![]() Sign up for our Weekly Headlines Newsletter. Stay on top of San Antonio news and views. Other films included in the Bijou Collection this year are God’s Country, Silent Twins, Pearl, See How They Run, Don’t Worry Darling, God’s Creatures and Moonage Daydream, a documentary about David Bowie. The Bijou Collection is critical for preserving and honoring film from new arthouse releases, hidden gems and forgotten classics.” That includes everything from major blockbusters to small, independent and foreign releases. “Santikos is serious about providing a wide variety of experiences to our community. “San Antonio has a diverse and passionate film community,” Santikos "in-house movie guru" Rene Villanueva said in a written statement. The film is the directorial debut of actor Owen Kline, best known for his role in the 2005 dark-comedy masterpiece The Squid and the Whale.ĭirected by Australian filmmaker George Miller ( Mad Max: Fury Road), the fantasy film Three Thousand Years of Longing tells the story of a lonely scholar (Tilda Swinton) in Istanbul who's offered three wishes by a djinn (Idris Elba) - a genie in Islamic mythology - in exchange for his freedom. The Bijou Collection will launch this week with the release of A24’s Funny Pages, playing exclusively at Santikos Embassy, and Three Thousand Years of Longing, playing at Santikos Embassy, Casa Blanca, Silverado, Northwest and Palladium.įunny Pages is a dark, coming-of-age comedy about a teenage illustrator who quits college to pursue a career as a comics artist. Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye, and the Dora Milaje, fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. “San Antonio film fans can expect to see the kinds of diverse and challenging films that were such a big part of the Bijou experience.” “With many competitors struggling in this post-pandemic, streaming dominated market, it seems harder than ever to find a company dedicated to these types of smaller releases,” according to the press statement. The collection will “ the importance and power of arthouse films," officials said. In a Thursday press statement, Alamo City-based Santikos unveiled its Bijou Collection, a series of indie, foreign and specialty films that will premiere at its other theaters. The Bijou may be gone after spending 35 years as the city's primary arthouse cinema, but theater chain Santikos is promising that independent, foreign and documentary films still have a home in San Antonio after it closed the property in April. ![]() ![]() Sign up for our Events Newsletter.George Miller's fantasy film Three Thousand Years of Longing is among the arthouse productions theater chain Santikos will show as part of its Bijou Collection. Get our top picks for the best events in San Antonio every Thursday morning. The latest turn for the Bijou also comes after an announcement late last year from the city of Balcones Heights that it was spending $5.4 million on a 46% ownership stake in the mall. Those theaters now operate as Santikos Westlakes, which began showing movies again last month, and Santikos New Branfuels, which resumed last summer. The Bijou's reported closure follows a buying spree by Santikos, which absorbed and reopened two of the Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse chain's local outlets. It took over after longtime operator Regal Cinemas shuttered the location, which it also operated as an arthouse property. Santikos has operated the theater since 2003, devoting some of its screens to foreign and art films while bolstering sales with food and alcohol. However, the Bijou no longer appears on the San Antonio-based theater operator's website, which lists 10 other area holdings. And we are ninjas in the dark, catering to your every need, to make sure you don’t miss a minute of it. The Current was unable to reach Santikos Entertainment for comment. We believe in delivering every nuance, laugh, thrill and chill in complete comfort, with the right kind of visual and surround-sound audio that makes your hair stand up at just the right time. ![]() A sign posted Monday at the Santikos Bijou Cinema Bistro, the long-running arthouse theater inside Wonderland of the Americas mall, has announced its closure, news site MySA reports. The Bijou is located inside Wonderland of the Americas mall.
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