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News from Slackerwood: The Devil, a Diary, and Dirty Ho
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The big film screening news in Austin is that The Devil and Daniel Johnston, which premiered at SXSW in 2005, opens today in Austin at Arbor Great Hills and Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar. I'm not a fan of Johnston's music but I liked the documentary a lot. This week's Austin Chronicle features two columns by editor Louis Black: one about the documentary itself , and one about Black's relationship with the musician.
- If you're reading this on Friday you might still have time to run over to the Texas Union Theatre for the last film in Union Cinematheque's 2005-06 series, Sam Fuller's 1952 film Park Row. Admission is free to see this 35mm print at 7:30 pm.
- The Territory, KLRU-TV's weekly short film series, is back on Friday nights at 10:30 pm. On May 5, the show presents A Girl's Own Story, Jane Campion's 1984 film about three Beatles-era teenage girls.
News from Slackerwood: Cine Las Americas, Monster Squad, and Screen Legends
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It feels like an explosion of Austin film news and events is going on this week. In addition to the screenings listed below, some limited-release movies are finally reaching Austin: Summer Storm, Don't Come Knocking, Awesome; I F***kin' Shot That!, and The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things.
- The Cine Las Americas film festival starts on Wednesday 4/19 and runs through Sunday 4/23. This week's issue of the Austin Chronicle contains previews and recommendations for the festival.
- Held over: Austin filmmaker Kyle Henry's film Room has extended its run at Alamo on South Lamar for another week.
- Nacho Libre is getting an Austin premiere, done in a very Austin way: outdoors and with live wrestling. Director Jared Hess will attend the Lucha Libre Extravaganza on Saturday 5/27, outdoors at the Glenn. You can buy tickets now or reserve a free ticket if you promise to wear a Mexican wrestling mask.
News from Slackerwood: Boogaloo, Hoops, and Shanghai Express
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I believe the title of this entry tells you everything you need to know about the variety of films screening in Austin this week. In addition, there seem to be more free-admission films than usual this week, so if you're worried about scraping up money for your taxes, you can still see some good movies around town.
- Austin filmmaker Kyle Henry's film Room, which screened at Sundance and Cannes last year, will be playing all week long at Alamo on South Lamar. This week's Austin Chronicle includes an interview with Henry and actress Cyndi Williams.
- That quirky documentary about Texas sex-toy laws, Dildo Diaries, is getting a short run at Alamo Village, from Friday-Sunday 4/7-9. It's not only a fun movie, it's a good reminder of how insane the Texas Lege can be.
- All I know about Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is that the sequel title has spawned more silly parody titles than any other film I can think of, including Highlander 2: The Quickening. If you're a fan of these movies, Alamo Downtown is showing them on Saturday 4/8 with actor Michael "Shrimp" Chambers and producer David Zito both making appearances.
News from Slackerwood: Film Series Mania
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I have never seen so many film series starting in one week in one town in my whole life. Whether you prefer silent-film actresses, Chinese martial arts, classic widescreen films, or the fun of outdoor movie-viewing, Austin has a film series for you. April and May are going to be wonderful months for a variety of film programming in Austin.
- Adam and Steve, the film that opened the Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (aGLIFF) last year, is playing all week at Dobie Theatre. Also at Dobie this week, AFS@Dobie presents the German comedy Go for Zucker.
- Free coffeehouse movies: Austin Java is showing Intolerable Cruelty tonight (3/31) at 8 pm. Ventana del Soul is starting an Anime Movie Monday series on 4/3 at 7:30 pm with Excel Saga, which I assume has nothing to do with Microsoft.
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