Films Go Better With Beer

Smooth jams and fancy lads are the spotlight of the Off-Centered Film Fest

"...for granted: movies and beer. Ever since the Alamo Drafthouse opened its doors in 1997, local patrons have been..."

April 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

And I Would Watch 100 Films

And I would watch 100 more

"...with its Paramount 100: A Century of Cinema: 100 films, screening from January through May, that catalog the history..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

The New Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

"...new work, commemorating the old site, and featuring many Drafthouse friends and employees...."

Aug. 14, 2014 Photo Gallery

Films Go Better With Bluebonnets

The Hill Country Film Fest features cinema amid the wildflowers

"...2015 edition of the festival will showcase 90 short films and eight features. Films from 15 countries are represented..."

April 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five Queer-Centric Horror Films to Watch This Halloween

Putting the “queen” back into your scream queen needs

"...“This Qmmunity deserves a better class of queer horror films.”..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

The Austin Chronicle Top 10 Films of 2017

The year in cinema, and the Chronicle’s top 10 lists

"...the same way for aspirational indies and boundary-pushing studio films...."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Cinema Owner Mixing Classic Albums and Classic Films for Silents Synced

Blue Starlite's Josh Frank working with Radiohead, R.E.M., more

"...is called Silents Synced, pairing classic albums with classic films. The series will be made available to independent and..."

June 27, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronicle Top 10 Films of 2019

Parasite takes the top slot in our critics’ year-end review

"...fell in love with Bong Joon-ho. First the Alamo Drafthouse renames its flagship South Lamar location after him, now..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...It sounds like a silly concept, but those earlier films have been a warm-up for Vigalondo's most assured and..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Essential's Torn From the Motherland: Films From the African Diaspora

Oct. 23-Nov. 20

"...their ongoing Essential Cinema series, Torn From the Motherland: Films From the African Diaspora. During the next month, AFS..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Fifth Generation: Chinese Films of the Past Two Decades

"...At the Alamo Drafthouse North (2700 W. Anderson Ln.):..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature

Films and Shows at SXSW by Austin Residents and Veterans

Fill your schedule with ATX @ SXSW

"...Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror Former Alamo Drafthouse and Fantastic Fest booker Kier-La Janisse casts a spell..."

March 5, 2021 Screens Feature

Five Films Improved by a Stiff Drink

We laughed, we cried, we passed out

"...extreme-beyond-extreme horror/political allegory debuted at SXSW in 2010, Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League opened the screening with a round..."

July 21, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sexuality, Hypocrisy, and Obsession: The Films of Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Hermosillo retrospective schedule

"...KEY: Alamo = Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (409 Colorado);..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Screens Feature

Five Bizarro Films at Fantastic Fest @Home

The strangest and most fearless of the streaming selection at this year's Fantastic Fest

"...the shadow twin streaming into your home via the Drafthouse's Alamo on Demand platform. Buckle up, because this is..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Five Films to Catch First at Fantastic Fest

The movies you'll want to see before drafting your year-end best-of lists

"...meals during Fantastic Fest (film fans cannot live on Drafthouse queso alone), but do you know what's really on..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Announces Opening and Closing Night Films

Full lineup still to come

"...April 22-27 at the Marchesa Hall & Theatre, Alamo Drafthouse Village, Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, and..."

April 7, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Brand on the Run

Synergy is the name of the game at Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo empire

"...the HighBall. Next door at his cinema, the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, the audience is wrapping up a Q&A..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dangerous Men

Instant midnight classic marries inspiration with sub-par technique

"...and played a few midnight shows at the Alamo Drafthouse. Here’s what I wrote about it nearly 10 years..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ready and Abel

Drafthouse Films unleashes Abel Ferrara's 'Ms. 45' on Austin and NYC

"...1981's underground classic Ms. 45, re-released this week through Drafthouse Films, New York is the grimy sweatshops of the..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Go Big or Go Home

Drafthouse Films gets into the distribution game with Four Lions

"...League's newest and maybe riskiest move in the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's global domination gambit should involve a blacker-than-black comedy..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Beware 'The Visitor' in Trailer Park

Forthcoming Drafthouse Films feature is restored and uncut

"...When Drafthouse Films announced this summer that it was adding 1979's..."

Oct. 30, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Fantastic Fest Round Two: Israel, Japan, and a 'Field in England'

New Ben Wheatley historical shocker added to 2013 lineup

"...its latest additions to the schedule, with two more Drafthouse Films titles added to the lineup, plus a slate..."

Aug. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Klown' Gets Green Band Trailer

Drafthouse Films latest goes SFW-ish

"...Drafthouse Films isn't fooling around when it comes to distributing..."

June 21, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pick Up Your Paintball Guns for 'War'

Rolling Roadshow special screening for 'I Declare War'

"...time to invade the best seats in the house. Drafthouse Films is tooling up for a special theatrical preview..."

July 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wrong

Quentin Dupieux, the director of Rubber, is back with another film brimming with encounters with the bizarre and surreal.

"...is how I felt watching Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong, a Drafthouse Films release predicated on the idea that willful weirdness..."

March 29, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

A Raunchy Comedy With Sacred Cows in Its Sights

Drafthouse Films imports the Danish-made 'Klown'

"...over here." So says Danish comedian/actor Casper Christensen on Drafthouse Films' inscrutably bizarre, irredeemably distasteful, and absolutely genius Klown...."

July 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: The Evil That Men Do

Nothing Bad Can Happen, and other meditations on darkness

"...happen? In German morality tale Nothing Bad Can Happen (Drafthouse Films), it's something we must endure to overcome...."

Oct. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Are X

Japanese rockers are the best band you've never heard of

"...Drafthouse Films has picked up eclectic music documentarian Kijak’s latest..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roar

Drafthouse Films reissues this truly trippy oddity from 1981

"...mind would ever attempt to undertake again. Kudos to Drafthouse Films for re-releasing this flabbergasting oddity, plucking it from..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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