This Week in Screenings 10/31-11/6

10/31 Friday 

Back to the Future | Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX | AMC | Cinemark | Alamo Drafthouse | Galaxy Theatre | Cinepolis | Flix Brewhouse | Regal

It’s still in theaters 

KPop Demon Hunters A Sing-Along ​ | Cinemark | Regal | Alamo Drafthouse | Galaxy Theatre | Lake Creek 7 | IPIC Theater | Flix Brewhouse | AMC

I’m pretty sure this left theaters and has now returned. Or maybe it never went away. I do not hate this but I’m generally not a fan of audience participation movies. 

Tony's Jamaican Food 

They are having a Halloween event and will be screening a kid friendly movie. 

Spike and Mike's Animation Extravaganza 2025 | Regal

Wow this is back? Or did it never leave and I just missed it? 

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Cinepolis | Regal | Cinemark | AMC

Is this the worst one? 

I Am Legend | Austin Public Library

Part of the Deep Dives into popular films series 

Heavily featured in the Videoheaven documentary 

The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Lake Creek 7 

Still showing this with a live shadowcast 

It’s like a full time job 

The Conjuring | Cinepolis

$5 screening for Halloween 

Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Regal

Most Halloween of movies 

HALLOWEEN (1978) | Galaxy Theatre | Flix Brewhouse

It’s very on the nose 

Nosferatu (1922) | Alamo Drafthouse 

With a live score 

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) | Alamo Drafthouse 

With a live score

Deep Red | Paramount Theatre Austin

Goblin is going to play the score live 

Little Nell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry, and Richard O'Brien in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

11/01 Saturday 

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 | Cinepolis | Regal | Cinemark | AMC

Penultimate one 

Steel Magnolias | Regal

They are doing a November movie series 

This is only kinda November in my opinion. 

LATE SPRING | Austin Film Society

One of the Ozu movies with a season in the title 

The Big Texas Little Film Tour | Hyperreal Film Club

Shorts! 

Sir Doug & the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove | Hyperreal Film Club

Documentary about Texan musician country music child prodigy 

11/02 Sunday

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | Cinepolis | Regal | Cinemark | AMC

The ultimate one 

Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (Hindi with English Subtitles) | Cinemark

1993 Romcom / coming of age movie 

Good Will Hunting | Regal

This one is very November. Just look at the fall colors on that poster. 

Vulcan Gas Company: A Cultural Utility | Hyperreal Film Club

Documentary about the Austin music venue 

Donnie Darko | Alamo Drafthouse

The director’s cut 

11/03 Monday

The Return of Godzilla | Alamo Drafthouse 

‘80s Godzilla 

When Harry Met Sally... | Regal

Oh yeah this is peak November 

Deep Cover | Cinepolis

$5 screening 

Apparently there was a British comedy released this year by the same name

This isn’t that movie 

GOTTI (2018) | Hyperreal Film Club

I love calling this movie straight-dude camp 

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally

11/04 Tuesday 

The Goonies | Alamo Drafthouse 

I wish pirates were real 

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure | Alamo Drafthouse 

Crazy this was Pee-Wee and Tim Burton’s first movie

You've Got Mail | Regal

Nora Ephron is very November coded 

Fox and His Friends | Radio/East

The Last Movie Club presents Fassbinder both directing and acting

BYE BYE LOVE | Austin Film Society

Part of the Queer Cinema: Lost & Found series 

Who doesn’t love a gender-fluid shoplifter 

EEPHUS | Hyperreal Film Club

I hear there’s crying in Baseball 

11/05 Wednesday

V for Vendetta | Flix Brewhouse

Anonymous stole this fit 

Something's Gotta Give | Regal

What a cool lady. RIP Diane Keaton 

Dil Se (Hindi with English Subtitles) | Cinemark

1998 Romance Musical 

Another Shah Rukh Khan movie 

UNDINE | Hyperreal Film Club

This might be the movie were I first saw Franz Rogowski

I do think about this movie a lot. Especially the aquarium. 

Jacob's Ladder | Violet Crown

Roxy Horror Picture Show presents 

Tim Robbins losing it 

Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago | Flix Brewhouse | Regal | Cinemark

Director’s Cut 

Is this the most Cold War movie? 

Surfer, Dude | Alamo Drafthouse 

Part of the Weird Wednesday series 

This is not what you think it is. It’s more like a Kurt Vonnegut book than a Romcom. 

11/06  Thursday 

Legends of the Fall | Regal

I mean c’mon it has Fall in the title 

2025 Austin Polish Film Festival | Austin Film Society

On the first day they are showing The Saragossa Manuscript 

2025 HUMP! Film Festival | Hyperreal Film Club

It’s a celebration of sex 

Hosted by Brigitte Bandit 

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