This Week in Screenings 11/06-11/12
11/06 Friday
Heated Rivalry | Galaxy Theatre | AMC | Cinemark | Regal
All of Heated Rivalry will be playing throughout the week, 2 episodes at a time.
Stick It | Hyperreal Film Club
Gymnastics movie in the style of RAD! and Bring it On starring Jeff Bridges.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Alamo Drafthouse
A Pedro Almodóvar movie that makes me want gazpacho.
Jonathan Glazer doesn’t make movies often but when he does he doesn’t miss.
11/07 Saturday
Thanksgiving cartoons for the kids.
Space Jumanji.
Tim Curry is such a minx.
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) | Alamo Drafthouse
Orson Welles movie starring Agnes Moorehead. Endora from Bewitched.
MĀLAMA MĀKUA | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Documentary about the 30-year struggle to restore U.S. military-occupied lands to Native Hawaiians.
We Own the Night | Alamo Drafthouse
James Gray movie. Cop brother and Club brother don’t get along.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Cinepolis
I wasn’t sure how I felt about this series but I think they really stuck the landing.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Regal
You too will be on fire.
Brian De Palma made the first Stephen King movie.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Lake Creek 7
18+ with live shadowcast.
Rocky | Flix Brewhouse | AMC | Cinemark | Regal | Alamo Drafthouse
The other Rocky.
Trashy Treasures presents. Roddy Piper is in this.
11/08 Sunday
Arts and crafts and pie eating contest and raffle prizes!
Back to the Future | Galaxy Theatre
The reason those cybercabs have doors that open like that.
Southland Tales | Alamo Drafthouse
Richard Kelly when they told him he could do whatever he wanted.
Little Odessa | Alamo Drafthouse
James Gray’s first movie. His most recent being Paper Tiger.
Michael Mann movie with James Caan and a Tangerine Dream score.
STRAIGHT CIRCLE | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Discovery Zone Roadshow has found us an absurdist political satire.
11/09 Monday
Sean Connery as James Bond. The third time.
Rock Hudson sci-fi horror movie.
HE GOT GAME | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Black is Not a Genre presents. Spike Lee loves basketball and Denzel Washington is a great actor.
Secret Movie Series | Cinemark
Rated R 1hr 59min.
Rated R 2hrs.
Rated R 2hrs 16mins.
11/10 Tuesday
Oddworld Presents BMX bike movie.
2nd Brian De Palma this week.
BOYZ N THE HOOD | Austin Film Society
Part of the John Singleton series. Laurence Fishburne is so good in this.
RAMEN GIRL | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
I do love Brittany Murphy.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Alamo Drafthouse
Lakeline Terror Tuesday presents.
Unfriended: Dark Web | Alamo Drafthouse
Terror Tuesday presents. Reportedly better than Unfriended.
11/11 Wednesday
Practical Magic | Hyperreal Film Club
Emily has a good writeup for this.
A touring short film comedy show. Q&A with Jake Rhodes and Chris Wade.
Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon against the world.
Crocodile Dose | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Lakeline and Mueller Weird Wednesday. Preceded by short film “EE.” Reportedly Gen Z internet brain rot cinema.
Devil's Sword | Alamo Drafthouse
Weird Wednesday presents. Indonesian Fantasy is what we expect from our Weird Wednesdays.
11/12 Thursday
The Princess Bride | Austin Public Library
Howson Branch. Starring Avigdor from Yentl.
What an interesting cast.
The Big Heat (1953) | We Luv Video
Monthly Video Store Clerk pick series. This one’s for Noirvember.
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