A WEEKEND OF MUST-SEE EVENTS FOR DARIO ARGENTO FANS, 70MM FANATICS & CULT FILM CONNOISSEURS.
See the legendary film maker in person in NYC, a slew of rare 70mm prints in Chicago, an outdoor Vampire festival plus much more amongst our weekend round up.
All Weekend: Back after three years, The 70MM FILM FESTIVAL returns to The Music Box Theatre, Chicago highlighting the most majestic and unmatched of all cinema screening formats; the mighty 70mm Print. Many beloved classic titles including a NEW, never before seen print of disaster classic AIRPORT (1970)! More info HERE.
All Weekend: A scathing social satire, THE EXECUTIONER (1963) somehow managed to evade Franco-era censors in Spain, premiered at the 1963 Venice Film Festival winning the Italian Critics’ Prize and nominated for the Golden Lion. Screening at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.
All Weekend: One of cinema’s baddest bad dads features in a Father’s Day special screening of Stanley Kubrick’s horrific masterpiece THE SHINING (1980) in 35mm at The Brattle Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
All Weekend: A retrospective of the iconic Italian horror director’s influential feature films, 17 of them premiering in brand-new 4K restorations, plus Director in person for select screenings. Free classic movie poster exhibition on display also! BEWARE OF DARIO ARGENTO - A 20 FILM RETROSPECTIVE screens at Film at Lincoln Center, New York City. More info HERE.
All Weekend: Return to the oppressive neo-noir world of 2019 Los Angeles, Replicants and non-stop rain in the stunning restoration of BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (1982) at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne. More info HERE.
Friday June 17th & Saturday June 18th 11:30pm: The first American studio film to be directed by a Chinese director (John Woo), pairing the filmmaker with the grandmaster of the bullet ballet; Jean-Claude Van Damme. HARD TARGET (1993) screens at The Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE.
Friday June 17th & Saturday June 18th 6pm: Sharpen your fangs and dust off your capes, it’s time for everyone’s favorite filmic undead undulation: VAMPYRTY ’22 at The Mahoning Drive In, Pennsylvania! Drop dead classics like BLACULA (1972), BLADE (1998) and more, all in 35mm! More info HERE.
Friday 6/17th 7pm: One of the great NY movies of the 1950s, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) pits Burt Lancaster’s ruthless columnist J. J. Hunsecker against Tony Curtis’s desperate publicist Sidney Falco in a noirish, pitch-dark morality play. In 35mm at Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.
Friday 6/17th Midnight: David Cronenberg's stylized thriller stars Viggo Mortensen as a well-respected man running a small down diner, volted to hero status for killing a robber in self defense, but the spotlight brings him the attention of criminals who recognize him as a former associate gone underground. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005) screens at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts in 35mm. More info HERE.
Friday 6/17th 8pm: One of the great 'day-in-the-life’ movies, FRIDAY (1995) stars Ice Cube who has just been laid off, dealing with an overbearing girlfriend and his best friend (Chris Tucker) being tangled up with a local drug debt. Screens at The Redford Theatre, Detroit. More info HERE.
Friday 6/17th 11pm & Sunday 6/19th 8:30pm: David Cronenberg directs Jeff Goldblum as an eccentric scientist who transforms into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. THE FLY (1986) screens in 35mm at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.
Friday 6/17th 7:30pm: The hills are alive in glorious Technicolor and the words up on the screen so you can belt out the timeless songs of THE SOUND OF MUSIC SING-ALONG at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.
Friday 6/17th 7pm: In this hysterical comedy remake, Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are a couple who've built the perfect life for themselves, tending to their Miami nightclub. But the pastel tranquility is shaken when Armand’s son announces that he’s getting married to the daughter of ultra-conservative Senator Keeley (Gene Hackman)… and they’re all getting together for dinner! THE BIRDCAGE (1996) screens at The Colonial Theatre, Pennsylvania. More info HERE.
Saturday 6/18th 8:30pm: Join May May Graves and her menagerie of terrifying drag ghouls for a night of drag mayhem! Live show plus screening of the Fred Dekker’s slug zombie 80’s classic, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986). At The Texas Theatre, Dallas. More info HERE.
Saturday June 18th 7:30pm: Francis Ford Copoola's tautly menacing '70s treat THE CONVERSATION (1973), starring Gene Hackman as a respected, but paranoid, surveillance expert. At The Golden Age Cinema, Sydney. More info HERE.
Saturday June 18th 4pm: Hi, I’m Chucky. Wanna play? Prepare for a ferociously fun five-film slashathon packed with pint-sized fury & ghoulish Good Guys glee, covering Chucky’s big screen run from the original Child’s Play (1988) through the hilariously offbeat Seed of Chucky, all projected in glorious 35mm! CHUCKY-THON screens at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Saturday June 18th & Sunday June 19th 12pm: Plaid-skirted schoolgirls are groomed by a secret government agency to become the newest members of the elite national-defense group! Sara Foster, Jordana Brewster and Devon Aoki star in D.E.B.S (2004) screening in 35mm at The Nitehawk Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.
Saturday June 18th & Sunday June 19th: The massive ongoing Double Feature retrospective of mid-century classics, this time from Japan and France with TEN DARK WOMEN + ZERO FOCUS (1960) and THE CHASERS (1959) + THE BIG SCARE (1964). MID CENTURY MADNESS screens at The Roxie Cinema, San Francisco. More info HERE.
Sunday 6/19th 5pm: Two back to back Spielberg classics approach alien arrivals in two very different ways; terror and wonder, both reflecting the eras they were made. WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005 / 35mm Print) + CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) at American Cinematheque at The Aero Theatre, Santa Monica. More info HERE.
Sunday June 19th 2:30pm: Martin Scorsese's searing and fascinating exploration of New York's Mafia underworld GOODFELLAS (1990) starring the recently departed Ray Liotta, screens in 35mm at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.
Sunday 6/19th 1pm & 3pm: An underrated hand animated Disney gem is a modern classic and was the first to feature a black Disney princess. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (2009) screens at Museum of the Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.
Sunday 6/19th 8pm: Christopher Nolan's grand journey into the far reaches of space is a trip on par with the scope of Kubricks's 2001. Catch INTERSTELLAR (2014) in 70mm at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.