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Support 35mm film programming at St. Louis’ only nonprofit theater

Last year, you showed up to support our commitment to 35mm film. Thanks to your generous support, Cinema St. Louis expanded our 35mm programming at the Hi-Pointe Theatre in 2025. The response from our audiences has been extraordinary. Now we want to go even further.

This Give STL Day, we’re returning with the same focus on 35mm but with even more on the line. Cinema St. Louis turns 35 in 2026, and there’s no better way to mark that milestone than by screening more films on 35mm than ever before. The sprockets of 35mm film are now literally woven into our new logo. Thirty-five years in, this format isn’t just part of our programming; it’s part of our identity.

See Titanic on 35mm for Free
To celebrate Give STL Day on Thursday, May 7, we’re hosting a free screening of Titanic on 35mm at the Hi-Pointe. Come see one of cinema’s greatest spectacles the way it was meant to be seen, on us.

Doors will open at 6 pm for a special Give StL Day reception including red carpet photos, live music, and Titanic-themed drinks.

The film screening will begin at 7 pm, and a special raffle and additional surprises will be available during intermission.

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101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic’s departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

“An overwhelming spectacle… a sweeping romance that restores the grand tradition of Hollywood epics.” — The New York Times

“A movie of breathtaking ambition and astonishing emotional power.” — Rolling Stone

“James Cameron has made a film of rare beauty and heartbreaking intensity.” — Chicago Sun-Times

“A towering achievement in filmmaking… intimate and colossal at once.” — Los Angeles Times