No Excuses: Seven Film Events in Austin Tonight
Tonight is a busy night for film in Austin. If you're looking for something to do, it seems there's something for everyone. So if you want to celebrate getting your taxes done, or need an excuse to put them off one more night, Austin's film scene has plenty of choices for you.
Solar Movie Night at the Texas Capital is a special screening of several shorts about solar power, followed by a panel of legislators about the progress of solar bills at the Capitol. Popcorn and other refreshments will be served. The event is at Texas Capitol, Legislative Conference Center, Capitol Extension, Room E2.002, from 6-7 pm. RSVPs are requested.
The Austin School of Film is hosting a wine and hors d'oeuvres event to celebrate their upcoming Avant-Garde and Experimental Filmmaking Class. Teacher Sebastian del Castillo will be showing his films along with some of the school's films. The event is from 6:30-9:30 pm at 906 E. 5th St. #106.
Salvage Vanguard Theater's Micro Cinema continues tonight, screening works from PJ Raval, Kat Candler, and Pepper Island Films, with two screenings. Tonight's 7 pm and 9 pm screenings are the last in this event, until they host another Micro Cinema.
Austin Film Society's Essential Cinema Series continues its "Cross Borders" program, with Djomeh: 7 pm, Alamo South Lamar.
Tim and Karrie League are hosting a non-political house party supporting Brewster McCracken's mayoral candidacy, but "not to subject you to any campaign speeches". Instead, they're featuring the music of Jon Dee Graham and Scrappy Jud Newcomb. 7:30pm-9:45 pm, RSVP on the Facebook event page.
Turk Pipkin's follow up to Nobelity, One Peace at a Time, has it's world premiere tonight 8pm at the Paramount. The screening is preceded by a special reception at the Austin Museum of Art, as well as an after-party. More details on the events and ticket prices at the Nobelity.org website.
Alamo Ritz and Vulcan Video's Terror Tuesday program is playing The Toolbox Murders at 10:45 pm, about a killer landlord, in what's being hailed as an "example of scum-level filmmaking... released at sleaze cinema's apex." How's that for an endorsement?
So which movie are you planning to see?
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Eight! Eight events!
Alamo Ritz is doing Girlie Night at 7:45 with the Kiera Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice. I realize the Ehle/Firth miniseries is too long, and the Greer Garson version is probably considered too old, but still ... this is a pretty blah adaptation. Hopefully Alamo will make it more fun somehow. And if they do the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma for their next Austen-themed Girlie Night, I'll be there.
Someday I will do my own Girlie Night at home and inflict the 1970s made-for-TV Little Women on everyone, the one that stars Susan Dey as Jo and William Shatner as Prof. Bhaer. We will eat partridges and ham.
They do have a very
They do have a very serviceable Darcy and Jane in the Knightley one, but it's just not as good at the Ehle/Firth one. I'd be game for a Girlie Night at home event. Or Day.