SUMMER KICK OFF WITH THE MEMORIAL DAY LONG WEEKEND ROUND UP

It’s the offical start of summer in the U.S so that means a big weekend of beloved big screen classics and newly unearthed cult favorotes, all projected at some of the best indie film-houses from the U.S and beyond.

All Weekend: This Memorial Day Weekend, it's The Mahoning Drive-In’s annual celebration of the walking dead is back and coming to get YOU! Four nights of flesh-ripping fright on 35mm including some super-rare screenings, plus two horror legends in attendance: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD co-creator John A. Russo and Brian Yuzna, the man responsible for such films as RE-ANIMATOR and FROM BEYOND! Prepare yourself for ZOMBIE FEST VIII at The Mahoning Drive-In Pennsylvania. Nightly triple features! More info HERE.

Fri 5/27th 9:30pm: At the height of their popularity, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell made this bizarrely hilarious feature in which they play workers at a small-time burger stand who go up against the big-name corporate chain that just opened across the street. GOOD BURGER (1997 / 35mm Print) screens at The Brattle Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Fri 5/27th & Sat 5/28th Midnight: For sheer atmosphere and disturbing sequences, THE EXORCIST (1973) remains one of the most terrifying movies ever made. It’s the cannon of horror and an essential cinematic Satanic masterpiece. The power of Christ compels you…at The Nitehawk Cinema (Williamsburg), New York City. More info HERE.

Fri 5/27th Midnight: An obese attorney accidentally runs down and kills an old Romani woman. After her ancient father puts a curse on him, he starts losing weight, and cannot stop in the rather underrated THINNER (1996) screening at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Fri 5/27th & Sat 5/28th Midnight: If He-Man and the Masters of the Universe dropped acid with the Shaw Brothers while knocking out a martial arts horror-fantasy movie, that movie would be THRILLING BLOODY SWORD (1981) screening at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago. New 2K preservation from the only known 35mm print in existence. More info HERE.

Fri 5/27th Midnight: In his first big screen role, Adam Sandler plays a thoughtless but genial man-child heir to the Madison Hotel Empire. In a desperate attempt to prove himself worthy to his family, and himself, he decides to redo his education (from kindergarten through high school) — and prove he isn’t a dunderhead. BILLY MADISON (1995) at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.

All Weekend: To celebrate the return of the body horror icon to the big screen American Cinematheque at The Los Feliz presents a host of free screenings, many in 35mm, for THE FILMS OF DAVID CRONENBERG including classics like VIDEODROME, DEAD RINGERS, EASTERN PROMISES and others. More info HERE.

Ongoing: New 35mm Print of VENGEANCE IS MINE (1984), a continuation of writer/director Michael Roemer’s earlier insights on fraught relationships (NOTHING BUT A MAN, THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY, etc), though considerably more pointed. Screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.


All Weekend: Classic Cronoengerg in THE DEAD ZONE (1983 / 35mm Print). Waking up from a five-year coma after a car accident, former schoolteacher Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) discovers that he can see people’s futures and pasts when he touches them. Screens at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 5/28th & Sun 5/29th 12pm: Holder of the title of most successful independent movie of all time for over a decade, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990 / 35mm Print) took the fighting foursome out of the kid friendly cartoon world and threw it back to the hyper gritty adult orientated original of the comic book. Screens at The Nitehawk Cinema (Prospect Park), New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 5/28th 7pm: A High-school nerd learns from a psychic Madame Serena that she's possessed with magical abilities. Naturally, the teenager uses her new powers to win popularity, revenge on bullies and a chance of true love! TEEN WITCH (1989) screens at The Clinton Street Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Sat 5/28th 5:15pm: Adam Sandler shocked many with his dramatic ability as beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman in Paul Thomas Anderson's brilliant PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (2002 / 35mm Print) screening at The Paris Theatre, New York City. More info HERE.

Sat 5/28th 9pm & Sun 5/29th 9:30pm: A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth in futuristic 2022 of dying oceans and year-round heat (looks like they we're right...). SOYLENT GREEN (1973) screens at The Mayfair Theatre, Ontario. More info HERE.

All Weekend: For over half a century, Mike Leigh has directed films suffused with emotion and the realities of working-class struggle. Catch HUMAN CONDITIONS: THE FILMS OF MIKE LEIGH, including SECRETS & LIES (1996), VERA DRAKE (2004) and more at Film At Lincoln Center, New York City. More info HERE.

All Weekend: 'Heeeeere’s Johnny!” Jack Nicholson suffers from one helluva case of writer’s block in Stanley Kubrick’s eccentric adaption of Stephen King’s metaphysical horror novel, THE SHINING (1980) screening at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.

Sat 5/28th & Sun 5/29th 6:30pm: A classic Double Feature of haunted houses and terrifying specters! Catch THE HAUNTING (1963) + THE UNINVITED (1944), both in 35mm, at The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sat 5/28th 6pm: GROOVY! The 'Director of the Month: Sam Raimi' series ends in a big way with a triple feature of his cherished cult horror classics of the hapless Ash vs multitudes of demonic minions! THE EVIL DEAD + THE EVIL DEAD 2 + ARMY OF DARKNESS screens at The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana. More info HERE.

Sat 5/28th 7pm: James Cameron's 1984 cyberpunk almost-horror classic sees an indestructible cyborg sent from 2029 to assassinate a woman whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs. THE TERMINATOR (1984) screens at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.

Sun 4/29th 2pm, 4:45pm & 7pm: While hiding from bullies in his school’s attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book. Home to one of the most iconic and wonderfully traumatizing scenes in any kids film ever made (mud pit, a horse, do the math). THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984) screens at The Luna Theater, Massachusetts. More info HERE.

Sun 5/29th 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.

Sun 5/29th 5pm: It’s a very ’70s take on the Wizard of Oz story with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. It’s got the same trashcan aesthetic as Sesame Street and it’s all the better for it. Great songs, great set pieces – bring the kids, the grandparents, the cousins, the cat and the dog. THE WIZ (1978) screens at Braindead Studios, Los Angeles. More info HERE.

Sun 5/29th 7:30pm: With ornate imagery reminiscent of paintings from the story's 18th century period, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel depicts the rise and fall of a sensitive rogue in the British aristocracy. Features use of the highest speed lenses ever made to capture scenes on film lit by candles. BARRY LYNDON (1975 / 35mm Print) screens at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.

Sun 5/29th 12:15pm: The beloved duo of a bumbling inventor and his exasperated dog star in WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (2005), a gorgeous stop motion romp that once again raised the bar for the film making craft. Screens at The Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE.

Sun 5/29th 12:40pm: Jean-Luc Godard’s joyous realization of the ‘girl and a gun’ theory follows three students (Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur) killing time and playing at crime. BAND OF OUTSIDERS (1964) screens at Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art, QLD. More info HERE.

Mon 5/30th 7pm: Shot as a silent, with narration David Cronenberg's early foundation in the body horror genre CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (1970) shares only the name with his latest film, but remains essential to understanding his unique visual storytelling evolution. Screening at The Roxie Cinema, San Francisco. More info HERE.

Mon 5/30th 7pm: Black and white is just right for this lurid, twisty meditation on ethics and fate in NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947), recently remade by Guillermo Del Toro. Screening at The Charles Theatre, Baltimore. More info HERE.