ON THE BIG SCREEN (FRI 4/18th - SUN 4/20th)
Our picks and selects of the classics for the week and into the weekend on the big screen!
Check our ‘THEATRES’ page for a complete list of film houses to see what’s on at your nearest location.
Fri 4/18th 9:45pm: Dustin Hoffman, as a sickly swindler and Jon Voight, as a Texas hustler, star in MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969), the first 'X' rated film to win Best Picture. Screening at Braindead Studios, Los Angles, CA. More info HERE.
Fri 4/18th 9:45pm: A plan to curb a rabbit infestation goes awry resulting in giant mutant rabbits! Beloved 'so bad it's good' classic NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972) screens in 35mm at The Colonial Theatre, PA. More info HERE.
Fri 4/18th 9:30pm: A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu. in The Shaw Brothers legendary Kung-Fu classic THE FIVE VENOMS (1978), screening at Film Noir Cinema, Brooklyn, NY. More info HERE.
Fri 4/18th & Sat 4/19th Midnight: A comet takes out California leaving a pair of Valley girls alive as hordes of zombies roam amongst the aftermath and become the target of antidote hopeful scientists! Cult favorite NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) screens in 35mm at The Nitehawk Cinema, Williamsburg, New York City. More info HERE.
All Weekend: Celebrate 4/20 WEEKEND at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana, CA with a roundup of hazy favorites and visual trips with FRIDAY (1995), THE CAT IN THE HAT (2003), SCOOBY DOO 1 & 2 amongst a stacked lineup! More info HERE.
All Weekend: A New 4K Restoration of David Lynch's Oscar Winning THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980) screens at North Park Theater, Buffalo, New York. More info HERE.
All Weekend: Stanley Kubrick’s picaresque Oscar winning drama charts the audacious rise and precipitous fall of Redmond Barry (Ryan O’Neal), an 18th century scoundrel who lies, cheats, and sleeps his way into the upper echelons of the British aristocracy. The sumptuous BARRY LYNDON (1975) screens at IFC Center, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th 3pm: 30th Anniversary of Terry Gilliam's grimy, baffling sci-fi masterpiece is a modern-day classic, with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe and an unhinged Brad Pitt. 12 MONKEYS (1995) screens in 35mm at The Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood CA. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th 7pm & Sun 4/20th 1:15pm: A stone cold comedy classic with Leslie Neilsen completely brilliant in his deadpan performance as a slightly clueless Detective. THE NAKED GUN (1988) screens at AFI Silver, Maryland, MD. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th & Sun 4/20th: Julie Andrews brings music and joy back to a widowed naval captain’s strict household in pre-WWII Austria in one of the most beloved musicals of all time. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) screening at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne for its 60th Anniversary. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th 9pm: Arguably one of the most infamous films ever made, SALO, OR THE 12O DAYS OF SODOM (1975), a shocking adaptation of Marquis de Sade’s 1785 novel, was the last work by the rebellious Pier Paolo Pasolini. Screening in 35mm at BAM Cinematek, Brooklyn, NY. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th Midnight: After accidentally consuming an entire plate of pot brownies, an unmotivated actress embarks on a hilariously chaotic journey across Los Angeles to complete a series of increasingly absurd tasks. Gregg Araki’s SMILEY FACE (2007) screens at The Belcourt, Nashville, TN. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th & Sun 4/20th 12pm: A lonely boy befriends a gentle alien stranded on Earth and helps him return home while evading government agents in this heartwarming tale of friendship and wonder in Spielberg's 1982 blockbuster E.T THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, screening in 35mm at The Brattle, Cambridge, MA. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th 7pm: Told entirely through painstaking oil-painted hand animation, LOVING VINCENT (2017) follows a young man investigating the mysterious death of Vincent van Gogh, uncovering the artist’s troubled life through the memories of those who knew him. Screening at The Byrd Theatre, Richmond, VA. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th 11am, 12pm & 1pm: Celebrate Easter with the 12th prime-time animated TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. IT’S THE EASTER BEAGLE, CHARLIE BROWN (1974) screens at Cinema Underground, Rutherford, NJ. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19 11:45pm: A wild contagion infects ordinary people and transforms them into violent machines with a mission to create a new world of metal! Shot with extraordinary stop motion techniques, TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989) is a trip. Screening at Music Box Theatre, Chicago. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th 2pm: One of the most successful musicals from MGM, Judy Garland and Fred Astaire star in EASTER PARADE (1948) screening at 35mm at The Dyden Theater, Rochester, NY. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th 9:45pm: A delirious highlight of the brilliantly excessive Japanese cinema of the sixties and a jazzy gangster film, TOKYO DRIFTER (1966) screens at The Eagle Theater x Vidiots, Los Angeles, CA. More info HERE.
Sat 4/19th 8pm: One of the more cutting-edge films of the 1970s, this religious farce from the classic comedy troupe Monty Python is as poignant as it is funny and satirical. LIFE OF BRIAN (1979) screens at The Hayden Orpheum, Sydney. More info HERE.
Sun 4/20th 6:30pm: A 35mm Print Double Bill of epically small proportions! Catch THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957) + THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN (1981) at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles, CA. More info HERE.
Sun 4/20th 3:10pm: A classic screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell who, on the eve of her remarriage, is talked into one more assignment by her editor and ex-husband (Grant). HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) screens at The Paris Theater, New York City. More info HERE.
Sun 4/20th 12PM: Free screening of the delightful THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981), Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo, and Fozzie Bear are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves. Screening at The Roxy Cinema New York City. More info HERE.