LLOYD KAUFMAN, RAY LIOTTA TRIBUTE, MATRIX TRILOGY IN 35MM AND MORE HIT THE BIG SCREEN
Plenty of cult classics to choose from, as well titles that broke ground in the New Queer Cinema movement from the likes of Gregg Arakai, forgotten French New Wave and much more.
Fri 6/3rd 10pm: Frank Darabont said of his effective horror thriller: “The story is less about the monsters outside than about the monsters inside, the people you’re stuck with, your friends and neighbors breaking under the strain”. The brilliant and criminally underrated THE MIST (2007) screens with the moodier B&W VERSION at American Cinematheque at Los Feliz, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Fri 6/3rd & Sat 5/4th 8pm: Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in the immortal classic CASABLANCA (1942), celebrating its 80th Anniversary at The Redford Theatre, Detroit. More info HERE.
All Weekend: A celebration of the visually spectacular films of The Wachowski Sisters hits the big screen all weekend including THE MATRIX, MATRIX RELOADED and MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, all in 35mm at The Brattle Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
Fri 6/3rd & Sat 6/4th Midnight: Music legend Prince and his band perform 13 numbers, most of them from the titular double album in true, typical spectacular form. PRINCE: SIGN O' THE TIMES (1987) screens at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago. More info HERE.
Fri 6/3rd & Sat 6/4th Midnight: A drifter and a film critic hit the road as fugitives and as gay lovers who are HIV positive THE LIVING END (1992) directed by Gregg Araki, a key director in the New Queer Film movement, screening at The Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg), New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th: The tale of a nerdy emaciated janitor who becomes the savior of crime ridden Troma Ville, New Jersey! Catch THE TOXIC AVENGER (1984) plus Troma’s own LLOYD KAUFMAN Live On Stage for Q&A, at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
All Weekend: A major retrospective of over 40 films. The French New Wave of the 50s and ’60s radically transformed the language of cinema. While its leading figures are widely recognized (Godard, François Truffaut, Varda, etc) many others’ work has remained largely unsung but are unearthed for FORGOTTEN FILMMAKERS OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE at MOMA, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th 6pm: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall and RuPaul star in this beloved video store cult fave of a teenage girl who defies gay conversion camp to remain true to herself. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (2000) screens at The Museum of The Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th 8:15pm: Bold and vast in scope, Christopher Nolan’s mind bending trip into deep space is this generation’s 2001. Catch INTERSTELLAR (2014) in 70mm Print at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th 1:40pm & 1p:10pm: A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve (Steven McQueen) and his best girl as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches! THE BLOB (1958) screens at The Plaza Theatre, Atlanta. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th 10:45pm: The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends intent on spreading their strange affliction in David Cronenberg’s SHIVERS (1975 / 35mm Print) screening at The Roxie Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.
All Weekend: A double feature of John Waters classics with POLYESTER (1981) + SERIAL MOM (1992), both screening in 35mm at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th 12:30pm: Winner of 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) features that famous kiss on the beach, not to mention stellar performances from Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr and Frank Sinatra. Screening at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th & / Sun 6/5th 4pm: As tribute to the passing of the great Ray Liotta, Martin Scorsese’s immortal mob epic GOODFELLAS (1990) screens with a New 4K Restoration at The Texas Theatre, Dallas. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th 9pm: A former Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer (Whitney Houston) in THE BODYGUARD (1992) at Syndicated Sidewalk Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.
Sun 6/5th 2pm: Elvis Presley does what he does best, integrating his singing prowess into his characters day to day happenings. Catch a Double Feature of The King in G.I BLUES (1960) + GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! (1962) at The Astor Theatre, Melbourne. More info HERE.
Sat 6/4th 11am: Three drag queens (Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Lequizamo) set off on a madcap road trip across America to make it to Los Angeles in time for a National competition. TOO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1995) at Alamo Drafthouse, Slaughter Lane, Austin. More info HERE.
Sun 6/5th 4:30pm: The consummate Michael Mann film, and among the greatest works of 90s Hollywood, with Pacino and De Niro in a cat-and-mouse game through several high-stakes heists in seedy Los Angeles. HEAT (1996) screens in 35mm at The Museum of The Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.
Sun 6/5th 3pm: Omar, a young Pakistani, is given a run-down laundromat and hopes to turn it into a successful business. Set upon by racist punks, he defuses the situation when he realizes their leader is his former lover, Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis). Resuming their relationship, they rehabilitate the laundromat together, but various social forces threaten to compromise their success. MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985) screens in 35mm at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.
Sun 6/5th: A story spanning 18 years, Richard Linklater’s BEFORE SUNRISE (1995), BEFORE SUNSET (2004) & BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013) traces a chance meeting between Ethan Hawke and Julie Delphy, and the relationship that follows. All screen in 35mm at Braindead Studios, Los Angeles. More info HERE.