24/7 all year long. This documentary looks at the history of WPRK including Dave Plotkin’s 2005 Guiness World Record attempt at the “Longest on-air broadcast by a single DJ”.
2014, 17 minutes, Directed by John Berggren, Rich Higgins and Drew Henner

Dead Poets Society
2024-11-26 21:30 - 23:30
Vermont, New England, 1959. The students at Welton Academy have been trained for generations to lead lives of conformity and tradition–until charismatic new professor John Keating (Oscar®-nominee Robin Williams) sets foot in the institution, motivating them to think for themselves, live life to the fullest, and “Carpe Diem”. As a result of his unconventional approach, inspirational Keating awakens the students’ spirits, encourages them to be exceptional individuals, and challenges them to achieve their full potential. However, when tragedy strikes the school, drawing the wrath of a disapproving faculty, Keating and his boys will find themselves at loggerheads with the school’s officials, the parents, and the system.
6-time Academy Award nominee Peter Weir (Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Truman Show) directs this monumental coming-of-age classic featuring incredible early performances from 4-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke (Before Sunrise), Josh Charles (TV’s The Good Wife) and Robert Sean Leonard (TV’s House) and a career-redefining performance from the great Robin Williams.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
2024-11-27 19:00 - 21:00
Free movies on the Enzian lawn!
Wednesday Night Pitcher Shows are FREE and open to the public. Keep an eye on our Facebook for information about rescheduled shows due to weather. Free overflow parking is available at Park Maitland School and Peach Valley across the street. Outside food & beverage is not permitted.
Want a reserved spot on the lawn with a bucket of beer and popcorn for your besties? We have a limited number of exclusive picnic baskets for sale! Grab one fast before the sell out.

Easily excitable Neal Page (Steve Martin) is somewhat of a control freak. Trying to get home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his wife (Laila Robins) and kids, his flight is rerouted to a distant city in Kansas because of a freak snowstorm, and his sanity begins to fray. Worse yet, he is forced to bunk up with talkative Del Griffith (John Candy), whom he finds extremely annoying. Together they must overcome the insanity of holiday travel to reach their intended destination.

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
2024-12-03 21:00 - 23:30
Absolute power corrupts in CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT, an extensive reconstruction of the notorious 1979 spectacle.
Shadowed by the murder of his family, Gaius Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather (Peter O’Toole) and seizes control of the Roman Empire alongside his wife Caesonia (Helen Mirren) before descending into a spiral of depravity, destruction, and madness.
A treatise on the corrupting influence of power, this extensive reconstruction of the notorious 1980 spectacle, CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT restores the complete performances of McDowell and Helen Mirren, from an unprecedented amount of never before-seen footage. With a screenplay by Gore Vidal (Myra Breckinridge) and a supporting turn by Sir John Gielgud (Arthur), amid sumptuous designs by two-time Oscar winner Danilo Donati, Caligula is a spectacle of cinematic decadence that audiences will never see the likes of again.
**This film is unrated, no one under the age of 18 will be admitted**

The Shop Around the Corner
2024-12-04 15:00 - 17:00
Part of the Enzian Holiday Series!
3-time Academy Award nominee Ernst Lubitsch’s 1940 romantic comedy The Shop Around the Corner stars James Stewart (It’s a Wonderful Life) as Alfred Kralik, the top salesman at the Budapest leather goods store Matuschek and Company owned by Frank Morgan (The Wizard of Oz). After immediately falling out with new employee Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan), their relationship deteriorates even further as they’re forced to work alongside each other. What the pair don’t know is that they are actually pen pals, and over the course of the endless stream of letters that they’ve sent to each other, they have fallen in love. Set in the weeks leading up to Christmas and on Christmas Eve, The Shop Around the Corner is about as elegant as classic movies get—even getting the Hollywood remake treatment with 1949’s Judy Garland film In the Good Old Summertime and 1998’s Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks delight, You’ve Got Mail.

Eno
2024-12-05 18:30 - 20:30
One Show Only!
Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing more than 40 solo and collaboration albums — reveals his creative processes in Eno, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gary Hustwit (HELVETICA, RAMS).
In the first career-spanning documentary of the legendary and prolific artist and the world’s first generative feature film, Hustwit set out to decode Eno’s creative strategies and examine his lifelong search for the meaning of music. Defying the hagiographic impulses of the music doc genre, Eno draws from original interviews and the artist’s own staggering archive of never-before-seen footage and unreleased music, as well as Hustwit’s original interviews.
Each screening of the film will be a wholly unique experience. Utilizing a proprietary software system developed by Hustwit and digital artist Brendan Dawes, the documentary offers millions of possible variations and ushers in a groundbreaking approach to storytelling. The result is a viewing experience that resonates with Eno’s own artistic practice, his use of technology to compose music, and the mercurial essence of creativity as his endless pursuit.

Home Alone
2024-12-06 19:00 - 21:30
Part of the Enzian Holiday Series!
This film is a part of our Popcorn Flicks in the Park series, which takes place in Central Park, Winter Park once a month and is FREE and open to the public! These films are presented with open captions.
When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O’Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.
Preceded by “Mickey’s Christmas Carol”

Ebenezer Scrooge (Scrooge McDuck) is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some wise ghosts (Goofy and Jiminy Cricket) and a bunch of newfound friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season.

Silent Night, Deadly Night
2024-12-06 23:59 - 2024-12-07 01:30
See all four “holiday slashics” for $36 with your very own limited edition Merry aX-mas Badge!
You better watch out; you better not cry…because it’s a very scary Christmas here at Enzian as we roll out a set of alternative holiday slashics!
This special four-film event features a 50th Anniversary 4K restoration of Black Christmas (1974), a 40th Anniversary screening of the notorious Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), an ultra-rare theatrical screening of the terrifying French new extremity film Inside (2007), and Enzian’s traditional annual showing of Rare Exports (2010).
Coming to town…this December! Get your badge today!

Silent Night, Deadly Night:
40th Anniversary Screening! Part of the Enzian Holiday Series!
Santa Claus is coming to town . . . and this time he’s got an axe! Community leaders tried to stop it. The P.T.A. fought to ban it. Now, one of the most controversial slasher films of all time is back in a new restoration from the original camera negative. SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT is the demented story of little Billy Chapman, traumatized by his parents’ Christmas Eve murder and then brutalized by sadistic nuns in an orphanage. When Billy grows up and dresses as Santa, he goes on a yuletide rampage to punish the naughty with extreme prejudice. Robert Brian Wilson and Linnea Quigley (NIGHT OF THE DEMONS) star in this harrowing horror classic that continues to ruffle the feathers of angry parents and stuffy critics forty years later.
Sponsored by BizarroLand Film Festival
Freaky Fridays ticket prices include a free popcorn and soda, tea, or lemonade for all attendees! Alcohol can be purchased at Eden Bar. Regular food service will not be available for Freaky Friday events. So, come early, and fuel up outside for the night ahead!

The Motive and The Cue
2024-12-07 11:00 - 14:00
Sam Mendes (The Lehman Trilogy) directs Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton in this fierce and funny new play.
1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
Written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and designed by Es Devlin (The Crucible), this Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre.

Purchase a Season Pass to attend both National Theatre Live performances and receive discounted admission, as well as a complimentary glass of house wine, coffee, or tea at each show!
Members that are Contributor level or above and Season Passholders are able to make a table reservation for this series. Reservations can only be made after a ticket or Season Pass has been purchased and are limited. Please make sure to have your confirmation number ready to provide to the box officer at time of your reservation.

Bad Santa
2024-12-11 19:00 - 21:00
Free movies on the Enzian lawn!
Wednesday Night Pitcher Shows are FREE and open to the public. Keep an eye on our Facebook for information about rescheduled shows due to weather. Free overflow parking is available at Park Maitland School and Peach Valley across the street. Outside food & beverage is not permitted.
Want a reserved spot on the lawn with a bucket of beer and popcorn for your besties? We have a limited number of exclusive picnic baskets for sale! Grab one fast before the sell out.

Unrated Cut!
Instantly qualifying as a perennial cult favorite, Bad Santa is as nasty as it wants to be, and there’s something to be said for comedy without compromise. The Coen brothers conceived the basic idea and served as executive producers, but it’s director Terry Zwigoff (Crumb, Ghost World) who brings his unique affinity for losers and outcasts to the twisted tale of Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton), a hard-drinking, chain-smoking, foul-mouthed sexaholic safe-cracker who targets a different department store every holiday season, playing Santa while he cases the joint with his dwarf elf-partner Marcus (Tony Cox).
With comedic support from Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, Cloris Leachman, and John Ritter in his final film, Thornton milks the lowbrow laughs with a slovenly lack of sentiment, warming Bad Santa’s pickled heart just enough to please a chubby misfit (Brett Kelly, hilariously deadpan) who may or may not be mentally challenged. As dry as an arid martini and blacker than morning-after coffee, Bad Santa is an instant cure for yuletide schmaltz, but if you think this appropriately R-rated comedy is suitable for kids, your parenting skills are no better than Willie’s.

Inside
2024-12-13 23:59 - 2024-12-14 01:30
See all four “holiday slashics” for $36 with your very own limited edition Merry aX-mas Badge!
You better watch out; you better not cry…because it’s a very scary Christmas here at Enzian as we roll out a set of alternative holiday slashics!
This special four-film event features a 50th Anniversary 4K restoration of Black Christmas (1974), a 40th Anniversary screening of the notorious Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), an ultra-rare theatrical screening of the terrifying French new extremity film Inside (2007) and Enzian’s traditional annual showing of Rare Exports (2010).
Coming to town…this December! Get your badge today!

Inside:
Part of the Enzian Holiday Series!
2007 – Nominee – Camera d’Or – Cannes Film Festival
Scarred for life after a harrowing near-death experience, emotionally fragile mother-to-be Sarah (Alysson Paradis) is still struggling to come to terms with her loss. Overcome with silent grief, Sarah now seeks solace in work; however, she is on a collision course with sheer terror when a knock at the door on Christmas Eve chills her to the bones. Now, the raven-haired, late-night visitor in black (Béatrice Dalle, Bette Blue, Lux Æterna) wants something precious from Sarah, and she will stop at nothing to get it. Is there an escape from this bloody, razor-sharp nightmare?
