This Week in Screenings 8/1-8/7
Friday 8/1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | Alamo Drafthouse
We are so back!
Catvideofest | Alamo Drafthouse
Saturday at Galaxy Theatres | Violet Crown | Flix Brewhouse
This got pretty big.
Sonic the Hedgehog | Alamo Drafthouse
Important cultural touchstone.
The Tale of Zatoichi | Alamo Drafthouse
I love all these movies.
Seminal samurai movie.
They’re here!
Tales from the Hood | Alamo Drafthouse
I like horror anthologies.
SOME LIKE IT HOT | Hyperreal Film Club
Summer Camp series.
Pretty racy stuff here.
Saturday 8/2
The Sound of Music | Paramount Theatre
How I know the solfège scale.
Miss Congeniality | Paramount Theatre
Here she comes, Miss United States.
When Harry Met Sally | Cinepolis
I haven’t seen this in forever and they keep giving me opportunities.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (18+) | Lake Creek 7
It’s that time again.
Sunday 8/3
In the world of teen movies there was before Clueless and after Cluesless.
THE BLUES BROTHERS | Galaxy Theatre
Fun movie for blues fans.
A League of Their Own | Paramount Theatre
Remember when Tom Hanks peed for a really long time?
Sunset Boulevard | Cinemark | Flix Brewhouse | Regal
75th Anniversary of being ready for a close-up.
Robocop + Starship Troopers | Paramount Theatre
Verhoeven Double Feature presented by Robert Rodriguez.
These are always good.
Monday 8/4
Duck movie.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Lake Creek 7
Beautiful movie.
The Lego Batman Movie | Cinemark
Love all the villains.
GALAXY MYSTERY MOVIE | Galaxy Theatres
Rated R 110min
Rated R 1hr 40min
Johnny Guitar | Alamo Drafthouse
Surprised this isn’t a Queer Theory presentation.
All the President's Men | Paramount Theatre
If you’ve always wondered what the whole Watergate thing was about.
SHOWGIRLS 2: PENNY'S FROM HEAVEN | Hyperreal Film Club
Freaks Only Series.
Can’t go wrong.
Tuesday 8/5
Adam Sandler is Leo.
Minions: The Rise of Gru | Regal
What’s the Gru lore?
Back in the theater.
I think this is when I started to like Emma Stone.
ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE | Austin Film Society
Ellen Burstyn killing it.
Jeanne Dielman | Paramount Theatre
You gotta watch the whole thing.
CECIL B. DEMENTED | Hyperreal Film Club
Summer Camp series.
John Water’s tribute to the movies.
The Mummy (1999) | Alamo Drafthouse
Part of the Terror Tuesday series.
Brendan Fraser in his himbo era.
Wednesday 8/6
The Social Network | Paramount Theatre
Good score.
HIGH AND LOW | Austin Film Society
Watch it before Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest.
SHANGHAI BLUES | Austin Film Society
1984 classic Hong Kong comedy from the director of Peking Opera Blues.
Better Watch Out | Violet Crown
Roxy Horror Picture Show presents.
Xmas in August.
PRISCILLA | Hyperreal Film Club
A Woman of Taste Presents.
I saw this at the IPic and they projected over the curtain at the top of the screen.
So if you’re like me you’ve never seen their foreheads.
Even with that this was a good movie.
Eve of Destruction | Alamo Drafthouse
Part of the Weird Wednesday series
The other Lady Terminator.
Thursday 8/7
Cooley High | Paramount Theatre
I had the Boyz II Men album Cooleyhighharmony.
Didn’t realize at the time it was a reference to this movie.
Gotta see it again to figure it all out.
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