This Week in Screenings 9/11-9/17
9/11 Friday
Someone should tell my neighbors I’m staring at them for their own safety.
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie | Hyperreal Film Club
Culturally important movie.
The Doors the band the movie.
TWILIGHT (2008) | Alamo Drafthouse
There are many different ways to enjoy watching this movie.
First Blood | Alamo Drafthouse
I forgot this wasn’t just called Rambo.
THE HOLE | Austin Film Society
Tsai Ming-liang’s musical. Feels different after living through quarantine.
Lates Presents. Gabber is back!
9/12 Saturday
It’s a family cartoon party.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Regal
Scary looking little guy.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) | Flix Brewhouse
There is a rap song in the end credits but its not, “Go ninja go ninja go.”
Also still playing at Doc’s Drive-In.
Unseen: Life of a Blind Immigrant | Austin Public Library
Documentary at Yarborough Branch.
QUEEN TAKES BISHOP | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Austin filmmaker Wil Kelly movie produced by Richard Linklater. Includes Q&A with director and actors.
9/13 Sunday
Rated G 1hr 38min.
Cinemapocalypse Genre Mystery Marathon | Alamo Drafthouse
480min probably not rated G.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Regal
You don’t need a badge to see this.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING | Galaxy Theatre
The Two Towers will follow on 9/20. Return of the King on 9/27.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut | IPIC Austin
If you missed it at the IMAX you can still see it in a theater.
Fangoria presents. I’m gonna need to hit my Bic pen real quick.
Hybrid animation documentary about the events of the 1966 UT tower shootings.
9/14 Monday
A Silent Voice: The Movie | Regal
This one’s about a bully who feels bad about it.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Cinemark | AMC | Regal
Too much songbirds not enough snakes.
Night of the Living Dead | Sekrit Theater
Flick Cliques screening for teens to learn more about movies.
THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH | Austin Film Society
British comedy about running a movie theater.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Flix Brewhouse | Alamo Drafthouse | Cinepolis | AMC | Regal
Screening along with Season 1 Episode 28, “The City on The Edge of Forever.”
Live action Goodfeathers. Rated R.
PATRON SAINT OF ROADKILL | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Discovery Zone presents with post show Q&A with the director and DoP.
Rated PG13 108min.
Secret Movie Series | Cinemark
Rated R.
Rated R 1hr 58min.
Rated R 2hrs. Discovery Zone Roadshow presents. This movie is touring the country and the writer/director will be there for a Q&A.
Mystery Machine | Alamo Drafthouse
Rated PG 110min.
Rated PG 1hr 55min.
GALAXY MYSTERY MOVIE | Galaxy Theatre
Rated PG 119min.
Rated PG 1hr 25min.
Rated PG 1hr 59min.
Mystery Movie Screening | Cinepolis
1hr 40min.
Secret Movie Series | Cinemark
No clues provided.
9/15 Tuesday
BRIGSBY BEAR | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
This is Kyle Mooney’s best movie.
Terry Gilliam made a whole movie out of the French short La Jetée.
Odd World Presents:Mystery Movie (2009) | We Luv Video
For the first time ever on the big screen.
Things have gotten so bad Jafar Panahi is working as a taxi driver.
Angel Heart | Alamo Drafthouse
Lakeline and Mueller Terror Tuesday screenings of Robert De Niro as the devil.
Original Terror Tuesday presents Snoop Dogg on 35mm.
9/16 Wednesday
Hitchcock and Highsmith.
Castration Movie Anthology ii. the best of both worlds | Alamo Drafthouse
Mueller Weird Wednesday presents the second of what appears to be a trilogy. But I’m pretty sure it’s thematic so you won’t be lost if you haven’t seen the first one.
Scanners III: The Takeover | Alamo Drafthouse
Original Weird Wednesday presents arguably the best of the series
9/17 Thursday
The Transformers: The Movie | Regal | Cinemark | Alamo Drafthouse
I’ve heard this is better than it had any right to be.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Regal
Oh I get it, it’s because pee-wee means small.
30th Anniversary screening of the Japanese cyberpunk animated movie.
Dead or Alive (1999) | We Luv Video
Miike Yakuza movie!
Army of Darkness | Flix Brewhouse
The third and zaniest of the series.
8th Local Filmmakers’ Showcase | Hyperreal Film Club
Presented by Experimental Response Cinema. “Short form experimental avant-garde, weird, and/or non-narrative films and videos.“
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