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Giving Tuesday is happening now at the Roxy Theater! The Roxy Theater's film festival program, which includes the Intern...
12/02/2025

Giving Tuesday is happening now at the Roxy Theater!

The Roxy Theater's film festival program, which includes the International Wildlife Film Festival, the Montana Film Festival, and Q***r West Film Fest, wouldn't be possible without generous support from the Roxy community.

Giving Tuesday can be many things: Offering a kind smile, a helping hand, or an hour of your time, and with a financial donation.

Support the art of film and neighborhood movie theaters. Give at the link in our bio, and like and share this post today to keep the magic of cinema alive.

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'Train Dreams' was a smash at MTFF last weekend! We sold out two shows in two days (and we hear the copies of Denis John...
10/31/2025

'Train Dreams' was a smash at MTFF last weekend! We sold out two shows in two days (and we hear the copies of Denis Johnson's novella are sold out at all our local book stores?), and people are still asking for more.

We're thrilled to announce will be bringing 'Train Dreams' back for a full week-long run, starting next Friday, November 7!

We're saving you a seat!

The Montana Film Festival is underway, with more screenings all weekend long!We would be able to put on events like this...
10/24/2025

The Montana Film Festival is underway, with more screenings all weekend long!

We would be able to put on events like this without our incredible community sponsors! From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!

Guess what we got today🫢Do you have you tickets to The Straight Story yet? It’s screening twice at MTFF, Oct. 23 at 7:00...
10/23/2025

Guess what we got today🫢

Do you have you tickets to The Straight Story yet? It’s screening twice at MTFF, Oct. 23 at 7:00 pm and Oct. 26 at 2:00 pm!

Did you know that The Straight Story is the only feature film directed by David Lynch that has never played on Roxy Theater screens? We’re ecstatic to complete his filmography, especially because we get to do it on the only 35mm film print of the movie in circulation!

We’re saving you a seat in Big Sceeen Country!

Want to get into the Halloween spirit a little early this weekend? Look no further than these spooky selections at the M...
10/21/2025

Want to get into the Halloween spirit a little early this weekend? Look no further than these spooky selections at the Montana Film Festival!

Thursday 10/23 at 7:15 pm - KEEP MONTANA WEIRD. Three gruesome tales from the Treasure State. Whether it be dystopian fallout, floral cultists, or tentacled monsters, there's something for everyone to be afraid of in this block.

Friday 10/24 at 8:00 pm - DEAD LOVER. A fluorescent twist on the Frankenstein story. Watch a stinking gravedigger find love, lose love, and drag love back from the grave, even if it kills her.

Saturday 10/25 at 8:00 pm - QUEENS OF THE DEAD. Tina Romero follows in her father's footsteps and presents a hilariously chilling zombie outbreak, this time at a Brooklyn drag show. Survive, survive!

And there are shadows lurking in our shorts blocks...

MASKS, screening 10/24 at 7:45 and 10/25 at 2:15 - A woman gives everything she has at an audition, and a man comes face-to-face with his murdered wife all over again

PLACES (SORT OF), screening 10/25 at 5:00 and 10/26 at 2:15 - A man keeps vigil with a shadowy entity, and a mysterious stranger causes natural disasters in a remote jungle valley

ANIMATION, screening 10/24 at 5:15 and 10/26 at 4:45 - A woman's metamorphosis, a priest's confrontation with an unfamiliar world, a bull terrier's digital fight-to-the-death. Some of these animated masterworks are downright disturbing

Get tickets to these scary selections and more at MontanaFilmFestival.org or TheRoxyTheater.org⁠

Join us in Big Screen Country!⁠ If you dare!
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The Montana Film Festival is just days away! We can't wait!None of this would be possible without our sponsors! Let's gi...
10/20/2025

The Montana Film Festival is just days away! We can't wait!

None of this would be possible without our sponsors! Let's give them a round of applause!

Have you reserved your seats yet? Get tickets now on TheRoxyTheater.org or MontanaFilmFestival.org!

MTFF Feature Film: QUEENS OF THE DEAD dir. Tina RomeroA new zombie thriller from the daughter of George Romero. When a z...
10/17/2025

MTFF Feature Film: QUEENS OF THE DEAD dir. Tina Romero

A new zombie thriller from the daughter of George Romero. When a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a warehouse party, an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to battle the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead.

Screening Saturday, Oct. 25 at 8:00 pm.

Sponsored by DoubleTree Missoula-Edgewater.

Get tickets now at MontanaFilmFestival.org or TheRoxyTheater.org⁠
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We're saving you a seat in Big Screen Country!⁠
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MTFF Shorts Block: PLACES (SORT OF)How does setting–a sense of place, the look of a landscape, the law of the land–shape...
10/16/2025

MTFF Shorts Block: PLACES (SORT OF)

How does setting–a sense of place, the look of a landscape, the law of the land–shape a story? These nine stunning films take the audience on a journey from the mountains of Yellowstone to the rooftops of Saigon, from a California diner boiling over with political tension to a valley in the Philippines where nothing is what it seems. The stories they tell are as varied and beautiful as the landscapes their characters inhabit.

Featuring:
-ENCUENTRO AMERICANO dir. E.T. Vazquez
-IT DOESN'T PASS dir. Dan Lopez
-MANGO dir. Joan Iyiola
-PAYDIRT dir. Max Lanman
-RAGAMUFFIN dir. Kaitlyn Mikayla
-ROOFTOP LEMPICKA dir. Hang Luong Nguyen
-SIERRAS dir. Matthew Wilbur
-THE TRUCK dir. Elizabeth Rao

Screening Saturday, October 25 at 5:00 pm and Sunday, October 26 at 2:15 pm

Q&A with Daniel Lopez (director, It Doesn’t Pass), Max Lanman (writer/director, Paydirt), and Matthew Wilbur (director, Sierras) to follow screening.

Sponsored by Alpine Physical Therapy, Blackfoot Communications, George's Distributing, and The Good Store.

Get tickets now at MontanaFilmFestival.org or TheRoxyTheater.org⁠
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We're saving you a seat in Big Screen Country!⁠
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MTFF Feature Film: EASTERN WESTERN dir. Biliana Grozdanova and Marina GrozdanovaDeep in the wintry mountains of the Amer...
10/16/2025

MTFF Feature Film: EASTERN WESTERN dir. Biliana Grozdanova and Marina Grozdanova

Deep in the wintry mountains of the American frontier in the 1880s, Igor, an Eastern European immigrant and recent widower, struggles to raise his two-year-old son, Ivo. When Duncan, an American cowboy and friendly acquaintance, decides to move his horse-breeding business and family to California, Igor and Ivo join the wagon train headed West.

Screening Saturday, October 25 at 4:15 pm with a post-film Q&A with Walter Running Crane Jr., and again Sunday, October 26 at 5:00 pm.

Sponsored by the Montana Department of Commerce - Film Office

Get tickets now at MontanaFilmFestival.org or TheRoxyTheater.org⁠
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We're saving you a seat in Big Screen Country!⁠
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MTFF Feature Film: EAST OF WALL dir. Kate BeecroftInspired and portrayed by the women and girls who live it, East of Wal...
10/15/2025

MTFF Feature Film: EAST OF WALL dir. Kate Beecroft

Inspired and portrayed by the women and girls who live it, East of Wall is an authentic portrait of female resilience in the New West. Tabatha, a young rancher in the South Dakota Badlands who rescues and resells horses, must make impossible decisions to handle financial uncertainty, a fractured family, and unresolved grief, all while providing refuge and training to a group of wayward neighborhood teens.

Screening Saturday, October 25 at 2:30 pm and Sunday, October 26 at 7:30 pm

Sponsored by James Bar and Julie Gardner Properties.

Get tickets now at MontanaFilmFestival.org or TheRoxyTheater.org⁠
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We're saving you a seat in Big Screen Country!⁠
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MTFF Feature Film: REBUILDING dir. Max Walker-SilvermanAfter losing his family ranch to a wildfire, Dusty winds up in a ...
10/15/2025

MTFF Feature Film: REBUILDING dir. Max Walker-Silverman

After losing his family ranch to a wildfire, Dusty winds up in a small FEMA camp in Colorado. The last of a long line of ranchers, he’s stranded between the legacy of his land and the tragedy that has befallen it. But as he begins to reconnect with his young daughter, Callie Rose, and his ex-wife, Ruby, and a world of people who all lost their homes like he did, he finds an unlikely community–and maybe even hope, beauty, and a future in this wild place.

Screening Saturday, October 25 at 2:00 pm and Sunday, October 26 at 7:15 pm

Sponsored by Missoula Aging Services.

Get tickets now at MontanaFilmFestival.org or TheRoxyTheater.org⁠
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We're saving you a seat in Big Screen Country!⁠
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MTFF Feature Film: UNDER THE LIGHTS dir. Miles LevinSam, a teenage boy with epilepsy, is so desperate to feel normal tha...
10/15/2025

MTFF Feature Film: UNDER THE LIGHTS dir. Miles Levin

Sam, a teenage boy with epilepsy, is so desperate to feel normal that he wants to go to prom, knowing the lights will cause a seizure.

Presented alongside the short film SPRAY BOTTLE dir. Jenna Kanell

Rufus, a q***r stuntwoman, struggles with anger issues, impulsivity, and commitment. But her biggest challenge is caring for her brother Freebo, who has autism and cerebral palsy. As Rufus frantically tries to get Freebo’s prescriptions refilled, a former employee robs the restaurant where he works. When Rufus returns, all hell breaks loose.

This MTFF double feature is screening Saturday, October 25 at 7:00 pm.

Sponsored by Boyle, Devney & Meyer and Farmers State Bank.

Get tickets now at MontanaFilmFestival.org or TheRoxyTheater.org⁠
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We're saving you a seat in Big Screen Country!⁠
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