This Week in Screenings 6/12-6/18
6/12 Friday
Is this the best Shrek?
But I’m A Cheerleader | Alamo Drafthouse
First time I ever saw RuPaul out of drag.
DESPERATE LIVING | Hyperreal Film Club
Divine wasn’t in this one but the rest of the cast made up for it.
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS | Austin Film Society
Paramount Theater film programmer Stephen Janisse will be there for a post movie discussion about the Summer Series.
Dressed To Kill (1980) | Alamo Drafthouse
Another in the Brian De Palma series. Serio-Comic Erotic Thriller?
FINAL FLESH | Hyperreal Film Club
It’s like Mad Libs for porn studios.
RUBBER’S LOVER | Austin Film Society
4k restoration. Who doesn’t love rubber?
6/13 Saturday
PONYO | Galaxy Theatre | Cinepolis | AMC | Cinemark | Regal
Everything in this movie looks like you could cut it with a fork.
The Prince of Egypt | Flix Brewhouse
A movie about a prince.
A Prince movie.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Paramount Theatre
The cult classic. For those who prefer the movie without a shadowcast.
The Graduate | Alamo Drafthouse
Olivia Wilde would like you to watch this.
Amores Perros | Alamo Drafthouse
25th Anniversary. Alejandro González Iñárritu debut movie. He’s got a Tom Cruise movie coming up.
Body Double | Alamo Drafthouse
More Brian De Palma. This time with Melanie Griffith.
Fangoira presents fashion forward vampires.
Boogie Nights | Alamo Drafthouse
The Dirk Diggler movie.
PURANA MANDIR | Austin Film Society
Ramsay brothers are mostly known for their take on Freddy Krueger with Mahakaal . This Bollywood horror movie looks more like an original property and comes highly recommended.
6/14 Sunday
Olivia Wilde wants you to watch this Agnes Varda movie.
OF AN AGE | Hyperreal Film Club
Queer Liberation Network presents. Australians love ballroom dancing.
Sad Girl Cinema Club. If you miss these screenings you can get a ticket to the double feature on Thursday at State Theater.
The Attack of the Giant Moussaka | We Luv Video
SunGays contribution to KaiJune.
EVIL DEAD II | Galaxy Theatre
The second in the Sam Raimi Evil Dead trilogy.
6/15 Monday
KPop Demon Hunters | Lake Creek 7 | Cinemark | Regal | Alamo Drafthouse
Sing-along screening.
Lupita Nyong'o does a lot of voice acting.
42nd Street | Alamo Drafthouse
1933 Busby Berkely choreographed extravaganza.
Rufio! Rufio!
The Dark Knight Rises | Cinepolis
The third in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy.
Rated R 1hr 48min. No one else is doing it this week.
GREENER GRASS | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Discovery Zone presents an absurdist comedy. This was originally a short that played at SXSW and then they made it into a feature that ended up being one of the best things I’ve seen at SXSW.
6/16 Tuesday
A lovely bear.
A real Texas movie.
Jaws | Paramount Summer Series at Bullock IMAX
Paramount closes Monday for 11 months. So the rest of the summer series will be at different locations. Like this IMAX screening.
Godzilla (1998) | We Luv Video
Oddworld presents. I think of this movie every time I hear Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.”
This is so similar to other Mel Gibson movies. Heath Ledger is in it though.
BLOODY MAMA | Austin Film Society
Up next in this Roger Corman series. Shelley Winters is…
Cloverfield | Alamo Drafthouse
Terror Tuesday presents more Found Footage. This time aliens.
6/17 Wednesday
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Hyperreal Film Club sees you.
Just Mercy | Austin Public Library
Oak Hill Branch is having a Juneteenth movie night a little early.
Romeo + Juliet | Paramount Summer Series at State Theater
30th Anniversary so I guess Leo has lost interest.
Fire in the Sky | Austin Public Library
Weeknight Cinema: Veritable Visitations. This is supposed to be really scary right?
The Devil Queen | Alamo Drafthouse
Mueller Weird Wednesday presents. Brazilian queer gangster movie.
S Lamar Weird Wednesday presents. Is this the worst gay movie ever made? You decide!
6/18 Thursday
THE BIRDCAGE | Hyperreal Film Club
30th Anniversary of an awkward movie night with my parents.
Being John Malkovich + Persona | Paramount Summer Series at State Theater
Double feature. Someone should ask Stephen Janisse about this.
Death Warmed Up | We Luv Video
Blood Shed Theater presents the first New Zealand horror feature film.
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