

The Last Picture Shows
Ten states. 10,825 miles. 123 theaters. In his latest feature The Last Picture Shows, filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving. Between the stops along the way, Rustin poetically intersperses excerpts from Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 classic film The Last Picture Show, as well as reflections on past and present hardships facing the film exhibition industry. The Last Picture Shows reminds viewers that even in vast cinema deserts, there are oases of community and gathering that remain, where the movie house continues to be a place of wonder, contemplation, and connection.
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- PremiereSanta Barbara International Film Festival9 Feb 2026
- TheatricalBarnyard Cinema, Winthrop, WA5 Jul 2026
- TheatricalGrand Cinema, Tacoma14 Jul 2026
- TheatricalTasveer Film Center, Seattle15 Jul 2026
- TheatricalFirehouse Cinema, Kingston, WA16 Jul 2026
- TheatricalPickford, Bellingham, WA18 Jul 2026
- TheatricalLiberty, Camas, WA29 Jul 2026
- TheatricalHollywood Theater, Portland30 Jul 2026
- TheatricalDarkside Cinema, Corvallis, OR31 Jul 2026
- TheatricalVillage East, New York7 Aug 2026
- TheatricalWestsound Film Festival, Bremerton, WA8 Aug 2026
- TheatricalCinema Arts, Huntington, Long Island9 Aug 2026
- TheatricalSomerville, Somerville, MA16 Aug 2026
- TheatricalLaemmle Royal, Los Angeles21 Aug 2026
- TheatricalSidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, AL24 Aug 2026
- TheatricalCinema Circle, Tulsa, OK27 Aug 2026
- TheatricalOjai Playhouse, Ojai, CA29 Aug 2026
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The Last Picture Shows was released on 5 July 2026.
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The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdy
8/21/2026
As a kid, I will always remember one evening when my late father announced that he was "taking the boys to the pictures." The evening was a double-feature -- HIGH NOON (1952), starring one of his favorite actors, Gary Cooper, and SHANE (1953), starring Alan Ladd. I later learned that Dad had been eagerly waiting for the opportunity to see two of his favorites back on the Big Screen. My three brothers and I climbed…
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