KUNG-FU GREATS, HORROR FAVORITES & MORE ON THE BIG SCREEN THIS WEEK.
A brief round up of some cinema essentials and classics hitting the big screen at some of our favorite film houses, including some a 35mm print of a Shaw Brothers Kung Fu classic and 80s horror heavyweights!
Tues 5/10th 10pm: Rocky steps back into the ring to square off against very 80s foes including Hulk Hogan and Mr T. ROCKY III (1982) screens at The American Cinematheque at Los Feliz. More info HERE.
Tues 5/10th 7:30pm: One of cinema’s greatest white-knuckle nail-biters, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s influential suspense classic follows four desperate men on a suicide mission through the South American jungle. THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953 / 35mm Print) screens at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Tues 5/10th 7:30pm: Gordon Liu is out to avenge the destruction of the Shaolin Temple! But he's up against an incarnation of the greatest villain in martial arts movie history: the unstoppable white eyebrowed Pai Mei. FIST OF THE WHITE LOTUS (1980) screens with an extremely rare 35mm Print screening at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.
Wed 5/11th 7:30pm: A new owner and several young counselors gather to reopen the notorious Camp Crystal Lake, and become the target of a deranged killer! The original FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980 / 35mm Print) screens at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
Wed 5/11th 7:30pm: Double Feature that contains the talents of Directors Ron Howard and Carl Reiner, and stars Michael Keaton and Steve Martin. NIGHT SHIFT (1982) + DEAD MEN DON’T WEAR PLAID (1982 / 35mm Print) screens at The American Cinematheque at The Aero Theatre. More info HERE.
Wed 5/11th & Thurs 5/12th 9pm: In late 19th century Canton, a legendary martial arts hero, Wong Fei-Hung (Jet Li) stands against foreign forces’ plundering of China. ONCE UPON A TIME ON CHINA (1991) screens at The Mayfair Theatre, Ontario. More info HERE.
Screening All Week: David Lynch's free wheeling, nightmarish descent into the shadows of a woman's career trajectory in Hollywood, made terrifying by Laura Dern's stunning performance. New, Director supervised 4K remaster of INLAND EMPIRE (2006) screens at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago. More info HERE. Also screens at The Brattle, Massachusetts.
Screening All Week: Provocative, audacious and visionary, Gaspar Noé pushes the boundaries of hallucinatory cinema with this exploration of sex, drugs, life and death. ENTER THE VOID (2010) screens at IFC Center, New York City. More info HERE.
Wed 5/11th 3:35pm: A mysterious iridescent fog descends upon a village, as locals start to die in John Carpenter's THE FOG (1980 / New 4K Remaster) screening at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.
Thurs 5/12th 7pm: Wong Kar Wai's sumptuous 2046 (2004 / 35mm Print) tracks several women who enter a science fiction author’s life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love. Screens at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.
Thurs 5/12th 6:30pm: From the original shared cinematic universe, descend to watery depths of the original 3D classic from the legendary 'Universal Monsters' lineup with CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON 3D (1954) screening at ACMI, Melbourne. More info HERE.
Thurs 5/12th 7:30pm: Catch two of the 80s horror movie heavyweights back to back in a Double Feature of what was tagged their 'final appearances', knowing full well Jason and Freddy would never stay truly 'dead'. FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER (1984) + FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1991) both screen in 35mm at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Thurs 5/12th 7pm: Take a trip with the Swedish music mega legends on their Australian tour, and experience the heyday of when disco reigned supreme. ABBA THE MOVIE (1977) screens at The North Park Theatre, Buffalo NY. More info HERE. Also screening at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana.
Screening All Week: The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991) starring Denzel Washington. New Criterion 4K Restoration screens at The Roxie Cinema, San Francisco. More info HERE.
Screening All Week: The MAI ZETTERLING RETROSPECTIVE continues this week at Film Forum, New York City with a lineup of 21 movies from the director who made her mark in the 1960s as the director of daring features, groundbreaking for their depiction of dynamic female protagonists. More info HERE.