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Special Screenings

THURSDAY FEB. 28

  • Airplane! (1980)

    Rated PG, 86 min

    Ticket includes three-course menu.

    7PM Flix Brewhouse, 2200 S. I-35, 512/244-3549

  • The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia (2012)

    Not rated, 60 min

    Rawson Saunders School: Personal and uplifting accounts of the dyslexic experience from children, experts, and iconic leaders are provided in this documentary that clears up misconceptions about the condition. Famous and successful people with dyslexia, such as Sir Richard Branson and financier Charles Schwab, are interviewed. Doors open at 6:30pm for preshow reception; a panel discussion will follow the screening. $12

    7:30PM Stateside at the Paramount, 719 Congress, 512/472-5470

  • Dazed and Confused Quote-Along (1993)

    Rated R, 103 min

    Action Pack

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

  • Totally Eighties Sing-Along

    Action Pack

    9:45PM Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz, 320 E. Sixth, 512/476-1320

    • SPACES

  • "The Lonely Life" and "Pioneer"

    Monofonus Press: Austin musician and filmmaker Mike Aho presents his first narrative short, which contains a mix of music, narrative, and animation. The film stars musician and actor Will Oldham, who is also the star of David Lowery's award-winning short film, "Pioneer" (2011), which will also screen. A Q&A with Oldham and Aho will follow. For more on Aho's film, go to "I See a Darkness."

    6PM Scottish Rite, 207 W. 18th, 512/472-7247

  • The Rage in Placid Lake

    The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)

    Not rated, 89 min

    Cinema41: Although the title gives the impression that this is a horror movie, this is, instead, a comic coming-of-age story from Australia in which a bohemian teenager opts for a normal life after high school and consequently drives his family and friends nuts. Doors open at 7pm for preshow drinks, and the screening will be followed by a Skype interview with Ben Lee.

    8PM Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd., 512/474-7886

    • 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.

  • Tornado Alley

    Tornado Alley (2011)

    Not rated, 43 min

    Storm Chasers star Casey joins the researchers of VORTEX2 in this effort to capture the origins and evolution of tornadoes.