35 YEARS OF BLUE VELVET & MORE ON THE BIG SCREEN THIS WEEKEND
What’s showing on the big screen at some of our favorite indie film houses this weekend from NYC to the UK including Blue Velvet, a new restoration of Goodfellas and Werner Herzog classics. Dive in!
All Weekend: Celebrate 35 years of David Lynch’s erotically-charged neo-noir BLUE VELVET (1986) starring Lynch faves Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern, plus Dennis Hopper as one of cinemas most terrifying villains. Plus special art show! At THE FRIDA CINEMA, Santa Ana. More info HERE.
Fri 9/17 7pm: Back to back lineup of an original and a remake with THE HAUNTING (1963) + THE HAUNTING (1990). Double Feature at the brilliant BRAINDEAD STUDIOS, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Fri 9/17 7:30pm: A scheming ex-tennis pro wants his wealthy wife (immortal Grace Kelly) murdered so he can get his hands on her inheritance. Hitchcock’s DIAL M FOR MURDER (1964) screens at THE MICHIGAN THEATER, Ann Arbor. More info HERE.
All Weekend: New 4K Restoration of arguably the greatest modern gangster movie. Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Paul Sorvino star in Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS (1990) screens at FILM FORUM, New York City. More info HERE.
Fri 9/17 11:30pm: Martin Scorsese directs Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey, and Harvey Keitel in this visually breathtaking adaptation of the acclaimed novel. A controversial epic was heavily protested upon release, but has endured as one of the filmmaker's most personal works. THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988 / 35mm Print) screens at THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATER, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
Fri 9/17 10pm: A drug dealer Johnny decides to abandon his life of crime, but his mob bosses won’t let him break free so easy in this gritty thriller. Beautiful cinematography ALPHABET CITY (1984) is a slice of 80s NY grime. Screens in 35mm at AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE x LOS FELIZ. More info HERE.
Fri 9/17 11:45pm: When a Doctor’s son dies tragically, he decides to bury the boy’s body in a supposed burial ground with resurrection qualities. Naturally it all goes to hell. Catch PET SEMETARY (1989) late show at the NITEOWL DRIVE IN, Miami. More info HERE.
Sat 9/18 7:30pm: The creepy NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979) is presented with a New Restoration of Werner Herzog’s retelling of the legend of Count Dracula at THE HOLLYWOOD THEATRE, Portland. More info HERE.
Sat 8/18 7:30pm: Masters of big screen dance classics, Fred and Ginger are at it again, this time to the music of George and Ira Gershwin. SHALL WE DANCE (1937 / 35mm Print) screens at THE DRYDEN THEATER, Rochester, NY. More info HERE.
Sat 8/18 10pm: Kurt Russel starts in John Carpenter’s colorful, kooky, ‘everything-but-the-kitchen-sink’ supernatural kung fu fantasy cult classic BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) at THE LOFT CINEMA, Arizona. More info HERE.
Sat 8/18 9pm: King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles as only these legends of British comedy could do it. Catch MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) at THE MAYFAIR THEATER, Ontario Canada. More info HERE.
Sat 8/18 11:30am: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson are stuck in an off-season hotel as a raging hurricane bears down in the classic noir KEY LARGO (1948 / 35mm Print). As part of the ‘Revival Series’ at THE CHARLES THEATER, Baltimore. More info HERE.
Sat 9/18 5pm: Nicholas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames & Dave Chappel star in Jerry Bruckheimers’s throw-everything-at-the-screen-and-then-blow-it-up 90’s action party CON AIR (1997 / 35mm Print) at THE TEXAS THEATER. Also screens Sunday. More info HERE.
Sun 9/19 6:30pm: Teens gone wild, 1950s style! Double Feature of James Dean in the enormously influential REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) plus Russ Tamblyn and Jerry Lee Lewis in HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL! (1958). Both in 35mm. At The NEW BEVERLY CINEMA, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sat 9/18 2:30pm: An unforgettable ensemble of characters led by Jack Nicholson, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975) swept the top five Oscars in 1976, the first film to do so since It Happened One Night in 1934. At THE PARIS THEATER, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 8/18 8pm: Super film noir Double Feature at THE REDFORD THEATRE Detroit Michigan, featuring the electrifying femme fatale Gloria Grahame, in THE BIG HEAT (1953) and the groundbreaking director Ida Lupino with her unforgettable film, THE HITCHHIKER (1953). Plus noir-style fashion show by Detroit's own Flamingo Vintage! More info HERE.
Sun 9/19 11:30am: Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart star in DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939 / 35mm Print) as part of ‘Mornings with Marlene: Matinee Series’ at THE MUSIC BOX THEATER, Chicago. Also screens Saturday. More info HERE.
Sun 9/19 7pm: The brilliant original, followed by the unintentional hilarity of the ill advised remake. THE WICKER MAN (1973) + THE WICKER MAN (2006) screens as a Double Feature at BRAINDEAD STUDIOS, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sun 9/19 6pm: One of Herzog’s most beloved films based upon the true story of a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note. THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER (1974) screens at THE BRATTLE THEATER in Massachusetts. More info HERE.
SUN 9/19 2:55PM: A fever dream space opera with an incredible cast and designs by Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud and H.R. Giger that never came to pass, but its influence on the subsequent Hollywood sci-fi output was undeniable. JODOROWSKY’S DUNE (2013) is the brilliant doco on the doomed project, a must-watch for every genre fan and Dune enthusiast waiting for the 2021 version. At KINO ROTTERDAM. More info HERE.
Sun 9/19 6:30pm: A celebration of love and creative inspiration at the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) at NIGHTFLIX DRIVE IN, Borden, UK. More Info HERE.