Tomorrow, August 30th at 9 PM, we’ll be screening another Australian banger, the legendary Brian Trenchard-Smith’s 1986 Dead End Drive-In—a film about young outcasts trapped in a drive-in theater turned detention camp and one guy’s plan to escape it.

We have a very special host for this night: Dream Arcade, a live late night broadcast featuring some of the best clips happening in the dream world, courtesy of DreamLink Mobile, the only app for multidreaming together, baby…

Jamon, jamon at Jamoteca on Sept 3rd

Next Thursday, September 3rd, I’ll be screening Jamon jamon (1992, dir. Bigas Luna) at 7pm for Jamoteca, a one night only evening at Churchill’s where there will be people playing music and you can get a plate of melon, cheese and freshly sliced, free range, acorn-fed Iberico ham for $10 (entrance is free, ham is not). The ham leg cost $1200 (I know because I’m the one that bought it). More info and RSVP here.

Call for submissions!

On Sunday, October 25, Kinoplex is partnering with Siamese Brain for a short film showcase (followed by a screening of Peter Jackson’s Braindead). Siamese Brain Festival is a free festival for South Florida filmmakers & artists to showcase their work and network. Please submit short films only. Work across all genres will be considered but there will be a focus on weird, horror and experimental. Submissions are free, and the forms can be found HERE (there’s also a form if you’d like to be an artist vendor as well).

Thank you, Brother Ryan

A big thank you to my boy Ryan for kicking off the Dudes Done Wrong series with his sick introduction of Stone last week. It absolutely fucked and if you missed it, you can watch it here. Catch us next month, Sunday, September 27th for John Flynn’s Rolling Thunder.

This Sunday, August 23rd, it’s happening. The first screening in Kinoplex’s monthly DUDES DONE WRONG series in partnership with Ryan Starsailor occurs. Come join us at 9pm for Stone (1974), a film about an undercover cop who rides with a motorcycle gang to find out who’s murdering them, and gets shredded raw by the very world he was sent to watch.

Brother Ryan will open us up with an introduction before playing the movie. After that, you’re on your own. The Gravediggers won’t save you, and neither will we.

Thank you Michael and Jimmy!

Special thanks to Michael and Jimmy for guest hosting last Sunday’s screening of American Movie and saying a few words before it started. It was great watching it again, and even better seeing friends catch it for the first time. It can be a pain in the ass to sit through an outdoor screening while a band plays inside the main bar, so I appreciate them being as lax and kind about it (as always). Shout out to the metal kids coming for the show who stuck around outside out of curiosity to see what was playing. I hope they had a good time.

We are back! This Sunday, August 16 at 9pm, we will be showing American Movie, Chris Smith’s 1999 documentary that follows Mark Borchardt, a broke, relentless Wisconsin filmmaker chasing his horror short Coven through basement flooding, family chaos, and sheer will. Mark’s best friend Mike Schank kind of steals every scene he’s in, and the film’s mix of secondhand embarrassment and genuine affection for its subjects has made it one of my favorite documentaries for a reason.

Hosted by Michael and Jimmy. They are two of my favorite people I’ve met through showing movies at Churchill’s. Meeting people like them makes this Godforsaken weekly endeavor feel worth it. Always happy to have them back, and of course they chose pure kino.

73 (or, see you soon)!

Hi! Just a note to say that there will be no movie night on August 9th. We will return on August 16th with one of my favorite documentaries, American Movie.

 

But first, I’d like to announce…

 

Starting this month, Dudes Done Wrong becomes a recurring series at The Kinoplex. Once a month, my friend Ryan Starsailor—one of my closest friends, original creator of this website’s template, as well as the fucking sick video above —will curate, select, and introduce a film centered around one simple criterion: a Dude who has been unequivocally Done Wrong. As for the series itself, I’ll let Ryan introduce it in his own words:

THE KINOPLEX and RYAN STARSAILOR Present . . . DUDES DONE WRONG, a hallowed place to gather in darkness and bear witness to the only real truth, which is mighty tragedy. Once a month, Brother Ryan will select a film in which a Dude, be they man or woman, is unequivocally Done Wrong . . . battered, maimed, defeated, betrayed, forgotten, left for dead, sometimes all of the above. And yet, upon emerging from the smoldering crater of their own would-be annihilation, a Dude of this stripe will inevitably gaze upon a world that now feels alien to them and wonder aloud: “Is that all you got for me?” As for what happens next, there’s only one way to find out . . . BE THERE. Join us at Churchill’s at 9 p.m. sharp in observance of the perseverance of the human soul in the shadow of great despair. Viewings will begin with or without you. My soul is prepared. How’s yours?

You can read more about the history of Dudes Done Wrong here. God, I fucking love my friends. More to come.

Thank you, Manny R.!

Many thanks to my good friend Manny for being such a gracious host and for bringing Dr. Strangelove to The Kinoplex. Next time you see him at Churchill’s, say hello and buy him a beer!

OK! July movie nights are a wrap! On to August — and we’re kicking it off with Dr. Strangelove, chosen by one of my dearest friends in Miami, Manny R. He’s a hoot, so feel free to come by and say hello! The screening will be held inside the main bar.

Also: I know we’re not officially into August, but you can find the calendar for August on the THIS MONTH page. This is one of my favorite lineups ever!!!

One (wo)man’s trash…

Last night I brought a god-awful piece of art I’d received as a gift (and grudgingly kept on my wall) to the bar, slapped a “Free” sign on it, and left it by the vape vending machine. It’s so fugly and cursed that I didn’t expect anyone to take it — I figured I’d still see it sitting there at the end of the night. But only thirty minutes later, it was gone! To whoever took it: thank you. I truly hope it brings you more joy than it brought me.

This Sunday, July 26, come by Churchill’s Pub to catch two films selected by David of experimental pop scream vanguard project, Echo Beauty Terror.

We’ll open with Stoney Knows How (29 min), shot by Les Blank and directed by Alan Govenar and Bruce “Pacho” Lane — a portrait of Stoney St. Clair, a paraplegic tattoo artist who spent fifty years working circuses and carnivals before becoming a quiet legend of the craft.

We’ll follow that with Errol Morris’s legendary Gates of Heaven (83 min) — Morris’s 1978 debut, ostensibly about two competing pet cemeteries in Northern California, and secretly about grief, ambition, and the American dream. Roger Ebert called it one of the ten greatest films ever made (but who cares what that guy thinks!!)

Heads up: since this is the last Sunday of the month, Churchill’s will be hosting their flea market, so we’ll likely be screening outside or in the green room. More info on the flea market here.

Last Week — Out of the Blue

Thank you to everyone who came out to see Out of the Blue last Sunday. And thank you to Miles for choosing it. He knew I’d love it, and I think that may have been the first movie screened where I got a little emotional! Love you forever, Miles M.

This Sunday, July 19, join me for a very special screening: Dennis Hopper’s 1980 film, Out of the Blue.

This week’s pick comes courtesy of someone very special to me, Miles M. I could say a lot more about him, but I don’t want to embarrass the guy — he knows I love him. ANYWAY!!!

As crazy as this movie seems, this one might make me cry. And there’s no better place for that than Churchill’s! See you there!

🚨 Quick note 🚨 The Kinoplex schedule is now fully booked through September. If you’re interested in showing something, feel free to reach out about October onward! Can’t believe I’ll have been doing this shit since September 2025 — it’ll be a year!

Photos from 7/5/2026

The lovely Hydee M., who does photography for Churchill’s, sent me some photos she took from the July 5th movie night and thought I’d share them here. Big thank you to her for helping me get some documentation (I’m terrible at this). You can check out more of her work on her Instagram and her professional website, and read a great article that features her photos here.

 

Special thanks also to David Camp, who was able to join us on July 5th for the screening of King Frat. It was supposed to be a double feature of Running Scared and King Frat — both filmed in South Florida — but with the Mexico vs. England game happening at the same time, we only had time to show one, and King Frat was definitely the right choice.

David worked as a production assistant on both films, and I had a blast hearing his stories from time on set. Not to mention, he’s also truly a South Florida punk rock legend, having played bass and sung in local bands like Total Waste, Nukes, and Hockers back in the day.

Come see The People’s Joker this Sunday, July 12th at 9pm. Guest hosted by the lovely Harper! I have been excited to see this since it came out and I think it’s going be a freaky wholesome time. No soccer matches scheduled that day, so you can recover from your World Cup fatigue by getting into some gay shit (in the best way).

The People’s Joker is a 2022 superhero parody film written, directed, and starring Vera Drew. In this surreal version of Gotham City, comedy is illegal unless performed by accredited comedians. A closeted trans woman named Joker the Harlequin struggles to find her voice in an underground anti-comedy troupe. Along the way, she deals with her gender identity, navigates a toxic relationship with “Mister J,” and rebels against a fascistic Batman.

The movie famously relied on the legal concept of Faire Use, which allows the unauthorized use of copyrighted material for satire and parody. Because of its unofficial use of DC Comics characters, it faced early legal threats from Warner Brothers.

This Sunday, July 5th, Luycas from Stone Age Video is taking over with a wild, Florida-soaked double feature including Running Scared (1980), followed by King Frat (1979) at 9pm. Super stoked to see two deep cuts. South Florida punk legend David Camp will be joining. Thank you to Luycas, who made this sick ass flyer by hand, and for the descriptions:

King Frat:
Yeeeeecccchhh! If you thought Animal House was gross then King Frat is a downright pigsty. In this film (if you can even call it that) we follow the Pi Kappa Delta fraternity in defendending their honor by participating in the campus wide fart contest. fart and dick jokes a-plenty so grab your nearest puke bucket and prepare to hurl during this screening of King Frat.

Running Scared:
Not to be confused with the 1986 movie of the same name. This ‘Running Scared’ which is set in an era right before the ‘Bay of Pigs’ we follow 2 soldiers stationed in Panama who stowaway on a flight to Florida and get mistaken for commie spies. Watch them run for their lives through the Florida Everglades while also trying to clear their name

Last week — thank you, Alex!

Thank you to everyone who came out last week for Alex Rosales’s night at the Kinoplex. Seeing his short film, Small Showers, a second time was really special.

July Calendar

July lineup is live HERE. August is quickly filling up, so reach out soon to guest host!

Tonight! Join us as guest host Alex Rosales shows his short film Small Showers, followed by In A Lonely Place, an absolute classic.

Small Showers is a short film that follows a grieving couple returning to their hotel room and surrendering to their individual despairs. Paired with the classic Film-Noir In a Lonely Place, this selection explores the slow decay of relationships at their end.

Note: This screening starts a little earlier (7:30pm sharp) due to a flea market and show happening outside. We will be showing the movies inside, at the main bar.

See you there!