This Week In Screenings 10/11 - 10/17


Friday 10/11

PARANORMAN | Galaxy Theatre

Cute movie for kids and adults alike 

The Nightmare Before Christmas | Regal | Flix Brewhouse | AMC 

or Saturday at Cinépolis 

From the Director of Monkeybone 

A Nightmare on Elm Street | Alamo Drafthouse 

A different kind of nightmare than the one you’d have before Christmas 

Halloween | Blue Starlite Downtown 

The soundtrack to my Halloween 

TAXI DRIVER | Austin Film Society

Isn’t it always a surprise that Albert Brooks is in this 

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Blue Starlite Downtown | We Luv Video | Austin Film Society

50th anniversary of the Texas Classic  

FOXFIRE | Austin Film Society

New series To The Front 

Presented with Hyperreal Film Club and A Woman of Taste 

The director’s gonna be there 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | Austin Film Society

This is the Czech one 

Club Lingerie | Hyperreal Film Club

I’m very excited to see this movie after recently becoming aware of Dawna Lee Heising

Saturday 10/12

Coco | AMC

Don’t forget Dia De Los Muertos is November 1st 

The Addams Family (2019) | Cinépolis

Animated one again

Live action still at Blue Starlite Central

Shaun of the Dead | Alamo Drafthouse 

Fun movie about zombies 

The Lost Boys | Flix Brewhouse

Or Sunday at Galaxy Theatre

80’s teen vampire movie 

The Florida Project | Alamo Drafthouse 

Gotta watch all the Sean Baker movies before Anora 

JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T. | Austin Film Society

Part of the To The Front series 

Presented with Hyperreal Film Club and A Woman of Taste 

Nosferatu the Vampyre | Alamo Drafthouse 

This is the Werner Herzog one 

They recorded each scene both in English and German so there’s two versions available 

This looks like the German version 

The Curse of Frankenstein | Alamo Drafthouse 

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing team up 

Real Life | Alamo Drafthouse

Albert Brooks movie about the rise of reality TV

Sunday 10/13

Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro | Alamo Drafthouse 

The 1st Miyazaki movie 

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | Alamo Drafthouse

Part of the Sad Girls Cinema series 

Very cool vibes in this movie 

WHATEVER | Austin Film Society

Part of the To The Front series 

Presented with Hyperreal Film Club and A Woman of Taste

Poltergeist | IPIC Theaters 

Tobe Hooper movie about home ownership 

Monday 10/14 

THE OATH OF THE SWORD | Austin Film Society

New restoration accompanied by live performance from Maru Haru of the original score 

Train To Busan (Bu-San-Haeng) | Flix Brewhouse

Getting to see this in a theater would be a Halloween treat 

Tuesday 10/15

The Lego Batman | Flix Brewhouse

Good Batman movie 

The Fall | Alamo Drafthouse 

This beautiful movie is back in theaters 

Ghostbusters (1984) | Flix Brewhouse

Also still playing at Blue Starlite Downtown 

Attack the Block | Alamo Drafthouse 

Part of the Terror Tuesday Series

Before Star Wars John Boyega was killing aliens 

Demons + Popcorn | Paramount Theatre

Cool double feature of Horror movies set in a theater just like The Paramount 

One Cut of the Dead | Hyperreal Film Club

If you haven’t seen this movie I suggest you do 

ASPEN | Austin Film Society

Part of the Frederick Wiseman documentary series 

Never been, curious what it’s like 

Wednesday 10/16

Slumber Party Massacre (1982) | Hyperreal Film Club

Really great slasher movie distributed by New World Pictures and a woman director 

Beetlejuice | Alamo Drafthouse

The first one 

Happy Death Day | AMC 

This was a good movie 

Sequel not so much 

Tangerine | Alamo Drafthouse 

This is also a good Christmas movie 

Clue | Cinépolis 

$5 screening 

This has played a lot of places lately 

SHOESHINE | Austin Film Society

Vittorio De Sica’s 1946 movie newly restored 

Doppelganger | Alamo Drafthouse 

Part of the Weird Wednesday series

Drew Barrymore x 2

Thursday 10/17

Rosemary's Baby + Candyman | Paramount Theatre

Ooh nice double feature 

DEMON KNIGHT ('95) |  EastSide Cinema

Roxy Horror Picture show teams up with One Man’s Trash to present this Tales from the Crypt movie 

The Beyond (1981) | Hyperreal Film Club

Lucio Fulci movie so gorey and dreamy 

PHASE IV | Austin Film Society

Saul and Elaine Bass not only made all the cool opening title sequences they also made this movie with tons of ant footage 


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