This Week in Screenings 12/8-12/14
Friday 12/8
The Polar Express: A free event in Republic Square presented by Blue Starlite Downtown
Also playing at Cinemark but indoors and not for free.
Then Saturday 12/9 at Cinemark and FlixBrewhouse.
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 | Blue Starlite Central then the next day 12/9 at Blue Starlite Downtown
This one is mostly clips from the first one but do you really need more than that?
Love Actually 20th Anniversary | Cinemark | FlixBrewhouse
And then all week at IPIC Theaters.
Or on 12/9 at Blue Starlite Downtown.
Or Thursday 12/14 at the Paramount Theatre.
Bruh, this is a Christmas movie.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | FlixBrewhouse
Or at the Galaxy on 12/10 for $5.
We're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye.
Saturday 12/9
Final movie of a series exploring families in a time of gathering.
Taste of Home Handmade Dumplings will be on site.
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING | FlixBrewhouse
This is the one that won the oscar for best picture.
$5 screening.
This is why I check behind every mirror.
Or Sunday 12/10 at Paramount Theatre as not a Brunch.
See Bing Crosby tap-dance with Danny fucking Kaye.
Sunday 12/10
A Christmas Story 40th Anniversary | Regal | FlixBrewhouse
Remember how the dad was really horny for that lamp.
Merry Christmas, you filthy animals.
This is the newer animated one.
Meet Me in St. Louis Brunch | FlixBrewhouse
I definitely know the songs more than the movie.
Also this was 2 years before Liza Minnelli was born #funfact.
HOME ALONE | Paramount Theatre
Did y’all see Catherine O’Hara and Macaulay Culkin hanging out at his hollywood walk of fame ceremony?
Monday 12/11
Good Christmas movie if you want to cry.
Good job FlixBrewhouse for thinking outside the box with holiday programming.
See a PG-13 movie before it comes out.
Also PG-13 and probably the same movie but who knows.
CARNIVAL OF SOULS | Austin Film Society
Batman Returns | Alamo Drafthouse
Still my favorite penguin.
Tuesday 12/12
Also at Blue Starlite Central on 12/14.
The best version of this story.
Inside (2007) | Alamo Drafthouse
Part of Terror Tuesday series.
Looks scary.
Between Two Crossings | Asian American Resource Center
Hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace Austin.
Part of the Gaza Film Series.
THE EXILES | Austin Film Society
Part of the Birth of American Independent Cinema series.
One night in the life of a group of Young Native Americans living in Los Angeles in 1961.
Wednesday 12/13
I feel like everytime I’m at the movies lately I see someone wearing a green elf hat.
$5 Screening.
Second best version of this story.
Early Yorgos Lanthimos movie.
It’s set in a tourist town in Greece in the off season.
Cool to see empty spaces like you’re an archaeologist from the future.
Cold Steel | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Part of the Weird Wednesday series.
Sharon Stone and Adam Ant in an ‘80s crime movie.
Thursday 12/14
It’s Christmas and Pagan Rituals and Elves and Nazis.