What’s up on the big screen this week? Quite a bit. Let’s get to it.
Twisters
A big city scientist named Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) returns to her small-town Oklahoma roots, where she meets Tyler (Glenn Powell), a rough and ready storm chaser who shows her how to live more authentically. Is this the plot of a Hallmark movie? Nope. It’s Twisters, the long-gestating sequel to the 1996 summer blockbuster Twister. Will they find love among the devastation? Or will they end up gone with the wind?
National Anthem
Dylan (Charlie Plummer) lives an unhappy life in rural New Mexico, until they find a community of queer ranchers and rodeo queens. Based on a true story in the life of director Luke Gifford, who adapted his book National Anthem: America’s Queer Rodeo. Screening exclusively at Studio on the Square.
Time Warp Drive-In
This month’s Time Warp Drive-In, Saturday, July 20, features the film that gave the series its name. The theme is “Scary Melodies: Horror Film Musicals,” and you know what that means: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Take it away, Riff Raff!
In the spirit of Rocky Horror is director Darren Lynn Bousman’s 2008 cult classic Repo! The Genetic Opera. It’s the far future, and your organs are yours on a rental basis only. If you miss a payment, the Repo Man comes calling. Let’s sing about it!
Rounding out the triple feature is a film from the legendary grindhouse studio Troma. It’s Cannibal! The Musical, the film that puts the “dinner” in the Donner Party.
The Time Warp Drive-In is $25 per carload. The show kicks off at dusk on Saturday at the Malco Summer Drive-In.