DOC NYC Selects (2023) | Film Screening Series | Jul 11 - Aug 8, 2023
DOC NYC’s new screening series, DOC NYC Selects, returns from July 11th – August 8th with advance premieres of six highly anticipated documentary features and series, many of them screening in New York City for the first time, with filmmakers in person for all shows. Each screening will extend beyond the theater for discounted drinks ….
Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon Released on 4K UHD First-Time Ever (2023) | 4K UHD Releases, Firsts | Aug 8, 2023
Celebrate martial arts legend and actor Bruce Lee’s final movie in 4K UHD for the first time as Enter the Dragon goes super hi-def! Sent undercover to an exotic island at the request of a government enforcement agency, a Shaolin martial artist (Bruce Lee – Fists of Fury, The Chinese Connection) competes in a deadly ….
The Empire Strips Back: A Burlesque Parody (2023) | Burlesque Shows | Jun 15 - Aug 13, 2023
After a sold-out, critically acclaimed U.S. tour, The Empire Strips Back makes its way to Chicago. This unique experience drops classic Star Wars sci-fi characters into the world of burlesque. Enjoy a hilarious and alluring Star Wars burlesque parody show featuring Stormtroopers, Twi’leks, Boba Fett, and more classic Star Wars characters. The show includes stunning ….
First Totally Horror-Themed Issue of Fangoria Hits Newsstands, Saving the Magazine From Ending (1980) | Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates, Milestones | Aug 1 - Aug 31, 1980
Issue number 7 of Fangoria Magazine was the first issue to exclusively feature horror content. The first 6 issues of the magazine were designed around a “fantasy film” concept and proved to be publishing failures. As described in one history of horror magazines, “The first issue of Fangoria, published in 1979, was an abysmal failure, ….
First Issue of Horror Publication Fangoria Magazine is Published (1979) | First Issues, Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates | Aug 1 - Aug 31, 1979
Fangoria is an American magazine centered on the horror film genre, originally launched in August of 1979. Originally a monthly, as of 2023 it is published quarterly and edited by Phil Nobile Jr. after decades of being under the direction of Anthony Timpone. The first issue of Fangoria, originally published by the Starlog Group, was ….
First Issue of Sci-Fi Publication Starlog Hits Newsstands (1976) | First Issues, Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates | Aug 1 - Aug 31, 1976
August 1976 saw the first issue release of Starlog, the monthly science fiction magazine founded by Kerry O’Quinn and Norman Jacobs in 1976, that focused primarily on Star Trek at its inception, then general science fiction movies and media. Starlog was one of the first publications to report on the development of the first Star ….
APA World Pool Championships (2023) | Sports Contests | Aug 3 - Aug 12, 2023
The culmination of weekly APA League play is the 8-Ball World Championship and 9-Ball World Championship, which make up the APA World Pool Championships, held at the Westgate Las Vegas.
Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience Jacksonville (2023) | Art Exhibitions, Experiences, Tours | Jun 9 - Sep 3, 2023
Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience, a new exhibition created in partnership with the National Geographic Society and produced by Paquin Entertainment Group, invites visitors to leave the modern world behind and experience an ancient time like never before. By harnessing projection mapping and new technologies to create stunning visual environments, the magic and mystery ….
Fantasia International Film Festival (2023) | Film Festivals | Jul 20 - Aug 9, 2023
Located in the heart of Montreal, Canada, Fantasia is a cultural and professional destination point, and since its first edition, the festival’s ever-growing popularity has attracted the attention of the international film industry alongside a legion of attendees from across the world. Every facet of the filmmaking chain is increasingly represented with in-person delegates at ….
The Making of Elvis Movie Exhibition (2023) | Art Exhibitions, Experiences, Tours | May 25 - Sep 4, 2023
If you’ve seen Baz Luhrmann’s ELVIS, we know you’re going to be all shook up about Elvis – and there is no better place to live the legacy of the king than at Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis. In partnership with Warner Bros., National Film and Sound Archives of Australia, and filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, Graceland ….
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) | Australian Theatrical Releases | Aug 8, 1985
First-ever Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival (2023) | Art Exhibitions, Experiences, Film Festivals, Inaugurals, Pop Culture Conventions | May 20 - Dec 31, 2023
Hong Kong has one of the most influential pop cultures among Asian cities, especially its iconic Cantopop and movies from the 1980s to the 1990s. The timeless influence of those masterpieces can still be found in the pop culture of Hong Kong and even the rest of Asia. The first-ever Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival ….
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (2022) | Motorcycle Rallies and Shows | Aug 5 - Aug 14, 2022
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (2023) | Motorcycle Rallies and Shows | Aug 4 - Aug 13, 2023
Horror: Messaging the Monstrous (2022) | Art Exhibitions, Experiences, Film Screening Series, Film Screenings, Tours | Jun 23 - Sep 5, 2022
In the six decades since Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho elevated horror as a mainstream box office attraction, the dark genre has morphed to become the most complex and radically provocative in cinema. Much like musicals and gangster films during the Depression of the 1930s, or science-fiction amid the threat of McCarthyism and nuclear war in the ….
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