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 31, 2017 (All show times are local)
The Alamo Drafthouse in Omaha, NE is showing Terry Zwigoff’s terrific adaptation of GHOST WORLD at 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is playing at the Senator Theatre in Baltimore at 7:00 pm and 9:50 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
Turkish cinema in the ’70s was a magical mixture of ripoffs of popular films and genres from around the world with magical realism. You can see one of the prime examples of this curious form in DEATH WARRIOR, which is playing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Ashburn, VA at 7:40 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
Go see the original FLATLINERS before the remake/sequel that is coming out later this year. It is playing at Film Bar in Phoenix at 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
BRICK is playing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas at 8:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s ambitious fantasy THE DARK CRYSTAL is playing at the Academy Theater in Portland, OR at 2:50 pm, 7:00 pm, and 9:05 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!
Tags: Brick, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Death Warrior, Flatliners, Frank Oz, Ghost World, Jim Henson, Terry Zwigoff, The Dark Crystal
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