The House of the Devil – the 2009 terrorizer – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, May 28 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Ti West – 2009 -85m. All Seats $10.00.  A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA EVENTBRITE.COM SHORTLY – CHECK BACK WITH WWW.GUILDCINEMA.COM! From the director of the new movie X that plays like a lost horror classic from 1982! A college student takes a strange … Continue reading “House of the Devil” visits Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, June 4, 2022, at 2:00 pm Location is Lomas-Tramway Public Library, 908 Eastridge Dr NE (just off the southwest corner of Lomas & Tramway), Albuquerque, NM The June 2022 graphic novel for discussion is Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel.  [Mariner Books 2007]. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a graphic novel discussion. Contact Information: Send the club wrangler an email. Website:  goodreads.com/group-abq-graphic-novel

Programming – A Visit from local film reporter Devin O’Leary. The Paper‘s film reporter Devin O’Leary (formerly of the Weekly Alibi) returns after a two-year break to talk about how the pandemic has affected Hollywood business, and to give predictions for summer & autumn genre films – all while showing video clips – in a presentation entitled “SF Trailer Park Theater 8.”   [Special thanks to Jessica Coyle & Mike … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Film Trailers →

THE MADS VIRTUALLY RIFF “COSMOS: WAR OF THE PLANETS”! 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, June 14, 2022. The two, who starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank on MST3K, are riffing the 1977 space opera film, Cosmos: War of the Planets!   This show will mark … Continue reading The Mads Go To “Cosmos: War of the Planets” →

Everything Everywhere All At Once – 2022 sci-fi action flick Encores – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, June 14-16 – 8:15 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 … Continue reading “Everything Everywhere” Encores @ Guild Cinema →

Everything Everywhere All At Once – 2022 sci-fi action flick Encores – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, June 14-16 – 8:15 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 … Continue reading “Everything Everywhere” Encores @ Guild Cinema →

Everything Everywhere All At Once – 2022 sci-fi action flick Encores – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, June 14-16 – 8:15 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 … Continue reading “Everything Everywhere” Encores @ Guild Cinema →

Top Secret – the 1984 laugh riot – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, June 18 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Jim Abrahams – 1984 -90m – All Seats $8.00. Bubonicon 53 will be bringing door prizes! From the makers of Airplane!, Police Squad and Ruthless People!  An American rock ‘n’ roll singer (Val Kilmer, making his feature debut) gets caught up in a wacky espionage mission in East Germany … Continue reading “Top Secret” visits Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, June 20, 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 June, we will discuss The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (2020 Tor trade paperback). While places at which we’ve met stay open later, we’d still like to finish by 9:00 pm – so we try to keep … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Mad God – a 2022 stop-motion animation SF film – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, June 21-23 – 8:15 pm Only Directed by Phil Tippett – 2022 – 83m. FROM TWO TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER PHIL TIPPET, A CINEMATIC LEGEND OF NON-CGI ANIMATION! A corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city and the Assassin emerges from it to explore a labyrinth of bizarre landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens.  Mad … Continue reading Tippett’s “Mad God” @ Guild Cinema →

Mad God – a 2022 stop-motion animation SF film – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, June 21-23 – 8:15 pm Only Directed by Phil Tippett – 2022 – 83m. FROM TWO TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER PHIL TIPPET, A CINEMATIC LEGEND OF NON-CGI ANIMATION! A corroded diving bell descends amidst a ruined city and the Assassin emerges from it to explore a labyrinth of bizarre landscapes inhabited by freakish denizens.  Mad … Continue reading Tippett’s “Mad God” @ Guild Cinema →

Bubonicon Inc Annual Open Financial Meeting Ever wondered where and how Bubonicon spends money on the annual August convention?   What about charity donations?  Advertising and Guild Cinema sponsorship?  Renting lights and purchasing equipment? Especially in the pandemic, virtual 2021, how did Bubonicon Inc do with monthly expenses vs t-shirt sales, the online auction, and various financial donations to the con? Then come to the Annual Open Financial Meeting of Bubonicon … Continue reading B’con Open Financial Mtg →

Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge – the 1985 horror sequel – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, June 25 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Jack Scholder – 1985 -85m. All Seats $10.00.  A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA EVENTBRITE.COM SHORTLY – CHECK BACK WITH WWW.GUILDCINEMA.COM! Bubonicon 53 will be on hand with door prizes! IN CELEBRATION OF PRIDE MONTH!  Freddy’s back…and he wants revenge.  When … Continue reading “Elm Street 2” Visits Guild Cinema →

X – a 2022 slasher horror film – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, June 28-30 – 8:30 pm Only Directed by Ti West – 2022 – 105m. From the director of The House of the Devil and Innkeepers – and starring Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow and Scott Mescudi!  In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas.  But when their … Continue reading “X” Haunts Guild Cinema →

X – a 2022 slasher horror film – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, June 28-30 – 8:30 pm Only Directed by Ti West – 2022 – 105m. From the director of The House of the Devil and Innkeepers – and starring Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow and Scott Mescudi!  In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas.  But when their … Continue reading “X” Haunts Guild Cinema →

Rubikon – a 2022 Austrian SF adventure film – at the Guild Cinema Friday, July 1 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Leni Lauritsch – 2022 – 110m – Austria – In English. Starring Mark Ivanir, Julia Franz Richter, George Blagden! Following a catastrophe on Earth, the planet is covered in a toxic fog. The crew in the space station, must decide whether to risk their lives to get home … Continue reading “Rubikon” Lands at Guild Cinema →

New York Ninja – the 1984 film finished in 2022 – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, July 2 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by John Liu & Kurtis M. Spieler – 1984/2022 – 93m.  All Seats $8.00 — A Vinegar Syndrome/Scream Screen special presentation! VINEGAR SYNDROME REP / SCREAM SCREEN CURATOR THERESA MERCADO RETURNS TO THE GUILD CINEMA TO HOST THIS SPECIAL ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SCREENING! Shot in 1984, this thriller was … Continue reading “New York Ninja” @ Guild Cinema →

Programming: Summertime…and it’s Hot in the City!  Summer Film Time!  We’ll screen a 1965 color flick partially set in California with connections to beach parties, music, spies, and bathing suits!  Plus it features a popular horror actor!  Plus a cartoon short, of course. Newcomers are welcome with a $1.00 contribution to help pay our rent…  Since COVID still is here, Masks Are Encouraged (but not mandated)… Remember, no outside food … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – Summer Film →

Blade – the 1998 vampire hunter flick – at the Guild Cinema Friday, July 8 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Stephen Norrington – 1998 -120m. A NM Entertainment Magazine Special!  Door Prizes from Bubonicon 53! All Seats $10.00.  GET ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW BY CLICKING HERE! Join New Mexico Entertainment for a special screening of Blade at The Guild Cinema. Presale ticket holders will be entered to win door … Continue reading “Blade” Fights Vampires @ Guild Cinema →

Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes – a 2022 German horror film – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, July 9 – 10:30 pm Only Directed by Kevin Kopacka – 2022 – 76m – Germany – In German with English subtitles – All Seats $8.00. Margo, who comes from a noble family, inherited a castle that she inspects with her ill-tempered husband Dieter.  When they arrive at the run-down keep, their relationship … Continue reading “Dawn Breaks” @ Guild Cinema →

THE MADS VIRTUALLY RIFF “A NIGHT OF SHORTS 8”! 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, July 12, 2022. The two, who starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank on MST3K, are celebrating Two Years of livestreams with a live-riff on an all new batch of shorts in … Continue reading The Mads Conquer “Shorts 8” →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, July 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). For July, we will discuss Embassytown by China Mieville (2012 Del Rey trade paperback). While places at which we’ve met stay open later, we’d still like to finish by 9:00 pm – so we try to keep our individual reviews short … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Everything Everywhere All At Once – 2022 sci-fi action flick Encores – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday, July 19 – 2:00, 5:00 & 8:00 pm Directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – 2022 – 140m. ONE MORE TIME!  Because You All Demanded It! 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 … Continue reading “Everything Everywhere” Encores @ Guild Cinema →

The House on Haunted Hill – the 1959 horror cult fave with Vincent Price – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, July 23 – 10:30 pm only Directed by William Castle – 1959 -75m. All Seats $10.00.  A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA EVENTBRITE.COM SHORTLY – CHECK BACK WITH WWW.GUILDCINEMA.COM! Bubonicon 53 will be on hand with door prizes! An absolute classic (“super shocker of the century!”) of … Continue reading 1959 “Haunted Hill” @ Guild Cinema →

MYTHCON 52 — JULY 29-AUGUST 1 in Albuquerque! Yes, Mythcon 52 takes place July 29-August 1 at the 21st Century Public Academy, 4300 Cutler Ave NE (a local charter school) which is 1/4 mile from the Hampton Inn University/Midtown (convention hotel at 2300 Carlisle Blvd NE). Special Guests are Author Guest of Honor Rivera Sun (Ari Ara series, The Dandelion Insurrection), Scholar Guest of Honor David Bratman (Tolkien scholar), and … Continue reading Mythcon 52 →