Esquire Theatre
320 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Website: http://www.esquiretheatre.com/

The Drama ()
Cast: Zendaya, Robert Pattinson
Runtime: 1 hr. 46 mins.
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (PG)
Cast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy
Runtime: 1 hr. 39 mins.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros., and follows The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was released in 2023 and earned more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Both the 2023 film and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie are produced by Chris Meledandri of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo.

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (PG-13)
Runtime: 1 hr. 44 mins.
From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny; a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what’s at stake if we get it wrong.

Project Hail Mary (PG-13)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Huller
Runtime: 2 hr. 37 mins.
Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.

Palestine 36 ()
Cast: Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha
Runtime: 1 hr. 59 mins.
In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. Palestine's Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin ()
Runtime: 1 hr. 30 mins.
Pasha Talankin is an unlikely hero—a beloved Russian primary school teacher, known as a mentor and prankster who offers students a safe haven in his office. After Russia invades Ukraine, Pasha’s role in the school changes dramatically as he is reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine. Forced to promote state-sanctioned messages and horrified by the transformation of his school and community, he struggles with guilt and a sense of powerlessness, leading him to become an international whistleblower.As the school’s videographer, Pasha documents intimate and revealing footage of Putin’s regime, capturing the rise of militarized children’s groups, repressive laws, fervent nationalism, and the recruitment of graduating students to fight in the war. When he learns his own life may be at risk, Pasha is forced to plan a dangerous escape from Russia.
