JULY 4TH LONG WEEKEND CULT MOVIE HAPPENINGS

Summer is in full swing in the U.S, so pack your sunscreen, grab your popcorn, and head to your nearest indie theater this long weekend as we dive into the picks of timeless films. Whether you're an ardent cinephile or simply looking for a nostalgic trip, our round up promises plenty of silver screen treats.

All Weekend from 6pm: GODZILLA-PALOOZA RAIDS AGAIN! comes to The Mahoning Drive In! A legendary lineup of giant monster Battle Royale’s, all in gargantuan 35mm! Friday, June 30th: TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (1975) + MOTHRA (1961) + GODZILLA 2000 (1999) / Saturday, July 1st KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1963) + RODAN (1956) + GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GHIDORAH : GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK (2001) / Sunday, July 2nd: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968). More info HERE.

Ongoing: Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman star in the grittiest of gritty NYC movies that Vanity Fair describe as a spellbinding glimpse, etched in acid, of how we lived then that bears comparison to the work of great documentary still photographers. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

Ongoing: This major retrospective of Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli and its star filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata brings beloved animated classics back to the big screen for STUDIO GHIBLI SUMMER at IFC Center, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 6/30th & Sat 7/1st 11:30pm: One of the most gargantuan sci-fi hits of the 90s as aliens arrive on earth to obliterate landmarks and wipe the planet clean of humans in the highly entertaining and wonderfully cheesy INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996) screening at IFC Center, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 6/30th & Sat 7/1st Midnight: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz headline the swashbuckling desert adventure of THE MUMMY (1999) screening at The Music box Theatre, Chicago. More info HERE.

Fri 6/30th 9pm: A hilariously written day in the life of newly unemployed Craig (Ice Cube) and his stoner friend Smokey (Chris Tucker) as two South Central residents scrambling to settle a $200 debt with their drug dealer. FRIDAY (1995) screens at Film at Lincoln Center, New York City / Outdoors at Damrosch Park. More info HERE.

Sat 7/2nd 7:35pm: A dazzling multiplicity of plots collide in one story centered around an ensemble of damaged souls. Paul Thomas Anderson’s MAGNOLIA (1999 / 35mm Print) screens at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

Sat 7/1st 7:30pm: A Gulf War veteran rises from the dead to wreak vengeance upon unpatriotic residents of his hometown in UNCLE SAM (1996) Rare 35mm Print screens at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. Features William Smith, Issac Hayes and Robert Forster. More info HERE.

Sat 7/1st Midnight: A who’s who of 80s teen heart throbs including Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Alex Winter and Corey Feldman star in the now iconic teen horror fave THE LOST BOYS (1987) screening at The Nitehawk Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 7/1st 7:15pm: Take a cartoonish cross-country joyride with help of Tim Burton. PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (1985) screens with a program of DJs and July 4th Fireworks at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 7/1st & Sun 7/2nd 12:30pm: Ernest P. Worrell, America’s lanky, lovable know-it-all stars as the hero of the summer camp classic ERNEST GOES TO CAMP (1985 / 35mm Print) screening at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.

Sat 7/1st 7:30pm: Two of Russ Meyer’s greatest movies back to back in 35mm! Ass kicking, no shits given Tura Santana heads up FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (1965) followed by late 60’s sex, drugs, and rock and roll lifestyle in BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970). Screening at Secret Movie Club, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 7/1st 7:30pm: Showgirls is back, baby! and now we got number 2 next in line to push it down the rhinestone stairs. Special guests, glitz, glamour, sweat and weird pool sex all included. Showgirls (1995 / 35mm) + Showgirls 2: Pennies From Heaven (2011) w/ comedian John Early & Showgirls co-star Rina Riffel at Braindead Studios, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 7/1st 4:20pm: From the creator of Astor Boy and the writer of Akira, Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis (2001) is all stunning imagery and cutting edge animation. Screening at The Roxie Cinema, San Francisco. More info HERE.

Fri 7/30th & Sat 7/1st 7:30pm, Sun 7/2nd 2:30pm: Mad Max is left with no car and nothing to lose, becoming a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society founded and ruled by Aunty Entity (Tina Turner). MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) screens at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana. More info HERE.

Sat 7/1st 11pm: The (surprising, but warranted) benchmark of modern American action movies! Fight through the night at the JOHN WICK MARATHON, watching all four chapters of for the ultimate big screen Baba Yaga experience! Screens at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Sun 7/2nd 4pm: The pivotal 1950s monster movie that influenced generations of genre films, including the Godzilla franchise, with its tremendous stop-motion special effects created by the legendary Ray Harryhausen. THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953 / 35mm Print) screens at Museum For The Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 7/2nd 7:30pm: Based on the daring campaigns of real-life British military figure T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole, in his first feature) during WWI, this sweeping epic of Arab infighting and British colonialism won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) screens in majestic 70mm at American Cinematheque x Aero Theatre. More info HERE.

Mon 7/3rd 7pm: Before un-creative Hollywood executives started wanting film ‘franchises’ (puke), James Cameron upped the stakes and creativity with the long awaited continuation of his indie hit. One of the best sequels ever made, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991) screens at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Mon 7/3rd 8:45pm: The original (and still the best) big screen putting of the comic book turned kid friendly cartoon phenomenon, surprised many by opting to adapt it’s original dark adult source material for the screen, over the colorful animated series at the time, becoming the most successful independent movie of all time for almost a decade. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990) screens at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago. More info HERE.

Ongoing: Although the current CEO seems intent on destroying it, Warner still has one of the most legendary archives of cinema. The WARNER BROS CENTENNIAL PART ONE continues this long weekend at The AFI Silver, Maryland including ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944), THE BIG SLEEP (1946) and STAGE FRIGHT (1950). More info HERE.

Mon 7/3rd 4:15pm & 6:45pm: An American couple (James Stewart, Doris Day) on vacation in Morocco have a chance encounter that leads to their involvement in an international assassination plot that they must keep secret at all costs. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956 / 35mm Print) at The Brattle Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

All Weekend: Fourteen masterpieces arrive on the big screen this summer for the annual festival of RECENT RESTORATIONS at BAM Cinematheque, New York City. Including the THREE COLORS TRILOGY, PARIS TEXAS and SUZHOU RIVER. More info HERE.

Mon 7/3rd 8pm: Sci-fi B Movie bliss with action star Billy Banks in a race to save the Earth's atmosphere from nuclear destruction and a cybernetic killing machine! TC 2000 (1993) screens at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Mon 7/3rd 7:30pm: When a pack of pint-sized, piranha-teethed alien fur-balls land in small town Grover’s Bend, they’ll mischievously munch through everything they can! Cath a Double Feature of CRITTERS (1986) + CRITTERS 2 (1988), both in 35mm at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Mon 7/3rd 9:15pm: Long before the superhero movie boom there was FLASH GORDON (1980), who travel to planet Mongo to do battle with Emperor Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow). Screens in 35mm at The Metrograph Theatre, New York City. More info HERE.

ICONS OF THE NEW QUEER CINEMA ERA AND CULT FAVES BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN

As Pride Month continues, take in some of the ground breaking features amongst the New Queer Cinema era, as well as a health dose of cult classics on the biog screen all weekend.

All Weekend: Less a sequel than a bigger-budget roller coaster remake of the original, the ghoulishly groovy EVIL DEAD 2 (1987) takes the premise of Raimi’s first zombies-in-the-woods gore fest to such outlandish extremes that it was threatened with an X rating. New 4K Restoration screens at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.

Fri 6/9th Midnight: When a small town sheriff detains a vagrant drifter (Sylvester Stallone) for resisting arrest, he sets in motion a series of events that bring mayhem and bloody reckoning to his community. FIRST BLOOD (1982) is both an action classic and surprisingly interesting commentary on PTSD. Screens at The Coolidge, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Fri 6/9th & Sat 6/10th Midnight: A highly stylized sci-fi thriller PITCH BLACK (2000) was shot in Australia using the arid locations to great effect, and starring Vin Diesel in his breakout role. Screens in 35mm Print at The Music Box Theater, Chicago. More info HERE.

All Weekend: NOIR CITY BOSTON brings features films that have been rescued—sometimes quite literally—and restored thanks to the efforts of the Film Noir Foundation. Filled with the usual tough guys and deadly dames, these films don’t disappoint. Many classics like SORRY WRONG NUMBER (1948), HE WALKED BY NIGHT (1948) and more in 35mm. Screening at The Brattle, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Fri 6/9th & Sat 6/10th Midnight: A frustrated housewife, Francine Fishpaw (the legendary Divine), tries to maintain her sanity while taking care of her dysfunctional household in John Waters' POLYESTER (1981 / 35mm Print) Screens in 'Odarama' with scratch and sniff cards at The Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg), New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 6/9th 7:30pm: The Secret Movie Club in Los Angeles kick off their 'Heists, Capers & Conmen' series with two of the most fun and funny of the bunch via a Double Feature of some Monty Python alumni and Jamie Lee Curtis in A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988) + Michael Caine in the original and the best THE ITALIAN JOB (1969). Both in 35mm More info HERE.

Fri 6/9th & Sat 6/10th 9:30pm: A teenager believes that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire and turns to a TV horror show actor for help to deal with the undead in the wonderfully very 80s FRIGHT NIGHT (1985) at The Drexel Theater, Ohio. More info HERE.

All Weekend: Spend a weekend with one of the most renowned cinematographers of all time with A WEEKEND WITH ROGER DEAKINS at The Texas Theater, Dallas, with the man himself appearing for Q&A's and screenings of some of his most impressive work including BLADERUNNER 2049. More info HERE.

All Weekend: Ridley Scott's bleak hard boiled sci-fi film noir vision of the future still remains the gold standard for production design. BLADERUNNER (1982) screens in gritty 35mm at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 6/9th 11pm: Violet Hex Presents BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER! with a queer celebration & screening of the beloved 1999 camp cult-classic starring Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, RuPaul, Mink Stole and Cathy Moriarty. Screens at The Clinton Street Theater, Portland. More info HERE.

Sat 6/10th 9:50pm: 50 years later and ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) remains as thoroughly entertaining as ever. The film that would make Bruce Lee a star in the west, but a fame he would never know due his death mere weeks before the premiere. Screens at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.

Sat 6/10th 9:30pm: This forgotten cult classic sees a group of aliens in a guitar shaped spaceship on the hunt to find the true source of Rock n’ Roll ensuring musical mayhem that threatens the very existence of the town they land in! The super goofy VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS (1984) screens at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Sat 6/10th 5:30pm: Before Christopher Nolan got his epic hands on the series, Tim Burton rebooted the classic DC comic book character in 1989 in his own unique, technicolor style and remains arguably, the best big scren version of the character, and a triumph of set design. BATMAN (1989) at The Golden Age Cinema, Sydney Australia. More info HERE.

Sat 6/10th 8pm: An icon of queer cinema. The 80s seen through the eyes of NYC’s African American and Latino Harlem drag ball scene and an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies, to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. PARIS IS BURNING (1990) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 6/10th 6pm: Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning "life out of balance," this renowned documentary reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. Featuring extensive footage of natural landscapes and elemental forces, the film gives way to many scenes of modern civilization and technology. KOYAANISQATSI (1982) screens in 35mm at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

Sat 6/10th & Sun 6/11th 2pm: From the depths of the never-ending ocean and its fathomless world of infinite mystery comes Walt Disney’s stunning adaptation of Jules Verne’s enduring classic. 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954) screens with a glorious and vivid (and rare!) 35mm IB TECH PRINT at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 6/10th 7:45pm & Sun 6/11th 6pm: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a teenage hustler who crosses paths with a young man obsessed with alien abductions. Together, they discover a horrible, liberating truth in Gregg Araki's stunning MYSTERIOUS SKIN (2004) screening at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana. More info HERE.

Sat 6/10th 6pm: After the success of Donnie Darko, the pressure was on Richard Kelly to strike twice. The resulting tale of set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008 on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster, was ravaged by critics and divided fans, resulting in a heavily edited theatrical release. SOUTHLAND TALES (2006) : THE CANNES CUT is the original version and screens w/ Richard Kelly and Rebekah Del Rio in person at The Plaza Theater, Atlanta. More info HERE.

Sun 6/11th 7:30pm: Lukas Moodysson’s coming-of-age classic FUCKING ÅMÅL (1998) was renamed SHOW ME LOVE for the U.S (obviouisly...) is a touching queer romantic comedy that opened to massive acclaim. Screens at Spectacle Theater, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 6/11th 7:30pm: A Double Feature of confronting cinema from Director Abel Ferrara with a phenomenal performance by Harvey Keitel in both BAD LIEUTENANT (1992) and DANGEROUS GAME (1993). Both screening in 35mm at Aero Theater x American Cinematheque, Santa Monica. More info HERE.

Sun 6/11th 1:30pm: Me Brooks' first feature is an absolutely hilarious and tasteless New York Jewish comedy about Broadway in which two failing producers seek to create the most sure fire Broadway failure as a tax write off. THE PRODUCERS (1967) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 6/11th 3:45pm: From its groundbreaking Technicolor camerawork and eye-popping set design, costuming, and choreography to its catchy music and enduring lyrics THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) remains one of the crowning achievements of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Screens in marvelous 35mm at The Roxie Cinema, San Francisco. More info HERE.

THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND LONG WEEKEND ROUND-UP

It’s the Memorial Day Long Weekend in the U.S and the official kick off to Summer, so why not join your fellow movie fans and settle in for some cult classic favorites at some of the best indie cinemas out there!

All Weekend: Exhumed Films and the Mahoning Drive-In Theater Pennsylvania present ZOMBIEFEST IX for a lineup of ferociously fun — and gory — nights of undead fright on 35mm! Nightly Triple Features and guests including THE BEYOND (1981), CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962), NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986) and more!

Ongoing: Step into a world both wonderful and strange with two DAVID LYNCH RETROSPECTIVES at IFC Center, New York City and The Texas Theatre, Dallas. Special guests at The Texas Theatre include Balthazar Getty + Natasha Gregson Live Q&A (Lost Highway) and Rebekah Del Rio live (Mulholland Drive). Many films in 35mm!

Ongoing: George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. Catch a New 4K Restoration at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.

All Weekend: He's back! To celebrate Arnie's new foray into TV on Netflix, take in an ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER RETROSPECTIVE of classics at The Paris Theatre, New York City including THE TERMINATOR, KINDERGARTEN COP, RED HEAT and much more, all on the only place that can handle him; The Big Screen! More info HERE.

Ongoing: Three years in the making WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (2000) is a sustained, real-time immersion in the universe of weather beaten villages and full-contact metaphysics in which co-directors Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky. New 4K Restoration screens at Film at Lincoln Center, New York City. More info HERE.

All Weekend: Double Feature of Nicolas Cage classics, both in 35mm, with The Coen Brothers' RAISING ARIZONA (1987) plus MOONSTRUCK (1987) co-starring Cher. At The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

All Weekend: The Japanese cult movie smash that is almost entirely certain to have been ripped off by The Hunger Games. Catch the brutal BATTLE ROYALE (2000) with an ice cold performance from “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s at The Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 5/26th 9:30pm: Ikko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss who witnesses the brutal slaying of her parents but saved by a hitwoman by the name Black Angel Ikko returns to Tokyo as a young woman to exact revenge. BLACK ANGEL (1998) screens at Film Noir Cinema & Brooklyn, NY. More info HERE.

Fri 5/26th 10pm: Barry Sonnenfeld delivers the right amount of gothic style and kooky black comedy in arguably the best screen adaptation of the classic comic strip, with a stellar ensemble cast. THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991) screens in 35mm at The Los Feliz, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 5/27th 8:40pm: Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider are two cops bent on executing a major drug bust in one of the greatest 'New York;' movies of all time, shot on the mean streets of the Big Apple in the 70s. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 5/27th & Sun 5/28th 6pm: Paul Thomas Anderson's sensational story of the highs of the porn industry in the 70s, and a drug fueled crash in the 80s is told around a cast of eccentric and tragic characters lead by rising star Dirk Diggler. Catch a Brand New 70mm Print of BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997) at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Sat 5/27th 11pm: A bombastic marathon of some of the greatest animated films of the last 35 years is assembled for the ANIME ALL NIGHTER at The Prince Charles Cinema, London with AKIRA (1988), GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995), PERFECT BLUE (1997), COWBOY BEBOP THE MOVIE (2001) and PAPRIKA (2006) on the big screen. More info HERE.

Sat 5/27th 5pm: Movies are (finally) back at the Castro. Catch a Dolly Parton Double Feature with of 9 TO 5 (1980), co-starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin plus THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (1982) at The Castro Theatre, San Francisco. More info HERE.

Sat 5/27th & Sun 5/28th 2:30pm: The greatest film trilogy of all time? Arguably so. A perfect cinematic journey that has thankfully never been tainted with a reboot.  BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY at The Colonial Theatre, Pennsylvania. More info HERE.

Sat 5/27th Midnight: An innocent want ad to share an apartment opens the door to murderous, psychotic terror in this pulse-pounding shocker starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992) screens in 35mm at The Coolidge Corner, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Sat 5/27th 9:15pm: An unemployed ex-marine (Nicolas Cage) stumbles into a bar where the owner mistakes him for a hired killer and offers him $10k to kill his wife (Lara Flynn Boyle). Michael plays along, taking half the money up front, then tells Suzanne what her husband is planning. She seduces Michael and proposes that he kill her husband instead. While he weighs his options, the real killer (Dennis Hopper) turns up looking for his money. RED ROCK WEST (1992 / 35mm Print) at The Texas Theatre, Dallas. More info HERE.

Sun 5/28th 5pm: Body horror maestro Cronenberg’s fascination with the limits and possibilities of the flesh, the potentials of technology and science, and humans reaching for godlike power hit its watershed with this horror romance starring Jeff Goldblum. THE FLY (1986) screens in 35mm at Museum of The Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 5/28th 6:35pm: The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft, where a race of aliens believe the cast's on-screen dramas are historical documents, and enlist the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the evil alien oppressive regime. An underrated gem that’s finally getting its dues, GALAXY QUEST (1999 / 35mm Print) screens at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

Sun 5/28th 9:30pm: Schwarzenegger is the orphaned boy who grows up to become a savage warrior bent on revenge in CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982 / 35mm Print), presented by Metal Movie Nights with 7:30pm with Metal Vinyl Weekend spinning records and crushing his enemies. Screens at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago. More info HERE.

Sun 5/28th 5pm: The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief in Jean Cocteau’s exquisite BEAUTY & THE BEAST (1946 / 35mm Print) at The Roxy Cinema, New York City.  More info HERE.

Sun 5/28th 5pm: Not screened publicly since Vulgarthon 2005 at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles, this is the over-2 hour version of Kevin Smith's sixth flick that's closest to his original script, with an entirely different first act that features waaaay more JLo! JERSEY GIRL (2004) - Uncut Version screens w/ Kevin Smith Q&A and With Special Guest Raquel Castro, at Kevin’s own Smodcastle Cinema, New Jersey. More info HERE.

Sun 5/28th 7:30pm: Director Steven Spielberg’s thrilling, suspenseful and somehow very human speculation on the possibility of alien contact with mankind was one of the most surprising blockbusters of the 1970s. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) screens at The Aero Theatre, Santa Monica. More info HERE.

Mon 5/29th 3:25pm & 8pm: Shot entirely on location in Israel, this bold interpretation of the hit rock opera and Broadway smash from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber tells the story of Christ’s (Ted Neeley) final weeks in a series of dazzling songs, images and music. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973) screens at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.

Mon 5/29th 8pm: It’s Hapless Humans vs. Bullying Big Rigs when a passing comet causes all the machines on Earth to turn against their users in a full throttle orgy of grinding metal and blaring AC/DC tunes from director/writer Stephen King! The utterly baffling MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) screens at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.

WEEKEND UPDATE: THE GAME CHANGING WORLD OF ROBERT ZEMECKIS, LATE NIGHT FAVES & MORE.

Robert Zemeckis position as a tireless cinematic game changer remains quite underrated, so a well earned career retrospective is amongst the weekend lineup of classics on the big screen.

All Weekend: One the first major retrospectives of such a tireless artist, and America’s most under-sung crowd-pleasers, an inimitable and forever-boundary pusher. CRACKERJACK COMPASS: THE WORKS OF ROBERT ZEMECKIS screens at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago including the Back to The Future trilogy, Death Becomes Her, Roger Rabbit and so much more to experience. More info HERE.

Ongoing: Nope, not the Johnny Depp film. This is Claire Denis' stunningly realized directorial debut, a staggering and vivid portrait of memory within the confines of post-colonialism. CHOCOLAT (1988 / New 4K Restoration) screens at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana. More info HERE.

All Weekend: Explore the melding of two minds with David Cronenberg's DEAD RINGERS (1988), a frighteningly essential continuation of Cronenberg's cinematic synthesis of the human body and mind. Screens at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana. More info HERE.

Ongoing: Scorsese’s profanity-packed blowtorch boxing biopic of the middleweight legend has consistently topped critics’ critics’ Best of the Decade lists. RAGING BULL (1980) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

Friday 4/14th 7:30pm: Ridiculously underrated, THE FRIGHTENERS (1996) was Peter Jackson’s first international feature on the recommendation of Robert Zemeckis. Michael J Fox is fantastic, with the trend of Jackson pushing the envelope for VFX. Screens  at Secret Movie Club, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Fri 4/14th 9:30pm: Received well by critics but ignored by audiences, the entire VFX industry owes a high debt to SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (2004) with it being amongst the first to be created almost entirely digitally (aside from the actors). Worth giving a second chance. Screens at Braindead Studio, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 4/15th 3:30pm: Douglas Fairbanks is the swashbuckling defender of the people in THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) screening as part of the TOSDV Silent Film Festival at The Colonial Theatre Pennsylvania with live music accompaniment! More info HERE.

Fri 4/14th 8:15pm: Vincent Gallo is a penniless preacher who spends his days reciting Bible verses. One day he meets a young jobless girl who wanders on Hollywood Boulevard. And an impossible love story begins JOHNNY 316 (1998) at Film Noir Cinema and Video, Brooklyn NY. More info HERE.

Fri 4/14th 11pm: Come up to the lab, and see what’s on the slab! The original midnight cult movie musical spectacular (and record holder of the longest ever theatrical run) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) screens with the shadow cast LDOD live at The Plaza Theatre, Atlanta. More info HERE.

Sat 4/15th 9pm: A film that is (unfortunately) as relevant an indictment as it was 47 years ago. Sidney Lumet’s NETWORK (1976) is the maddening circus of a film that lowers the viewer into the snake pit of journalists, broadcasters, news executives and ratings hungry CEOs. Screens at The Kino, Rotterdam. More info HERE.

Sat 4/15th 6:30pm: An epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the "unsinkable" Titanic and the film that made Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet mega stars. TITANIC (1997) screens at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Sat 4/15th 7pm: Find out “whodunit” this special screening of the 1985 comedy classic, deftly mixing wild slapstick, hilarious wordplay and a gaggle of first-rate comedic performances. CLUE (1985) screens with live shadow cast performance by Heavy Petting at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.

Sat 4/15th Midnight: The bloody reimagining of the Sam Raimi classic may have divided fans but has been reappraised in recent years and rightfully celebrated for its visceral approach. EVIL DEAD (2013) at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.

Sat 4/15th 7:30pm: A Double Feature of future society that didn’t turn out at utopian as we would have hoped, with Tom Cruise on the run for a future murder he may or may not commit in MINORITY REPORT (2002 /35mm Print) followed by Jonathan Pryce stuck in a world of crushing technology and bureaucracy in BRAZIL (1985 / 35mm Print) at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne Australia. More info HERE.

Sun 4/16th 1pm: One of the most revered comedies of the silent era, this film finds a hapless Southern railroad engineer (Buster Keaton) facing off against Union soldiers during the American Civil War. THE GENERAL (1926) screens with Live Score at Thornbury Picture House, Melbourne Australia. More info HERE.

Sat 4/15th 7:30pm: One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. Screens in 35mm at The Aero Theater x American Cinematheque Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sun 4/16th 1:45pm: A visually gorgeous adaptation of the classic family novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett where a young girl is sent to live in her uncle's Victorian manor. With her cousin, she finds a garden that has fallen into disrepair. THE SECRET GARDEN (1993) screens at The Paris Theatre, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 4/16th 6:30pm: A Double Feature in which the camera is turned on to Hollywood itself with legendary classics SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952 / 35mm Print) + IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD (1937 / 35mm Print) at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sun 4/16th 1:15pm: In the midst of a summer heat wave, a New Yorker left to continue work in Manhattan is left pondering infidelity as he dreams of his beautiful new neighbor (Marilyn Monroe) and fantasy vs reality. Billy Wilder’s THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955) screens at The Prince Charles Cinema, London, with the opening scene shot at New York City’s stunning Penn Station that was criminally demolished in 1963. More info HERE.

Sat 4/15th 8pm: An overnight BONG JOON-HO MARATHON screens at The Prince Charles Cinema, London with the influential Korean Director’s unique cinema visions including THE HOST, MOTHER and PARASITE amongst the lineup. More info HERE.

Sun 4/16th 1:30pm: Having helped establish the contemporary cinematic language of wuxia cinema with his earlier films, legendary Chinese filmmaker King Hu reached new heights with the visionary epic A TOUCH OF ZEN (1971). Screens with a New 4K Restoration at QAGOMA, Queensland Australia (Free Screening). More info HERE.

TAKE A ROAD TRIP WITH DOOM GENERATION, AND MORE, ON THE BIG SCREEN THIS WEEKEND.

Rediscover Gregg Araki’s nihilistic masterpiece, enjoy Mulholland Drive with a live musical performance or dig into some classic Bug Bunny cartoons this weekend on the big screen! Be sure to hit up our ‘Theatres’ page to check out all the other indie film houses around the world and what they have in store.

All Weekend: A trio embarks on a sex-and-violence-filled odyssey through an America of psychos and quickie marts in Gregg Araki’s nihilistic masterpiece of epic 90s alt cool. THE DOOM GENERATION: NEW DIRECTORS CUT (1995) is the complete version not seen since 1995’s Sundance Festival and screens at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago and at IFC Center, New York City with Director Gregg Arakai in person.
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Ongoing: Christopher Reeve is, for many, the quintessential and most perfect casting of The Man Of Steel, in a rare superhero movie where the character actually feels like a hero. Catch SUPERMAN THE MOVIE (1978) at The Alamo Drafthouse (Various). More info HERE.

All Weekend: One of the most revered, exquisitely designed and unorthodox movie musicals of all time that launched an angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve to stardom in the dazzling musical heart-tugger THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964). Screens at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.

Fri 4/7th 9:45pm: Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy. The far out, psychedelic, sexy cult fave BARBARELLA (1968) screens in 35mm at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 4/7th Midnight: The film that made Schwarzenegger a mega star. Disguised as a human, an indestructible cyborg assassin travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill the woman who will give birth to the hope of mankind. A grimy, menacing sci-fi horror, THE TERMINATOR (1984) is even better in 35mm at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. Plus Live intro from Matt Winston, son of the late Stan Winston who created the groundbreaking Terminator effects. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 3pm: Disney animators set pictures to Western classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in the mesmerizing study of sight and sound FANTASIA (1940) Screens in rare 35mm Print format at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne Australia, with 35mm SHORT: "THE BAND CONCERT" (1935). More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 2pm: At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic tome. Clocking in at 7 hours, it defined the word ‘epic’. WAR & PEACE (1966) screens at The Aero Theatre x American Cinematheque Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 12:45pm: One of cinemas most iconic film makers (Wes Anderson essentially recreates his cinematography for his work), Yasujiro Ozu directed this quiet and haunting masterpiece follows an aging couple on a journey from their rural village to visit their married children in bustling postwar Tokyo. Catch TOKYO STORY (1953) in 35mm at The Museum Of The Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 5:45pm: "Damn the man! Save the Empire!!” The beloved 90s slacker comedy, starting Liv Tyler and Anthony LaPaglia, EMPIRE RECORDS (1995 / 35mm Print) spends a day in the life at a local record store with all the personal dramas unfolding behind an impending corporate takeover. Special ‘Rex Manning Day’ screening at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 7:30pm: David Lynch’s haunting odyssey into Hollywood gets the perfect pairing with a performance from the stunning voice of Club Silencio! MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) screens after a live performance by Rebekah Del Rio at The North Park Theatre, Buffalo New York. More info HERE.

Sun 4/9th 6pm: Ozu’s hilarious Technicolor reworking of his own silent classic is the story of two young boys in suburban Tokyo who take a vow of silence after their parents refuse to buy them a television set. GOOD MORNING (1959) screens in 35mm at The Roxie Cinema, San Francisco. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 9:30pm: The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in the film that thrust Tarantino into the height of cinema cool, with a soundtrack just about everyone owned. PULP FICTION (1994) screens at The The Mayfair Theatre, Ontario Canada. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th & Sun 4/9th 11:15am:  Hot shot loose cannon Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) becomes stuck in a twisted game courtesy of bomb-happy terrorist Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) who rigs a city bus to explode if it drops below 50 mph. SPEED (1994) is absolute non stop fun, screening at The Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg), New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 9:30pm: Police lieutenant Frank Bullitt follows two mob hitmen through a maze of complications, double-crosses and one of the most famous car chases ever filmed. BULLITT (1968 / 35mm Print) screens at The Plaza Theatre, Atlanta. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 7:30pm: Banned at Sundance for being “disagreeable,” Todd Solondz’s most successful film follows three sisters and the conflicts that mark their suburban lives, feftly combining tragedy and comedy. HAPPINESS (1998) screens in 35mm at The Dryden Theatre, Rochester NY. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th 9:30pm: After making horror history with BASKET CASE and BRAIN DAMAGE, the incomparable Frank Henenlotter unleashed FRANKENHOOKER (1990) the greatest transmutation of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN that you’ll ever see! Screens at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Sun 4/9th 9pm: Using a singular first-person perspective of an unseen videographer-narrator to explore the grubby underbelly of the city, an unsuspecting motorcycle courier finds himself snared in a kidnapping plot and murder rap. In the seductive, stylish SUZHOU RIVER (2000). New Restoration screens at The Metrograph Theatre, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 4/9th 8pm: The anime masterpiece GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995) is as atmospheric, intoxicating and artistically accomplished almost three decades later. Original Japanese language version screens at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana. More info HERE.

Sat 4/8th Midnight: In his feature length debut as writer-director, Rob Zombie dares you to enter a devilish drive-in nightmare of heavy metal horror and shocking carnage in HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003 / 35mm Print) at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sun 4/9th 3pm: Join Bugs Bunny and friends for a family matinee of classic Warner Bros. Cartoons! BUGS BUNNY'S HARE-O THEATRE EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA screens at The Aero Theatre x American Cinematheque Los Angeles. More info HERE.

MIDWEEK ROUND-UP: RE-SCORED SILENT CLASSICS AND CULT FAVES ON 35MM

Cult films a-plenty across the week with new scores for classic silent era films, rare 35mm and much more amongst our picks of the greats on the big screen this week.

Mon 4/4th 9:15pm: In THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2 (1986) the chainsaw-wielding maniac Leatherface is up to his cannibalistic ways once again, along with the rest of his twisted clan, including the equally This time, a disc jockey teams up with a Texas lawman (Dennis Hopper) to battle the psychopath and his family deep within their lair, a macabre abandoned amusement park. Screens in 35mm at The Nitehawk Cinema (Prospect Park), New York City. More info HERE.

Tues 4/4th 7:30pm: It's B-Movie Mayhem with the baffling ALIEN PRIVATE EYE (1987) where an extraterrestrial private eye is on the hunt for two halves of a powerful magical disc. Problem is, the entire underworld wants thr same thing! Truly wonderful bottom of the shelf sci-fi action at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE

Tues 4/4th 6pm: One of the silent era's most influential masterpieces, NOSFERATU (1922). An eerie, gothic feel -- and a chilling performance from Max Schreck as the vampire -- set the template for the horror films that followed. Screens at The Prince Charles Cinema, London with live score performed by Hugo Max. More info HERE.

Tues April 4th 9:30pm: An Unpopular nerd buys a 1958 Plymouth Fury, naming it Christine, and becoming obsessed with the vehicle. A local bully defaces it, but post restoration, it goes on a revenge killing spree thanks to having a mind of it's own. Plenty of fun to be had in John Carpenter's CHRISTINE (1983) screening at The Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg), New York City. More info HERE.

Wed 4/5th & Thurs 4/6th 7:30pm: A comedy classic Double Feature of rare 35mm Prints with THE IN-LAWS (1979) starring the great Peter Falk and Alan Arkin, followed by Chevy Chase in FLETCH (1985) at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Wed 4/5th 7pm: Widely considered to be the defining work of the German Expressionist genre, THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI (1920) is a mesmerizing trek into psychological horror with a new score performed by Sleepbomb at The Roxie Theatre, San Francisco. More info HERE.

Wed 4/5th 9pm: In dystopian Detroit, private sector OCP takes over policing making the ultimate law enforcement machine from leftover bits of peace officer Peter Weller—but they didn’t bank on their invention making his way up the corporate ladder of crime. I’d buy that for a dollar! ROBOCOP: DIRECTORS CUT (1987 / 4K Restoration) screens at The Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE.

Wed 4/5th 8:30pm: In 1937, a two-and-a-half year old boy in Tibet was recognized as the 14th reincarnation of the Buddha of Compassion, and destined to become the spiritual and political leader of his people. Martin Scorsese's sumptuous classic KUNDUN (1997) screens in 35mm at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

Wed 4/5th 9:15pm: One of the most stunning sci-fi films of the last 20 years is Danny Boyle's SUNSHINE (2007). Criminally underrated, Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne, and Hiroyuki Sanada try to save the world by rebooting our dying sun; as a heavenly body wreaks havoc on the psyches of the puny humans trying to contend with it. Incredible soundtrack reworked by Underworld. Screens at Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE.

Wed 4/5th 7:30pm: One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s 8½ (1963) marks the moment when the director’s always-personal approach to film-making fully embraced self-reflexivity and pioneering a stream-of-consciousness style. Screens at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.

Thurs 4/6th 6:45pm: Based on a true story WALKING TALL (1973) sees ex-Marine Buford Pusser (Joe Don Baker) returning to Tennessee to try his hand at logging, but a trip to a seedy gambling establishment ends up with Pusser seriously injured and a vow to rid the town of corruption. Screening at The AFI Silver, Maryland. More info HERE.

Thurs 4/6th 7:05pm: Josh Brolin stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer (Javier Bardem) comes looking for it, with local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) hot on his trail in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) screening for free at The Luna Theater, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

WEEKEND UPDATE: HONG KONG CINEMA, GODZILLA, MIDNIGHT SLASHERS, PULPY CULT CLASSICS AND MORE!

Whether it’s late night faves like Pamela Anderson’s legendary 90s cyberpunk pulp effort, golden era Godzilla, Kubrick in 35mm or sci-fi greats like Stargate and Last Man On Earth are your flavor, we invite you to venture out to experience our pick of classics on the big screen this weekend!

Fri 3/31st 6pm: Two of Hong Kong cinema’s most iconic leading men, Tony Leung and Andy Lau, face off in the breathtaking thriller that revitalized Hong Kong’s 21st century film industry, launched a blockbuster franchise, and inspired Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. The INFERNAL AFFAIRS TRILOGY (2002 - 2003 / New 4K Restorations) screens in one sitting at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE

Fri 3/31st 7:30pm: The King of the Monsters reaches his peak as campy saurian superhero as two titanic terrors, Megalon and Gigan arrive to destroy the surface world in GODZILLA VS. MEGALON (1978) at The Museum Of The Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 3/31st 3:30pm: Claire Denis’ BEAU TRAVAIL (1999) is a breathtaking, sun-struck study of men (almost) without women, set in Djibouti amidst a French Foreign Legion detachment training endlessly for a martial challenge that will never come. Screens at The Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 3/31st & Sat 4/1st Midnight: Pamela Anderson Lee brings ass kicking, gun toting, bump and grinding cyberpunk mayhem in the pulpy cult fave action extravaganza BARB WIRE (1996) screens at IFC Center, New York City. More info HERE.

All Weekend: The one, the only, the original Godzilla is back to terrorize humanity all over again in the roaring, stomping, fire-breathing granddaddy of all monster movies and Japan’s biggest domestic box-office hit of the 1950s. GODZILLA (1954) screens at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.

Fri 3/31st & Sat 4/1st 8pm: As both a groundbreaking feat for the world of animation and an enjoyable crime comedy, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988) still stands in a class all its own, a non cynical mash up of animated IP’s to prop up a stellar story. Screens at The Redford Theatre, Detroit. $5 Tickets. More info HERE.

Fri 3/31st 10pm & Sat 4/1st 10:15pm: Two childhood friends, played by Nas and DMX, form a criminal empire, but begin to deviate in beliefs; one toward crime, the other to religion. Loyalty is tested when one could be spared prison time; if they sell out the other. BELLY (1998 / 35mm Print) screens at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. Intro by Charles Bramesco whose new book focuses on color and tonal range on film to create a visual narrative. More info HERE.

Sat 4/1st & Sun 4/2nd 11:15am: In Mount Rose Minnesota, you win any way you can . . . or you die trying! The deeply dark, scathing comedy mockumentary of beauty pageant nastiness DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (1999 / 35mm Print) stars Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Kirstie Alley, Allison Janney and Denise Richards (plus a wicked cameo from Adam West. Screens at Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn (Williamsburg Location). More info HERE.

Ongoing: A musical version of Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, starring Shirley MacLaine, features some of the greatest dance sequences in all musicals. Catch a New 4K Restoration of SWEET CHARITY (1969) at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

Ongoing: Set against 19th-century China’s breathtaking landscape, Michelle Yeoh and Chow Fun Fat are stunning in this the action-packed, box office smash from acclaimed director Ang Lee with martial arts choreography by Yuen Wo Ping. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000 / New 4K Restoration) screens at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Sat 4/1st 7pm: Edward Furlong and Natasha Lyonne star in this lively, hard-rocking coming-of-age comedy about four boys desperate to attend a KISS concert in Detroit. Catch DETROIT ROCK CITY (1999 / 35mm Print) at The Texas Theatre, Dallas with Kiss Face Painting and post film KISS-aoke After Party! More info HERE.

Sat 4/1st Midnight: A satirical romantic-comedy about self-acceptance and love, Natasha Leone is sent to a "rehabilitation" camp by her straight-laced parents suspect she may be a lesbian. Co-starring Cathy Moriarty and RupPaul Charles. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (1999) screens at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Sat 4/1st 12pm: A Triple Feature of rarely seen gorgeous French classics from the 1930s. THE NIGHT BEAUTY (1934) + THIRTEEN DAYS OF LOVE (1935) + AMOK (1934) screens at The Roxie Cinema, San Francisco. More info HERE.

Sat 4/1st Midnight: Take a trip through the Halls of Horror! A demented slasher sickie where an April Fool’s Day prank goes horribly wrong. When the perpetrators reunite to celebrate their 10-year high school reunion, they’ll discover their victim hasn’t forgotten! SLAUGHTER HIGH (1986 / 35mm Print) screens at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HE

Sat 4/1st 5:30pm & Sat 4/2nd 7:30pm: An almost painfully meticulously crafted period drama, Stanley Kubrick’s frame evokes the sense of 18th century paintings, utilizing super fast lenses developed by NASA to brightly capture candle light on film. BARRY LYNDON (1975) screens with a gorgeous 35mm Print at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.

Sat 4/1st 4:30pm: Kurt Russell goes to the other side of the universe to mix it up with an alien civilization at war with a nasty ruler who travels in the most awesome traveling pyramid ever put on film. STARGATE (1994) screens at Braindead Studios, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 4/1st 1:30pm & 10pm: One of the original Universal Monster Movie classics, THE WOLF MAN (1941) stars Lon Chaney as a man who kills a werewolf (Bela Lugosi). The creatures mother curses him, dooming the man to spend his life transforming into one himself! Screens at The Plaza Theatre, Atlanta. More info HERE.

Sat 4/1st & Sun 4/2nd 3pm: A quintessential film noir classic, based on the essential crime novel, of a drifter who begins an affair with a Diner owner’s wife, both conspiring to murder the husband. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946 / 35mm Print) screens at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Sun 4/2nd 3pm: The first of three adaptations of Richard Matheson’s ‘I Am Legend’ (the 2nd being 1973’s The Omega Man and the last being 2007’s I Am Legend) THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964) stars Vincent Price as a scientist leading a solitary life searching for the cure to the plague that wiped out all humans. Screens at ACMI, Melbourne, Australia. More info HERE.

Sun 4/2nd 2pm: Back to back beloved Disney animated classics with a Double Feature of SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) + SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959) plus a rare Disney 35mm short: ‘Mickey Down Under’. Screens at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne, Australia. More info HERE.

Sun 4/2nd 3pm: An endlessly quotable script from Cameron Crowe, Amy Heckerling’s (Clueless) directional debut stars Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold and Phoebe Cates in all out stoner slacker hilarity. FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982 / 35mm Print) screens at The Paris Theatre, New York City with Amy Hecklerling in person for post film conversation. More info HERE

Sun 4/2nd 7:30pm: From the Director of Chariots of Fire. A fur trapper played by Al Pacino, becomes convinced to fight for the freedom of the Thirteen Colonies to avenge his son who was captured by the redcoats. REVOLUTION: DIRECTOR’S CUT (1985), with Al Pacino in person for Q&A, screens at The Aero Theatre x American Cinematheque, Santa Monica. More info HERE.

Sun 4/2nd 4:45pm & 6:45pm: With its eerie, coolly surreal cutout animation, brilliant psychedelic jazz score and wondrous creatures and landscapes, this Cannes-winning counterculture classic is a perennially compelling statement against conformity and violence. FANTASTIC PLANET (1973) screens at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana, California. More info HERE.

LOST HIGHWAY RETURNS TO SCREENS AND MORE CLASSIC WEEKEND PICKS

David Lynch’s nightmarish distortion of time and apace, wrapped in an erotic thriller, heads up our picks of the classics this weekend on the big screen.

All Weekend: David Lynch's nightmarish, erotic thriller that bends time and space, alongside one of the coolest soundtracks of the 90s, returns to screens with a new Director approved 4K Restoration. LOST HIGHWAY screens at IFC Center New York CIty and The Roxie San Francisco.

All Weekend: Sergio Leone's legendary western is a must on the big screen for its vast widescreen palette, but you should not pass up, for any reason, experiencing THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (1966) with the stunning, vivid IB Technicolor 35mm Print screening at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles this weekend. More info HERE.

Fri 7/22nd 12:30pm, 6pm Sat 7/23rd 12:30pm: Robert Mitchum is terrifying as an ex-con hell bent on revenge against the lawyer who put him away (Gregory Peck). Tense and methodical CAPE FEAR (1962) is as taught as a thriller can be. Screening at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 7/22nd & Sat 7/23rd 10pm: “They’re heeeeere!” Tobe Hooper’s nightmarishly fun, ghost-filled spooktacular (produced by Steven Spielberg) is the ultimate suburban nightmare, and home to that iconic child-snatching TV set scene! POLTERGEIST (1982) screens at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.

Fri 7/22nd 6pm: Not one, not two, but three 90s action greats, starring one of our greatest living acting treasures (and remarkably all released in the space of a year) on the big screen with a NICOLAS CAGE TRIPLE FEATURE of THE ROCK (1996) + CON AIR (1997) + FACE / OFF (1997) all in 35mm at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

Fri 7/22nd Midnight: The steamy, grimy and seething hot streets of LA set the perfect backdrop for the original sci-fi thriller THE TERMINATOR (1984) that exists also as a low budget horror of a relentless killing machine stalking a young woman. Screens at IFC Center, New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 7/22nd & Sat 7/33rd Midnight: Angus Scrimm leers and stalks as 'The Tall Man', the town’s mortician who is killing and reanimating the dead as misshapen zombies, armed with a deadly silver sphere. PHANTASM (1979) screens at The Nitehawk (Williamsburg), New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 7/23rd 9:15pm & Sun 7/24th 9pm: Virtually absent from cinema screens since the 1990s, this underground Japanese body horror classic, that almost drove the film crew insane, is back with a brand new restoration! TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989) at The Mayfair Theatre, Ontario. More info HERE.

All Weekend: Like OKLAHOMA meets BLOODSUCKING FREAKS and largely absent from theaters for years, this infamous and hilarious musical from the creators of SOUTH PARK is back to gross you out and get your toes tapping. CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL (1996) screens at The Grand Illusion Theatre, Seattle. More info HERE.

Sat 7/23rd 7:30pm: A Double Feature of two rare 70mm prints; one a tale of an alien taking the form of a widow's deceased husband, the other an intergalactic traveler in the form of a wise-cracking duck. STARMAN (1984) + HOWARD THE DUCK (1986) screen at American Cinematheque x Aero Theater. More info HERE.

Sat 7/23rd Midnight: The survivors of a deadly roller coaster ride realize the nightmare isn't over as death returns to finish the job! FINAL DESTINATION 3 (2006) screens in 35mm at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Sat 7/23rd 10pm: One of the most psychotic films ever vomited onto celluloid as rancid poison booze causes local hobo population to melt into puddles of paint, among other horrific delights. STREET TRASH (1987) screens at Braindead Studios, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 7/23rd 2:40pm: Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece of the old and the new West clashing as outlaw's ride into a Texas border town to rob a local railroad office--only to find that they came too late and stayed too long in this groundbreaking Western. THE WILD BUNCH (1969 / 35mm Print) screens at The Paris Theatre, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 7/23rd 7:15pm: Ride sky high for the 25th Anniversary of Tarantino’s slick sting ring crime caper with a cherry on top, screen icon Pam Grier as the forever cool heroine cons one and all. JACKIE BROWN (1997) screens outdoors at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 7/23rd 5:30pm: A young archaeologist releases an evil force causing the murder of her colleague and unleashing a witch that will spawn chaos across Rome in Dario Argento's THE TEZRA MADRE (2006) screens at The French Cinematheque, Paris. More info HERE.

All Weekend: The Brattle, Massachusetts highlights the career of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant with A TRIBUTE TO TRINTIGNAT including THE CONFORMIST (1970), THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (1995) and more, across 35mm and DCP formats. More info HERE.

Sun 7/24th 3pm: While planning to destroy Earth, alien Emperor Tod Spengo (Jon Lovitz), catches a glimpse of a housewife and becomes smitten with her. Beaming both her, and her husband to his home planet, dimwitted leader tries to woo her, and sends her spouse to prison, in true early 90s bottom of the VHS rental store fashion. MOM & DAD SAVE THE WORLD (1992) screens for $1 at The Texas Theatre, Dallas. More info HERE.

Sun 7/24th 4pm: A Double Feature of 80s Disney classics from the darker period of the studio's output, that flopped at the time but have become new, modern favorites thanks to their technical achievements in effects and animation. TRON (1982) + THE BLACK CAULDRON (1985) screens at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne. More info HERE.https://www.astortheatre.net.au/sessions/2022-07-24-1600

Sun 7/24th 1:30pm: A love letter to the monster B- movie era, Joe Dante's comedy is set during the Cuban Missile Crisis and a period of national anxiety, as low-budget filmmaker Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) debuts his new film “Mant!” and thinks the prevailing mood of fear is perfect to stir up some excitement. MATINEE (1993) screens at The Colonial Theatre, Pennsylvania. More info HERE.

Sun 7/23rd 12:30pm, 8:25pm: The screen’s greatest sadist teams up with its greatest masochist: grotesque ex-child star Bette Davis fills those empty hours by tormenting wheelchair-bound ex-screen idol sibling Joan Crawford. A duo of powerhouse performances. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE (1962) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

FREDDY, GIZMO & GHOULIES: THE WEEKEND PICK OF CULT FAVES & CLASSICS

Never sleep again! All night Nightmare on Elm Street marathon, 80s critter faves including a rare version of Gremlins and much more on the big screen this weekend!

All Weekend: See it big and see it spectacular as American Cinematheque at The Aero Theatre, Santa Monica presents the grandest of all cinematic formats: the majestic 70mm Print! Catch LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, STREETS OF FIRE, GERONIMO and SHORT CUTS as part of the ULTRA CINEMATHEQUE 70 FESTIVAL. More to come in the following weeks! More info HERE.

Fri 7/15th Midnight: A meteor lands in Japan, encasing the city in darkness. Martial law, panic and violent crime ensues as punk gangs rule the streets. Throw in a deadly virus causing flesh-eating zombies and you've got late night madness with BATTLE GIRL: THE LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY (1991) at Spectacle Theatre, Brooklyn NY. More info HERE.

Fri 7/15th & Sat 7/16th: The 25th Anniversary of Hayao Miyazaki's epic adventure PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997) screens in original Japanese language format at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne. More info HERE.

Fri July 15th & Sat July 16th Midnight: Part horror, part comedy, with Ash (Bruce Campbell) battling horrifying demons at a secluded cabin in the woods. EVIL DEAD 2 (1987) screens in 35mm at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago for their stop motion festival. More info HERE.

All Weekend: In a brooding, visceral rock n' roll landscape, a motorcycle gang, led by Willem Dafoe kidnap a songstress diva (Diane Lane). Her hope for rescue lies with a soldier of fortune and his sidekick. Hot cars and deadly assassins aplenty in STREETS OF FIRE (1984) at The Grand Illusion Theatre, Seattle. More info HERE.

Fri July 15th & Sat July 16th 10pm: Put Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock on a bus, add a bomb, and don’t let that bus drop under 50 mph or else it will go BOOM, and you’ve got yourself one of the greatest action flicks of all-time! SPEED (1994) screens at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE. https://loftcinema.org/film/speed/

Fri July 15th 2pm: A globe-trotting superspy’s concealed identity as a dull computer salesman gets turned topsy turvy when his dangerous new mission intersects with his hidden home life. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Jamie Lee Curtis are pitch-perfect as a wedded couple on the rocks, plus memorable support from Tom Arnold & Bill Paxton. TRUE LIES (1994) screens in 35mm at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Fri July 15th 7pm: Could this movie even be made today? One of Hollywood's biggest stars at the time (Burt Reynolds) teams up with a Country music legend, as Miss Mona (Dolly Parton) runs the Chicken Ranch, a brothel with a long history in a small Texas town. THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (1982) screens at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana. More info HERE.

Ongoing: Brand New 4K restoration for the 50th Anniversary of Luis Buñuel's THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISE (1972) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat July 16th 5pm: A brilliant double feature of Joe Dante's beloved critter comedies with GREMLINS (1984 / Rare preview version print) plus, one of the greatest anti-sequels ever, GREMLINS 2 (1990) both in 35mm at The Castro Theatre, San Francisco. Plus Dante in attendance for Q&A! More info HERE.

Sat July 16th 6pm: It's a Double Feature tribute to 'Magick, Mayhem, and Little Rubber Monsters' at The Colonial Theatre, Pennsylvania with GHOULIES (1984) + THE GATE (1987) both in 35mm! More info HERE.

Sat 7/16th 1:45pm & Sun 7/17th 6:15pm: This riveting biopic, directed by Spike Lee's examines one of the leading forces of the United States’ civil rights movement, destined to be remembered as one of the greatest men of his era. MALCOLM X (1992) screens in 35mm at The Belcourt, Nashville. More info HERE.

Sat 7/16th 4pm: Tart, smart, but cut with an unapologetic dose of sweetness, SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (1998) stars one of the queens of 90s indie cinema Natasha Lyon and is rightfully deserving of it's cult status. Screens in 35mm at American Cinematheque at Los Feliz. More info HERE.

Sat 7/16th 8pm: Lady Divine becomes enraged when her boyfriend cheats on her and descends into a life of murder and mayhem in John Waters' MULTIPLE MANIACS (1970) screening at Braindead Studios, Los Angeles. More info HERE

Sat 7/16th 2pm: The first film version of Ira Levin’s novel was a moderate success upon release, but over the decades it has achieved cult status, the story, of women’s forced sublimation into traditional gender roles, continuing to horrify each new generation of film-goers. THE STEPFORD WIVES (1975) screens in 35mm at MOMA, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat July 16th 8:30pm: Brian De Palma’s ultraviolent, ultra-quotable, ultra-colorful, ultra-everything remake of Howard Hawks’s gangster classic is a crass, visually loud, massively deranged and gleefully disreputable tale of the rise and plunging downfall of a Cuban immigrant turned Miami drug kingpin. SCARFACE (1983) screens in 35mm at The Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE. https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999000203

Sat July 16th 2pm, 6pm & July 17th 2pm : Robin Williams shines as the charismatic genie in the enduring classic from the 90s Disney renaissance. ALADDIN (1992) screens at The Plaza Theatre, Atlanta. More info HERE.

Sat July 16th 9pm: Ramones fanatic and delinquent Riff Randell battles it out with the strict new principal of Vince Lombardi High School, with a little help from the New York punk rockers. ROCK ’N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (1979) screens at The Mayfair Theatre, Ontario. More info HERE.

Sat July 16th Midnight: Fight of the fear (and the need for sleep) with an Elm Street all nighter! Experience terror beyond your wildest dreams as all seven original films from the series, all from 35mm prints, screen for A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET MARATHON at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. Midnight until noon! More info HERE.

Sun 7/17th 2pm: John Woo's unmatched violent ballet of all our chaos HARD BOILED (1992), starring Chow Yun-Fat screens in 35mm at The Roxie Theatre, San Francisco. More info HERE.

Sun 7/17th 8pm: Updating Pierre Choderlos’ Dangerous Liaisons for the late 90s, CRUEL INTENTIONS (1999) transposes perfectly to the wealthy, private school teen set of New York City. Screen in 35mm at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 7/17th 5:45pm: What's up doc?! Once upon a time, cinema matinees were the only way for kids to experience cartoons, so join Bugs, Daffy and the gang for a selection of treasured LOONY TUNES CLASSICS at The AFI Silver Maryland. More info HERE.

Sun 7/17th 2:40pm: Steve McQueen stars as a hard-bitten police detective assigned to protect the star witness in a Congressional investigation. BULLITT (1968), contains one of the greatest car chases ever filmed and screens at The Paris Theatre, New York City. More info HERE.

A WEEKEND OF MUST-SEE EVENTS FOR DARIO ARGENTO FANS, 70MM FANATICS & CULT FILM CONNOISSEURS.

See the legendary film maker in person in NYC, a slew of rare 70mm prints in Chicago, an outdoor Vampire festival plus much more amongst our weekend round up.

All Weekend: Back after three years, The 70MM FILM FESTIVAL returns to The Music Box Theatre, Chicago highlighting the most majestic and unmatched of all cinema screening formats; the mighty 70mm Print. Many beloved classic titles including a NEW, never before seen print of disaster classic AIRPORT (1970)! More info HERE.

All Weekend: A scathing social satire, THE EXECUTIONER (1963) somehow managed to evade Franco-era censors in Spain, premiered at the 1963 Venice Film Festival winning the Italian Critics’ Prize and nominated for the Golden Lion. Screening at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.

All Weekend: One of cinema’s baddest bad dads features in a Father’s Day special screening of Stanley Kubrick’s horrific masterpiece THE SHINING (1980) in 35mm at The Brattle Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

All Weekend: A retrospective of the iconic Italian horror director’s influential feature films, 17 of them premiering in brand-new 4K restorations, plus Director in person for select screenings. Free classic movie poster exhibition on display also! BEWARE OF DARIO ARGENTO - A 20 FILM RETROSPECTIVE screens at Film at Lincoln Center, New York City. More info HERE.

All Weekend: Return to the oppressive neo-noir world of 2019 Los Angeles, Replicants and non-stop rain in the stunning restoration of BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (1982) at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne. More info HERE.

Friday June 17th & Saturday June 18th 11:30pm: The first American studio film to be directed by a Chinese director (John Woo), pairing the filmmaker with the grandmaster of the bullet ballet; Jean-Claude Van Damme. HARD TARGET (1993) screens at The Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE.

Friday June 17th & Saturday June 18th 6pm: Sharpen your fangs and dust off your capes, it’s time for everyone’s favorite filmic undead undulation: VAMPYRTY ’22 at The Mahoning Drive In, Pennsylvania! Drop dead classics like BLACULA (1972), BLADE (1998) and more, all in 35mm! More info HERE.

Friday 6/17th 7pm: One of the great NY movies of the 1950s, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) pits Burt Lancaster’s ruthless columnist J. J. Hunsecker against Tony Curtis’s desperate publicist Sidney Falco in a noirish, pitch-dark morality play. In 35mm at Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.

Friday 6/17th Midnight: David Cronenberg's stylized thriller stars Viggo Mortensen as a well-respected man running a small down diner, volted to hero status for killing a robber in self defense, but the spotlight brings him the attention of criminals who recognize him as a former associate gone underground. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005) screens at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts in 35mm. More info HERE.

Friday 6/17th 8pm: One of the great 'day-in-the-life’ movies, FRIDAY (1995) stars Ice Cube who has just been laid off, dealing with an overbearing girlfriend and his best friend (Chris Tucker) being tangled up with a local drug debt. Screens at The Redford Theatre, Detroit. More info HERE.

Friday 6/17th 11pm & Sunday 6/19th 8:30pm: David Cronenberg directs Jeff Goldblum as an eccentric scientist who transforms into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. THE FLY (1986) screens in 35mm at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.

Friday 6/17th 7:30pm: The hills are alive in glorious Technicolor and the words up on the screen so you can belt out the timeless songs of THE SOUND OF MUSIC SING-ALONG at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

Friday 6/17th 7pm: In this hysterical comedy remake, Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are a couple who've built the perfect life for themselves, tending to their Miami nightclub. But the pastel tranquility is shaken when Armand’s son announces that he’s getting married to the daughter of ultra-conservative Senator Keeley (Gene Hackman)… and they’re all getting together for dinner! THE BIRDCAGE (1996) screens at The Colonial Theatre, Pennsylvania. More info HERE.

Saturday 6/18th 8:30pm: Join May May Graves and her menagerie of terrifying drag ghouls for a night of drag mayhem! Live show plus screening of the Fred Dekker’s slug zombie 80’s classic, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986). At The Texas Theatre, Dallas. More info HERE.

Saturday June 18th 7:30pm: Francis Ford Copoola's tautly menacing '70s treat THE CONVERSATION (1973), starring Gene Hackman as a respected, but paranoid, surveillance expert. At The Golden Age Cinema, Sydney. More info HERE.

Saturday June 18th 4pm: Hi, I’m Chucky. Wanna play? Prepare for a ferociously fun five-film slashathon packed with pint-sized fury & ghoulish Good Guys glee, covering Chucky’s big screen run from the original Child’s Play (1988) through the hilariously offbeat Seed of Chucky, all projected in glorious 35mm! CHUCKY-THON screens at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Saturday June 18th & Sunday June 19th 12pm: Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group! Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster and Devon Aoki star in D.E.B.S (2004) screening in 35mm at The Nitehawk Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.

Saturday June 18th & Sunday June 19th: The massive ongoing Double Feature retrospective of mid-century classics, this time from Japan and France with TEN DARK WOMEN + ZERO FOCUS (1960) and THE CHASERS (1959) + THE BIG SCARE (1964). MID CENTURY MADNESS screens at The Roxie Cinema, San Francisco. More info HERE.

Sunday 6/19th 5pm: Two back to back Spielberg classics approach alien arrivals in two very different ways; terror and wonder, both reflecting the eras they were made. WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005 / 35mm Print) + CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) at American Cinematheque at The Aero Theatre, Santa Monica. More info HERE.

Sunday June 19th 2:30pm: Martin Scorsese's searing and fascinating exploration of New York's Mafia underworld GOODFELLAS (1990) starring the recently departed Ray Liotta, screens in 35mm at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Sunday 6/19th 1pm & 3pm: An underrated hand animated Disney gem is a modern classic and was the first to feature a black Disney princess. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (2009) screens at Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.

Sunday 6/19th 8pm: Christopher Nolan's grand journey into the far reaches of space is a trip on par with the scope of Kubricks's 2001. Catch INTERSTELLAR (2014) in 70mm at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

UPDATED: WHERE TO SEE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY 70MM ROADSHOW OF 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

There is truly, absolutley no other way to experience this towering milestone in cinema history. Captured in Super 65mm for a 70mm Print release, this is the way Stanley Kubrick intended 2001: A Space Odyssey to be seen. Now for it's 50th Anniversary, Warner Brothers Pictures is releasing a new completely photochemical re-issue “unrestored” 70mm print (no digital tricks, remastered effects, or revisionist edits) of the director’s groundbreaking science fiction epic, the prints were struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative.

Headed by Christopher Nolan, who has spearheaded the industry's move back to shooting on film and he himself an adamant user of 70mm, the new print is restored using traditional techniques, and given it is completely photochemical, it allows the odd scratch or dust particles to get through, making an authentic experience. In 1999, as part of a preservation project, Warner Bros Vice President Ned Price team had his team make an “interpositive” of the film, a copy of the original camera negatives, a process that involved carefully cleaning the original negatives, removed old repairs and created new interpositives.

The result of the new 70mm prints being struck means we get true tones that were captured on the negative, and faithful reproduction of the sound elements. Many digital restorations are handled by color graders looking to simply improve overall color range or balance skin tones that will throw entire background hues out of whack. Some of the recent digital restorations of Kubrick's work have resulted in atrocious color casts ('Spartacus' in particular looks almost a sickening shade of red), and even non Kubrick films like the classic Star Wars Trilogy for the recent Blu Ray transfer were hampered by atrocious color work, sending the image to the magenta end of the color range. No such problems this time round, thanks to Mr. Nolan who may be the biggest fan of all of this monumental and consistently inspiring achievement in movie making

Commencing this week, the 70mm prints will tour their respective territories after the Cannes debut. Below is a breakdown of where you can catch it;

UNITED STATES

Music Box Theatre, Chicago IL
Friday May 18th through May 29th various daily session times

City Cinemas Village East, New York City
Fri May 18th through Thurs May 24th
Daily at 10am, 1:10pm, 4:20pm, 7:30pm & 10:55pm

Castro Theatre, San Francisco CA
Friday May 25th 4:30pm & 8pm
Sat May 26th & Sun May 27th 1pm, 4:30pm & 8pm
Mon May 28th 1pm
Hold over dates announced for June 7 through 10th

Somerville Theatre, Somerville MA
Friday June 1st 4:15pm & 8:00pm
Sat June 2nd & Sun June 3rd 12:30pm 4:15pm 8:00pm

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Cambridge MA
Fri June 15th through Friday June 24th
Various Session Times

Hollywood Theatre, Portland OR
Friday June 1st 7pm
Sat June 2nd 7pm 1pm, 6pm & 9:45pm
Sun June 3rd 2pm & 7pm

Loft Cinema, Tucson AZ
Fri June 22nd through Thurs June 28th
Daily at 12:30pm, 4pm & 7:30pm

Redford Theatre, Detroit MI
Thurs Aug 9th through Sat Aug 11th 8pm
Sun Aug 12th 2pm

Gateway Film Center, Columbus OH
Sun June 17th through Tues June 26th
Daily at 12:20pm, 3:40pm, 7pm & 10:10pm

Emagine Willow Creek 12, Plymouth MN
Fri June 29th through Sat July 7th
Session times TBA

Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria NY
Thurs July 26th through Sun Aug 5th
Various session times

UK / EUROPE

Picturehouse Central, London UK
Fri May 18th through Mon May 28th
Various Daily session times HERE

Savoy Hamburg, Germany
Thurs June 14th 8pm
Sat June 16th 12pm
Thurs June 21st 8pm
Sat June 23rd 12pm

Schauburg Cinerama, Karlsruhe Germany
Sat May 26th 7:30pm & Sun May 27th 6pm

L’Arlequin, Paris France
Wed May 23rd through Tues May 29th
Daily at 2pm, 5pm & 8:45pm
No 8:45pm session on May 28th

AUSTRALIA

Hayden Orphieum Film Palace, Sydney
Two Week Engagement May 24th - June 3rd
Thu 24th May & Fri 25th May 7:30pm  
Sat 26th May 3:30pm & 7:30pm  
Sun 27th May 1:30pm & 5:30pm  
Thurs 31st May 7:30pm  
Sat 2nd June 3:30pm & 7:30pm  
Sun 3rd June 1:30pm  & 5:30pm  

Astor Theatre, Melbourne
Friday June 8th through Sunday June 24th
Mon - Fri at 7:30pm
Sat and Sun 2pm & 7:30pm

Sun Theatre, Melbourne
Thurs 7th June 7:30pm
Fri 8th June 5pm
Sat, 9th June 4:30pm & 8pm
Sun 10th June 2pm, 7pm
Mon 11th, Tues 12th Wed 13th June 7:30pm

Palace Centro, Brisbane
Fri 29th June, Sat June 30th & Sun July 1st
1:30 PM , 4:30 PM , 7:30 PM

READY PLAYER ONE IN 70MM

So it may be a brand new movie, but anytime a film is chosen to be released in 70mm it's becoming a bigger deal, thanks to film makers like Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino opting to shoot and release in this beautiful presentation format. And now Steven Spielberg joins the ranks with his latest science fiction odyssey.

Shot in Super 65mm, Ready Player One adds to the list of recent 70mm releases captured in Super 65mm negative format such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Interstellar, The Master, Murder on the Orient Express, Dunkirk, The Hateful Eight and even 35mm to 70mm blow ups such as Inherent Vice and The Phantom Thread.

As this is the format it was captured in, and that 70mm remains unsurpassed for presentation quality, we'd implore you to check out the latest film joining this most welcome resurgence of celluloid presentation. We've collected all the locations below that you can catch it. Click the link for each theatre to see more info;

**Please note that venues were correct at time of posting. Cinemas can, and will, change their programming, including substituting digital screenings. Check ahead of time to be sure.

Music Box Theatre, Chicago

City Cinemas 1, 2 & 3, New York City

Arclight Cinemas: La Jolla (San Diego), Hollywood (Los Angeles) & Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles).

Landmark Cinemas, Los Angeles

Grand Lake Theatre, Oakland CA

Emagine Willow Creek, Plymouth, MN

Alamo Drafthouse (Various: Ensure to select your local venue to check for 70mm screenings)

Somerville Theater, Somerville MA

Gateway Film Center, Columbus, OH (**Update: Now in 35mm)

Cinema Banque Scotia, Montreal Canada

Arcadia Cinema, Milan Italy

NEW 70MM SCREENINGS AT THE PRINCE CHARLES

With Christopher Nolan's new film Dunkirk gearing up for a 70mm release, The Prince Charles Cinema in London are offering a chance to experience some earlier films given the grand 70mm treatment. Unlike 2001 which was captured in Super 65mm for the 70mm format, the below films are 35mm to 70mm 'blow ups', which meant a special 70mm print was struck to cater for the premium large film format. Some of these are quite rare to see in the larger format.

DUNE (1984)

In the year 10191, a spice called melange is the most valuable substance known in the universe, and its only source is the desert planet Arrakis. A royal decree awards Arrakis to Duke Leto Atreides and ousts his bitter enemies, the Harkonnens. However, when the Harkonnens violently seize back their fiefdom, it is up to Paul (Kyle MacLachlan), Leto's son, to lead the Fremen, the natives of Arrakis, in a battle for control of the planet and its spice. Based on Frank Herbert's epic novel.

July 8th, 12th, 16th, 20th and 24th at 8:45pm

LAST ACTION HERO (1993)

Following the death of his father, young Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien) takes comfort in watching action movies featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger). After being given a magic ticket by theater manager Nick (Robert Prosky), Danny is sucked into the screen and bonds with Slater. When evil fictional villain Benedict (Charles Dance) gets his hands on the ticket and enters the real world, Danny and Jack must follow and stop him.

Sat 29th July 5:45pm

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time.

Sat 5th Tue 8th, Fri 11th, Thurs 17th August 8:01pm (on a 24 hour clock, that's 20:01. Clever!)

Sun 20th Aug 2:20pm and Tue 29th Aug 8:01pm

WILLOW (1988)

Enter the world of "Willow." Journey to the far corners of your imagination, to a land of myth and magic, where dream and reality live side by side ... to a place that never existed, a time that never was. It is a world where a young man named Willow lives out an adventure that explodes beyond the boundaries of his own hopes and fears

Fri 1st Sept 8:45pm, Sun 3rd Sept 3pm, Wed 13th Sept 8:45pm, Sat 16th Sept 8:45pm, Tues 26th Sept 8:45pm

Program notes by The Prince Charles Cinema

1982-CENTRIC 70MM COLLECTION AT THE EGYPTIAN, L.A.

After it was discovered that films originally shot in 35mm could be blown up to 70mm to take advantage of the latter format’s superior sound and brighter imagery, numerous blockbusters were converted to the widescreen format, a process that peaked in the 1980s. Join The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood for the continuation of their two weekend collection of fantasy, horror and sci-fi as they turn the clock back 35 years with some of the most memorable movies of 1982. Although some of the prints have been noted to have faded in color, this in itself adds to the sense of experiencing a true celluloid artifact and the fragility of the medium. 

Wed Jun 21st 7:30pm
THE THING
Director John Carpenter took the 1951 sci-fi classic THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, produced by Howard Hawks, and turned it into something darker, fiercer and altogether more disturbing, pitting sombrero-wearing helicopter pilot Kurt Russell and a crew of Arctic scientists (Wilford Brimley, Donald Moffat, Richard Dysart) against a ravenous, shape-shifting alien being. From the haunting opening shots of a sled dog fleeing across the snow, to the apocalyptic, fire-and-ice ending, this ranks with Ridley Scott’s ALIEN as one of the finest (and most beautifully crafted) sci-fi films of the past 30 years. The film was terribly underrated by critics on its initial release, but its stock has constantly risen in the ensuing decades as one of the most intelligent, scary and uncompromising horror films of the 1980s. Also starring Keith David and David Clennon. Please note that color has partially faded on this print, the only known 70mm copy.

Thu Jun 22nd 7:30pm
MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR
Hockey mask-wearing Lord Humungus whips his speed freaks into a frenzy, while Road Warrior Mel Gibson tries to save the remnants of civilization in director George Miller’s lean, mean, thrill machine. Please note that color has faded on this print.

Fri Jun 23rd 7:30pm
E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
Arguably director Steven Spielberg’s most popular film, it follows several children (including Henry Thomas and a very young Drew Barrymore) who shelter and try to help a stranded alien back home to the stars. Magical and enchanting. With Dee Wallace Stone and Peter Coyote.

Fri Jun 23rd 10:00pm
THE DARK CRYSTAL
Introduction by filmmaker Bernard Rose (whose first job in the movies was as a PA on THE DARK CRYSTAL).Legendary Muppets creator Jim Henson was inspired by a Lewis Carroll poem to create his own fairy tale about Jen, the last surviving Gelfling, who is sent by his dying master on an epic quest to fulfill his destiny to heal the fractured Dark Crystal. After three years of brainstorming with a team that included renowned fantasy artist Brian Froud and screenwriter David Odell, Henson wove the ideas into a story that was fleshed out by Odell, and the task shifted to bringing those words and images to life in this charming film which used then-state-of-the-art technology to create a groundbreaking alchemy of puppetry and electronics on a scale never before attempted.

Sat Jun 24th 7:30pm
TRON
Hacker Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is digitally abducted into the inner realm of the ENCOM computer, where he must compete in virtual gladiatorial games in order to survive. During a Light Cycle match, Flynn teams up with the brave security program Tron (Bruce Boxleitner) and together the two battle the system to try to free the Digital World. With Cindy Morgan.

Program notes by American Cinematheque

JUNE AT THE NEW BEVERLY & ASTOR THEATRE

June kicks off a Sci-Fi Summer at the Quentin Tarantino owned LA cult film house The New Beverly, where everything is shown in 35mm Print Format. Highlights include a slate of Star Wars rip-offs, subversive Paul Verhoeven classics, a powerhouse double feature of The Road Warrior & Mad Max: Fury Road, plus a celebration of Director Jerry Schatzberg. The New Beverly also pays tribute to actor Michael Parks, a spotlight of some of their favorite comedy directors, and a very special advance screening of Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled! All that plus midnights, kiddee matinees and much, much more! 

Sci Fi highlights include double features of MESSAGE FROM SPACE (1977) plus the truly awful STAR CRASH (1978) on June 27th, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979) plus Disney's THE BLACK HOLE (1979) on June 9th & 10th and the 2001 sequel 2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT (1984) plus INTERSTELLAR (2014) on June 30th. There'll also be a month's worth of Sci-Fi classics at midnight including THE OMEGA MAN (1971).

Also worth a look will be a great comedy double of KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE (1977) plus ANIMAL HOUSE (1978) on June 7th and 8th, and the Bob Hoskins classic THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980) plus Brian De Palma's THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) on June 28th and 29th.

For a full PDF download click HERE 

On the other side of the world at Melbourne Australia's art deco film palace treasure The Astor Theatre, there's plenty of gems scattered across their June / July lineup;

The Pacino / De Niro powerhouse HEAT (1995) returns with a new 4K transfer June 17th, a 25th Anniversary celebration of WAYNE'S WORLD (1992) on June 22nd and a PREDATOR 1 & 2 double on June 28th. There'll be some 70mm in the form of Kenneth Branagh's HAMLET (1996), BARAKA (1992) and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968), plus some long lost 35mm Prints of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988), STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997) and LOST HIGHWAY (1997). And don't forget the complete FAST AND THE FURIOUS marathon with parts 1 through 8 playing in 'story order' (Part 3 sits chronologically after Part 6)

Download the PDF calendar HERE

PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA UK APRIL UPDATE

The UK's favorite rep cinema, The Prince Charles, is offering up their latest update of screenings for April with plenty of 35mm. And it involves a little dancing and a little revelry. Read on...

On Saturday 15th April 8:45pm, The LABYRINTH MASQUERADE BALL returns! Join the PCC as they cheer Sarah along as she battles her way thru the twists and turns of the Goblin King's Labyrinth to save little Toby. Oh, and sing along to all the great songs along the way too!

Before the film, attendees will each be given a goodie bag and the PCC's very own 'Jareth' will take the stage to guide you thru the rules of The Labyrinth Masquerade Ball! Fancy Dress is strongly encouraged, as there will be a costume parade with spot prizes given out on the night!

As always with the Labyrinth Masquerade Ball, we will be donating 10% of the box office to MacMillan Cancer Support. Tickets HERE

ALSO COMING UP:

Thu 6th April
BRICK (2005 / 35mm Print)
Directed by Rian Johnson, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt

9th, 17th & 22nd April
INTERSTELLAR (2015 / 70mm Print)
Christopher Nolan's sci-fi opus in 70mm

Tue 11th April
GRINDHOUSE (2007 / 35mm Print)
10th Anniversary of the Tarantino / Rodriguez double feature. With the infamous trailers.

Tue 25th April
STREET SMART (1987 / 35mm Print)
Stars Morgan Freeman and Christopher Reeve

Wed 26th April
BEAT STREET (1984/ 35mm Print)
The iconic South Bronx tale

Sat 29th April
MEAN GIRLS 'Bitch-along' (2006)
Intractive screening with costumes encouraged

Sunday 2nd April 11:00am
THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY - Extended Editions

Take a rare daytime visit to middle-earth, with Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, based on the legendary J.R.R Tolkien book series.

11:00am: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
3pm: THE TWO TOWERS
7pm: THE RETURN OF THE KING

 Program notes by The PCC. Visit their website

SCI-FI IN 70MM AT OREGON'S HOLLYWOOD THEATRE

This April, the Hollywood Theatre in Oregon will present a 70mm Sci-fi Weekend, featuring three spectacular Sci Fi favorites with the 1984 classic GHOSTBUSTERS, the 1982 Disney production TRON, and Christopher Nolan's acclaimed 2014 film INTERSTELLAR.  

With a greater aspect ratio and higher resolution than 35mm film, 70mm imagery is sharper, richer, and more immersive. There is no projectable digital format that exceeds the clarity of 70mm, and even then, formats like 4K retain an almost 'too sharp' image and often lifeless, flat digital color palette. The Hollywood Theatre is the only venue in the state of Oregon capable of screening films in 70mm! Tickets to the April 70mm Sci-Fi Weekend are on sale now. Hollywood Theatre members received pre-sale access to these screenings.

Without further ado, here's a recap of the lineup;

TRON (1982) - A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games, where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program. Starring Jeff Bridges, David Warner and Cindy Morgan, and featuring groundbreaking special effects. Fri 4/7, 7:00pm & Sat 4/8, 9:00pm

INTERSTELLAR (2014) - A team of explorers travels through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Sat 4/8, 1:00pm & Sun 4/9, 6:00pm

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) - A group of former parapsychology professors set up shop as a ghost removal service. When an ancient god is resurrected to bring an end to humanity, who you gonna call??? Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson and Harold Ramis. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Fri 4/7, 9:30 pm & Sat 4/8, 6:00pm

Contains program notes by Hollywood Theatre.

For more info on 70mm screenings around the world, visit our 70mm Page.

Gaslighting, rare Noir and a 70mm Odyssey for American Cinematheque L.A

The twin American Cinematheque venues in Hollywood and Santa Monica routinely serve up a continual education in film, and their latest update highlights a season dedicated to the notion of gaslighting in cinema, including the Dorector of the sumptuous new film The Love Witch in person. Also in store is an extensive annual Film Noir collection featuring all 35mm Prints, and an incrdible NEW 70mm Print of 2001 A Space Odyssey, struck by Warner Bros exclusively for the Aero Theatre. The only way to see it!

Sunday, March 12th 2:00 PM
A STAR IS BORN (1937) plus L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants Talk
The Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood

Join the Egyptian for an illustrated presentation by chef George Geary on classic Los Angeles restaurants - some still a part of the Los Angeles culinary scene, some only fond memories. Geary traces the cultural history (and recipes) of dining in Los Angeles through legendary restaurants, including elite eateries like Scandia, celebrity haunts such as the Brown Derby and later Ma Maison,nightclubs such as the Coconut Grove and Hollywood Boulevard's own hot fudge legend, ice cream parlor C.C. Brown's.

Chef George Geary will sign his book, 'L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants: Celebrating the Famous Places Where Hollywood Ate, Drank and Played', in the lobby at intermission. Then a screening of the 1937 version of A STAR IS BORN.

March 9th through 12th, 2017
GASLIGHTING AND TORMENTING: FROM HITCH TO THE LOVE WITCH
Aero Theatre, Santa Monica

In the 1944 classic GASLIGHT, duplicitous Charles Boyer torments wife Ingrid Bergman, hoping to drive her into an insane asylum. The film brought Bergman her first Oscar and inspired the term “gaslighting” to describe cruel, deceptive mind games played by one spouse upon the other (with rare exceptions - such as LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN - it’s generally the husband responsible for the dirty deeds). Anna Biller's THE LOVE WITCH is the most recent episode of cinematic gaslighting, but Alfred Hitchcock lent to the genre - so we've included his work in the series too with DIAL M FOR MURDER (in digital 3D) and SHADOW OF A DOUBT  in honor of Hitchcock Appreciation Day. "Feud" 'it girl,' Joan Crawford in SUDDEN FEAR is not to be missed, and we couldn't leave out DIABOLIQUE and ROSEMARY'S BABY!

SCREENINGS:
Thursday March 9th 7:30pm
Love Witch Director Anna Biller In Person!
THE LOVE WITCH plus LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN
Double Feature

Friday March 10th 7:30pm
Anna Biller In Person!
GASLIGHT plus SUDDEN FEAR
Double Feature

Saturday March 11th 7:30pm
ROSEMARY'S BABY plus DIABOLIQUE
Double Feature

Sunday March 12th 7:30pm
DIAL M FOR MURDER plus SHADOW OF A DOUBT

Thursday March 16th 7:30 PM
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (1995)
The Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood
The second feature from the creative team behind DELICATESSEN mixes elements of Dr. Caligari, Victor Hugo and Rube Goldberg into the story of a kind-hearted circus strongman (Ron Perlman) and his coquettish 7-year old side-kick (Judith Vittet), who attempt to stop a wicked scientist (Daniel Emilfork) from stealing the dreams of little children.
 

March 24th through April 2nd
NOIR CITY: HOLLYWOOD 2017
All Rare 35mm Prints!
The Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood

The 19th edition of NOIR CITY: HOLLYWOOD takes you back to the original film noir era with a program replicating the moviegoing experience of that time - TEN double bills, each featuring a major studio “A” picture paired with a shorter “B” movie. Hosted by Eddie Muller & Alan K. Rode of the Film Noir Foundation.

Join the festival for an all 35mm Opening Night. First THIS GUN FOR HIRE with Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd, followed by a Film Noir Cocktail Hour featuring craft cocktails, music and the return of the Vintage Coppers. Then a rare film that has never been on DVD (or at least that's the story the film is sticking with) QUIET PLEASE, MURDER.

The entire series features 35mm film prints. To view the full schedule click HERE.

March 24th through April 2nd 2017
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (New 70mm Print!)
AERO THEATRE
Aero Theatre, Santa Monica

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY has been dazzling viewers for nearly half a century. The visionary sci-fi epic begs to be experienced on a big screen, and there’s no better time than now, with a new 70mm print of the film struck by Warner Bros. expressly for the American Cinematheque. The film plays in limited engagement exclusively at the Aero Theatre. Posters signed by stars Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood will be for sale as well as 2001 t-shirts!

Program Notes by American Cinematheque.