WEEKEND UPDATE: NOIR CITY BOSTON RETURNS, SPIDER-MAN MARATHON, CRONENBERG CLASSICS, JOHN WATERS AND MORE
A festival of rare film noir classics kicks off another weekend of classic and cult fave deep cuts, a super sized Spider-man marathon, 50th Anniversary of John Waters’ filthy classic and a slew of other fabulous film classics on the big screen this weekend.
All Weekend: Returning this weekend to The Brattle Theatre, Massachusetts is NOIR CITY BOSTON in conjunction with Film Noir Foundation. A stellar program of classic films that have been rescued—sometimes quite literally—and restored. Tough guys, deadly dames and rare films that don’t disappoint. Most on 35mm! More info HERE.
Fri 6/10 Midnight: After undergoing radical emergency surgery, Rose develops an insatiable desire for blood. She searches out victims to satisfy her incurable craving, infecting them with an unknown disease which in turn swiftly drives them insane…and makes them equally bloodthirsty! David Cronenberg’s RABID (1977) screens at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.
Fri 6/10th 7:30pm: Judy Garland and James Mason star in the several times remade classic of a waning actor who teams up with a singer whose career is taking off. A STAR IS BORN (1954) screens at The Colonial Theatre, Pennsylvania. More info HERE.
Fri 6/10th 9pm: Pure badass 80s B-Movie insanity in this extravaganza of Motorcycle ninjas causing havoc in the city of Miami, and the one man who can fight them - 9th degree black belt philosopher/author/inspirational speaker Grand-master Y.K. Kim! MIAMI CONNECTION (1986) at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.
Fri 6/10th 8:30pm: The notorious and legendary adult comedy was one of the first mainstream movies to feature hardcore sex, was tangled up in prosecution at local and federal levels for obscenity and remains one of the most profitable movies ever made (reportedly $600 million of a $25,000 budget). DEEP THROAT (1972) screens with a rare 16mm print at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.
All Weekend: Celebrating it’s 45th Anniversary, return to a galaxy far, far away and the original adventure of Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie fighting against the evil forces of Darth Vader. STAR WARS EP IV: A NEW HOPE (1977 / 1997 Reissue) screens at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana. More info HERE.
Fri 6/10th Midnight: Jeremy Irons stars in the chilling story of identical twin gynecologists - bipolar sides of one personality - who share the same practice, the same apartment and the same women in David Cronenberg’s DEAD RINGERS (1988 / 35mm Print) screens at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
Sat 6/11th 10:30pm: Harvey Keitel is a gambling, drinking, drug addled crooked NYC cop and a goddamn mess in this cult masterwork from Abel Ferrara and Zoë Lund. The Gritty-as-all-hell BAD LIEUTENANT (1992) screens at Braindead Studios, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
All Weekend: Celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary. John Waters made bad taste perversely transcendent in his most infamous and daring cinematic transgression starring Outré diva Divine as the wanted criminal hiding out with her family of degenerates outside Baltimore while reveling in her tabloid notoriety as the “Filthiest Person Alive.” PINK FLAMINGOS (1972 / New Restoration) screens at The IFC Center, New York City. John Waters in attendance June 12th! More info HERE.
Sat 6/11th & Sun 6/12th 11:15am: Corporate drone Peter Gibbons hates his soul-killing job at software company Initech, but is left in a blissful state when his therapist dies in the middle of a hypnotism session. Refusing to work overtime, playing games at his desk and unintentionally charming two consultants puts him on the management fast-track and into a revenge plot against the company inspired by Superman 3. OFFICE SPACE (1999) screens at The Nitehawk Theatre, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 6/11th Midnight: The teachers at Lincoln High have a very dangerous problem… their students! When the new music instructor at a tough, crime-ridden school collides with its delinquent punk kingpin, it ignites an academic apocalypse of escalating violence, anarchy and revenge! CLASS OF 1984 (1984) screens in 35mm at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sat 6/11th 9:30pm & Sun 6/12th 5pm: Starring Debbie Harry and James Woods, David Cronenberg’s VIDEODROME (1983) featured groundbreaking special effects makeup by Academy Award winner Rick Baker and is regarded as one of the most influential and mind-bending science fiction films of the 80s. Screens at The Texas Theatre, Dallas. More info HERE.
Sat 6/11th 6:45pm & Sun 6/12th 3:35pm: A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation THRONE OF BLOOD (1957), directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare’s definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. Screening in 35mm at The Roxie Theatre, San Francisco. More info HERE.
Sat 6/12th 1pm: Your spider sense is tingling! Join The Astor Theatre, Melbourne for SPIDER-THON and 19.5 hours of web slinging featuring 9 Spider-Man films! Including the original Sam Raimi trilogy in 35mm, The Amazing Spider Man 1 + 2, Spider-Man into the Spiderverse and the latest Tom Holland Spider-Man trilogy! More info HERE.
Sat 6/11th 6:15pm & Sun 6/12th 3:15pm: Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961) screens at The Mayfair Theatre, Ontario. More info HERE.
Sat 6/11th 1pm: Michael Mann’s bold artistic sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with THIEF (1981), his debut feature. James Caan stars, in one of his most riveting performances, as a no-nonsense ex-con safecracker planning to leave the criminal world behind after one final diamond heist—but he discovers that escape is not as simple as he’d hoped. Screening at Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art. More info HERE.
Sat 6/11th 4pm: The psychedelic-comedy classic starring Jackie Gleason as Tough Tony Banks, a retired gangster who reluctantly comes out of retirement to silence his old friend and squealer (Mickey Rooney) plus an all-star cast includes Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, George Raft and Groucho Marx. Otto Preminger’s SKIDOO (1968) screens at American Cinematheque at Los Feliz, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sun 6/12th 7:30pm: The original cult classic anime! A thousand years have passed and Count Magnus Lee is due for a new bride. Having been bitten by the vampire overlord, Doris Lang enlists the help of the enigmatic vampire hunter by the name of "D." The Count's death is her only chance to continue living as a human. VAMPIRE HUNTER D (1985) screens at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.
Sun 6/12th 1:30pm: Celebrating its 40th anniversary! Admiral Kirk and Capt. Spock monitor trainees at Starfleet Academy, but two of Kirk's officers are captured by Khan (Ricardo Montalban), an enemy Kirk thought he'd never see again! STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982) screens at The Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor. More info HERE.
Sun 6/11th 7:30pm: Josh wants to be bigger to impress his crush, but after a magic wish at a fairground fortune telling machine he awakens as a full-grown adult. Now Josh and his best friend must find the machine again to reverse the spell, all while Josh needs to lead something resembling an adult life in the middle of New York City. BIG (1988) screens at The Dryden Theatre, Rochester NY. More info HERE.