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The Hipp Cinema is always screening movies with our audience in mind. Serving as Gainesville’s only art-house cinema, we bring the latest independent films, hard-hitting documentaries, critically-acclaimed world cinema, throwback classics, and additional signature programming throughout the year. Have your experience at the movies go beyond the purchase of a ticket stub.

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Family Matinee: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

PG 2021
Family/Fantasy

1h 30m

Sun, May 11 at 2:30 PM

A cash-strapped documentary maker decides to make his newest documentary about a mollusk shell he finds living in his Airbnb with his friends.

Cocktails & Classics: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

PG 1977
Sci-fi/Adventure

2h 15m

Sat, May 24 at 8:00 PM

Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

Cannesville (A Celebration of the Cannes Film Festival)

La Haine

NR 1995
Crime/Thriller

1h 38m

Fri, May 16 at 7:30 PM

Welcome to Cannesville. Our celebration of the Cannes Film Festival begins with the 90s classic, La Haine.The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban “ghetto,” over a span of twenty-four hours following a violent riot.

The Last Detail

R 1973
Comedy/Drama

1h 44m

Sat, May 17 at 8:30 PM

Greetings from Cannesville. The second entry in our celebration of the Cannes Film Festival is Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail. Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Nebraska

R 2013
Adventure/Comedy

1h 55m

Sun, May 18 at 4:30 PM

Next stop, Cannesville. Our celebration of the Cannes Film Festival concludes with Alexander Payne’s Nebraska. An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.

New Movies for May

Thank You Very Much

2025
Documentary

1h 39m

Fri, May 9 at 7:30 PM
Sat, May 10 at 5:30 PM
Sat, May 10 at 8:00 PM
Sun, May 11 at 4:30 PM
Sat, May 17 at 3:30 PM
Sat, May 17 at 6:00 PM
Sun, May 18 at 1:30 PM

A look at the all-too-short life and career of enigmatic comedy legend Andy Kaufman, including never-before-seen footage and intimate interviews.

The Last Showgirl

R 2024
Drama

1h 29m

Fri, May 23 at 7:30 PM
Sat, May 24 at 3:00 PM
Sat, May 24 at 5:30 PM
Sun, May 25 at 2:00 PM
Thurs, May 29 at 7:30 PM
Sat, May 31 at 4:30 PM
Sat, May 31 at 7:00 PM

A poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers, stars Pamela Anderson as Shelley, a glamorous showgirl who must plan for her future.

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