Classic screenings for the next two weeks in our area. If I omit any or have suggestions, please leave a comment!
The Texas Theater
231 West Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75208. For all showtimes, events, and tickets, visit https://thetexastheatre.com/calendar/
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) – Well, not really the final chapter as there are like 6 more after this, but still. Presented by Fangoria and Paramount Scares.
Screens on Tuesday September 10th
King of New York (1990) – Abel Ferrara’s small miracle of a crime film is so full of atmosphere and style, that it seeps off the screen. A wonderful theater experience.
Screens on Wednesday September 11th with actor Paul Calderon Q&A
Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) – Screens on Friday September 13th.
The Wonder Boys (2000) and High Fidelity (2000) – Local writer Zac Crain passed away suddenly earlier this year, and in honoring his spirit, the Texas Theater is showing two of his favorite films.
Screens on Sunday September 15th
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) – Filmmaker Walter Salles is making waves on the festival circuit with a film after several years away, but this moving effort from 20 years ago is a great place to revisit (or begin) with his varied career.
Screens on Sunday September 15th
The Babadook (2014) – A ten-year anniversary screening of the much-lauded modern horror film.
Screens on Thursday September 19th
The Professional (1994) – Luc Besson’s cult classic about a hit man (Jean Reno) taking in and protecting a young girl (Nathalie Portman) is pretty close to a perfect film. And Gary Oldman chews the scenery to shreds.
Screens on 35MM on Saturday September 21st
Batman (1989) – the OG Batman, with Michael Keaton. And an awesome Prince theme song.
Screens on Saturday September 21st
Boulevard Nights (1979) – I’ve never seen this Michael Pressman directed tale of Latino culture in East Los Angeles. A severely under-represented facet of culture (and add to it, released in the late 70’s) and this film sounds impressive and must-see.
Presented by the always fascinating tastes of Cinema Con Nosotros and screens on Sunday September 22nd
Spacy
1300 S Polk St #160a, Dallas, TX 75224 (located inside Tyler Station). Information about the venue can be found here.
The Death of Maria Malibran (1972) – The tribute to German filmmaker Werner Schroeter continues with this film described as an experimental attempt to reconstruct the life of an opera singer through sharp tableaux, light, and shadow.
Screens on Saturday September 14th
Homecomings (1988) – Direct from the website itself: “Dirk de Bruyn (b. 1950) is a Dutch Australian filmmaker, author, and programmer who has spent five decades creating largely independent, no-budget films that are deeply concerned with materiality, rhythm, trauma, and memory. His 1987 feature HOMECOMINGS is a landmark diary film that merges various ideas that characterize his oeuvre—flicker effects, time-lapse, Letrasetting, scratching and painting on film—in a stirring meditation on his identity as a migrant living in Australia.
Twenty-five years after emigrating, he and his family visit Holland and it is through photographs, home videos, and poignant self-reflection that we understand how de Bruyn experiences what he calls “traumatic paradox.” As he explains in his book, The Performance of Trauma in Moving Image Art, one’s personal recollection of previous events necessitates (re-)narrativization; film is not beholden to such structure. As such, HOMECOMINGS sees footage become disrupted and ruptured by animated sequences that become a futile attempt at “remembering the remembering.” With a soundtrack by Michael Luck—a composer he collaborated with throughout the 1980s—and with components lifted directly from his previous works, HOMECOMINGS is a culmination of his practices and experiences. Beyond its importance in the history of Australian film, HOMECOMINGS is a major work from one of avant-garde film’s most overlooked artists.”
Screens on Saturday September 14th
Malina (1991) – The always adventurous Isabella Huppert stars in another film by Werner Schroeter about a woman beginning an affair with a man, whose reality begins to melt with visions of yet another man.
Screens on Wednesday September 18th
Moving (1993) – A filmmaker whose work beyond “Typhoon Club” (1995) I haven’t experienced, the reviews on this film about a child’s perception of growing up during a parent’s separation sounds like one of those unheralded greats put out by Japan in the likes of Ozu.
Screens on Thursday September 19th
Magnolia at the Modern, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell St, Fort Worth, TX 76107. For all showtimes, events, and tickets, visit https://www.themodern.org/films
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1984) – Amy Heckerling’s proto-teen comedy screens as part of the My Favorite Films series.
Screens on Wednesday September 11th
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) – One of my favorite films of the 1980’s. Hits just right on every note about the pangs on the cusp of adulthood and friendship.
Screens on Wednesday September 18th
Historic Palace Theater in Grapevine
300 S. Main St. Grapevine, TX 76051. For all showtimes and events, visit https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com/palace-arts-center/ And by the way, most tickets are $6.00!
Selena (1997) – A biopic that not only did justice to its subject, Latina superstar Selena, but helped to breakout the career of singer/actress Jennifer Lopez. Sensitively directed by Gregory Nava as well.
Screens on Friday September 20th
Rooftop Cinema Club in Downtown Fort Worth
235 Throckmorton St. Fort Worth, TX 76102. For all showtimes and details about this unique, open-air venue visit https://rooftopcinemaclub.com/fort-worth/venue/rooftop-cinema-club-downtown-ft-worth/
La La Land (2016) – On certain days, this is my favorite film of its respective year. Lush, romantic, moving…. a candy colored Hollywood dream that features two of the brightest modern stars of today- Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Such a treat to see this on the big screen.
Screens on Tuesday September 10th
Brown Sugar (2002) – Screens on Wednesday September 11th
500 days of Summer (2009) – Screens on Wednesday September 11th
The Breakfast Club (1985) – The ultimate brat pack film. Screens on Thursday September 12th
The Wood (1999) – Screens on Thursday September 12th
Friday the 13th (1980) – The perfect entry to show on this day. Screens on Friday September 13th
Waiting to Exhale (1995) – Screens on Friday September 13th
Dirty Dancing (1987) – Screens on Saturday September 14th
Twilight (2006) – Screens on Saturday September 14th
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) – One of the few Scorsese films I’m not as enamored with as most seem to be. Actors tear up the screen, however.
Screens on Saturday September 14th
Pride and Prejudice (2005) – Screens on Sunday September 15th
50 First Dates (2004) – See Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore fall in love all over again.
Screens on Sunday September 15th
The Notebook (2005) – Screens on Monday September 16th
Love Jones (1998) – Screens on Tuesday September 17th
Scream (1996) – Screens on Wednesday September 18th
White Chicks (2004) – Should I give in and finally see this movie? Every time I tell someone from my generation x sect of movie-goers, I’m met with a caustic response of why not? An event tailor made for the Rooftop’s Wine Wednesday presentation.
Screens on Wednesday September 18th
Practical Magic (1998) – Screens on Thursday September 19th
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – The Tarantino film that launched a generation of new performers (just look at the cast list for the Manson family!)
Screens on Thursday September 19th
Good Will Hunting (1998) – Screens on Friday September 20th
The Sandlot (1993) – Screens on Saturday September 21st
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1993) – Screens on Saturday September 21st
Back to the Future (1985) – Screens on Sunday September 22nd
Love and Basketball (2000) – Directed by Gina Prince-Blythewood, this is one of the most affecting films of its year and deserves a wide audience.
Screens on Sunday September 22nd
The Mummy (1999) – Brendan Fraser hive activate!
Screens on Sunday September 22nd
Dallas Angelika
5321 E. Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75206. For all showtimes, events, and tickets visit https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/dallas
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) – A towering performance from James Stewart in a Frank Capra directed political drama that feels like something 400 years removed from our current climate. See this film.
Screens on Monday September 16th
Whiplash (2014) – Damien Chazelle’s breakthrough film gets a chic 10th anniversary re-release.
Screens on Friday September 20th
Batman, Batman Behind the Mask, and Batman Forever, in something called Batman Day. Okay.
Screens on Saturday September 21st
DFW Drafthouse
Welcome back Alamo Drafthouse. Schedule for all the locations in our area can be located here
Do the Right Thing (1989) – Spike Lee’s scathing, masterful film that harnesses so much energy, vitality, and cinematic proudness that, every time I see it, something new catches my eye.
Screens at the Richardson Alamo as part of the 1989 Time Capsule series on Wednesday September 11th
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) – Screens on Friday September 13th
Field of Dreams (1989) – Even more poignant with the passing of James Earl Jones today. And when Costner asks that line of dialogue at the end, I still cry.
Screens at the Richardson Alamo as part of the 1989 Time Capsule series on Saturday September 14th
The Deer Hunter (1978) – Ahh the wild, wonderful, beautiful excess of 70’s filmmaking. I personally love the first 90 minutes or so of character build-up, drinking, wedding laughter, and a silent hunting trip that predates the war-torn trauma of Michael Cimino’s masterpiece (just like I looooove his full 3.5 hour Heaven’s Gate a few years later). Tickets are going quick.
Screens on Tuesday September 10th at Richardson and Monday September 16th at the Denton location
Star Trek: The Director’s Edition (1979) – I’m out of the loop just exactly what this cut is, but I’m sure Trekkies understand.
Showing may already be sold out
Dallas Film Now. 