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RALPH BAVARO

Siena Agudong and Austin Zajur co-star in “The 4:30 Movie,” which will screen at SModcastle Cinemas in Atlantic Highlands, Sept. 13-15 and 18-22.

Note: This list does not include regular theatrical runs for current films but is devoted to special screenings, film festivals and drive-in movies.

Through Oct. 18: New Jersey International Film Festival at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Sept. 14: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Trap” at Delsea Drive-In Theatre, Vineland
Sept. 14: “Speak No Evil,” “The Front Room” at Delsea Drive-In Theatre, Vineland.
Sept. 14: “Better Off Dead” at Middletown Arts Center.
Sept. 14: “Vannin’,” “The Van,” Highland Park Outdoor Movie Theater at Municipal Parking Lot on Raritan Avenue between Second and Third Avenues.
Sept. 14: “In the Heights” at Five Corners Library, Jersey City.

Sept. 14-15: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” at Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.
Sept. 14-15: “Between the Temples” at Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.
Sept. 14-15: “Happy Gilmore” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

Sept. 14-18: “Deadpool & Wolverine” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
Sept. 14-18: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
Sept. 14-18: “Speak No Evil” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
Sept. 14-18: “The Killer’s Game” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
Sept. 14-18: “Dìdi” at Princeton Garden Theatre.

Sept. 14-15 and 17-18: “It Ends With Us” at Cranford Theater.

Sept. 14-19: “The Cowboy and the Queen” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
Sept. 14-19: “The Critic” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
Sept. 14-19: “Between the Temples” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
Sept. 14-19: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 14-19: “Sing Sing” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 14-19: “Between the Temples” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 14-19: “Good One” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 14-19: “His Three Daughters” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Sept. 14-15 and 17-19: “Speak No Evil” at Cranford Theater.
Sept. 14-15 and 17-19: “Between the Temples” at Cranford Theater.
Sept. 14-15 and 17-19: “Reagan” at Cranford Theater.
Sept. 14-15 and 17-19: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” at Cranford Theater.

Sept. 14-15 and 18-19: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.
Sept. 14-15 and 18-19: “Reagan” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
Sept. 14-15 and 18-19: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.
Sept. 14-15 and 18-19: “Speak No Evil” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

Sept. 14-15 and 18-22: “The 4:30 Movie” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

Sept. 14-19: “Look Into My Eyes” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 14-19: “A Woman Under the Influence” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Sept. 14-26 “Will & Harper” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Sept. 15: “Little Shop of Horrors” at Middletown Arts Center.
Sept. 15: “Ocean Waves” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
Sept. 15: “Blazing Saddles” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

Sept. 15 and 18: “Blazing Saddles” at Cranford Theater.

Sept. 16: “The Kids Are Alright” at Middletown Arts Center.

Sept. 16 and 28: “The Bird With the Crystal Plumage” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 17: “Paterson” at Williams Center, Rutherford.
Sept. 17: Pre-1970s Anime Shorts at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 18: “Where Are You, Polly Maggoo?” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
Sept. 18: “Pather Panchali” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 18-19: “His Three Daughters” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Sept. 18-22 and 25-29 and Oct. 1-3: “The Substance” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

Sept. 19: “Love and Communication” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 19: “American Graffiti” at Showroom Cinema, Asbury Park.
Sept. 19: “House” at Princeton Garden Theatre.
Sept. 19: “Days of Being Wild” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 19 and 22: “The Matrix” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

Sept. 19-22 and 24-26: “Transformers One” at Cranford Theater.

Sept. 19-22 and 25: “Transformers One” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

Sept. 20: “Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara,” presented by Film Society of Summit at Madison Community Arts Center.
Sept. 20: Cut International Short Film Festival at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Sept. 20: “Friday the 13th” at Showroom Cinema, Asbury Park.
Sept. 20: “Big Night” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Sept. 20-22 and 25: “Wolfs” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

Sept. 20-26: “The Substance” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 20-26: “The Seven Samurai” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Sept. 20-22 and 25-26: “Transformers One” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

Sept. 20 and Oct. 4, 18 and 25-26: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.

Sept. 21: “Shrek Forever After” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.
Sept. 21: Cat Video Fest at Cranford Theater.

Sept. 21-22: New York International Children’s Film Festival at Princeton Garden Theatre.

Sept. 21 and 25: “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” at Cranford Theater.

Sept. 22: ” ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ in Concert” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Sept. 22: “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 22: “Rudy” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
Sept. 22: “Pom Poko” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 22 and 25: “Between the Temples” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Sept. 23 and 28: “Torso” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 24: “Momotaro, Sacred Sailors” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 25: “Godzilla” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 26: “Sixteen Candles” at Showroom Cinema, Asbury Park.
Sept. 26: “In the Mood for Love” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 26-27 and 29: Manhattan Short Film Festival at West Orange Public Library.

Sept. 26-30 and Oct. 1-3: “Howl’s Moving Castle” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

Sept. 27: “Beverly Hills Cop” screening with appearance by Judge Reinhold at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Sept. 27: “Unfightable” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
Sept. 27: “Ratatouille” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
Sept. 27: “My Old Ass” at Princeton Garden Theatre.

Sept. 27-30 and Oct. 1-3: “Close Your Eyes” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 27-30 and Oct. 1-3: “Burden of Dreams” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Sept. 27-30 and Oct. 1-3: “The Wild Robot” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Sept. 28: “Springsteen on Screen: From the Vault with Thom Zimny” at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University, West Long Branch.
Sept. 28: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” Highland Park Outdoor Movie Theater at Municipal Parking Lot on Raritan Avenue between Second and Third Avenues.
Sept. 28: “Krazy House” at SModcastle Cinemas, Atlantic Highlands.

Sept. 29: Silent Movie Day 2024 Celebration with “Habeas Corpus” (Laurel & Hardy”) and “Steamboat Bill Jr.” (Buster Keaton) at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Sept. 29: “When Harry Met Sally …” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.
Sept. 29: “Whisper of the Heart” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Sept. 29 and Oct. 2: “Good One” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Sept. 30: “Rear Window” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Sept. 30 and Oct. 3-6, 9-14, 16-20 and 23: “Joker: Folie à Deux” at IMAX Theatre at Tropicana, Atlantic City.

Oct. 3-6: “Mean Girls” at Cranford Theater.

Oct. 3 and 6: “Mean Girls” at The Village at SOPAC, South Orange.

Oct. 4: Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Oct. 4-6: Festival de Cine Hispano NJ at Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank.

Oct. 4-10: “A Different Man” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Oct. 4-10: “Nosferatu” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Oct. 6: “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” at The Clairidge, Montclair.
Oct. 6: “Jimmy Van Heusen: Swingin’ with Frank & Bing” at Madison Community Arts Center. With presentation about Van Heusen by Jim Burns and Chuck Granata and Van Heusen music performed by singer Anaïs Reno, pianist Jon Weber and guitarist Lance Conrad.
Oct. 6: “The Exterminating Angel” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Oct. 8: “The Promotion” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Oct. 9: “Little Things That Went Wrong” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Oct. 10: “Avatar: The Last Airbender” in Concert at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Oct. 11: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.
Oct. 11: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Williams Center, Rutherford.

Oct. 12: “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert,” Peak Performances series at Montclair State University Amphitheatre.
Oct. 12: “Clerks” at Middletown Arts Center.

Oct. 13: “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 13: “Avatar: The Last Airbender” in Concert” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
Oct. 13: “Law of Desire” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Oct. 17: “Metropolis” with organ accompaniment by Ian Fraser at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Oct. 17: “An Evening of the World’s Best Short Films” at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood.

Oct. 18-27: Montclair Film Festival.

Oct. 19: “The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening With Cary Elwes” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Oct. 20: “The Secret in Their Eyes” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Oct. 21: “Stop Making Sense” at Middletown Arts Center.

Oct. 24: “A Nightmare on Elm Street” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Oct. 25: “Halloween” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Oct. 27: “Pan’s Labyrinth” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Oct. 30: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at Middletown Arts Center.

Oct. 31: “The Lost Boys” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway. Movie will be preceded by a Spooky Organ Concert and followed by a Goth Rave.

Nov. 2: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Nov. 3: “Victims of Sin” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Nov. 10: “The Producers” at Middletown Arts Center.
Nov. 10: “The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Nov. 14: ” ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ in Concert” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Nov. 14: “Y Su Mamá También” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Nov. 16: “Blues Brothers” at Middletown Arts Center.

Nov. 18: “The Song Remains the Same” at Middletown Arts Center.

Nov. 21: “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Nov. 21: “Amores Perros” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Nov. 24: “Totem” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Nov. 29: “The Wizard of Oz” at Barrymore Film Center, Fort Lee.

Dec. 1 and 5: “Wings of Desire” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Dec. 5: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Dec. 5: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” followed by a conversation with Chevy Chase at State Theattre, New Brunswick.

Dec. 6: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Dec. 7: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Dec. 8: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” in Concert featuring New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Dec. 14: “Christmas Vacation” at Middletown Arts Center.

Dec. 15: “The Sound of Music” at Middletown Arts Center.

Dec. 16: “Depeche Mode: 101” at Middletown Arts Center.

Dec. 19: “The Muppet Christmas Carol” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Jan. 12: “Encanto” Sing-Along at BergenPAC, Englewood.
Jan. 12: “The Tin Drum” at The Clairidge, Montclair.

Feb. 14: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Feb. 15: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

Feb. 16: “Warner Bros. Discovery Presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by George Daugherty, at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 8: “Asbury Short Film Concert: World’s Best Short Films” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

March 21: “Dirty Dancing in Concert,” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

March 22: “Dirty Dancing in Concert” at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

April 10: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Concert with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 11: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Concert with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 12: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Concert with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

April 13: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Concert with New Jersey Symphony, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

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