This Week in Screenings 9/5-9/11

9/5 Friday 

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Alamo Drafthouse 

I do like Warwick Davis. 

STORKS | Galaxy Theatre

Where babies come from. 

Don Hertzfeldt presents ANIMATION MIXTAPE | Austin Film Society

I love cartoons. 

It’s playing all week but Don Hertzfeldt will be there at the 615pm showing. 

Drop | Austin Public Library

It’s that recent movie about the lady on a date but it’s a thriller. 

EL MARIACHI | Hyperreal Film Club

Great movie and great time to revisit it. 

Support local filmmaker. 

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge | Alamo Drafthouse 

This is the gay one and maybe my favorite.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Alamo Drafthouse 

I really like this one too but I wish they did more with the lucid dreaming stuff. I mean they were kinda dream fodder. 

This is Spinal Tap | Alamo Drafthouse 

You gotta watch this so you’ll get the jokes in the new one. 

ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE | Austin Film Society

Part of the Lates series.

I love the term Fille Publique the French are so crazy. 

9/6 Saturday

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Cinepolis

Did you see that TV show Life’s Too Short starring Warwick Davis? 

That was a good show. 

The Breakfast Club | Alamo Drafthouse | Flix Brewhouse

40th anniversary screening. 

Playing at Galaxy Theatre and Cinepolis on Sunday 

Oppenheimer | Alamo Drafthouse

They’re gonna show it in 70mm. 

Batman Begins | Flix Brewhouse

Another chance to look at Cillian Murphy. 

The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Lake Creek 7 

It’s that time of the month. 

HAPPINESS | Austin Film Society

Go watch this, if you dare. 

PEKING OPERA BLUES | Austin Film Society

From the director of Once Upon a Time in China, and Double Team.

9/7 Sunday

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | IPIC Theaters 

It’s also my day off. 

9/8 Monday 

DOG DAY AFTERNOON | Hyperreal Film Club

Al Pacino made this and Cruising. What have you done for the queer community? 

9/9 Tuesday 

Life (2017) | Austin Public Library

This is not the Eddie Murphy movie. 

It’s a scary movie about aliens. 

Fast Five | Flix Brewhouse

You’re telling me they made 5 of these?!

PROBLEMISTA | Hyperreal Film Club

Julio Torres knows why we love Tilda Swinton. 

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS | Austin Film Society

The first in this Kinky Cecil B Demille series. 

Have you ever seen a movie from 1932 in 35mm? 

Ginger Snaps | Alamo Drafthouse 

Part of the Terror Tuesday series.

A lot of recent horror movies do what this movie does but this one does it better. 

9/10 Wednesday

Maurice | We Luv Video 

Book club screening so read the book. 

Voyage of the Rock Aliens | Violet Crown 

Presented by One Man’s Trash.

This one is a delight. 

Night of the Juggler | Alamo Drafthouse

Part of the Weird Wednesday series. 

I keep calling it Night of the Jugular. 

COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB

A Woman of Taste Presents: Sissy Spacek leaving no crumbs. 

9/11 Thursday 

FADERS UP: THE JOHN AIELLI EXPERIENCE | HYPERREAL FILM CLUB

With live Q&A. 

I remember when I first heard John Aielli on the radio. 

He kept calling Gillian Anderson, Scully. 

Also Jaws is still playing pretty much everywhere. If you haven’t seen Jaws you just don’t wanna see Jaws. 

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