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, AUGUST 24, 2017 (All show times are local)

How’s this for a double feature? The Castro Theatre in San Francisco is screening A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET from a 35mm print at 7:30 pm followed by PHANTASM at 9:15 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The crazed, gore-soaked STORY OF RICKY is screening from a 35mm print at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn at 9:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR is screening Robert Zemeckis’ dark comedy DEATH BECOMES HER from a 35mm print at 9:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Darren Aronofsky’s feature directorial debut PI is screening from a 35mm print at the Museum of Modern Art in New York at 4:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Go see one of the greatest car chases in movie history on the big screen when THE BLUES BROTHERS plays at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA at 7:00 pm. This is a 35mm screening. Tickets and info can be found here.

American Cinematheque in Los Angeles is screening a double feature of John Carpenter’s adaptation of CHRISTINE and Stephen King’s adaptation of his own MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE starting at 7:30 pm. MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE is a 35mm screening. Tickets and info can be found here.

The super-gory Lamberto Bava/Dario Argento caollaboration DEMONS is screening from a 35mm print at the Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers, NY at 10:00 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: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Christine, dario argento, Death Becomes Her, Demons, Drren Aronofsky, john carpenter, Lamberto Bava, Maximum Overdrive, Phantasm, Pi, Robert Zemeckis, Stephen King, Story of Ricky, The Blues Brothers