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SATURDAY MAY 25

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    Not rated, 161 min

    Summer Film Classics: Memorial Day Weekend: The big screen is the place to see this widescreen epic about British soldiers, interned in a Japanese prison camp, who build the titular bridge as a morale-boosting exercise. A winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture. (Double bill: The Dirty Dozen.)

    2:15PM Stateside at the Paramount, 719 Congress, 512/472-5470

  • Cabaret

    Cabaret (1972)

    Rated PG, 128 min

    Broadway Brunch: Minnelli and Grey sparkle and the Fosse flash is everywhere in evidence in this winner of eight Academy Awards.

    11AM Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, 5701 W. Slaughter Ln., 512/476-1320

  • The Dirty Dozen

    The Dirty Dozen (1967)

    Not rated, 150 min

    Summer Film Classics: Memorial Day Weekend: This epic war film, which is set on the eve of D-Day, tracks a unit of men – all death-row convicts – chosen to parachute behind enemy lines on a suicide mission. (Double bill: The Bridge on the River Kwai.)

    5:20PM Stateside at the Paramount, 719 Congress, 512/472-5470

  • Forbidden Planet

    Forbidden Planet (1956)

    Not rated, 98 min

    Kids' Club: One of the greatest science-fiction films of all time, Forbidden Planet combines good drama with great special effects. And it has Robby the Robot to boot. free

    11AM Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, 320 E. Sixth, 512/476-1320

  • Mansfield Park

    Mansfield Park (1999)

    Rated PG-13, 110 min

    Afternoon Tea: This adaptation of Jane Austen's third novel is infused with liberal doses of modern attitudes and autobiographical tidbits from the author's life. Read a full review of Mansfield Park.

    4PM Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek, 13729 Research, 512/219-5408

  • An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

    An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)

    Not rated, 94 min

    Only at the Alamo: When the filmmaker gets "friend-zoned" by a girl, he makes this giddy film full of romantic tips of the hat, animation, and other visual strategies to make the case for his love. The Sundance-nurtured project won the Gotham Award for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You. A Skype Q&A with the director will follow the screening.

    4:15PM Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, 320 E. Sixth, 512/476-1320

  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    Rated R, 95 min

    Austin fans have been dressing up and doing the "Time Warp" thing live for more than three decades. For more info, see www.austinrocky.org.

    11:59PM Alamo Drafthouse Village, 2700 W. Anderson, 512/459-7090

  • Sahara (1943)

    Not rated, 97 min

    Summer Film Classics: Memorial Day Weekend: After the fall of Tobruk in 1942, the survivors of an American tank outfit head into the desert, picking up a motley international crew as they go, while also searching for water and avoiding Nazis. (Double bill: Sergeant York.)

    4:35PM Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress, 512/472-5470

  • Sergeant York (1941)

    Not rated, 134 min

    Summer Film Classics: Memorial Day Weekend: A Tennessee mountain farmer relinquishes his pacifist religious principles and goes off to fight in World War I and becomes an acclaimed war hero. As played by Cooper and directed by Hawks, this propaganda movie that was released at the beginning of World War II, rises above its motives to become a moving slice of Americana. (Double bill: Sahara.)

    2PM, 6:30PM Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress, 512/472-5470

  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

    Rated PG, 113 min

    Master Pancake: Owen Egerton joins the nerd mockers.

    7PM, 10PM Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, 320 E. Sixth, 512/476-1320

  • Stars Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

    Rated PG, 135 min

    Summer of 1983: On the film's 30th anniversary, the Alamo is one of two venues where this original trilogy classic will screen.

    11:50PM, 12MID, 12:05AM, 12:10AM, 12:15AM Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, 5701 W. Slaughter Ln., 512/476-1320

    • BULLOCK MUSEUM

    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

    See "First Runs" for review. 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.

    • FESTIVALS

  • PROTOS

    AMODA: Four days of presentations, workshops, makeathons, film screenings, and panels will focus on topics concerning digital art and prototyping. For details, see www.amoda.org/.