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The State Theatre in New Brunswick will screen “Matilda,” March 22, with live music by New Jersey Symphony and narration by Danny DeVito. Shown is DeVito with Mara Wilson, center, and Rhea Perlman in the 1996 film.

Note: This list does not include regular theatrical runs for current films but is devoted to special screenings, film festivals and drive-in movies.

March 19: “But I’m a Cheerleader” at ShowRoom Cinema, Asbury Park.
March 19: “The Rabbi’s Cat” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
March 19: “American Fiction” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
March 19: “Eve’s Bayou at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 19-20: “Imaginary” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
March 19-20: “The Zone of Interest” at Princeton Garden Theatre.

March 19-21: “Dune: Part Two” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
March 19-21: “Cabrini” at Cranford Theater.

March 19-27: “Kung Fu Panda 4” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
March 19-27: “Dune: Part Two” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
March 19-27: “The American Society of Magical Negroes” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
March 19-27: “One Life” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

March 19-28: “Love Lies Bleeding at The Clairidge, Montclair.
March 19-28: “Kung Fu Panda 4 at The Clairidge, Montclair.
March 19-28: “The Taste of Things at The Clairidge, Montclair.
March 19-28: “Dune: Part Two” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
March 19-28: “Io Capitano at The Clairidge, Montclair.
March 19-28: “They Shot the Piano Player at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 19-24 and 26-28: “Kung Fu Panda 4” at Cranford Theater.
March 19-24 and 26-28: “Arthur the King” at Cranford Theater.
March 19-24 and 26-28: “One Life” at Cranford Theater.

March 20: “No Maps on My Taps” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
March 20: “Talks With Myself” at Jersey City Theater Center.
March 20: “Dune: Part Two” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.
March 20: “Perfect Days” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
March 20: “Funny Face” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
March 20: “Oppenheimer” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
March 20: “Perfect Days” Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.

March 20-21: “Kung Fu Panda 4” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
March 20-21: “Dune: Part Two” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
March 20-21: “King Kong” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
March 20-21: “Knox Goes Away” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
March 20-21: “Poor Things” Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.
March 20-21: “The Zone of Interest” Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.

March 21: “Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar” at ShowRoom Cinema, Asbury Park.
March 21: “The Miracle Club” at Millburn Free Public Library.
March 21: “Harold and Maude” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
March 21: “Poor Things” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
March 21: “Phenomena” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
March 21: “The Taste of Things” Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.

March 21-24: Garden State Film Festival in Asbury Park, Ocean Grove and Cranford.

March 21-27: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

March 21-28: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 21-24 and 27-28: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

March 21-24 and 26-31 and April 1-4: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” at Cranford Theater.

March 22: “Matilda” screening with live music by New Jersey Symphony and narration by Danny DeVito at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
March 22: “Superman” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
March 22: “The End of Evangelion” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

March 22-27: “You Can Call Me Bill” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

March 22-28: “Problemista at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 23: “Trolls” singalong at Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor.

March 23 and 26: “Mississippi Masala at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 24: “Ölümlü Dünya 2” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

March 25: “The Scoop” at ShowRoom Cinema, Asbury Park.

March 26: “Party Girl” at ShowRoom Cinema, Asbury Park.
March 26: “Azur & Asmar: The Princes’ Quest” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

March 27: “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” at Chase Room at NJPAC, Newark.
March 27: “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2” at Cranford Theater.
March 27: “Imagining the Indian” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
March 27: “Baby Driver at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 28: “Black & White Night — A Silent Film Extravaganza” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
March 28: “Film Is Dead. Long Live Film!” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
March 28: “Opera” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
March 28: “Four Daughters” at Princeton Garden Theatre.

March 28-31 and April 1-4: “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 28-31 and April 3-7 and 10: “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

March 28-April 14: New Jersey Jewish Film Festival at JCC MetroWest, West Orange.

March 29: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.

March 29-31 and April 1-4: “The Promised Land at The Clairidge, Montclair.
March 29-31 and April 1-4: “About Dry Grasses at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 30: “Spartacus” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
March 30: “Hop” at Cranford Theater.

March 30 and April 2: “Persepolis at The Clairidge, Montclair.

March 30 and April 27: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Chatham Hickory Cinema.

March 31: “Submerged” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

April 4: “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
April 4: “Harriet,” Visiting Filmmaker Series at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

April 5: “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
April 5: “The Lost Boys” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

April 6: “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
April 6: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show at The Clairidge, Montclair.

April 7: “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” with live music by New Jersey Symphony at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

April 7-10: “Gone With the Wind” at Cranford Theater.

April 10: “Clueless” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
April 10: “Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All at The Clairidge, Montclair.

April 12: “Dawn of the Dead” at ShowRoom Cinema, Asbury Park.

April 12-18: “Civil War at The Clairidge, Montclair.

April 12-25: “La Chimera at The Clairidge, Montclair.
April 12-25: “Monster at The Clairidge, Montclair.

April 13: “Somebody’s Daughter” at The Clairidge, Montclair. With post-screening Q&A session with Zara Phillips and Richard Thompson.

April 14: “Dreamgirls” at Middletown Arts Center.
April 14: “L’Avventura” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

April 15: “The Last Waltz” at Middletown Arts Center.
April 15: “Burlesque” at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

April 18: “Caddyshack” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

April 20: “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” at Middletown Arts Center.
April 20: “How to Train Your Dragon” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

May 2-5 and 8: “The Fall Guy” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

May 3: “Evil Dead 2” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

May 4: “Jaws” screening with appearance by Richard Dreyfuss at BergenPAC, Englewood.

May 5: “Jersey Boys” at Middletown Arts Center.

May 5-8: “Steel Magnolias” at Cranford Theater.

May 8: “Pulp Fiction” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

May 11: “Monty Python & the Holy Grail” at Middletown Arts Center.
May 11: “Ezra at The Clairidge, Montclair.

May 16: “Grease” sing-along with sock hop after-party at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

May 18: “The Iron Giant” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

May 19: “Mamma Roma” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

May 20: “Rattle and Hum” at Middletown Arts Center.

May 23: Rutherford Film Festival at Williams Center, Rutherford.

May 25: “Ghost in the Shell at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

May 31-June 9: New Jersey International Film Festival at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and online.

June 2: “The Muppet Movie” at Cranford Theater.

June 5-9: Lighthouse International Film Festival, Long Beach Island.

June 9: “A Special Day” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

June 10: “Sign o’ the Times” at Middletown Arts Center.

June 15: “Young Frankenstein” at Middletown Arts Center.

June 16: “Mamma Mia!” at Middletown Arts Center.

June 20: “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar at Kathedral, Hammonton.

June 26: “Back to the Future Part II” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

July 3: “The Karate Kid Part III” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

July 6: “Barbie the Movie: In Concert” at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, Camden.

July 9: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 10: “Men in Black II” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

July 13: “Animal House” at Middletown Arts Center.

July 14: “Hairspray” at Middletown Arts Center.

July 15: “The Grateful Dead Movie” at Middletown Arts Center.

July 16: “Elemental” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 17: “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

July 21: “The NeverEnding Story” at Cranford Theater.

July 23: “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 24: “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

July 30: “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

July 31: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

Aug. 6: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Aug. 7: “The Lion King 1 ½” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

Aug. 12: “Woodstock” at Middletown Arts Center.

Aug. 14: “Toy Story 2” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

Aug. 17: “Barbie the Movie: In Concert” at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel.
Aug. 17: “The Jerk” at Middletown Arts Center.

Aug. 18: “Chicago” at Middletown Arts Center.

Aug. 21: “The Lego Movie” at Hall of Records, Freehold.

Aug. 25: “Rear Window” at Cranford Theater.

Sept. 14: “Better Off Dead” at Middletown Arts Center.

Sept. 15: “Blazing Saddles” at Cranford Theater.
Sept. 15: “Little Shop of Horrors” at Middletown Arts Center.

Sept. 16: “The Kids Are Alright” at Middletown Arts Center.

Oct. 3-6: “Mean Girls” at Cranford Theater.

Oct. 12: “Clerks” at Middletown Arts Center.

Oct. 18-27: Montclair Film Festival.

Oct. 21: “Stop Making Sense” at Middletown Arts Center.

Oct. 30: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Middletown Arts Center.

Nov. 10: “The Producers” at Middletown Arts Center.

Nov. 16: “Blues Brothers” at Middletown Arts Center.

Nov. 18: “The Song Remains the Same” at Middletown Arts Center.

Dec. 5: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Dec. 6: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Dec. 7: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Dec. 8: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Dec. 14: “Christmas Vacation” at Middletown Arts Center.

Dec. 15: “The Sound of Music” at Middletown Arts Center.

Dec. 16: “Depeche Mode: 101” at Middletown Arts Center.

Feb. 14: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Feb. 15: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Feb. 16: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

April 10, 2025: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Concert with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 11, 2025: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Concert with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 12, 2025: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Concert with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

April 13, 2025: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Concert with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

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