After a hulking teen kills his girlfriend, his friendships are tested in this fascinating 1986 downer featuring Dennis Hopper and a young Keanu Reeves.
Revue Cinema
400 Roncesvalles Ave.
The Swimmer
Weds., 6:45 p.m.
Burt Lancaster stars as a suburban philanderer who attempts to swim home by diving into his neighbours’ pools in director Frank Perry’s freaky, existentialist 1968 drama, which plays like a cross between “Your Friends and Neighbors†and “The Twilight Zone.â€
Fox Theatre
2236 Queen St. E.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Fri., 9:30 p.m.
Celebrate the original midnight movie phenomenon’s 50th anniversary at a more reasonable 9:30 p.m. Costumes and singing along are encouraged.
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Elizabeth Berkley played a stripper turned Vegas showgirl in 1995’s “Showgirls.”
United Artists
Carlton Cinema
20 Carlton St.
Showgirls
Sat., 12:40, 3:40, 6:40 and 9:30 p.m.
This much-derided racy movie about a stripper turned Vegas entertainer (Elizabeth Berkley), which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, has been reclaimed as a cult classic. See it for just $5 at the Carlton.
Olivia Newton-John, centre, in the 1980 roller disco musical “Xanadu.”Â
Universal Pictures
Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor St. W.
Xanadu Sing-Along
Sat. 9 p.m.
Speaking of much ridiculed films that have been reappraised, this 1980 disco musical starring the late Olivia Newton-John and Golden Age hoofer Gene Kelly gets the singalong treatment, with moviegoers encouraged to warble along to tunes like “Magic,” “Suddenly” and, of course, “Xanadu.” And don’t spare the glitter.
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