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  Happy Gilmore (1996)

  Either you grew up with parents who despised the Sandman and all his buffoonery, or you’re me and Happy Gilmore was background noise to half your childhood. (The other half being scored by, of course, Billy Madison.) Since Adam Sandler’s continued and quite lucrative streaming deal with Netflix farts out a sequel to the golf goof this coming July, theatres all over the country – including here in ATX – are screening the off-kilter original. Typical Sandler protag Happy has proven himself too hot for the hockey ice, and in an effort to help his grandmother pay off IRS back taxes, he utilizes his slapshot skills to get into golf. While Sandman obviously shines, this movie’s greatest legend is in the late Carl Weathers as mentor figure Chubbs Peterson, whose golf career – and two-handedness – were cut short by an alligator attack. It’s also the first instance of Julie Bowen as a Sandler love interest, a role she repeats in Hubie Halloween. – James Scott Read a full review of Happy Gilmore.

  April 25 - 26 & 29, Alamo Slaughter Lane, Lakeline & Mueller; April 27 & 30, Violet Crown Cinema

  Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Violet Crown Cinema

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  The Keep (1983)

  There’s an urban legend in film buff circles that, a few years ago, during a major retrospective of the films of Michael Mann, the great director turned up to tech check every movie from 1981’s Thief to 2015’s Blackhat. Every film, that is, except for one: 1983’s The Keep, his sophomore effort and his bitterest disappointment. Hampered by the death of visual effects supervisor Wally Veevers and then butchered by Paramount executives, it’s a fraction of the film that Mann envisioned. But that fraction is still a strange, dark monument: a horror that contends with the idea of picking the lesser evil as a German Wehrmacht Unit in occupied Romania finds itself caught between SS fanatics and an ancient spirit trapped within a castle’s stone walls. Those themes are given real depth by a heavy-hitter cast including Scott Glenn, Jürgen Prochnow, Gabriel Byrne, and Ian McKellen. Rarely screened for the last four decades (outside of one memorable 35mm showing at the Alamo Drafthouse over a decade ago), now Mann’s flawed masterpiece returns in 4K courtesy of Vinegar Syndrome. – Richard Whittaker

  April 28 & 30

  Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Village

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  Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

  Holy best Batman movie ever, Batman! Long hailed as the ultimate caped crusader flick, and with good reason, Mask of the Phantasm holds some all-time greats in the Bat-verse. Kevin Conroy as Batman, the voice of a generation and maybe the only man who perfectly balances Bruce with his heroic alter ego. Mark Hamill’s gleefully unhinged Joker. A moody Gotham setting that aptly tackles the gangster roots of Batman’s detective origins. And a femme fatale whose steely edge and soft core will knock your socks off and rip your heart to shreds. From the team that elevated Saturday morning cartoons to high art, Phantasm is a crowning jewel in the animated superhero sphere. – Cat McCarrey Read a full review of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

  Wed., April 30

  Hyperreal Film Club