Welcome to Mesilla Valley Film Society
The Mesilla Valley Film Society is a non-profit organization with a working board of directors and a volunteer staff, which presents alternative, foreign and independent film and video to the southern New Mexico and El Paso/Juarez areas.
Screening Times
Shows run every evening Friday through Thursday at 7:30 PM., with the Sunday matinee at 2:30 PM. Unless otherwise noted, CineMatinee screenings are Saturday at 1:30 PM.
Admission Prices
Regular - $7, Matinees - $6, Members - $5, Seniors over 60 and students with ID - $6, Wednesdays - $5. A classic or documentary film is free to all Film Society members each calendar period.
Now Playing
- Solitary Man
Michael Douglas deserves serious award attention for his triumphant performance as the tormented Ben Kalmen, a fast-talking, moneymaking New York car dealer facing professional and personal disasters. His method of warding off aging, job scandal and a heart problem is to screw women, the younger the better. That includes Allyson…
Saturday's CineMatinee
- Lonely Are The Brave
Dalton Trumbo wrote this elegy to the western. Kirk Douglas gives one of his finest performances as an out-of-place cowboy in the modern west—almost like a time traveler. The theme of the movie is eloquently set up by the opening of the film in which we see Douglas reclining beneath…
Announcements
- Special Guest, Music, MVFS/Allen Theatres Announcement
September 15th, 7:00 PM - co-screenwriter, spoken word artist, and NMSU alumni, Joe Ray Sandoval, has graciously accepted our invitation to return as our guest. Mr. Sandoval will be on hand for a Question-and-Answer session after the September 15 screening and will conclude the evening with a short reading of his…
Special Feature
- Millenium: The Story
The Mesilla Valley Film Society at the Fountain Theatre will be screening Millennium: The Story—a 50-minute documentary film about the author and story behind “The Girl Who….” trilogy of books and films. The screening is FREE and there will also be a drawing for various “Girl Who”’ related prizes. The second film of…