This Week in Screenings 3/13-3/19

3/13 Friday

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Alamo Drafthouse | Cinepolis | Flix Brewhouse | AMC | Cinemark | Regal

Go Ninja Go Ninja Go!

Pater Noster and the Mission of Light | We Luv Video

Hippie commune folk horror movie presented by the counter festival Smash x Smash West.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Alamo Drafthouse

Is this the one where the T-Rex eats a dog?

Friday the 13th Part III 3D | Regal

3D is the only way you should see this movie.

Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter | Regal

Two back to back Friday the 13ths on the calendar.

SHHHINEMA FOR THE PEOPLE | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB 

It’s a secret.

THE PUFFY CHAIR | Austin Film Society

With Mark and Jay Duplass and Katie Aselton in attendance.

3/14 Saturday

2026 Best Picture Showcase Day Two Marathon |  AMC 

Watch the rest of the best picture nominees for the upcoming Academy Awards. Looks like AMC is betting on One Battle After Another since they are playing both it and Sinners on the day of but only OBAA after the awards.

Cedar Ranch TV Pilot - The Premiere | Hyperreal Film Club

About an Austin Christian Lifestyle Influencer. I wonder if there are references to a certain Waco couple.

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS | Galaxy Theatre

It’s so funny to me that they still play this pretty frequently.

American Pie | Cinepolis

Ooh I get it.

Pi | Alamo Drafthouse 

It’s Pi day.

Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 10-12 | Alamo Drafthouse 

Chugging right along with the Twin Peaks series.

Jurassic Park III | Alamo Drafthouse

The end of the first Trilogy.

The Wolf of Wall Street | FlixBrewhouse 

A lot of Leonardo DiCaprio movies this week.

3/15 Sunday 

Little Gold Ball II | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB 

Oscar watch party at the clubhouse.

Small Talk | We Luv Video

Ooh test screening of a local film.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) | Galaxy Theatre

Always great to see this on a big screen.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Extended Edition | Alamo Drafthouse 

The second one.

3/16 Monday 

VIDEO ROULETTE | We Luv Video 

More counter programing from Smash X Smash West. This time shorts.

Inception | Cinepolis

$5 screening of the twisty turny Christopher Nolan movie.

Discovery Zone: DRACULA 2000 | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB

Discovery Zone presents the most 2000 Dracula movie.

AMC Screen Unseen

Rated R, 2hrs 5min.

Monday Mystery Movie | Regal

Rated R, 1hr 37min. Surely these aren’t the same movie.

3/17 Tuesday 

The Master of Disguise | We Luv Video

Presented by Odd World. I imagine this movie is odd.

Leprechaun | Alamo Drafthouse | Cinemark

I always think about that news story where a Houston elementary school traumatized half the class by showing this.

The Departed | Flix Brewhouse

A movie about Boston for St Patrick’s Day.

Soundtrack Karaoke! | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB

Not a movie but you can sing songs from movies.

Tommy | AMC 

They are playing it on their IMAX screen for the 50th Anniversary.

3/18 Wednesday 

Best in Show | Austin Public Library

Weeknight Cinema presents off-the-cuff O’Hara.

NOSFERATU (1922) | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB

With live score by David DiDonato.

THX 1138 Director's Cut | Violet Crown

Where the sound company’s name came from.

3/19 Thursday 

The Hunger Games | Cinepolis

Katniss is back.

Dance Macabre | We Luv Video 

Blood Shed Theater presents. I have not seen this but from the description I think it’s Robert Englund in drag.

Britannia Hospital | Alamo Drafthouse 

Mark Hamill is in this.

THE BLING RING | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB 

True story.

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