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ROB REINER TRIBUTE WEEKEND

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ND – SUNDAY, JANUARY 4TH 

 SPINAL TAP DOUBLE FEATURE 

**WE WILL BE PLAYING SPINAL TAP 1 & 2 AS A BACK-TO-BACK DOUBLE FEATURE**
Friday, January 2nd
1:00 pm  &  7:00 pm

ROB REINER TRIBUTE WEEKEND

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ND – SUNDAY, JANUARY 4TH 

THIS IS SPINAL TAP

“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.
Saturday, January 3rd
4:00 pm

SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES

The now estranged bandmates of Spinal Tap are forced to reunite for one final concert, hoping it will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock ‘n’ roll.
Sunday, January 4th
4:00 pm  

ROB REINER TRIBUTE WEEKEND

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ND – SUNDAY, JANUARY 4TH 

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT 

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world’s most powerful men, can have anything he wants — and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd’s attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
Saturday, January 3rd
1:00 pm
Sunday, January 4th
7:00 pm 

ROB REINER TRIBUTE WEEKEND

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ND – SUNDAY, JANUARY 4TH 

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they’re still no closer to finding the answer.
Saturday, January 3rd
7:00 pm
Sunday, January 4th
1:00 pm 

2026 Winter Season

PASSES FOR OUR 10TH SEASON ARE NOW ON SALE

Tuesday, January 13th through Tuesday, March 31st

1pm and 7pm

Tuesday, October 7 – Tuesday, December 23rd

How do you say I love you? In this charming, beautiful – and wordless! – German-Georgian film, love arrives by gondola. Set in the Caucasus mountains of Western Georgia, GONDOLA begins when “the new girl” arrives in town to work as a cable car operator. Another young woman operates the nearby gondola, and through a series of getting-to-know you stunts (costumes, water fights), the two fall in love. And though their chemistry attracts the ire of their older male boss, GONDOLA is a film that can be trusted to turn even the most tired conventions into fodder for whimsy.

Tuesday, December 23rd at 1pm and 7pm

Thank You to Our Sponsors

TERRY LYNN CARRITHERS
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GRANT MICHAEL CARRITHERS

The Traverse City Film Festival is committed to showing ‘Just Great Movies’ and helping to save one of America’s few indigenous art forms — the cinema. We are committed to showing great movies that both entertain and enlighten the audience. We need movies that seek to enrich the human spirit and the art of filmmaking, not the bottom line. Our goal is for people to leave the theater with the feeling that they just watched something special.

Kids’ $1 Matinee!

The State Theatre offers family friendly movies every Saturday at 10 am.

All tickets are only $1

We also offer affordable snacks for both children and adults.

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The State Theatre is operated by the Traverse City Film Festival, a licensed 501(c)3 organization.

STATE THEATRE

233 E. Front St.

Traverse City, MI 49684

(231) 600-7272