Movie-going has taken a pretty huge hit this year amid COVID-19. While most of us still have the entire internet’s worth of movies at our beck and call at home, even the best TV and surround system can’t quite live up to the communal aspect of going to the cinema and watching that massive screen. Film festivals of all sorts have taken their wares to an online, on-demand format. There’s still an everyone-at-once aspect, but still at home. And these are great, and have given us some of the year’s most interesting movies. But for L.A.’s premier genre film festival, Beyond Fest, the community is the festival.
Usually Beyond Fest along with partners the American Cinematheque take over the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood for a fortnight of programming (I basically lived at the Egyptian last year); this year, however, they can’t really do that. But they have announced they’ll take over the Mission Tiki Drive-In in Montclair, CA for a week of double- and triple-features with a mix of premieres and repertory screenings. From October 2-8, the first physical genre festival of the year will commence.
Bianca Parkes/Beyond Fest
The Mission Tiki Drive-In has been Beyond Fest’s theater of residence this summer for their weekly double feature series. The lineup for the F**k COVID Edition of Beyond Fest features a mix of world and coastal premieres and repertory favorites. One night even has a trio of David Lynch movies!
The full Beyond Fest 2020 schedule is as follows:
9.24 SPECIAL EVENT
POSSESSOR UNCUT
West Coast Premiere
Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Country: USA
Runtime: 103 minutes
Year: 2020
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Repertory Screening
Director: John Frankenheimer
Country: USA
Runtime: 106 minutes
Year: 1966
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10.2
World Premiere
Director: Jim Cummings
Country: USA
Runtime: 83 minutes
Year: 2020
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THE BURBS
Repertory Screening
Director: Joe Dante
Country: USA
Runtime: 103 minutes
Year: 1989
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10.3
BLUE VELVET
Repertory Screening
Director: David Lynch
Country: USA
Runtime: 120 minutes
Year: 1986
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MULHOLLAND DRIVE
Repertory Screening
Director: David Lynch
Country: France, USA
Runtime: 147 minutes
Year: 2001
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LOST HIGHWAY
Repertory Screening
Director: David Lynch
Country:France, USA
Runtime: 134 minutes
Year: 1997
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10.4
West Coast Premiere
Director: Rose Glass
Country: UK
Runtime: 84 minutes
Year: 2019
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Repertory Screening
Director: Rob Reiner
Country: USA
Runtime: 107 minutes
Year: 1990
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10.5
SYNCHRONIC
West Coast Premiere
Directors: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson
Country: USA
Runtime: 96 minutes
Year: 2019
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BAD HAIR
West Coast Premiere
Director: Justin Simien
Country: USA
Runtime: 115 minutes
Year: 2020
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10.6
US Premiere
Director: Bryan Bertino
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 minutes
Year: 2020
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THE RECKONING
US Premiere
Director: Neil Marshall
Country: UK
Runtime: 110 minutes
Year: 2020
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10.7
ARCHENEMY
World Premiere
Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 minutes
Year: 2020
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PSYCHO GOREMAN
International Premiere
Director: Steven Kostanski
Country: Canada
Runtime: 92 minutes
Year: 2020
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10.8
FREAKY
World Premiere – Free screening
Director: Christopher Landon
Country: USA
Runtime: 101 minutes
Year: 2020
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TUCKER & DALE vs EVIL
Repertory Screening
Director: Eli Craig
Country: Canada
Runtime: 89 minutes
Year: 2010
Tickets for any of the screenings and more details are available at BeyondFest.com. We highly recommend ordering early because, if this summer is any indication, they’ll sell out very quickly.
Featured Image: Bianca Parkes/Beyond Fest
Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Twitter!
