The 98th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films released in 2025. Your ticket includes the red carpet show, the main event, and all-you-can-eat appetizers. You're on your own for drinks, but we've got a great selection of local wine, beer, and other non-alcoholic treats.
A deeply moving, multigenerational drama, ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU follows a Palestinian teenager who gets swept into a protest in the Occupied West Bank and experiences a moment of violence that rocks his family. The film unfolds as his mother recounts the political and emotional threads that led to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, the film traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, bearing witness to the scars of dispossession and the enduring legacy of survival. Jordan's Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards.
Rfor sexuality/nudity, language, some violence and drug content
Black Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice. This film includes all-you-can-eat pasta with your ticket!
Blood & Popcorn Film Festival is a micro Horror film festival that celebrates Bay Area Filmmakers and spotlights international talents. Enjoy the best curated collection of horror films that offer spine chilling frights and gory delights. Special Q&A with local filmmakers and free raffle prizes.
RRated R for a scene of sexuality/nudity and brief language
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this stylish throwback melodrama adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel about queer desire and forbidden romance. Introduced by Nicole Trigg, Ph.D., Berkeley City College.
PG
Cereal Cinema is the New Parkway's Saturday morning offering of family-friendly fun, accompanied by an all-you-can-eat cereal bar. We'll have classic cartoons from decades past on the screen, none announced until the actual show, but all of a PG or G equivalency.
PG-13
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. This screening includes all-you-can-eat pasta with your ticket!
PG
A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. This screening includes all-you-can-eat pasta with your ticket!
PG
Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit. Screening includes an all-you-can-eat Pasta Bar!
Rfor language
Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.
The New Parkway is now hosting a monthly five-course vegan dinner on our Mezzanine paired with a reserved loveseat and movie of your choosing (chosen from movies playing that evening). Two ticket options are Dinner+Movie for $100/person and Dinner+Movie+Unlimited Drinks for $130/person. For those buying the former option, drinks will be available for purchase from our bar. You may enjoy your dinner at any time between 6-9pm and watch a movie before or after your dinner reservation. You would arrange your dinner and movie times by emailing [email protected].
G
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately. Screening includes a pre-show lecturette about the science in the film.
PG-13for thematic content, some strong sexuality, and partial nudity
From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
Assembling hundreds of film clips and media images, artist duo Soda Jerk's s narration about the changes undergone by American society since Trump, while relishing in reflecting on contemporary cultural values. Want to chart the degraded trajectory of the U.S. power elite even further? Then grab a ticket to gripping found-footage doc WTO/99, which takes us back to the nascent origins of our deeply fractured political climate. Together, these films form a double-header charting the precipitous decline of the AmeriKKKan ruling class.
PG
Set in 1960s Hong Kong—but with the look and feel of Shanghai cinema from the 1930s—Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung smolder as impossible lovers, overwhelmed with desire and restraint. Introduced by Laura Ruberto, Ph.D., Berkeley City College.
Join the Berkeley Film Foundation for a special screening of two films with a discussion. "Keeper of the Fire” - 30 mins Keeper of the Fire is 27-minute documentary on the life and work of acclaimed San Francisco writer/poet/activist, Alejandro Murguia, the first Latino Poet Laureate of San Francisco. The film explores the roles activist writers and poets play in the fight for a more just and equitable world. Following in the footsteps of the Beat poets and inspired by the rich tradition of Spanish and Latin American literature, Murguia passionately confronts injustice and inequality with his work and his words. The six-time Emmy winning team of producers are Raymond Telles, Louis F. Dematteis and David L. Brown. https://keeperofthefire.info/ “From Here/From There (De Aquí/De Allá)” - 89 mins When the Trump administration abruptly threatens to deport 700,000 fellow Dreamers - the charismatic attorney and DACA recipient Luis Cortes Romero fights back, co-piloting an A-Team of lawyers who takes their case all the way to the Supreme Court, making Luis the first undocumented immigrant to argue before the nation’s highest court. At this critical moment for immigrant rights and amid ongoing threats to DACA, From Here/From There (De Aquí/De Allá) is a timely documentary that underscores the urgent need for compassionate immigration reform.
The New Parkway is now hosting a monthly five-course vegan dinner on our Mezzanine paired with a reserved loveseat and movie of your choosing (chosen from movies playing that evening). Two ticket options are Dinner+Movie for $100/person and Dinner+Movie+Unlimited Drinks for $130/person. For those buying the former option, drinks will be available for purchase from our bar. You may enjoy your dinner at any time between 6-9pm and watch a movie before or after your dinner reservation. You would arrange your dinner and movie times by emailing [email protected].
No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, then she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance. This screening includes all-you-can-eat pasta with your ticket!
PG-13for some suggestive material
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity. This screening includes all-you-can-eat pasta with your ticket!
R
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck), who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
Nomi Malone, a mysterious young girl with the ambition to dance embarks on a journey to Las Vegas to become a showgirl in a high-class hotel show. There she meets Molly, a seamstress at the Stardust Hotel and the two quickly become good friends. She gets a job as a lap dancer at the seedy Cheetah Club but after a chance meeting with Cristal Connors, the star of Goddess, the current show at the hotel where Molly works, Nomi manages to secure an audition for a spot on the chorus line.However she soon realizes that fame comes with a price as her friendships, her morals and her soul are put to the test as she works her way up the ladder and eventually becomes the star of the show, stealing Cristal's part. She begins to wonder if all of her work was for nothing and if she can reclaim her life back before it is too late.
PG
Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis sizzle in this gender-bending comedy, set in prohibition-era Chicago and Miami and shot at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. Introduced by Avy Valladares, Ph.D., Berkeley City College.
Super Bowl LIX, or as we say in English, 60, is the biggest of the big games, and we have all the action on the silver screens. While we don't know who is playing, it's going to be super! We'll have all the blood, sweat, and cheers with no shortage of great food and drink. Come on down so you don't miss a minute of the action!
Rfor strong/bloody violent content, sexual assault, sexual content, nudity and language.
THE HOUSEMAID is a wildly entertaining thriller starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, based on the best-selling book. From director Paul Feig, the film plunges audiences into a twisted world where perfection is an illusion, and nothing is as it seems. Trying to escape her past, Millie (Sweeney) accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar). But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous — a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power. Behind the Winchesters’ closed doors lies a world of shocking twists that will leave you guessing until the very end.
Rfor strong bloody violence, sexual content, language, and some full nudity.
In 1977, a technology expert flees from a mysterious past and returns to his hometown of Recife in search of peace. He soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he seeks.
Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
R
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon play Thelma and Louise, two working-class friends who together have planned a weekend getaway from the men in their lives. Thelma's husband, Darryl (Chris McDonald), is an overbearing oaf, and Louise's boyfriend, Jimmy (Michael Madsen), simply will not commit. Though the road trip starts out as a good time, the pair eventually wind up at a bar. A tipsy Thelma ends up in the parking lot of the bar with a would-be rapist. Louise shoots the man dead. The two decide that they have no choice but to go on the run. They eventually meet up with a young criminal named J.D. (Brad Pitt), whose cowboy spirit rubs off on the timid Thelma. The pair is pursued by a police officer (Harvey Keitel) sympathetic toward their plight. He chases them to the Grand Canyon, where the women make a fateful decision about their lives. Directed by Ridley Scott, Thelma & Louise brought first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri many accolades including the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
R
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
R
In 1977, college graduates Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) share a contentious car ride from Chicago to New York, during which they argue about whether men and women can ever truly be strictly platonic friends. Ten years later, Harry and Sally meet again at a bookstore, and in the company of their respective best friends, Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher), attempt to stay friends without sex becoming an issue between them.
An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact on human rights, labor, and the environment. Want to chart the degraded trajectory of the U.S. power elite even further? Then grab a ticket to the mind-melting mash-up film HELLO DANKNESS, which takes surrealistic satirical aim at our present political calamity. Together, these films form a double-header charting the precipitous decline of the AmeriKKKan ruling class.
Rfor sexual content, some violent content and language.
A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.