News from Slackerwood: Godzilla Meets TNT Jackson
Filed under: Animation, Classics, Family Films, News From Slackerwood
A couple of independent films are opening in Austin for a regular run this week: Free Zone at Dobie (as part of the AFS@Dobie collaboration) and Who Killed the Electric Car? at Arbor. In fact, Arbor is hosting an electric car rally this weekend to promote the new documentary. Cars will be on display at the theater on Friday night and all day Saturday.
Because it's summertime, Austin has a number of kid-friendly film events this week ... and a few for adults, too.
- The documentary Nobelity gets one last theatrical run in Austin, on Saturday and Sunday at the Arbor. Director Turk Pipkin will attend the 7 and 9 pm screenings on both evenings.
- Deep Eddy Pool's Saturday night film is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. There's nothing like watching fire-breathing dragons from the comfort of a cool swimming pool.
- The Paramount's Summer Classic Film Series continues with Funny Girl, and a Woody Allen double-feature of Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters on Saturday and Sunday, a Howard Hawks double of His Girl Friday and Ball of Fire on Tuesday and Wednesday, and another Billy Wilder double-feature of One Two Three (shown above) and The Apartment on Thursday and Friday. I can't recommend Ball of Fire enough -- it's not on DVD and as I've said before, it's wonderfully funny.
- The Alamo Summer Kids Camp selection this week may attract all ages: It's the Godzilla film Destroy All Monsters, which also features Mothra, Rodan, and Manda. You can catch the movie Monday through Friday at 1 pm at Alamo South Lamar, and admission is free.
- Alamo Downtown is showing the Brazilian film Favela Rising on Tuesday through Thursday, and you can enjoy live Brazilian music before Thursday's screening. Cinematical's Kim Voynar interviewed co-director Jeff Zimbalist earlier this year.
- The "Forbidden Animation" collection of taboo animated shorts from the 1930s and 1940s will play at Alamo Downtown on Wednesday and Thursday nights. If it's anything like Alamo's "Banned Toons" offering from a few years ago, it should be entertaining.
- Jeannie Bell fans will be pleased to hear that this week's Weird Wednesday feature is TNT Jackson, the 1975 kung fu (sort of) film in which Bell wreaks revenge on Hong Kong criminals. Weird Wednesday movies are free and take place at midnight at Alamo Downtown.
- Tickets are still available for the encore A Scanner Darkly concert-and-screening on Thursday night. I went to the previous event and was impressed -- before the film, composer Graham Reynolds and an eight-piece band perform selections from the soundtrack. The previous event sold out in advance, so get tickets now if you're interested.
- This month's Alamo Kids Club screening is The Apple Dumpling Gang, a silly Disney Western that my family loved when I was growing up. I'm not sure I want to see it now -- I might be disappointed. Free admission to the Saturday noon movie at Alamo South Lamar.
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