Harold and Maude

A unique and exuberant love story in a jewel box theater!

Love knows no bounds when oddball 20-year-old Harold meets exuberant 79-year-old Maude. The two become unexpected best friends when his fascination with death meets its match in her joie de vivre. This eccentric, high-spirited comedy has become one of the greatest romances in cinema. With a gorgeous, heart-crushing soundtrack by Cat Stevens, join us as we celebrate the cult dynamic duo as they find love in an unlikely place.

Get in the Valentine’s spirit at the lavish Palace Theatre with DJs spinning before and after the film, full bars with special concoctions, and 1970s-saturated photobooth where you can have your photo taken with your own partner in crime.

True Romance – Valentines Party

High-voltage action and prismatic pulp romance in Downtown Los Angeles! 

Director Tony Scott delivers a feverish, candy-colored 90s Bonnie and Clyde with enough raw glory and tender romance to make your Valentine’s Day a brilliant night.

Outlaw lovers Alabama and Clarence are on the run to Hollywood after they accidentally steal a suitcase from the mob. Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater are a magnetic force to be reckoned with as they outsmart gangsters on the sly. The hallucinatory and cheeky script by Quentin Tarantino made him a household name, with a cast of fantastic stars including Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer, Samuel Jackson, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, James Gandolfini, Mike Rapaport, and Bronson Pinchot.

Join us at the sumptuous Los Angeles Theatre for a luxurious and romantic night with stellar DJ sets before and after the film, a grand ballroom, full bars and specialty cocktails, and an immersive photobooth you’ll want to share with your special one.

Dress code: Come in your Valentines best for our Photobooth and more instagrammable moments! – cocktail, movie inspired, truly romantic looks. Valid ID required for bar.

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

*25 Year Anniversary*

It’s a fantastical Tim Burton holiday party when THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS gets the Cinespia treatment with a lush, gothic winter wonderland at the Palace Theatre! Our downtown December tradition continues with the most hauntingly original holiday film ever and a wonderful one-of-a-kind Christmas party!

Jack Skellington, the iconic pumpkin king of Halloween Town, seeks a new thrill when he discovers Christmas Town and decides to put his own ghoulish spin on the newfound holiday. Will his spirited mission jeopardize holly jolly Sandy Claws and the yuletide holiday forever?

Sing along with the enchantingly catchy songs, revisit the wildly imaginative fairy tale landscapes, and fall in love with a visionary cast of characters only Tim Burton could bring to life in ingenious stop motion! Every moment is a work of art with Jack and winter goth queen Sally, adorable ghost dog Zero, and skeletal reindeer games! A surreal and celebratory take on the holiday with frights and sounds you’ll never forget.

Come dressed as your favorite character or decked in holiday cheer! (Christmas sweaters are welcomed.)

The Royal Tenenbaums

The wry, royal family comes to the Palace Theater! 

Wes Anderson’s iconic film brings the wonderful Tenenbaums to downtown Los Angeles in all their lush, wild splendor. 

Watch the Tenenbaums put the fun in dysfunctional when patriarch Royal tries to make amends with his estranged wife, Etheline, and three children, former prodigies turned wistful adults; Margot, the playwright; Chas, the businessman, and tennis champion, Richie. With a phenomenal cast of loveably flawed characters played by Gene Hackman, Anjelica Houston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Luke Wilson. 

It’s an offbeat and uproarious time in an enchanting theater with full bars, stellar DJ sets before and after the film, and an eye-catching photobooth inspired by the film. 

With a score by Mark Mothersbaugh and a celebrated soundtrack featuring Nico, Elliott Smith, The Velvet Underground, Paul Simon, and Nick Drake. 21+ with valid ID. 

Young Frankenstein

Screwball gets screwy when Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks join forces in the spoof-tacular monster mash!

It’s one gag after another with unrivaled funnyman Gene Wilder and a hilariously hysterical cast including Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, and Cloris Leachman.

The heir of Doctor Frankenstein goes on an electrifying journey to Transylvania when he inherits his grandfather’s gothic castle and the outlandish servants that roam the halls. Full of wildly unforgettable characters, from the idiosyncratic Igor to zany Frau Blucher, it’s a laugh a minute until Frankenstein learns the secret to reanimation and unleashes a new monster.

A loving send-up of classic horror films, this Halloween favorite will having you rolling during one of our last screenings at the cemetery this year.