The Historic
​Artcraft Theatre

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Yes, 35mm film is STILL our preferred movie format! 

We will be announcing movies as dates approach.

Members can purchase tickets one week before non-members. 
Film being inspected by lead projectionist, Steve Blair
All films subject to change. Trust us, we don't like that situation any more than you, and we do our best to avoid it.

Hocus Pocus

October 11, 12, and 13
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
​2 p.m., Sunday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1993 - 1 hour, 36 minutes - Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rated PG
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches who were executed in the 17th century.
Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy

Sponsored by:  
Black Label Candles

Torchfire Film Festival

October 17
7 p.m., Thursday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
A celebration of independent filmmaking. Enjoy feature-length, short films, and locally made screenings.
Filmmakers, enter your creation at this link.

Evil Dead II

October 18 and 19
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1987 - 1 hour, 24 minutes - Horror, Comedy
Rated R
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks

Sponsored by:  
 Possibilities: Home Re-Imagined 

Bingo Night

October 22
Doors open at 5:30
Games start at 7 p.m.
Win cash and prizes!
Costumes encouraged = participate in our costume contest!
Bring your daubers, clipboards, and lucky charms. It's time for another round of BINGO at The Artcraft Theatre! $20 for a six-face card (10 games plus at least one bonus). Additional cards available for purchase. Limited table seating will be available.
​This event is open to 18 and over only.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

October 24
1:30 p.m., Thursday
Swartz Senior Series
A special showing for the more experienced movie lovers, 55 and over!
Free admission and concessions. Tickets for this showtime available day of show ONLY when doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Free admission courtesy of:  Swartz Family Community Mortuary
Free concessions provided by:  Astral at Franklin
Oct. 25 and 26
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1966 - 1 hour, 30 minutes - Comedy, Family, Mystery
Rating  Approved
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
Starring: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmund
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Plus!!! Meet Sammy Terry before the Saturday evening show! Sammy will also be onstage for the preshow  introduction and festivities!
Sammy Terry's appearance courtesy of Alsip Law

Sponsored by:  
Swartz Family Community Mortuary

Silents Synched: Nosferatu
- soundtrack'd to Radiohead's Amnesiac and Kid A

October 30
7:30 p.m., Wednesday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
2024 / 1923 - 1 hour, 30 minutes - Horror
Not Rated
A new twist on a classic horror film!
Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. Created by an independent cinema owner for independent cinemas! Silents Synced will be available to book exclusively for independents and drive-ins only! This film will feature Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001),” paired with Nosferatu (1923).
Directed and remixed by Josh Frank

Sponsored by:  
Mutant Tattoo Studio
Tickets available:
​Members: Oct. 2
​General Public: Oct. 9

Thelma and Louise

November 1
7:30 p.m., Friday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1991 - 2 hours, 10 minutes - Crime, Adventure, Drama
Rated R
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
Two best friends set out on an adventure, fend off an attacker, and begin a crime spree, which turns into a multi-state police pursuit and ends tragically. Brad Pitt makes his first big-screen appearance.​
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis

Sponsored by:  
Janette Koon, CFP; Craig Clements, CLF; Waddell and Reed
Tickets available at the door day of show only.

Cartoons for Cans

November 2
11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saturday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
A six-pack of cartoons from the Warner Brothers vault - different cartoons at each showtime!
Not Rated
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
Start your Saturday with a block of classic Warner Brothers cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and pals! 
Admission is one canned good or non-perishable item. All items collected will be donated to Interchurch Food Pantry
Tickets available at the door, day of show only.

Sponsored by:  
Vaught Family Eye Care
Tickets available:
​Members: Oct. 2
​General Public: Oct. 9

Escape from New York

November 2
7:30 p.m., Saturday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1981- 1 hour, 39 minutes - Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Rated R
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
In the far future of 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison. The infamous mercenary and prisoner Snake Plissken is tasked with infiltrating Manhattan to save the U.S. President, after Air Force One crash-lands in New York City.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton

Sponsored by:  
The Abbott Family
In kind donations will be gladly accepted for the evening's musicians.

A Tribute to our Heroes

November 7
7 p.m., Thursday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
Live performance by The Franklin Community Band
Please join us for a special performance of patriotic music to honor our veterans and everyday heroes.  Inspiring and stirring songs from past to present will be the order of the evening, including the music of George Cohan, Richard Rodgers, and Irving Berlin.  The wonderful and captivating tenor Eric DeForest will be joining the band to sing a few patriotic favorites.  Not to be missed!

Presented by:  
The Franklin Community Band
Tickets available:
​Members: Oct. 2
​General Public: Oct. 9

No Time For Sergeants

November 8 and 9
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1958 - 1 hour, 59 minutes - Comedy
Rating: Approved
A country bumpkin enlists in the Air Force, raising hijinks with his fellow recruits and driving his drill sergeant to insanity. Starring Andy Griffith, No Time For Sergeants is a warm, funny military comedy that will appeal to all ages.
Starring: Andy Griffith, Myron McCormick, Nick Adams

Sponsored by:  
Prosthetic Solutions of Indiana

45RPM

November 10
3 p.m., Sunday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
Live 60s music on stage!
45RPM is an Indianapolis-based band that pays tribute to the hits of the British Invasion and America's musical response. The band takes its audience back to the music that changed rock and roll by recreating the look, sound and feel of the mid-60s time period. The concert will include selections from The Beatles, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Dave Clark Five, the Mamas and the Papas, Herman's Hermits, The Turtles and more.

Tickets: $10 for members, $15 for general public
Tickets available:
​Members: Oct. 9
​General Public: Oct. 16

Anne of Green Gables

November 15 and 16
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1985 - 3 hours, 15 minutes - Drama, Family
Rating: Approved
When Anne Shirley arrives at the Cuthbert's farm on Prince Edward Island, she is a child with a wild imagination, desperate to be loved. We follow Anne's enchanting life, from her struggles as an adolescent to her triumphs as a young woman.
Starring: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth

Sponsored by:  
Janette Koon, CFP; Craig Clements, CLF; Waddell and Reed

Bingo Night

November 19
Doors open at 5:30
Games start at 7 p.m.
Win cash and prizes!
Bring your daubers, clipboards, and lucky charms. It's time for another round of BINGO at The Artcraft Theatre! $20 for a six-face card (10 games plus at least one bonus). Additional cards available for purchase. Limited table seating will be available.
​This event is open to 18 and over only.
Tickets available:
​Members: Oct. 9
​General Public: Oct. 16

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

November 22 and 23
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1987 - 1 hour, 33 minutes - Comedy
Rated R
A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy

Sponsored by:  
Rapid Prototyping & Engineering
Tickets available:
​Members: Oct. 16
​General Public: Oct. 23

Elf

November 29, 30, and December 1
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
2 & 5:30 p.m., Sunday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
2003- 1 hour, 37 minutes - Comedy
Rated PG
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
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.
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart

Sponsored by:  
Patton Plumbing
Tickets available:
​Members: Oct. 23
​General Public: Oct. 30

A Christmas Story

December 6, 7, and 8
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
2 & 5:30 p.m., Sunday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1983 - 1 hour, 33 minutes - Comedy
Rated PG
Scheduled to show on 35mm film courtesy of the Branigin Film library at The Artcraft Theatre
In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
Starring: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin

Sponsored by:  
Marc Hagn
Tickets available:
​Members: Oct. 30
​General Public: Nov. 6

White Christmas

December 12
1:30 p.m., Thursday
Swartz Senior Series
A special showing for the more experienced movie lovers, 55 and over!
Free admission and concessions. Tickets for this showtime available day of show ONLY when doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Free admission courtesy of:  Swartz Family Community Mortuary
Free concessions provided by:  Astral at Franklin
December 13, 14, and 15
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
2 & 5:30 p.m., Sunday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1954 - 2 hours - Musical, Comedy, Romance
Rating: Approved
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen

Sponsored by:  
Elba and Gene Portteus Branigin Foundation
Tickets available:
​Members: Nov. 6
​General Public: Nov. 13
A members-only screening FREE and exclusive to Franklin Heritage, Inc. / Artcraft Theatre members

Holiday Affair

December 19
7 p.m., Thursday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1949 - 1 hour, 27 minutes - Comedy, Romance
Rating Approved
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
A young widow is torn in a complicated triangle between a newly friended and charming salesclerk and her boring long-time steady suitor.
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey
Tickets available:
​Members: Nov. 6
​General Public: Nov. 13

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

December 20, 21, and 22
2 & 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday
2 & 5:30 p.m., Sunday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1989 - 1 hour, 37 minutes - Comedy
Rated PG-13
Scheduled to show on 35mm film
The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis

Sponsored by:  
Campbell Shuck Insurance
Tickets available:
​Members: Nov. 6
​General Public: Nov. 13

Die Hard

December 23
2 & 7:30 p.m., Monday
(Doors open ~60 minutes prior to showtime)
1988 - 2 hours, 12 minutes - Action, Thriller
Rated R
Scheduled to show on 35mm film courtesy of the Branigin Film library at The Artcraft Theatre
Yippee-kay-yay! Let's close out the Christmas movie season with a bang! A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia

Sponsored by:  
Campbell Shuck Insurance