This Week in Screenings 9/8-9/14
Friday 9/8
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb | Alamo Drafthouse
Peter Sellers not as racist in this one.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Alamo Drafthouse
I’ve lost track but I feel like they are wrapping it up soon.
You Gen Z kids sure do love your Minions.
HOOKERS ON DAVIE | Austin Film Society
Part of the Queer Cinema Lost and Found series
Documentary about sex workers in Canada
Accompanied by the short film Gendertroublemakers.
I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never seen Road House. I’m going to take this opportunity to correct that mistake.
Part of the Lates series.
Black comedy about a white bull terrier and a young boy obsessed with Hitler.
Should be interesting.
Saturday 9/9
Computer Chess | Alamo Drafthouse
I really love this movie. You should see it if you like Christopher Guest movies.
Or if you just like the director, Andrew Bujalski’s other movies.
All the ones I’ve seen are good but this is my favorite.
This movie inspired RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 3 Heathers Vs Boogers drama.
David Byrne directed a movie set in Texas.
You should see this if you haven’t already.
Or if you have.
Spartacus (1960) | Alamo Drafthouse
All of the Kirk Douglas cartoon caricatures are based on this movie.
Maybe also Paths of Glory.
Sunday 9/10
THE TERMINATOR | Galaxy Theatre
$5 screening.
Not as good as the second one but still pretty good.
Christine 40th Anniversary | Cinemark | Regal | AMC
They should have traded this one in for great local radio.
Pride & Prejudice (2005) | Alamo Drafthouse
Part of the Champagne Cinema series.
they encourage you to drink Champagne while you watch.
Orson Welles directed and stars as Shakespeare’s Falstaff.
He’s a good actor IMO.
The Green Knight | Alamo Drafthouse
I liked this when it came out. I wonder why they are playing it again.
It can’t be because of Peter Pan and Wendy buzz.
Monday 9/11
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE at HOTEL VEGAS — Hyperreal Film Club
Directed by Amy Holden Jones and written by Rita Mae Brown really great ‘80s Slasher.
Tuesday 9/12
SAFE IN HELL | Austin Film Society
Fast Women of the Pre-Code Era series.
Woman on the run in the Caribbean.
Pre-Code is usually all it takes for me to want to see something.
Day of the Reaper | Alamo Drafthouse
Part of the Terror Tuesday series.
Super 8 horror film made by teenagers in Florida.
Wednesday 9/13
Part of the Weird Wednesday series.
I remember every time they killed someone they had an orgasm with lighting.
Looking forward to seeing how accurate my memory of this is.
Thursday 9/14
Vertigo | Blue Starlite Downtown
Cute gimmick watching this on the roof of a building.
Satanic Hispanics | Cinemark | Regal | Galaxy
This horror anthology won best director(s) at last year’s Fantastic Fest.
Includes one of the directors of The Blair Witch Project and another is Demián Rugna who directed Terrified which I quite enjoyed.
Appears to be one day only at Cinemark and Regal but Galaxy is playing it through Saturday.
I’m gay and I watch a lot of movies
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