Movie Hype: Palm Springs ShortFest 2026, Onslaught, Gardena Cinema, Blind Cop 2, The Furious Out June 12th & The 2026 Programmers’ Jam

ShortFest 2026 Passes & Tickets Are On Sale Now! 🌴🎥 The wait is over! Secure your spot at ShortFest 2026 and experience seven days of world premieres, filmmaker Q&As, industry panels, unforgettable events, and groundbreaking short films from around the globe. Festival Passes. pic.twitter.com/roiErqXwpp

— Palm Springs Film Festival (@PSFilmFest) June 4, 2026

Palm Springs ShortFest 2026 is taking place June 23-29th. We'll have a guide of our top picks of blocks of shorts soon. Plan ahead and spend some time in the Coachella Valley.

trailer played before my showing of BACKROOMS. The US Government creates a bunch of Friday-the-thirteenth-Jason-style supersoldiers and set them loose on the civilian populace. Adria Arjona and her guns are the only thing standing in their way. Looks like it's gonna be a hoot https://t.co/nZEpWCtFPV

— rob (@RobertSecundus) June 1, 2026

Straight up it looks like the sequel to The Guest and Dan Stevens is in it again.

 

This vintage L.A. theater is turning movie nights into something much biggerhttps://t.co/EYcYH5YcW3

— KTLA 5 Morning News (@KTLAMorningNews) June 4, 2026

Great article on the Gardena Cinema and how smaller theaters in LA do it right.

Smaller genre movies are exploding at the box office right, but sometimes you've just gotta take the tiny independent action movie you made and show it off across cinemas all over the country your damn self...https://t.co/95HyCDow0h

— Jordan Crucchiola (@JorCru) June 3, 2026

You had me at the title Blind Cop 2. There is no Blind Cop 1.

 

Amazing night with the @BeyondFest to screen @KenjiTanigaki #THEFURIOUS to a sold out crowd! @LionsgateAction have a true gem on their hands. Having seen this one several times over the past year, it just rips with a crowd. A true theatrical event that is a steel-toe kick of… pic.twitter.com/oOIQEJNurM

— Will Landman 🍥 (@WillTheLandMan) May 29, 2026

Little out of order, but here's proof that the Legion Theater, used for The Boys: Glory Hall Free Pop-Up Museum was also used by The Furious.

 

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Here's another poster for The Furious out June 12th, finally. Go to say, Lionsgate doing pretty good promoting it.

 And, a nice article on the 2026 Programmers’ Jam, the first time 100 repertory programmers, distributors, and revival exhibitors gathered at Vidiots in Los Angeles for it from IndieWire

The Golden Age of Repertory Cinema Is Now

It seems like a good way for theaters from around the country to work together and with distributors and get films to people on these independent screens.