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, MAY 31, 2017 (All show times are local)
As part of the Released and Abandoned: Forgotten Oddities of the Home Video Era series, DAILY GRINDHOUSE presents WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL at Comfort Station in Chicago at 8:00 pm. Released and Abandoned is curated and hosted by our own Paul Freitag-Fey. This is a free screening. All info can be found here.
The It Came From ’97 series continues at the Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers, NY with a 35mm screening of EVENT HORIZON at 9:15 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
A 35mm screening of GOODFELLAS? You better get there early to get a seat for this one. Martin Scorsese’s classic is playing at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco at 6:45 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
The Senator Theatre in Baltimore, MD is screening the original FRIDAY THE 13TH at 9:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
California neo-noir CUTTER’S WAY is playing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX at 7:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
To call Sergio Leone’s four hour plus director’s cut of ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA an epic is an understatement. It is showing at Quad Cinema in New York at 2:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.
Robert Zemeckis’ first two films as a director are being shown as a double feature at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND is at 7:30 pm and the very funny USED CARS follows it at 9:40 pm. Both films are being screened from 35mm prints. Tickets and info can be found here.
What is a more obscure subgenre than “Nunsploitation?” How about Japanese “Nunsploitation?” SCHOOL OF THE HOLY BEAST is screening from a 35mm print at the Alamo Drafthouse 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!
Tags: Cutter's Way, Event Horizon, Friday the 13th, Goodfellas, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, It Came From '97, Martin Scorsese, Nunsploitation, Once Upon a Time in America, Robert Zemeckis, School of the Holy Beast, Sergio Leone, Used Cars, WNUF Halloween Special
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