Dallas Film Now.

Classics, revivals, and more hit the screens of our area. Below are the screenings by theater, for the next two weeks.

The Texas Theater

231 West Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75208. For all showtimes, events, and tickets, visit https://thetexastheatre.com/calendar/

Metropolis (1927) – Fritz Lang’s sci-fi classic has been screened innumerable times around the country, but this presentation features a live score by Austin composer David Didonato. The film is also the definitive restoration edition.

Screens on Friday January 17th

Perfect Blue (1997) – The Texas Theater gets creative with their Jan-Noir festival and tosses in Satoshi Kon’s anime film about a pop star who spirals downward. I’m not the most informed person when it comes to anime, but this one sounds fascinating and I know it’s well loved by critics and film fans alike.

Screens on January 17th

Deliverance (1972) – Talk about a film that shifts gears quickly. I don’t know if I could see John Boorman’s film more than once. If you go see this, take the unimitated and tell them nothing about it except, oh yea, Burt Reynolds on a camping trip!

Screens on Sunday January 19th

The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) – More than just a film that nestles uncomfortably within the “blaxploitation” films of the early 70’s. It’s quite radical and though-provoking, and funny.

A 4K restoration screens on Friday January 24th

Black Swan (2010) – Maybe my favorite Darren Aronofsky film? Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis are firecracker, and if nothing else, this film shows the predilection for Aronofsky to burrow deep into the psyche and make a quasi horror film that would come full circle a few years later with mother!

But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) – If you’re just now catching onto the greatness of Natasha Lyonne, then go see one of her early films. Released in that glorious year of 1999, the film is caustically funny and uncomfortable.

Screens on Saturday January 25th

Hard to Be a God (2013) – Aleksei German’s 3-hour opus is a black and white smorgasbord of bodily fluids, mud, mumbling, and a visual strategy that’s so cluttered, it’s almost claustrophobic. But I think that’s the point of this sci-fi experiment about a group of scientists trying to help another planet stuck in their medieval progression. German is a fascinating filmmaker (if one can find his two early films My Friend Ivan Lapshin and Trial on the Road, they are masterpieces) and a revival of his work is overdue.

Screens on Sunday January 26th

The Night of the Hunter (1955) – Actor Charles Laughton’s one directorial effort is the stuff of 50’s folklore, featuring a commanding Robert Mitchum performance and a reference point for so many future filmmakers.

Screens on Saturday February 1st

Spacy

1300 S Polk St #160a, Dallas, TX 75224 (located inside Tyler Station). Information about the venue can be found here

When A Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) – I’m a terrible cinema buff. I’ve yet to see any films by Mikio Naruse…. even though there are currently 40+ available on the Criterion Channel. This film, considered one of his finest, screens here.

Screens on Monday January 20th

Notre Musique (2004) – Late period Godard that has its startling moments- a film, like all of his late ones, ostensibly, translating Dante’s Inferno in only the scrambled video way Godard could. Any Godard film on a Dallas screen is a watershed event.

Screens on Tuesday January 21st

The Meetings of Anna (1978) – Chantal Akerman’s film about a filmmaker on a promotional tour of her work and the conversations she has along the way.

Screens on Wednesday January 22nd

Theorem (1965) – Terence Stamp is absolutely mesmerizing in Pasolini’s film about (the devil?) a man’s arrival in a rich household and his implications of sex, psychology, and ideas.

Screens on Thursday January 23rd

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

The Last Unicorn (1982) – Animated musical from the early 80’s whose psychedelic roots still gain nostalgia for those who grew up loving it.

Screens on Saturday January 18th

Mean Streets (1973) – Scorsese’s blazing main introduction to the film world. Plus DeNiro, Keitel… a low-life crime study that injects so many of the filmmaker’s later themes.

Screens on Tuesday January 21st

Time After Time (1979) – One of the more unique time travel films about Jack the Ripper (David Warner) worm holing his way to modern San Francisco. A star packed cast also with Mary Steenburgen and Malcol McDowell as H.G. Wells in pursuit!

Screens on Wednesday January 22nd

All About My Mother (1999) – With a new Almodovar film also opening this week, the Modern has programmed a nice double feature.

Screens on Thursday January 23rd

Soylent Green (1973) – I never understood the draw for Charlton Heston, but this early 70’s slapdash of science fiction and hammy performances earns its line reading humor still today.

Screens on Wednesday January 29th

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/

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

The Conjuring (2013)

Both screen on Friday January 17th

Mammia Mia (2008)

Fight Club (1999)

Both screen on Saturday January 18th

The Notebook (1996)

Twilight (1996)

Scream (1996)

Screens on Sunday January 19th

White Chicks (2003)

Screens on Friday January 24th

La La Land (2016)

Screens on Saturday January 25th

500 Days of Summer (2003)

Screens on Saturday January 25th

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Goodfellas (1990)

Both screen on Sunday January 26th

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973)

Back to the Future (1985)

Screens on Friday January 31st

Dallas Angelika

5321 E. Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75206. For all showtimes, events, and tickets visit https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/dallas

Grease (1978) – The musical graces big screens once again, so come prepared to sing along.

Screens on Friday January 27th

DFW Alamo Drafthouse Locations

Schedule for all the locations in our area can be located here so check the site for theater availability

Citizen Kane (1942) – Orson Welles’ film screens so everyone can still argue whether it’s the greatest film ever made or not.

Screens on Saturday January 18th

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar (1995) – This is a unique viewing experience, and one that doesn’t seem to get much cred nowadays. It’s funny and sensitive and not the easy mark for people averse to this type of lifestyle.

Screens on Sunday January 19th

Death Becomes Her (1992) – A Robert Zemeckis film before his run of blockbusters, I haven’t seen this since, probably 1992. Wacky murder comedy with Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and just about every other star of the early 90’s.

Screens on Monday January 20th

The Sacrifice (1985) – Andei Tarkovsky’s final film. It’s heavy, and quiet, and visually beautiful. This will be a magical experience on the big screen. And that final scene….

Begins on Tuesday January 20th

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) – The first installment of Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Tolkien’s novel has stood the test of time. Maybe even gotten better, compared to all the other failed world building sci-fi attempts out there.

Screens on Saturday January 25th with the other two films screening on Tuesday January 29th

Macgruber (2010) – Screens on Monday January 28th

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) – Screens on Monday January 28th

Reel House Foundation and Fort Worth Cinema Club

A partnership between the Fort Worth Film Foundation and nonprofit group Reel House, this event in Fort Worth seeks to inspire and connect people through cinema. They host a free screening on the last Wednesday of each month. Find all information about this wonderful group and screenings, visit here.

8 1/2 (1963) – Fellini’s whirlish, impeccable ode to the frustrations of cinema itself (but in actuality, a celebration of the artform) is this month’s screening. I love this film so much.

Screens on Wednesday January 29th