Film Series

Cropsey

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

One of the few documentaries from Fantastic Fest 2009, Cropsey, returns to Alamo Ritz for a three-day run this month. Jenn Brown calls this real-life mystery movie a "provocative film that will make you think about guilt and innocence as well as what horrific crime really is, and how elusive facts can be."

Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration

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Monday, July 5, 2010 - 9:45pm - 11:45pm

If you wish you were going to Willie Nelson's July 4 picnic this year -- well, Alamo can help you jump into a virtual time machine, at least. They're showing the 1979 documentary about Willie's picnic that includes music from not only Willie Nelson but also Waylon Jennings, Leon Russell, Ray Wylie Hubbard and others.

'Spy Kids' (Free) with Elizabeth Avellan

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Saturday, July 3, 2010 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

For my money, Robert Rodriguez's most entertaining film ever for anyone of any age is Spy Kids, his first venture into "family films" from 2001. It was shot in Austin on location, not that it's easy to tell. Here's a chance to check it out on the big screen -- for free. Not only that, but producer Elizabeth Avellan will be at the screening for a Q&A afterwards. Hosted by Austin Film Festival.

Freaks

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm

The Paramount is hosting a Tod Browning double-feature: the 1936 horror film The Devil-Doll, starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan, and the well-known 1932 cult classic Freaks ("one of us ... one of us ...").

The Devil-Doll

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm

The Paramount is hosting a Tod Browning double-feature:the 1936 horror film The Devil-Doll, starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan, and the well-known 1932 cult classic Freaks ("one of us ... one of us ...").

Freaks

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm

The Paramount is hosting a Tod Browning double-feature: the well-known 1932 cult classic Freaks ("one of us ... one of us ...") and the 1936 horror film The Devil-Doll, starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan.

The Devil-Doll

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 8:35pm - 10:35pm

The Paramount is hosting a Tod Browning double-feature: the well-known 1932 cult classic Freaks ("one of us ... one of us ...") and the 1936 horror film The Devil-Doll, starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan.

Shane

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:25pm - 11:25pm

Enjoy a Western double-feature at the Paramount on Tuesday night, with the 1956 iconic classic John Ford film The Searchers, starring John Wayne, followed by the 1953 George Stevens film Shane, starring Alan Ladd. Before The Searchers, the "Spoiled Doves of Texas" will present "saloon gals, cowboys, trick ropers and more."

The Searchers

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:10pm

Enjoy a Western double-feature at the Paramount on Tuesday night, with the 1956 iconic classic John Ford film The Searchers, starring John Wayne, followed by the 1953 George Stevens film Shane, starring Alan Ladd. Before The Searchers, the "Spoiled Doves of Texas" will present "saloon gals, cowboys, trick ropers and more."

Preacherman

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 11:59pm - Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 2:00am

This week's Weird Wednesday selection is the 1971 drive-in classic Preacherman. Let's take it to Lars for the kind of vivid description that always tempts me to stay up late to catch these unearthed films:

"One of the biggest regional drive-in hits ever, a movie that played the Carolinas and Georgia summer after summer for the better part of a decade. It’s a hicksploitation classic that deserves to be better known outside the stock-car circuit. Writer/Director Albert Viola plays Amos Huxley, a traveling preacher whose hankering for womenfolk, moonshine, and gambling (hereafter referred to as 'the finer things in life') keeps him on the move from one tiny dogwater hamlet to another, usually at the point of a double-barreled shotgun. This is pretty old-school stuff – Viola knows his Boccaccio, his Chaucer and especially his Moliere – but it works. It’s a very funny, very well made film, loaded with sex, sacrilege and good-natured depravity."

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