Meeting Date / Location: Monday, April 18, 2022, at 7:30 pm Location is inside Jason’s Deli (up front) at 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (across from Bubonicon’s hotel, near I-40).  [Subject to COVID numbers, of course – we will go Virtual if necessary.] For April, we will discuss The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (2020 Viking, hardcover). While places at which we’ve met stay open later, we’d still like to finish … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Nominations for Bubonicon 54 Special Guests (2023) will take place 7:30 pm Friday, April 22, in the Activity Room of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (near Erna Ferguson Library, just off San Mateo between Comanche & Montgomery). Mark your calendar if you’re interested. This meeting is open to everyone! You need not be a member of ASFS or a past attendee of Bubonicon to come and suggest … Continue reading B’con 54 Special Guests Nominations →

Atlantis – a 2020 visionary Ukrainian SF drama – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, April 26-28 – 3:30 & 8:00 pm Directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych – 2020 – 108m – In Ukrainian with English subtitles. A FUNDRAISER FOR THE UKRAINE WAR RELIEF! A prize-winner at the Venice Film Festival and Ukraine’s official selection for the 2021 Academy Awards, Atlantis is a gorgeous and visionary sci-fi drama.  Eastern Ukraine, 2025.  A … Continue reading Ukrainian “Atlantis” @ Guild Cinema →

Atlantis – a 2020 visionary Ukrainian SF drama – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, April 26-28 – 3:30 & 8:00 pm Directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych – 2020 – 108m – In Ukrainian with English subtitles. A FUNDRAISER FOR THE UKRAINE WAR RELIEF! A prize-winner at the Venice Film Festival and Ukraine’s official selection for the 2021 Academy Awards, Atlantis is a gorgeous and visionary sci-fi drama.  Eastern Ukraine, 2025.  A … Continue reading Ukrainian “Atlantis” @ Guild Cinema →

Atlantis – a 2020 visionary Ukrainian SF drama – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, April 26-28 – 3:30 & 8:00 pm Directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych – 2020 – 108m – In Ukrainian with English subtitles. A FUNDRAISER FOR THE UKRAINE WAR RELIEF! A prize-winner at the Venice Film Festival and Ukraine’s official selection for the 2021 Academy Awards, Atlantis is a gorgeous and visionary sci-fi drama.  Eastern Ukraine, 2025.  A … Continue reading Ukrainian “Atlantis” @ Guild Cinema →

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – a 2022 horror flick – at the Guild Cinema Friday, April 29 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Jane Schoenbrun – 2022 – 86m. ALSO PLAYING SATURDAY MAY 7th AT SAME SHOW TIME! Late on a cold night somewhere in the U.S., teenage Casey (Anna Cobb in her feature debut) sits alone in her attic bedroom, scrolling the internet under the glow-in-the-dark … Continue reading “We’re All Going…World’s Fair” @ Guild Cinema →

Star Wars: A New Hope – special screenings for its 45th anniversary – at the Guild Cinema Wednesday, May 4 – 2:15, 5:00 & 8:30 pm Directed by George Lucas – 1977 -124m. A NM Entertainment Magazine Special!  All Seats $10.00. GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE BY CLICKING HERE! MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU! Join New Mexico Entertainment as they celebrate the 45th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope. … Continue reading “Star Wars” Comes To Guild Cinema →

Close Encounters of the Third Kind – 45th Anniversary screenings – at the Guild Cinema Thursday, May 5 – 7:45 & 10:30 pm Directed by Steven Spielberg – 1977 -132m – No Matinees. SPECIAL THANKS TO BUBONICON 53 ! Steven Spielberg’s classic humanistic postmodern masterpiece that depicts the life-transforming experiences of Richard Dreyfuss who becomes an impassioned participant in an otherworldly spectacle. His family life is devastated by his obsession … Continue reading “Close Encounters” of the Guild Cinema →

Everything Everywhere All At Once – 2022 sci-fi action flick – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Monday, May 6-9 – 7:45 pm Only Directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – 2022 – 140m. Starring Michelle Yeoh,  James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis!  A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes and is swept up in an … Continue reading “Everything Everywhere” @ Guild Cinema →

The Rocketeer – the 1991 Dave Stevens-inspired superhero film – at the Guild Cinema Friday, May 6 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Joe Johnston – 1991 -108m. A NM Entertainment Magazine Special!  All Seats $10.00. GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE BY CLICKING HERE!   BONUS:  Special virtual Q&A with Alan Arkin prior to the screening! Door Prizes provided by Bubonicon 53! Join New Mexico Entertainment as they celebrate the 30th … Continue reading “Rocketeer” Flies Into Guild Cinema →

It’s a Big Comic Book Celebration! Yes, Saturday, May 7, sees the real celebratory in-person return of the annual fannish event, Free Comic Book Day. Several stores throughout Albuquerque & Santa Fe will be handing out free comic books and/or offering discounts on various comics, graphic novels, action figures and other materials. We aren’t sure exactly what each store will be doing this year, so visit their websites (or Facebook) for … Continue reading Free Comic Book Day 2022 →

Princess Mononoke – 1997 anime – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, May 7 – 1:00 pm Only Directed by Hayao Miyazaki – 1997 – 134m – In Japanese with English subtitles. FREE, BUT SEATING IS LIMITED! A UNM SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES PROGRAM SPECIAL!  **POST SCREENING DISCUSSIONS WITH SPEAKERS T.B.A.** Co-sponsored by the UNM Latin American and Iberian Insititute and International Studies Department! A landmark of animation and a film of unsurpassed … Continue reading “Princess Mononoke” Visits Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 2:00 pm Location is the Rudolfo Anaya North Valley Public Library, 7704-B 2nd St. NW (approximately 9/10 of a mile north of Osuna Blvd and approximately 9/10 of a mile south of Paseo del Norte), Albuquerque, NM – plus on Zoom… No Zoom element is planned for this month’s meeting!  Plan accordingly… The May 2022 graphic novel for discussion is Tunnels … Continue reading ABQ Graphic Novel Book Club →

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – a 2022 horror flick – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, May 7 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Jane Schoenbrun – 2022 – 86m. Late on a cold night somewhere in the U.S., teenage Casey (Anna Cobb in her feature debut) sits alone in her attic bedroom, scrolling the internet under the glow-in-the-dark stars and black-light posters that blanket the ceiling.  She … Continue reading “…To the World’s Fair” @ Guild Cinema →

Everything Everywhere All At Once – 2022 sci-fi action flick – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Monday, May 6-9 – 7:45 pm Only Directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – 2022 – 140m. Starring Michelle Yeoh,  James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis!  A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes and is swept up in an … Continue reading “Everything Everywhere” @ Guild Cinema →

Everything Everywhere All At Once – 2022 sci-fi action flick – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Monday, May 6-9 – 7:45 pm Only Directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – 2022 – 140m. Starring Michelle Yeoh,  James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis!  A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who can’t seem to finish her taxes and is swept up in an … Continue reading “Everything Everywhere” @ Guild Cinema →

THE MADS VIRTUALLY RIFF “THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE”! Mystery Science Theater 3000‘s Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu are “taking movie riffing back onstage” once again in a livestreamed event – this time 6:00 pm MT Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The two, who starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank on MST3K, are riffing the 1962 sci-fi horror film, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die!   This show will mark … Continue reading The Mads Face “Brain That Wouldn’t Die” →

Programming – Author Brian Jay Jones and Puppeteer Michael McCormick discuss Jim Henson, George Lucas and 3 of Their Films! ♣ Albuquerque author Brian Jay Jones, who wrote the official biographies on Jim Henson & George Lucas – and ABQ puppeteer Michael McCormick, who worked on The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – will discuss these three films from Henson & Lucas, and the men … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Henson/Lucas Discussion →

The Innocents – a 2022 supernatural flick – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, May 14 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Eskil Vogt – 2022 – 118m – Norway – In Norwegian with English subtitles.  All Seats $8.00. FROM THE WRITER OF THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD! During the bright Nordic summer, four children become friends, and out of sight of the adults they reveal mysterious powers. While exploring … Continue reading “The Innocents” invade Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, May 16, 2022, at 7:30 pm Location is inside Jason’s Deli (up front) at 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (across from Bubonicon’s hotel, near I-40). For May, we will discuss The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886 original publication – any unabridged edition will do). While places at which we’ve met stay open later, we’d still like to finish … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Night Train To Terror – the 1985 horror anthology flick – at the Guild Cinema Friday, May 20 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, with segments directed by John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan & Gregg C. Tallas – 1985 – 98m.  All Seats $8.00 — Part of the Vinegar Syndrome/Scream Screen Blast of crazy flicks! NIGHT TRAIN:  God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate … Continue reading “Night Train To Terror” @ Guild Cinema →

Fritz the Cat and Hey Good Lookin’ – Ralph Bakshi Double Feature – at the Guild Cinema – 2 Movies For The Price Of One! Tuesday-Thursday, May 24-26 FRITZ THE CAT — 4:30 & 8:30 pm HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ — 6:30 pm (only) — Fritz the Cat – directed by Ralph Bakshi – 1972 – 78m – No Matinees!  MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO ATTEND! THE NOTORIOUS X-RATED … Continue reading Ralph Bakshi Double Feature @ Guild Cinema →

Fritz the Cat and Hey Good Lookin’ – Ralph Bakshi Double Feature – at the Guild Cinema – 2 Movies For The Price Of One! Tuesday-Thursday, May 24-26 FRITZ THE CAT — 4:30 & 8:30 pm HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ — 6:30 pm (only) — Fritz the Cat – directed by Ralph Bakshi – 1972 – 78m – No Matinees!  MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO ATTEND! THE NOTORIOUS X-RATED … Continue reading Ralph Bakshi Double Feature @ Guild Cinema →

Fritz the Cat and Hey Good Lookin’ – Ralph Bakshi Double Feature – at the Guild Cinema – 2 Movies For The Price Of One! Tuesday-Thursday, May 24-26 FRITZ THE CAT — 4:30 & 8:30 pm HEY GOOD LOOKIN’ — 6:30 pm (only) — Fritz the Cat – directed by Ralph Bakshi – 1972 – 78m – No Matinees!  MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO ATTEND! THE NOTORIOUS X-RATED … Continue reading Ralph Bakshi Double Feature @ Guild Cinema →

Tales from the Hood – the 1995 horror comedy – at the Guild Cinema Friday, May 27 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Rusty Cundieff – 1995 – 97m – All Seats $8.00. A BLACK CINEMA NIGHT DEBUT SPECIAL HOSTED BY KAT!! A creepy mortician, Mr. Simms (the late great Clarence Williams III), attempts to scare teenage drug dealer Stack (Joe Torry) and his friends straight by telling them four … Continue reading “Tales from the Hood” @ Guild Cinema →