48 Hour Film Project Movie Premiere & Award Ceremony

On July 28, 2024, a group of Little Rock-based filmmaking teams submitted the results from their weekend of adrenaline, caffeine, and creativity – a completed short film! From dream to […]

F1 Wheels on Reels: Cars 2 (2011)

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Celebrate the opening of AMFA's new exhibition Beyond the F1 Circuit: Artistry and Speed with Williams Racing at this family-friendly screening of Disney's animated film Cars 2. Race car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his tow-truck buddy, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), have had their share of adventures together […]

F1 Wheels on Reels: Rush (2013)

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Celebrate the opening of AMFA's new exhibition Beyond the F1 Circuit: Artistry and Speed with Williams Racing at this screening of the thrilling racing film based on a true story, Rush. In the mid-1970s, charismatic English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) share […]

Tales from the Indigenous South

The Arkansas Cinema Society, The Sequoyah National Research Center, and the University of Arkansas - Little Rock are pleased to host an afternoon of short films relating to issues pertaining to regional nations and tribes. The film line-up is as follows:

Event Series The Triumph of Nature

Movies at the Museum: Moulin Rouge (2001)

Celebrate the power of love and creative inspiration at this special screening in honor of AMFA's exhibition The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art. True romantics may already know the story of Moulin Rouge, but there is no experience quite like seeing this movie musical on the big screen and […]

Movies at the Museum: Practical Magic (1998)

Falling in love is the trickiest spell of all! Celebrate the magic of Halloween by bringing your coven to a spellbinding screening of this witchy movie. In Practical Magic, Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman), born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend dies unexpectedly, the […]

Commanding the Screen Watch Party

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The West Wing with a special screening of the two-part season four premiere, “20 Hours in America.” In these episodes, President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) deals with multiple crises – including a cover-up of the assassination of a foreign dignitary – while Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff), and Donna […]

Movies at the Museum: Home Alone (1990)

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal! The most wonderful time of the year is just around the corner. Kick off the holiday season with a festive screening of the family-favorite flick, Home Alone. In the film, bratty eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris and his mother (Catherine […]

Movies at the Museum: Die Hard (1988)

Is Die Hard really a holiday movie? Make your thoughts known by securing a seat for this thrilling screening at AMFA. In the film, New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. After joining his wife at her company's holiday party, the festivities […]

Movies at the Museum: The Family Stone (2005)

Grab your popcorn and prepare to laugh: hilarity ensues in this holiday movie centering around a unique family gathering at Christmastime. In The Family Stone, Everett Stone (Dermot Mulroney) wants to bring his girlfriend, Meredith Morton (Sarah Jessica Parker), home to meet his bohemian Connecticut family. Straitlaced Meredith, feeling she needs backup, asks her sister […]

Movies at the Museum: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Gather the whole family for this heartwarming film featuring everyone's favorite comedy crew: The Muppets! In this classic Dickens holiday tale, Kermit the Frog plays family man Bob Cratchit and Sir Michael Caine plays the stingy Ebenezer Scrooge. Other Muppets – like Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, and Sam the Eagle – weave in and […]

Sneak Series: The Brutalist (SOLD OUT)

The Arkansas Cinema Society and Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts are proud to present The Brutalist fresh off its Venice Film Festival premiere in a special sneak preview screening before its theatrical release. About the Film Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage […]