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Get your sock-sewing materials in order for THE EXORCIST at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
Evan Dossey's essay on the film is below, with a ticket link in the reply.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2016/…
Buskirk-Chumley Theater ticket link:
buskirkchumley.org/events/th…
Be afraid. Be very afraid. It's last call for Halloween screenings this month! First up: David Cronenberg's THE FLY, showing at 10p Saturday at the Kan-Kan Cinema (@KanKanCinema).
Below is Bob Bloom's (@ReelBobBloom) essay, w/ a ticket link in the reply.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2023/…
Catch a special VHS screening of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT at 10 p.m. Friday at the Kan-Kan Cinema & Bar (@KanKanCinema).
Find Brent Leuthold's (@AITDReviews) essay on the film below, with a ticket link in the reply.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2020/…
Kan-Kan ticket link:
kankanindy.com/events/THEBLA…
A few more shots at John Carpenter's OG HALLOWEEN this season: Friday at Regal (@RegalMovies) locations (check listings) & on Halloween at Flix Brewhouse Carmel (6p) & Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (9:30p) (@Alamo_Indy).
See Evan Dossey's essay & Flix / Alamo tix links in reply.
Evan Dossey's essay on the "Halloween" franchise:
midwestfilmjournal.com/2018/…
Flix Brewhouse Carmel ticket link:
flixbrewhouse.com/events/803…
Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis ticket link:
drafthouse.com/indianapolis/…
Heard this one before? Elvis Presley & JFK are still alive, battling a soul-sucking mummy in a nursing home. No? See BUBBA HO-TEP at 7p Friday at Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (@Alamo_Indy).
Find Evan Dossey's essay below and a ticket link in the reply.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2020/…
Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis ticket link:
drafthouse.com/indianapolis/…
It's a late-night double-feature picture show as Indiana University Cinema (@IUcinema) presents SCREAM (1996) & CABIN IN THE WOODS at 10p Friday.
In the reply, find Heather Knight's (@moriarteas) "Scream" essay, Nick Rogers' (@iamnickrogers) "Cabin" review & a ticket link.
Heather Knight's "Scream" (1996) essay:
midwestfilmjournal.com/2018/…
Nick Rogers' review of "Cabin in the Woods":
midwestfilmjournal.com/2012/…
Indiana University Cinema ticket link:
cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-…
No Sleep October — Midwest Film Journal's monthlong celebration of horror — continues with Amanda Price's look at ONIBABA.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/…
“Hell is a teenage girl.” Probably because being a teenage girl in this world is hell.
Catch JENNIFER'S BODY at 7p Friday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Ind.
Below is Andrew Kimmel's essay on the film, with a ticket link in the reply.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2023/…
Buskirk-Chumley Theater ticket link:
buskirkchumley.org/events/je…
CLAYFACE is an odd choice for a third film in the rebooted DC Studios universe, but enough goopy fun for audiences who have the stomach for this sort of thing.
Evan Dossey reviews the film, now in theatres.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/…
No Sleep October — our monthlong celebration of horror — continues with Richard Propes' essay on YOU WON'T BE ALONE.
Check out Richard's excellent essay and our vast NSO archive for even more!
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/…
John Turturro delivers a solid performance, but THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK otherwise plays like the Happy Madison version of "Uncut Gems."
Nick Rogers (@iamnickrogers) reviews the film, expanding its theatrical release Friday.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/…
Swing your razor wide ... but, uh, keep it to yourself, huh? Maybe in your bathroom? For hygiene? Catch SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at 7:45p Thu. at the Kan-Kan (@KanKanCinema).
Lou Harry's essay below, w/ a ticket link in the reply.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/…
Kan-Kan Cinema ticket link:
kankanindy.com/events/SWEENE…
