{"id":107983,"date":"2026-01-06T20:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/107983\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:11:12","slug":"st-petes-second-screen-cult-cinema-kicks-off-2026-season-with-blade-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/107983\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete&#8217;s Second Screen Cult Cinema kicks off 2026 season with &#8216;Blade Runner&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"489\" data-attachment-id=\"349811\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/harrison-ford-in-blade-runner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Harrison-Ford-in-Blade-Runner.png?fit=1229%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1229,771\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Harrison Ford in Blade Runner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Harrison Ford in B\u2019lade Runner\u2019&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Harrison-Ford-in-Blade-Runner.png?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Harrison-Ford-in-Blade-Runner.png?fit=780%2C489&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Harrison-Ford-in-Blade-Runner.png\" alt=\"A high-contrast, moody film still featuring a man with a grit-covered face and damp skin. The lighting is low and atmospheric, casting deep shadows across his chest and the mechanical fixtures behind him, creating a sense of tension and exhaustion.\" class=\"wp-image-349811\"  \/>Harrison Ford in B\u2019lade Runner\u2019 Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qoEyZoOTtss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Screengrab via Warner Bros. Entertainment \/ YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For nearly 12 years now, Second Screen Cult Cinema has brought lovers of out-of-the-box movies together, and it kicks off a new season with a screening of the dystopian 1982 sci-fi classic \u201cBlade Runner\u201d at the series\u2019 new permanent home, <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/green-light-cinema-12851852\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Light Cinema<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation is a rare chance to see the 2007 \u201creal\u201d director\u2019s cut, where Ridley Scott goes even deeper on Rick Deckard memories, challenging viewers to think about whether or not the ex-cop is human or replicant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/second-screen-cult-cinema-blade-runner-21069504\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets for Second Screen Cult Cinema\u2019s Thursday, Jan.  15 screening of \u201cBlade Runner\u201d are still available and start at $10.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/dec-25-31-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dec. 25 \u2013 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harrison Ford in B\u2019lade Runner\u2019 Credit: Screengrab via Warner Bros. Entertainment \/ YouTube For nearly 12 years now,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[38100,55319,55320,202,204,203,199,201,200,40066],"class_list":["post-107983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-green-light-cinema","tag-movies-in-st-petersburg","tag-second-screen-cult-cinema","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-film-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}