Waverly Midnights
Drive, They Said: Car Chase Cinema
Friday, October 14 - Sunday, January 15, 2012
Fasten your seatbelts — we’re presenting a late-night tribute to the movies’ best car chases (and crashes). All shows free for Auteur-level members!
The Fast and the Furious
Friday, October 14 - Saturday, October 15, 2011Studio archive print! "A surprise hit at the US box office, Cohen's teen hotrod flick revives fond memories of Roger Corman's B-movie thrills, the kind of unpretentious drive-in fodder... more...
Two-Lane Blacktop
Friday, October 21 - Saturday, October 22, 2011"Here two young hot-rodders (James Taylor, Dennis Wilson), making their way across America by picking up racing bets on the side, challenge (or are challenged by) the boastful middle-aged owner of a gleaming... more...
Vanishing Point
Friday, November 4 - Saturday, November 5, 2011Hi-def digital projection "Crashing through American culture, the cinematic super-charged, white-lightning VANISHING POINT presses ever onward -- solidifying its legacy as one of the... more...
The Bourne Identity
Friday, November 11 - Saturday, November 12, 2011"Independent-style edge meets international espionage in "The Bourne Identity," a first-rate thriller with grit and intrigue to spare...this reworking of a 23-year-old Cold War spy novel by the late Robert... more...
Smokey and the Bandit
Friday, November 18 - Saturday, November 19, 2011Digital projection "Smokey, aka Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), is the prospective father-in-law of unwilling bride Carrie (Sally Field). The Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a maverick... more...
Death Proof
Thursday, November 24 - Saturday, November 26, 2011"For Austin’s hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, dusk offers an opportunity to unwind with two of her closest friends, Shanna and Arlene. The three fox posse sets out into the night, turning heads from Guero’s... more...
The French Connection
Friday, December 2 - Saturday, December 3, 2011"The French Connection is routinely included...on the short list of movies with the greatest chase scenes of all time. What is not always remembered is what a good movie it is apart from the chase... more...
To Live and Die in L.A.
Friday, December 9 - Saturday, December 10, 2011"Sure, the Reagan-era exoticization of painters and extras salivating over the cash they count are as dated as the Wang Chung synth score, but To Live and Die in L.A. is as urgent and exhilaratingly... more...
The Blues Brothers
Friday, December 16 - Saturday, December 17, 2011"No one makes films with cop cars flying through the air and crashing in mounds any more. Maybe CGI undermined the currency, or maybe modern auto design makes them more difficult to stack. "So there's... more...
Thunder Road
Thursday, December 22 - Sunday, December 25, 2011"Very much a personal project for Mitchum -- he produced, took the lead (his son also appears, as his younger brother), wrote the story, even composed the theme song -- with a subject very dear to his... more...
The Road Warrior
Friday, January 6 - Saturday, January 7, 2012High-definition digital projection "Set a few years after Mad Max (which looks primitive by comparison), [THE ROAD WARRIOR] concerns a strange post-industrial future where... more...
