This Week in Screenings 3/27-4/2
3/27 Friday
HSFF - Best of 2025 Short Film Showcase | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
All the best shorts and award show.
Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 16-18 | Alamo Drafthouse
We have reached the end.
Stand By Me | Regal | Cinemark
Saturday at Alamo Drafthouse.
The Mummy Returns | Alamo Drafthouse | Galaxy Theatre | Regal | Cinemark | Flix Brewhouse
25th Anniversary. I think this is The Rock’s first movie.
Magic Mike XXL | Flix Brewhouse
The biggest Mike.
Lates presents 4k restored movie that’s part 35mm part Pixelvision. Looks amazing when it’s not Pixelvision but that’s the point. Very 90’s hip NY despite not being a Hal Hartley movie.
3/28 Saturday
HSFF - Music video party | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Music videos and second night of the festival.
Pulsing Cinema presents Canadian horror from 1976. AKA The House by the Lake.
THE BIG SLEEP | Austin Film Society
Noir Canon series. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in 35mm.
3/29 Sunday
Ben-Hur | Regal | Cinepolis | Cinemark | Flix Brewhouse
Big movie. Very long.
The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Triology | Alamo Drafthouse
The whole bloody show.
3/30 Monday
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico | We Luv Video
Animondays presents. Created by Osamu Tezuka, just the most adorable little unicorn.
DOWN BY LAW | Austin Film Society
Jim Jarmusch comedy starring Roberto Benigni long before Life is Beautiful.
The Big Lebowski | Flix Brewhouse
The dude abides.
KAMIKAZE HEARTS | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Discovery Zone presents. Starring sexologist and Porn Star Sharon Mitchell in a movie about being a Porn Star. Also this is the only thing on Letterboxd starring Tigr that isn’t blurred.
Ghost in the Shell | Cinepolis
The animated one.
Lost in Translation | Cinepolis
Suntory time.
Mystery Transmission 034 | Alamo Drafthouse
Canadian local TV commercials.
Monday Mystery Movie: Horror Edition | Regal
Rated R 1hr 41min.
Rated R 1hr 33min.
Secret Movie Series | Cinemark
No info.
3/31 Tuesday
The Great Santini | Violet Crown
The guy from Caddy Shack plays basketball and worries about not living up to his dad, Robert Duvall’s, expectations. 1979 movie based on a novel.
ONE OF THEM DAYS | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Presented by Black is Not a Genre. Really impressive how SZA keeps up with Keke Palmer in this. Janelle James scene is my favorite part.
Terror Tuesday Presents. It’s two shorter movies from Shinya Tsukamoto, director of Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
4/1 Wednesday
Comedy Slasher from 1986.
The documentary about paying for tickling with a director Q&A.
THE MUMMY (1999) | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Watch this before you watch the 25th anniversary Returns screening.
Animation Mixtape | Alamo Drafthouse
Weird Wednesday presents animation from all over the world. I’m both excited and scared at what this might be.
4/2 Thursday
The Bad News Bears (1976) | Regal
Watch Walter Matthau be mean to kids.
Double Heads LIVE! You’re the Host Part VI | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
It’s an experimental late night talk show live.
LATINA SPRING: SALÓN DE CORTOS | Austin Film Society
Its a bunch of shorts presented by Mexican American Civil Rights Institute and MonteVideo.
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