The Guild Cinema

The Guild Cinema We feature Eclectic and independent film, seven days a week. We are independent, and unique.

The Guild Cinema is located in the heart of the historic Nob Hill district of Albuquerque at 3405 Central Avenue NE, two blocks west of Carlisle on the north side of the street.

TEENAGE S*X AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMASep 11 thru 14Fri to Mon 7:15pm only!Dir. Jane Schoenbrun - 2026 - 111mFrom the dire...
09/09/2026

TEENAGE S*X AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
Sep 11 thru 14
Fri to Mon 7:15pm only!
Dir. Jane Schoenbrun - 2026 - 111m

From the director of I Saw the TV Glow, with Hannah Einbinder & Gillian Anderson!

BONUS! PRODUCER AND ACTOR W***Y MCGEE (AND MAYBE ANOTHER!) TO SPEAK AT SOME OF WEEKEND SCREENINGS! STAY TUNED, MORE INFO T.B.A!

Starring Hannah Einbinder & Gillian Anderson - After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie's now-reclusive star, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

"AN ABSOLUTE BLOODY BLAST" - IGN

"SPELLBINDING. A NEW GOSPEL." - THE WRAP

"A STEAMY STEW OF S*X, DEATH, VHS AND JUNK FOOD." - VARIETY

HONEYJOONSep 8 thru 10Tue to Thu 6:15pm only!Dir. Lilian T. Mehrel - 2026 - 75mNew director Lilian T. Mehrel’s acclaimed...
09/06/2026

HONEYJOON
Sep 8 thru 10
Tue to Thu 6:15pm only!
Dir. Lilian T. Mehrel - 2026 - 75m

New director Lilian T. Mehrel’s acclaimed Tribeca-winning travelogue dramedy on the Azores Islands!

BONUS! Director Lilian T. Mehrel will do a virtual Q&A opening night!

A surprisingly s*xy, darkly funny, emotional rollercoaster… In this light-and-dark comedy, June and her Persian-British mom Lela travel to the romantic Azores islands for a grief anniversary, with contrasting ways of coping. A hot philosophical surfer takes them on a tour as we surf the waves of life, loss, flirting… an unforgettable ride.

In her award-winning debut feature, director Lilian T. Mehrel brilliantly transforms grief, desire, and human connection into something electric, introducing a visionary new voice.

Surf the waves of life, loss, flirting…

“A thrill ride” – The Hollywood Reporter

“A special balance” – The New York Times

"A visionary new voice” – IndieWire

“Standout… funny, s*xy” – Vogue

“Magnetic… the work of a gifted alchemist.” – Movie Archer

FILIPIÑANASep 8 thru 10Tue to Thu 3:45, 8:15Dir. Rafael Manuel - 2025 - 100m - Singapore / UK/ Philippines / Netherlands...
09/05/2026

FILIPIÑANA
Sep 8 thru 10
Tue to Thu 3:45, 8:15
Dir. Rafael Manuel - 2025 - 100m - Singapore / UK/ Philippines / Netherlands / France - In Filipino with English subtitles

The extraordinary & visually dazzling Filipino golf resort dark comedy!

Displaying an extraordinary command of his surreal and unnerving visual language, first-time filmmaker Rafael Manuel adapts his award-winning 2020 short film of the same name to chilling effect. Manuel plumbs the depths of Filipino identity and national consciousness to uncover ominous fragments and cracks that defy picture-perfect unity. Through a stylized, colorful approach lensed with care and precision by cinematographer Xenia Patricia, Manuel takes us into a world where violence and control are exerted with the subtle flick of a wrist or tip of a hat. Painting a scathing portrait of class disparities and post-colonial power structures in ways that are both quiet and unsettling, Filipiñana announces the arrival of an accomplished writer-director who unflinchingly confronts his country’s past, present, and future.

"A great film can be recognized from its first shot, and that’s how it is with Filipiñana, which grabbed me from the very beginning, announcing itself as a masterwork... Its scenes are finely composed and precisely staged yet fluidly energetic. They are exemplary in their sensory beauty, in the delicately understated emotions that they embody, in the world that they conjure, in the analytical insight that they unfold. With Filipiñana, Manuel opens new vistas in the future of the cinema." – Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“A rich, densely cinematic film, it is a stunning assured debut from young Filipino filmmaker Rafael Manuel... A film that should be seen in cinemas.” – C.J. Prince, The Film Stage

“Darkly comic, visually inventive...cinematically builds into a scathing account of inequality.” – Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

DC CAB (1983)Sep 7Mon 6:00pm only!Dir. Joel Schumacher - 1983 - 100mThe Mr. T 80's comedy as part of ourLabor Day Specia...
09/05/2026

DC CAB (1983)
Sep 7
Mon 6:00pm only!
Dir. Joel Schumacher - 1983 - 100m

The Mr. T 80's comedy as part of ourLabor Day Special double feature with the 90s Parkey Posey, Lisa Kudrow & Toni Collette comedy CLOCKWATCHERS!

From Joel Schumacher, the outstanding director of St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Falling Down, The Client, A Time to Kill and Veronica Guerin, comes this action-packed comedy about the misadventures of a group of streetwise cabbies. Washington, D.C. becomes the District of Comedy in this high-speed hit starring Adam Baldwin (My Bodyguard), Mr. T (The A-Team), Gary Busey (Point Break), Irene Cara (Fame) and Bill Maher (House II: The Second Story). When young Albert Hockenberry (Baldwin) wants to become a cabbie, he's got the wackiest teachers around, courtesy of his uncle Howard (Max Gail, Barney Miller) and the freewheeling D.C. Cab Co., including Samson (Mr. T) and Dell (Busey). Along the way, Albert falls in love with beautiful waitress Claudette (Jill Schoelen, The Stepfather) and gets caught up in a kidnapping, with Mr. T and the other cabbies riding to the rescue. From a raid on a topless club and a game of chicken with an oncoming train to cameo appearances by top stand-up comedians, their hilarious hijinks keep the laughs coming!

"Jumps you in the spirit of a big, shaggy and affection-craving pooch ... too full of zest and good will to be resisted." - Gary Arnold, Washington Post

CLOCKWATCHERS (1997)Sep 7Mon 3:30, 8:30Happy Labor Day Special!DIr. Jill Sprecher - 1997 - 96mThe Parker Posey temp work...
09/05/2026

CLOCKWATCHERS (1997)
Sep 7
Mon 3:30, 8:30
Happy Labor Day Special!
DIr. Jill Sprecher - 1997 - 96m

The Parker Posey temp worker comedy as part of our Happy Labor Day double feature special with the 1983 Mr. T comedy DC CAB!

Boasting an incredible cast (Parker Posey, Toni Collette & Lisa Kudrow!) , a sharp script, and a surprisingly bittersweet tone, CLOCKWATCHERS is nothing short of a great time at the movies. Temp worker Margaret (Parker Posey, PARTY GIRL) feels jilted after a new employee is hired for a permanent position she was vying for. Her friends — Iris (Toni Collette, THE SIXTH SENSE), Paula (Lisa Kudrow, FRIENDS), and Jane (Alanna Ubach, LEGALLY BLONDE) — want to help out, but their relationships are tested when a series of thefts wreak havoc on the workplace.

"This is a rare film about the way people actually live." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Insightful and well-acted comedy of inter-office angst." - Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

THE BEST OF THE ALBUQUERQUE 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT 2026!Sep 6Sun 7:00pm only!All Seats $15Various directors - 2025 - 100m ...
09/05/2026

THE BEST OF THE ALBUQUERQUE 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT 2026!
Sep 6
Sun 7:00pm only!
All Seats $15
Various directors - 2025 - 100m approx

Come see the best of Albuquerque’s 48 Hour Film Project 2026! Watch the films then stay for the awards! See who will be crowned the winner and move on to Filmapalooza against the world!

LIMINAL SUMMER MIX: SIDE BSep 5Sat 10:30pm only!All Seats $10Various Directors - 2026 - 90m approxA new lineup of local ...
09/04/2026

LIMINAL SUMMER MIX: SIDE B
Sep 5
Sat 10:30pm only!
All Seats $10
Various Directors - 2026 - 90m approx

A new lineup of local shorts put together by ABQ based Liminal 77 LLC production company!

Welcome to Liminal Summer: Side B with a pre-pro at Tractor Brewing company across from our movie theater at 8:00 pm. This special night will premiere the local company's new music video, Candy from a Stranger! Come on out & give it the support!

Vianne Hibner-Hereford - "Rejacked"
Synopsis: In the throes of societal and political uncertainty, a non-binary punk and two le****ns turn s*xual and gender-based violence on its head.

Lex Lotito - "Transmigration"
Synopsis: She reaches for help, but no one responds. Surrounded by the expectations & responsibilities that once structured her life, she dissolves into them, losing sight of herself as the world looks away.

Elijah De Billie - "Happy Pills""
Synopsis: A realization that maybe they were just a cruch. Maybe you never wanted them at all.

Samuel Thomas Garcia - "Act One"
Synopsis: Join Johnny & Adrian for an event of chaos. Laughs, action & years of betrayal to be unfolded; it's all downhill from here!

Gabriel Vincent - "see me down"
Synopsis: Time has run out for Detective Cross to find the missing person Laura Finch.

Julia Storch & Lex Lotito - "MEATHEAD"
Synopsis: THE HOUSE IS TRYING TO EAT THEM.

Jonas Huerta - "Santa Muerte"
Synopsis: When a couple is forced to reset their lives, they find themselves in a home full of dark secrets.

Ezra Dosela - "Check Up"
Synopsis: A man goes to the doctor's office about his toe, which would be fine if he didn't live in a Lovecraftian nightmare.

Ryan Rox - "Not Exactly Strangers"

Fiona Mcarthy - "Our House"
Synopsis: Directed by Fiona McCarthy in her freshman year at UNM, "Our House" follows a slowly dissolving relationship as one party begins to move their belongings out into the desert.

Julia Storch - don’t forget to feed the koi
Synopsis: Liz grieves her mother the only way she knows how.

Lex Lotito - Candy from a Stranger
Synopsis: A candy-coated nightmare interrogating today’s mindless s*x culture.

MIDSOMMAR (2019)Sep 5 & 6Sat and Sun 3:45pm only!End of the summer daytime horror in the daytime!Dir. Ari Aster - 2019 -...
09/04/2026

MIDSOMMAR (2019)
Sep 5 & 6
Sat and Sun 3:45pm only!
End of the summer daytime horror in the daytime!
Dir. Ari Aster - 2019 - 148m

A day time special of Ari Aster's daytime horror knockout!

Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing. From the visionary mind of Ari Aster comes a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight.

"In this immersive, subtle and unsettling horror master-work, Ari Aster takes his audience by the hand, and slowly and surely introduces the disturbing beneath the festive, relaxing and innocent." - Diana Tuova, Spotlight on Film

"Packed with reminders that if a film succeeds in depicting the darkness within vividly, then a sunshine-y environment can make the experience even more unnerving. Because viewers have nowhere to hide." - Jai Arjun Singh, Firstpost

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1997)Sep 5 & 6Sat and Sun 1:00pm only!Dir. Roberto Benigni - 1997 - 122m - Italy - In Italian, French...
09/04/2026

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1997)
Sep 5 & 6
Sat and Sun 1:00pm only!
Dir. Roberto Benigni - 1997 - 122m - Italy - In Italian, French & English with English subtitles

Italian comedian star Roberto Benigni's award winning bittersweet dramedy!

AS PART OF OUR ONGOING ARTHOUSE CLASSICS SERIES, A DON S. PICK!

This inspired motion picture was nominated for 7 Academy Awards(R) -- winning 3 Oscars, including one for Best Actor Robert Benigni! In this extraordinary tale, Guido (Benigni) -- a charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor -- has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a beautiful life for his young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War II ... and Guido must rely on those very same strengths to save his beloved wife and son from an unthinkable fate!

"Audiences will be laughing hysterically while crying their eyes out." - Chris Gore, Film Threat

"A deeply touching story told with imagination and humor." - Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Examiner

Sept. 2026! Howdy doody hey hey! Here's our new lineup of movies and events in our cinema - in the pic on this post an...
09/04/2026

Sept. 2026! Howdy doody hey hey! Here's our new lineup of movies and events in our cinema - in the pic on this post and even a more complete view of it on our website at https://276281ba-3d83-47d9-b5fd-43e718cdd3c4.filesusr.com... . An ongoing big ole thx to each of you for being an indispensable part of the mojo in keeping a place like ours going going with projector beams blazing! We kick it off this month with some double features plus some local filmmaking spreading over our screen. We've also got some bring back Thursdays in the mix of some super popular ones to revisit or see for the first time if you missed it the initial go round. Plus there's the debut of the ABQ LATIN AMERICAN FILM FEST happening! And like it's been for past semicentury (no exaggeration) you can count on us for the indie, the international, the eye opening docs, the late night weird & maybe scary, the exciting newer & still powerful older flicks motion picturing in our auditorium! Concluding this month we'll happily have some bold avant live music & vids from folks who truly give a dang about this world we're in. Hope you dig it & stay cool literally!

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3405 Central Avenue NE
Albuquerque, NM
87106

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Tuesday 4pm - 9pm
Wednesday 4pm - 9pm
Thursday 4pm - 9pm
Friday 4pm - 9pm
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