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Frank Banko Alehouse Cinema

ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks
101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 18015

610-297-7100

Frank Banko Alehouse Cinema

Located inside the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas is the Lehigh Valley's premiere destination for independent film!

It's a 2-screen independent cinema, and because it's an "alehouse" you can purchase beer, wine & cocktails to take with you into your movie!

Have a film suggestion or comment about your experience at FBAC? Write to Programming Manager Ryan Hill at rhill@artsquest.org.

Coming May 25

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2011 PG-13, 2hr 4min Language: English
Director: John Madden. Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith.

Now Playing

Tues, May 15 - Mon, May 22

Bully
HD Digital, 2011 PG-13, 1hr 34min Language: English
Director: Lee Hirsch
Tues 5/15
6:00pm

Wed 5/16
6:00pm

Thurs 5/17
(4:30)pm

Fri 5/18
(4:15), 7:30pm

Sat 5/19
(1:15), 6:30pm

Sun 5/20
(1:15)pm

Marley
HD Digital, 2012 PG-13, 2hr 24min Language: English
Director: Kevin Macdonald. Stars: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley and Jimmy Cliff.
Tues 5/15
8:00pm

Wed 5/16
8:00pm

Thurs 5/17
(4:15), 7:30pm

Fri 5/18
(1:15), 9:45pm

Sat 5/19
(3:30), 8:45pm

Sun 5/20
(3:30)pm

Making The Boys
HD Digital, 2011 PG-13, 1hr 33min Language: English
Director: Crayton Robey Stars: Edward Albee, Candis Cayne and Andy Cohen
Tues 5/15
7:15pm

Elie Wiesel: Return To The Akeda - Why I Love Isaac
5/16
Live from NY's 92nd Street Y, now in its ninth year, uses satellite technology to simultaneously broadcast 92Y's renowned educational and cultural programming to community organizations across America.
Time: 8:00pm
The Host
5/18 & 5/19
HD Digital, 2006 R, 2hrs Language: Korean w/English subtitles
Starring Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon & Hae-il Park. Directed by Joon-ho Bong
Time: 11:15pm
Steve Jobs - The Lost Interview
5/20
Special One-Screening-Only Engagement.
Time: 7:00pm
We Have a Pope
HD Digital, 2011 NR, 1hr 42min Language: Italian
Director: Nanni Moretti. Stars: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti and Jerzy Stuhr.
Fri 5/18
(1:45), (4:00), 7:00, 9:05pm

Sat 5/19
(1:45), (4:00), 6:15, 8:30pm

Sun 5/20
(1:45), (3:45), 6:00pm

Mon 5/21
7:30pm

The Kid with a Bike
HD Digital, 2011 NR, 30min Language: English
Locally-produced 30-minute film, narrated by Liberty High School graduate Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Thu 5/17
6:45pm
Fri 5/18
12:15pm, 1:00pm
Sat 5/19
12:15, 1:00pm
Sun 5/20
12:15, 1:00pm
Mon 5/21
6:30pm

 

Feature film prices (unless otherwise noted)

  • Single admission: $9.50
  • Student/senior: $7.50
  • ArtsQuest Member: $7
  • Matinee (before 5pm): $7.50
  • ArtsQuest Member Matinee: $6.50

Tickets can be purchased in person or online (until 30 minutes before the show starts). All cinema tickets purchased online before the day of show will be held at will call at the ArtsQuest Center.

Film Series

LGBT Film Series
5/6-6/10
Sponsors: Equality Pennsylvania, Pride of the Greater Lehigh Valley
Films including The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Making the Boys, Tomboy, One Way Out, Better Than Chocolate, Liberty, Gun Hill Road, Wish Me Away. For dates and times, click here.
LGBT Film Series
6/17-7/30
Each title will be presented as a 35mm film print.
Films including Goldfinger, GoldenEye, The Spy Who Loved Me, Dr. No, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Live And Let Die, and From Russia With Love. For dates and times, click here.

Special Screenings

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
5/25 & 5/25
1975 R, 1hr 40min Language: English
Director:Jim Sharman. Stars: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick
Time: 11:30pm

Coming Soon

First Position

First Position

2011 NR, 2hr 4min Language: English
Director: Bess Kargman. Stars: Aran Bell, Gaya Bommer Yemini and Michaela Deprince.
Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

2012 PG-13, 1hr 34min Language: English
Director: Wes Anderson. Stars: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward and Bruce Willis.
The Last Ride

The Last Ride

2011 PG-13, Language: English
The final days of Hank Williams.

Tuesday Talkbacks with Professor Robert Kilker

We'll put one of our features under the microscope every Tuesday with Tuesday Talkbacks, led by Kutztown University Professor Robert Kilker. Prof. Kilker, a Bethlehem resident, has a Ph.D. from Lehigh University, where he studied Film & Popular Culture, along with Twentieth-Century American Literature. His dissertation at Lehigh was an examination of the Hepburn-Tracy film cycle via gender role; he gave The Shining a similar treatment in a published piece in Literature/Film Quarterly. Prof. Kilker will be joined by colleagues from throughout the Lehigh Valley each week.

There's no extra cost to come to a Tuesday Talkback; we'll simply start talking once the credits start rolling!

Tuesday Talkbacks feature film are noted with a *

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