Big Trouble In Little China – the 1986 John Carpenter cult classic with Kurt Russell – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, December 6 – 10:30 pm only Directed by John Carpenter – 1986 – 100m – All Seats $10.00 – Not Valid for Punch Cards. A MIDNITE CONCESSIONS SPECIAL EVENT COMING AT YA’! ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON!  BONUS – DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 57! The 80’s cult classic starring … Continue reading “Big Trouble In Little…” Guild Cinema →

Programming: Holiday Party — Our 21st Annual Holiday Potluck  +  Short Holiday-Oriented Silly SF Films. + This Year, we’re having a “normal” potluck – and encouraging everyone to bring something to share with 8-16 people.  At the moment, we know these dishes are showing up — Info to come – sign up at the November ASFS meeting… You Must Label your dish with its title, your name and any allergy notices!   … Continue reading ABQ SF Society: Holiday Party →

Annihilation – the odd 2018 sci-fi flick based on Jeff VanderMeer’s novel – at the Guild Cinema Friday, December 12 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Alex Garland – 2018 – 115m – All Seats $10.00 – Not Valid for Punch Cards. A local film-making collective DUST WAVE gig! From the director of Ex Machina – Cellular biologist Lena’s (Natalie Portman) husband Kane (Oscar Isaac) suddenly returns from a mysterious … Continue reading “Annihilation” Reaches Guild Cinema →

Meeting Date / Location: Monday, December 15, at 7:30 pm. Location is Flying Star Cafe at 4501 Juan Tabo Blvd NE (just north of Montgomery Blvd). For December 2025, we will discuss The Fifth Head of Cereberus by Gene Wolfe (2022 trade paperback from Tor Essentials). While places at which we’ve met stay open a bit later, we’d still like to finish by 8:55 pm – so we try to … Continue reading Droids & Dragons Book Group →

Bugonia – a 2025 conspiracy thriller – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, December 16-18 – 6:00 pm only Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos – 2025 – 118m – Valid For Punch Cards. Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone – Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. “You’ll laugh, … Continue reading “Bugonia” Examined @ Guild Cinema →

Bugonia – a 2025 conspiracy thriller – at the Guild Cinema Tuesday-Thursday, December 16-18 – 6:00 pm only Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos – 2025 – 118m – Valid For Punch Cards. Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone – Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. “You’ll laugh, … Continue reading “Bugonia” Examined @ Guild Cinema →

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror – a 2025 documentary of the Rocky Horror Show – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Tuesday, December 19-23 – 3:45 & 8:15 pm Directed by Linus O’Brien – 2025 – 89m – Valid For Punch Cards. From humble origins as a London fringe theater play to its meteoric rise, fall and resurrection as the biggest cult film of all time, this is the definitive … Continue reading “Strange Journey” Doc @ Guild Cinema →

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – the 2005 humorous sci-fi big-screen version of Douglas Adams’ book – at the Guild Cinema 10:30 pm Friday, December 19 & 1:00 pm Sunday, December 21 Directed by Garth Jennings – 2005 – 109m – UK – Valid For Punch Cards. BONUS – DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 57! Starring Alan Rickman, Albie Woodington, Anna Chancellor, Bill Nighy, Garth Jennings, Helen Mirren, Ian … Continue reading “Hitchhiker’s Guide” Visits Guild Cinema →

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror – a 2025 documentary of the Rocky Horror Show – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Tuesday, December 19-23 – 3:45 & 8:15 pm Directed by Linus O’Brien – 2025 – 89m – Valid For Punch Cards. From humble origins as a London fringe theater play to its meteoric rise, fall and resurrection as the biggest cult film of all time, this is the definitive … Continue reading “Strange Journey” Doc @ Guild Cinema →

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy – the 2005 humorous sci-fi big-screen version of Douglas Adams’ book – at the Guild Cinema 10:30 pm Friday, December 19 & 1:00 pm Sunday, December 21 Directed by Garth Jennings – 2005 – 109m – UK – Valid For Punch Cards. BONUS – DOOR PRIZES COURTESY OF BUBONICON 57! Starring Alan Rickman, Albie Woodington, Anna Chancellor, Bill Nighy, Garth Jennings, Helen Mirren, Ian … Continue reading “Hitchhiker’s Guide Revisits Guild Cinema →

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror – a 2025 documentary of the Rocky Horror Show – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Tuesday, December 19-23 – 3:45 & 8:15 pm Directed by Linus O’Brien – 2025 – 89m – Valid For Punch Cards. From humble origins as a London fringe theater play to its meteoric rise, fall and resurrection as the biggest cult film of all time, this is the definitive … Continue reading “Strange Journey” Documentary @ Guild Cinema →

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror – a 2025 documentary of the Rocky Horror Show – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Tuesday, December 19-23 – 3:45 & 8:15 pm Directed by Linus O’Brien – 2025 – 89m – Valid For Punch Cards. From humble origins as a London fringe theater play to its meteoric rise, fall and resurrection as the biggest cult film of all time, this is the definitive … Continue reading “Strange Journey” Doc @ Guild Cinema →

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror – a 2025 documentary of the Rocky Horror Show – at the Guild Cinema Friday-Tuesday, December 19-23 – 3:45 & 8:15 pm Directed by Linus O’Brien – 2025 – 89m – Valid For Punch Cards. From humble origins as a London fringe theater play to its meteoric rise, fall and resurrection as the biggest cult film of all time, this is the definitive … Continue reading “Strange Journey” Documentary @ Guild Cinema →

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein – a 2025 horror film based on Mary Shelley’s classic tale – at the Guild Cinema Saturday-Monday, December 27-29 – 7:00 pm only Directed by Guillermo del Toro – 2025 – 149m – Valid For Punch Cards. Starring award-winning Óscar Isaac, director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a … Continue reading “Del Toro’s Frankenstein” @ Guild Cinema →

Basket Case – Frank Henenlotter’s 1982 horror debut – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, December 27 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Frank Henenlotter – 1982 – 91m – Valid For Punch Cards. “An imaginative, twisted gem about the ultimate split personality.” — Michael Weldon, THE PSYCHOTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM What’s in the basket?  You’ll love finding out.  Basket Case is the debut gutter-trash symphony from Frank Henenlotter (Brain Damage, … Continue reading “Basket Case” Comes To Guild Cinema →

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein – a 2025 horror film based on Mary Shelley’s classic tale – at the Guild Cinema Saturday-Monday, December 27-29 – 7:00 pm only Directed by Guillermo del Toro – 2025 – 149m – Valid For Punch Cards. Starring award-winning Óscar Isaac, director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a … Continue reading “Del Toro’s Frankenstein” @ Guild Cinema →

The Babadook – the 2014 Australian cult horror flick – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, January 3 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Jennifer Kent – 2014 – 94m – Australia – Valid For Punch Cards. Amelia (AFI Award winner Essie Davis, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Slap) is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband.  When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook turns up at … Continue reading “The Babadook” Visits Guild Cinema →

Programming – The Annual Group Book Discussion – What We Read in 2025 Come prepared to tell club members What You Read in 2025 [last 12 months] and would recommend to others.  Choose 2-4 books, and practice keeping remarks short and to the point.  You might also consider one or two books that people should avoid! (We’ll have a 3 1/2-minute timer, so it’s kind of like “beat the clock.”) … Continue reading ABQ SF Society →

Tank Girl – the 1995 Lori Petty post-apocalyptic flick based on the British comic book – at the Guild Cinema Friday, January 9 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Rachel Talalay – 1995 – 104m – Valid For Punch Cards. BOOM!  Shoot off into the world of Tank Girl.  Set tracks to a futuristic Australia, loaded with wild adventure and armed to the teeth with the antics of Lori Petty, … Continue reading “Tank Girl” Rolls Into Guild Cinema →

Cherry 2000 – the 1988 Melanie Griffith post-apocalyptic flick – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, January 10 – 10:30 pm only Directed by Steve De Jarnatt – 1988 – 99m – Valid For Punch Cards. Need a bounty hunter?  She’s your man!  In the future, a man travels to the ends of the earth to find the perfect woman.  In this fun, futuristic sci-fi adventure, Melanie Griffith (Something Wild) is … Continue reading “Cherry 2000” Comes To Guild Cinema →

It’s ABQ COMIC CON 2026 The 16th annual ABQ Comic Con is January 16-18, 2026, at the ABQ Convention Center downtown.  Announced Guests include actors Adam Rodriguez, Alan Tudyk, Anson Williams, Bryce Dallas Howard, Darcy Demoss, David Anders, David Morrissey, Dolph Lundgren, Don Most, Frank Grillo, Gina Gershon, Henry Ian Cusick, Henry Winkler, Jaime Pressley, Jimmie “JJ” Walker, Joyce Dewitt, Julia Jones, Juliette Lewis, Kristin Bauer, Kevin Dillon, Lou Diamond … Continue reading ABQ Comic Con 2026 →

Spirited Away – the 2001 classic Miyazaki anime – at the Guild Cinema!  Friday, January 16 – 10:30 pm only! Directed by Hayao Miyazaki – 2001 – 125m -$13 in advance / $15 at the door – Not Valid for Punch Cards. Join New Mexico Entertainment for our special screening of the Studio Ghibli classic, Spirited Away (Subtitled).  Early-Bird presale tickets have the chance to win door prizes from local … Continue reading “Spirited Away” at Guild Cinema →

It’s Saturday of ABQ COMIC CON 2026 The 16th annual ABQ Comic Con is January 16-18, 2026, at the ABQ Convention Center downtown.  Announced Guests include actors Adam Rodriguez, Alan Tudyk, Anson Williams, Bryce Dallas Howard, Darcy Demoss, David Anders, David Morrissey, Dolph Lundgren, Don Most, Frank Grillo, Gina Gershon, Henry Ian Cusick, Henry Winkler, Jaime Pressley, Jimmie “JJ” Walker, Joyce Dewitt, Julia Jones, Juliette Lewis, Kristin Bauer, Kevin Dillon, … Continue reading ABQ Comic Con 2026 Continues →

Mars Express – A 2023 French animated sci-fi feature – at the Guild Cinema Saturday, January 17 – 2:30 & 10:30 pm Directed by Jérémie Périn – 2023 – 88m – France – In English – Valid For Punch Cards. Directed by Jérémie Périn, whose anime-influenced, action-heavy style first gained acclaim with his series adaptation of the comic Lastman, Mars Express injects the cyberpunk genre with urgent new themes that make … Continue reading “Mars Express” Twice at Guild Cinema →

The War of the Worlds – the 1953 George Pal production based on H.G. Wells’ novel – at the Guild Cinema 1:00 pm Sunday, January 18. Directed by Byron Haskin – 1953 – 85m – Valid For Punch Cards. A SPECIAL TROY STULL BIRTHDAY SCREENING!  SPECIAL THANKS TO BUBONICON 57! A mysterious, meteorlike object has landed in a small California town.  All clocks have stopped.  A fleet of glowing green … Continue reading “War of the Worlds” B-Day Show @ Guild Cinema →