This Week in Screenings 9/25-10/1
9/25 Friday
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure | Flix Brewhouse
I think we should revisit Big Top Pee-Wee.
Always better on a big screen.
James L. Brooks movie. You know, the Simpsons guy.
Avengers: Endgame | Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX
Martin Scorsese said this isn’t cinema but it sure is something. Like a theme park slow ride. I had fun.
Mystery Voyage | Alamo Drafthouse
AGFA mystery screening, filmed in South Africa 1960s children’s movie?
TEXAS TRIBUNE FESTIVAL | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB
Calling all Wonks.
9/26 Saturday
You know there are three of these.
Princess Mononoke | Cinepolis | Cinemark | AMC | Regal | Galaxy Theatre
They should teach this movie in schools.
Is this the best PTA movie?
9/27 Sunday
Destroy All Monsters | Alamo Drafthouse
11 monsters! Set in 1999.
Harrison Ford as Bob Falfa. That is such a George Lucas name.
The Shawshank Redemption | Flix Brewhouse
This use to play on TNT all day.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING | Galaxy Theatre
This is the most Peter Jackson of the three movies.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show | IPIC
Sans shadowcast?
STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN: FILMS FROM THE BOB DYLAN CENTER | Austin Film Society
One hour program of short films and videos with live Q&A featuring John Doe and Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins.
A Night with Vanessa Gonzalez | Hyperreal Film Club
Premier of the new stand up comedy special.
Open Doom Crescendo (2022) | We Luv Video
Indie Montreal epic with an introduction from Austin Filmmaker Carl Fry of Rats! fame. Fry will also screen a short before the movie.
Trash Film Festival 2 | Pixel Palace Arcade
They will show the most trash of all the submitted movies. I feel like Oscar the Grouch should judge.
9/28 Monday
Kubo and the Two Strings | Cinepolis
I’m excited about Wildwood that comes out this year also directed by Travis Knight.
AFF PRESENTS TEXAS SHORT FILM SHOWCASE | Galaxy Theatre
Will include shorts from previous Austin Film Festivals. “Katrina’s Son” from 2010, “Makeup” from 2016, “Archer” from 2011 and “Untitled Moon Project” from 2009.
The Birdcage | Alamo Drafthouse
Queer Film Theory 101 presents. I still wish it was a musical.
BLADE RUNNER 2049 | Paramount Movies at Bullock IMAX
Two shows on the biggest screen in Texas.
Always a good time at the movies.
Mystery Transmission 040 | Alamo Drafthouse
‘80s Japanese absurdist horror anthology.
Hell's No Place for a Pretty Face | Hyperreal Film Club
Discovery Zone presents world premiere. “Two pornstars drive cross country robbing porn theaters.“ “Perfect date movie.”
9/29 Tuesday
The Outsiders: The Complete Novel | Flix Brewhouse
What are those Tulsa boys up to?
Un Poeta | Hyperreal Film Club
Part of Cinema de la Cultura for HIspanic Heritage Month. A poet who is past his prime mentors a young talent.
Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon | Alamo Drafthouse
From 2025 Fantastic Fest the sequel to the 2015 movie.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | Regal
Relationship goals.
The Haunting (1963) | Alamo Drafthouse
Terror Tuesday presents 35mm screening. The first time this Shirley Jackson novel was made into a movie. Will not be the last.
9/30 Wednesday
The Lost World (1925) | Austin Public Library
Stop Motion Dinosaurs!
BE KIND REWIND | Hyperreal Film Club
Michel Gondry celebrating video stores and movies and storytelling.
Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Good stuff.
Demon Wind (1990) | We Luv Video
Horror comedy kids vs. demons.
Black Belt Jones | Alamo Drafthouse
Weird Wednesday presents. I checked and this was included in Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide. So I guess it’s essential watching.
10/1 Thursday
Spirited Away: Live on Stage | Cinemark | Regal | Galaxy Theatre
I really want to see this to know if it’s creepy or not.
Remastered for 10th Anniversary.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Alamo Drafthouse
He did say he would be back.
The Blackcoat's Daughter | Regal
This used to be called February. Early Osgood Perkins movie.
The Black Phone | Austin Public Library
Also Austin local C Robert Cargill who wrote this movie will be running a short story clinic at Ruiz branch.
The Conjuring | Flix Brewhouse
The movie that started it all.
THE SHINING | Austin Film Society
Just a little movie called THE SHINING. Maybe you’ve heard of it?
Spice Up Your Life: The Spice Bus Tour | Hyperreal Film Club
It’s a 3 day event to celebrate our girls.
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