Alamo Guide: Sept-Oct 2008

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AGLIFF FlLM FESTIVAt (Ritz) p9.29

THE Dl0NYSlUM (Lamar) pg.l2

Weird Wednesday: BEYOND ATLANTIS (l-amar) p9,22

PHANIASM 2 {Lamar) p9.24

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(inema (ocktails: [[GtND 0F IHE DRUNKEN MASTER (Ritz) p9.10

AF5 [ssential (inema: YELI"A (Lamar) p9.28

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TEAM A[4ERl(A: W0RtD POLl(E Sing & Quote-Along {Ritz) p9.15

DI5(0 INFERN0 5in9-Alon9 (Ritz) p9.18

Tenor Thursday: THE GATI (Ritz) pg.2a

BURN AFTER REAOING o!!ns pg.8

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UT vs. Arkansas Football p9.14

R0(KY H0RR0R PIfiURE 5H0W (Village) p9.12

First Annual D0DGEBALL Tournatment (Village) p9.10

TV at the Alamo: G055lP GIRL (Village) pg.l 4

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Girlie Night: AMEtIE (Ritz) p9.10

AF5 Essential (inema: IHt FAREWTLL (Lamar) pq.28

TX DocTour: PtEASEV0TE F0R ME (Ritz) pgaWeird Wednesday: DARK AGt (Ritz) p9.22

FANTASII( FEST 0pening Night pg.1 6

EVIL DEAD 2 Quote-Along (Ritz) p9.15

Terror Thunday: RAZ0RBA(K {Ritz) pg.2a

AIR SEXW0RLD (HAMPI0NSHIPS (Paramount) p9.12

Master PancakeTheatermocks FRIDAYTHt 13th (Ritz) p9.26

R0(KY H0RR0R Pl(TURt 5HOW (VillageI pg.12

TV at the Alamo: G055lP GlRL (Village) p9.14

Music Monday: STREITS 0t FIRE (Ritz) pq.20

Girlie Nighr: AMELIt (Ritz) p9.10

AF5 Essential (inema: THE LEGEND 0F RITA (l,amar)) p9.28

Hey Homo presents John Waters'DTSPERATE LlvlNG (Riu) p9.29

Ihird (oast A(tivist Resour(e (enter presents: tLoW (Ritz) pg.J4

Weird Wednesday: MAN FR0[4 H0NG K0NG (Ritz) p9.23

l\4ichael Jackson IHRILL IHE W0RLD 5in9-Along (Ritz) pg.1S

TV at the Alamo: THE 0FFl(E (Villagg p9.14

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BLlNDNE55 opensMaster Pan(ake Theater mocks F0RR[5T GUMP (Riu) pS.26

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Saturday Morning Kids (lub: THE TIME MA(HlN[ (Lamar) p9.30

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0PEN S(REEN NIGHT (Ritz) p9.12

AF5 Essential (inema: R05ENSTRA55E (Lamar) p9.28

THt Dl0NY5lUM (Lamar) p9.12

Joe 5arno Live: ABlGAlL LESL|t l5 BA(K (Ritz) p9.33

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TV at the Alam0: IHE 0FFl(E (Village) p9.14

THE BLUES BRoTHERS Quote-Along (Riu) p9.15

Dt5(0 tNFERN0 Sing-Atong (Riu) p9,18

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H0W T0 tosE FRIENDS AND ALIENAIt PE0PLE opens

WHAT JU5T HAPPENED? opens

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Master Panrake Theater mocks F0RREST GUMP (Ritz) pg.26

Ro(lY H9RR9R pllTyR! sH0w (viilase) ps.r2

(inema (ocktails: (lTY LIGHTS (Ritz) p9.11

TV at the Alamo: G055lP GtRt (Village) pg.1 4

Music Monday: R0(KER5 (Ritz) p9.21

TV at rhe Alamo: PRESIDENTtAt DTBATES pg.t4AFS Essential (inema: LOVE lN IH0UGHTS (Lamar) p9.28

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Weird Wednesday: SHAPE 0F THINGS T0 (0ME (Ritz) p9.23

AUSTIN ASIAN FILM tESTIVAL begins (Villase) ps.29

IV at the Alam0: THE 0FFl(E (Village) pg.t 4IEEN WIT(H SlNG-AL0NG with Zelda Rubinstein live (Riu) p9.33

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Master Pan(ake Theater mocks F0RREST GUMP (Ritz) p9.26

Master Pancake Theater morks t0RREST GUMP (Ritz) p9,26

UTvs. 0klahoma Football (TBA) p9.14

$RT00N (tREAl" PARTY (Ritz) pg.30

R0(KY H0RR0R PIOURt SHoW (Village) p9,12

WEST SIDE 5T0RY Brunch (Ritz) pg.1 1

THE BLUES BRoTHERS Quote-Along (Ritz) p9.15

Mkhael Jackson THRILL THE W0RLD Sing-Along (Ritz) pg.1 8

TV at the Alamo: G055lP GlRL (Village) p9.14

Musk Monday: R0(KER5 (Ritz) p9.21

Girlie Night: (LUELE55 (Rirz) pg.1 1

AFS ksential (inema: HEAD-0N (Lamar) p9.28

Big Screen Honor (lassks: THE L05T B0Y5 (Ritz) p9.1 1

TV at the Alamo: PRESIDtNTIAL DEBATES (TBA) p9.14(AN MR. SMITH GETT0WASHINGT0N ANYM0RE? {Ritz) pg.34

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Tenor Ihursday: THE B00GENS (Ritz) p9.25

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Master Pancake mocks FRIDAYTHt 13th (TBA) p9.26

BEERFEST at lndependence Brewery (Rolling Roadshow) p9.11

lrd (0ast Adivist Res0urce (enter presents: 5EGEfl (Ritz) p9.34

IV at the Alamo: G0SSIP GIRL (Village) p9.14

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Third (oasr:sE(RE(Y (Ritz) p9.34

AFS Essential (inema: DESIGN F0R LlVlNG (Lamar) p9.28

Stephen Romano's Shock Festival:STAR(RASH (Riu) p9.29

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Saturday Morning Kids (lub: IADY lN WHITE (Lama0 p9.30

R0(KY H0RROR PIOURE 5H0W (Village) pg.1 2

(hoose Your Own MASIER PANGKE (Ritz) pq.26

Musk Monday: TRt(K 0R TREAT (Riu) pg.2t

Big Screen Honor (lassia: THE t05T B0Y5 (Ritz) pg.l IAFS hsential (inema: DEATH TA(tS A H0LIDAY (Lamar) p9.28

HEY H0M0! HALt0WEEN with THE WIZ (Rik) p9.29

Third (oast presents: 5E(RE( Y (Ritz) p9.34

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EVIL DEAD 2 Quote-Alon9 (Riu) p9.15

Mkhael Jackson THRItL THE W0RLD Sing-Along (Riu) pg.1 8

TenorThunday: NEAR DARK (Ritz) pi.25Master Pancake mocks FRIDAYTHt l3thJR@ p9.26

ZA(K AND MlRl MAKE A PORN0 opens pg.8

Master Pancake mo(ks FRIDAYTHE 13th (Ritz) p9.26

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B00Y BUSINESS PREStNTS: PARENTS' AFTERN00N 0UTTHE 3RD SATURDAY OF EVTRY I4ONTII AT TI{T ALAMO VILLAGEThere's no denying it...you deserve some quality mom and/or pop time, And a day at the movies without the rigor5 of child-handling isjusttheti(ket! The 3rd Saturdayofeach month, parents (an purchase an extremely affordablevoucherfor child care

service at Body Busines - locatedjustacrossfrom thefrontdoors ofthe theater -t0 last between 2:30 and 6:30 so they can watch

a Saturday matinee and notwony about getting a babysitter. Nowyou can entertain your kids, love movies and give yourselfa

much-needed break all at once. Whew!

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SrEr$5 SrrT 12, ErR.T!{r {*rN BRST!{LRsA disk containing the memoirs of a (lA agent (John Malkovkh) ends up in thehands of two unscrupulous gym employees (Brad Pitt and Fran(es McDormand)

who attempt to benefit from the discovery. The (oen Brothers shook things up

with their violent, masterful drama N0 (0UNTRY F0R OLD MtN last year, but this0ne l00ks like it may bust more guts than Anton (higurh's shotgun.

IGOR*P[}J5 5[PT N9, [iIR. AI';THffruY LFSNDISTired of playing second fiddle to his "Master,'a talented laboratory asistant (an

animated, hunchbacked John (usack) looks t0 win the annual Evil Science Fair

with his own creation. lG0R looks to appeal to kids and Tim Burton fans alike withits Iight-hearted blendofmacabresetsandgoofyleads,and isanivingwith plenty

oftimefor kidsto qetworkin'on their Halioween hunchback suits.

CHOKE0pthl5 s[PT 26, Di*. {LAftK GR16&An adaptation of the (huck "FlGHT (LUB" Palahniuk novel, in whkh sex-addkted(on-man Vidor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) pays for his mother's (Anjelica Huston)

hospital bills by playing on the sympathiesofthose wh0 rescue him from rhokingto death. Victor's mother's attending physi(ian initially sinks into his moras, only

to become his best chance for redemption.

TAGTI EYE

sp[ils SrPT:6, ElR. ].1. {AnUSOA young man (Shia LaBeouf) and his mother (Mkhelle Monaghan) become

unwitting members of a terrorist rell plotting a politi(al assassinati0n. When

DI5TURBIA surpased everyone's expettati0ns last spring, DreamWorks quickly

reunited Shia LaBeoufand director D.J. (aruso for a serond project, and it'll be

interesting to see the team swit(h from a Hitchcock thriller to our hero trying t0prevent political full-scale high+erh tenorism.

REilGUt"0U5sPrlis *{T 3" DrR. |"AR*Y {fiAftLrs0utspoken atheist Bill Maher looks to understand the beliefs behind differentworld rel igions. Maher has embraced rontroversy all of his ca reer, a nd we?e primed

to see what he and B0RAT director Lany (harles have created with their guerilla-

frlmmaking approach to documenting the beliefs and tenets of (h ristianity, lslam,

Hinduism,etc.0nething'sfor(ertain-iftherelJahell,Maher'sgonnabethere.

(ITY OF [MBTR*rrhis 0{T 1s, }tR. 6!L KrNAhtFor generations, the underground (ity of tmber has been the only light in an

otherwise dark world, But when the city's generator begins to fail, teenagers [inaand 0oon desperately ra(e to help their fellow (itizens es(ape before the lightsg0 out permanently. This far-reaching all-ages future{antasy also features a

performantefrom none otherthan Mr. Sill Murrayl

ROCKNROTTA0PEi{5 0eT 1S, iltn. cuY niT{F{igIn London, a stolen painting pits some of the (ity's xrappie$ tough guys

(induding Gerard Butler of 300) against its more established underworld players(Tom Wilkinson). Back in his aiminal element, with a formidable (ast that includesThandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, and tudacris, it looks like L0(K, ST0(K AND IWOSM0KlNG BARRELS director Ritchie could be in for his biggest international sucress

to date.

W.SPLI':S 0{T 17, *lR.0LiVgn STSl,liTexas Governor George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) follows in the footsteps 0f his fatherin the wake ofa controversial election to lead the United States ofAmerka. people

love him, people hate him,,.and we're just talking about the director. Whateveryour take is: Stone's the perfect choice to bring this biopic to life. And, with an

all-star cast induding the Br0lin as the man-in<harge, this one's qot our vote forits sheer brazenness alone.

T}IE BROTI.IERS BTOOM$Pil'i5 *{T ?4, niR. fi!Al'1.,*}.lN50l'lA pair of brothers and veteran conmen (Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo) targetan enigmatic wealthy woman (Weisz) as their potential last job, fully unaware ofthetwists in the road ahead ofthem.This iswriter-directorJohnson!follow upt0BRI(l(, one ofthe best"sleeper"hits ofthe lastcouple years.

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5MtTfilifelong platoni( friends Zark {Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) look tosolve their respe(tive rash flow problems by making an adult film together. As

the cameras roll, however, the duo soon realizes theirtrue feelin95for each other.With the combo of Rogen and 5mith, y0u (an (0unt 0n plenty of tab00 subje(ts

and an uncountable number of F-bombs, but the nerd legions will no doubt be

busting down the doorst0 seethis one...us induded!

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Attenti0n all Users! t0llow us bark to a beautiful page in history before computer

games required a two-week vacation from work and digitally-generated sperial

efferts were the new star of Hollywood. When the visual magi( 0f IR0N hit the

screen in 1982, every jaw in the world hit the theater flo0rs. And for our money,(Gl hasn'tbeenthisgoodsince.Join synapticsuperwaniors (lu (JeffBridges),Tron

and Ram as they wage their epi( battle aga inst the wicked Master (ontrol Program

in the only high-impa(t/low-tech epic ofgood versus evil to predi( the modern

age, kind of. AL50!: new local funtime heroes ARGDE UF0 will be on hand at both

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CINEMA COCKTAILS AT THE RITZ:LEGTND OF THT DRUNKEN MASTERsEPT9& 10, RITZ

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Martial arts maniac/legend Jarkie (han is atthe ultimate peak 0fself-de$ructive

daredevilism in thisepirofalcohol{ueled goofball violence. Everyone knowsthatthere are few things more enjoyable to watch then a drunken brawl, but when

the h00(h sparks offan innate mastery 0fthe martial arts, there's nothing t0 do

but sit back and watch the fi$s, faces and - in some (ases - entire buildings FLYl

Easily at the peak of relentles kung fu cinematk intensity, DRUNKTN MASTER is

ronsidered by many a(ti0n enthusiasts t0 be the shining star 0fthe kkkinrand-punchin'gen res, a nd with good reason. Whether he's doing a triple flip onto actual

flaming coals or wobbling into battle against an entire army, Jackie is 200-proof

and 100% UNST0PPAB[[! S0 raisea drinkt0 the Drunken Masteratthis boozed-up

black-belt battlethon!! (Zack)

D0DGEBAtL with D0DGEBAtt T0URNAMTNI5|jN SEpT 14, VtLLA6rD'ft . RAW50t{ Tfl U fi EEfi , :004, 35MM, 92 Mt N, p6-'t 3It's been called the most dangerous game ever played, as players are pushed t0the very limits of human endurance. D0DGEBALL. That blue orb whizzing like a

bullet past your temple and honing in on the target...sweat stings your eyes. . .

your teeth grind as you lunge forward to take hold of what's yours: V|(I0RY. Ihe

Alamo knows the hunger for glory, and that's whywe?e preceding this modern day

sports-(omedy masterpie(e with an all-out dodgeball showdown, where Y0U can

parti(ipate in the noblest sport ever devised. Muster u p your strength in the Alamo

Village parking lot, face the Wall of (ombat and show that villainous opponent

the true meaning of POWER! Then go inside, knock back a beer and watrh Vince

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GlRtlt NIGHT: AMELIESrPT 16 & 23, RtTZ

WITH FRTE (REME BRULTT AIIil ORINK SPI(IAL5O!R" JiAN.PIERRE JEUNET,2S01,35$TM, 122 M!N, R

looking around the programming offrce of the Alamo recently, I notked thatwete a bit ofa sausage festthese days. As I looked around at all the stubble and

receding hairlines, I thought that maybe, just maybe, all that testosterone was

having an effect on our programming. Then I looked at the line-up of genre filmsin this year's Fantasti( test and the sheer number of honor films we're cramming

into O(tober, and I knew it to be a total and romplete fad. Now, l'm not saying

that girls don't like honor. l'm not saying that guys don't like romance. l'm just

saying thatit's high time we all appreciated the morefeminine sideofour nature.

5o from now on we?e taking at least one Tuesday night a month and turning itover to the Girlie side of life, to films with relationships, and kissing, and all ofthose other things that will probably give us (ooties. Fortunately, we've got our

circle circle dot dots ready, so what better film to laun(h this series than AMELIE,

the charmingly sweettale ofone girl who enjoysthesimple things in life, butstilldreams of discovering more of the world's complexity? And with a freshly burnt(reme brulee crustjustwaitingforyourspo0n when you getto the theater, you'llhave no rhoice but to squee no matter how much chest hair you've got.

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(lNtMA COCKTAILS AT THt RITZ: (lTY tlcHTsOcT 5,7 & 8, R|TZDIR. (HARII5 CHAPLIN, 1931,35MM, 37 MIN5in(e.1he Ritz started serving liquor, we've had a the 0pportunity t0 highlight some ofthe great drinkers ofthe silver screen. And now we celebrate the most lovable s0use 0f them all: charlie chaplin,s Little Inmp!At 0ne time the most recognizable figure on earth, he still opens the door to our heart for blitzed hobos iostumbhthrough. Hewasthe original rambler. Ihe misfit.The vanguard vagabond ofthe open road,with abindle oniis back, dancing (and sipping) hiswaythroughthegreatdepresion. Butfromtheveryfiritscenein (lTY llGHTS - whkh reveals the homeless lramp passed out in the arms of a,prosperity,statue - you knowyou're in for something even more powerful than gettin' hammered. tn the brighi lighis of his big ciry noone has the time or the patien(e for the little guy. Akohol, on some pure and perfeir levet, was

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great equalizer. were it not for intoxi(ating spirits, the penniless lramp would never have spent the ;ightcavorting abolt town with a gin-goggled millionaire. But the next m0rning, sobriety puts tire two bac[ intheir place, with hilarious and deeply affecting (0nsequen(es. A timeles mlsterpieci ihat has grown evenmore intoxkating with age, (lTY UGHTS swizzles together the perfect cocktail oflove, life and li-bations.

WEST SIDE STORY BRUN(HOCT'I2, RITZ

EtR..'gRoME R0BBtN5, 1961,35MM, 1s2 MtruIhis world-das musical is unarguably among the great dassi(s ofthe screen, andAlamo chefJohn Bullington has been preparing for months to mat(h its greatness

with his own monumental culinary talents. Get ready to experience the maximum

benefits ofall your senses when this multkultural melting pot ofa movie and menuare presented, all t0 their greatest effed on our big big soeen at the Alamo Ritz!There has never been a feast like this, and like WEST SlDE ST0RY, it's destined to g0

down in history as 0ne 0f the greatest experien(ei of it5 kindl

GlRtlE NIGHI: CLUELESSO(T 14, RiTZWITI{ llALLEY GIRL DRINK 5PEEIAISDIN, AMY HE(KIRtIN6, 1995,35MM,97 MII{, PG-13

RR5: BEERFEST AT INDTPENDENCE BREWERY0eT.18When brothers lodd and Jan Wolfhouse travel t0 Germany to spread theirgrandfather's ashes at 0ktoberfest, they stumble upon a centuries old underground

beer games (ompetition - "Beerfesti'the secret 0lympics of beer drinking. The

brothers receive a less than warm welcome from their German cousins, the Von

Wolfhausens, who humiliate them, dander their relatives, and finally cast themout 0f the event. Vowing t0 return to defend their country and family! honor,

the Wolfhouse boys asemble a ragtag dream team of beer drinkers and gamers

to return and restore the honor 0ftheir 0n(e-proud suds-guzzling name. BrokenLizard's comedic take on 0ktoberfest and competitive drinking may just be thesingle greatest feat in cinematk history. 0r it could be a huge bust. To be honest,

we can never really remember the ending because we?e always trying to keep upwith the drinking ons(reen.

seemlo be named aftet singers who now do television infomerciak) who change outfrts, ha,ve nose pbslnd celluiar phones (back when the rest of us maAe do;ith rotarpay phones),andtake care ofeverybody elset, ex(epttheir0wn, social lives..,. Do you like Billie Holiday?

BIG-SCREEN H0RR0R ([A55](5: THE LOST B0ysocT 14 & 28, RITZWITI.I BTOOOY MARY, FRIED RICE AND NOODIE sPECIALSIDIR. JOTL sCFIUMACHER, 1987,35MM,97 MIhN, RNo honor movie captured the excitement, humor and plain weirdness ofthe,g0slike TtlE L05T 80Y5, and its bloodthirsty legacy is still undead and kkking overtwo de(ades later! Teen brothers Michael and 5am (Jason patric and (orey Haim)move in with their grandpa in Santa (arla, "The Murder (apital of the Worldl,Turns out that a pack of leatherclad bad boy vampires led by Kiefer Sutherland isresponsibleforthe bodycount,and Michael finds himselfdrawn into a terrifying,nightcrawling transformation. luckily, local comk shop clerksimonster hu;teisThe Frog Brothers ((orey teldman and Jamison Newlander) are up t0 the ta5k oftaking down the venomous threat 0n(e and for all! packed with shocks, laughs,unbelievable'80s fashion and a soundtrack that indudes the most ripping iax-rockjam in the history ofearholes! "(ome on...be one ofus,,.,,

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AIR 5EX L!54 CHAMPI0N5HIFS: W0Rl-D FlNAtS!!![ilT 1 *. rl,l]iAM*r,] t{T ;}l IAT|AifiijplTF FsH ir rnip is !,rreA: f *'1 gr&t i'",8rAs Tim league says, this is both the most sucresful and the stupidest original show

we'vedoneattheAlamosofar. Butthistime we'retaking itto an entirelydifferent

stage. Ihat's right, the AIR 5tX W0RLD tlNAIS will be held at none other than theprestigi0us Paramount Theater, on the opening night 0f Fantastk Fest.

For the past year, contestants have been coming up on the Alamo! stage, most ofthem elaborately dressed in costumes, and then they've taken offthose costumes

and pretended to have sex with an invisible partner. (al I it pornogra phic pa ntom ime

if you must, but theret no denying the raw entertainment value of spedating or,

if you're awesome enough, partkipating in Air Sex. Play out your fantasies, Share

your fetishes. Show us your timid side. lhe rules are simple, and allow for all sorts

of interpretation - we play a song, and you pretend to have sex on stage. No actual

dimaxing, and no other partner is allowed,0ther than that, go back and reread

your most cherished Penthouse letter, and make it all come alive.

We've hosted sixqualifying rounds sofar, and have one more Dark HorseQualifying

Round to go. But on Ihursday, September 18, the air ejaculate will really be flying.The winners from each ofthe preliminary rounds will go up against each other

and rompete for the grand prize - a trip to las Vegas, and a gift certificate forsome real sex! Fake sex to get sex, it (an't get better than that. (heck out www.airsexworldchampionship.com for details and rules.

THE DIONYSIU}IFlfiST l,itJgtlNf S*iiY *F HVgnY iU*liiTH eT 5*iiTf'i l-A&{AgiThe Dionysiu m offers a unique, innovative program ofdebate, lecture, declamation,

theatrical presentationand musicin asalon-likeatmosphere onthefirstTuesdayof

every month at the Alamo 5outh Lamar. Audiences enjoy offenngs not to be found

ekewhere in Austin, induding the re(itation of famous speeches, parti(ipatory

discussion in a formal, moderated context, and the opportunity t0 parti(ipate in

the re(reation of An(ient rituals. A typical Dionysium show will feature a le(ture,

a declamation, a drinking song, a film or live musical performance, an appeal toDionysus, a fiction-writing contest, and plenty of strong drink. But the heart ofevery Dionysium is the debate, pitting two experts against ea(h other in toe-to-

toe parliamentary combat. Dionysium debate resolutions have rovered everything

from Social se(urity reform to the future threat of genocidal robots. (heck outwww.dionysium.com for more information,

OPEN SCREEI{ f'llG}lT?ile5, 5rr;3*, :iiT;ln 2004, a time before YouTube, we had a simple idea - | bet amateurs and Jtudentfrlmmakers would get a kkk out 0f showing their movies to stra ngers. The YouTube guys

tookthatsame basi(premiseand madea lotmore moneyoffofit,butwe(an'timaginethey had as murh fun. Because while watching your views go up online is undeniably

satisfying, nothing (an everreallyreplacetheroaroflaughterand applausethat(omeJ

from an audience of your peers sitting in a darkened theater with you and enjoyingyour ma(erpie(e, 0f rourse, berause we'll streen literally ANYTHING that ANY0NE

bringswith them to the theateron Open Screen Night, there are a lot ofturdsthatgetbooed at, too, but that'5 all part ofthe fun.

Itl been almosta yearsince we've had one ofthese, so here's a quick refresheron how

the show works -you bring a DVD ofanything you wantt0 putons(reen tothe theater

0n the night 0f the sh0w. We'll play the first two minuteJ 0f your movie and demand

that the audience is quiet and respe(tful. After two minutes, we'll turn on the neon

open sign,and itwill literally be open season on y0urmovie. lftheaudience boos loud

enough, the gonger will strike the gong and y0ur movie will be taken off the screen.

lf they applaud, we'll give it another two minutes, for as long as you can la* (but it,s

always a good idea t0 bring something that's one minute and fifty nine seconds long).

At the end of the night, the audienre will choose their favorite movie, and we'll give

whoever brought it $100. And you don't have to be a filmmaker to play, because you

can bring in literally anything you (an put 0n DVD, miniDV, or VH5,

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Movies are great, buttheyaren't the only kind ofentertajnment that l00ks better0n the movie s(reen, Forthe past(0uple ofyears, we've been screening

ourfavoritetelevision show5 liveand with0ut(ommercial intenuption attheAlamoVillage, and as thesummerblockbusterseason in Hollywood features

Jtarts t0 (ome t0 a (l0se, I getall excited again a5 s00n aJ I rememberthat fall brings the new season oftelevision shows with it. We?e bringing back our

favoritesfrom last yearthistime around, and afew new showswe're going to checkoutas well. Admission isfree, but y0u (an reserveyourseatonline byprepurchasing a $5 vouchergoodforfood and drink attheshow.-Henri Mazza

G055rp GtRtM{}t{tr&Ys STARTfru& 5[pTr|i4firft 3t0h man, I am surh a girl. Ihis (0mes a5 little surprise t0 most people who've been

to any Sing-Along, of coune, but it still surprises me every time I realize just how

girlie I really am. Because I thought I could resist the G055lP GlRL ikh. I thought I

rould make fun of its influen(e on pop (ulture safely from the courh I sat 0n whilewat(hing Netflixed TV shows from HB0 and 5howtime, But then I downloaded thepremiere out ofcuriosity, and suddenly I was H00KED, purelyand completelyandwithout any irony. And now when Kristen Bell tells me that I know I love her, I say

"xoxo"along with her. There is no hope for me at all.

90210T1.![5SAY' 1T&ftT]N6 SrFlrii4EIR ::I have no idea ifwe'll play the second episode 0fthis series 0r not, because I can't

reallygeta handle on ifit's goingto beawesome, or bad, orsosupremelybad thatit's the awesomest thing ever, But I do know that with all the rumors of original(astmembers returning t0 the zip (ode that started their (areers, therel no way

l'm missing the pilot. And if it ends up being a struqglefest the whole time, I wantt0 know that l'm in the capable hands of the Village waitstaff so I can drown my

sonows in queso and beer,

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that I (an admit to without any

tra(e of guilt at all. HER0E5 has

itt fair share of baffling subplots

and absolutely ridiculous one-

liners {almost always uttered by

the cheerleader), but each new

season brings us a new big bad, a

new batch of heroes who are just

discoverinq their new abilities,

and an entirely new reason to get

excited. The WGA $rike made last

season agony as we waited for pa rt two for so ma ny months, but now seas0n th ree

is finally upon us, and we (an't wait.

THE OFFI(E?${ li'{5$AYS STp,ATi {{* 3[pT€t!4*ltl ?5!Another show that it's just impossible not t0 love, no matter what you think ofSteve (anell's recent derisions in fllm roles. [veryone else in America will be

wat(hing with baited breath to see what happens with Jim and Pam -will theyget together? Will their relationship ruin the show by becoming the Ross and

Rachel plot that never makes any real sense? Will they ruin the show by going allM00NLIGHTING? 0r can the writers s0mehow keep us interested in the romanticentanglementswithout breaking any ofthat tension? Personally, I don't care. l'min it to find out what happens to Ryan this season. Will he crawl back to Kelly? Willhis facial hair stop being so stubbly?

T}IE PRESIDENTIAT DEBATESS{rv }*, #{T 7 & {}{T 1 5i(ome watch the Presidential debates with your friends and neighbors at your

local Alamo Drafthouse Theater. At first it seems a little odd, watching such an

important historical event on a giant High Def movie screen with beer and queso

in front ofyou, but ifyou've ever tried it you'll netier want to watch a debate athome again. The crowd cheers and hisses throughout and there's a great feelingof neighborhood camaraderie as you watch, enjoy, learn and laugh. And as a

special bonus, this election year both candidates (an speak the English language

in complete sentences and with conect conjugation.

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screen in Dolby Surround 5ound and state-of-the-art video proje(ti0n. With thepossible ex(eption of the stadium itsell the Alamo Drafthouse (inema is thebest spot for the serious football fan. You ran order any of our delicious food

and beverage offeringi thr0ughout the game without havinq to wait in line at a

concession stand and there's plenty ofparking. Plus - lt'sfree.

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'0h, back to xhool. Back to school. Backto...'Ihere's a really good chan(e that l'm the 0nly penon left in this rity who srill thinks ofthat,,song,,from BlLLyMADISON every September, but if that's the (ase then there's something seriously wrong with this city. tven if l'm left all alone on Nudey Magazine Day,though, l'm sure there will be plenty of people wio can say "6rowy'perfectly in time with Ash, over and over again. But whkhever movie isiull of youifavorite quotes, nothing compares to the thrill of saying them all ort loud in a packed theater. Somehow even the guy who sat next to me mumbling the

:l$::T::llillgl]llllllifllRlfl!u'onthjustmadenre happy.rharwassome profesionat quorins, afteiait..HenriMazza

BITLY MADISON BACK TO SCHOOt QUOTE-AtONGQUOTE.ALON6

. WEDINE5DAY, STPT 1O"What day is it?""0ctober?"Well, it isn't 0(t0ber, but it is the first month ofschool,

andwhat bettertimeto relive Adam Sandlert glory days ofreliving his glorydaysof going back to school tha n in September? lt may be too damned hot for a pengu in

t0just be walking around, but as long as it'ssoooooo hot, we'll wantto tou(h theheiny, and then everything will be good. We'll have 5nack Packs for everyone, a

special Nudey Magazine Day game before the movie, and tons ofsubtitled linesfrom thisgolden gem of5andler's past.

THE EVII DTAD II QUOTE-AIONGQU0Tr"AL0ht6 - TtNUR5DAys, SrpT 1E & 0{T 30"GroovyJ'The first time you saw EVIL DEAD ll, your life was changed forever.Whetheryou were 14 or40 on thatfateful day, something insideyou would never

be the same, and from that moment 0n you had no choice but to be a fanboy.

Since that day, of course, you've seen EVIL DEAD Il dozens, perhaps hundreds oftime5. With ea(h repeat viewing, you find some new thrill, some fun new detail,but haven't quite been ableto (apture that life<hanging glee that came from thefirst time you realized that Sam Raimi and Bruce (ampbell are gods. Well, neverfear.TheQuote-Along presentation0fl\/lI DEAD ll will recapturethatgleeforyou,

bottle it up, and let you take a whiff of it any time you need t0 remember what it,s

like to believe in awesomeness again. Ihink of it as R0(Ky HORROR for the truehonor set, and prepare younelffor a fully religious experience.

THE TEAM AMERICA PATRIOIIC SEPT 11 SHOWQUOTfr-ALOI.{6 . THUR5, SEPT 11We celebrated our nation's independence with this TEAM AMERI(A: W0RIDP0U(E Quote & Sing-Along, butwhen we looked on ourcalendarand noticed thatThursday, our usual night for Quote-Along fun, also happened to be 5eptember

1 1, the date that inspired this entire movie, we knew that it was our sacred dutyas true Americans to lead a rhorus ofsparkler waving fans onto the street to 0n(eagain sing, "Amerkal Fuck, yeahl" at the top of our lungs after experiencing thecommunal joy of the film. After all, if we dont sing

,,Fuck, yeah!,i haven,i the

terrorists already won?

THE BLUEs BROTHERs QUOTE & SING-ALONGQUOTE.ALON6 - O(T 12 & 23Remember when Saturday Night Live was funny? When people used to actuallylook forward to wat(hing it because comedians like Dan Aykroyd and JohnBelushi were still on it? Well, that was kind of before my time, so I don,t reallyremember, but I know that other pe0ple do! 5o when I was watching TV lateat night and witnessed the genius ofTHE BIUES BRoTHtRS for the first time, I

knew irnmediately that adding a room full of singing, dancing, quoting peoplewould be awesome. 5o get ready to f0llow Jake & Elwood through (hkago as they

embark on their "mission from God" to save their old (atholic orphanage, dodgithe lllinois Nazis, and avoid every form of the law as they put their old band back

together. Andwith perfomances byJames Brown,Aretha Franklin and Ray(harles- you'll frnd it absolutely impossible not to sing and dancel We haven,t reallyrombined a 5ing-Along and Quote-Along yet, but it's about time. I don,t know ifwe'll havedrywhitetoastandfourfried chi(kens, butwe'll suitthe (rowd upwithsome shades and drink everytime s0meone (rashes a car (maybe - that might killsomeone). Sobringsomebodyt0 hold,t0 kiss,to miss,t0 squeeze, and please, andjoin us forTHE BLUES BR0THERS 5ing-AlongiQuote-Along. And remember, they?eon a mission from 6od. ((aitlin)

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ART OF THE DEVIL 3 (US PREMIERE)A prequel to one ofthc most graphic andvisually creative horror movics in reccnttimes, ART OF THE DEVIL 3 is a tale olunrequited love set amid the exotic world ofrural Thri black nragic.

IHE CHASERJoong-ho is a dirtl detecrive turncd pimp jnlinanc.ial troublc as several ofhis sirls haicrccently disappeared n'ithout cleaiIc thcirdebts. Whiie trying ro track them doirn. hellnds a ciuc that the vanished girls wcre allcalled up bv a same client whom one olhisgirls is neering wirh righr now.

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tr{l arts lrom rvatching Tonv Jaa and Bruce Leefilms so as 10 e\act relcnge ot thosc r,ltobarkruptcd her nother.

THE GOOD THE BAD AND TllE WEIRDThe story ofthree Korcatr oullaws in I 9J0sManchuria and thcir dealings with the.lapanese army and Chinese and RussianbrrrJil.. A Korcar rr-irnr;inrne,\t Leunc jclassic, TITE GOOD fHE BAD AND THEWEIRD set an alltime Korean box olficerecord earlier this year.

EAGTE EYETrvo stlangers (Shia LaBeouf and MichelleMolaghan) become the parvls ofanyslcrious wontan they have ler,er met,but rvho scems io knolv their every mot'e-Realizing thev are being used to llflherhcr evil plans. the1, must $'ork togctherto out\it the $,onlan betbre shc has themkilled. Director DJ (laruso in person!

SEVENTH MOON (WORI.D PREMIERE)While honeymoonius in rural Chinaduring the ''Hun.erv Ghost" Festiral.nc$'lywcds Mclissa (Any Smaft) and yul(Tin Chiou) 1lnd thenselves srrarded arnight in dre micldle ofa superstitious ritualthat nay llc more real than fblk lcgend.Frorr the director of THE BLAIR WITCHPRO]FCT

DONKEY PUNCHSeven sexv young Brits are hanginuout on a "borrowed" yacht for a day ofdnrgs, debauchcry, and ultinately donkeypurching. lt's the last activity causese\rr\lhiIp rn unra\el. Alier the .cree ril;.follow us to Ladybird Lal<e tbr thepotcntially inappropriate Donkey PunchBoat Pilly.

. "-ilx*; I lill,?:#?[lo"ltf Hll'J",", "PROMEDIO ROJO, Chilean prodigy

director Nicoltis Ldpez returns withSAN'IOS, a ivild, srveeping tale o1'ctrriic

. ] book nerds versus superheroes in a battledA't lor thr lur-r..ot rnarrki rd. . hiuk I lrrrmalf' uirlr fl LJLII A f-.ncrn hr.rrr, rrrr.ntllrvith a Latin American brain transplant

Fron the producers ol SIN CITY

JACK BROOKS MONSTER SI.AYERHofior legend Robcrl Elghutd costars inthis cpic battlc ofargry plumber vs. thedenonic creatures olfie night. Packed$,ith fiilttastic practical cffects and spot onhunor, JACK BROOKS is dcstired roemerge an audiencc fave.

JCVD (US PREMIERE)Jean-Claude Van Damme pofirays an agincaction star whose caleer in Hollyrvood is allbut washcd up. Retuming to his homclaldh Brussels, he lands ir the middle ofa bankheist and may have to actuallir save the day.

FEAR(S) OF THE OARKAr animated anthology offilms by sixofthe ['orld's hottest graphic artists andcafioonists. All films are rendcred inblack and white. and all are based on theircreators o\vn night[ares and fears.

0ET LIT: C[0S1l'lG NIGHT CAVE PARTYFollowing the closing right fllm, we'llbc heading outsicle oftorvn tbr ri'hat wci'eel rvill be rhe Ausrin pafiy olthc year:"Get Li1," a subterranean clance pafiy ir

nile beneath the eafth at ncarby Lotrghom('avems

AIR SEX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSFor the past year we'r'c been hostingprelininary rounds ofcompetition at theAlamo Drafthousc dowtto$Il. Or theslage olihe Paramount on opeting nightofthe festival, rve'll be deciding the grandchrmpio.r. uh,' r ill u in a lnp lo \ egrjlur.\C I L AL ser. Airser... ir'"'i.eAirGuitar, but, well. spicicr.

1OO BESI KILI-S PARTYFantastic Fcst celebrates thc great legacy of5t,'m,trlt-cl.unr ns. ^iood-\prtrrinc llo\iemagic rvith this interactive shou'dorn partyutere YOU THE AUDIENCE arc invitedto.ioin the FF programnrers in prot'idingthe all-titne greatcst on-screen hcadbursts.rib-rips and rutblastsl

I canl do it very well, but man do I love to sing. ln the car, I don't care ifthe people next t0 me at a (oplight are staring as I rock outto the cheesiest songs

I can find. At a karaoke bar, I don't get scared when I have t0 g0 up on stage after the woman who has a mirarulous voi(e that (an hit every note 0n lotalklipse of the Heart and do a perfect Axl Rose for Sweet (hild of Mine. l'll butcher my way through Wonderwall and shout and jump around anyway, But as

much as I lovesinging on myown, I go nutswhen l'm ina hugegroupand weteall singing and shoutingand pumpingourfistsand dancing alongtoeverysong we love. Whkh is probably why I gleefully sit in the oowd f0r every show ofevery Sing-Along - I just never get tired 0f it at all.. Henri Mazza

DISCO INFERNOTHUR5, SEPT 11 & 0(T 3, 512, 120 MtNWe don't usually delve back deeper into the pop musk well than the 1980s - there

aren't a whole lot of musk videos in the pre-MTV era, after all. But we de(ided thatit was HIGH time we got some disco balk installed at the Ritz, and itjust didn'tseem right to debut them at anything less than a pure celebration oftrue discojoy.5o we've colle(ed all the bestvideosand live performances ofdis(osuperstarsfrom the true era of exces, when Studio 54 was still raging, suits were always

white, and the samples we heard in the Jiggy (runk show were first recorded,

giving birthto awhole newcraze ofdance partythat!still going on strongtoday.We'll start the show offwith a'70s disco costume (ontest, maybe have a dance off0r two, and then $art our disco balls spinning for the fint time to the Bee Gees,

Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ros,andsooo much more.Thenwe'll getbackt0d0ing s0me

'90s stuff in November.

MICHAEL JACKS0N: THRILI THE W0RtD0(T 23 & 3A,517,120 MtN0ver the past year 0r two, Youlube has been frlling up with groups 0f people

performing the zombie dance from i\4ichael Jackson's Thriller. There are videos ofnewlyweds performing that (h0re0graphyas part oftheirfi6t dan(e together at

wedding re(eptions, and of roursethere3the dip 0f the 1,500 inmates of the (ebu

Prison in the Phillipines, We were watching those videos last winter and thought

t0 0urselves, "What if we could make that even more awesome?" Ihis fall, that's

exa(tlywhat we're going to do.

We've joined forres with lnes Markeljovic, a dance teacher and founder ofIhrillTheWorld.com, to help her romplete her task 0f setting a Guiness World

Record for having the most people around the world doing the Thriller dance

at the exact same time. For the past seven months, we've been ho$ing Mi(hael

Jackson Sing-Alongs at the Alamo Ritz, then following the music video orgy with

two hours ofdance instru(ti0n that gets everyone in the (rowd uptospeed on how

t0 do the Thriller danre themselves. We've partnered with local theater groups,

dance companies, and schools as well, and we?e convinced that when it (omes

time t0 parti(ipate in the Thrill the World dance, on Saturday, 0(ober 25th, we'llhave more people in one place than anywhere else 0n the globe.

0f course, we?e not stopping there, Together with MexicArte and Red Bull, we're

taking our Thriller zombies onto the streets of Au$in, where we'll be part 0f the

Day0fthe Dead pro(essional and streetparty.0urgoal isto haveupwards 0f2,000

zombies walk down Sixth Street, then stop in front ofthe Alam0 Ritz. Thriller willstart playing out of speakers I ined up and down the street, and al I of a sudden earh

and every zombie will become synchronized, perfectly choreographed zombies.

Then we'll marrh down the street and do it again at the blo(k party...

We fully expett these events t0 become historical touchstones, and we'd like foryou to be a part 0f it with us. We're putting on a special Michael Jackson Thrill

the World Sing-Along and danre lesson during Fantasti( Fest, and even ifyou?ein from out of town and can't make it t0 the Day 0f the Dead parade in person,

we'd love to have you (ome out and learn the dan(e, then take that ba(k to your

hometown where you (an putt0getheryourown grouptojoin in on theThrill The

World record-breaking attempt. Plus, just the experience of singing along and

dancing around the movie theater to all of Mithael Jackson! best musi( videos,

sorry - "short filml'- is something that everyone should have as much of as

posible.

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rharacter Peter lvers were first in line to document it. NEW WAVE THEATRE debuted

on humble UHF station 18, but found

rapid footing with misfit s(enesters

hungry for interviews and live footage

of burgeoning musir icons induding

Fear, 45 Grave, 5uburban Lawns, (irrle

Jerks and Ihe Dead Kennedys, to namejust a few, The songs were recorded

live and raw, with the studio audience

of trashed-out maniacs pogoing and

spitting t0 show their adoration, and

lvers hosted the show with a zealous

grin and a penchant for oddball

theatrics. Ihe show came t0 an end in'1983 when he was found bludgeoned

to death in his apartment - a (rime

which has yet to be solved - but thisreverberating (hronide 0f one of music's most (haoti( and exciting transitions,presenting footage not seen since the show's initial broad(asts, is a fitting legacy

to lvers'work, (Za(k)

9/8:0RNEITE: MADI lN AAtlERl(AErn. 5!fiftGY {tAnKE, 1985From legendary filmmaker Shirley (larke (THE (0NNffil0N) (omes a rare

documentary about one 0f the most important musical figures of our time,0rnette (oleman.Ihe film traces his orrhe$ral/jazz mashup"Skies 0fAmerica"as

it evolves through numerous performances. The great saxophonist is interviewed

at great length and we visit with his buddies Buckminster Fuller, William

BunoughsandtheMasterMuskiansofJajouka.Butthebiggesttreatisthemusic.

0rnette's harmolodir mid-'70s period is due for a major reasessment and what

better time than the present?

9/15: DTSPERATE TETNAGE L0VFDOLts+ MARKEY's PUNK SHORTSONN. PAVT MARK€V,X984"Ihanks for killing my momJ"'No problemJ' 20-year-old Markey and cohorts

Jennifer and Jordan Schwartz were an undeniable driving force in the [.A. punk

scene, and this is their legendary first feature. The story is a funhouse minor

refledion of the rags-to{i(hes and rise-and-fall stories happening across theever-devolving [.A. punk landxape. Kitty (anyall Uennifer Schwartz) and her

best friend Bunny lremelo (Hilary Rubens) comb the (ity to (omplete the lineup

for their band The Lovedolls. The girls sleep in abandoned buildings, practice

their songs on stolen equipment, and run afoul ofVenice Beach punk gang The

5he-Devils, A who's who of'80s L.A. backyard filmmaking, several ofthe playeralso appeared in the original SIJBURBIA and artist Raymond Pettibon's frlms.

Ihe soundtrack was recorded largely by Redd Kros (who also star as rrookedpromoters), but also features songs from LA punk monoliths The Bags, Sin 34,

White Flag and Nip Drivers. PLU5...we'll be soeeninq select shorts from Markey,

many of whkh have NEVER been available on video. This is an inaedibly rare

0pportunity to (apture this much punk heritage on the big srreen, so shave your

head, kill your parents and (ome on down t0 the Ritz! (Zack)

9/22:5TREETS 0F FIREH05T€D EY n USt{ MEt{DAy F0Uht}[& K'[fi"t_A.'At{t55e !

E I R. WA'-TE R H'LL, 1984, 3l'.ll1U|SIRIEIS 0F FIRE is quite simply

my favourite film of all time. lt's

been said that Walter Hill is a

real'mant diredor'; but this is

belied by the aos-gender, cros-

continental rult appeal of his rock

n' roll masterpiece of vigilantejustke. 0riginally intended as a

trilogy until American audiences

broke Hill's heart with poor box

offi(e,STRIETS 0F FIRE stars

heartthrob i\,lichael Pare (notice

I didn't say former heartthrob) as

Iom (ody, a soldier offortune who

is summoned by his sister (IHE

WARRI0RY super-tuff Deborah

Van Valkenberg) to rescue his old

flame, rock goddes Ellen Aim (a

19-vear old Diane [ane) fiom a n19-year old Diane [ane) fiom a pack of PV(<lad bikers from the wrong end oltown (who are headed up by Willem Dafoe and fear's Lee Ving), Add to this mixRick Moranis as Ellen's cunent boyfriend/manager Billy Fish, a tough-as nails Amy

Madigan as (ody's sidekirk Mc(oy, an early appearanre by Bill Paxton, and thealwayseffervesrent'80sstaple E.G. Dailyand you've qotyourselfa moviethat can

pretty mu(h do no wrong. The merits of STREETS 0F FIRE are many: its stunning

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9i29: [0UE ST0RYSln. e HRlS HAI-L & ldlli{r KERRY,2006Finally, the story of a band that was every bit as imp0rtant as their fellow LA groups The Byrds and The Doors

but who never had the kind of breakthrough hits that would install them in the rultural pantheon. Still, themusicwastoo good to ignore and their reputation, and espe(ially that ofthe bizane pre-punk, easy listeninghybrid "Foreler (hangeli has grown and improved until there are probably very few hipsters who can,t singalongwith"The RedTelephoneJ'A raciallyintegrated band led bythe bemused geniusArthur Lee, theygroundit out whh the rest ofthem and their highs and lows make for fascinating viewing. Lots of interviews, lots ofperformances, this is the movie to see ifyou love l-ove.

10/6&10/13: R0CKERS&lR" TIS SAFAL0UK05, i97E, RARf 35]l1M sCRf f f,ill'i6lProbably everybody who loves reggae has seen THI HARDER IHEY (0ME, and it lives up t0 its

rep as one of the boomingest jams ever, But l'm always surprised to talk to reggae fans who've

neverseen R0(l([R5.5eriously, ifreggaemeans morethan UB-40and"B0b Marley'sGreatest Hits"

to y0u, you must drop everything and see this movie. The great drummer leroy "Horsemouth"

Wallace plays himself as a kickas drummer who goes into the record business in a small way,

making the rounds of record stores and recording studios (all shown in mouth-watering detail)and selling boxes of 45's from his moped. When the gangsters who (ontrol the musir business

steal his bike, he gets his crew together and strikes back. Reading back over that synopsis itsounds much more fast-paced than it actually is, ln fact, the movie evolves like a slow stoned(onversation, with the hypnotk rhythms ofthe best reggae artists evertowalkthe planet0n thes0undtrack thr0ugh0ut. teaturing Burning 5pear (unforgettable), Gregory lsaaa, Dr. Alimentado,

Big Youth, Dillinger and more. [ssential and dangerous, ([ars)

10/20: DEV0: THE MEN WHO MAKI THE MUSIC... AND M0RtDtR. VARi0rJ5,'1979FA(T: Devo were the best band in the world. This incredible collection, released before their,80s

,,Whip

It"phase acted assupporting eviden(eforthe group'sde-evolution theory, is undeniable proof. No otherband -newwave, rockorotherwise - haseverburstforthsofullyarmedwith revolutionary newsounds,images and ideas. lfyou?e still skeptical that Devo were the greatest innovators in musi( history, t0nightwill leave those doubts in the dust. The boys formed as a school proiect in 1973, beating both the punk

and new wave movements by a l0ng stret(h and choosing to document their avalan(he 0f (reativity viamusic, film and even bizane printed pamphlets on mankind's evolutionary regresion. The footage in

tonight's show (little of which is available on DVD) captures Devo at the absolute tip of their violentlycreative apex, where earh music video and short film explodes with bizane snapshots borne of futurefantasies, nerdish sexual denial and unfiltered, unhinged brilliance. At the end of the program, you'llhave no choice butto stand upand dedare:"We ARE Devo!!1"(Zack)

10127: TRICK 0R TREATONR HARLES MAfiTII,I SMITIJ, 1986, 35MMThis Halloween week, Musit Monday is going to steal your soulll! ln the midrSos metal was king, and

headbanging honor was a fii m genre onto itself Video age ragers like BLA(l( R05ES, 5H0(K'EM DEAD and R0(K N'R0LL N IGHTMARE illustrated the many dangers ofSatan,smixtapes. ButIRl(K0RTRIATshredsthroughall competition, unveiling the storyofhard-rorking geek Eddie (MarcPrke a.k.a. Skippyfrom FAMILYIItS) and his devotlonto recently deceased soni( hellmaster Sammi (un. When an eviled-up (un returns from the grave (via backwards masking, ofcoune), things heat up for anyone who's everdone Eddie wrong, and soon a small town is awash in the flames 0fblazing retribution in this action-injected showdown between the human rare and tlre unstoppableforces ofThe Dark Lord himselfl teaturing a blistering soundtrack plus rameos from ear-blasting wanion Ozy 0sbourne and Gene 5immons! HAIL SATAN!l (Zack)

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Sinte the fall 0f 2001, we have b€en hosting a series of free movie screenings of exploitation dassics, trom (heerleaders Gone Bad uElaxpl0itation to '70s Action (heese and even to llromen ln Prkon, it s all there - scratches, splices and all. Many of these flms are robs(ure that little is known or has been written about them, Some of them ale bad, mort of thein are enioyable, aid a rare few are minrblowingly amazing, Weird Wednesdays is the vanguatd of cinema explotation in Austin. Escape the cruihinq lameness of the real worrrwith us every week. [or free! - [ars Nilsen, Weird Wednesday Programmer and Host

Specialthanksto I luvVideofor helping to make this series possible. (herk0uttheiramazing storesformore 0fthe kind 0fmoviesyou luv.

BEYOI'I D ATtAilITIS (5{}I,ITFI LAMAM}5|PT ], t'tiill{I*'*7,ff"ry., *iS" |*t}if n*l*fFf, "t}73,fi?4.|.fi,3i"tit}.:,7,i0ne of the superprime made-in-the-Phi I ippi nes movies. As East Eddie, a scuay pim p who (ontrives to stea I a massive stash of saaed pearls from prim itive isla nders, ! :

Haig has never been cooleror balder.Ihis moviealsoscores major'70s exoti(a pointswith itrwild anal0g synthesizer-flavored score, amazing underwatermating danc:jaw-dropping nopical locations, and ofcourse the mind-altering textiles we've (ome to expect from tilipino movies. For some reason the goddes/prinres ofthe islar:tribe is a stone fox Amazon Barbie-doll blonde while everyone else is brown*kinned with giant ping-pong ball eyes! Whoa! Why can't all movies be this fun? With Jol"Ashley, Vk Diaz, and Patri(k {son 0fJohn) Wayne, who can't act but has his dad's cool walk. (Lan)

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I n the'70s, Iimes 5quare was a seedy open-air sex and drugs marketpla(e. And the real hot*pots were the 24-hou r movie theaters where dou ble features of kung fu, hono

and sex films unreeled 24 hou rs a day for audiences composed primari ly of bitter, sociopathic males. Think Travis Bickle from TAXI DRIVIR and you?e 0n the right track. lt w;:an audiencefor whith n0 extreme wast00 extreme. The audience of"popeyes"would sitthrough showing after showing ofgory honor, amputee porn and worse, sniffincglue and smoking dirt weed. There was enough existential nausea in any given foot of Iimes Square to make Jean Paul 5artre toss his crepes in the nearest (logged anc

overflowing urinal. 5o KIDNAPPED (0tD mu( have hit Times 5quare like an artillery shell. You can imagine the smell of record deaner in the theater; you (an almost hea'

thesound ofthe butterflyknives dacking shutasthecrowdwatches in raptadmiration. NotsincethefilmsofJean-PieneMelville hadtherebeen anantiheroquite likeJacl(annon, a selfloathing kidnapper whose victim is stolen away from him by the mob, leading to a bloody showdown. This is tough stuff, rough around the edges but gooilt

primal. lf it had been made in France it probably would have been acclaimed a masterpiece of postwar alienation, Thank God it wasn't made in Franre but in the number

one country on Earth - I.JSA Amerira. {[ars)

NARK A6Et ? 17, HlLli.i!t*ir, itl;:;. !]:fi. &?,{rtt:ii{ttr*t5*t;},,1rfi:J,35mfi,?3,?"11ri,t|r,

Plrt 0ftheFlntlsticfest"NotQuite Hlllywlld" lzploitation Retospertlle. Seri0usly, Australia seems like a cool place to live. Everybody

seems pretty cool. Ihere are beautiful beache5. 0utlaw (ultur€ is h0nored and respected. There's one huge downside though, everything

that walks, swims or crawls can kill you within 8 seconds. The ocean is full of Great White Sharks, the venomous snake population is tops

in theworld,thereare all kindsofcreatures thattaxonomists have neverbeen ableto getrlose enough to even dapa latin nameon. l\4ost

disturbingly, there are giant crocodiles the size of eighteen-wheelers roaming the marshlands. 0r so the makers of DARK AGE would have

you believe. Fortunately, the frlm is so boomingly well directed, a(ed and shot you'll be willing t0 believe just about anything. Not only

isthe giantcrocodile atthe center ofthis film hundreds ofyears old, he isvenerated bythe Aboriginal Australians as a sarred spirit. Inter

the great Aussie a(tor John Janatt (W0LF (RtEl() as a ranger asigned to kill the croc after it inge$s some poa(hers. lnstead of killing the

beast, he makes plans to (apture and relo(ate it- butthe whole plan isjeopardized bythe most inaediblysruzzyoutback reptile hunters

imaginable. Their leader lost an atm to the (rocodile and takes it all pretty personally. With David Gulpilil and Burnam Burnam as the

Aborigines who join up with the ranger and his lady against the bad guys. Fanta$i(, highly recommended, (Lars)

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MAN FROM HONG KONG WITH BRIAN TRENCHARD-SMITH I-IVESEPT 24, I1,IICIf{I6HT, TREE, DIR" BRIAN TREruTHARD.SMITI,I, 'I975,35MM, 111 MIN, R

Plrt 0fthe Flntlstk Fest "Not Quite Hlllywold" lzploitation Retrospertive. trom now 0n whenever anyone asks me what the most bererk orgy of action and violenreever placed on frlm is l'll be honor-bound to answer IHE MAN FROM H0NG K0NG. lf a car crashes and explodes in this film (and it will, don't wony) you'd better beliey€it will explode with 5,000 megatons ofTNT power. When our special guest Brian Trenchard-5mith was filming this movie in Australia he g0t (0mplaints from Soyi€t(osmonau$ in space who said it kept them awake at night. With 75 car chases, 17 throat-ripping death fights,437 burning-man scenes and one dopey hang-gliderthis is truly a memorable exercise in pedal t0 the metal ex(itement. And director Brian Trenchard-5mith, who n0t only directed the film but plays a pornishly-Uiai*eahenchman, will be here in person to explain how and why. Stars limmy Wang Yu as the "tough cop who learned every trick in the book and then threw the book away'and erstwhile James Bond seatwarmer George lazenby as a dandyish crime boss with a bulletpro0f musta(he. stunts by themadman from dingoJand Grant page, whoappears desperate t0 end ltall in a progressivelygreaterand greateraggreqation ofdeath-defianre. (Lars)

ALL THE SlNS 0F 5000M with JOE SARN0 tlVE0{T 1, MtDt{tc[{4 ;RE[, DtR" JCIr 5AnN0, i968, EV, 91 tuilN, fiPresented by Ret|-Seduction 1nemo.lhoughllost for manyyears, J0e Sarno's ALLIHE 5lN5 0t S0D0M is back, and playing in frontofan audienceforthefinttime in over30years.5arno's geniusisthat he builds realisti(situationssteahhily.The cheap sets maylull the viewer into thinking he's watching just another dodgy sex movie but as the nanative progresses, the situati0ns be(omen0t only lealistic but universal and mythological. Not only do you rare about the characters. You are the charaders. I know itsounds like l'm enthusing t00 much but serioudy, be here. See it for yourself. (Lars)

T}IE SI{APE OF THINGS IO COME0(T 8, MlDlNt6HT, FRrE, DtR.6r0RGE MI{CIWAru ,1979,35wtll,98 Mll,t, pG

ln caseyou haven't heard, STARWARSwasa big, huge monster

hit on an unprecedented srale. For years afterward cheap

spa(e operas swept thr0ugh the multiplexes, promising so

mu(h 0n the poster and delivering so, so little. l'd like to say

that this film is the ex(eption but it's not, Fortunately it's

an entertaining, though ronfusingly jumbled, mix of sexy spare ladies, a wisecracking robot (ugh),

spe(ial effects that l00k like they were filtered through a burlap sack full of as and the great Ja(k

Palance, looking stronger than a l0c0motive full of steroids at age 60, as the evil robot lord 0mus. Ifyou drinkenough generkcough syrup beforethe movie, y0u'll swearyoute reallyin space.Ihat'sourguarantee to you, ([ars)

REDNE(KoeT 15, Mt[}M6htT, FREe, DtA, StLVtt) fi'At{tzzAt't0, 19i5,35i!1M, E9 Mn{, fiTellySavalasandtrancoNeroplayapairofwisectackingscrew-upswhobotchajewelrobbery,killsomepeopleanda(cidentallytakeayoungboyhostage. Prettysoonthey?e tutoring the kid on the finer points of being a complete psychopath. Savalas, never noted for his actorly restraint, is like a runaway downhill ham-train as theruthles killer Memphis while the nattily mu$a(hio'd Nero is a bit more subdued as Mosquito, the (relatively) sympatheti( 0ne. Along the way there! a side-trip intowhat-the{uck land with a bit ofthe old inappropriateness we've come to know and love so well. Hard-edged, violent, idiosyncratic,., not your usual ltalian crime movie.

l'll be quaffing tumblers full ofJ&B 5cokh at this one s0 stay out 0f my way and don't be grabbing on mel ([ars)

DRESSED TO KILTOCT 22, MIDi{IGI{T, FRTT, DIR, BRIAII DT PALMA, 19S0,35MM, 105 MIN, R

"lf this film suceeds, killing women may become the greatest turn-0n of the Eighties!" - Women Against Pornography leafle! 1980.

i When DRESSTD T0 KIL[ (ame out it cleated a firestorm of tontroversy. Womens'groups marched on theaters,

i gay rights groups protested, reviewers savaged it as an unnecessarily violent rip-off of all of Hit(h(ock's be$

i ideas. They were a ll wrong. DRESSED T0 KILL is one of the funniest, cleverest essays 0n the art 0f the suspense

film, and a superior example 0f the f0rm. It's the only American giallo thriller and it stands with the best workofArgento, Bava, [enzi and Sergio Martino. Thefilm was a huge hit and shot its vile seed deep intothe brains ofmillions of people in theaters throughout America and later as a late night staple 0n pay (able. Angie Dickinson,

Michael (aine, Nancy Allen and especially Keith 6ordon (even though he looks like Hany Potter) are all fantasticbut the sp0tlight is on writeridirertor Brian De Palma. He was very busy throughout the'70s and by the time he

made DRE55ED T0 KILL his reflexes and instincts were tuned up tighter than a drum. [ike a kinky behaviorist, he

runs the viewer through a sleazy maze ofsex and death while c0nstantly exploiting the audience's sophisticated

cinema-consciousness. Think you're smart? De Palma's imafter. He virtu0si(ally demonstrates 37 positions

of mind{ucking before letting you have your (igarette, ltt a true rlassic, and an unmissable big screen event.(l"ars)

DEVITS WTDDING NIGHT0(T ?9, MlDN16HT, f nf f, DNR. PA[,150LVAY,'1973.35fri1'\'1, ES Mlhl, R

Just in time for Halloween, an ltalian sexy vampire lady movie staning the smoketa(ular Rosalba

Neri. The dusky, olive-skinned Neri ran offwith nearly every movie she appeared in, n0 matter h0w

insignifigant her part. 5he has a way of melting your eyeballs with just her tiniest nostril-flaringglance, She's basically sex penonified. And this is one ofherbest roles. She playsa (ountes Bathory

type who bathes in the blood ofvirgins to stay beautiful. 8ut when vampire hunting twin br0thers

show up, will some other stuff happen? Looks like you'll have to show up to find out be(ause all we

remember is the sight of Rosalba Neri rising naked from a silver bathtub covered in the blood ofvirgins, 0h, and there's an awesome Drarula ring. And a bald guy. (Lars)

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I don'tlike horrormovies...l love love [0VE'emll And so doyou,so hunkerdowntotheAlamo Drafthouse downtowneveryThursdayatmidnightfors:-.good old{ashioned slash, smash, trash and thrash, all forzero cash!! We've scavenged the bowels ofthe earth forthe most shocking and seldom-s::,35mm terrortreasures, guatanteedto leave you gaspingforair,thirstingforblood 0r-attheveryleast.scrakhing yourhead. Nofoolinijunior...The::is the new Ground Zerofordetapitation, evisceration, degradation and mutilationll! Eeaaauuugghhhhl!!l - Zack (arlson,TerrorThursday host

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PF|ANTA5M H - THrs scniirurr,rG ni ALAMo iouirl rnrr,rnnr,r* *, 11i*?tt7 {-, { 7t,'} if,. f * iX {*:{A * il i-i.t, I ?S*, 3 5i.1 iri, !i t{t l li, *Almost a derade after shocking and befuddling audien(es with bizano cerebral nightmare epic PHANTA5M,

writer/director (oscarelli unleashed this infinitely more amped-up braindamager. The elderly-but-

0mnipotentTall Man (Angus Scrimm) has returned to devourentiretowns, transforming seled vi(tim5 intodwarven fendsto aid in his latent enslavement ofthe Earth. l\4ankind's onlyhope lieswith a bald icerream

vendor and a blowdried goof from an insane asylum. lilore gore, more goop and more chainsaw-wielding,

automobile-crushing, house-exploding action than we'll see in another fright fllm until Hollywood wises

the fuck up. And l'm not holding my breath. lhe very best horror movies prove that the human body is a

canvas and violence is the paintbrush, but PHANTASI\4 ll's ambitious (arnage wins an extra gold $ar forexrellenre in creative homicide. No worries ifyou?e new to the series: a 30-second recap knocks things intoplace for the following 96 minutes 0ffull-tilt transdimensional antihuman demential (Zark)

THI GATE1f f 11 i'l4!f l,J!1f ,f?.ft,*i*,.1A***TlF.A{:, i**7 "i5lt:ti:,*5 rr:iii, fe itThere are plenty offun, easyways t0 traumatize children.You can tell them their mother! been in a fattcaraccident, or reveal that ket(hup is a(tuallydogs blood.0r- like my parents did in the summerafter m,

6th grade year - y0u (an simply take them t0 see THE GAIE. This demon-en(rusted (inematic death(oast€.was somehow marketed to pre-teen audiences despite the fa(t that it's undeniably the most mentall,

abusive PG-1 3 film to ever hit the s(reen. Two 1 2-yearold oukasts find the actual doorway to Hell in the .

own backyard, inadvertantly releasing an unstoppable tempest of supernatural violation. Drywallec(orpses, stop-motion beastopoids and adolescent self-mutilations (ulminate in a feature that shouldn:be viewed byany child underthe age 0f40. Believe me...this screening is going to be the most honifyincthing to happen on 5eptember 11th sin(e I d0n't kn0w when. {Za(k)

FANTASTIC FEST PRESENTS: RAZCIRBA(K5f r lS &t;lll'i'T;. f *il. *l{t. *U:1r:-:- t*,t}Li,h\i,"t*4tt,35?&t&, 't3 tutii';. filmposibly huge anima ls a re an integ ra I component of ci nema. 5i nce I 933's KI NG K0NG, hypera(tive pituita ry

glands have inflated nearly all of nature's children, from the enormous sheepcreature of G0DMONSTtR 0F

INDIAN FLATS to the towering interstellar (hicken ofTHl X tROM 0UTER SPA(E. Even the uncharted wildsofAustralia have submitted their entries to the Halls ofGargantuanism, here in the form ofa baby-eatin'

multi-ton poKine powerhousethat rampages out ofthe blackened desertto destroyeverything in its path.

I sawthe"Biggest Pig in theW0rld"atthe2006 lowa state tairand it had nothin'onthissnubnosed 30-footwreckage marhine. Walch as a vengeful grandpa, two rural new wave oil drillers and an ineffective schlub

attempt to take down this grunting, red-eyed, hate-fueled embodiment 0f utter annihilation. (Zack)

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pInsoIII don',t wnnt to arafm anyone, but the year 2000 is going to be a rear rough iid,. Aft,, *, frre a worrdwidenuclear holoraust, we'll be herded into militaristic re--education ,urp'i rnJpi*,t or rile animiii lisadistic upper-crust pleasure hunters. Fortunately we'll have terrow friloneo rir,. paur (steve Railsbackj,a ready-to-rumble "deviant" who refuses.to stand quietry by as muntiinafi,tur, fft, t. aopping urod.Australian exploitation wizard Trenchard-smith (in attendance, no i,ril ,iiu ,p a rocktail of ceiluloiddynamite that (0mbines mutants, ma(hismq misogyny, misaiit'hropyini i'ritiiinq, rrrr.t-,ila,.', ,,iriof violence violence Vl0LEN(Ell! (Zark)

l,l-Ut!l[4!t WITH DIRE(TOR STEVE BARNETT ilvE tN pERsoN!0{T ? MtDNtTE, FRrE, D'n.sTEVE SARttETT, t4gl,tsfiis-,st A4,N, n-

"5!r,.,,i:y:l ham-masrer Brute (ampbell and perennial t,,r,g";., lnju, iirimm (pHANIASM) co_star in this blazing sci-gore inferno! when a.young woman is citapurted irom her cozy computerizedcomforts into the ice-hearted, warlike 0utside, she teams with the last unmutated i.uesirial ,un((ampbell)to escape thevile rannibalistic(rawlers.Things gofrom bad to woiseasthecreatures m0unttheultimate atta(k, unleashing wave after wave of unre-pentant entrairbrasting mayhem upon a ,orlJc0ntent t0live via virtual dreams, unaware of their impending destructi0nltooi thing'that whole

:T::irl:-lfl ll ?0s.never (aught on, as this cautionary iuture*hocker shows us ihat society,s

dependen(y 0n te(hnologi(al distra(ti0n would have inevitably led us down the road to total cuhuialretardati0n. Whew. D0dged that bullet. (Za(k)

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THE BOOGENSOCT i6 MIDI,IITE, TAEE, DIR, JAil4rS I. (CIT'WAY, 1981,35MM,95 MIfii, Rln the abandoned mines beneath a humbre (0r'rado town, an incient evil has awakened. And byhnrient evil," I mean a couple handfuk of blood-starved, gimpy, clawed, tentacled, leechy turtl6fellas.Not-so+eadyfor(ombatwith these ridiculous creaturis is thefilm,s iastoiminersandfemale'80rl\/ sit(om stars, induding Anne-Marie Martin from 5r.EDGt HAMMER and director (onway,s wife.8rt ba(k to the beasts; THt B00GENs is part of that great drive-in m0nster movie traditi0n where theviewer can't help but root for the monsters. r mean, there's a lot here to identify with..,these littlehumpbusters work hard, love a nice meaty dinner and are totaily pised off about ail these stupidrotten humans. lt!enoughto make mewanttojoin thefamily. (Zaik Boogen)

NEAR DARK0{T 30 MIDNIT[, FREt, EiR. KAIHfiyti Bi6Et"0W, j997, 3sMM,94 Mlli, R9970 of vampires are pussies. prancing little lily-livered mama3 ioy drama kids wiih tttN stirkerson their shiny vinyl lunchboxes. But NEAR DARI( documents the remaining 1% with a white trashvindktivenes that drop-kicks ail the eregance of prasma*ucking straig"ht into the trairer park,as a pack ofundead shitkickers cruise the American backroads in i blackened-window winnelagosearchingforjugularnedar. Mostsh'(king isthatthese bingingferarsadists are actuailyan intenseiylikeaile familial unit, led by PUMpKINHEAD's Lance Henriksin i-n his alltime greatest performance as(ivilwarveteranJes.Alsowatch forBill paxton athis ro.tin;tootin; blker-bitin,bestandthatuglykidfrom RIvER'5 EDGE asjunior throatripper Homer. This Hailoween, TeirorThursday sirutes monumentar'80s horror masterpie(e NEAR DARl( for making vampires nonsters again! (Zacki

STUMBER PARTY MASSACRIOfT 23 MIDNITE, FRrtr, DIR. AMY H, JONE5, 1982,35MM,77 MIN, RHonorfans are often cailed 0n t0 defend.0ur interests and pointouittrat notiit trightntms are nuihor.arampaging maniac carving up half-dressed girls. 0n the other hand...some are, 5LuMBtR pARTyMASSA(RE was marketed as "The ultimate Drillerifiller Ihriller,,and i, irur/il,e u,iy r.st ortr,. lu*r,,exhibiting a sincere frenzied flair for high schoor maurings and brood-io'uiua nightocr,,r. witt uttpower.tools fully charged, itt an eafth-;harteringly ia-gr;tifying onrluqit of;urir,

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the beloved 90's dassic F0RREST GUMP. Featuring Tom Hanh (IHE M0NEY PllJ0E V5. THt V0[(AN0) as a good-hearted shrimp-baron whose hobbies indude

jogging, playing ping-pong, eating chocolate and telling long boring $orie5. Als0

featuring 5ally Field (THE FLYING NUN, GIDGET 60ES HAWAIIAN) as momma Gump,

Gary5inise ((Sl,thatkidnapping moviewith Mel Gibson) asGump's'bosom buddy'

(ap'n Dan and Robin Wright Penn (IHE PRIN(ESS BRIDE) as Gump's baby momma.

(ome join Master Pantake as they give new meaning to "Run, Fonest, Run" and

gleefully pursue this overrated i(on. (John)

FRIDAYIHE 13ths[PT 19, Affi 17,24,30&31Ju$ in time for Halloween, Master Pan(ake Iheater ambush the slasher classic,

tRIDAY THE 13th (1980). The dark entry in the summer-camp boomlet of the

late 70! that included MEATBALLS and IITTLE DARLINGS, Fl3 tells the story of

the murders at (amp (ry$al [ake and one mother who really made a difference:

Pamela Voorhes, founder of M.A.P.(.(. (Mothers against Promiscuous (amp

(ounselors). This low-budget gem boasts a (ast 0f n0-name a(tors and 0nefuture

A-lister: evetyone'sfavolite pug-nosedgolden-boyand erstwhilehonorstar Kevin

Bacon (TREM0RS, H0LL0W MAN). (ome join the fun as Master Pan(ake Jheater

pays i$ own morking brand 0f tribute tothis iconic genre dassit. (John)

CHOOSE YOt'R OWN PANCAKE5Uil,0CT ?6Finally, Master Pancake Theater lets Y0U choose the movie that they motk. Ihe

boys of Master Pancake will improvise a mockery of one audience member's

favorite movie right there 0n the spot. Here's how it works: bring the DVD of

your choice to the show, the audience will selett their favorite entry, and Master

Pancake will do an instant mo(kery of it. Ihis is your thance to impose your will

0n an entire theater 0f people. lf things go well, we'll have a blast! lf not, you

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for the past thirty years, but it wasn't until the anival of RUN, L0tA, RUN (1998) that

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interesting German frlm directors. 0ur new series will feature works by four of those

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handsomebusinessexe(utitle with whom an unlikely romante soon blossoms. Butjust

as Yella seems poised to realize her dreams, she frnds herself haunted by buried truths

that threaten to destroy her newfound happinessl'((inema Guild)

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Sunounded by his wife, daughter, former mistress, long-time secretary, and new

paramour, Bertholt Bretht spends his final days in an idyllic countryside estate in East

Berlin. He tries to settle numerous squabbles in the household, while aho making weak

attemp$t0 ignorethe precarious nature ofhis own healthand thatoftheinaeasingly

0pprersive p0li(e-state hi5 "utopia" has be(ome.

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Set against the impending reunifrcation of Germany, Rita and het Marxist/terrorist

(omrades are intenl 0n destroying capitalist instituti0ns in West Germany. However,

the'workers'they daim to frght for do not share the same enthusiasm.

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Ruth, an elderly widow in New York (ity, is determined to sit shivah for her deceased

husband, but her rhildren are surprised at their motherl sudden insistence on

observingjewish traditions. A mysterious woman appears at the ceremony but is

abruptly turned away. Ruth! daughter Hannah follows the woman and interrogates

her ibout her mother's life in Germany. lntrigued by what she has learned Hannah

trarlels t0 Berlin to uncover Ruth's childh00d mysteries of tenible los and survival.

lJnder the careful direction of von Trotta, this film melds past and present and proves

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to be a writer, while wealthy Gunther wants to get drunk and laid and right awa'

It is Germany in 1927 and the two are ahle to spend an idyllk weekend with fema :

friends in a country home, whete altohol fuels poetic, philosophical, and emotiott:

ex(esses. But when a romanti( sukide pa(t turns into Ieality, they are fated with tht '

own illusions about life.

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Iurkish root, but when he realizes he is left with nothing, he determines suicide is h :

way out of depresion. As with so many things, he fails and ends up in rehab, wher:

he meets 5ibel, another suicidal Turkish-German. She convinces him they should ge:

manied -in name only - so that she may estape her conservative family.

I ft4arried a Witeh! Fredrle lklarqhk Comic CurseGuest (urator Raoul Hernandez examines the unexpected tomit performantes o'

Fredric l\llarch in some clasic Ameritan films made by major diredors and co'staning

Kintillating adresJes.

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Iom, a playwright, and Geotge, an artist, share a garret in Paris where they havc

(ruggled for suttesfor 12 years. Gilda, a lovelyyoung commercial attist, enter their

lives and theit hearts and brings them suaes. Amazingly, the m6nage a trois managei

to work out the kinks in their complicated relationship - even after Gilda manies her

stodgy bos.

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Death is curious about why people fear him and tling to life, so he takes a short holidat

as "Prinre Sirki" and persuades Duke lambert t0 invite him to a weekend party in

his villa. There "5irki" mee$ Grazia, who desplte her engagement to (orrado, feels

strangely drawn t0 the mysterious stranger. Two other female guests, Rhoda anc

Alda, are alsointrigued bythe Prin(e, butAldafeelsfrightened when she looks into his

eyes. Death actually wishes to experience love and (h00ses Grazia as the obje(t of his

inexperienced"affettionl'ln such a scenario, complitationsare bound toarise.

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AGTIFFsrp?3-7,ruTiAGLIFF brings us the best GLBTI films from around the globe. This year featuressele(ti0ns from l8 countries - induding frlms from 5erbia, Norway jna flraitinO.You'll enjoy strolling to our 0penjng, (enterpiere, and 0osing Nigit parties and,now that the festival has partnered with The Alamo, you can have your cake andeat it t00, The fest is packed with international intrigue, politkal thrillers, campyhorror, tender love stories, inspirational doa, musiiah and zombie niqhimir;s.This year's films have received Best Saeenplays, Best Directors, Best Films, JuryAwards, Audience Awards, and too many nominations t0 Iist.

HTY HOMO! PRESENTSJOHN WATERS' DESPTRATT TTVINGllt[w 35trM pgtt{T! 5EPl]3, fi'TZllylly

Hrllt Huny, chkkens! Srep right up and witness the spe(tacle 0f alifetime! SEt a man smothered by a 300 pound WOMANS ASSII SEE real lesbianGl"0RYH0LE5!! 5tE a woman molested by homosexuak and injecteA with nnslEitt5[E the one and only cinemati( masterpie(e: John Waters,jgiT classic OfsiinnifLlVlNG,..with your ever anxious hostess Ms, Rebecca Havemeyer! It,s gonna bethe rowdiest, raunchiest HEy H0M0! to datel Truly the finest (and fiftfrieltt oifrtr.Waters films, this piece-o'-movie-trash showcases the amazinq tatents ;f MintStole, l"h Renay (in the role of a lifetime), Edith Masey, Mury itiuiun lien. indreal bums from Baltimore! (ome on down to The Ritz to witnes! this life_changingevent! 8oo-yah! (Reberca)

AUSTIN FI[M FESTIVAI.s{T 15Ttt-:3&S, VAn'CIUs Vr}JUA5 th'{LU$ts6 THr.p,rTLThe Austin Film Festival, n0w in its l4th year, boasts an outstandinq prooiam ofnarrative, animatj0n and do(umentary features and shorts, includino'0,*i,,,,advanced xreenings, and independeni films. Film screenings are io;;1.;;;,;;by lively and informative Q&A sesions with cast members arid filmmule,r. We ur,proudtowelcometheAtttotheAlamo Ritzforthefirsttime.

AUSTIN ASIAN-AMERICAN FItM FTSTIVATS{T S-.I:, AIAMO ViLI"A6EAAATF is an innovative Asian/Aiian-American film festival (ommitted t0(elebrating the best in independent Asian rinema from acros the qlobe. Forfrve yern, this festival has highlighted the complexity and tlitaljty;f A;ia;/Asian-American (ommunities through (utting-edqe nariative, dorumentarv andexperimental films. Alamo Drafthouse Village, 0(t;ber 9_1 2.

tr-EJ H0M0 HALtotl/ErN! W|TH THr Wlz*{T 28,8tT7(ome one come all to a show unlike any other on earth. We are vour sirk andtwisted, y0ur strange and rreepy. We will make you saeam for mercr rra ,,r, f,death.....No, wait, that was my last relationship! Anyway, HEy H0MOt i, orino rtyol with a_show that will start your Halloween week off right: the skull_p;;plnqWIZARD 0t 0Z-inpired disco breakdance magi_musical fffl WU, stu,,ini birnlRoss as 0orothy, Mirhael Jackson as The 5carecrow and the late, gr.ui ruli Crii ias lhe Wi(ked Witch 0n her toilet thronel We cordially invite you"t, tfre nist fflfiH0M0 HAIL0WEEN, with hostess Rebe((a Havemeyer waiting to ,r,k ih, i;; ;;iof all of youl! (Rebecca)

STEPHTN ROMANO'SSHOCK FESTIVA[:STARCRAsH*{T X,nffZDlfi. LUtct {072t, 1978,JsMM,92 MiN, PGAalaimed author/s(reenwriterStephen Romano (MASTERS

0F H0RR0R) invites you to theworld premiere of his brand newbook Shock Festival, a tribute toexploitation film, featuring 0NE

HUNDRED AND ONt of the mostawesome drive-inigrindhouse flicks yOU,VE NTVER SEEN! Why haven,t vou seenthem? BecauseStephen madetmall up! shock Festival jsawildrid.iflir.frif,.twisted ba(k al leys 0fa Hol lywood Ba bylon that never was (think 5plNAt fnp'nreetiGRINDH0USI), and tonight we're relebratinq its anival witf, u ,a",i".nino oithe most awesome 0uter spare drive-in classk of the seventies: 5TAnCriniiiLi,r.,battlesl lntergala(ti((avemenlAspacefortressthatlooks likea bio blue hand!Thimost beautiful leather babe that ever kkked as in thigh_high lootsf fhe woiiispecial effects ever seenl All this.,.and David Haselhoffi?yeplyou h,ura ,, iiql'riiDAVID HA55EtH0FF. And he's got a lighrsaber, toot fnis ftatian ichlo* ciasiic iuaithe.inspiration f0r Romanol book, and we got our hands on a widescreen 35mmDolby Stereo print justforthe oaasionl Andio do it up riqht, we?e i6;;r;il;;T0NS ofswell drive-in movietrailersfromjustaboutevery genre of,,pry,f,rtrrri,ffilm! lt's a celebration offringe exploitation cinema like no other, so ioi,, *a, t.be"blasted beyond the blackness ofa hundred million niqhtsl,;

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a vehkle that allows him t0 travel forward and batkward through the veils 0f

the (enturies, entountering great thanges in sotiety and futuristk (ivilizations

beyond the infinite posibilities of man's greatest imaginings! i\,larooned in a-

biiane future, our hero H. George Wells is forced t0 battle a subterranean race of

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into PG{3 territory, but with Halloween on the horizon, we couldn't resist

bringing you this title. why? Be(ause it's THE BIST KIDS GHoST 5T0RY EVER

MADEI A genuinely bone-chilling tale ofyoung Frankie (Lukas Haas) visited by a

mysterious spirit, an event which leads him into a mystery fraught with dangers.

Ghosts on one side, all-too-tangible murderers on the othel...and only a slim

chance ofsurvival!Truly,this real-world Halloween epitwill have you plugging in

your nightlightwhetheryoute6years old 0r92, and itlthe bestposiblefilm you

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bigger, better and sugarier than EVERI Your eyes will devour GH0STBUSTERS,

JEI\4, THUNDARR and (ARE BEARS until your pajamas pradi(ally burst with

marshmallow excess! Forget that you grew up and g0t a job and started sleeping

through Saturdaymornings...The glorydaysare BA(K! Be(ause we?e gonna bring

you a 2.5 hour Saturday Morning (artoon (ereal Party, and the only thing we?e

leaving out is the (rappy cartoons (Y0l.J choose the good stuff from out futuristic

TV menu!) Just bring yourselves, and ifyou have a special spoon or stuffed animal

y0u can bring that too. Pajamas are optional. Let me rephrase that: please wear

(lothes, even ifyou choose not to wear pajamas. Regardles, both the tartoons

and the endles supply of tereal will take you back to a younger, more innocent

and - yes - stupider time

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David lynrh all have in tommon?Theyall came togetherin theworld ofPeter lvers

- host 0fthe 1980s Los Angeles-based cult-favorite cable show New WaveTheatre

who was mysteriously muldered in 1983. ln the first Peter lvers biography, "lN

HEAVEN EVERYIHING 15 FINE: The Unsolved Life of Peter lvers and the lost History

of New Wave lheatre", Josh Frank (with (harlie Bu*holtz) (aptures the life of a

gifted artist his tragi( death, and a little-known yet aucial chapter in American

pop history. ERASERHEAD is an inaedible, unique nightmare vision from the mind

of David Lynch. For many years thh film has been a treasured, shared experience

among artists and hipsters, usually screened at midnight with the a((ompaniment

ofbad coffee and worse marijuana in dank"spa(es': We don't have the dank orthedirtweed, but we have a beautiful print of ERASERHTAD. Join us and author Josh

Frank for an experien(e t0 remember. Josh Frank will sell and sign books after

the show. He will also appear at Book People on August 28 at 7pm. See www.

bookpeople.com for more information about Book People guests and events. Also

check outthe Best 0fNew Wave Theaterat Musk Monday laterthe same night.

ABIGAII. LESLIY IS BACK IN IOWNWITH JOT SARNO LIVEO(T 1, 1OPM, DIR. JOE sARNO, 1975,35MM,96 MIN, R

PRISENTED BV TETflO.SEDUfiION (INTMA.lf you?e looking for an example of a cinema artist who has carved out a unique

niche and made films with integrity, Joe Sarno is your guy, During the'60s, when

most exhibitors and distributon would have been perfectly happy with an hour

and a half of naked flesh followed by a "The End" card, Sarno had begun making

daring, challenging films that were much, much better than they needed t0 be.

A psyrhology major in (ollege, he direded eroti( movies with strong moral and

trchetypal underpinnings. His films are full 0f mind games, seoet rituals, role

playing, masks and strong, often dominant female characters. Wow. That's all

we can say about Joe Sarno's mind-blowing erotic masterpiece. lt's the story of a

quietly desperate suburb, the kind of staid, puritanical, thoroughly unhappy townfull 0fattradivebutaimless(ouplesthat providesso much kindlingfortheflames

of lust in Sarno's frlms. This time the torch is lit by the titular town tramp Abigail

Lesley,who was hounded outoftown two yean earlierafter being (aught with a

manied man. When she comes home again, all those unresolved erotic demons

rise, stretch and begin their fiolia anew. ([an)

TEEN WIICH SING.ALONGWITH ZELDA RUBINSIEIN LIUE!CICT 9, RITZ

DIR. DOfiIAN WAII{ER, i989,35MM,90 MIN, P6.13Thefi rsttimewe screenedIEEN WII(H attheAlamqthe rrowd wasso overwhelmed

that they burst into tears and song. But now we?e bringing in one ofthe fitm's

stars: the winsome and wee ZELDA RUBINSIIIN! TOP THAII '80s teen (omedies

definitely captured the hearts and minds ofAmerica, but none ofthem were as

lightheartedlywackoasthis late-eracultdassk. louiseis unpopularatschool, butshe learns that being the direct descendant of the original Salem witches has itsadvantages. What follows is a helium-infused romp through the post-pubescent

black arts, bolstered by eye-popping unexpeded musical sequences and a

tour-de-force performance by the one and only Zelda "that awesome lady fromP0LIERGElSI" Rubinstein! Ihe most supernaturally delidous slice of'80s cheese,

presented with a(tual Rubinstein magic live in our theater!!! PLus: Stick around

forfieeTenorThursday t0 see Zelda starring in ANGUI5H!

BOOI{ PEOPLT PRESENTS:

AN TVENING WITH MAURETN M(CORMICKWED. OCT 22There's no denying that Marcia Brady

is a true, near universally rerognized

icon. Her honey-blonde, All-American

beauty has made her one of the most

referenced totems of twentieth rentury

disposable <ulture. But she's not a real

person. And Maureen Mc(ormick, the

aftess who played her f0r five seasons

is not Marcia Brady. She's a talented

singer and actress who has now written

a book about the hanowinq, .ioyfulexperien(e 0f having enacted such a

familiar character. Advan(e w0rd is thatthe book, HERE'5THE 5I0RY: SURVIVING

MAR(lA BRADY AND FINDING MY TRUE Vol(E is a tenifc, pagerurner filled wirhthe inside dirt on a family so omnipresent 0n television 0ver the past 35 years

that they've been granted honorary reality status in American life. F0r one nightonly, Marcia Brady, excuse me - l\4aureen Mc(ormi<k will join us t0 tell us a littlebitabout herselfand introduce a program ofsome ofher mostfamous m0ments.

Bookswill beforsaleatthe eventand Maureen will gladlysign. Maureenwillalsogreet and sign at Book People earlier in the evening. See www.bookpeople.com

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ln Wuhan, the most populous city in central (hina, an experiment in demo(ra(y

takesplaceforthefirsttime inthethird gradeofa primarysthool. Thechildren are

asked to elect a clas monitor, who will help keep the students under (ontr0l and

on task. Each 0f the three candidates must show their worthines by performing

in a talent show, parti(ipating in a debate, and delivering a speech extolling their

virtues and qualifications. As with any p0litkal (ampaign tempen fly and tears

sometimes trirkle, but this frrst step towa rd demo(rati( ele(tions may foreshadow

things to (ome in (hina.

AF5 PRESTNTS:

CAN MR SMIT}I GET TO WAs}I!NGTON ANYilIORE?*tT 15,X177,frt*.raAll{,?*??rp., x]*6, *? rdll,iWhen former House Majority Leader Dkk Gephardt (D) retired from the U'5.

H0use of Representatives, a 29-year-old part-time p0liti(al s(ien(e instrudot at

Washington University decided t0 enter the 2004 Missouri Demotratic primary,

Jeff Smith's most formidable opponent would be State Rep Russ (arnahan,

"scion of Missouri's most powerful politi(al dynastyi'With no name recogniti0n

or money, Smith put together a staff(omposed primarily offormer students, but

their youthfulnes and enthusiasm be(ame a threat to the entrenched political

establishment. ln the pro(ess Jeff Smith's campaigns became one of the most

surprising ofthat politkal year.

THIRD COAST PRESENTS:

FLOW. FOR LOVE OF WATIR5[pT 4, ALAtu4$ mlT;

"Water is the sleeping giant isue of the 21st (entury and we all need to wake up

about it. tLOW opens our eyes aboutthe greatest threat of ourtime - the global

water crisis. lt is a compelling and passionate fllm. lts engaging nanative will grip

the viewerl'- Robert Redford

lrena Salina! award-winning dotumentary investigation into what experts label

the most important political and environmental isue of the 21$ (entury - Ihe

World Water (risis. Fl-0W builds a (ase against the growing privatization 0f the

world! dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching fotus on politks,

pollution, human rights, and the emergence ofa domineering worldwatercartel.

lnterviews with scientists and adivists intelligently reveal the rapidly building

Ats presents: PIEASEVoTE t0R ME:sept 17

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crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the

governmental and (orporate (ulprits behind the water grab, while begging the

question "(AN ANY0Nt REALTY OWN WATERI' Beyond identifying the problem,

FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing pra(i(al

soluti0ns t0 the water oisis and those developing new technologies, whkh are

fastbecoming blueprintsf0ra su((essful globaland economicturnaround.

TlllRD C0AS1' FRE5ENTS: SECRECYtj{T 7u,73,;9, A!.&M* RlTrsln, PrTift *AL!5*tr,

'{**fi l'{1*55, 2***,85 &4iit, l}V, ruft

ln a single recent year the u.S. dassified about five times the number of pages

addedtothe Libraryof(ongress.We live in aworldwherethe produ(tion 0fsecret

knowledge dwarfs the production of open knowledge. Depending on whom

you ask, government seaeq is either the key to vidory in our struggle against

terrorism, or our A(hilles heel. But is so much setrecy a bad thing? 0n the one

hand some argue that se(re(y saves: (ounter-terr0rist intelligen(e offlcers recall

with fury how a newspaper arti(le describing National Se(urity Agen(y abilities

diredly led to the los of information that could have avoided the terrorist killing

of 241 soldien in Beirut late in 0(ober 1983. But se(te(y also (orrup$. From

extra0rdinaryrendition t0warrant-lesswiretapsand Abu Ghraib,we have learned

that, under the veil of dasifrcation, even our leaders can give in to dangerous

impulses. 5ecrecy increasingly hides national policy, impedes coordination

among agencies, bloats budgets and obscures foreign atcords; secrecy throws

into the dark our system of ju$ke and derails the balante of power between the

executive branch and the rest ofgovernment. Thisfilm is aboutthe vast, invisible

world of qovernment secrecy. By focusing on dasified secrets, the government's

ability t0 put information out of sight if it w0uld harm national security, 5E(RE(Y

explores the tensions between our safety as a nation, and 0ur ability to function

as a democracy, Presented by lhird (oast Activist Resource (enter (www.

thirdcoastactivist.org).

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