Each week, Fletcher Powell finds the independent and non-commercial films showing in Wichita and the surrounding areas and brings them to you in this handy guide.
Coming up: scandal, buried treasure and ghost stories.
Madame X
July 5
7:00 p.m.
Tallgrass Cinema Alfresco
The Brickyard
(1966 Lana Turner drama.)
(Lana Turner on “What’s My Line” shortly before Madame X was released in 1966.)
The Goonies
July 11
8:30 p.m.
Tallgrass Film Association
Botanica
(Pop-up Cinema event, accompanied by ice cream and a treasure hunt.)
Cruel Intentions
July 12
7:00 p.m.
Tallgrass Cinema Alfresco
The Brickyard
(1999 “teen” version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.)
The Selling
July 13
7:30 p.m.
Tallgrass Film Association
Wichita-Sedwick County Historical Museum
(2011 Tallgrass Film Festival Audience Award-winner, followed by Q&A with director Emily Lou and a walking ghost tour of downtown Wichita.)
Bus Stop
July 15
2:00 p.m.
Orpheum Theater
(More from The Orpheum’s Marilyn Monroe series.)
Music: Cyndi Lauper - “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough”