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Brother Can You Spare a Ticket?
So let's review: another unpredictably blazing hot summer is right around the corner, we're in the midst of what everyone is too terrified to call a depression but actually is, and the overall stress level on the metaphorical street is higher than the entire cast of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.
Feeling down and out? Dispirited? Discombobulated? Depressed? Buddy, so are we, which is why the arrival in our in-box of The Paramount Theater's 2009 Summer Film Series comes as such a blessed relief. Long an air-conditioned oasis of 24 fps classiness in the midst of our city's scorched earth-meets-subtropical summertime sultriness, The Paramount has been sating the appetites of Austin's cineastes and slackers for 34 years. You can download a .pdf file of the entire series calendar here.
This year they're kicking things off in high style for low times with a pre-party on Thursday, May 21, for traditional series opener Casablanca, which means you can help help yourself to complimentary drinks, popcorn, and Moroccan-themed appetizers by becoming a member of their Film Fan Club.
They've also taken into account that "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" is back on top of charts (in our heads if not on our radios, yet), and programmed bad times/good movies sub-fest called "Good Times from the Great Depression."