They're gonna have nightmares anyway. Make 'em good ones at least.
Disclaimer: I am not a parent.
Thursday, July 21
Sing 2 (2021)
Alamo Drafthouse
Jesus, is this movie ever not showing somewhere? $5. 2:45 p.m. More info here.
NT Live: Prima Facie
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16/Showplace Icon
Jodie Comer in a one-woman play. $12.50. 7 p.m. More info here.
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Emagine Willow Creek
I like when a movie title tells me exactly what I'm in for. $3. 11 a.m. More info here.
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Heights
The suburbs sure freaked people out in the ’80s. $12. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
Escape from New York (1981)
Parkway Theater
It’s 1997, and Manhattan has become as dangerous as your aunt out in Lakeville thinks Uptown is now. $9/$12. 7:30 p.m. trivia, 8 p.m. screening. More info here.
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Riverview Theater
All your kids’ favorite stars have cameos in this one: Charles Durning, Edgar Bergen, and, of course, Orson Welles. $1. 10:30 a.m. More info here.
Friday, July 22
The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
Alamo Drafthouse
A baby who’s a boss? This I gotta see. $5. 3 p.m. Also Tuesday-Wednesday 1 p.m. More info here.
Pom Poko (1995)
Alamo Drafthouse
Urban development threatens the tanuki’s way of life. Not cool! $10. 11:30 a.m. Also Monday 6:30 p.m. More info here.
Abominable (2019)
Emagine Willow Creek
*Tom Hanks voice* Da znowmahn! $3. 10 a.m. Friday-Sunday ; 11 a.m. Monday-Wednesday. More info here.
Sante Sangre (1989)
Trylon
A circus escapee joins his manipulative one-armed mom in a mental hospital in Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surreal horror classic. $8. 7 & 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 3 & 5 p.m. Sunday. More info here.
Saturday, July 23
Ponyo (2008)
Parkway Theater
A G-rated The Shape of Water? $5-$10. 1 p.m. More info here.
Sunday, July 24
One Piece Film: Gold (2017)
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16/Emagine Willow Creek
The Straw Hat Pirates strike again! (I don’t know what that means either.) $13.44. 7 p.m. Also Tuesday. More info here.
Goodfellas (1990)
Emagine Willow Creek
Lemme tell you, there’s a reason they didn’t call it Badfellas. (Because it’s good.) $7.95. 12:30 & 5:30 p.m. Also Wednesday. More info here.
Jeff Show Jeff (2022)
A Korean-American restaurant manager in Minneapolis starts dating his staff, and things get out of hand. 4 p.m. $5-$20. More info here.
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Trylon
Nic Cage at his most “I am a grown-up award-worthy actor now.” $8. 8 p.m. Monday-Tuesday 7 & 9:15 p.m. More info here.
Monday, July 25
Demon Wind (1990)
Emagine Willow Creek
A demon wind? Well that can't be good. $6. 7:30 p.m. More info here.
Wednesday, July 27
Madama Butterfly (2009)
AMC Rosedale 14/AMC Southdale 16
They had opera back then? $19.35. 1 & 6:30 p.m. More info here.
A Perfect Day (2005)/Ramad (2003)
Trylon
The Mizna film series continues its summer-long look at the work of Lebanese filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. $10. 7 p.m. More info here.
Opening This Week
Both Sides of the Blade
I truly admire the unsentimental commitment with which Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche continue to explore late-middle-aged female horniness, but I think maybe there’s just something too French going on here for me to pick up on.
My Donkey, My Lover & I
How you live your personal life is none of my business...
Nope
I am still sorting through how I felt about this.
Shamshera
A new Bollywood period action flick. That's all I got.
Ongoing in Local Theaters
The Black Phone
Elvis (read our review here)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Gray Man
Jurassic World: Dominion
Lightyear
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (read our review here)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Thor: Love and Thunder (read our review here)
Top Gun: Maverick (read our review here)
Where the Crawdads Sing (read our review here)
