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Special Screenings

MONDAY MAY 20

  • The Big Lebowski Quote-Along (1998)

    Rated R, 117 min

    Action Pack

    7:15PM Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, 5701 W. Slaughter Ln., 512/476-1320

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

    Not rated, 84 min

    Only at the Alamo: Using scenes from more than 450 films from the first century of cinema, Pálfi and his editors construct a film that is equal parts drama, comedy, and romance, and recontextualizes classic imagery while also celebrating it.

    7PM Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, 320 E. Sixth, 512/476-1320

  • The Source Family (2012)

    Not rated, 98 min

    This documentary about Hollywood's Source Family premiered at SXSW. A 1970s experiment in communal living, the group promoted utopian and spiritual ideals and was led by a figure called Father Yod. The hippie cult produced lots of ceremonial music but fled to Hawaii after Father Yod's multiple marriages became notorious, and the group sputtered out soon afterward.

    10PM Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, 320 E. Sixth, 512/476-1320

  • Teenage Dreams Pop Princess Sing-Along

    Action Pack

    7:35PM Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek, 13729 Research, 512/219-5408

    • SPACES

  • American Milkshake

    American Milkshake (2013)

    Not rated

    Austin Film Festival: Indie Spirit: This dark urban comedy is set in the Nineties and follows the life of a young man in suburban Washington, D.C., who just wants to be black.

    7PM Texas Spirit Theater at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 N. Congress, 512/936-8746

  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

    Rated R, 145 min

    AFS at the Marchesa: Gazarra plays a sweet-hearted strip-club owner whose gambling debt gets him in trouble with the mob. Poorly received upon its initial release, this Cassavetes film is a heartbreaking character study.

    7PM The Marchesa Hall & Theatre, 6406 N I-35, 512/454-2000

  • Rise of the Guardians

    Rise of the Guardians (2012)

    Rated PG, 97 min

    Austin Public Library: Family Movie Matinee: Free. Read a full review of Rise of the Guardians.

    4PM Cepeda Branch Library, 651 N. Pleasant Valley, 512/974-7372

  • "Spent a Year There One Knite" (2013)

    Not rated, 45 min

    This short documentary chronicles the rise and fall of Austin's One Knite Dive and Tavern in the early 1970s, a club that served as an incubator of the city's white blues scene in an era musically dominated by the Cosmic Cowboy. Local luminaries such as Denny Freeman, Margaret Moser, Paul Ray, and Jimmie Vaughan reminisce.

    7PM Stubb's, 801 Red River, 512/480-8341

    • IMAX

    1800 N. Congress, 512/936-4629

  • Flight of the Butterflies

    Flight of the Butterflies (2012)

    Not rated, 44 min

    The life cycle of a monarch butterfly and its long-distance migration from Canada to Central Mexico is captured in this 3-D nature documentary that also focuses on the decades of fieldwork conducted by Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart.

  • Rocky Mountain Express

    Rocky Mountain Express (2011)

    Not rated, 45 min

    Giant IMAX cameras were strapped to a 1930s steam engine from the Canadian Pacific Railway to follow its trek through the Rockies, from Vancouver to Calgary.

  • Star Trek Into Darkness

    Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

    Rated PG-13, 132 min

    This beams a day early into IMAX theatres. Read a full review of Star Trek Into Darkness.

  • Texas: The Big Picture

    Texas: The Big Picture (2003)

    Not rated, 39 min

    Panoramic shots of Texas grace the screen as the state is shown to be a land capable of producing everything from grapefruit to microchips.