It's showtime

For those not invested in the stakeholders, all the 2014-era Crest Theatre drama may come as surprise, but the gist is such: Significant disagreements over leases and operations led to new management and, subsequently, significant kvetching on Facebook and other social media platforms.

Those who prefer their drama to stay on the screen instead of behind the scenes, however, take note: The Crest Theatre is still showing movies—albeit none of the art house flicks it used to be known for (at least not currently).

Upcoming options include the Friday, January 23, screening of the creepy-as-all-get-out Stanley Kubrick classic The Shining. The film, which stars Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, is an adaptation of the Steven King novel by the same name and originally hit movie theaters in 1980. Getting the chance to see it in a theater is pretty awesome. Surround sound scariness = more future nightmares for your buck.

Then, Thursday, January 29, the theater will show Alfred Hitchcock's psycho-terror of a flick Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.

The February calendar, for those planning ahead, so far includes another Hitchcock film, The Birds and, also, something a bit more newfangled, Amélie, the quirky 2001 French love story that launched a thousand copycat bang trims.

All films show at 7:30 p.m. (with a 6:30 p.m. door time) and cost $7.50-$9.50. 1013 K Street, www.crestsacramento.com.