This Week in Screenings 1/5-1/11

Very intrigued by this ‘80s French movie.

Looks like a Death Wish type thing.

Alamo is showing it all week.

Fantasia | Alamo Drafthouse 

Great on mushrooms.

Fight Club | Alamo Drafthouse 

Part of a 1999 series Alamo is doing.

Along with:

Run Lola Run and The Iron Giant 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition | Alamo Drafthouse

Or you can wait and watch the Whole Thing at Cinemark on Saturday 

11.5 Hours.

Under the Skin | Alamo Drafthouse

Jonathan Glazer has only made four movies.

Get hyped for The Zone of Interest.

PEEPING TOM | Austin Film Society

4k restoration of the horror classic.

Saturday 1/6

2001: A Space Odyssey | FlixBrewhouse

I think I say it every time but this is more fun in a theater.

Fiddler on the Roof… | - Blue Starlite Downtown 

With a live fiddler and a cocktail hour.

Aliens | Blue Starlite Downtown 

A lot of people say this is the best one.

I don’t say that, but a lot of people do.

Mystery Men

Being John Malkovich | Alamo Drafthouse 

Continuation of the 1999 series.

I love a good series.

Birth | Alamo Drafthouse 

Get hyped for The Zone of Interest with Nicole Kidman and Anne Heche.

BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER | Austin Film Society

Part of the Queer Cinema Lost and Found series.

And with a title like that it has to be good.

Sunday 1/7

AIRPLANE! | Galaxy Theatre

Because of this movie, men of a certain age are always telling me to not call them Shirley.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Blue Starlite Central 

Good Bluegrass Coen Comedy.

Moonstruck | FlixBrewhouse

Nicolas Cage is so unhinged in this and Cher is great as always [insert emojis here].

GODARD CINEMA & TRAILER OF A FILM THAT WILL NEVER EXIST: PHONY WARS | Austin Film Society

It’s a doc about Godard followed by his last short.

Monday 1/8

Modern Times — We Luv Video

Charlie Chaplin classic playing at the video store.

SPLENDOR | HOTEL VEGAS

Hyperreal Film Club is back and ringing in this new year with Gregg Araki’s polyamory movie.

Tuesday 1/9

FIRST NAME: CARMEN | Austin Film Society

Continuation of the Godard in the ‘80s Series.

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan | FlixBrewhouse

This is one of the good ones.

I think the even numbered ones are supposed to be the good ones but then I remember 5 being good. Isn’t that the one with the whales?

From Beyond | Alamo Drafthouse

‘80s slime from Terror Tuesday.

Wednesday 1/10

Clueless | Cinépolis

$5 screening of this teenage classic.

Looks like this is a theme for January at this theater.

Both NW and SW locations.

The Violent Years | Alamo Drafthouse

Weird Wednesday presents Ed Wood script Girls Gone Wild.

Thursday 1/11

Another Thursday to catch up on on those new releases they keep putting out