Last Night at the Alamo Grindhouse: May 10, 11, 13
It’s the end of an era, a decade of film-geek heaven swung low in the sweetest 16mm silver nitrate Challenger-chariot to ever burn bright, hi-octane flickers outside of the hellbilly drive-ins of yore. It’s true: The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s original downtown location is shutting its doors this month, bringing an end to a historic, cinematically unprecedented run as the single most important theatre in the country. (But don’t slit your wrists just yet, grinderboy; founder/owners Tim and Karrie League are relocating their whole moving picture show palace into the soon-to-be refurbished Ritz Theater on Sixth. The best, as they say, is yet to spurt.)
But how to say a proper goodbye to those hallowed Original Alamo halls? Enter No. 1 fan Quentin Tarantino, who’ll be screening a series of last-chance triple bills Thursday, May 10, as well as on May 11 and May 13. Tickets for the Last Night at the Alamo Grindhouse series – including “Sex Comedies,” “Regional” (including League’s pick of the litter, “Redneck Miller”), and “Swinging” triple features go on sale today for Heroes of the Alamo and Fantastic Fest badge holders and Monday, May 7, for the general public. Proceeds benefit the Austin Film Society. Check out their blog for all the glorious particulars (plus ways to weasel your way in).
Farley Granger Live for ‘Strangers on a Train,’ Monday, May 7, 7pm
In an event sponsored by BookPeople, the star of the Alfred Hitchcock film will also be signing copies of his memoir, Include Me Out, with co-writer Robert Calhoun.
This article appears in May 4 • 2007.