This Week in Screenings 5/5-5/11

Friday 5/5 

PARTY GIRL & THE DOOM GENERATION | Austin Film Society

If you haven’t seen them yet, you still have a chance.

Doom Generation is part of the Lates series. 

Saturday 5/6

Mommie Dearest | Blue Starlite Downtown

Part of the Drag at the Drive-In series.

Miss Kitty Litter ATX will be providing live commentary.

This is Camp AF.

Sunday 5/7 

Footloose | Galaxy Theater 

I’ve never seen this but one time I was at a drive-in south of Dallas watching some Paranormal Activity movie and the screen next to mine was showing the remake. 

Ponyo | Cinemark | Regal 

The 15th Anniversary of this movie about an adorable fish person.

Blood Feast | Violet Crown

Poster swap presented in part by Hyperreal Film Club!

Monday 5/8 

HFC Presents: Death Becomes Her | at Hotel Vegas 

Come watch the movie that reveals Isabella Rossellini’s secret.

Tuesday 5/9

SHANGHAI EXPRESS | Austin Film Society

Part of the Dietrich/Sternberg in Hollywood series.

Also starring Anna May Wong! 

Horrifying Mystery Movie | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Part of the Terror Tuesday series.

It’s a mystery movie but the last one was Night of the Living Dead and the next one is Day of the Dead so I think I might have an idea.

Wednesday 5/10

Techno Warriors | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Fighting game characters comes into the real world in this 1998 Hong Kong insanity.

Part of the Weird Wednesday series.

WarGames | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

People were scared of AI even in 1983.

Thursday 5/11 

The Big Sleep | Blue Starlite Mueller 

The quantity isn’t really here this week but look at the quality.