Theater Diaries: 2024
Statistics for 2023
1. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
2. American Fiction
3. Anyone But You
4. The Iron Claw
5. Monster
6. Origin
7. Poor Things
8. The Zone of Interest
Premiered in 2023; released in 2024
1. The Arc of Oblivion
2. The Beast
3. Boy Kills World
4. Late Night With the Devil
5. Remembering Gene Wilder
Nineteenth Omaha Film Festival
1. The Animal Kingdom (France)
2. Frida (2024 documentary film / Amazon original film)
3. The Headliner (Nebraska / United States)
2024
1. Abigail
2. Babes
3. Challengers
4. Civil War
5. Dune: Part Two
6. The Fall Guy
7. The First Omen
8. Frida
9. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
10. I Saw the TV Glow
11. Immaculate
12. Kung Fu Panda 4
13. Late Night with the Devil
14. Love Lies Bleeding
15. Monkey Man
Best Films of 2024
1. Frida
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The Fall Guy
4. Late Night with the Devil
5. Challengers
6. Love Lies Bleeding
7. I Saw the TV Glow
8. The Beast
Original films
1. Babes
2. Boy Kills World
3. Civil War
4. I Saw the TV Glow
5. Immaculate
6. Late Night with the Devil
7. Love Lies Bleeding
8. Monkey Man
9. Challengers
I.P. films
1. Abigail
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The First Omen
4. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
5. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. 6. Kung Fu Panda 4
Months
1. January (5)
2. February (5)
3. March (5) (8+ including the Omaha Film Festival)
4. April (6)
5. May (6) (Including the Webby Awards)
Mary Riepma Ross Theatre
• Johnny Carson Film School Webby Awards (May 9)
1. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
2. American Fiction
3. Anyone But You
4. The Iron Claw
5. Monster
6. Origin
7. Poor Things
8. The Zone of Interest
Premiered in 2023; released in 2024
1. The Arc of Oblivion
2. The Beast
3. Boy Kills World
4. Late Night With the Devil
5. Remembering Gene Wilder
Nineteenth Omaha Film Festival
1. The Animal Kingdom (France)
2. Frida (2024 documentary film / Amazon original film)
3. The Headliner (Nebraska / United States)
2024
1. Abigail
2. Babes
3. Challengers
4. Civil War
5. Dune: Part Two
6. The Fall Guy
7. The First Omen
8. Frida
9. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
10. I Saw the TV Glow
11. Immaculate
12. Kung Fu Panda 4
13. Late Night with the Devil
14. Love Lies Bleeding
15. Monkey Man
Best Films of 2024
1. Frida
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The Fall Guy
4. Late Night with the Devil
5. Challengers
6. Love Lies Bleeding
7. I Saw the TV Glow
8. The Beast
Original films
1. Babes
2. Boy Kills World
3. Civil War
4. I Saw the TV Glow
5. Immaculate
6. Late Night with the Devil
7. Love Lies Bleeding
8. Monkey Man
9. Challengers
I.P. films
1. Abigail
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The First Omen
4. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
5. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. 6. Kung Fu Panda 4
Months
1. January (5)
2. February (5)
3. March (5) (8+ including the Omaha Film Festival)
4. April (6)
5. May (6) (Including the Webby Awards)
Mary Riepma Ross Theatre
• Johnny Carson Film School Webby Awards (May 9)
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- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.January 11
2023 release - DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSakura AndôEita NagayamaSoya KurokawaA mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.January 17
2023 release - DirectorSean DurkinStarsZac EfronJeremy Allen WhiteHarris DickinsonThe true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.January 21
2023 release - DirectorAva DuVernayStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorJon BernthalNiecy NashThe unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.January 24
2023 release - DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.January 25
2023 release - DirectorCord JeffersonStarsJeffrey WrightTracee Ellis RossJohn OrtizA novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.February 5
2023 release - DirectorRaven JacksonStarsKaylee Nicole JohnsonChris ChalkJayah HenryA decades-spanning exploration of a woman's life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments that shape us.February 6
2023 release - DirectorWill GluckStarsSydney SweeneyGlen PowellAlexandra ShippAfter an amazing first date, Bea and Ben's fiery attraction turns ice-cold--until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.February 6
2023 release - DirectorZelda WilliamsStarsKathryn NewtonLiza SoberanoJenna DavisA coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her crush, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness - and a few missing body parts.February 9
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametZendayaRebecca FergusonPaul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.February 25
Early IMAX screening - DirectorTony BonacciStarsOlivia HowardDarrick SilkmanDeAnna Williams-LangabeeA forty-something stand up comedian finally gets a shot at making it big, but when a scheduling conflict arises, he has to choose between his career and his daughter.March 2
Nineteenth Annual Omaha Film Festival - DirectorCarla GutierrezStarsPablo AlarsonJeanne AlbaneseTizoc ArroyoA raw and magical journey into the life of iconic artist Frida Kahlo, told through her own words from diaries, letters, essays, and interviews. Vividly brought to life with lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.March 3
Special screening at the Nineteenth Annual Omaha Film Festival - DirectorThomas CailleyStarsRomain DurisPaul KircherAdèle ExarchopoulosAn adventure between a father and his son, in a world where some humans have started mutating into other animal species.March 3
Special screening and encore film at the Nineteenth Annual Omaha Film Festival - DirectorMike MitchellStephanie StineStarsJack BlackAwkwafinaViola DavisAfter Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.March 12
- DirectorGil KenanStarsPaul RuddCarrie CoonFinn WolfhardWhen the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.March 23
- DirectorCameron CairnesColin CairnesStarsDavid DastmalchianLaura GordonIan BlissA live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.March 26
- DirectorIan CheneyThe Arc of Oblivion illuminates the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory through a filmmaker's quixotic quest to build an ark in Maine.March 30
- DirectorRose GlassStarsAnna BaryshnikovKristen StewartDave FrancoGym manager Lou falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.March 30
- DirectorMichael MohanStarsSydney SweeneyÁlvaro MorteSimona TabascoCecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.April 8
- DirectorDev PatelStarsDev PatelSharlto CopleyPitobashAn anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systematically victimize the poor and powerless.April 8
- DirectorAlex GarlandStarsKirsten DunstWagner MouraCailee SpaenyA journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.April 12
- DirectorMatt Bettinelli-OlpinTyler GillettStarsMelissa BarreraDan StevensAlisha WeirAfter a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're locked inside with no normal little girl.April 20
- DirectorArkasha StevensonStarsNell Tiger FreeRalph InesonSonia BragaA young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.April 23
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsMike FaistJosh O'ConnorZendayaTashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach, turned her husband into a champion. But to overcome a losing streak, he needs to face his ex-best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend.April 30
- DirectorDavid LeitchStarsRyan GoslingEmily BluntAaron Taylor-JohnsonA down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend's blockbuster film.May 3
- DirectorMoritz MohrStarsBill SkarsgårdJessica RotheMichelle DockeryA fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.May 6
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsLéa SeydouxGeorge MacKayGuslagie MalandaIn the near future artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat.May 9, 2024 (Free survey ticket by the Ross Theater)
- DirectorRon FrankStarsAlan AldaMel BrooksHarry Connick Jr.A special tribute documentary honoring Gene Wilder's life and career.May 10
- DirectorPamela AdlonStarsElena OuspenskaiaSandra BernhardOliver PlattLifelong friends Eden and Dawn, one single and wanting a baby, the other already a mother, navigate challenges to their bond when Eden pursues pregnancy alone after a one-night stand.May 13
Marcus Theaters Mystery Movie series - DirectorJane SchoenbrunStarsJustice SmithBrigette Lundy-PaineIan ForemanTwo teenagers bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously cancelled.May 17
- DirectorWes BallStarsOwen TeagueFreya AllanKevin DurandMany years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
- DirectorJulio TorresStarsJulio TorresTilda SwintonRZAAlejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsJosh O'ConnorCarol DuarteVincenzo NemolatoA group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsAnya Taylor-JoyChris HemsworthTom BurkeThe origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.