JOE BOB’S INDOOR DRIVE-IN GEEK-OUT: The Cockeyed World of Russ Meyer

Name: JOE BOB’S INDOOR DRIVE-IN GEEK-OUT: The Cockeyed World of Russ Meyer
Start: 2025-05-31T19:00:00-04:00
Location: The Colonial Theatre

Schedule

Sat, 31 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Colonial Theatre | Phoenixville, PA

Joe Bob Briggs returns to the Colonial Theatre for another Joe Bob’s Indoor Drive-In Geek-Out.
Before and after this event, Joe Bob will sell exclusive merchandise and host a meet-and-greet with autographs for ticket holders in the Colonial’s Garden Suite.
EVENT SCHEDULE*
6:00 PM – Doors Open and Meet-in-Greet in the Garden Suite
7:00 PM – VIXEN! (Intro with Joe Bob Briggs)
9:00 PM – Outro and Q&A with Joe Bob Briggs
9:30 PM – SUPERVIXENS (Intro with Joe Bob Briggs)
11:00 PM – Outro and Q&A with Joe Bob Briggs
11:30 PM – Meet-in-Greet with Joe Bob Briggs in the Garden Suite
*Times are relative and subject to change.
THE SHOW
A double feature of Russ Meyer’s signature films. At a time when Americans were alarmed by increased sex and violence on screen, Meyer gave us satirical sex and satirical violence and created a genre all his own. These zany, lusty drive-in classics were almost impossible to access for three decades, but now they’ve been lovingly restored by Severin Films so that the dazzling images of this rebellious cinematographer/writer/director/producer/editor/distributor and his bosomy stars can be preserved forever. Vixen (1968), the first film ever to be rated X, was Meyer’s breakthrough to the mainstream as he toyed with the Supreme Court’s rules on obscenity, even though today it would be regarded as a soft R, and Supervixens (1975) was the apex of his worldview, sort of a sexy version of It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Briggs will open each film with his usual deep-dive analysis, showing where these films fit into American culture, and there will also be a Q&A session plus meet-and-greets both before and after the show!
ABOUT JOE BOB BRIGGS
Joe Bob Briggs is a nationally syndicated “drive-in movie critic” whose wisecracking take on B-movies was featured on two long-running late-night television shows; first on The Movie Channel and then on TNT. That tradition continues with his latest series, The Last Drive-In, currently featured on AMC’s Shudder streaming platform.