Weekly Newsletter|No. 17 — September 1, 2026
Gooood morning folks!

You must see Coyote vs. Acme this week. In this live action and animated film, Wile E. Coyote has finally had enough of ACME's failing products, so he hires a lawyer (Will Forte) and sues ACME. Forte, John Cena, and Lana Condor are perfectly cast in this movie.

If you missed the backstory, the film itself is its own David v. Goliath story. Warner Bros. Discovery shelved it after its completion in 2023, purely for a $30M tax write-off. Fans were furious and pushed back hard on social media. That backlash is what opened the door for Ketchup Entertainment to buy and release it, so that we the public are able to see this gem in theaters at all.

Call me crazy, isn't it ironic: a movie about standing up to a corporation that cares more about profit than people? Bribing the government? Never facing consequences for their actions? Anyway. Go prove them wrong, and show them how much we love watching silly movies made with heart.

P.S. Cinemark's Bring Your Own Bucket day is back, Sunday September 6, one day only. Any clean container, up to 400oz of popcorn, $5, no ticket required. Some inspo:
• Homer's all-purpose bucket
• A traffic cone
• A piñata
• A snare drum
• A 10-gallon hat (bad deal, only holds ~96oz, but points for commitment)

See you at the movies!
xoxo Jenn
💖FAB Picks This Week
Come See Me in the Good Light Come See Me in the Good Light
2025 · Documentary · 104 min
Directed by Ryan White
IMDb7.5RT100%LB3.9
Andrea Gibson was Colorado's poet laureate and spent decades writing in Boulder County before they died of ovarian cancer in July of last year. This follows their final year with their partner, the poet Megan Falley, and it's funnier and more alive than that sentence suggests. I watched it when it premiered at BIFF (with Andrea and Megan in attendance), took a break from the merch table, sobbing and laughing the whole time. Andrea was a radiant human, and their poems about identity, sexuality, and death are something else. It won the People's Choice Award at BIFF that year, and now it's back for one night as part of the library's Docs After Dark series.
Canyon Theater at Boulder Library
Thu 9/3 6:30 PM
The Wailing The Wailing
2016 · Horror, Mystery · 156 min
Directed by Na Hong-jin
IMDb7.4RT99%LB4.0
In this 2016 Korean horror, a policeman investigates a series of mysterious illnesses in a small village while trying to save his own daughter. The Wailing checks a lot of boxes: police procedural, spooky, supernatural horror. I saw it shortly after it came out, and there are certain scenes that still haunt me. This is the only screening in theaters next week, right before Na Hong-jin's new film Hope opens nationwide on Sept 9th (10 years since The Wailing).
SIE FilmCenter
Sun 9/6 12:00 PM
Taste of Cherry Taste of Cherry
1997 · Drama · 99 min
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
IMDb7.7RT82%LB4.3
Kiarostami's Palme d'Or winner follows a middle-aged man driving the dusty hills outside Tehran, looking for someone willing to bury him after he takes his own life. He finds someone willing to do it, for the money, who spends the rest of the film trying to talk him out of it. I recently watched another Kiarostami film that blew me away and can't wait to see this one on the big screen at Muenzinger!
CU International Film Series
Sun 9/6 7:30 PM
🎬This Week's Screenings
Today / September 1
The Freshman
The Freshman
1925 · Comedy, Drama, Romance · Dir. Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
IMDb7.5RT95%LB3.8
An unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.
CU International Film Series
Coyote Vs. ACME
Coyote Vs. ACME
2026 · Comedy, Adventure, Mystery, Family, Animation · Dir. Dave Green
After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.
AMC Flatiron Crossing
Alamo Drafthouse Westminster
+ 38 more screenings this day →
Tomorrow / September 2
Coyote Vs. ACME
Coyote Vs. ACME
2026 · Comedy, Adventure, Mystery, Family, Animation · Dir. Dave Green
After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.
AMC Flatiron Crossing
Alamo Drafthouse Westminster
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 35th Anniversary
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 35th Anniversary
1991 · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi · Dir. James Cameron
IMDb8.6RT90%LB4.3
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
Alamo Drafthouse Littleton
Cinemark Boulder
+ 40 more screenings this day →
Thursday / September 3
Come See Me in the Good Light
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025 · Documentary · Dir. Ryan White
IMDb7.5RT100%LB3.9
In an intimate and joyful story of love in the face of loss, celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley find strength—and unexpected hilarity—in what might be their final year together.
Canyon Theater at Boulder Library
The Outsiders: The Complete Novel
The Outsiders: The Complete Novel
1983 · Crime, Drama · Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
IMDb7.0RT71%LB3.7
In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.
Alamo Drafthouse Littleton
+ 23 more screenings this day →
Friday / September 4
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 · Adventure, Drama, Comedy · Dir. Terry Gilliam
IMDb7.4RT50%LB3.8
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
Landmark Mayan
Alpha
Alpha
2025 · Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi · Dir. Julia Ducournau
IMDb5.9RT57%LB3.2
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
CU International Film Series
+ 22 more screenings this day →
Saturday / September 5
I, Daniel Blake
I, Daniel Blake
2016 · Drama · Dir. Ken Loach
IMDb7.8RT92%LB4.0
A 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.
CU International Film Series
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller · Dir. Nicholas Meyer
IMDb7.7RT87%LB3.9
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
Alamo Drafthouse Littleton
Alamo Drafthouse Sloans Lake
Alamo Drafthouse Westminster
+ 23 more screenings this day →
Sunday / September 6
Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Drama · Dir. Abbas Kiarostami
IMDb7.7RT82%LB4.3
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
CU International Film Series
The Wailing
The Wailing
2016 · Horror, Mystery · Dir. Na Hong-jin
IMDb7.4RT99%LB4.0
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
SIE FilmCenter
+ 23 more screenings this day →
Monday / September 7
The American Astronaut
35MM
The American Astronaut
2001 · Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Music · Dir. Cory McAbee
IMDb6.9RT63%LB3.7
Samual Curtis's first mission in this bizarre science fiction musical comedy requires him to take a cat to a saloon on an asteroid. There, he meets his former dance partner (the Blueberry Pirate) and collects his payment: a device capable of producing a Real Live Girl. Including music by alternative rock group The Billy Nayer Show, this film began life as a live show with a loyal following.
Alamo Drafthouse Littleton
Boyhood
Boyhood
2014 · Drama · Dir. Richard Linklater
IMDb7.9RT97%LB3.8
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Alamo Drafthouse Littleton
Alamo Drafthouse Westminster
+ 20 more screenings this day →
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