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FRIDAY MAY 24
  • Lady for a Day

    Lady for a Day (1933)

    Not rated, 96 min

    Summer Film Classics: An Evening With Leonard Maltin: In this unsung Capra film, a Times Square apple seller during the Depression pretends to be an upper-class lady in order to fool her visiting daughter and her fiancé's aristocratic European family. Noted film historian and critic Leonard Maltin is presenting the film, and a conversation with Maltin will follow the screening. For more, see "Leonard for a Day," p. 40.

    7:30PM 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

    • SPACES

  • Husbands

    Husbands (1970)

    Rated PG-13, 138 min

    AFS at the Marchesa: Following the death of a good friend, three middle-aged men go on a desperate spree that flies in the face of mortality. They depart New York for London, where they engage in a bender of drink, gambling, and partying. Cassavetes' camera catches every bit of their freewheeling escape and fatalistic rage.

    8PM The Marchesa Hall & Theatre, 6406 N I-35, 512/454-2000

    • 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/.

    Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 512/474-5664