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Catch ‘Fury Road,’ Audrey Hepburn, and a Whole Mess of Schwarzenegger on the Big Screen

Pretty much every movie you can catch in area theaters this week.

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Why are so many Arnold movies playing around town this week? It's not his birthday, he's not dead, and he's not running for office again. Just a coincidence I guess!

Special Screenings This Week

Thursday, January 19

Network (1976)
Grandview 1 & 2
Are you mad as hell? Can you not take it anymore? This is the movie for you. $12. 9:15 p.m. More info here.

Predator (1987)
The Main
Watch our former guv’s finest performance and stick around to hear Ander Monson discuss his book, Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession. $12. 7 p.m. More info here.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Parkway
As Wes Anderson-y as they come. With pre-show music from the Dust of the Sun Ensemble. $9/$12. Music at 7 p.m. Movie at 8 p.m. More info here.

Friday, January 20

Relative (2002)
Parkway
Don’t know much about this indie family drama, but I saw it compared to Mike Leigh and my interest is piqued. Followed by a Q&A with the director. $10/$13. 7 p.m .More info here.

Wall-E (2008)
Trylon
Love watching that lil guy scoot around in the trash. $8. 7 p.m. Also Saturday 8:45 p.m. and Sunday 3 p.m. More info here.

World of Tomorrow: The First Three Episodes
Trylon
A selection of Don Hertzfeld’s ground-breaking animated shorts. $8. 9 p.m. Also Saturday 7 p.m. and Sunday 5:15 p.m. More info here.

Rewind & Play (2022)
Walker Art Center
Re-edited footage of Thelonious Monk’s 1969 visit to Paris, with plenty of solo performances. Also Saturday. $10/$12. 7 p.m. More info here.

Saturday, January 21

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Extended Edition (2003)
Alamo Drafthouse
Find out if they get rid of that ring or not. $10. 6:30 p.m. More info here.

Legend (1985)
Parkway
Whatever happened to Mia Sara anyway? $5-$10. 1 p.m. More info here.

Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Parkway
Will you people keep it down? I'm trying to watch the movie! $10. Midnight. More info here.

Sunday, January 22

Roman Holiday (1953)
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16/Emagine Willow Creek
She was a princess. He was a newspaperman. Can I make it any more obvious? Also Wednesday. $16.13. 1 & 7 p.m. More info here.

Cabaret (1972)
Alamo Drafthouse
Ah, the sexy, creative Bohemian life of Weimar Germany. What could possibly go wrong? $10. 12 p.m. More info here.

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (2019)
Alamo Drafthouse
Quentin Tarantino changes the course of history again. $10. 6:30 p.m. More info here

Gone with the Wind (1939)
Emagine Willow Creek
If you’re in the mood to feel bad that the South lost the Civil War. Also Wednesday. $8.45. 1:40 & 6:40 p.m. More info here.

The Music Room (1950)
The Main
Satyajit Ray’s classic about an Indian aristocrat squandering his wealth. $10. 1 p.m. More info here.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Trylon
You don’t need me to tell you this movie fuckin’ rips. $8. 7 p.m. Also Monday-Tuesday 7 & 9:30 p.m. More info here.

Monday, January 23

Under the Skin (2014)
Alamo Drafthouse
Scarlett Johansson is a murdery sex alien. $10. 9:30 p.m. More info here.

Psycho III (1986)
Emagine Willow Creek
Norman Bates gets the hots for a lapsed nun. $6. 7:30 p.m. More info here.

Tuesday, January 24

The Goonies (1984)
Alamo Drafthouse
Best thing about it is the Cyndi Lauper song. $15. 6:30 p.m. More info here.

Wednesday, January 25

Last Action Hero (2001)
Alamo Drafthouse
A teen enters an alternative world where Schwarzenegger is a badass cop. $10. 9:30 p.m. More info here.

Ninja 3: The Domination (1984)
Emagine Willow Creek
A dead, evil ninja possesses a woman’s body. $6. 7:30 p.m. More info here.

The Running Man (1987)
Grandview 1 & 2
Whoa, this movie is set in 2019. So I guess we’re doing better than expected? $12. 9:15 p.m. More info here.

Trylon Club Secret Screening
Trylon
A “newer art film” that almost made it into the Trylon’s Dystopia series. Free for Trylon Club members. 7 p.m. More info here.

Opening This Week

Alice, Darling
When Anna Kendrick sneaks away for a weekend with her friends, her abusive boyfriend is not happy.

Living
Bill Nighy is a dying bureaucrat overcome with regret in this remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru. Read our full review here.

Missing
From the folks who brought you Searching, another tech-driven thriller. 

Smallfoot
A Yeti encounters a human, and none of his kind believes him.

The Son
Hugh Jackman is a bad dad.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
The title of this anime tells you pretty much all you need to know. 

Waltair Veerayya
A fisherman (and smuggler) gets caught up in a tangled plot.

Ongoing in Local Theaters

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Avatar: The Way of Water (read our review here)

Babylon

The Banshees of Inisherin (read our review here)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Broker

Empire of Light

EO

The Fabelmans (read our review here)

House Party

A Man Called Otto (read our review here)

M3gan (read our review here)

Plane (read our review here)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Skinamarink

Strange World

Varisu

Violent Night

The Whale

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Women Talking (read our review here)

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