This Week in Screenings 8/14-8/20
8/14 Friday
The first of Shinkai’s disaster trilogy. Now in more theaters.
Directed by the guy who wrote Perks of Being a Wallflower. But not written by him.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Paramount Summer Series at State Theatre
I heard they made this movie in the edit.
Mysterious Skin | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Gregg Araki movie starring the director of The Brutalist.
12th anniversary. Now’s your chance to see it if you missed it the first time.
Train to Busan | Cinemark | Regal
Zombies on a train.
JOHNNY MNEMONIC | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
In Black and White. Dress code is also Black and White.
WELCOME II THE TERRORDOME | Austin Film Society
Lates presents. I would go to this on the name alone.
8/15 Saturday
Driving is overrated.
Wet Hot American Summer | Alamo Drafthouse | Flix Brewhouse | Cinemark | Regal
25th Anniversary of the movie Ebert walked out of twice.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Paramount Series at State Theatre
This may have started my love for movies that are just one long argument.
Bottle Rocket | Paramount Series at State Theatre
Texas movie.
8/16 Sunday
Coco | Paramount Summer Series at State Theatre
Now “Remember Me” is stuck in my head.
Point Break | Flix Brewhouse | Cinemark| Regal
35th Anniversary of the Kathryn Bigelow Bromance.
DIRTY DANCING | Galaxy Theatre
My grandmother’s favorite movie.
A different kind of dirty dancing.
10th Anniversary screening. Should have been called Clean Dancing.
Sad Girl Cinema Club presents. Also still playing at Austin Film Society.
MEANTIME | Austin Film Society
Mike Leigh keeping kitchen sink dramas alive.
Thief | Paramount Summer Series at State Theatre
Michael Mann Movie.
8/17 Monday
Your Letter | Alamo Drafthouse | AMC | Cinemark
New South Korean animated movie in theaters for one day only. Clever marketing strategy, I know I have FOMO.
She's the Man | Flix Brewhouse
Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Movies series. Awww.
Hell yeah Elaine May.
The Roaring Twenties | Alamo Drafthouse
James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart the OGs.
They’re releasing the Snyder Cut.
MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Watch Madonna destroy Kevin Costner.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut | Paramount Summer Series at Bullock IMAX
Big movie on a big screen.
107min.
Secret Movie Series | Cinemark
Rated R.
Rated R 1hr 37min.
Rated R 1hr 39min.
8/18 Tuesday
KAJILLIONAIRE | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
I love Miranda July. And this is Evan Rachel Wood’s best performance.
NEVER SLEEP AGAIN | Austin Film Society
Essential Cinema series. Somewhere Else, Always: Restless Women and the City. This time Berlin as the City and Lisa Kreuzer (The American Friend) as the Woman.
The Fountain | Austin Public Library
Surrealism Cinema series. At Carver Branch.
The People's Joker | Violet Crown
2nd Story Film Club presents. Maria Bamford is in this.
The Matrix | Paramount Summer Series at Bullock IMAX
Not a rave but it’ll do.
TEXAS CHAIN SAW DAY | Galaxy Theatre | Flix Brewhouse | AMC | Cinemark | Regal
Recently named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Local hero.
Super 8 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Terror Tuesday presents. JJ Abrams does Steven Spielberg.
8/19 Wednesday
The Worst Person in the World + Pillion | Paramount Summer Series at State Theatre
Relationships are hard.
TIM AND ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
They always do a great job.
In the Mount of Madness | Austin Public Library
Weeknight Cinema at John Gillum Branch presents Suspenseful Sam.
Martial Arts Mystery Movie | Alamo Drafthouse
Weird Wednesday presents at South Lamar. Will it be Kung Fu?
From Sydney SXSW to Austin’s Mueller Weird Wednesday.
8/20 Thursday
MY SASSY GIRL | Austin Film Society
Korean rom-com.
Phantom of the Paradise | Alamo Drafthouse
Brian De Palma cult classic. Great soundtrack from the guy who wrote “Rainbow Connection.”
Boyz n the Hood | Paramount Summer Series at State Theatre
John Singleton classic.
The Fast and the Furious | AMC | Cinemark | Regal
25th Anniversary. One of these days I’m gonna watch this movie.
TROUBLE MAN | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Black is Not a Genre presents. Trouble Man carries two guns. One to stop trouble. And one to make trouble.
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