News from Slackerwood: Pedro, P.J., and Polish Films
Filed under: Documentary, Foreign Language, Music & Musicals, News From Slackerwood, Cinematical Indie
You won't believe the number of special screenings and movie-related events in Austin this week, so let's just jump right into the list:
- The Pedro Almodovar retrospective Viva Pedro finally hits Austin this week, at last, at the Arbor for a two-week run. Friday through Monday, you can catch Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and All About My Mother. Tuesday through Thursday, the theater is showing Talk to Her and The Flower of My Secret. The ones I'm looking forward to most are next Friday through Monday: Matador and Law of Desire, both of which feature a young Antonio Banderas. It's practically a whole film festival.
- On Saturday night, you can enjoy a great movie with some special guests ... all for free. Movies in the Park is screening Rock 'n' Roll High School at Waterloo Park at dusk, and actress P.J. Soles will be there too. Also, The Mullens will perform before the movie.
- Tickets are still available for Austin Film Society's local premiere of Infamous (aka The Other Capote Movie) which was partly shot in Austin. The premiere takes place on Monday night at the Arbor.
- Celebrate John Lennon's birthday by watching Yellow Submarine at Alamo Downtown on Monday and Tuesday night. The theater is also hosting a Lennon sing-along on Monday before the Yellow Submarine screening.
- The Romantic Englishwoman, the last film in Austin Film Society's "Surviving the Blacklist: Joseph Losey in Europe" series screens on Tuesday night at Alamo Downtown. The 1975 film was scripted by Tom Stoppard and stars Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson.
- The Last Days of the San Jose, a look inside the seedy San Jose Motel on S. Congress (which is now the site of the trendy Hotel San Jose), is Tuesday night's movie in the continuing SXSW Presents series broadcast on KLRU. (I couldn't find a Web site or IMDb listing for this film, but in 2005 I reviewed it elsewhere.)
- This month's Texas Documentary Tour offering is one of my favorite movies from SXSW 2006: Doug Block's personal documentary 51 Birch Street (pictured above). When Block's mother dies, his interviews and research show that his parents were not quite the people he thought they were. Block will attend the screening on Wednesday night at Alamo Downtown.
- The last Nueva Onda Movie Night of the year takes place on Wednesday night. This month's theme is "Dates and Dreams" and includes short films from local filmmakers Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, James Webb, and Evan Torchin. Movies start at sunset and admission is free.
- Last week, I forgot to mention that the Austin Polish Film Festival started, which is taking place every Thursday night in October at Alamo on South Lamar. This Thursday, the festival features the 2005 drama Moj Nikifor. In addition to the festival films, you can view an exhibit of Polish movie posters (from Richard Linklater's collection) at the Harry Ransom Center this month.
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10-09-2006 @ 10:48PM
Annie in Austin said...
Hi Jette,
We were at the Infamous premiere and should have said hello to you both, but didn't see you until we were leaving the parking lot. I'm hoping you're going to write a review because I sure want to know what you thought about the movie and the performances.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
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