(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- This summer, The ShowRoom proudly launches UNSTREAMABLE CINEMA—a provocative new series showcasing four bold and controversial films that are currently unavailable on any streaming platform. These are rare, one-night-only opportunities to see these uncompromising works on the big screen, where they belong.
Saturday, July 12th at 8:00pm | Dogma – 25th Anniversary Screening. Kevin Smith’s wildly irreverent religious satire brings New Jersey attitude to matters of Heaven and Hell. With a cast led by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, this cult classic follows two fallen angels attempting to exploit a loophole back into paradise—risking the end of existence itself.
Sunday, July 27th at 3:00pm | Short Cuts. Robert Altman’s sprawling ensemble drama maps the moral detours of modern life in Los Angeles. Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy’s grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy’s birthday cake.
Saturday, August 16th at 8:00pm | Happiness. Set in New Jersey and directed by Garden State native Todd Solondz, Happiness is an unflinching dark comedy about the hidden perversions and emotional voids beneath suburban respectability. Controversial, disturbing, and darkly hilarious, it remains one of the most talked-about films of the ’90s.
Friday, August 22nd at 8:00pm | Pink Flamingos. John Waters’ midnight movie milestone follows Divine in a gloriously grotesque contest for the title of "Filthiest Person Alive." Infamous for its transgressive content, Pink Flamingos is a gleeful assault on good taste that defined the cult film experience.
Tickets are $15 and available now at showroomcinemas.com. The ShowRoom is located at 707 Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Experience the films you can’t stream, only at The ShowRoom.
The ShowRoom Cinema opened in Asbury Park, NJ, in April, 2009, as a single-screen, 50 seat movie theater, with a goal of bringing provocative and relevant independent movies and engaging special events to the city’s budding downtown. In 2012 the theater evolved into a 3-screen, independent cinema and became the leading entertainment destination in Asbury Park’s eclectic, art-infused downtown shopping district.
Through its eleven year run, The ShowRoom brought an important selection of independent, first-run films — including critically-acclaimed domestic and foreign features, documentaries, festival winners and shorts — to the Jersey Shore. It also hosted a variety of special one night only screenings, live performances and community-driven special events. The theater closed in 2020, but new owners Daria Parr and family are excited to welcome The ShowRoom back to Asbury Park. As the last year and a half has shown, the simple pleasure of seeing a new release on a big screen with a roomful of fellow film fans is an experience many of us didn’t realize we would miss until it was gone.
The ShowRoom will continue to deliver the same high quality film selection and impeccable customer service that the theater has become known for while working toward the big picture goal: restoring some of what was lost during the pandemic by inviting our cherished guests to share the energy and fun of going to the movies again.
