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No Sleep October — our monthlong celebration of horror — comes to a close for 2026 with Evan Dossey's essay on the works of Hisayasu Satō.
Check out Evan's essay below and browse the No Sleep October archives!
midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/…
The Regal (@RegalMovies) chain kicks off its monthlong series of Deep Cuts with Park Chan-wook's OLDBOY on Sunday. Check local listings for showtimes.
Here's Nick Rogers' (@iamnickrogers) essay on the film from his Heroes of the Zeroes series.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2010/…
Bring your best snakeskin jacket to the unrated cut of WILD AT HEART at 7p Sun. & Wed, at Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis (@Alamo_Indy).
Below is Brent Leuthold's (@AITDReviews) essay on the film from our Dafoe, Dafriend series, w/ a tix link in the reply.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/…
See Akira Kurosawa's masterwork RAN at 7 p.m. Sunday at Indiana University Cinema (@IUcinema).
The event is free, but ticketed. Find a link in the reply, and see where Nick Rogers (@iamnickrogers) ranked "Ran" on his list of Kurosawa's films.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2025/…
Indiana University Cinema ticket link:
cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-…
Remember, remember, the ... 1st of November? And the 5th, too, as Fathom Entertainment screens V FOR VENDETTA.
Check your local listings for showtimes and find Andrew Kimmel's essay on the film below.
midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/…
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/…
