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.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017 (All show times are local)
STARSHIP TROOPERS, Paul Verhoeven’s other sci-fi masterpiece, is playing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Ashburn, VA at 7:40 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
The Kentucky Theater in Lexington, KY is showing the always relevant, always hilarious DR. STRANGELOVE at 9:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
Super fun, trashy ’90s thriller SINGLE WHITE FEMALE is screening from a 35mm print at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn at 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
FREE FIRE is the latest film from the wonderfully anarchic mind of Ben Wheatley. You can catch a free sneak preview screening (with Wheatley there in person) of it at Cinefamily in Los Angeles at 11:00 pm. While this screening is free, you must RSVP ahead of time. All info can be found here.
LITTLE ODESSA, a grim crime drama that marked the directorial feature debut of James Gray starring Tim Roth at his most intense, is being shown at the Metrograph in New York at 1:00 pm and 5:30 pm. These are 35mm screenings. Tickets and info can be found here.
HERCULES UNCHAINED, one of several Italian movies starring former Mr. Universe Steve Reeves, is playing a free show at the Joy Cinema and Pub in Tigard, OR at 9:15 pm. This is a 21 and older screening. 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: Ben Wheatley, Dr. Strangelove, Free Fire, Hercules Unchained, James Gray, Little Odessa, Paul Verhoeven, Single White Female, Starship Troopers, Steve Reeves, Tim Roth
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