Key West Events Calendar For Tropic Cinema

It’s A Wonderful Life

December 9, 2019 - 6:30 pm

Monday Night Classics - When things go terribly wrong on Christmas Eve, George finds himself wishing he'd never been born -- and it's up to Clarence, his erstwhile guardian angel, to show him the truth.

Celebration

December 12, 2019 - 6:30 pm

Cinematheque Series - Olivier Meyrou’s documentary “Celebration” offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look of Yves Saint Laurent’s last few years of genius at the helm of his self-made fashion behemoth.

Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker

December 15, 2019 - 11:00 am

ROH Live Cinema Season - The Royal Ballet's glorious production of "The Nutcracker," created by Peter Wright in 1984, is the production par excellence of an all-time ballet favorite.

The Apartment

December 16, 2019 - 6:30 pm

Monday Night Classics - Billy Wilder's essential tale of love, ambition and big business culminates with a most memorable New Year's Eve.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

December 18, 2019 - 8:00 pm

Holidays at the Tropic - Come in costume, or just sport your best ugly sweater -- either way, it'll be the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny Kaye!

Synonyms

December 19, 2019 - 6:30 pm

Cinematheque Series - Based on the real life experiences of writer-director Nadav Lapid, "Synonyms" is "a searing, maddening, explosively brainy movie" that explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place.

Branagh Theatre Live: A Winter’s Tale

January 5, 2020 - 1:00 pm

Due to phenomenal demand, the Tropic will be among the cinemas worldwide bringing back Sir Kenneth Branagh's reimagining of Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy this holiday season.

Citizen Kane

January 6, 2020 - 6:30 pm

Monday Night Classics - The Tropic's Monday Night Classics in January are looking at the Greatest Oscar Snubs of All Time -- and what better film to kick off the series than Orson Welles's masterwork, famously overlooked as Best Picture.

The Two Popes

January 9, 2020 - 6:30 pm

Cinematheque Series - Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce star in this intimate look at a historic turning point in the Catholic Church, directed by Academy Award nominee Fernando Meirelles ("City of God," "The Constant Gardner").

Grease Sing-A-Long

January 11, 2020 - 8:00 pm

Cult Classics - Calling all Pink Ladies and T-Birds! Tropic Cinema presents a special sing-along screening of the feel-good movie musical "Grease," complete with lyrics to follow along on the big screen. Don't forget your costume!

Vertigo

January 13, 2020 - 6:30 pm

Monday Night Classics - Our look at the Greatest Oscar Snubs continues with Alfred Hitchcock's mournful suspense masterpiece "Vertigo" -- dismissed on its release, but now widely regarded as one of the director's greatest works.

Southern Circuit Tour: Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window

January 19, 2020 - 6:00 pm

Southern Circuit Tour - What starts as a traditional documentary about the Hong Kong art scene becomes an intimate and wryly comedic study of loneliness and alienation within an increasingly globalized world.

Raging Bull

January 20, 2020 - 6:30 pm

Monday Night Classics - Our look at the Greatest Oscar Snubs continues with the heavy-hitting reunion between "Taxi Driver" director Martin Scorsese, screenwriter Paul Schrader and star Robert De Niro (and the screen debut of frequent collaborator Joe Pesci).

Moynihan

January 21, 2020 - 6:00 pm

Join the Tropic Cinema and special guest Richard Eaton for a screening of "Moynihan," a documentary that Variety says "takes the full, fascinating measure of the charismatic maverick that Moynihan was."

Do the Right Thing

January 27, 2020 - 6:30 pm

Monday Night Classics - Our series on the Greatest Oscar Snubs concludes with Spike Lee's incendiary 1989 feature -- a powerful, funny, chilling slice of life that would eventually be recognized as one of the landmark films of the '80s.

Southern Circuit Tour: Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts

February 23, 2020 - 6:00 pm

Southern Circuit Tour - This feature documentary explores the life of a unique American artist with a remarkable and unlikely biography. Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama, but didn't start producing art until he was in his 80s.

Southern Circuit Tour: Picture Character

March 29, 2020 - 6:00 pm

Southern Circuit Tour - The rapid rise of emoji (Japanese for “picture character”) is a global phenomenon without precedent. Directors Martha Shane and Ian Cheney lead viewers on a deep dive into the ever evolving world of emoji, from their humble beginnings to mobile keyboards everywhere.

Southern Circuit Tour: You Gave Me A Song

April 26, 2020 - 6:00 pm

Southern Circuit Tour - From director Kenny Dalsheimer, this new documentary offers an intimate portrait of old-time music pioneer Alice Gerrard and her remarkable, unpredictable journey creating and preserving traditional music.

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