LOST HIGHWAY RETURNS TO SCREENS AND MORE CLASSIC WEEKEND PICKS
David Lynch’s nightmarish distortion of time and apace, wrapped in an erotic thriller, heads up our picks of the classics this weekend on the big screen.
All Weekend: David Lynch's nightmarish, erotic thriller that bends time and space, alongside one of the coolest soundtracks of the 90s, returns to screens with a new Director approved 4K Restoration. LOST HIGHWAY screens at IFC Center New York CIty and The Roxie San Francisco.
All Weekend: Sergio Leone's legendary western is a must on the big screen for its vast widescreen palette, but you should not pass up, for any reason, experiencing THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (1966) with the stunning, vivid IB Technicolor 35mm Print screening at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles this weekend. More info HERE.
Fri 7/22nd 12:30pm, 6pm Sat 7/23rd 12:30pm: Robert Mitchum is terrifying as an ex-con hell bent on revenge against the lawyer who put him away (Gregory Peck). Tense and methodical CAPE FEAR (1962) is as taught as a thriller can be. Screening at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.
Fri 7/22nd & Sat 7/23rd 10pm: “They’re heeeeere!” Tobe Hooper’s nightmarishly fun, ghost-filled spooktacular (produced by Steven Spielberg) is the ultimate suburban nightmare, and home to that iconic child-snatching TV set scene! POLTERGEIST (1982) screens at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.
Fri 7/22nd 6pm: Not one, not two, but three 90s action greats, starring one of our greatest living acting treasures (and remarkably all released in the space of a year) on the big screen with a NICOLAS CAGE TRIPLE FEATURE of THE ROCK (1996) + CON AIR (1997) + FACE / OFF (1997) all in 35mm at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.
Fri 7/22nd Midnight: The steamy, grimy and seething hot streets of LA set the perfect backdrop for the original sci-fi thriller THE TERMINATOR (1984) that exists also as a low budget horror of a relentless killing machine stalking a young woman. Screens at IFC Center, New York City. More info HERE.
Fri 7/22nd & Sat 7/33rd Midnight: Angus Scrimm leers and stalks as 'The Tall Man', the town’s mortician who is killing and reanimating the dead as misshapen zombies, armed with a deadly silver sphere. PHANTASM (1979) screens at The Nitehawk (Williamsburg), New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 7/23rd 9:15pm & Sun 7/24th 9pm: Virtually absent from cinema screens since the 1990s, this underground Japanese body horror classic, that almost drove the film crew insane, is back with a brand new restoration! TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989) at The Mayfair Theatre, Ontario. More info HERE.
All Weekend: Like OKLAHOMA meets BLOODSUCKING FREAKS and largely absent from theaters for years, this infamous and hilarious musical from the creators of SOUTH PARK is back to gross you out and get your toes tapping. CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL (1996) screens at The Grand Illusion Theatre, Seattle. More info HERE.
Sat 7/23rd 7:30pm: A Double Feature of two rare 70mm prints; one a tale of an alien taking the form of a widow's deceased husband, the other an intergalactic traveler in the form of a wise-cracking duck. STARMAN (1984) + HOWARD THE DUCK (1986) screen at American Cinematheque x Aero Theater. More info HERE.
Sat 7/23rd Midnight: The survivors of a deadly roller coaster ride realize the nightmare isn't over as death returns to finish the job! FINAL DESTINATION 3 (2006) screens in 35mm at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
Sat 7/23rd 10pm: One of the most psychotic films ever vomited onto celluloid as rancid poison booze causes local hobo population to melt into puddles of paint, among other horrific delights. STREET TRASH (1987) screens at Braindead Studios, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sat 7/23rd 2:40pm: Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece of the old and the new West clashing as outlaw's ride into a Texas border town to rob a local railroad office--only to find that they came too late and stayed too long in this groundbreaking Western. THE WILD BUNCH (1969 / 35mm Print) screens at The Paris Theatre, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 7/23rd 7:15pm: Ride sky high for the 25th Anniversary of Tarantino’s slick sting ring crime caper with a cherry on top, screen icon Pam Grier as the forever cool heroine cons one and all. JACKIE BROWN (1997) screens outdoors at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sat 7/23rd 5:30pm: A young archaeologist releases an evil force causing the murder of her colleague and unleashing a witch that will spawn chaos across Rome in Dario Argento's THE TEZRA MADRE (2006) screens at The French Cinematheque, Paris. More info HERE.
All Weekend: The Brattle, Massachusetts highlights the career of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant with A TRIBUTE TO TRINTIGNAT including THE CONFORMIST (1970), THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (1995) and more, across 35mm and DCP formats. More info HERE.
Sun 7/24th 3pm: While planning to destroy Earth, alien Emperor Tod Spengo (Jon Lovitz), catches a glimpse of a housewife and becomes smitten with her. Beaming both her, and her husband to his home planet, dimwitted leader tries to woo her, and sends her spouse to prison, in true early 90s bottom of the VHS rental store fashion. MOM & DAD SAVE THE WORLD (1992) screens for $1 at The Texas Theatre, Dallas. More info HERE.
Sun 7/24th 4pm: A Double Feature of 80s Disney classics from the darker period of the studio's output, that flopped at the time but have become new, modern favorites thanks to their technical achievements in effects and animation. TRON (1982) + THE BLACK CAULDRON (1985) screens at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne. More info HERE.https://www.astortheatre.net.au/sessions/2022-07-24-1600
Sun 7/24th 1:30pm: A love letter to the monster B- movie era, Joe Dante's comedy is set during the Cuban Missile Crisis and a period of national anxiety, as low-budget filmmaker Lawrence Woolsey (John Goodman) debuts his new film “Mant!” and thinks the prevailing mood of fear is perfect to stir up some excitement. MATINEE (1993) screens at The Colonial Theatre, Pennsylvania. More info HERE.
Sun 7/23rd 12:30pm, 8:25pm: The screen’s greatest sadist teams up with its greatest masochist: grotesque ex-child star Bette Davis fills those empty hours by tormenting wheelchair-bound ex-screen idol sibling Joan Crawford. A duo of powerhouse performances. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE (1962) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.