June and July Highlights at the New Beverly Cinema

by Peter Roberts · Published June 25, 2016 · Updated June 25, 2016

Quentin Tarantino re-opened the New Beverly Cinema as a celluloid-only picture house. At Furious Cinema we have from time to time taken a closer look at some of the great movies he is programming each month. This is just another small highlight of some of the great flicks he is showing there at the moment. Also included are links to Grindhouse Cinema Database where you’ll be able to find out more about the classic exploitation and cult films being featured in June-July.

JUNE

Midnight Run (1987, Dir: Martin Brest)

The Carey Treatment (1972, Dir: Blake Edwards)

Soul Brothers of Kung Fu (1977, Dir: Yi-Jung Hua)

Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger (1976, Dir: Tso Nam Lee)

Mandingo (1975, Dir: Richard Fleischer)

The Wicker Man (1973, Dir: Robin Hardy)

Reefer Madness (1936, Dir: Louis J. Gasnier)

Purple Rain (1984, Dir: Albert Magnoli)

JULY

Commandos (1968, Dir: Armando Crispino)

Five Minutes To Live (1961, Dir: Bill Karn)

Killers Three (1968, Dir: Bill Kessler)

The Steel Trap (1952, Dir: Andrew L. Stone) – An excellent 50s film noir potboiler starring Joseph Cotten as a bank clerk who decides to take a chance on stealing a load of cash only to have his plan go very wrong.