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  Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (2025)

  You know the song. You know the scene. But do you know the artist behind that haunting pop serenade? Singer Q Lazzarus, aka Diane Luckey, gained cult status following her 1988 tune “Goodbye Horses” being used as serial killer Buffalo Bill’s mirror-dance anthem. After having her songs and performances featured in other Jonathan Demme pictures, she later returned to working as a driver. Skip to 2019, when Lazzarus picks up filmmaker Eva Aridjis Fuentes by chance: Fuentes recognizes the musician, they talk, and now AFS screens the documentary they’ve made, where Lazzarus details her whole life alongside archival performance footage. Though the talented musician passed in 2022 due to sepsis, her legacy lives on. – James Scott

  March 30 & April 3

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  Inland Empire (2006)

  Warning: After watching David Lynch’s dizzying digital-video odyssey, viewers may find themselves comparing all films made on camcorders to its troubling tale. Definitely not first-time Lynch viewer friendly, this surreal story follows Laura Dern as actress Nikki Grace – and, big surprise, her doppelganger – delving deep into cinematic boundary blurring. What’s real and what’s just method acting become inseparable, which makes sense given Lynch started filming the whole dang thing without an actual script. Drafthouse gives up on synopsizing the feature in their online copy and concludes, accurately, that this is “an impossible film to summarize, it is only to be experienced.” Keep your eyes open for a young Terry Crews cameo. – James Scott Read a full review of Inland Empire.

  March 28-31 & April 1

  Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Village

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  Mulholland Drive (2001)

  Our collective celebration of David Lynch’s life and work will continue long after his untimely death, as evidenced by the now-ubiquitous screenings of his most well-known classics. Perhaps the most beloved of all, Mulholland Drive is so singular and affecting in style and tone that it must be experienced in the theatre at least once. This is not one you should put on in the background. Many have tried to imitate its je ne sais quoi, but all have failed: You kind of have to stay put in your dark theatre seat and let it happen to you to believe it. – Lina Fisher Read a full review of Mulholland Drive.

  March 28 - April 2

  Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Village

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  Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

  Anyone who thinks that musicals and/or movies made before 1990 aren’t worth their time need to watch this ASAP – strapped down Clockwork Orange-style if necessary. Singin’ in the Rain captures joy, humor, and incredible dancing in the neatest little package. It’s a pleasure seeing the color and majesty of Gene Kelly’s choreography on the big screen. Watching Donald O’Connor backflip off walls during “Make ’Em Laugh?” Delightful. Seeing every seductive kick and flick of Cyd Charisse in a truly iconic green dress during the dream ballet? Amazing. Being charmed by babyface Debbie Reynolds singing and tapping her toes off in “Good Morning”? Legendary. It’s a feast for the senses. – Cat McCarrey

  March 28 & 30-31

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  The Mummy (1999)

  The intense hotness of the entire The Mummy cast has been thirsted to death on the internet, but the thirst is still completely correct. Everyone in this flick is at their absolute aesthetic peak (and yes, George of the Jungle superfans, I said what I said). Brendan Fraser’s take on the dashing adventurer is captivating; Rachel Weisz inspires librarians everywhere; Oded Fehr’s Medjai chieftain is dreamy; and Patricia Velásquez rocks her Pharaohess outfit in ways where you get why the mummy risked it all to be with her. In the words of Houston-born movie merch company Super Yaki, “Honk if you’d rather be watching the 1999 cinematic masterpiece The Mummy.” HONK HONK. – Cat McCarrey Read a full review of The Mummy.

  March 30 & April 2

  Violet Crown Cinema

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  The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

  I could detail for you all the ways this film goes on to define crime thriller cinema. You’ve probably heard them before: how every actor besides Jodie Foster looks right into the camera because the audience must see from FBI trainee Clarice Starling’s perspective; how Anthony Hopkins’ oily prince Hannibal Lecter laid the groundwork for every gentleman murderer presented since; or how the thriller genre’s villainization of homosexuality and gender-ambiguity doesn’t start here but definitely gets a big boost from Ted Levine’s sinewy serial killer. I could tell you all that but I don’t need to. You’ll see this movie because it is undeniable: There are other movies and there is Silence of the Lambs. AFS screens the Demme masterpiece alongside a new doc detailing the life of “Goodbye Horses” artist Q Lazzarus. – James Scott

  March 29-30 & April 2

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  Time Passages With Filmmaker Q&A (2024)

  Memory is elusive. What we recall, what falls out of our heads, what we let slide, what we argue over, what we determinedly misremember in the face of evidence. Former Austinite Kyle Henry started making his latest documentary, Time Passages, as a way to process the death of his father and his mother’s encroaching dementia. It instead evolved into a nuanced exploration of our relationship to our shared pasts and how it is stored, whether in our minds or in photographs, and of how Kodachrome film and home movies shaped our recent past. Henry is taking the film on a Kickstarter-backed national tour, so don’t miss out on any of the three screenings in his own hometown, all followed by Q&As with Henry. – Richard Whittaker

  March 28 - 30

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  Young Frankenstein (1974)

  “Sedagive?” “Roll, roll, roll in ze hay!” “Abby someone.” “What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night?” “No, it’s pronounced ‘eye-gor.’” “Super-duper!” “There, wolf. There, castle.” “Blücher!” All great lines, but it’s the delivery in Mel Brooks’ hysterical spoof of the Universal Pictures classic Frankenstein that puts it among the best enduring movie satires. Sit back and watch one of the greatest comedy troupes in history, including Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Marty Feldman, an uncredited Gene Hackman, and Cloris Leachman (horses whinny!) as they go putting on the Ritz and finding the sweet mysteries of life. – Richard Whittaker

  March 29-31 & April 1-3

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  Matilda (1996)

  “Much too good for children,” is what cinema’s greatest teacher Miss Honey recalls her odious former guardian Miss Trunchbull telling her while chomping bonbons the young Honey wasn’t allowed. Such is the sentiment of many these days who don’t believe kids deserve good movies. Instead, they’d like children to be served slop – forced to eat slice after slice of sweaty chocolate-cake cinema with no nutritional value. They’re wrong! In their new Family Friendly Matinee series, rental shop We Luv Video presents kids’ classics made with intention, skill, and plenty of heart. This Danny DeVito-directed adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel encourages standing up to authority, education, and being kind – a skill many adults need to learn these days. – James Scott Read a full review of Matilda.

  Sun., March 30

  We Luv Video