Slackery News Tidbits, February 18

Here's the latest Austin-related film news. We saved the Quentin Tarantino bit for last, so don't forget to keep reading after the jump.

• Tickets are now on sale for Alamo Drafthouse at Lake Creek's Evil Dead triple-feature on Friday, March 26. Did the tickets actually go on sale starting on Ash Wednesday? I can't verify that but if it's true, that's pretty cool. In fact, it's groovy. If you haven't ever watched all three movies back to back (to evil back), I highly recommend it, especially in a theater full of fans.
• Over at The Auteurs, you can now watch five films -- for free -- that have played the True/False Film Festival. One of those films is The Order of Myths, directed by then-Austinite Margaret Brown, about Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. Get yourself a Moon Pie and settle down to see this one -- here's my review from when it played SXSW 2008.
• SXSW 2009 feature The Square is set to open in U.S. theaters on April 9. Apparition picked up Australian actor/stuntman Nash Edgerton's feature directorial debut for U.S. distribution shortly after it had built up some good buzz during SXSW.
• We're wondering what actor Tate Donovan might be doing in town this week -- is something shooting locally? We heard from Parkside chef Shawn Cirkiel that the actor had dinner there on Sunday night. Jenn Brown and I were there on Monday (research for SXSW) and figure if nothing else, Donovan certainly had a memorable meal.
• Finally, we hear from film writer Mark Olsen via Twitter that Quentin Tarantino is driving the Death Proof car around Beverly Hills these days. Mr. Tarantino, if you read this, we'd like to ask you to bring the car to Austin when you're here for Texas Film Hall of Fame and SXSW next month. And if you could drive it up and down Burnet Road a couple of times, we couldn't be happier.