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Bad news, folks. I know you like free movies, and it's been great cool weather, but the impending rain on Saturday has cancelled the Movies in the Park screening of It's A Wonderful Life (boo). However, you can still get your free film jones satisfied this week. Community Cinema at the Windsor Park branch of the Austin Public Library is showing Lioness on Tuesday, with light refreshments and a post-screening discussion thanks to KLRU-TV.

Monkey Wrench Books (110 E. North Loop) is hosting a Thursday screening of Paul Goodman Changed My Life, a documentary about a writer/activist whose story will resonate with those touched by the Occupy movement. Additional info on the Austin Film Society website (they're co-sponsoring).

Movies We've Seen:

Midnight in Paris -- Woody Allen's ode to 1920s Paris is back in theaters this weekend. When Debbie saw it, she said, "You don't have to be familiar with the writers and artists of the 1920s, but it certainly helps." Read Debbie's review for more. Alamo Drafthouse Ritz is featuring the film in its Sommelier Cinema series on Dec. 7. (Tinseltown North, iPic Domain)

Other Movies Opening in Austin:

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey -- Even the most jaded went insane when Elmo and his puppeteer Kevin Clash were in town for SXSW. Now you can see it, too. Joe O'Connell wrote a short review at the Austin Chronicle during SXSW and says, "If there's a flaw, it's in the short shrift given to Clash's challenges -- both as a kid teased for playing with dolls and as an adult who missed chunks of his daughter's youth while Elmo loved everyone." (Tinseltown South)

Pastorela -- A casting change in a small town's nativity play ends up as a battle between good and evil between the man who used to always play the Devil, and the new pastor in town. (Tinseltown South)

The Women on the 6th Floor -- Paris in the 1960s as disrupted by two Spanish maids. (Arbor)

The Yellow Sea (pictured at top) -- If the fact that it's by the writer/direct of The Chaser isn't enough for you (and it is if you saw it), then listen to Jacob Hall over at Movies.com who says, "The only thing keeping this tragic story from being emotionally exhausting is the fact that it's so darn fun to watch." Read his review for more.  (Alamo Lamar)