Don’t forget about these great upcoming screenings around OKC

Editor’s note: Unfortunately, Brett is recovering from illness this week, so here’s what he had to say about some still upcoming movie screenings for these next few weeks.

‘Run Lola Run’ – 1998 – Oklahoma City Museum of Art – August 22nd through August 24th 

From: Iconoclastic Gen X films fill OKC theaters in August

Another generationally seismic example of Gen X street life in 90s Europe, Germany’s “Run Lola Run” imbues the danger and anxiety of the era’s criminal culture with a healthy dose of frantic energy, temporal surrealism, and straight-up fun.

Writer/director Tom Tykwer burst onto the international scene with this pulse-pounding feedback loop that sees the titular Lola (Franka Potente) given only twenty minutes to save her boyfriend after he loses $20,000 belonging to his mobster boss.

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Franka Potente in Run Lola Run

With the pace never letting up, Lola runs (literally) through multiple possible scenarios for how to recover the money and save her love’s life, with some more outlandish and action-packed than others.

Is it a study of Gen X indecisiveness? Maybe. Is it an examination of the era’s dangerous and debilitating drug culture? Arguably. Is it fun as hell and more rousingly exhilarating than perhaps any other film of the decade? Definitely.

“Run Lola Run” screens at OKCMOA Thursday, August 22nd through Saturday, August 24th in a newly restored 4K print for its 25th anniversary. For showtimes, tickets, and more visit okcmoa.com.

‘The Sting’ – Oklahoma City Museum of Art – August 24th 

From: Edith Head film series to bring classics, glamour to OKCMOA

One the most stylish, most engrossing, most head-spinning, and above all, most fun films perhaps ever made, George Roy Hill’s 1973 con movie masterwork remains an integral part of cinema history.

The untouchable screen pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford could only be enhanced by Head’s costuming, for which she secured her final Academy Award out of her staggering eight wins.

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The Sting

It’s not just the template for the entire continuing con movie genre, it’s also still the straight-up best and most legendary.

I can’t stress this enough: go see “The Sting” in the theater.

For more information, including the complete Edith Head Film Series lineup and schedule, visit okcmoa.com.

‘Rear Window’ – AMC Quail Springs – August 25th and August 28th 

From: August brings anniversary screenings to OKC theaters

I know, I know. “Rear Window” has already been a mainstay in recent columns thanks to the delightful “Edith Head: Hollywood’s Costume Designer” at OKCMOA, but Hitchcock’s paranoid pinnacle is also marking its 70th anniversary in 2024, and that means dedicated celebratory screenings.

If you weren’t able to catch this most classic of all classic thrillers during the museum’s recent screening (which is possible, as tickets were selling through the roof,) here’s your next best chance.

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Rear Window

And of course, after you do, then you can still pop over to the exhibit and see one of Grace Kelly’s stunning screen-worn dresses designed for the film by the great Edith Head.

For showtimes, tickets, and more, visit amctheatres.com.

‘Shaun of the Dead’ – AMC Quail Springs – August 29th through September 3rd 

From: August brings anniversary screenings to OKC theaters

I’d be lying if I said that this entry wasn’t the reason for this entire column.

One of the most quietly influential and integral films of the 21st Century so far, the quintessential zombie comedy introduced worldwide audiences to the inimitable talents of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and writer/director Edgar Wright, following the success of their brilliant series “Spaced” in Britain.

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Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Simon Pegg, and Penelope Wilton in Shaun of the Dead (2004)

“Shaun” became a showcase for everything they did best, marrying hysterical, stitch-inducing comedy with a shockingly poignant and genuine story of romance, family, the hard journey into adulthood, and above all else, the unique love between friends.

Oh, and also there are zombies. Loads and loads of bloody, grotesque living dead shambling (never running) to bite, gnaw, rip, and tear their way through a crumbling London, all while Shaun tries to juggle his own crumbling personal life.

Wright’s direction draws from everything great and wonderful in the classic makeup-and-practical-effects zombie flicks of years past, and his energetic, whip-smart filmmaking established him overnight as one of the most exciting directorial figures in young cinema.

But twenty whole years have passed now, bringing with them a full catalog of genre-mashing movie riots from Wright and an unexpectedly welcome action turn for Pegg in franchises like “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Trek.”

To celebrate the 20th anniversary, theaters the world over are bringing the modern classic back to the big screen so that our collective nostalgia can once again feed on our brains.

For showtimes, tickets, and more, visit amctheatres.com 

‘Sunset Boulevard’ – Oklahoma City Museum of Art – September 14th 

From: Edith Head film series to bring classics, glamour to OKCMOA

Inarguably one of the greatest films of all time – and ranking in the top spot in countless lists over the years – Billy Wilder’s ode to the passage of Old Hollywood and the casualties left in its wake remains powerful, enthralling, and essential.

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Sunset Boulevard

The influence of “Sunset Boulevard” across the entire scope and scale of cinema is incalculable, with its imagery burned into the ages and its themes of aging, power, and manipulation still as relevant as ever.

From the opening narration delivered by a corpse in a swimming pool to the chilling, wild-eyed final shot of the masterful Gloria Swanson, this cinema classic represents a watershed in film history and deserves to be seen and appreciated on the silver screen.

For more information, including the complete Edith Head Film Series lineup and schedule, visit okcmoa.com.


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Brett Fieldcamp has been covering arts, entertainment, news, housing, and culture in Oklahoma for nearly 15 years, writing for several local and state publications. He’s also a musician and songwriter and holds a certification as Specialist of Spirits from The Society of Wine Educators.