THE DAILY RUNDOWN is a quick look at just a few of the cool screenings and film events happening around the U.S. every day. It is not intended to be an exhaustive, comprehensive list, but a sampling of the terrific genre cinema available to check out at your local art house, megaplex, film society, and repertory theaters.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 (All show times are local)

If you have seen FREEWAY, you know what a weird, sleazy treat it is. If you have not seen it, you need to get to the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn. It is screening from a 35mm print at 9:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles continues its celebration of the 20^th anniversary of JACKIE BROWN by pairing it up with another Elmore Leonard adaptation. At 7:30 pm is JACKIE BROWN and at 10:35 pm is John Frankenheimer’s team up with Cannon Films for 52 PICK-UP. Both films are screening from 35mm prints. Tickets and info can be found here.

Marty and Doc travel to the old west in the overstuffed, but entertaining, satisfying BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III. It is playing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Ashburn, VA at 7:20 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The Art Theatre in Champaign, IL continues their tribute to Tobe Hooper with an encore screening of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE at 9:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The Alamo Drafthouse in Omaha is showing Marjane Satrapi’s PERSEPOLIS at 7:15 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Classics are classics for a reason. Don’t believe me? Go see CASABLANCA at Videology Bar and Cinema in Brooklyn at 6:45 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The crowd favorite cheerleading comedy BRING IT ON is playing at the Amherst Cinema in Amherst, MA at 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

If you know of an under-the-radar theater or film society regularly putting together repertory screenings or special events, feel free to let me know on Twitter!

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Matt Wedge is a writer, film fanatic, and cat herder whose obsession with the films of Larry Cohen and sticking up for unfairly-maligned cinematic bombs can be read at his site, Obsessive Movie Nerd. You can follow him on Twitter at @TheWedgeSerpent.

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Tags: 52 Pick-Up, Back to the Future Part III, Bring it On, Cannon Films, Casablanca, Elmore Leonard, Freeway, jackie brown, john frankenheimer, Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper