BEETLEJUICE: Catherine O'Hara Tribute at FOMO Cinema Tbilisi
Tuesday 9. June at 20:30 - 22:05
FOMO Secret Cinema, Tbilisi
This week I'm celebrating actors, directors, editors and artists who are no longer with us, but whose work continues to shape the films we watch and love. Some became icons. Others worked quietly behind the camera. Together, they helped make cinema what it is today.
I'm showing BEETLEJUICE in honour of Catherine O'Hara. Across comedy, television, and film, O'Hara built one of the most distinctive careers of any performer of her generation. Whether working with Christopher Guest, Tim Burton, or later finding a whole new audience through SCHITT'S CREEK, she always brought intelligence, precision, and impeccable comic timing to her work.
Tim Burton | 1988 | USA | 1h32m | Presented in the original English audio
BEETLEJUICE feels like the moment Tim Burton stopped being a promising young director and became Tim Burton. Before this came PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE. After this came BATMAN, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, and one of the most distinctive careers in modern American cinema. Watching BEETLEJUICE today, you can see so many of Burton's obsessions arriving fully formed. The gothic architecture. The suburban absurdity. The affection for outsiders, weirdos, and misfits. Perhaps most importantly, the belief that the afterlife might be far more entertaining than ordinary life.
The story begins when a recently deceased couple discover they are trapped inside their own home while an aggressively normal family moves in and starts redecorating. Desperate to get rid of the new occupants, they seek help from a freelance "exorcist" named Beetlejuice. Unsurprisingly, this turns out to be a terrible idea.
What I love about the film is how inventive it remains. The afterlife isn't presented as a place of grandeur or terror. It's a bureaucracy. A maze of waiting rooms, paperwork, civil servants, and administrative headaches. Somehow Burton manages to make death feel both funny and strangely familiar.
Michael Keaton rightfully receives most of the attention, but I've always had a soft spot for the rest of the cast. Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis bring genuine warmth to the film, while Winona Ryder's Lydia remains one of the defining outsider characters of 1980s cinema. Then there's Catherine O'Hara, who somehow steals every scene she's in. Her performance is so perfectly pitched that she manages to make complete narcissism look oddly lovable.
FOOD AND DRINK POLICY: FOMO Cinema Lounge Bar opens 1 hour before the first screening of the day and closes at 02:00,.serving a wide selection of beer, wine, cocktails, and non-alcoholic refreshments including coffee and tea, as well as fresh hot popcorn! Outside food is allowed in the bar but not in the cinema. No alcohol from outside allowed. All guests are invited to arrive early and stay late!
LOCATION: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.
HOW TO FIND FOMO: Enter Bazari Orbeliani via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left to Level 1. Signage on the door. You can also check our Instagram story highlights for a video showing exactly how to find us: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17933106294029235/
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia
