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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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Cat City

Documentary

Cat City chronicles Chicago’s love/hate relationship with feral cats. It tells the story of Chicago’s outdoor cats and the communities who look after them. (75 minutes)

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Showtimes:
Friday, May 17 at 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 18 at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 19 at 1:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.
&
Thursday, May 23 at 8:30 p.m.
Friday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 25 at 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 26 at 4:30 p.m.

Mars Express

Animated, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet’s capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe. (88 minutes)

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Showtimes:
Friday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
&
Thursday, May 23 at 6 p.m.
Friday, May 24 at 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 25 at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 26 at 1:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

The Andromeda Strain

Cocktails & Classics:

Science Fiction

Chilling tale about a US research satellite carrying a deadly extraterrestrial microscopic organism that crashes into a small town in Arizona. A group of top scientists are hurriedly assembled in a bid to identify and contain the lethal stowaway. Based on the novel by Michael Crichton. (130 minutes)

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Showtime:
Saturday, May 25 at 9:30 p.m.

Tickets: $25
*Purchase of a ticket includes a specialty cocktail (or a beverage of equal value)!*

Babes

Comedy

BABES follows inseparable childhood friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree an single Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their friendship faces its greatest challenge. BABES delves into the complexities of female friendship with a blend of laughter, tears and labor pains. (111 minutes)

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Showtimes:
Friday, May 31 at 9 p.m.
Saturday, June 1 at 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 2 at 1:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
&
Friday, June 7 at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 8 at 5:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 9 at 4:30 p.m.

Rafiki

Drama, Romance, Kenyan Cinema

Kena and Ziki live very different lives in Nairobi. Kena works in her father’s shop and awaits the start of nursing school, while Ziki passes the days hanging out with her friends and making up dance routines. Their paths cross when their fathers run against each other for seats in the County Assembly, and they find themselves drawn to each other. Soon their interest grows to affection and the girls find ways to love each other despite the ever-watching gaze of the neighborhood. (83 minutes)

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Showtime:
Friday, June 14 at 9 p.m.

But I’m a Cheerleader

Comedy, Drama

Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she isn’t that crazy about him. So she’s stunned when her parents decide she’s gay and send her to True Directions, a boot camp meant to alter her sexual orientation. While there, Megan meets a rebellious and unashamed teen lesbian, Graham (Clea DuVall). Though Megan still feels confused, she starts to have feelings for Graham. (81 minutes)

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Showtime:
Saturday, June 15 at 9:30 p.m.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Drama, French Cinema

In 1770 the young daughter of a French countess develops a mutual attraction to the female artist commissioned to paint her wedding portrait. (121 minutes)

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Showtime:
Sunday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m.

Vanya

National Theatre Live

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.

Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End, Vanya will be playing exclusively in cinemas in 2024. (117 minutes)

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Showtime:
Friday, June 21 at 9 p.m.

Tickets: $20
Every ticket comes with a glass of wine (or equivalent drink at our bar)!

Nye

National Theatre Live

Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.  

Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.

Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia will be broadcast live from the National Theatre. (160 minutes)

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Showtime:
Saturday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $20
Every ticket comes with a glass of wine (or equivalent drink at our bar)!

Fleabag

National Theatre Live

Fleabag is the hilarious, award-winning, original one-woman play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series, written and performed on-stage by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. In just 67-minutes, audiences can expect a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. (80 minutes)

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Showtime:
Saturday, Aug. 17 at 9:30 p.m.

Tickets: $20
Every ticket comes with a glass of wine (or equivalent drink at our bar)!

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Please contact Gabrielle for any questions or to book a private viewing party for you and your pod.