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, AUGUST 18, 2017 (All show times are local)

The Denver Film Society is screening THE ROAD WARRIOR from a 35mm print at 10:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

ED WOOD is screening from a 35mm print at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR at 6:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

It is hard to decide what is David Cronenberg’s bleakest film, but a pretty good case can be made for THE BROOD. It is screening from a 35mm print at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York at 6:45 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

Crazed “Brucesploitation” flick THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN is the midnight movie at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville. Tickets and info can be found here.

American Cinematheque in Los Angeles rolls on with their Mario Bava retrospective with a 35mm double feature of BLACK SUNDAY and LISA AND THE DEVIL starting at 7:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The theatrical cut of Alex Proyas’ sci-fi noir DARK CITY is screening from a 35mm print at the Museum of Modern Art in New York at 4:30 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

ALIEN is playing at the Art Theater in Champaign, IL at 10:00 pm. Tickets and info can be found here.

The midnight movie at Cinefamily in Los Angeles is the notorious BLOODSUCKING FREAKS. Tickets and info can be found here.

DEMOLITION MAN is the midnight movie at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago. This is a 35mm screening. Tickets and info can be found here.

Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn is showing CUJO as their midnight movie. 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: Alex Proyas, alien, Black Sunday, Bloodsucking Freaks, Cujo, Dark City, David Cronenberg, Demolition Man, Ed Wood, Lisa and the Devil, mario bava, The Brood, The Dragon Lives Again, The Road Warrior