THE ROOM: 20th Anniversary with Special Live Commentary by co-star Greg Sestero – at the Guild Cinema Friday, August 11 – 7:00 & 10:00 pm Directed by Tommy Wiseau – 2003 – 99m – ALL SEATS $18.00. GET ADVANCE TICKETS NOW BY CLICKING HERE! That legendary “Citizen Kane of bad movies” full of fifth-graders dialogue, deer-in-headlights performances and pointless insert shots of San Francisco is back on our screen!  This … Continue reading “The Room” w/Commentary @ Guild Cinema →

Programming for August 11: It’s a 2-in-1 Month!  Time for the Bubonicon 54 preview of the schedule and the t-shirts (with art from Rachael Mayo).   Plus Troy Stull will give a presentation on the History of Science Fiction! Due to COVID & RSV, we are advising the wearing of a mask inside – but not mandating such… +  The preview of Bubonicon 54 won’t take up our whole club … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – B’Con Preview & Sci-Fi History Talk →

Society – 1989 horror shocker – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, August 12 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Brian Yuzna – 1989 – 99m – No Matinees. “The surrealistic make-up designs by Screaming Mad George will stretch even the most inelastic mind.” — TIME OUT After producing Re-Animator, Brian Yuzna turned his hand to directing with Society, and gave birth to one of the ickiest, most original body horror … Continue reading “Society” Comes To Guild Cinema →

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure – In honor of the late & great Paul Reubens – at the Guild Cinema! Sunday, August 13 – 11:00 am Only! Directed by Tim Burton – 1985 – 90m.   All Seats $10.00. A NEW MEXICO ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE SPECIAL! NOTE:  Presale tickets for Remembering Paul Reubens – A special screening of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure are SOLD OUT!  ONLY 50 tickets will be available at our box … Continue reading “Pee-Wee” Tribute @ Guild Cinema →

Time for Bubonicon 54’s Gofers (volunteer workers) to get organized! 7:30 PM Friday, August 18, in the Adult Education Room of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa Ave NE (home of the Albuq SF Society). SINCE COVID & RSV still are in New Mexico and elsewhere, we are encouraging (but NOT mandating) the wearing of masks inside the building. Park on the North side of the church, and then follow … Continue reading B’Con 54 Volunteers (Gofers) Meeting →

Gremlins 2: The New Batch – the 1990 sequel from Joe Dante – at the Guild Cinema! Friday, August 18 – 10:30 pm Only! Directed by Joe Dante – 1990 – 106m.   All Seats $10.00 – A New Mexico Entertainment Magazine Special event! GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE NOW! Join New Mexico Entertainment for our August Movie Night, the screening of Gremlins 2: The New Batch.  Early bird ticket purchasers have … Continue reading “Gremlins 2” Invades Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, August 21, 2023, at 7:30 pm Location is Jason’s Deli, 2105 Louisiana Blvd NE (northwest corner of Louisiana & America’s Parkway – across from Bubonicon’s hotel), Albuquerque, NM There is No Specific Book for August. Instead, we will go round the circle and each person will recommend 2-4 books they have read in the last 12 months (outside of the book group’s selections). While places … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Bubonicon 54 is here! While there is not a Mask Mandate this year, we are encouraging the wearing of facial masks when in crowded circumstances inside the hotel to cut down on Covid/RSV and “Con Crud.” Pre-Registered folks can pick up their badges & packets 1:00-2:30 pm (before everyone else)… Registration opens at 3:00 pm for the sale of passes… The Dealers Room opens at 3:00 pm… First programming is … Continue reading Bubonicon 54 Begins! →

Frankenhooker – 1990 horror comedy – at the Guild Cinema Friday, August 25 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Frank Henenlotter – 1990 – 85m – No Matinees. Done with Bubonicon 54 for the day?  Why not attend FRANKENHOOKER! After making horror history with Basket Case and Brain Damage, the incomparable Frank Henenlotter unleashed Frankenhooker — the greatest transmutation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that you’ll ever see.  After accidentally murdering … Continue reading Wanna Date? “Frankenhooker” @ Guild Cinema →

The Wicker Man – 50th Anniversary Screening of the 1973 Classic – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, August 26 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Robin Hardy – 1973 – 94m – UK A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE AVAILABLE SOON!  DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 54 and SPECTRAL YOUTH! Done with Bubonicon 54 for the day (post-costume contest)?  Then go watch THE WICKER MAN! After receiving an … Continue reading “Wicker Man” 50th at Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, September 2, 2023, at 2:00 pm Location is the Juan Tabo Public Library, 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd NE (between Candelaria & Comanche, on the west side of the street), Albuquerque, NM.. The September 2023 graphic novel for discussion is  Queenie: Godmother of Harlem by Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Lévy.   [Harry N. Abrams 2023]. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a graphic … Continue reading ABQ Graphic Novel Book Club →

Better Off Dead – the 1985 John Cusack comedy – at the Guild Cinema! Friday, September 8 – 10:30 pm Only! Directed by Savage Steve Holland – 1985 – 97m.   All Seats $10.00 – A New Mexico Entertainment Magazine Special event! GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE NOW! Join for our screening of Better Off Dead at The Guild Cinema. Early bird ticket purchasers have the chance to win door prizes from … Continue reading “Better Off Dead” @ Guild Cinema →

Programming – We’re 1 Week Later Than Usual – on Friday, September 15: Time for the Bubonicon 54 report (how things went, money situation, etc).  Plus Reports on DragonCon and any other conventions people have visited in late August/early September… We will be meeting in the Adult Education Room of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, with the entrance to use on the East end of the building! Newcomers are welcome with … Continue reading ABQ SF Society – 1 Week Late →

Mandy – 5th Anniversary Screening – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, September 16 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Panos Cosmatos – 2018 – 121m – No Matinees. A 94 Rock Special Screening – 5th Anniversary of This Crazed 2018 Film – Phil Mahoney’s Pick! The insane Nic Cage fever-dream burn of a flick turns a lethal white hot 5 Years Old! Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD.  Outsiders Red Miller and … Continue reading “Mandy” Returns To Guild Cinema (with 94 Rock) →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, September 18, 2023, 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 September 2023, we will discuss The Humans by Matt Haig (2014 Simon & Schuster). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 9:00 pm – so we try to keep our … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

THE MADS VIRTUALLY RIFF “SHE SHOULDA SAID NO”! 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, September 19, 2023. The two, who starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV’s Frank on MST3K, are riffing 1949’s morality exploitation film, She Shoulda Said No! (aka “Marijuana – The Devil’s Weed.”  This show … Continue reading The Mads Face “She Shoulda Said No!” →

ABQ Comic Book Show 10:00 am-6:00 pm Saturday, September 23, at the Shrine Ballut Abyad Center, 6600 Zuni Rd SE (between San Pedro and Louisiana). Free Admission!  Comic book creators (including Andy Kuhn), cosplayers, and comic retailers. Plenty of parking. Come join the Comic Book Fun on September 23!

Outlaw Johnny Black – 2023 blaxploitation parody – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday & Wednesday, September 26-27 – 4:45 and 7:30 pm Directed by Michael Jai White – 2023 – 135m. 2009’s Black Dynamite is a full-fledged cult classic, and now original co-writer and star Michael Jai White is back with a crowd-funded “spiritual sequel” set in the old West. Hellbent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to … Continue reading “Outlaw Johnny Black” Visits Guild Cinema →

Outlaw Johnny Black – 2023 blaxploitation parody – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday & Wednesday, September 26-27 – 4:45 and 7:30 pm Directed by Michael Jai White – 2023 – 135m. 2009’s Black Dynamite is a full-fledged cult classic, and now original co-writer and star Michael Jai White is back with a crowd-funded “spiritual sequel” set in the old West. Hellbent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to … Continue reading “Outlaw Johnny Black” Visits Guild Cinema →

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives – the 1986 franchise chapter – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, September 30 – 10:30 pm only A DARK ROOM HORROR SPECIAL!  ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE AVAILABLE SOON!  DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 55 and SPECTRAL YOUTH! Directed by Tom McLoughlin – 1986 – 85m. Years ago, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) killed infamous hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees (C.J. Graham), and the intensity of the … Continue reading “Jason Lives” @ Guild Cinema →

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors – the 1987 franchise chapter entry – at the Guild Cinema! Friday, October 6 – 10:30 pm Only! Directed by Charles Russel – 1987 – 96m.   All Seats $10.00 – A New Mexico Entertainment Magazine Special event! GET ADVANCE TICKETS ONLINE NOW! Join New Mexico Entertainment for our screening of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors at The … Continue reading “Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” @ Guild Cinema →

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, IS BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE’S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!  AND J.C. CERVANTES WILL BE HAVING A SIGNING EVENT! Join the Books on the Bosque gang as they celebrate one year of literary magic on October 7th!  Enjoy a day filled with family fun, entertainment, and food trucks… And don’t miss a special book signing by J.C. Cervantes 4:30-5:30 pm.  Cervantes is a New Mexico author of Young Adult … Continue reading Anniversary Party & J.C. Cervantes Signing →

24-Hour Comics Day is an annual international celebration of creativity!  It’s the 20th Anniversary for the global celebration of creativity that is 24-Hour Comics Day!  The challenge is to create a complete 24-page comic book in 24 consecutive hours.  It’s a creative exercise that tests your stamina while you explore what you’re capable of! Free, all-ages event! This free, all-ages event will run online 12 noon MT Saturday, October 7, … Continue reading 20th Annual 24-Hour Comics Day (Noon to Noon) →

Meeting Date / Location: Saturday, October 7, 2023, at 2:00 pm Location is the Juan Tabo Public Library, 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd NE (between Candelaria & Comanche, on the west side of the street), Albuquerque, NM.. The October 2023 graphic novel for discussion is  It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood   [Image Comics 2022]. WE ARE OPEN to new people!  Come join us in a graphic … Continue reading ABQ Graphic Novel Book Club →

Trick Or Treat – 1986 Teen Metal Movie – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, October 7 – 9:00 pm Directed by Charles Martin Smith – 1986 – 98m.  All Seats $10.00 With special opening local metal band VISIONS OF DEATH!  Visions of Death live approximately 9:00 pm, followed by the Trick Or Treat movie at approximately 10:00 pm! AN ANDROIDVISION HALLOWEEN SEASON SPECIAL CO-THROW!  HUGE THANKS TO OPENERS VISION OF … Continue reading “Trick Or Treat” @ Guild Cinema →