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  Hitchcock Week

  The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series kicks off its annual tribute to cinema’s master of suspense with the lesser-seen 1934 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, made before Hitch had decamped for Hollywood. It’s got a terrific Peter Lorre performance (his first English-language role) and a first draft of the climactic Royal Albert Hall assasination. Compare and contrast it with the 1956 version starring Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day, which bookends Hitchcock Week; sandwiched in between are crowd pleasers Notorious, Dial M for Murder, and North by Northwest, plus single-take curio Rope. – Kimberley Jones

  Aug. 14-18

  Paramount Theatre

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  The Cotton Club Encore (2019)

  When studio executives told Francis Ford Coppola to edit down his 1984 musical crime drama The Cotton Club, about the legendary New York jazz club, the reported purpose was to center more on bankable star Richard Gere as mobbed-up musician Dixie Dwyer. What happened? Most of the Black characters were cut out of this movie about a center of Black culture. The movie cost – and lost – a fortune but decades later Coppola was able to restore his vision and, most importantly, put Gregory Hines back in the spotlight as hoofer Sandman Williams. The Jazz Age never looked more sumptuously seductive. – Richard Whittaker

  Aug. 10-13

  Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

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  Matilda (1996)

  Matilda: an important work for all nerdy kids who felt on the outside because they could read at an eighth grade level in fifth grade; a testament to Danny DeVito’s talents both behind and in front of a camera; and a very American adaptation of the very British Roald Dahl classic. Just as relevant today as it was in 1996, Matilda argues for the important interior life of children and their right to exist outside of their parents. Imagine if the Wormwoods showed up to an AISD meeting upset over the Genderbread Person, or if Trunchbull was throwing kids around at one of Greg Abbott’s beloved charter schools … what a world. Thankfully, there’s still plenty of Miss Honeys in the world – some of whom I’m sure are taking their kiddos to see this wonderful picture. – James Scott Read a full review of Matilda.

  Wed., Aug. 14

  Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller