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.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2017 (All show times are local)

Sick of Christmas movies? Go see O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? screen from a 35mm print at the Museum of Modern Art in New York at 1:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is screening from a 35mm print at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis at 8:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

There are those who consider SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS to be a classic. And those people would be right. Go see it at the Joy Cinema and Pub in Tigard, OR at 9:00 pm. Tickets are $8 at the door. All info can be found here.

IFC Center in New York is showing the original 1979 classic ALIEN at midnight. Tickets and info can be found here.

The Jean-Pierre Melville series at Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis continues with his debut feature LE SILENCE DE LA MER at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

I’ve been trying not to go too obvious with my picks this Holiday season, but since everyone keeps showing the same five films, I’ll break down and share that ELF is screening at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles at 7:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The Metrograph in New York is showing two of Tim Burton’s better early films. At 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm is EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and at 4:30 pm and 9:30 pm is BEETLEJUICE. Both films are screening from 35mm prints. 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: alien, Beetlejuice, big trouble in little china, Edward Scissorhands, Elf, Jean-Pierre Melville, Le Silence de la Mer, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Tim Burton