When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might be his most formidable opponent yet.

“Guillermo del Toro hits us with a spectacular noir melodrama boasting gruesomely enjoyable performances and freaky twists.” (The Guardian)

“From its bruised colour palette to its spiralling descent into madness and degradation, this is deliciously damnable fare, looking back through the prism of Del Toro’s adventurous oeuvre to the existential angst of his vampiric feature debut, ‘Cronos’.” (Observer UK)

“The genuine, pleasant surprise for me was discovering truly what an unabashed, all-out noir it was. Cate Blanchett’s character, the big scheme, the hubris and pushing the scheme too far, the fatalism.” (Filmspotting)

“Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley is a modern noir thriller with a pleasantly pulpy spin.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

Tuesday, April 12
Doors 8:15 pm | Movie 8:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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Saturday, April 16
Doors 3:15 pm | Movie 3:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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Tuesday, April 19
Doors 8:30 pm | Movie 9:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Guillermo Del Toro, 2021 / 150 mins / 14A) A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychiatrist bent on exposing him.