The Queen's Film Society upcoming events

June Meeting at the Kimbell Building (16 Jun 2026)

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Help choose August's Member-Pick’d Flick and stay for a quick round of movie trivia! We’ll kick things off at 7:00 PM with a brief update, then hold the vote and crown our trivia champs. Film fans welcome - members vote.

Wild Zero (25 Jun 2026)

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT

Wild Zero (Tetsuro Takeuchi, Japan 1999)

Not Rated | Thriller, Drama, Romance | 1hr 38min

Thursday, June 25, The 101

Wild Zero is what happens when a punk-rock concert, a zombie apocalypse, a sci-fi fever dream, and a midnight movie all collide at full speed. Starring Japanese garage-punk legends Guitar Wolf as themselves, the film follows a devoted fan on a chaotic quest involving undead hordes, alien interference, explosive action, and one of the most unexpectedly heartfelt love stories in cult cinema. Loud, outrageous, funny, and gloriously unhinged, Wild Zero is the kind of movie that rewards an audience willing to cheer, laugh, and ask, “How did they get away with this?” As Variety’s critic Ken Eisner puts it, Wild Zero “has everything the midnight crowd could possibly want.”

Trigger warning: exploding head, pee cams, bad rock songs, stupid zombies.

Free and un-ticketed.

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Black Peter (Miloš Forman, 1964) (30 Jun 2026)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

BLACK PETER (Miloš Forman, Czechoslovak 1964, 85 min.)

One of the first films to herald the arrival of the Czechoslovak New Wave, Miloš Forman’s stylistically inventive debut narrative feature follows the bumbling teenager of the title (Ladislav Jakim) over the course of a directionless summer as he starts (and fails at) a new job, flirts awkwardly, and grows increasingly exasperated with his parents. A refreshingly frank, unromanticized coming-of-age portrait, Black Peter (1964) captures the bewildering experience of adolescence with both empathy and sly humor.

In Czech with English Subtitles

REVIEWS for "BLACK PETER"

“Black Peter is about a small town's summer months, and I cannot remember a film so wonderfully sensitive to summer pleasures."

THE NEW YORK TIMES

“An irresistibly wry and witty look at life's little pitfalls, full of affection for every last one of the characters.”

TIME OUT

“Brilliantly reserved, unhurried, and understated.”

LIVERPOOL ECHO

“Miraculous performances... Vivid authenticity... This is material we've never seen in any other film about adolescence.”

THE BOSTON PHOENIX

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SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION!

An exciting short film by one of Czechia's great young filmmakers fresh from FAMO: The Film Academy of Miroslav Ondříček in Písek

Sponsored by the Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum

with support from The Film Academy of Miroslav Ondříček in Písek

Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, 1966) (7 Jul 2026)

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tokyo Drifter (Seijun Suzuki, Japan 1966)

In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Tetsu’s attempt to go straight is thwarted when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. Director Seijun Suzuki’s onslaught of stylized violence and trippy colors is equal parts Russ Meyer, Samuel Fuller, and Nagisa Oshima—an anything-goes, in-your-face rampage. Tokyo Drifter is a delirious highlight of the brilliantly excessive Japanese cinema of the sixties.

"Seijun Suzuki, prominent B-film director, channels all his quirks and influences with cool effectiveness into this gem of a yakuza film.

FILM COMPANION

“A yakuza flick turned up to 11… A violent blast of cinematic disorder.”

TIME OUT

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The Square (Ruben Östlund, 2017) (14 Jul 2026)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Square (Ruben Östlund, Sweden 2017)

The curator of an art museum in Stockholm finds his life spinning out of control after he decides to hunt down the thieves who stole his cell phone. Meanwhile, his museum hosts an exhibit about kindness in everyday life in this caustic comedy that won the Palme d’or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and cemented Ruben Östlund (Force Majeure, Triangle of Sadness) as one of the great social satirists in contemporary cinema.

“An astonishingly smart film.”

THE TIMES (UK)

“A darkly humorous and horrific mirror to our culture.”

AUSTIN CHRONICLE

“Laugh-out-loud funny.”

TORONTO STAR

“Social satire by way of art-world comedy, and no woke participant is exempt from its barbs.”

VOX

“A potent, disturbing work that explores the boundaries of political correctness, artistic liberty and free speech in provocative ways.”

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

In Swedish with English subtitles

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