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Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Freedom Fighters' and 'Above All Else'

This week, we have two projects to feature, both with a bit of a civic angle. One deals in environmental issues and the other criminal justice; one has met its goal and the other has a long road ahead; but both are worthy of your consideration. Read More | Comment »

4:40PM Fri. May. 10, Monica Riese

A Taste of CineMarfa 2013

Are there now far too many film festivals? It's a legitimate question. Read More | Comment »

3:40PM Fri. May. 10, Louis Black

From the Vaults: All for the Love of You

Daisy, Daisy … Jay Gatsby is half-crazy, all for the love of you. Drill down into the many mysteries surrounding Jay Gatsy, the hero of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel, and you'll find at their source Daisy Buchanan – and that beguiling green light at the end of her pier. Read More | Comment »

3:15PM Fri. May. 10, Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Flam

Jeff Nichols' future plans, Cinema41 turns 2, and more, all in this edition of Film Flam. Read More | Comment »

11:50AM Fri. May. 10, Monica Riese

Fantastic Fest Heads to Lakeline

Attention fans of genre, gore and all-round odd cinema! The Alamo Drafthouse has just announced that Fantastic Fest, its annual celebration of all movies bizarre and unique, will be moving to the new Alamo Lakeline for 2013. Read More | Comment »

11:00AM Fri. May. 10, Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Films Heads to 'A Field in England'

Pick up your musket and watch out for sorcerers: Drafthouse Films will be releasing A Field in England, the new historical horror from subversive British film maker Ben Wheatley. Read More | Comment »

1:00PM Thu. May. 9, Richard Whittaker

Trailer Park Goes Big

The novel version of Ender's Game took home a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, Edgar Wright won multiple awards for his zom-rom-com screenplay, and the cast of The Butler is one of the most star-studded lists in recent memory. Read More | Comment »

11:01AM Thu. May. 9, Monica Riese

Lost and Found

These days, YouTube has it all, doesn't it? Read More | Comment »

10:15AM Wed. May. 8, Monica Riese

Alamo Drafthouse Goes All Out for Gatsby Opening

It's safe to say the creative team at the Alamo Drafthouse is getting into the spirit of Baz Luhrmann’s opulent new film, The Great Gatsby, unlike any other theatre in the country. They've designed both food and cocktail menus to celebrate the opening of the film and are throwing a flapper costume party in the bargain. Read More | Comment »

1:15PM Tue. May. 7, Gracie Salem

Farewell, Ray Harryhausen

On a recent trip to the UK, I found myself in the London Film Musuem, face to face with the grim visage of the Medusa from 1981's Clash of the Titans. And now the man responsible for this snake-tailed monstrosity, and many so many more iconic fantastical images, special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen, has died, aged 92. Read More | Comment »

1:03PM Tue. May. 7, Richard Whittaker

AFF Has the Right Idea About ‘Wrong Numbers’

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Austin Film Festival’s Made in Texas film series is taking a look back at films that world premiered at the fest. On Wednesday, AFF screens Alex Holdridge’s 2001 underage coming-of-age comedy, a self-proclaimed “little movie” that paid off in big ways. Read More | Comment »

12:42PM Tue. May. 7, Kimberley Jones

Docurama Film Examines Indian Culture's Split Personality

The third installment of the Cinedigm Docurama series screening at the Alamo Drafthouse, The World Before Her, positions itself directly atop a seesaw's fulcrum, and it is impossible to stop watching the resulting documentary. Read More | Comment »

9:14AM Tue. May. 7, Jessi Cape

You Can Dance If You Want To

If you're one of those people who's too busy dancing in your seat to notice the traffic, the Alamo Drafthouse's Danceoke competition is definitely for you. Read More | Comment »

5:17PM Mon. May. 6, Monica Riese

'The Happy Poet' Hits Stateside

Listen up, granolaheads. Actually, you know what? Listen up, the rest of you, too. This is a story for every Austinite. Read More | Comment »

11:52AM Mon. May. 6, Monica Riese

Here's Your History Lesson for the Day

Cinco de Mayo in the U.S. of A. is all piñatas, margaritas, siestas, and panchos. But lest you forget, there's a little more to the holiday than we've absorbed over the decades. Read More | Comment »

8:43AM Sun. May. 5, Monica Riese

Star Wars Day: Happy May the Fourth, And a Very Merry Revenge of the Fifth

I will always remember the first time I saw a Star Wars film. It was early 1978, and it changed my life. Read More | Comment »

7:34PM Sat. May. 4, Richard Whittaker

Trailer Park Is Young at Heart

Teenage assassins, love in the time of food trucks, and the first film adaptation of a Judy Blume novel. Trailer Park has it all. Read More | Comment »

3:55PM Fri. May. 3, Monica Riese

From the Vaults: Talking 'Trash'

In the documentary Trash Dance, which opens today at the Violet Crown Cinema, filmmaker Andrew Garrison offers a record of the making of choreographer Allison Orr's one-night-only, site-specific production of The Trash Project – a dance piece performed in 2009 by the workers and machinery of Austin's Solid Waste Services Department. Read More | Comment »

3:30PM Fri. May. 3, Marjorie Baumgarten

Ride the Local Through This Mega Movie Map

There are few things Austinites love to argue about more than public transportation and film, so here, have at it: Read More | Comment »

1:30PM Fri. May. 3, Monica Riese

Summer of 1983: The Sequel

A year ago, the Alamo Drafthouse revived the greatest cinema season ever with Summer of 1982. Now there back a year later with a time-shifted sequel of the best from 1983, And there's a special bonus for Austin only: The return of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Read More | Comment »

12:42PM Fri. May. 3, Richard Whittaker

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