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.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 (All show times are local)
I don’t care what anyone says, EVENT HORIZON is a hell of a fun movie. You can catch a 35mm screening of it at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn at 9:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York continues its Robert De Niro series with a 35mm screening of Martin Scorsese’s CASINO at 2:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
The Alamo Drafthouse in Lubbock, TX is showing Billy Wilder’s wonderfully cynical showbiz satire/film noir SUNSET BOULEVARD at 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
The Metrograph in New York is showing BLUE COLLAR, Paul Schrader’s feature directorial debut that has the best Richard Pryor performance ever put to film. This is a 35mm screening at 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
The Metrograph is also screening a 35mm print of Michael Winner’s horror film THE SENTINEL at 4:30 pm and 9:30 pm. Stacked cast in this one that includes early performances by Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, and Chris Sarandon. Tickets and info can be found here.
VANISHING POINT, the surreal 1971 road movie, is screening at the Alamo Drafthouse in Omaha, NE at 7:15 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: Billy Wilder, Blue Collar, Casino, chris sarandon, Christopher Walken, Event Horizon, Jeff Goldblum, Martin Scorsese, Michael Winner, paul schrader, Richard Pryor, Robert De Niro, Sunset Boulevard, The Sentinel, vanishing point
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