The Plaza Classic Film Festival, which goes into its 15th year July 28-August 7, 2022, 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 (which was upgraded to 4K in 2018) for the atmospheric theater, which opened in 1930, closed in the early ’80s, and was restored for $38 million in 2006 in a joint partnership between the City of El Paso and the Community Foundation.

Schedule:

Thursday, July 28, 2022

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Plaza Days: Pink Panther Cartoons
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: FREE

1:00-3:30 PM
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: PG-13

4:30-6:00 PM
The Wild One (1953)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Tickets: $6
Rated: NR

7:00-9:30 PM
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
With Rita Moreno
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $20
Rated: G

9:00-11:00 PM
Wayne’s World (1992)
Location: Mills Plaza Parking Garage
Cost: $5 at the Door
Rated: PG-13

Friday, July 29, 2022

1:00-3:00 PM
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: NR

1:00-3:00 PM
Shrek 2 (2004)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: PG

3:30-5:00 PM
Whale Rider (2002)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: PG-13

4:00-6:00 PM
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: PG-13

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture:
West Side Story
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-10:00 PM
West Side Story (2021)
With Rita Moreno
Location:Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $10
Rated: PG-13

7:30-9:45 PM
Love & Basketball (2000)
location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: PG-13

7:30-8:30 PM
Concert: Sha’Vonne
Location: Oregon Street
FREE

9:00-10:30 PM
Prince: Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
Location: Oregon Street
FREE
Rated: PG-13

10:00-11:45 PM
Singles (1992)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: PG-13

11:00 PM-1:00 AM
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $8
Rated: R

Saturday, July 30, 2022

11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Plaza Days:
The Idle Class
(Charlie Chaplin, 1921)
Scram! (Laurel and Hardy, 1932)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
FREE
Rated: NR

1:00-2:30 PM
Bambi (1942)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: G

1:00-2:30 PM
Harold and Maude (1971)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: PG

1:00-2:00 PM
Six Silent Shorts by
Alice Guy-Blache (1902-1912)
Location: El Paso Museum of Art
FREE
Rated: NR

2:30-3:30 PM
Book Signing
Danger on the Silver Screen
With author Scott McGee
Location: Foundation Room
Cost: FREE (Charge for books)

2:30-4:30 PM
Be Natural: The Untold Story
of Alice Guy-Blache (2020)
Location: El Paso Museum of Art
Cost: FREE
Rated: NR

3:00-5:30 PM
Sleep Dealer (2008)
With Cristina Ibarra
and Alex Rivera
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated:PG

3:30-5:30 PM
Paper Moon (1973)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: PG

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: Encanto
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-9:30 PM
Encanto (2021)
With composer
Germaine Franco
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $10
RAted: PG

7:30-9:30 PM
Las Marthas/Dirty Laundry:
A Homemade Telenovela
(2014/2001)
With Cristina Ibarra
and Alex Rivera
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: NR

7:30-8:30 PM
Concert: Emily Davis and
the Murder Police
Location: Oregon Street
FREE

9:00-11:00 PM
The Rocky Horror
Picture Show (1975)
Location: Oregon Street
FREE
RATED: R

10:30 PM -12:30 AM
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: R

11:30 PM-1:00 AM
Halloween (1978)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $8
Rated: R

Sunday, July 31, 2022

1:00-3:30 PM
The Sting (1973)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: PG

1:00-3:00 PM
El Circo (1943)
Spanish with English subtitles
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: NR

3:30-5:30 PM
Frida (2002)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: R

4:00-6:00 PM

The Infiltrators (2019)
With Cristina Ibarra
and Alex Rivera
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
rated: NR

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: Scarface
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-10:00 PM
Scarface (1983)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $8
Rated: R

7:30-9:35 PM
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
rated: PG-13

Monday, August 1, 2022

1:00-3:00 PM
The Blob (1958)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$6 (NR)

1:00-3:00 PM
Seven Beauties (1975)
Italian with English subtitles
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
$4 (R)

3:30-5:30 PM
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$6 (G)

3:30-5:30 PM
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Spanish with English subtitles
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
$4 (R)

5:00-6:30 PM
A Cheesy Affair (Dinner)
Location: Foundation Room
$30 per person (includes ticket
to Sleepless in Seattle), $50 per
couple (includes two tickets).
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6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: Sleepless in
Seattle
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-9:00 PM
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$8 (PG)

7:30-9:30 PM
Desert Hearts (1985)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
$4 (R)

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

1:00-3:00 PM
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$6 (NR)

1:00-3:00 PM
High Sierra (1941)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
$4 (NR)

3:30-5:15 PM
To Sir, With Love (1967)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$6 (NR)

3:30-5:00 PM
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
$4 (NR)

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: Bonnie and Clyde
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-9:00 PM
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$8 (R)

7:30-9:30 PM
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
$4 (PG)

8:00-11:00 PM
Father of the Bride (1950)
Location: Plaza Hotel at Pioneer Park
La Perla Rooftop Bar
SOLD OUT

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

1:00-2:30 PM
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
$6 (NR)

1:00-3:00 PM
My Brilliant Career (1979)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
$4 (G)

3:30-5:30 PM
Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Spanish with English subtitles
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
$4 (R)

4:00-6:00 PM
The Man Who Shot
Liberty Valance (1962)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: PG-13)

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: Thelma & Louise
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-9:30 PM
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $8
Rated: R

7:30-9:00 PM
The Outsiders (1983)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: R

Thursday, August 4, 2022

11:00 AM-12:30 PM
The Thin Man (1934)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
rated: NR

1:00-2:30 PM
Le Bonheur (1965)
French with English subtitles
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
rated: NR

1:30-5:30 PM
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: NR

3:00-5:00 PM
Gas Food Lodging (1992)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: R

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: Local Flavor
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-9:30 PM
Local Flavor
With the Local Flavor Awards
Loctaion: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $5

7:30-9:30 PM
The Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas (1982)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
rated:R

9:00-11:00 PM
Clueless (1995)
Location: Mills Plaza Parking Garage
Cost: $5 at the Door
rated: PG-13

Friday, August 5, 2022

1:00-3:00 PM
Calamity Jane (1953)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: NR

1:00-3:00 PM
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: PG

3:30-5:30 PM
Grease 2 (1982)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: PG

4:00-5:30 PM
When Worlds Collide (1951)
location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: NR

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: Amadeus
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-10:30 PM
Amadeus (1984) Director’s Cut
With F. Murray Abraham
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $10
Rated: PG

7:30-9:30 PM
Femme Frontera Showcase
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
rated: NR

7:30-8:30 PM
Concert: Twisted Hams
Location: Oregon Street
FREE

9:00-10:45 PM
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Location: Oregon Street
FREE
Rated: PG-13

10:30 PM-12:30 AM
Ghost Dog: The Way
of the Samurai (1999)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: R

11:00 PM-1:15 AM
V for Vendetta (2005)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $8
Rated: R

Saturday, August 6, 2022

11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Plaza Days:
With Walt Strony
The Scarecrow
(Buster Keaton, 1920)
The Electric House
(Buster Keaton, 1922)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
FREE
Rated: NR

1:00-3:00 PM
Night at the Museum (2006)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: PG

1:00-3:00 PM
The Piano (1993)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
rated: R

1:00-2:15 PM
The Adventures of Prince
Achmed (Silent, 1926)
El Paso Museum of Art
Location: Auditorium
FREE
Rated: NR

2:30-4:15 PM
The Blot (Silent,1921)
El Paso Museum of Art
Location: Auditorium
FREE
Rated: NR

3:30-5:30 PM
Europa Europa (1990)
German, Russian and Polish
with English subtitles
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: R

4:00-6:00 PM
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
With F. Murray Abraham
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $10
Rated: R

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: The Lion King
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-8:30 PM
The Lion King (1994)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $8
Rated: G

7:30-9:30 PM
What We Leave Behind (2022)
With Iliana Sosa
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: NR

7:30-8:30 PM
Concert: Talia Leilani
Location: Oregon Street
FREE

9:00-11:00 PM
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Location: Oregon Street
FREE (PG-13)

9:30 PM-12:00 AM
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $8
Rated: R

10:00 PM-12:00 AM
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: PG-13)

Sunday, August 7, 2022

11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Filmmaker’s Brunch
Screenwriting Competition
Winner Table Read
Location: Foundation Room
FREE

1:00-3:30 PM
Douglas Fairbanks in
Robin Hood (Silent,1922)
With Walt Strony
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: NR

1:00-2:30 PM
Quinceañera (2006)
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
Rated: R

3:00-5:00 PM
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
English and Hindi with
English subtitles
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
Cost: $4
rated: PG-13

4:30-6:00 PM
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $6
Rated: PG

6:00-6:30 PM
Film Lecture: Superman
Location: Philanthropy Theatre
FREE

7:00-9:30 PM
Superman (1978)
Location: Plaza Theatre Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Cost: $8
Rated: PG

Date: june 28  -Aug 7, 2022

Location: Various Venues in El Paso

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