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Special Screenings This Week
Thursday, July 6
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Brackett Field Park
Some say you can learn a valuable lesson from this film. Free. 9 p.m. More info here.
Doctor Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Emagine Willow Creek
A nightmarish cat-like creature terrorizes children and fish alike. $3. 10:50 a.m. More info here.
American Psycho (2000)
Grandview 1&2
Huey Lewis fans are dangerous. $12. 9:15 p.m. Saturday 11:59 p.m. More info here.
Inception (2010)
The Heights
Dreams within dreams within dreams. $12. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
Puss in Boots (2011)
Riverview Theater
Go back to the beginning and learn how the Puss saga started. $1.10:30 a.m. More info here.
Transmorphers: Mech Beasts (2023)
Trylon
I respect the hustle. $8. 2 p.m. More info here.
Friday, July 7
Chunky Shrapnel (2020)
Emagine Willow Creek
A "unique and immersive look" into a King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard tour. $12.50. 1:20 & 7:20 p.m. More info here.
Home (2015)
Emagine Willow Creek
A little human girl and an alien invader become unlikely friends. Through Wednesday. $3. 10:50 a.m. More info here.
The Woman King (2022)
Hiawatha School Park
Viola Davis slices up some slavers. Free. 9 p.m. More info here.
The Forgotten Ones (2023)
The Main
A documentary look at the effects of the opioid crisis on the Twin Cities Somali community. $15. 7 p.m. More info here.
Scream It Off Screen
Parkway Theater
Vote for your favorite local short films by screaming. You will not believe how fun this is. Sold out. 8 p.m. More info here.
Stand By Me (1986)
Riverview Theater
I absolutely approve of the new trend of midnight movies starting before midnight. Also Saturday. $1. 11 p.m. More info here.
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Trylon
The Cold War-influenced original of the John Carpenter remake. $8. 7 & 9 p.m. Sunday 6 & 8 p.m. More info here.
Saturday, July 8
She's the Man (2006)
Alamo Drafthouse
Twelfth Night for teens. $10. 6 p.m. More info here.
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Lake Nokomis
Fascist summer fun for the whole family. Read our review here. Free. 9 p.m. More info here.
Earth Mama (2023)
The Main
A pregnant single mom fights to get her children back from the foster care system. Free for MSP Film Society members. 11 a.m. More info here.
Ponyo (2008)
Parkway Theater
A G-rated The Shape of Water? $5-$10. 1 p.m. More info here.
Sunday, July 9
Lady Bird (2017)
Alamo Drafthouse
A family takes out a second mortgage to send their daughter to college in 2003. What could go wrong? $10. 6 p.m. More info here.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16/Bloomington 13
Not the first Studio Ghibli, but the first Studio Ghibli classic. $16.20. 4 p.m. Also Tuesday. More info here.
Grease (1978)
Emagine Willow Creek
My friend Larry and I saw this when we were eight with his older sister and her friends and we spent the whole time running around the theater acting like idiots. Fun times. Also Wednesday. $8.45. 3:40 & 6:30 p.m. More info here.
Wigstock: The Movie (1995)
Emagine Willow Creek
A doc about the longstanding East Village drag music festival. $10.75. 7 p.m. More info here.
Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (1973)
Emagine Willow Creek
The 50th anniversary of Bowie retiring his most famous persona. Also Monday. $20. 3:20 & 6:20 p.m. More info here.
Amélie (2001)
Parkway Theater
The Dust of Suns' album release, paired with the twee French romcom. $20/$27. Music at 6 p.m. Movie at 7:30 p.m. More info here.
The Ruling Class (1972)
Trylon
Peter O'Toole is a British noble who believes he's Jesus. $8. 3 p.m. Monday-Tuesday 7 p.m. More info here.
Monday, July 10
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Alamo Drafthouse
A city is no place for a pig! Through Wednesday. $5. 10 a.m. More info here.
When Marnie Was There (2014)
Alamo Drafthouse
It's been called "Ghibli Gothic." $10. 6 p.m. More info here.
Castle in the Sky (1986)
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16/Bloomington 13
More Ghibli! (You can never have too much.) $16.20. 7 p.m. More info here.
Humanoids From the Deep (1980)
Emagine Willow Creek
The worst kind of humanoids, if you ask me. $6. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
School of Rock (2003)
Painter Park
A sad, shouty man bullies children into sharing his outdated taste in music. Free. 9 p.m. More info here.
The 48 Hour Film Project Best of Screenings & Awards Ceremony
Parkway Theater
The festival, in which filmmakers have two days to make a movie, celebrates the best entries. $12. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
Tuesday, July 11
Talk to Me (2023)
Alamo Drafthouse
An advance screening of the latest A24 horror flick. $14.50. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
The Upside (2017)
Father Hennepin Bluff Park
An unemployed Kevin Hart and a rich, paralyzed Bryan Cranston become unlikely friends. I guess people really are all the same! Free. 9 p.m. More info here.
Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Riverview Theater
Did Minions do 9/11? $1. 10:30 a.m. More info here.
Wednesday, July 12
Black Adam (2022)
The Commons
The Rock insists on having his very own superhero movie. Free. 9 p.m. More info here.
Secret Movie Night
Emagine Willow Creek
A local notable picks a film for you to watch. $10. 7 p.m. More info here.
Sin City (2005)
Grandview 1&2
Little Steven rallies American musicians to boycott South Africa. $12. 9:15 p.m. More info here.
Interstellar (2017)
Lagoon
The answer to the mystery equation is... loooooooove. $10. 7 p.m. More info here.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2017)
Parkway Theater
Babes fight back against a postapocalyptic patriarchy. $9/$12. Pre-show trivia at 7:30 p.m. Movie at 8 p.m. More info here.
Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)
Trylon
A documentary look at the folks who made the 1969 classic. $13. 7 p.m. More info here.
Opening This Week
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Insidious: The Red Door
Wait, this is the fifth Insidious movie? Damn.
Joy Ride
Four friends have a wacky comic adventure.
The Lesson
A young writer becomes a tutor for his idol's son, but the family turns out to have Dark Secrets.
Ongoing in Local Theaters
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The Flash
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Past Lives (read our review here)
