Indie and Non-Commercial Movies 10/26/11 - 11/8/11

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Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.

This week’s features include Wayman Tisdale, Wichita-made movies, and Halloween films.



Twister
October 27
6:30 PM
Wichita Public Library, Central Branch

(Made in Wichita, stars Harry Dean Stanton, Dylan McDermott and Crispin Glover, with a cameo by William S. Burroughs)



Happy New Year
October 27
7:00 PM
Murdock Theatre

(Followed by a discussion with the film’s director, lead actor, and military personnel)



Horror Triple Feature
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Night of the Living Dead
Darkness
October 28, 7:30 PM
October 29, 7:30 PM
October 30, 2:00 PM
Augusta Historic Theatre

(All three movies will be shown on each date)



The Rocky Horror Picture Show
October 29
12:00 AM (Doors open 11 PM on October 28)
Orpheum Theater

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
October 29
7:00 PM
Orpheum Theater

The Wayman Tisdale Story
November 3
7:30 PM
Murdock Theatre

(Documentary on the late college and NBA basketball star-turned-best-selling jazz musician)



Suspiria
November 4
8:00 PM
Murdock Theatre

(Dario Argento’s horror classic, part of an “evening of paranormal entertainment” at the Murdock)



Gerrymandering
November 8
11:30 AM
Wichita Public Library, Central Branch

(Engaging and eye-opening look at the practice of redrawing Congressional districts for political gain)



The Last Circus
November 8
7:30 PM
Murdock Theatre

(Follows a circus clown forced into the Spanish Civil War and his son who may have inherited the father’s talent for mayhem)