Arthouse Cinema in San Antonio


NOW PLAYING! Willem Dafoe stars in this new drama. Presented as part of our Bijou Film Series. See it at Palladium. Reserve your seats in advance.

Inside

R • 1h 45m

INSIDE tells the story of Nemo, an art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn’t go as planned.


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Presented as part of our Bijou Film Series. Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman star in this new drama. See it at Palladium and Embassy.

A Good Person

R • 2h 8m

Daniel (Morgan Freeman) is brought together with Allison (Florence Pugh), the once-thriving young woman with a bright future who was involved in an unimaginable tragedy.


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Presented as part of our Bijou Film Series. Sally Hawkins star in this new comedy/drama. See it at Embassy and New Braunfels.

The Lost King

PG-13 • 1h 48m

In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a carpark in Leicester.


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February:
  • Turn Every Page | PG Documentary
    Director: Lizzie Gottlieb

    Follows the iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro and his editor, the literary giant Robert Gottlieb, in this chronicle of a unique 50-year professional relationship.
  • Of An Age | R Drama
    Director: Goran Stolevski Cast: Elias Anton, Thom Green, and Hattie Hook.

    During the summer of 1999, an 18-year-old amateur ballroom dancer has an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother.

  • Emily | R Drama
    Director: Frances O'Connor Cast: Emma Mackey

    Imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers who died too soon at the age of 30.
Showtimes

Bijou Events: 11/22 Palladium - In The Mood For Love 8:30 (Limited Seating Available)
1/17 Palladium - A Woman Under The Influence 8:30 (Limited Seating Available)
3/1 Palladium - Real Woman Have Curves 8:30 (Limited Seating Available)
4/5 Palladium -  Pariah 8:30 (Limited Seating Available)
4/19 Palladium - Tangerine 8:30 (Limited Seating Available)
4/26 Palladium - The Love Witch 8:30 (Limited Seating Available)
5/1 Palladium - The Miseducation of Cameron Post 8:30 (Limited Seating Available)


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January:

  • Corsage | NR Drama
    Director: Marie Kreutzer Cast: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Colin Morgan, Finnegan Oldfield, Katharina Lorenz,  and Alma Hasun

    Faced with a future of strict ceremony and royal duties, Empress Elisabeth of Austria rebels against her public image and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

  • Broker | R Drama
    Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Cast: Song Kang-Ho, IU, Gang Dong-Won, Bae Doona, Lee Joo-Young, Song Sae-byeok, and Ryu Kyung-soo

    The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can't have children of their own. After an infant's mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple, building an unlikely family of their own.

  • Living | PG-13 Drama
    Director: Oliver Hermanus Cast: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Tom Burke, Lia Williams, Alex Sharp, and Zoe Boyle

    A veteran civil servant receives a medical diagnosis that inspires him to move to the south coast and cram some fun into his remaining days. He meets a sunny young female colleague who seems to have the pep that had previously escaped him.

  • The Son | PG-13 Drama
    Director: Florian Zeller Cast: Vanessa Kirby, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, Joanna Laurie, Anthony Hopkins, Florian Zeller, Christophe Spadone

    Based on Zeller's play of the same name and a prequel to 2020's The Father. The Sun is an intensely dramatic piece about 17-year-old Nicholas, who no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate. He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth. Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him. But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.

  • When You Finish Saving The World | R Drama / Comedy
    Director: Jesse Eisenberg Cast: Finn Wolfhard, Julianne Moore

    Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut about a mother and her teenage son who can't seem to connect, yet they try to find that bond in other people. She latches on to a young boy she meets at her women's shelter, while her son falls in love with an extremely political student at his school.


December:
  • The Whale | Psychological Drama
    Director: Darren Aronofsky Cast: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, and Hong Chau
    An obese and reclusive English teacher tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
  • Women Talking | PG-13 Drama
    Director: Sarah Polley Cast: Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Frances McDormand, Ben Whishaw, and Michelle McLeod
    Women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile with their faith after a series of sexual assaults.
  • Empire of Light | R Romance / Drama
    Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Micheal Ward, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, and Tanya Moodie Cinematography: Roger Deakins
    A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.


November:

  • Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsDrama/Comedy 
    Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu  Cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho,  Ximena Lamadrid, Griselda Siciliani , Fabiola Guajardo, Íker Sánchez Solano, and Andrés Almeida
    A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker returns home and works through an existential crisis as he grapples with his identity, familial relationships and the folly of his memories.
  • Bones and All | Romance/Drama
    Director: Luca Guadagninou Cast:  Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, and Chloë Sevigny

    Love blossoms between a young woman on the margins of society and a disenfranchised drifter as they embark on a 3,000-mile odyssey through the backroads of America. However, despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their differences.


October:

  • Triangle of Sadness | 
    Cast: Charlbi Dean Kriek, Harris Dickinson, and Woody Harrelson
    A cruise for the super-rich sinks, leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.
  • Tár
    Cast: Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, and Mark Strong
    Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. When all elements seem to conspire against her, Lydia's adopted daughter Petra becomes an integral emotional support for her struggling mother.
  • Amsterdam | R
    Cast: Christian Bale, Taylor Swift, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert De Niro, Rami Malek, Chris Rock, Mike Myers, Timothy Olyphant, and Zoe Saldaña
    Set in the '30s, it follows three friends who witness a murder, become suspects themselves, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
  • The Banshees of Inisherin | R
    Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Barry Keoghan
    On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, Padraic is devastated when his buddy Colm suddenly puts an end to their lifelong friendship. With help from his sister and a troubled young islander, Padraic sets out to repair the damaged relationship by any means necessary. However, as Colm's resolve only strengthens, he soon delivers an ultimatum that leads to shocking consequences.
  • Armageddon Time |
    A coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American dream.
  • Ticket to Paradise | PG-13 
    Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Deborah Balderstone
    A divorced couple teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.
  • My Policeman |
    Starring: Harry Styles
    Tom, a policeman in 1950s Britain, falls in love with a schoolteacher on the Brighton coast. However, he soon begins a passionate same-sex affair with a museum curator, in spite of homosexuality being illegal.
  • Stars at Noon |
    Starring: Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Danny Ramirez, Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, and John C. Reilly
    A young American journalist stranded in present-day Nicaragua seduces an enigmatic Englishman who seems like her best chance of escape. She soon realizes, though, that their torrid affair has only put her in more danger.


September:

  • See How They Run | PG-13 | Searchlight: 
    Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell, Harris Dickinson, and Ruth Wilson | In 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When a world-weary inspector and an eager rookie constable take on the case, they find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid world of underground theater, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
  • Silent Twins | R | Focus Features:
    June and Jennifer Gibbons are twins from the only Black family in a small town in Wales in the 1970s and '80s. Feeling isolated from the community, the pair turn inward and reject communication with everyone but each other, retreating into their own fantasy world of inspiration and adolescent desires. After a spree of vandalism, the girls are sentenced to Broadmoor, an infamous psychiatric hospital, where they face the choice to separate and survive or die together.
  • Moonage Daydream | PG-13 | Neon:
    Starring: David Bowie | Featuring never-before-seen footage and performances, filmmaker Brett Morgen explores David Bowie's creative, spiritual and musical journey.
  • Pearl | R | A24:
    Starring: Mia Goth | Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Hoping for a more glamorous life, Pearl's ambitions, temptations and repressions all collide to horrific effect.
  • God's Creatures | R | A24:
    Starring: Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi, Emily Watson, and  Isabelle Connolly | In a remote fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. However, a lie she tells for him soon rips apart their family and close-knit community.
  • Catherine Called Birdy PG-13 | Amazon Studios:
    Starring: Bella Ramsey | In medieval England, the daughter of a financially destitute Lord thwarts her father's plans to marry her off to a wealthy suitor. When the most vile suitor arrives, her parent's love for her is tested.

August:

  • Funny Pages | R |A24:
    An Embassy Exclusive - This new coming-of-age comedy called “an instant cult classic,” and “like American Splendor but better,” by Jordan Ruimy of WorldofReel.com, currently holds 100%🍅 fresh.
  • 3000 Years of Longing | R | MGM Roadshow:
    A new dark-fantasy from visionary director George Miller starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. A visually ambitious journey.