Arts and Entertainment
June 30, 2025
From: Plaza Classic Film FestivalThe Plaza Classic Film Festival, which returns for its 18th year July 17-27, 2025, was started by the El Paso Community Foundation in 2008 as a special project to bring movies back to the historic Plaza Theatre. The Community Foundation purchased 35mm and state-of-the-art 2K digital projection equipment (upgraded to 4K in 2018) for the atmospheric theater, which opened in 1930, closed in the early ’80s, and was restored for $42 million in 2006 in a joint partnership between the City of El Paso and the Community Foundation.
Schedule
Thursday, July 17
The Great Dictator - 1:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
Rated: NR
$6
To Be Or Not To Be - 4:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$6
Cabaret - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$20 (PCFF fundraiser)
Friday, July 18
Plaza Days I -11:00am
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase
Rated: NR
Free
Sergeant York - 1:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Rated: NR
$6
The Muppets Take Manhattan - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Rated: G
$5
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure - 3:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Pee-Wee Herman
Rated: PG
$5
From Here to Eternity - 4:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Rated: NR
$6
Lecture: La Bamba - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
La Bamba With Luis Valdez - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto
Rated: PG-13
$10
Concert: The Pie Sisters - 7:30pm
Oregon Street
Free
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - 7:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Rated: R
$5
The Wedding Singer - 9:00pm
Oregon Street
Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore
Rated: PG-13
Free
Wild at Heart - 10:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe
Rated: R
$5
Idiocracy - - 10:30pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard
Rated: R
$8
Saturday, July 19
Dumbo - 1:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Rated: G
$6
Why We Fight: War Comes to America - 1:00pm
El Paso Museum of Art
Rated: NR
Free
Sands of Iwo Jima - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara
Rated: NR
$5
Latino G.I.s and the Fight for Equality: The Mexican American WWII Experience - 1:00pm
El Paso Mexican American Cultural Center
Free
The Men of Company E - 2:00pm
El Paso Mexican American Cultural Center
Rated: NR
Free
Fort Bliss on the Mesa - 2:00pm
El Paso Museum of History
Free
Zoot Suit - 3:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Edward James Olmos, Danny Valdez
Rated: R
$10
The Battle of Midway/The Memphis Belle - 3:00pm
El Paso Museum of Art
Rated: NR
Free
Mrs. Miniver - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Rated: NR
$5
Film Lecture: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody
Rated: PG-13
$8
Concert: Saving Bandit - 7:30pm
Oregon Street
Free
Say Anything - 7:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: John Cusack, Ione Skye
Rated: PG-13
$5
PCFF Screenwriting Pitch Fest - 8:00pm
Foundation Room
Free
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 9:00pm
Oregon Street
Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick
Rated: R
Free
Boogie Nights - 9:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore
Rated: R
$5
The Fog - 10:30pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis
Rated: R
$8
Sunday, July 20
Twelve O'Clock High - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill
Rated: NR
$5
Escuadron 201 - 1:00pm
Spanish, no English subtitles
El Paso Mexican American Cultural Center
Rated: NR
Free
The Freshman - 3:30pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict
Rated: NR
$6
Run Silent, Run Deep - 4:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster
Rated: NR
$5
Lecture: The Godfather Part II - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
The Godfather Part II - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall
Rated: R
$8
Punch-Drunk Love - 7:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Luis Guzman
Rated: R
$5
Monday, July 21
The Day the Earth Stood Still - 11:30am
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
Rated: G
$6
Happy Feet - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Voices of Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman
Rated: PG
$5
Patton - 2:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young
Rated: PG
$6
Black Beauty - 3:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Sean Bean, David Thewlis
Rated: G
$5
I'm Just a Girl Dinner - 5:00pm
Foundation Room
Lecture: Notting Hill - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
Notting Hill - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans
Rated: PG-13
$8
Life Is Beautiful
Italian with English subtitles - 7:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Rated: PG-13
$5
Tuesday, July 22
My Man Godfrey - 11:30am
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Rated: NR
$6
All Dogs Go to Heaven - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Loni Anderson
Rated: G
$5
The Diary of Anne Frank - 2:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Millie Perkins, Shelley Winters, Joseph Schildkraut
Rated: 1959
$6
Matilda - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Mara Wilson, Danny Devito, Rhea Perlman
Rated: PG
$5
Lecture: Saving Private Ryan - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
Saving Private Ryan - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
Rated: R
$8
King Creole - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
Rated: R
$6
National Velvet - 8:00pm
Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp
Rated: NR
Wednesday, July 23
Going My Way - 11:30am
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Jean Heather
Rated: NR
$6
Despicable Me - 3:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand
Rated: PG
$5
Lecture: Toy Story - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
Toy Story - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts
Rated: G
$8
Rush - 7:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Br?hl, Olivia Wilde
Rated: R
$5
Thursday, July 24
The Producers - 11:30am
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn
Rated: PG
$6
An American Tail - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Voices of Dom DeLuise, Christopher Plummer, Erica Yohn
Rated: G
$5
The Longest Day - 2:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Burton, Robert Ryan
Rated: G
$6
Adventures in Babysitting - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan
Rated: PG-13
$5
Lecture: Schindler's List - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
Schindler's List - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Rated: R
$10
Diego Muñoz Holguin Showcase - 7:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Various
Rated: NR
$5
Big Hero 6 - 8:00pm
La Nube
Starring: Voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung
Rated: PG
Friday, July 25
Plaza Days II - 11:30am
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard
Rated: NR
MouseHunt - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis
Rated: PG
$5
The Great Escape - 1:30pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Rated: NR
$6
The Book of Life - 3:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum
Rated: PG
$5
Lecture: Alien - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
Alien - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright
Rated: R
$10
Concert: Bloomwave - 7:30pm
Oregon Street
Free
The Birdcage - 7:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Hank Azaria, Gene Hackman
Rated: R
$5
Spaceballs - 9:00pm
Oregon Street
Starring: Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks
Rated: PG
Free
City of God - 10:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele
Rated: R
$5
The Royal Tenenbaums - 10:30pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow
Rated: R
$8
Saturday, July 26
Castle in the Sky - 12:30pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Voices of Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Mark Hamill
Rated: PG
$6
The Negro Soldier/The Battle of San Pietro - 1:00pm
El Paso Museum of Art
Starring: Carlton Moss
Rated: NR
Free
Notorious - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Rated: NR
$5
Until He's Back - 1:00pm
El Paso Mexican American Cultural Center
Starring: Ahmed Tchichi, Maria Angeles Colsa Herrera, Faisal Bouhafs
Rated: NR
Free
Abuelita's Kitchen: Stories from the Borderland - 2:00pm
El Paso Mexican American Cultural Center
Starring: Leticia Hernandez, Yolanda Chavez Leyva, Elisa Licona Southern
Rated: NR
Free
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter - 3:00pm
El Paso Museum of Art
Starring: Lola Weixel, Margaret Wright, Lyn Childs
Rated: NR
Free
The Birds - 3:30pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright
Rated: PG-13
$10
Red Sands - 3:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Ramiro Bernal, Enrique Cisneros, Rosa Gonzalez
Rated: NR
$5
Night and Fog - 5:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Michel Bouquet
Rated: NR
$5
Long Shadows - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Jacqueline Bisset, Dominic Monaghan, Blaine Maye, Sarah Cortez, Grainger Hines
Rated: NR
Concert: Jenna Ivey - 7:30pm
Oregon Street
Free
9th Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase - 7:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Various
Rated: NR
$5
Mamma Mia! - 9:00pm
Oregon Street
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters
Rated: PG-13
Free
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - 10:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick
Rated: R
$8
Hellboy - 10:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair
Rated: PG-13
$5
Sunday, July 27
Filmmakers Brunch: On Location with Jacob Cena - 11:00am
Foundation Room
Free
Her Husband's Trademark - 1:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Gloria Swanson, Richard Wayne, Stuart Holmes
Rated: NR
$6
Gran Hotel - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno, Jacqueline Dalya, Josefina Martinez
Rated: NR
$5
Local Flavor Showcase and Awards - 3:30pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Various
Rated: NR
$6
A League of Their Own - 3:30pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Starring: Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell
Rated: PG
$5
Local Flavor 2025 Reception - 5:30pm
Foundation Room
Free
Lecture: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - 6:00pm
Philanthropy Theatre
Free
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - 7:00pm
Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Starring: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams
Rated: PG
$8
Date: July 17-27, 2025
Location: Various Venue in El Paso, TX