THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND LONG WEEKEND ROUND-UP
It’s the Memorial Day Long Weekend in the U.S and the official kick off to Summer, so why not join your fellow movie fans and settle in for some cult classic favorites at some of the best indie cinemas out there!
All Weekend: Exhumed Films and the Mahoning Drive-In Theater Pennsylvania present ZOMBIEFEST IX for a lineup of ferociously fun — and gory — nights of undead fright on 35mm! Nightly Triple Features and guests including THE BEYOND (1981), CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962), NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986) and more!
Ongoing: Step into a world both wonderful and strange with two DAVID LYNCH RETROSPECTIVES at IFC Center, New York City and The Texas Theatre, Dallas. Special guests at The Texas Theatre include Balthazar Getty + Natasha Gregson Live Q&A (Lost Highway) and Rebekah Del Rio live (Mulholland Drive). Many films in 35mm!
Ongoing: George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. Catch a New 4K Restoration at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.
All Weekend: He's back! To celebrate Arnie's new foray into TV on Netflix, take in an ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER RETROSPECTIVE of classics at The Paris Theatre, New York City including THE TERMINATOR, KINDERGARTEN COP, RED HEAT and much more, all on the only place that can handle him; The Big Screen! More info HERE.
Ongoing: Three years in the making WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (2000) is a sustained, real-time immersion in the universe of weather beaten villages and full-contact metaphysics in which co-directors Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky. New 4K Restoration screens at Film at Lincoln Center, New York City. More info HERE.
All Weekend: Double Feature of Nicolas Cage classics, both in 35mm, with The Coen Brothers' RAISING ARIZONA (1987) plus MOONSTRUCK (1987) co-starring Cher. At The New Beverly Cinema, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
All Weekend: The Japanese cult movie smash that is almost entirely certain to have been ripped off by The Hunger Games. Catch the brutal BATTLE ROYALE (2000) with an ice cold performance from “Beat” Takeshi Kitano’s at The Metrograph, New York City. More info HERE.
Fri 5/26th 9:30pm: Ikko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss who witnesses the brutal slaying of her parents but saved by a hitwoman by the name Black Angel Ikko returns to Tokyo as a young woman to exact revenge. BLACK ANGEL (1998) screens at Film Noir Cinema & Brooklyn, NY. More info HERE.
Fri 5/26th 10pm: Barry Sonnenfeld delivers the right amount of gothic style and kooky black comedy in arguably the best screen adaptation of the classic comic strip, with a stellar ensemble cast. THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991) screens in 35mm at The Los Feliz, Los Angeles. More info HERE.
Sat 5/27th 8:40pm: Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider are two cops bent on executing a major drug bust in one of the greatest 'New York;' movies of all time, shot on the mean streets of the Big Apple in the 70s. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) screens at Film Forum, New York City. More info HERE.
Sat 5/27th & Sun 5/28th 6pm: Paul Thomas Anderson's sensational story of the highs of the porn industry in the 70s, and a drug fueled crash in the 80s is told around a cast of eccentric and tragic characters lead by rising star Dirk Diggler. Catch a Brand New 70mm Print of BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997) at The Hollywood Theatre, Portland. More info HERE.
Sat 5/27th 11pm: A bombastic marathon of some of the greatest animated films of the last 35 years is assembled for the ANIME ALL NIGHTER at The Prince Charles Cinema, London with AKIRA (1988), GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995), PERFECT BLUE (1997), COWBOY BEBOP THE MOVIE (2001) and PAPRIKA (2006) on the big screen. More info HERE.
Sat 5/27th 5pm: Movies are (finally) back at the Castro. Catch a Dolly Parton Double Feature with of 9 TO 5 (1980), co-starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin plus THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (1982) at The Castro Theatre, San Francisco. More info HERE.
Sat 5/27th & Sun 5/28th 2:30pm: The greatest film trilogy of all time? Arguably so. A perfect cinematic journey that has thankfully never been tainted with a reboot. BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY at The Colonial Theatre, Pennsylvania. More info HERE.
Sat 5/27th Midnight: An innocent want ad to share an apartment opens the door to murderous, psychotic terror in this pulse-pounding shocker starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992) screens in 35mm at The Coolidge Corner, Massachusetts. More info HERE.
Sat 5/27th 9:15pm: An unemployed ex-marine (Nicolas Cage) stumbles into a bar where the owner mistakes him for a hired killer and offers him $10k to kill his wife (Lara Flynn Boyle). Michael plays along, taking half the money up front, then tells Suzanne what her husband is planning. She seduces Michael and proposes that he kill her husband instead. While he weighs his options, the real killer (Dennis Hopper) turns up looking for his money. RED ROCK WEST (1992 / 35mm Print) at The Texas Theatre, Dallas. More info HERE.
Sun 5/28th 5pm: Body horror maestro Cronenberg’s fascination with the limits and possibilities of the flesh, the potentials of technology and science, and humans reaching for godlike power hit its watershed with this horror romance starring Jeff Goldblum. THE FLY (1986) screens in 35mm at Museum of The Moving Image, New York City. More info HERE.
Sun 5/28th 6:35pm: The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft, where a race of aliens believe the cast's on-screen dramas are historical documents, and enlist the ailing celebrities for help in their quest to overcome the evil alien oppressive regime. An underrated gem that’s finally getting its dues, GALAXY QUEST (1999 / 35mm Print) screens at The Prince Charles Cinema, London. More info HERE.
Sun 5/28th 9:30pm: Schwarzenegger is the orphaned boy who grows up to become a savage warrior bent on revenge in CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982 / 35mm Print), presented by Metal Movie Nights with 7:30pm with Metal Vinyl Weekend spinning records and crushing his enemies. Screens at The Music Box Theatre, Chicago. More info HERE.
Sun 5/28th 5pm: The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief in Jean Cocteau’s exquisite BEAUTY & THE BEAST (1946 / 35mm Print) at The Roxy Cinema, New York City. More info HERE.
Sun 5/28th 5pm: Not screened publicly since Vulgarthon 2005 at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles, this is the over-2 hour version of Kevin Smith's sixth flick that's closest to his original script, with an entirely different first act that features waaaay more JLo! JERSEY GIRL (2004) - Uncut Version screens w/ Kevin Smith Q&A and With Special Guest Raquel Castro, at Kevin’s own Smodcastle Cinema, New Jersey. More info HERE.
Sun 5/28th 7:30pm: Director Steven Spielberg’s thrilling, suspenseful and somehow very human speculation on the possibility of alien contact with mankind was one of the most surprising blockbusters of the 1970s. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) screens at The Aero Theatre, Santa Monica. More info HERE.
Mon 5/29th 3:25pm & 8pm: Shot entirely on location in Israel, this bold interpretation of the hit rock opera and Broadway smash from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber tells the story of Christ’s (Ted Neeley) final weeks in a series of dazzling songs, images and music. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973) screens at The Belcourt Theatre, Nashville. More info HERE.
Mon 5/29th 8pm: It’s Hapless Humans vs. Bullying Big Rigs when a passing comet causes all the machines on Earth to turn against their users in a full throttle orgy of grinding metal and blaring AC/DC tunes from director/writer Stephen King! The utterly baffling MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) screens at The Loft Cinema, Arizona. More info HERE.