PREVIEW DAY!

PREVIEW DAY- Thursday, February 12 at 1pm and 6pm.FREE
Join us for this FREE pre-event for Winter Fest 2026 and screen all 20 movie trailers for the coming WinterFest films!
Get a better idea of what the Dietrich’s Winter Fest 2026 movies are about!
See the trailers that hooked us and made us choose them.
Discounted concession items!

Year: 2026

Genre: various

Rating: various

Length: various

2/12 1:00 PM

2/12 6:00 PM

Winter Fest 2026

Winter Fest 2026- Friday, Feb. 20 - Thursday, March 12
Enjoy 20 films in 21 days!
Come and enjoy and eclectic celebration of some of the year's best foreign, independent and art films!
We strive to bring to our screen some of the most recent Golden Globe winners and Academy Award Nominees for your enjoyment.
While there is no gala for Winter Fest, Opening night of Winter Festival will be Friday, February 20 at 7pm and our opening night movies are "The Choral" and "Rental Family".
All festival movies are $8.50 each

*PREVIEW DAY, a free event, is on Thursday, February 12 at 1pm and 6pm, when we show all the previews for the coming winter film festival movies.
Come and see the previews and get a first hand review of the movies! You'll get a great idea, all at once viewing of what the festival movies are about.

*We are in the process of adding all the film information to the Festival page, so please check back for updates and film listings!

The Winter Fest brochure is on its way to the printer, but you can view the brochures now as PDF files by clicking on the buttons below the calendar!

Year: 2026

Genre: various

Rating: various

Length: various

Cast: various

2/20 7:00 PM

3/12 7:00 PM

Rental Family

Rated:PG-13 110 minutes in English, Japanese Directed by: Hikari
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto
A gig playing “Sad American” at an actual funeral leads a washed-up actor (Brendan Fraser) in Tokyo to a job with a “rental family” agency, staging scenarios that allow clients to work through their personal challenges. But when a job requires him to pose as an absentee father reconnecting with his young daughter, genuine bonds begin to form, blurring the lines between performance and reality. Rental Family is a sweet natured dramedy that reaffirms the significance of human connection.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama

Rating: PG-13

Length: 1hr50min

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto

2/20 9:30 PM

2/23 7:00 PM

2/26 2:30 PM

2/28 9:15 PM

3/03 12:00 PM

3/05 2:30 PM

3/07 2:30 PM

3/12 7:15 PM

The Choral

Rated: R 113 minutes in English Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Mark Addy, Emily Fairn
Set during World War I, The Choral follows a choral society’s male members who enlist into the war effort. This forces the choral director - played by Ralph Fiennes - to recruit the town’s boys to take their place for a performance of Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius”. Despite challenges and conflicts, they come together to learn the joys of singing and the power of community.

Year: 2025

Rating: R

Length: 1hr50min

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Mark Addy, Emily Fairn

2/20 7:00 PM

2/22 5:00 PM

2/24 2:45 PM

2/27 2:15 PM

3/03 12:00 PM

3/07 4:30 PM

3/12 5:00 PM

Hamnet

Rated:PG-13 125 minutes in English Directed by: Chloé Zhao
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actress and Best Picture Drama, Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) writes and directs this account about Shakespeare and his family. Hamnet is based on the novel by Maggie O’Farrell and is set during the creation of Hamlet. But William Shakespeare is not at the forefront of the story - instead it is told from the point of view of his wife Agnes. This period drama stars Paul Mescal as the Bard and Jessie Buckley as his wife, who each give marvelous performances.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama

Rating: PG-13

Length: 2hr5min

Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart

2/22 12:00 PM

2/24 7:15 PM

2/28 4:30 PM

3/03 2:30 PM

3/05 12:00 PM

3/07 7:00 PM

3/09 12:00 PM

3/12 2:15 PM

Nuremburg

Rated:PG-13 148 minutes in English, German Directed by: James Vanderbilt
Starring: Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon
Nuremberg is a finely tuned post-WWII historical drama that follows a U.S. Army psychiatrist played by Academy Award winner Rami Malek, as he investigates the mental status of a high-ranking Nazi officer
played by Russell Crowe, in preparation for the Nuremberg trials. This thought-provoking psychological thriller is well paced with complex and commanding performances from both Crowe and Malek.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama

Rating: PG-13

Length: 2hr30min

Cast: Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon

2/22 7:15 PM

2/26 12:00 PM

3/02 4:30 PM

3/05 12:00 PM

3/08 5:00 PM

3/12 12:00 PM

Sentimental Value

Rated:R 133 minutes in Norwegian, English, French Directed by: Joachim Trier
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama and winner of the Grand Prix at this past year’s Cannes Film Festival, Sentimental Value tells the story of Nora, a gifted stage actress who along with her sister were both raised by their single mother after their once acclaimed filmmaker father
leaves. Now reentering their life as adults, their father attempts to cast Nora in his comeback film which opens old wounds. From the writer-director of The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier’s latest is a daring exploration of family dynamics, the past, and the power of art.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 2hr10min

Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning

2/21 7:00 PM

2/25 12:00 PM

2/27 4:30 PM

3/01 2:00 PM

3/05 2:45 PM

3/09 2:30 PM

3/11 12:00 PM

The Secret Agent

Rated: R 161 minutes in Portuguese, German, English Directed by: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Starring: Robson Andrade, Rubens Santos, Licínio Januário
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film, and winner of Best Director and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, The Secret Agent is a neo-noir political thriller set in 1977 Brazil starring Robson Andrade, Rubens Santos, and Licínio Januário. The film follows a former professor returning to Brazil during the final years of the military dictatorship, only to be drawn into a tense web of political danger, personal ghosts, and hired killers.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 2hr40min

Cast: Robson Andrade, Rubens Santos, Licínio Januário

2/21 9:30 PM

3/04 4:30 PM

3/06 11:45 AM

3/08 2:00 PM

3/10 7:15 PM

It was Just an Accident

Rated:PG-13 103 minutes in Persian, Azerbaijani Directed by: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi
Winner of the Palme ’dOr at the Cannes Film Festival and directed by legendary Iranian director Jafar Panahi, It was Just an Accident follows a group of former Iranian political prisoners who face the question of whether to exact revenge on a man they believe may be their tormentor. Panahi, who is critical of the Iranian government and has been imprisoned several times, made the film without official filming permission from the Iranian authorities.

Year: 2025

Genre: Thriller/Crime

Rating: PG-13

Length: 1hr40min

Cast: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi

2/24 5:00 PM

3/01 7:15 PM

3/06 12:00 PM

3/10 5:00 PM

No Other Choice

Rated:R 139 minutes in Korean, English Directed by: Park Chan-wook
Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Woo Seung Kim
Directed by Park Chan-wook (Oldboy), No Other Choice follows a man who is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he has worked tirelessly for many years. He grows increasingly desperate in his job hunt
and decides that his only form of recourse is to kill off his competition to be assured of the job he seeks to maintain his way of life.

Year: 2025

Genre: Comedy/Thriller

Rating: R

Length: 2hr20min

Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Woo Seung Kim

2/24 12:00 PM

2/27 7:00 PM

3/06 9:30 PM

3/09 2:00 PM

Blue Moon

Rated: R 100 minutes in English Directed by: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott
Richard Linklater's Blue Moon tells the story of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravels at the opening night party for his former partner's hit show Oklahoma! By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love.

Year: 2025

Genre: Musical/Drama

Rating: R

Length: 1hr40min

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott

2/23 2:30 PM

2/28 7:00 PM

2/28 7:00 PM

3/03 2:30 PM

3/07 9:30 PM

3/12 12:00 PM

The Testament of Ann Lee

Rated: R 137 minutes in English Directed by: Mona Fastvold
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie
From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold, The Testament of Ann Lee is the extraordinary true story of the founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker's irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers. The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns with original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg.

Year: 2025

Genre: Drama

Rating: R

Length: 2hr15min

Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie

2/24 2:45 PM

2/27 9:30 PM

3/04 7:30 PM

3/07 12:00 PM

3/11 2:30 PM