A Real scene
It’s a big screen for a small crowd. Make sure you get your tickets early. You can also rent the microcinema for a private event.
Blood Shed Theater: Rock N Roll High School
I'm *first* in line! And if you don't like it, you can put it where the monkey puts the nuts!
After the North Loop Block Party and The Austin VHS Swap we’re sponsoring at our neighbors, Double Trouble, earlier in the Day, head back to the store to re-enroll in Vince Lombardi High School as our favorite punk rocker Riff Randell (P.J. Soles) retakes the campus from an oppressive faculty with a little help from her friends The Ramones.
Produced by Roger Corman and featuring the greatest line in cinema: “Hey Guys, Pizza. It’s great. Let’s dig in!” Rock N’ Roll High School is exactly where we need to be. Unless you happen to be Joey. Then no pizza for you!
ANIMONDAYS:Your Name. (2016)
Haven’t we met?
The award-winning “Your Name” follows two students in wildly different parts of Japan who have been waking up in each other’s bodies. In addition to being the strangest way to start a long-distance relationship, their unique situation may also be the key to averting the destruction of an entire town.
Kirk Speaking: When I first watched “Your Name,” I was a single young man on his own, finally settling into a full-time job, who wanted to see a promising new anime film in theaters with his friends. I walked out of that film with the dozen-or-so others that accompanied me dead silent; I was doing my absolute best not to bawl my eyes out. The beauty had overwhelmed me; this wonderful, hopeful, soul-soothing balm of a film had cradled my heart and reminded me that I, too, both craved and deserved real human connection. I was so moved, in fact, that I was compelled to reach out to one of those friends that same night just to help me process it all, leading to the richest and most fulfilling relationship of my life.
While I was perhaps uniquely primed to receive the film going in, this still speaks to the power of Makoto Shinkai as a writer and as a director. He, with his talented production teams, is able to present all the lovely, hateful, hopeful, familiar, messy facets of relationships in such a real and meaningful way that audiences can’t help but connect with these characters. “Your Name” is one of his best and obviously my personal favorite, and I encourage everyone with a working heart to give it a chance. Even the stoniest among us can appreciate the intriguing disaster plot and the inherent humor of a Freaky-Friday scenario.
I’d call it PG-13 just to be safe, mostly for a couple of boob jokes, but this is a family film through and through. Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
ODD WORLD: CAT IN THE HAT
I'll get you, and it'll look like a bloody accident.
Ah, November.
The time for feasting and family, football and…wait, I’m sorry does this say giant anthropomorphic cat? Shit- looks like Odd World is back with 2003’s abomination of Seussical proportions The Cat in the Hat.
Bring the kids, or don’t, because this movie is aimed at ages 5-35 and features more double entendres and potty humor than you can shake a stick at, so much so that we will likely never get another live action Seuss movie!
So come see what upset Mrs. Seuss so much and as always the movie, beer, and friendships are free.
Adaptations Book Club: White Bird in a Blizzard
Scratch the surface, and there's just more surface
Adaptations Book Club is our monthly book club that meets to answer the age old question: Is the book truly better?
For November we are reading an under-read book along with an under-seen adaptation.
Originally published in 1999, Laura Kasischke’s White Bird in a Blizzard follows a 16 year old girl adjusting to her mother’s sudden disappearance. In her daily life she’s able to still be a regular teen girl but in her dreams, she is haunted by her mother’s absence.
Adapted by New Queer Cinema legend Gregg Araki in 2014, this book is full of the teen angst you know you feel in the winter!
P.S. it’s Araki so you know there’s a killer soundtrack <3
MOTHER EATING BOOK LAUNCH + MARTYRS
Martyrs are exceptional people.
There's a horror movie we're not talking about enough called MARTYRS (2008). It's part of the New French Extremity canon, characterized by graphic depictions of violence and sex and their societal impacts.
Local Author Jess Hagemann picked MARTYRS to pair with the We Luv Video launch of her extreme horror novel MOTHER-EATING because: The same way the secret society in this film tortures people to uncover secrets about the afterlife, the cult in MOTHER-EATING practices a form of physical torture called Restoration meant to "cleanse" the cult members and "restore them to God."
There's body horror here, but ecstatic rebirth, too; and plenty of questions about the roles both women and religion play in society.
Your ticket includes a brief presentation from Hagemann on MARTYRS and MOTHER-EATING, followed by a screening that, if you've never seen the movie, will leave you speechless.
Please join us.
SunGAYs: Scenes from the class struggle in Beverly Hills
What's a poor boy to do? Gertrude Stein was right, "A mouth is a mouth is a mouth."
Join the mad minds behind Eating Raoul (Paul Bartel) and Maps to the Stars (Bruce Wagner) for the social satire and soap parody you need this Thanksgiving season.
Skip going home for the holidays and instead get your fill of familial BS with these two rich white upper class families living in Beverly Hills, California.
Follow a widowed television actress (Jacqueline Bisset), her circle of friends, and her employees. Her big plans for a comeback are squandered when people learn about her….uh sex life…. The actress soon starts a romantic relationship with a playwright, while rejecting jealous protests by her husband's ghost.
Full of pitch black comedy and sex scenes that will make you wish you were took a vow of celibacy, this underseen film by a queer Hollywood legend can’t be missed.
Local Films Showcase
12 Local Films. One Night
We Luv Video’s Local Film Showcase presents 12 short films from local filmmakers... ranging from horror to documentary to a 4 minute film of burning wood (shoutout long time WLV volunteer TJ). it's most definitely gonna be weird.
Canícula - Noises. Voices. Echoes. Of images and sound. Stuck to walls, trapped in crevices, smeared on tape. As you wander outside space and time in the land of the dead, the cycle of death and rebirth begins anew (but how can it ever begin?) with an attempt to take a dog out for a walk.
homemade - a perfect day in clarkville, austin, texas.
Stalling - A first-time cruiser gets more than he bargains for after dialing a number scrawled in a bathroom stall.
On The Eve Of The Sabbath - A priest conducts an exorcism, but the routine goes awry when the witches find a worthy host.
Business Proposal - A man living in the woods comes up with a scheme to sell squirrel meat outside of a gas station. After getting arrested, an expert witness defends him in municipal court, vouching for the inherent quality of the vendor's succulent squirrel snack.
Perspectivas - An intimate look at the retellings of a mother and daughter’s fractured relationship through the eyes of their son/grandson.
Cenotaph 6 - Prometheus - A short documentation of a wood and concrete sculpture being created, being burned. Sort of like a video fireplace, hyponotic ASMR.
The Death of Mayor Mellowton - A funeral for Mayor Mellowton goes sideways when the pancakes are discovered to be too delicious.
Plant Moms - Get to know your neighbors, they said! It’ll be fun, they said! Austin local Kayla Lane Freeman’s quirky, gross-out comedy will make you think twice about attending your next propagation party." - 2025 Fantastic Fest Film Guide
Mr. Mittens - Mr. Mittens lived with a loving family until one day they decided to neuter him, leaving him with no choice but to get revenge on every person involved in the removal of his testicles.
Do Not Disturb - Two C-List actors from different backgrounds attempt to film a sex tape in order to launch their careers in Hollywood. "Islamic Art in the Bayou City" A look into hidden Islamic Art gems in Houston
Transmissions From The Garden Of The Stone Roses - This is a journey through the subjective experience of the psyche, through the triumphs and suffering, and how it shapes one through the other side.
Pulsing Cinema: Eve's Necklace
With Director in attendance!
Austin filmmaker Daniel Erickson (Scary Movie) dives into the deep end of cinematic obsession with his sophomore effort Eve's Necklace, a yuppie fear thriller which holds the distinction of being the first feature film starring an all-mannequin cast.
When a deadly threat in the present collides with a dark secret from the past, a young couple's carefully constructed life begins to crack. Rendered in stark black and white cinematography that channels classic noir paranoia and late-eighties dread, this is the kind of audacious, demented filmmaking that separates true visionaries from mere mortals.
Director Daniel Erickson will be in attendance for Q&A! Witness the birth of a cult classic and hear directly from the mastermind himself. Fair warning: these performances are stiff, but the thrills aren't.
SunGays:The Living Dead Girl
Hélène, I am your death.
Do you like lesbians? Do you like vampires?
What about lesbian vampires that are kinda also zombies and French and sad?
….and there’s a Rob Zombie song about them?
Well look no further than Jean Rollin’s 1982 classic The Living Dead Girl. Join Catherine on her quest for blood (and to rekindle her love with her childhood best friend Hélène) in a gorgeous mansion and around the French countryside. Jean Rollin had a whole slew of lesbian vampire flicks but this one is the closest to our hearts <3 If you wish that Heavenly Creatures had more blood sucking, this is the film for you.
Feel free to come covered in blood, wearing fangs, and bring your childhood best friend you had homoerotic tension with! ‘tis the season!
FANGORIA Horror Trivia + Screening: DEMONS 2
There's blood dripping from the ceiling .. I touched it.
Join Fangoria and We Luv Video in celebrating the Halloween season with Lamberto Bava’s Demons 2.
The ludicrious follow up to Bava’s Demons, Demons 2 takes place years after the sudden outbreak of Demons, normal life has returned to the inhabitants of the big cities….but not for long. Featuring incredible effects from Sergio Stivaletti - there’s no better way to pre-game your Halloweekend.
In addition to the screening, join us for Horror Movie Trivia AND a Costume contest for a chance to win prizes from Arrow Video! (rumor has it there will even be some boxsets….)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
You don't like hamburgers? I never met someone who didn't like hamburgers!
Come by and experience watching A Girl Walks Home At Night with your fellow we luv-ers.
This screening will have viewers follow an Iranian vampire that defies the norms set foot by conservative traditions and storytelling.
This is director, Ana Lily Amirpour’s feature film debut, premiering at Sundance Film Festival in 2014, captivating it's audience at it's initial viewing Filled with symbolism and themes of feminist empowerment tied together with captivating imagery, Girl Walks Home At Night presents the audience with an experience that makes each view a fresh new interpretation and a lot to discuss amongst each other and friends post.
Recommended for those who enjoy movies of Julia Ducournau and for fans of Let the Right One In!!!
AniMondays:Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
When the last vampire is extinct, who will mourn our passing? Will she? Will anyone? Can anyone understand this pain, this loneliness?
Vampires. They love BLOOD. LUST for it. And when they get too horny for a sweet sanguine snack, Vampire Hunter D(addy) has to come put them down. He’s half-vampire himself, so he knows the fearsome yearning for that ruby-red neck juice. He also knows just where to give them the stabby-stabby to make sure they stay dead. This time he's out to slay for pay; a nobleman's daughter has been kidnapped, and Papa knew well enough to put D on the case.
Western anime fans’ cultish affection for the original Vampire Hunter D was so strong that the follow-up, Bloodlust, targeted a U.S. release. Their love was validated; the visuals are sharp and darkly enchanting, and the simple plot gets twisted into surreal chaos by all the post-apocalyptic psychic weirdos that are stranger than the monsters they chase. Join us, you creatures of the night, for a spooky tale of future-gothic woe!
Presented in the original theatrical ENGLISH (global release, remember?). Rated R for blood. Lots of blood. And a little nudity.
Vinegar Syndrome x WLV: Cannibal! The Musical
Fudge, Packer?
Join Vinegar Syndrome and We Luv Video for a deliciously devious evening.
Starting at 5PM Vinegar Syndrome will be setting up shop at We Luv Video! Pop by to grab your genre films, smut, and hidden gems.
All ticket holders will get complimentary Black’s BBQ starting at 6PM (yum yum, do you sense a theme here?)
And finally at 7PM join us in the WLV Microcinema for Cannibal! The Musical.
From the deranged and brilliant minds behind the international TV sensation South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s legendary feature filmmaking debut CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL is the over-the-top, all-singing, and all-dancing story of real-life Colorado cannibal Alferd Packer! Follow Parker as Packer and featuring a guest appearance from legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, this unpredictable and thoroughly unhinged musical memoir through one of the grislier footnotes in American history.
Blood Shed Theater: Jack-O (1995)
Mister Jack will snap your spine, and cut you in half with a scaly vine. Then just quick before you die, mister Jack will steal your eyes.
This October Blood Shed Theater is teaming up with Rockin' Bones Events to bring you a uniquely 90's Halloween Fever Dream.
Produced by Blood Shed hero Fred Olen Ray, JACK-O is an ode to the best things that this season has to offer; a child with a great destiny who's babysitter happens to be scream queen, Linnea Quigley, a witch in a cool sweater who's definitely down to hang, parents who care more about their garage halloween haunt than their kiddo, bad teenagers in leather jackets with sick motorcycles, Cameron Mitchell hitting you with some rhyming couplets, John Carradine sitting in a field reciting ominous oaths (because they didn't have the budget to pay him his standing up rate), and, of course, the greatest almost-but-not-quite kid friendly pumpkin headed scythe wielding murder guy. It is also, essentially, the story of a hundred year witch curse on a small town which involves the titular pumpkin man, but this can be a bit difficult to work out at times- and that's totally OK!
JACK-O is a beautiful, surreal romp, intercut with fake horror hosts and movies shot to bolster the cast and add to the vibes, which makes you long for that CRT and to go back to 1994, when the fake spiders were plentiful, and everything was right with the universe.
ODDWORLD: Seed of Chucky
This is nuts! And I have a VERY high tolerance for nuts.
On October 14, Odd World returns with a look at parenthood unlike any you’ve ever seen before- 2004’s Seed of Chucky.
That’s right, Chucky got lucky… and had a kid, and that kid is going through a lot of stuff! This delightfully silly and gleefully meta 5th sequel flopped hard with critics and audiences upon release but has grown into it’s own over the years.
So grab your lover and head on down for a special Halloween themed edition of Odd World!
As always the tickets, beer, and lifelong friendships are free!
Pulsing Cinema: Scary Movie (1991)
With filmmaker Daniel Erickson in attendance
Get ready for a deep cut of Austin indie horror history as Scary Movie (1991) rises from the crypt to haunt We Luv Video! This atmospheric cult oddity features future Academy Award nominee John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone) caught in a Halloween night swarming with psycho killers, Woof Woof dolls, and twisted nightmares come to life. Long celebrated by horror fans for its surreal tone, scrappy inventiveness and original score praised by Cinema Fearité as ‘twenty years ahead of its time.’ the film endures as a one-of-a-kind snapshot of Austin’s underground cinema scene at the dawn of the ’90s.
This special screening will feature a live Q&A with director Daniel Erickson and film composer Hank Hehmsoth,and attendees will have first access to exclusive, limited-edition merchandise, including a brand-new poster designed by Austin’s legendary artist Guy Juke. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate local horror history and experience Scary Movie like never before!
Adaptations Book Club: Hellraiser
We have such sights to show you!
Adaptations Book Club is our monthly book club that meets to answer the age old question: Is the book truly better?
For October we have been given a mystical puzzle box -a configuration if you will- is The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker better than Hellraiser (1987) dir. by Clive Barker?
Join us October 8th for an extra goopy edition of book club as we read about Frank Cotton on his hedonistic quest for unfathomable pleasure and all of the consequences that go along with it.
And hey, if you want to show up to book club covered in fake blood- we’re not gonna stop you!
Inferno (1980)
You can't leave! Your journey has come to an end. Everything around you will become dark, and someone will take your hand. You'll be pleased, not unhappy -- you'll enjoy moments of incredible brightness.
Experience the madness with Lunchbox Cinema as we present Dario Argento's surrealist horror masterpiece, Inferno (1980), at We Luv Video! This is the second installment of Argento's "Three Mothers" trilogy, a fever dream of witches, ancient secrets, and nightmarish violence. A young music student living in Rome stumbles upon a mysterious diary detailing the history of the "Three Mothers" and finds himself embroiled in a supernatural mystery that leads him to New York, where he unravels a terrifying conspiracy.
As an extra treat, one lucky attendee will win a pair of tickets to see Argento's Deep Red live-scored by Goblin on Halloween at the Paramount Theatre! These tickets are part of the Paramount's "Panic at the Paramount" series, and are courtesy of the Paramount themselves!
Join us for a dive into pure cinematic terror.
Video Store CRush: Kyle Maclachlan
In honor of our neat girl…I mean, our neat guy.
Every season, the clerks of We Luv Video get together to vote on their favorite movie crushes.
This Fall, their #1 movie crush is….. Kyle MacLachlan!!! From the in-over-his-head amateur detective of Blue Velvet to the sleazy businessman of Showgirls, Kyle’s iconic performances have won our hearts <3 In celebration of this prestigious award, we will be screening the sci-fi horror classic The Hidden on Sunday, September 28 at 7PM.
Join us to celebrate all things Kyle! Also, check out our Kyle MacLachlan crush shelf highlighting his performances for the entire month of September!
KMac in The Hidden! So Dreamy <3
Country in the Mind: 3 Films by Robert Fulton
Works to be screened:
Inca Light (1972, 17 min.)
Path of Cessation (1974, 55 min.)
Wilderness: A Country in the Mind (1984, 20 min.)
Total Runtime: 92 min.
On September 25th at 7PM, We Luv Video will highlight the works of experimental filmmaker Robert Fulton. Traveling from the Andes of Peru to the Himalayas of Tibet, Fulton crafted frenetic, ethereal snapshots of nature and culture. These films combine a keen eye for nature photography with surrealist editing to create a wholly unique and transcendent viewing experience. Rarely screened and ripe for rediscovery, Fulton is a singular voice in experimental cinema.
This retrospective screening will showcase three of his essential works: Inca Light, Path of Cessation, and Wilderness: A Country in the Mind.
Highly recommended for fans of Jonas Mekas, Teo Hernandez, and Paul Clipson.
Divine Intervention
The first of a screening series of Middle Eastern Film
This deadpan comedy, drawing comparisons to Jacques Tati and Nanni Moretti, uses biting satirical statements along with breath-taking visuals to depict the daily lives of Palestinians with a blend of humor and underlying political commentary.
Fans of Keaton and Chaplin will enjoy this.
Window Display: Freddy’s Dead: the final nightmare (3d!)
I'll get you, my pretty! And your little soul, too!
Freddy Krueger is a sadistic Bugs Bunny with pro wrestler one-liners at the ready in this 6th installment of The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. This is Freddy at his most campy and quippy, but don’t worry, there’s plenty of body horror and bizarro effects for the greasy horror fan.
Freddy’s Dead is the only film of the BIG 3 slasher franchises (Freddy, Jason, Michael) directed by a woman: Rachel Talalay (best known for Tank Girl) says her inspirations were Twin Peaks and John Waters. Parts goofy, surreal, and disturbing, this film is best served after enjoying an adult beverage or two.
This screening will be hosted by Liz Tyson @tysoncreation, the window display artist whose huge 3D glasses display is up 24/7 until November at We Luv Video. The final 10 minutes of the film are in 3D - glasses will be provided! Doors at 7 (there will be a preshow). Film starts at 7:30.
Runtime 89 mins.
This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.
Blood Shed Theater: Fear City
I've seen better pussies on apes in the zoo.
This stunning and deranged neo-noir is Abel Ferrara's follow-up to Ms. 45, and that makes perfect sense.
The first of Ferrara's films to receive a budget from a major studio, FEAR CITY follows an ex boxer-turned showgirl booking agent (played by Tom Berenger) who teams up with copper Billy Dee Williams to save his clients from one of the most truly memorable on-screen serial killers, who also happens to know Kung Fu. (Because, you know, it's the 80's and it's the next evolution of serial killing.)
The perfect casting includes Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Gazzo and Melanie Griffith as a lady in trouble. If you want to see a sleazy OTT knock out, then this one's for you.
Odd World:VOLCANO
Steam did that?
Odd World is back and finally ready to tackle the disaster genre with 1997’s Volcano.
This ain’t no vacation to Dante’s Peak. This is the seminal 1997 volcano film, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, baby faced Don Cheadle and sassy pants era Gabby Hoffman.
The coast is toast in the film that gave us amazing press quote pulls like “you’ll have a hell lava time!” You’ll see fire, lava, explosions, more fire and a guy even melts! Wow!
Mid 90s PG13 disaster flicks were rarely more ridiculous and there’s no better place to celebrate a movie like this than at Odd World!
As always the tickets, beer, and lifelong friendships are free!
AniMondays:Dragon Ball Z: El Poder Invencible (1993)
Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan
¿Sabías que Dragonball Z es más popular en América Latina que en su país de origen de Japón? Goku y Vegeta son vistas comunes en desfiles y festivales, y el espectáculo es popular entre las personas de todas las edades. En honor al Mes de la Herencia Hispana, We Luv Video se enorgullece de presentar "El Poder Invencible" en español con subtítulos en inglés.
La octava película de DBZ sigue a Goku y sus compañeros artistas marciales mientras rastrean una nueva amenaza para la galaxia: el llamado legendario Super Saiyan. ¡Esta película llena de acción seguramente emocionará a los fanáticos de DBZ y a los recién llegados! Clasificación PG por violencia de dibujos animados.
Did you know that Dragonball Z is more popular in Latin America than in its home country of Japan? Goku and Vegeta are common sights in parades and festivals, and the show is popular with people of all ages. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, We Luv Video is proud to present “Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan” in Spanish with English subtitles.
The eighth DBZ film follows Goku and his fellow martial artists as they track down a new threat to the galaxy: the so-called Legendary Super Saiyan. This action-packed film is sure to thrill DBZ fans and newcomers alike!
Rated PG for cartoon violence.
SunGays: The Films of David Wojnarowicz
“If silence equals death, he taught us, then art equals language equals life.”
Join SunGays and We Luv Video in celebrating the cinematic works of David Wojnarowicz.
Wojnarowicz was a painter, writer, photographer, performance artist, musician, and AIDS activist who is well known in the East Village art scene. Many may recognize his photo Untitled (Buffalo) which was recently used in the poster for Eddington (2025).
David also published quite a few books, including his memoir about living with HIV and AIDS, Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration. His ties to the avant-garde as well as street art scene in 1970’s New York can be found across all of his work to make something entirely unique.
Celebrate the art and legacy of David Wojnarowicz on what would’ve been his 71st birthday with us.
Pulsing Cinema: THX 1138
Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. And be happy.
Experience George Lucas's haunting vision of a sterile future in THX 1138, the groundbreaking debut feature that established the legendary filmmaker as a master of dystopian cinema. Set in a society where emotions are suppressed and human connection is forbidden, this cult classic follows the desperate escape attempt of a factory worker who dares to feel.
With its minimalist settings and chilling depiction of technological control, THX 1138 presents a coldly beautiful nightmare that feels more relevant than ever. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see Lucas's uncompromising artistic vision on the big screen!
Adaptations Book CLub: Maurice
I'm an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.
Adaptations Book Club is our monthly book club that meets to answer the age old question: Is the book truly better?
This September, we are reading E.M. Forster's Maurice. Written in the 1910's but not released until after his death in 1971, this is his most explicitly queer text. Come for the beautiful boys, stay for the beautiful prose.
Books purchased through our bookshop.org link directly benefit the store. Check it out!
VAC X WLV: WAYS OF SEEING
A collaborative screening between UT's Visual Arts Center and We Luv Video. A screening of the BBC Series Ways of Seeing which is four 30 minute episodes discussing aesthetics, art, and culture from 1972.
In the beloved four-part series made for public broadcast, Berger invites people to join him in the act of looking at and thinking about art. He looks closely at oil paintings, portraits of women, and advertisements to clarify the arrangements of power, class, gender, and race behind works of art, and asks viewers to relate these arrangements to their own lives. The series was produced by Mike Dibb and adapted into a book of the same name.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!! THANKS YALL!! COME EARLY TO GET A GOOD SEAT!!!
SunGays: Surrender Dorothy
I’ll be your everything, and all you’ll have to be is my Dorothy. Wouldn’t that be nice?
A forgotten 90’s indie that MovieMaker Magazine called “the film that defines the word ‘edgy’ “, Surrender Dorothy is the bizarro force-femme love story you crave.
Lanh begins living with waiter and certified weirdo , Trevor, after stealing too much smack from their shared drug dealer friend. Trevor is the ultimate 90’s incel- you should see what he does with a used fork. Tensions rise between the roommates until Trevor gets an idea: he can use Lanh’s heroin addiction to get the ultimate girlfriend. He forces Lanh to cook, clean, and live as Dorothy in order to get his fix.
Both in conversation with the larger 90’s indie film movement and entirely too dark to be compared to the likes of Clerks, Surrender Dorothy has to be seen to believed. (It was even featured in Roger Ebert’s first Overlooked Film Festival in 1999!) Elizabeth Banks makes her debut, and has later said it’s the film she regrets most. She made Cocaine Bear, so we don’t trust her taste.
You won’t want to miss the weirdo insanity this month at SunGays <3
Fangoria Movie Night + Trivia: Popcorn
I look like a fucking snowcone!
Fangoria along with Oddwood Brewing and Rockin Bones Events present Popcorn (1991).
This Horror Comedy classic follows a group of college students holding a film festival, where they are then stalked and murdered by a deranged killer inside a movie theater.
Endlessly quoteable and one of the best postmodern 90’s horror films- what better way to spend your Saturday night?
There will be FREE! beer from Oddwood Brewing and horror trivia with Fangoria preceding the film.
Join us for a goopy good time.
A Scene at the Sea (1991)
Join We Luv Video & the Deaf Television Foundation on Thursday, August 28th at 7PM for a special deaf-inclusive screening of Takeshi Kitano’s slice-of-life surfing masterpiece A Scene at the Sea. Quietly romantic and beautifully shot, the film chronicles the relationship of a deaf couple living in seaside town in Japan. A Scene at the Sea is essential viewing for all the summertime yearners (and surfers) who long to find their soulmate at the beach.
An ASL interpreter will be on site to facilitate the introduction and any discussion. The film is in spoken Japanese with English subtitles
Austin-based Deaf Television Foundation (DTF) aims to provide a four-pronged approach to meeting the artistic, entertaining, historical, and literary needs of the American deaf and hard of hearing population.
Sultry Sinema Presents: Chicago
Featuring:
Amanita Coffyn , Canary Sol, Chandy Rose, Phoenyx Fyre, Gabriella Fraiche, Mercury N. Retrograde, Mx Lady LaShell, Rebel Raspberry, and Rose Goldfish.
Two death-row murderesses (Renée Zellweger, and Catherine Zeta-Jones) develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's (Richard Gere) attention.
Do you love movies? Do you love burlesque? Then you will love Sultry Sinema!
Sultry Sinema is a brand new immersive show that features live burlesque performances in front of your favorite movies. Join us on August 23rd as we screen Rob Marshall's Chicago (2002) featuring acts by: Amanita Coffyn, Canary Sol, Chandy Rose Phoenyx Fyre, Gabriella Fraiche, Mercury N. Retrograde, Mx Lady LaShell, Rebel Raspberry, and Rose Goldfish! Produced by @chandyrose!
Blood Shed Theater: AMITYVILLE 1992: IT’S ABOUT TIME
Hi. I'm home.
Blood Shed Theater this month is the pinnacle of the 90's Amityville sequels, AMITYVILLE 1992: IT'S ABOUT TIME - so named because it came out in the year 1992 and the plot centers around a haunted clock. It's perfect and we embrace it completely.
Of course, this isn't any old haunted clock; this haunted clock is from the original Amityville Horror house, and as soon as it shows up in mundane surbane newbuild, it sets about distorting time and reality, trapping two teens and their parents in a hellscape of time loops, gore, Fulci references, and body horror.
Directed by Tony Randel of HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II, this plays out somewhere between THE SWEET HOUSE OF HORROR, THE BEYOND, and, oh, we dunno, OUTBACK VAMPIRES? It's just all of our favorite things, done very well. We love this one, and so will you.
Check out the trailer below!
Wet N Mild: Crimson Tide
Yeah, horses're fascinating animals. Dumb as fenceposts but very intuitive.
What started as a WLV meme has officially surfaced as a real screening. Funny how that goes.
Crimson Tide is, in fact, totally wet—and yes, it might even be mild. But it can be whatever you want it to be. Technically, it’s a nail-biting, beautifully acted standoff between Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman with the fate of the world at stake… or it’s just an excuse to hear some Tarantino driven dialogue about who the real Silver Surfer is. Either way, Tony Scott delivers. Dive in.
All Wet N Mild screenings come with a special offer of 20% off We Luv Video memberships and FREE! popcorn
Adaptations Book Club: Cosmopolis
My prostate is asymmetrical.
Adaptations Book Club is our monthly book club that meets to answer the age old question: Is the book truly better?
This August, join us for a screening of David Cronenberg’s delirious adaptation of Don DeLillo’s 2003 novel Cosmopolis. Featuring Robert Pattinson in his first serious post-Twilight role, Cosmopolis follows a day in the life of billionaire Eric Packer as his world unravels.
Beguiling, uncanny, and prescient - this film marks the beginning of a new arc of Cronenberg’s career as a master of dark satires on the emptiness of the modern wealthy elite (see also: Map to the Stars, Crimes of the Future, and The Shrouds). Receiving bewildered response at the time of its 2012 release, this claustrophobic anti-thriller is a cult gem waiting to be reassessed.
Read DeLillo’s Cosmopolis and join us for a post-screening discussion on how Cronenberg adapts DeLillo. Books purchased through our bookshop.org link directly benefit the store. Check it out!
Does RPatz in sexy situations entice you?
pls come to book club <3
Odd World - Speed 2: Cruise Control
I've been in worse situations than this, and panic does not help, trust me!
Sandra Bullock. Willem Dafoe. A bathtub full of leeches. The return of Tuneman. An incredibly slow boat. Zero tension. What else could it be, but the low stakes sequel to one of the greatest action films ever made?! Speed 2: Cruise Control asks the question “what if Speed was not good?” and then tosses 100 million dollars into the ocean to find out.
(Joel Speaking) I unironically adore this movie, I’ve seen it countless times, hell- I own multiple pieces of promotional merch and a 6 foot standee. Come hang out with me and let me convince you of the joy that is Speed 2: Cruise Control.
ANIMONDAYS: Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)
You think the die you tossed will turn out to be a lucky one?
ANIMONDAYS exists to exhibit great works of animation from all over the world (but mostly Japan). This month we're on the lookout for a notorious bank robber - it's Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)!
Twenty years ago, notorious outlaw Vash the Stampede, a.k.a. the Humanoid Typhoon, interfered with a bank robbery, letting the black-hearted gang leader Gasback get away unscathed. Now, Gasback is tearing through the desert on a quest for revenge, racking up a bounty that no hunter can ignore. As seemingly everyone on the planet Gunsmoke chases after Gasback, Vash finds himself pitted against old friends as he reckons with the consequences of his fateful choice.
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010), is a lead-and-explosion-filled extravaganza in the sadly underutilized Space Western genre. Yasuhiro Nightow (writer/creator) gives us an atypical Western hero in Vash; despite his planet-wide reputation for catastrophe, he's goofy and friendly, if a bit of a womanizer, and he refuses to ever take a life. It's a refreshing, gentle counterpoint to the hard, gritty cowboys of Sergio Leone and John Ford, but it's still got plenty of that classic Spaghetti flavor seasoned with a bunch of Mad-Maxian weirdos.
Join us on August 11th, 7:00 PM, for the rootinest-tootinest-cyborg-shootinest film we've ever shown at Animondays! Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Rated PG-13ish for gun violence and some foul language.