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, DECEMBER 7, 2017 (All show times are local)

Shane Black Christmas continues at the Alamo Drafthouse in San Francisco with LETHAL WEAPON at 6:00 pm and THE NICE GUYS at 8:50 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York is screening BLOOD SIMPLE from a 35mm print at 1:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Personally, I think I DRINK YOUR BLOOD is a terrible film, but even I would not turn down the chance to see it screen from a 35mm print. You can do just that at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis at 8:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

With THE DESPERATE HOURS, Humphrey Bogart returned to playing a hard-boiled criminal in one of his final roles. The result was a tense classic that could be considered a precursor to the home invasion genre. It is screening from a 35mm print at Quad Cinema in New York at 4:15 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Jean-Pierre Melville’s stylish heist flick BOB LE FLAMBEUR is showing at International House in Philadelphia at 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

SUNSET BOULEVARD is playing at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles at 7:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Bonkers character study of religious fundamentalism THE RAPTURE is screening from a 35mm print at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn at 9:30 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: Blood Simple, Bob Le Flambeur, Humphrey Bogart, I Drink Your Blood, Jean-Pierre Melville, lethal weapon, Shane Black, Sunset Boulevard, The Desperate Hours, The Nice Guys, The Rapture