SHOWCHELLA 2026

A collision of music and film, we're thrilled to mark our fourth annual Showchella. Inspired by the wildly-popular, cultural phenomenon and desert music festival, Showchella features a month-long line up of movies that rock from April 1-28. Plus, $6 Showchella film tickets for B+ members.
Pitch Perfect (2012)

College student Beca (Anna Kendrick) knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that’s exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions. With an ensemble cast that pops, including Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson, Adam DeVine, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Hana Mae Lee and Elizabeth Banks. Get tickets to see Pitch Perfect (2012)
Wild Style (1983)

In this groundbreaking hybrid of fiction and documentary, lone graffiti artist Lee "Zoro" Quiñones studies for success on his own terms while mingling with some of the coolest people to have ever walked the earth. With thrilling and historic live performances by Grandmaster Flash, Busy Bee, The Fantastic Five, The Cold Crush Brothers and The Rock Steady Crew. Get tickets to see Wild Style (1983)
The Song Remains the Same (1976)

Filmed in 1973 over the course of a three-night stand at New York City's Madison Square Garden, this concert film shows Led Zeppelin at the apogee of their hard-rocking glory. In addition to featuring such indelible hits as 'Dazed and Confused,' 'Whole Lotta Love' and 'Stairway to Heaven,' the live footage is interspersed with elaborate fantasy sequences, backstage shenanigans and a glimpse of what the business side of such a large touring operation entails. Get tickets to see The Song Remains the Same (1976)
Fantasia (1940)

A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists, including the legendary segment "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Mickey Mouse using his flippant management of power as he directs the stars along with his panic to destroy a renegade broom. Innovative for its time, establishing animation as a true art form. Get tickets to see Fantasia (1940)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)

Elvis Presley (Lucky Jackson) and Ann-Margret (Rusty Martin) star in this fast, fun and sexy story of a racecar driver who chases hot cars and beautiful girls. While working as a waiter in Las Vegas in order to earn money to pay for his new motor car, Lucky swims in a sea of all the wrong girls, until he finally stumbles upon the right one, the woman he loves, Rusty Martin. In this playful battle of the sexes, Lucky and Rusty engage in screwball situations true to romantic comedy fashion, until Lucky ends up losing Rusty and must search the glittering desert Mecca in order to win her back. Get tickets to see Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Black Orpheus (1959)

Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpheus was an international cultural event, and it kicked off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning. Get tickets to see Black Orpheus (1959)
Waiting for Guaffman (1996)

This Is Spinal Tap and Best in Show co-creator Christopher Guest plays Corky in this acclaimed comedy. Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard and Bob Balaban costar as stagestruck townfolk who pin their hopes of being discovered on Corky's hilariously hapless theater production...and on reports that big-time talent scout Mort Guffman will be in the audience. "Waiting for Guffman does for regional theater what This is Spinal Tap did for rock 'n' roll" (Jami Bernard, New York Daily News). Get tickets to see Waiting for Guaffman (1996)
Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks (2004)

The Lunachicks, an all-female punk band renowned for their unabashed humor and unwavering pro-women ethos, made their mark on NYC’s underground music scene in the ‘90s. A rollercoaster of drugs, romances, and creative conflicts ultimately led to their 2000 breakup, but can love of the music reunite them for one last show? Buoyed by energetic storytelling, gritty ’80s-’90s nightclub footage, insightful interviews, and high-voltage performances, this is a must-watch for music history enthusiasts. – Karen McMullen, DOC NYC Get tickets to see Pretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicks (2004)


