BACK WITH OUR WEEKEND UPDATE! July 30 - Aug 1
We took a little break but we’re back with our listing of picks amongst the repetory classics on the big screen this weekend. Always respect your local theater’s Covid policies (don’t be a jerk…) and don’t forget to check our Theatres page, as well as our Video Stores page, to see what else might be happening near you!
ALL WEEKEND: A massive showcase at the MAHONING DRIVE IN in Pennsylvania (which will no longer be forced to out of it's long time home!) with SCHLOCK-O-RAMA V including a salute to the Schlockmeister, William Castle, plus Tod Browning, Ed Wood, Woman-eating plants and Invaders from Outer Space — ALL in 35mm! Original 50s/60s sci-fi/horror trailers before each show! Lineup as follows:
Friday, July 30th: FREAKS (1932) +GLEN OR GLENDA (1953) + THE WOMAN EATER (1958) + MACABRE (1958)
Saturday, July 31st - William Castle-Mania!: THE TINGLER (1959) +13 GHOSTS (1960) + MR. SARDONICUS (1961) + HOMICIDAL (1961)
Sunday, August 1st - Super Sunday Sci-Fi Spectacular: WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) + INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
More info HERE.
Fri 7/30th 7:30pm: The timeless story of Romeo and Juliet is transported to the mean streets of New York in the big screen update of the acclaimed Broadway musical. WEST SIDE STORY (1961) screens at NEW BEVERLY CINEMA, Los Angeles with a stunning, vivid and rare 35mm Technicolor IB Print. Standby tickets available. More info HERE.
Fri 7/30th 8pm: When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbor played by Marilyn Monroe. THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955) screens at REDFORD THEATRE, MICHIGAN. The first scene was shot at the glorious original Penn Station atrium in NYC prior to it’s demolition and deeply reviled replacement. More info HERE.
Ongoing: Paul Schrader’s BLUE COLLAR (1978) screens at New York’s FILM FORUM. Fed up with management and their own reps, Detroit auto workers (in the factory that made NYC’s storied Checker cabs) Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto knock over union headquarters, netting a lousy 600 bucks – along with a ledger detailing mob link-ups that gets them in steadily deeper waters. More info HERE.
Fri 7/30th 4:20pm: Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki makes his feature film debut in this beloved chapter of the LUPIN THE 3rd saga, with a new 4k restoration. LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO screens at ROXIE THEATER San Francisco. More info HERE.
Fri 7/30th & Sat 7/31st Midnight: A London housing project becomes a sci-fi battleground becoming a fortress under siege from outer space nastiness. ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011 / 35mm Print) screens at COOLIDGE CORNER THEATER. Stars John Boyega. More info HERE.
Fri 7/30th 7:30pm: The inspired second feature from Wes Anderson and co-writer Owen Wilson starring Olivia Williams, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray. RUSHMORE (1998) screens at THE MICHIGAN THEATER. More info HERE.
Fri 7/30th 7:15pm: The original danse macabre from visionary director Dario Argento Something wicked this way comes in Argento’s giallo magnum opus that is as beautiful as it is bewitching. SUSPIRIA (1977) screens at CINESPIA AT THE GREEK THEATER (Outdoors). More info HERE.
Fri 7/30th 8:30pm: An eclectic comedy jam starring Kid ’N Play, and a beloved classic of black cinema, HOUSE PARTY (1990) screens at the PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA London. More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st 7:30pm: Double Feature of two independent gems with HOLLYWOOD SUFFLE (1987 / 35mm Print) + THE MIGHTY QUINN (1989) at AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AERO THEATER in Santa Monica. Q&A with Q&A with Robert Townsend, moderated by JB Smoove. More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st 6pm: From the moment Drew Barrymore picked up that phone, Wes Craven’s darkly comedic slasher homage revived the genre in the mid 90s. Catch a full SCREAM MARATHON with Parts 1 - 4 in 35mm at NEW BEVERLY CINEMA, Los Angeles. Standby tix only. More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st 9:30pm: Catch a JOHN CARPENTER MARATHON at PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA London, including ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and THEY LIVE followed by the ‘Apocalpyse Trilogy’ of THE THING, PRINCE OF DARKNESS and IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS. More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st 10pm: Some late night John Carpenter also at the LOFT CINEMA ARIZONA with THE THING (1982) as part of their Cult Classic Lineup. More info HERE.
Sun 8/1st 3pm: Some true early 80s fantasy with EXCALIBUR (1981) at TEXAS THEATER. Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart. More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st 3:30pm & 8:30pm: The best of the series in George Lucas’ classic trilogy (and the series in general), THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1981) screens at AFI SILVER Maryland. Note that this is the restored 1997 ‘Special Edition’, however, it was the installment with the least amount of alterations.
More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st 8:30pm: A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences in Brian De Palma’s BODY DOUBLE (1984) screening at ROXIE CINEMA New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st 7:30pm: Burt Lancaster, in his debut performance, stars in the noir classic THE KILLERS (1946) at DRYDEN THEATER / EASTMAN MUSEUM Rochester, NY. More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st 9:15pm: SON OF THE WHITE MARE (1981) is one of the great psychedelic masterpieces of world animation, a swirling, color-mad maelstrom of mythic monsters and Scythian heroes. S screens at BRATTLE THEATRE MASSACHUSETTS. More info HERE.
Sat 7/31st: Studio Ghibli classics PRINCESS MONONOKE and NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND screen at Brooklyn’s SYNDICATED THEATRE (indoors) while Robert Altman’s NASHVILLE (1975) plays outdoors for their Sidewalk Cinema. More info HERE.
Sun 1/8th Various Times: Charles Chaplin’s cinematic masterpiece THE KID (1921), newly restored in stunning 4K, is back on the big screen for it’s 100th Anniversary at THE ASTOR THEATRE Melbourne. More info HERE.
Sun 8/1st Various Times: An absolutely vital piece of music JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY (1959 / New 4K Restoration) is a stunning documentation by Bert Stern of the mythical festival featuring Thelonious Monk; Sonny Stitt; Anita O'Day; Dinah Washington; Gerry Mulligan; Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong and many more. Screens at KINO ROTTERDAM. More info HERE.
Sun 8/1 9pm: After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents to unleash raw sexual energy The rather controversial CRASH (1996) screens with a New 4K Restorations at MAYFAIR CINEMA Ontario, Canada. More info HERE.
Sun 8/1st 3pm: Breezy and stylish in it’s retro aesthetic, MEN IN BLACK (1997) was a remarkably clever sci-fi hit starring Will Smith as a police officer, partnered with a cranky Tommy Lee Jones in a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth. 35mm Print screens at PLAZA THEATRE ATLANTA. More info HERE.
Sun 8/1st 7:30pm: A super colorful tribute to 1940s crime fiction, Disney’s DICK TRACY (1990) is a remarkable designed and executed puppy caper with an absolutely massive ensemble cast. Screens at FRIDA CINEMA Santa Ana, CA. More Info HERE.