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News from Slackerwood: Free Summer Fun Begins
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Summertime in Austin brings many prayers for rain, mosquitos when it finally does rain, big blockbusters in air-conditioned theaters ... and tons of free movies. I love all the free movie opportunities in town all summer long, even if most of them are meant for children. The AMC theater chain isn't extending its free summer movies to Austin, but other venues are, such as the Regal-owned Westgate and Lakeline theaters. No one usually checks to see if you're with kids, so take advantage of the wealth of free movies in theaters, coffeehouses, parks, and anywhere else imaginable.
- This week's AFS@Dobie film, which will play all week at Dobie Theatre, is Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy. The 2005 documentary explores Buddhist monasteries in India and Nepal.
- The Paramount kicks off its Summer Movie Classics series this weekend with the traditional screening of Casablanca, this time in a double-feature with The Maltese Falcon tonight, Saturday, and Sunday. Other screenings this week: West Side Story on Saturday and Sunday, a double-feature of To Catch a Thief and The Trouble with Harry on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Shadow of a Doubt with The Lady Vanishes on Thursday.
- Alamo Lake Creek is showing Dr. Strangelove at midnight tonight (Friday) and Saturday. No, they are not offering grain-alcohol-and-rainwater drinks.
SXSW Review: Jumping Off Bridges
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Jumping Off Bridges was the last of a half-dozen feature-length films shot in Austin that I saw during SXSW this year. I wish I could say all the films shared some vital Austin trait, or that they each reminded me of Austin in different ways. But Jumping Off Bridges has a universal look and feel: this film could have been shot anywhere, about people in any town. Apart from the Town Lake bridge, I could not tell the setting was actually Austin. Although the movie is set in the early 1990s, it doesn't drill nostalgia for that time into our heads. The teenagers who are the film's focus might be from your high school or mine. (Well, maybe not mine specifically, since it was an all-girls' school with uniforms, but you get the idea.)
Jumping Off Bridges is no glossy teen comedy. The title refers to a game Zak (Bryan Chafin) and his friend Eric (Glen Powell Jr.) have developed over the years. They take photos of bridges, then jump from those bridges into the water late at night. When the movie begins, the 17-year-olds are joined by their female friends Grove (Savannah Welch) and Lindsay (Katie Lemon). Lindsay refuses to jump, scared by the possible danger, but Grove joins the guys eagerly. The question the film raises is about what's behind the ritual, and how it affects the teens' lives.
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