This Week in Screenings 10/20-10/26
This movie lives in the back of your mind like something you saw when you were a kid and don’t remember the story just images and scenes.
The Nightmare Before Christmas | Alamo Drafthouse | Cinemark | Regal | AMC | Cinepolis | Flix Brewhouse | Blue Starlite Central & Downtown
Blue Starlite got a jump on it but now everyone is gonna show the 30th anniversary screening.
CAT PEOPLE (1942) | Austin Film Society
Great Val Lewton movie.
Dario Argento likes eye stuff.
Saturday 10/21
Crimson Peak Brunch | Alamo Drafthouse
Guillermo del Toro’s gothic movie.
Toni Collette apparently hates horror movies but she’s so good in this one.
Good horror anthology movie.
The Black Cat (1934) Brunch | Alamo Drafthouse
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff!
Dracula (1931) + Dracula's Daughter Double Feature | Alamo Drafthouse
If you thought Dracula was something wait until you see his daughter.
Beetlejuice Movie Party | Alamo Drafthouse | Blue Starlite Central & Downtown | Flix Brewhouse
also Playing at the Galaxy Sunday 10/22
Cinépolis on Wednesday 10/25
Keep your hands to yourself and please don’t vape.
Little Shop of Horrors | Alamo Drafthouse
One of the best horror musicals.
and at Flix Brewhouse in Round Rock on Sunday as a brunch.
SKIN DEEP | Austin Film Society
Part of the Queer Cinema: Lost and Found series.
Canadian tattooing.
Sunday 10/22
The Exorcist: Theatrical Cut | Alamo Drafthouse
Now would be a good time to see this movie in a theater.
It’s worth it to look up William Friedkin’s stories about the counterfeit money they made for this movie.
Blade Runner The Final Cut | IPIC
That guy’s a robot, right?
The Birds 60th Anniversary | Regal | Cinemark
If you liked Roar, you’ll love The Birds.
Monday 10/23
Frankenstein / BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN | Flix Brewhouse
Dracula has his daughter but Frankenstein has a bride.
HFC PRESENTS: RINGU at HOTEL VEGAS
The Japanese movie that Gore Verbinski remade to great success.
Crossroads Global Fan Event | Regal | Cinemark | AMC
It’s Britney y’all.
Part of the Panic at the Paramount series.
Successfully scary movie.
Apparently Michael Shannon was also in the play.
The saddest thing about this week is that I’m gonna miss Windows.
THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO | Austin Film Society
The final of three Whit Stillman movies being shown at AFS.
What a party.
Tuesday 10/24
BUNGALOW | Austin Film Society
Part of the Brief Survey of the Berlin School series.
It’s interesting to think about Germany in the early 2000s being full of listless youth.
Dead Ringer | Presented at Austin Film Society by A Woman Of Taste
Bette Davis doing double duty.
You can get tickets on the instagram by using the purple “buy tickets here” post.
Or pay at the door.
The Lost Boys FanFest | Flix Brewhouse
Joel Schumacher’s vampire teens.
Halloween (1978) | Alamo Drafthouse
Terror Tuesday is the 35mm print of the original Halloween.
Says it’s sold out but maybe someone will give up a ticket.
Also it’s playing at Blue Starlite Drive-In Central on Saturday 10/21 & Downtown
Editor’s note: Hyperreal Film Club writer and filmmaker Julia Hebner has a fundraising event for her new short film “Jeff” at Oddwood Brewing where she’ll be showing a movie you almost certainly haven’t seen before.
Wednesday 10/25
The Lair of the White Worm | Alamo Drafthouse
Presented by Hyperreal Film Club.
Come see baby Hugh Grant.
Thursday 10/26
La Strada | Museum of Human Achievement
With an introduction by Emma Rossoff who will also be presenting their art.
Hyperreal Film Club presents the original Mean Girls.
The Blair Witch Project | Flix Brewhouse
This really happened to a friend of mine.
Night of the Demons 2 | We Luv Video
Come watch a movie at the video store.
THE OMEN | Austin Film Society
This little devil.
Austin Film Festival opens with the new movie by Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
There are single tickets available
This is one of my favorite movies of the year so far
I’m gay and I watch a lot of movies
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