Special Screenings
Showtimes shown for Tuesday, Feb. 9 - Thursday, Feb. 11.
Other Screenings
The Alps
Year Released: 2007
Directed By: Stephen Judson
Narration: Michael Gambon
(NR, 45 min.)
John Harlin III attempts to climb the North Face of the Eiger, the site of his father's death 40 years earlier. The music is by rock band Queen.
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IMAX Theatre
Tuesday-Thursday, 11am
The Future of Food
Year Released: 2004
Directed By: Deborah Koons Garcia
(NR, 89 min.)
This is a documentary investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly inundated our grocery shelves.
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MonkeyWrench Books
Thursday (2/11), 7:30pm
Horror Remix: Health Care
Clips from movies that combine horror and health care themes will be presented in two hours: Content is from
Visiting Hours,
Hospital Massacre, and
The Last Slumber Party.
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Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek
Wednesday, 10pm
Jesus in India
Year Released: 2008
Directed By: Paul Davids
(NR, 97 min.)
Author Ed Martin will be present for a Q&A following the screening of this film, which documents his research into the missing years of Jesus Christ, from ages 12 to 30, that are not accounted for in the New Testament. Martin, the film's associate producer, argues that Christ was in India.
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University Hills Library
Wednesday, 6:30pm
Open Screen Night
Patrons are invited to show their best videos (less than 10 minutes in length) on the big screen. These can be self-made movies, YouTube links, or whatever you'd like to share with an audience. Any entry can be gonged after the first three minutes, but a $100 cash prize will be awarded for the favorite clip of the night.
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Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Wednesday, 9:45pm
Overboard
Year Released: 1987
Directed By: Garry Marshall
Starring: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell
(PG, 106 min.)
Free.
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Rounders Pizzeria
Tuesday-Wednesday, 7:30pm
Super Happy Fun Monkey Bash 2010
The return of an annual favorite, the new compilation features a whole new array of Japanese television weirdness.
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Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Tuesday, 9:45pm; Thursday (2/11), 9:40pm
Texas: The Big Picture
Year Released: 2003
Directed By: Scott Swofford
Narration: Colby Donaldson
(NR, 39 min.)
Panoramic shots of Texas grace the screen as the state is shown to be a land capable of growing everything from grapefruit to microchips. For ticket prices, call 936-IMAX or 936-TSHM, or see
www.thestoryoftexas.com.
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IMAX Theatre
Tuesday-Thursday, 10am
Action Pack:
Love Bites: The Power Ballad Sing-Along
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Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Moulin Rouge Sing-Along
Year Released: 2001
Directed By: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
(PG-13, 127 min.)
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Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
AFS Documentary Tour:
O Amor Natural
Year Released: 1996
Directed By: Heddy Honigmann
(NR, 76 min.)
Recently unearthed erotic poetry of Carlos Drummond de Andrade is used by the filmmaker as an opening gambit for frank conversations about love and sex with random Brazilians. (
read full review)
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Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Wednesday, 7pm
Austin Film Society: Children of Abraham/Ibrahim 4 – Films of the Middle East and Beyond:
Ajami
Year Released: 2009
Directed By: Scander Copti, Yaron Shani
Starring: Shahir Kabaha, Ibrahim Frege, Fouad Habash, Youssef Sahwani
(NR, 120 min.)
Nominated this week for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, this Israeli picture is directed by a Jew and an Arab. The title comes from the multiethnic area of Jaffa in which the film is set. Revealed are not only the divides between Jews and Arabs, but also those between Muslims and Christians, young and old, men and women, and rich and poor. $6, AFS members free
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Alamo Drafthouse South
Tuesday, 7pm
Cine Las Americas: The Mexico of Emilio Fernández and Gabriel Figueroa:
Flor Silvestre
Year Released: 1943
Directed By: Emilio Fernández
Starring: Emilio Fernández, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendariz
(NR, 99 min.)
Del Rio, Hollywood's first Mexican-born movie star, returned to her native land for her first of many Spanish-language pictures that helped launch the golden age of Mexican cinema. This film tells the story of a man who is disowned by his family for marrying beneath his station and what he goes through when false revolutionaries kidnap his wife and son. free
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Mexican American Cultural Center
Wednesday, 8pm
Master Pancake Theater:
Casablanca
Year Released: 1942
Directed By: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Heinreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Dooley Wilson
(NR, 102 min.)
Mock-out in Morocco by the Pancake comedy levelers.
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Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Wednesday, 10pm
Terror Tuesday:
Devil Fetus
Year Released: 1983
Directed By: Lau Hung-Chuen
Starring: Sha-fei Au Yeung, Hsiu-ling Lu, Eddie Chan
(NR, 84 min.)
Weird and wacky Hong Kong supernaturalism.
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Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Tuesday, 10pm
TV @ the Alamo:
Lost
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Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek
University Leadership Initiative:
Papers
Year Released: 2009
Directed By: Anne Galisky
(NR, 95 min.)
Undocumented youth and the challenges they face when they turn 18 are the subject of this documentary. reserve tickets at
www.papersthemovie.com
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Texas Union Theatre
Thursday (2/11), 7pm
Weird Wednesday:
Cry of a Prostitute
Year Released: 1974
Directed By: Andrea Bianchi
Starring: Henry Silva, Barbara Bouchet, Fausto Tozzi, Vittorio Sanipoli
(R, 97 min.)
This Italian mob film stars American tough guy Silva.
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Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
Wednesday, 12mid
