Cult Films, Killer B's and Midnight Movies

Name: Cult Films, Killer B's and Midnight Movies
Start: 2026-03-24T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 304 West Seerley Blvd., Cedar Falls, IA, United States, Iowa 50613

Schedule

Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

304 West Seerley Blvd., Cedar Falls, IA, United States, Iowa 50613 | Cedar Falls, IA

In New York City, at the beginning of the 1970s, one man revolutionized the way underground cinema was brought to an audience. Credited with launching midnight screenings of wild and weird films, Ben Barenholtz (1935–2019) would program his transgressive cinematic discoveries at Chelsea’s Elgin Theater into the late hours of the night, sometimes for months-long runs and typically to packed houses. His first success was with Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Acid Western:
El Topo. We'll take a look at key films and directors who have typified this genre.