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The Drexel lost one of its major champions this past weekend. Frank Gabrenya, long-time film critic for The Columbus Dispatch and a manager of the Drexel during the summer of 1988, died on Saturday, [...]

Jason Lachlan Christopher is a manager at the Drexel Theatre. His fiction has appeared in Sanitarium Magazine and Horror, Sleaze, Trash. His film reviews can be found on his website A Yardstick For Lunatics.From his [...]

This week we launched our brand new website and online ticketing system! Our new website works on your phone, has updated showtimes, upcoming events, and more. Our new ticketing system makes it easier than [...]

Friends of the Drexel today announced that Jeremy Henthorn has been selected as theatre director of the Drexel Theatre. Currently executive director of the Columbus International Film and Animation Festival at the Columbus College of Art and [...]

Theatre will close for approximately 12 weeks beginning March 14 Proudly listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Drexel, Columbus’ non-profit, 1930s Art Deco cinema, will begin renovation of the theatre’s iconic marquee, [...]

The Drexel Theatre, Columbus’ non-profit, 1930s Art Deco cinema, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic place worthy of preservation. Selected as a historic building contributing to the [...]

Enter to win 2 free tickets to the DREXEL! Join our Instagram Photo Contest by following us and posting a pic! When you hear "Fright Club" relating to film, what comes to mind? Snap a "frightening" [...]

Dear loyal and supportive Friends of the Drexel … This week Governor Kasich signed into law the state capital improvement budget – the first of its kind in several years – and I am delighted [...]

In Memoriam - Robert Lazarus Jr. We lost Bob Lazarus this week. Bob was a founding board member of Friends of the Drexel and our first ever “Drexel Hero” honoree. Bob loved this theatre and our community. [...]

To our dedicated Friends of the Drexel … This year’s Columbus Foundation Big Give will allow you to designate the Drexel as one of your charities. Our improvements to the theatre in the last year [...]

ON THE AISLE - August 26, 2013 Right now in the lobby at the Drexel, we have a contest going on to celebrate the films of Woody Allen. Allen's Blue Jasmine, critically-acclaimed and wildly popular with [...]

This Thursday evening at 8:45 pm, we will screen 'DOC' CROW: THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY 2-STRINGS. It will be the premiere of this "mockumentary" made by Alonzo and Aqua Jones, a married duo that splits [...]

On the second Saturday of each month, we show The Room at midnight. If you've ever attended a screening of this "so bad it's great" film, you know all about throwing plastic spoons and enjoying an evening [...]

Every once in awhile, we all get to witness something spellbinding, something that makes us stop in our tracks. That happened earlier this month for the Drexel staff when we acquired our new Sony Entertainment [...]

Made possible by the recent conversion of all three movie theatres to digital audio and sound, the Drexel Theatre now offers the latest in closed captioning technology, the Sony entertainment access glasses. Only the second movie [...]

On a daily basis, we get phone calls, emails, and suggestions at our counter about movies we should bring to the Drexel. We love the input, because frankly, we love to talk about film. Booking [...]

Bexley is a great place to celebrate the Fourth of July. The annual parade, set in motion just after breakfast, is a slice of Americana, featuring local floats, bands, and dignitaries. In the evening, Capital [...]

  Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make the 16th Annual Red Carpet Bash a huge success. A near capacity crowd had a great time watching Argo win Best Picture and Amour win Best Foreign Film. The evening [...]

The 16th Annual Drexel Red Carpet Bash is going to be an event you won't want to miss! We are very excited to announce a very special guest hostess, The Fabulous Sable Coate. Sable Coate "THE DELECTABLE [...]

AMOUR  Review by Rich Elias for the Drexel E-News “Amour” is the last major Oscar contender to open in Columbus, rounding out the strongest group of nominees I’ve seen in years, even decades. This French [...]