Last Night at the Alamo

"...Lou Perryman and Sonny Carl Davis. Pennell's follow-up to The Whole Shootin’ Match is another rough gem - kind..."

Aug. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

First Night at the Alamo Ritz

Notes from the first night at Austin's newest oldest cinema.

"...Two months later than founders Tim and Karrie League had originally hoped,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Adventure Time at the Alamo

Cartoon Network's smash comes to Drafthouse and Mondo

"...brilliant, bizarre and wondrous series, with a new exhibition at Mondo Gallery and a special feast and showing at..."

April 12, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals Shines Anew at the Alamo Drafthouse

Steve Young reveals the hidden world of uncanny corporate razzmatazz

"...From roughly the 1950s to the 1980s, corporate America commissioned tremendous numbers..."

July 29, 2016 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A 'Fright Night' at The Opera

Stars of the remake get all Marx Brothers at the Drafthouse

"...Quick note to interviewers. There are three easy hints to getting on the good..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Launches the Alamo 100

League and company create the ultimate desert island viewing list

"...What do you get when you put six Alamo Drafthouse..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Closing Credit for The Alamo at 409 Colorado

June 27

"...It was the million-to-one shot that turned out to be a trifecta...."

June 22, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Also at the Drafthouse Downtown ...

Farley Granger and Quentin Tarantino

"...Last Night at the Alamo Grindhouse: May 10, 11, 13..."

May 4, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Terror Tuesday Continues to Be the Alamo’s Bloody Beating Heart

Horror series send shivers up the aisles

"...Once upon a time in Austin, there was a scrappy little movie theatre with a grotty..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Alamo's Action Man

Programmer Greg MacLennan on the world's most ridiculous job

"...If you're a regular at the Alamo Drafthouse, you've probably seen one man's work..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...shoulder and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Jawbreaker, Last Band on the Titanic

Saving lives decades on

"...The Nineties were a simpler time, an age of Clinton-era..."

July 14, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ATX Screen News: Animation, aGLIFF, and the Alamo Village

Incentives get funded, aGLIFF gets glam, and the oldest Alamo is reopening

"...Texas film, gaming, and TV incentives roll on. In the recent session, lawmakers allocated $45 million to fund the..."

July 30, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Movie Night in the Land of the Free

A meeting of the minds at the Crawford showing of 'Fahrenheit 9 / 11'

"...Whether the event was truly effective or historic is debatable..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Top Chef Texas, Week 2: Shoot-Out at the Dimly Lit Corral

This recap of Top Chef: Texas is brought to you by the letters P,h,D.

"...So, I defended my dissertation on Wednesday and then drank a bunch of cocktails,..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Qmmunity: A Landmark Hearing, but LGBTQ Voices Still Needed at the Capitol

Plus Guerrilla Queer Bar's Spring Fling and more qweeah events

"...In a landmark hearing, the House Committee on Public Health debated whether to ban..."

May 10, 2019 Column by Beth Sullivan

Page Two: Roger Ebert Added a Star to His The Whole Shootin' Match Rating

Last Night at the Alamo restoration revives Eagle Pennell's early promise for posterity

"...As you read this, the 30th year of SXSW launches, and there is no..."

March 11, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...Chronicle: So if you guys were naming this article, what would the headline be?..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

A Second Shot at 'Shootin' Match'

On the eve of the pending DVD release and Friday night's premiere of the restored and remastered The Whole Shootin' Match, Sonny Carl Davis and Lou Perryman reminisce about the late Eagle Pennell and the films they made together

"...Certainly this publication has not been shy about trumpeting the discovery of..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Film Flam: No Rest for the Weary

Festivals, nominations, and a casting call

"...There’s no rest for the weary in Austin this time..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: After the Flood

When everything is gone, there is love, and the memory of love

"...I was thinking about what a friend had said..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Alamo South Pulls Out All the Stops For Closing Bash

Cramming everything you love about the Drafthouse into one night

"...Are you a Girlie Night fan? Swoon for sing-alongs? Only go in for arthouse..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Re-Re-Re-Re-Reopening Night

The Ritz: Talkie theatre, cowboy hangout, playhouse, comedy and punk club, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

"...full of ghosts. It's chilly curbside but gorgeous, too, the merc barely blowing past 40, the Austin fall in..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In the Mood for a MomRomCom?

The Alamo Drafthouse is serving up It Happened One Night and Sabrina for Mother's Day

"...was a short, caustic Jewish guy from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Frank Capra, born Francesco, was a short,..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Lights Go Down at South Lamar

Final night at the Alamo Drafthouse mothership

"...It may not be the original Alamo Drafthouse, or the biggest, but the Alamo..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Iron Chef Alamo Battle: 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'

Chefs of steel steal the show

"...On Wednesday night, I was invited to be a guest at an..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Last Call With Lou

Remembering actor Lou Perryman

"...You can spill a lot of kind words on the life and times of actor Lou Perryman, who was..."

April 10, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Returns ... In the Flesh

Alamo Drafthouse's genre celebration, coming to a cinema soon

"...Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of weird and wonderful cinema from..."

June 22, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nihilism and the Great Whatsit: Richard Hell at Cinema Club

Richard Hell joins the Alamo's Cinema Club

"...Last night's Cinema Club felt like mainlining MDMA while hooded..."

May 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Page Two: "I Got Vision, and the Rest of the World Wears Bifocals"

A conversation with Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Louis Black: excerpts

"...SXSW 2016 begins next week. Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some is having its world premiere, Ethan..."

March 4, 2016 Column by Louis Black

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