Crown & Club: Violet Crown & Hyperreal Film Club collab to present a poster swap (first Sundays, 7pm) followed by the screening.

Donnie Darko (2002)

Bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale (The Donut Legion, The Thicket) appears for a rare screening of the Texas-set film based on his 1989 crime thriller. Tickets include a copy of Lansdale’s newest crime fiction collection, Things Get Ugly: The Best Crime Fiction of Joe R. Lansdale, which he'll be on hand to sign before the film, and BookPeople will bring some earlier works. A Q&A follows the screening.

Cold in July (2014)

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious Seventies rocker Sixto "Sugar Man" Rodriguez (1942-2023).

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

Scorsese's beautiful tribute depicts rock superstars as they celebrate the Band’s historic 1976 Thanksgiving Day farewell performance.

The Last Waltz (1978)

CineNoche: Cine Las Americas International Film Festival presents last year's winner for best documentary, about journalist Elías Barahona, who infiltrated the heart of one of the most repressive governments in Guatemala in the Seventies.

El Silencio del Topo (2021)

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)

Bruce Lee's son Brandon's breakthrough role was his last, as he tragically died on set while filming the superhero action film based on a comic by James O'Barr. A long-in-the-works remake is slated for a 2024 release.

The Crow (1994)

Howl's Moving Castle (2005)

CineNoche: Cine Las Americas International Film Festival presents the Audience Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature at this year's fest, which tells the story of a young Waorani woman named Gange Yeti living deep within the Amazon rainforest.

Miwene (2022)

Scream Screens: An underseen surrealist horror from the legendary provocateur.

Santa Sangre (1989)

Scream Screens: The top-notch Italian horror screens as part of "The Roxy Horror Picture Show," a deep dive into scary cinema from around the world, hosted by Roxy Midnite. Arrive at 6pm to do some movie swapping if you wish.

Demons (1985)

Scream Screens: An unforgettable and unrelenting horror about a banker (Lohman) cursed by a woman (Raver) who is none too happy about the bank denying her loan.

Drag Me to Hell (2009)

A must-see doc for fans of the Birthday Party, narrated by the original band members and delving deep into its rise and fall for the first time.

Mutiny in Heaven (2023)

Join the Paranormal Putas for a spine-chilling party with tales from San Antonio's Curious Twins Paranormal, a live demo from the Austin Séance, tarot from Curia Arcanum, a bewitching market, and more.

Devil's Night Party

Halloween (1978)

Hyperreal Film Club Presents: A gory boxing movie with a badass soundtrack.

Tokyo Fist (1998)

Roxy Horror Picture Show: Roxy Midnite will vamp things up and introduce the shocker about a reporter and a psychic racing to close the portals of hell. Come at 6pm to swap Blu-Rays or DVDs with Roxy.

City of the Living Dead (1980)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Neil Patrick Harris narrates the fascinating true story behind Cabbage Patch Kids, including how the dolls made adults lose their minds and led to what we know as Black Friday.

Billion Dollar Babies (2022)

Auteurs: Lanthimos' breakout feature is a dark comedy centered on a family with children kept isolated to maintain their innocence, which is always a great idea.

Dogtooth (2009)

A doc about a rogue reporter exposing corruption after the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press.

Bad Press (2023)

CineNoche: Cine Las Americas presents a screening in honor of Native American Heritage Month, a Canadian selection about a Cree code talker during World War II that won Best Narrative Feature at the fest.

Bones of Crows (2022)

Auteurs: For part of VC's series spotlighting Lanthimos, they screen the provocative director's follow-up to Oscar-nominated debut Dogtooth, about a group of oddballs who seek to soothe others' grieving by acting out the parts of those who've been lost.

Alps (2011)

Auteurs: An imaginative absurdist comedy about a society that gives people 45 days to find true love, or else they become the animal of their choice and are turned loose in the woods.

The Lobster (2016)

Auteurs: Part of a series spotlighting the visionary director, this first solo feature helped define the Greek New Wave with a hypnotic look at three loosely connected people following mysterious impulses.

Kinetta (2005)

Roxy Horror Picture Show: Horror hostess with the mostest Roxy Midnite intros the film and vamps up the joint before the supernatural horror about a creepy cadaver. Bring DVDs if you'd like to try swapping with Roxy.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2017)

aGLIFF Queer Spectrum: Cine Las Americas and aGLIFF present a CLAIFF Jury Award-winning doc about a trans woman and sex worker named Kenya who seeks justice after witnessing the murder of a friend.

Kenya (2023)

Roxy Horror Picture Show: Roxy Midnite will vamp things up and introduce the horror that follows psychology student Nancy Thompson (Langenkamp), sole survivor of Freddy's first killing spree, as she tries to put a stop to his next rampage. Come at 6pm to swap Blu-Rays or DVDs with Roxy.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)

Violet Crown’s latest signature series is a collaboration with Cine Las Americas, bringing the best of films from around the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world to Austin audiences. Taking place the last Wednesday of every month, for the next four months the selection will be gathered under the banner of Mujeres en la Lucha (Women in the Fight), focusing on women in South and Central America leading the struggle for environmental and reproductive justice. It begins Jan. 31 with Máxima, in which documentarian Claudia Sparrow follows Peruvian indigenous farmer Máxima Acuña as she fights back against U.S. mining companies ravaging the land and the people who live on it. – Richard Whittaker

CineNoche Presents: Mujeres en la Lucha (2019)

Dukakis and Cher both won Oscars for their Italian-American mother-daughter act in this fun romantic comedy about a widow who falls for her new fiancé's brother.

Moonstruck (1987)

Angel Heart (1987)

Hosted by Cine las Americas, CineNoche presents documentaries spotlighting women's activism in Latin America, such as this film about the assassinated environmental activist Berta Cáceres.

Berta Soy Yo (2022)

One of Spike Lee's most openhearted films, this is a charming slice-of-life family drama set in 1970s Brooklyn.

Crooklyn (1994)

Film fest Czech That Film Texas promotes contemporary cinema from Czech filmmakers that “not only expose viewers to Czech culture, but also enlighten audiences, bring people together, and present inspired entertainment for all.” This Tuesday’s kickoff film comes from directors Jan Vejnar & Tomáš Pavlíček and netted both Best Director and Actress at the Czech Oscars. She Came at Night, also called Přišla v noci, digs into the heart-pounding horror of a mother-in-law overstaying her visit to a young thirtysomething couple – featuring Simona Peková as the titular “she,” a 60-year-old diva who takes over her daughter and son-in-law’s lives. The full festival lineup includes Brothers (April 16), We Have Never Been Modern (April 23), and Restore Point (April 30), all at the Violet Crown. – James Scott