News from Slackerwood: Cavite, Zappa, and Nudists
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- The thriller Cavite (above photo) plays at Dobie all week as part of the AFS@Dobie collaboration. John Pierson will attend tonight and Saturday night's screenings to discuss the distribution process; his producing class at UT helped secure distribution for Cavite. One student, Brian Clark, details the experience in this week's Austin Chronicle.
- Tickets are going fast for Saturday night's screenings of A Scanner Darkly at Alamo South Lamar with composer Graham Reynolds in attendance, performing excerpts from the soundtrack before the film. The early show is sold out (we splurged and bought tickets online in advance).
- The Paramount is focusing on musicals and comedies this week. You can see Guys and Dolls or a Mel Brooks double-feature of Young Frankenstein and 1968's The Producers on Saturday and Sunday. A Preston Sturges double on Monday and Wednesday features Hail, the Conquering Hero and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. And next Thursday and Friday, you can enjoy two Ernst Lubitsch films, The Shop Around the Corner and Ninotchka.
- Alamo Downtown is showing Frank Zappa's 1971 film 200 Motels on Sunday night with legendary groupie Pamela Des Barres in attendance.
- To celebrate National Nudists' Week, the Sinus Show is performing with the Doris Wishman film Nude on the Moon on Sunday night at Alamo Downtown. Free admission if you're nude, but the Alamo requests you bring a towel to sit on. You know, this is the kind of event I should attend and write about, but I can't seem to bring myself to do it.
- The Texas-shot family film Secondhand Lions plays Monday through Friday at Alamo South Lamar at 1 pm as part of the Summer Kids Camp. Admission is free.
- The 2001 Spanish feature Sex and Lucia is this week's offering in Austin Film Society's De/Re:Constructing the Narrative series. You can catch the film on Tuesday night at Alamo Downtown.
- The monthly series Green Screens: Films from the Environmental Front continues on Wednesday night at Alamo Downtown with the documentary Wilderness River Trail. Admission is free to the 1953 film about the Echo Dam controversy, commissioned by the Sierra Club.
- Elvis is in town and it's for a good cause: The Elks Lodge (on Dawson) is showing Viva Las Vegas next Friday night to raise money to renovate their swimming pool. Not only do you get to watch The King and Ann-Margret, but the evening also includes lots of live music from several local bands.
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