Heights Theater
Theater & Performing Arts
3951 Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
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Upcoming Events (16)
1948 | D: Alfred Hitchcock Jimmy Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger GENERAL ADMISSION $13.00 - in person $13.75 - online PART OF THE 2026 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRYLON CINEMA Inspired by the notorious 1924 Leopold–Loeb murder case, Rope concerns a pair of intellectuals who kill a young man to prove their superiority—and then invite their professor over while the body lies in a trunk in the living room. DCP TICKETS Late Night Heights
1997 | D: Paul WS Anderson Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson GENERAL ADMISSION $13.00 - in person $13.75 - online In 2047, the crew of the spaceship Lewis and Clark are dispatched to Neptune to save the Event Horizon, which vanished and now mysteriously returned. Inside, they find unimaginable terrors from deep space, an otherworldly evil that turns crewmembers insane. From not-Oscar winner Paul Anderson came this mind-bending sci-fi thriller that bombed in theate
2008 | D: Hayao Miyazaki Noah Cyrus, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Frankie Jonas GENERAL ADMISSION $13.00 - in person $13.75 - online STUDENT, SENIOR AND CHILDRENS PRICING AVAILABLE When Brunhilde, the fish-like daughter of an underwater wizard, is accidentally trapped in a glass jar and brought to land, she becomes the pet of a five-year-old boy who names her Ponyo. But when Ponyo seeks to become a human girl and uses her father’s magic to change, there are devastating cons
2004 | D: Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass GENERAL ADMISSION $13.00 - in person $13.75 - online In this intense crime drama reminiscent of the best of Martin Scorsese, SpongeBob and Patrick, the starfish, must try to clear the name of Mr. Krabs, who was framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Straight from the Nickelodeon universe comes this wacky, laugh-a-minute cartoon that was a modest hit in its day, and is a cult classic now, perfect for
1929 | D: Dziga Vertov GENERAL ADMISSION $20.00 - in person $20.75 - online FEATURING AN INCREDIBLE SCORE BY PAUL METZGER ON HIS MODIFIED BANJO! This plotless, avant-garde movie is a study of incredible cinematic techniques, laying the groundwork for the use of multiple exposure, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, match cuts, jump cuts, split screens, Dutch angles… the list goes on and on. And it’s one heck of a fun ride, a little over an hour of director Dziga Vertov’s brother, Mikhail Ka
1959 | D: Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason GENERAL ADMISSION $19.00 - in person $19.75 - online PART OF THE 2026 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRYLON CINEMA Charming adman Roger O. Thornhill (Grant) must run for his life when he’s mistaken for a government agent by a crime ring, gaining help from the seductive Eve Kendall (Saint) along the way. This one has it all: high-flying thrills, a barrage of witty quips, and abundant suspense. 70mm - MGM TH
1938 | D: Howard Hawks Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett ALL SEATS: $16.00 - in person $16.75 - online The very definition of screwball, Howard Hawks' BRINGING UP BABY throws loony socialite Susan Vance (Katherine Hepburn) at uptight paleontologist Dr. David Huxley (Cary Grant), who's engaged to be married to someone else. There's a leopard, there's an 'intercostal clavicle', there's Cary in a house dress, Katherine in a torn, bottomless evening gown, and more laughs
1963 | D: Stanley Donen Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn ALL SEATS: $13.00 - in person $13.75 - online Poor Reggie (Audrey Hepburn)! Her soon-to-be-ex-husband has been murdered, her apartment is stripped bare of her belongings, and a CIA officer informs her that this husband of hers stole a pile of gold, hid it, and she unwittingly has the clues to find the loot. That means she could be rich! It also means she could die, but quick. See, his dastardly partners are after he
1986 | D: Lloyd Kaufman Janelle Brady, Gil Brenton, Robert Prichard, Pat Ryan ALL SEATS: $19.00 - in person $19.75 - online Director and Founder of Troma Films, Lloyd Kaufman, will be in person for a meet-and-greet and Q&A. Tromaville's honor students are transformed into rampaging freaks when toxic waste leaks into the water supply. DCP TICKETS
2020 | D: Lloyd Kaufman Lloyd Kaufman, Kate McGarrigle, Amanda Flowers ALL SEATS: $19.00 - in person $19.75 - online Director and Founder of Troma Films, Lloyd Kaufman, will be in person for a meet-and-greet and Q&A. Mad scientist Prospero runs away with his blind daughter, Miranda, to Tromaville, hiding from evil pharmaceutical execs, including his sister Antoinette, who ruined his career. DCP TICKETS RECURRING SERIES LATE NIGHT HEIGHTS Come watch a late night movie at the heights! SHOWTIMES 20
1957 | D: Leo McCarey Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson ALL SEATS: $13.00 - in person $13.75 - online Nickie (Grant) is a ladies’ man. Terry (Deborah Kerr) is an upstanding woman. They meet on the SS Constitution, and, to both of their surprises, fall deeply in love despite each being in a relationship. When they dock in New York, they vow to set things straight with their other partners, and meet by the Empire State Building in six months. But when tragedy strikes, will
1939 | D: Howard Hawks Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery Jr. ALL SEATS: $13.00 - in person $13.75 - online Geoff Carter (Grant) runs Barranca Airways, an airmail company in the early days of flight. Leaping their planes over difficult terrain in the Andes Mountains, these brave pilots risk life and limb to get the mail through. From this simple premise comes perhaps Howard Hawks’ most sublime examination of men and women working together to
1942 | D: George Stevens Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman ALL SEATS: $13.00 - in person $13.75 - online Labor activist Leopold Dilg (Grant) is fighting hard to change working conditions at the local mill. When the plant burns down and kills a foreman, the town, under the thumb of the mill owner, fingers Dilg as the killer. So he hides out in the attic of former high school chum, Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur). Problem is, she’s rented the house to law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman)
1921 | D: Robert Wiene Werner Krauss, Conrad Viedt, Lil Dagover GENERAL ADMISSION $20.00 - in person $20.75 - online FEATURING A WONDERFULLY CREEPY SCORE BY ALEC WATSON ON THE HEIGHTS’ MIGHTY WURLITZER! Mysterious murders abound in a small town, in which a traveling carnival visits, bringing with them the eponymous Dr. Caligari and a somnambulist, Cesare. When a trio of friends tries to get to the bottom of the case, reality itself seems to turn upside down. Robert Wiene’s silent Weimar-era expr
1929 - 1934 STAN LAUREL & OLIVER HARDY ALL SEATS $15.00 - in person $15.75 - online NEW RESTORATIONS! One of the Heights’ most popular events returns for what is sure to be sold-out screenings! This year we’re bringing five classic short films in new digital restorations. “Berth Marks” (1929), “Men O’ War” (1929), “Perfect Day” (1929), “One Good Turn” (1931), and “Scram” (1932) will make for a riotous afternoon. Don’t miss it! DCPs courtesy of Jeff Joseph. DCPs - Jeff Joseph SATURDAY 6/6 SUNDAY
35MM DYE TRANSFER TECHNICOLOR PRINT! 1939 | D: VICTOR FLEMING JUDY GARLAND, RAY BOLGER, JACK HALEY, BERT LAHR, MARGARET HAMILTON ALL SEATS $16.00 - in person $16.75 - online The Heights is one of the few theaters in the entire country showing this rare Dye Transfer Technicolor print, which must be seen to be believed. The yellow brick road, Dorothy's ruby slippers, the emerald city of Oz—The Wizard of Oz bursts from the screen in all of its Technicolor glory. These shows sell out each year and a