This Week in Screenings 5/22-5/2
5/22 Friday
RACING STRIPES | Galaxy Theatre
Zebra movie.
Casablanca + Maltese Falcon | Paramount Theatre
Strong start to the Summer Series.
JAWBREAKER | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Every Imperial Teen song I know is in this movie.
Straight Outta Compton | Regal
O’Shea Jackson Jr plays Sr.
My Missing Screw | We Luv Video
Collab with Austin Clubhouse for Mental Health Awareness day. Documentary about a man and his giant screw.
What a crazy composer.
DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL | Austin Film Society
Lates will confound you with this Soviet era mystery movie.
SHORTBUS | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Hyperreal After Dark.
5/23 Saturday
Really stepped up the animation in this one.
Followed by a live performance of Robert Rodriguez’ Family Spy Band.
OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR | Flix Brewhouse
With director Q&A for the early screening they they are showing it sans Q&A.
Remember that acapella craze that swept the nation.
Recspec Presents: Moving Picture II – Sharp | Hyperreal Film Club
Experimental shorts showcase.
Spike Jonze should make another movie. Preferably written by Charlie Kaufman.
LA CÉRÉMONIE | Austin Film Society
Claude Chabrol and Isabelle Huppert team up again.
Pulsing Cinema presents Jeff Goldblum as the devil.
5/24 Sunday
Is it grease from working with engines? Or Hair?
I remember really like the sound in this movie. It's a lot like a music video.
Legally Blonde | Alamo Drafthouse | Regal | Flix Brewhouse | Cinemark
Or for some reason Wednesday at AMC. 25th Anniversary. Also works as a July 4th movie.
Rear Window | Paramount Theatre
Presented in 35mm.
Carrie (1976) | Alamo Drafthouse
Part of the Brian De Palma series they are doing.
Mulholland Drive | Paramount Theatre
David Lynch in 35mm
Hope they play it loud.
THE TRAP | Austin Film Society
Final of the Maiku Hama Trilogy
Not to be confused with The Trip coming soon to AFS.
DEEP INSIDE & LIVE w/ Annie Sprinkle & Veronica Hart | Hyperreal Film Club
18+ event
5/25 Monday
Sonic the Hedgehog | Lake Creek 7
They should release the human teeth cut.
Funeral Parade Of Roses | Alamo Drafthouse
Queer Film Theory 101 presents Shakespearian Japanese Drag.
DESPISER | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Discovery Zone presents man fights alien devil in a visual spectacle. No one should watch this alone.
So many car crashes.
Mystery Transmission 036 | Alamo Drafthouse
Video Vortex presents Japanese Psychedelic Space Opera Anime
5/26 Tuesday
Moulin Rouge! | Paramount Theatre
All singing and dancing also in 35mm.
Taron Egerton as Elton John.
FRESH KILL | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
This movie has everything, 1994, Lesbians, nuclear waste, television commercials, cat food.
Terror Tuesday presents Indonesian Horror.
5/27 Wednesday
Wings (1927) | Austin Public Library
Silent Nights at the library. The first Oscar winner and also pretty queer.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Regal
This is a good time.
Big Trouble in Little China | Austin Public Library
Crowd pleaser at the Milwood Branch.
The Truman Show | Paramount Theatre
With the ATX TV Festival. Makes sense it’s about a TV show.
PASSENGER 57 | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Black is not a genre presents. I think everyone should watch every Wesley Snipes movie.
I heard Jordan Peele might be remaking People Under the Stairs. Kinda wish he’d keep doing original stuff like this.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr T | Alamo Drafthouse
Weird Wednesday presents a live action Dr. Seuss movie in 35mm.
5/28 Thursday
Coen Brothers movie about a man and his cat.
MOONLIGHT | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
10 year anniversary of Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature.
DON’T LOOK BACK | Austin Film Society
Bob Dylan’s DA Pennebaker documentary.
BITTER RICE | Austin Film Society
Italian Neorealism. Cool poster.
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