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Special Screenings for Fri., July 14
  • The 2024 Liz Carpenter Lecture: A Screening of Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter

    Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter premiered at SXSW in 2024 and has been featured in 5 more film festivals nationwide. It explores Carpenter's career as a journalist, Chief of Staff to the First Lady, and women's rights activist through those who worked closest with her. The screening will be followed by a discussion featuring filmmaker Christy Carpenter.
    Wed. Sept. 25, 6:30pm-8:30pm  
    LBJ Auditorium
SPACES
BULLOCK MUSEUM IMAX
FESTIVALS
  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Austin Jewish Film Festival Summer Series

    The San Antonio Jewish Film Festival and the Austin Jewish Film Festival co-present a series featuring eight great new films and bonus content to keep you entertained all summer. In honor of Israel’s 75th birthday, all films are Israeli, and for most of these films, this will be their Texas premiere. All are geo-locked to Texas, but those traveling can request an adjustment via email.
    May 28-Sept. 3 
    Online
  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Central Library Movie Marathon

    Keep cool with a series of films at the library. Friday honors Rob Reiner with The Princess Bride and Stand By Me; Saturday celebrates fierce women with The Woman King and Alien; and Sunday is all about Indy with Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
    July 14-16. Fri., 1 & 3pm; Sat., noon & 2:30pm; Sun., 12:15 & 2:30pm. Free. 
  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

    What's better than a classic film in a cool historic theatre on a hot summer day? The annual series is packed to the brim with excellent films, with almost 100 of them programmed with themes such as Black Excellence, the Pfeifferverse, Hitchcock Week, Robert Rodriguez Presents, Majestic Ball Week, and so many more. Individual tickets and multi-film passes are available. Robert Rodriguez selection What's Up, Doc? closes the series Sept. 2.
    May 26-Sept. 2 
OFFSCREEN
  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Harry Ransom Center: Drawing the Motion Picture

    Explore the beauty and complexity of moviemaking through sketches, storyboards, and designs that illuminate the creation of motion pictures from the silent era to the present day in this new exhibition, featuring production art from iconic movies like Rebel Without a Cause, Raging Bull, Apollo 13, and Lawrence of Arabia, many connected with innovative directors Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Mike Nichols, Michael Powell, Nicholas Ray, Martin Scorsese, Stephen Spielberg, King Vidor, and more.
    Through July 16

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