Special Screening

Local filmmaker Richard Linklater will attend this special screening of his latest film, Me and Orson Welles, and will hold a Q&A afterward. Admission is a whopping $6.75, so this is an amazing bargain opportunity to chat with the well-known Austin director and see a fun movie too.

Me and Orson Welles recently won the Austin Film Critics Association award for Best Austin Film. Check out Jette Kernion's review. If you can't attend this event, you can always read Debbie Cerda's interview with Linklater and star Christian McKay.

Paramount Theatre presents a special screening of FRESH, the provocative and inspiring food film.

Joel Salatin, writer, local food spokesperson and owner of Polyface Farms will join FRESH director and producer Ana Sofia Joanes as our special guests for an audience Q&A after the film.

Ticket prices are $15, $25 and $100.

The $100 tickets are limited and are the best seats in the house and will include admission to the pre-screening reception for Joanes, Salatin and other featured guests to be held at the State Theatre lobby—featuring Austin's top chefs preparing locally sourced food tastings and local beverages, beer, wines and cocktails. Participating restaurants are: Asti / FINO, Wink / Zoot, Primizie Osteria, Kerbey Lane Café, The Leaning Pear, Cipollina, Blue Dahlia.

Participating beverage artisans will be: Zhi Tea, Tipsy Texans, Tito's Handmade Vodka, Paula's Texas Spirits, Dry Soda, Texas Hill Country Wineries.

There will also be opportunities to meet and connect to many of Austin's local food nonprofit and support groups at the event as well. Additional sponsorship provided by Habitat Suites.

Tickets are on sale now at http://www.austintheatre.org/fresh.

Rated NR; 101min; Director:Satoshi Miki

Fumiya, a university student for the last 8 years and heavily in debt to loan sharks gets a shocking visit from a debt collector, Fukuhara. But even more shocking is when Fukuhara offers to pay the debt and more if Fumiya joins him on a walk across Tokyo.  Imagine seeing the most random moments of a weird town like AUstin admist some surprising revelations about yourself and your relations to others.  It's beautiful, funny, poignant, surreal, and sublime. 

You will regret missing this one if you don't see it, trust me.

Rated NR; 101min; Director:Satoshi Miki

Fumiya, a university student for the last 8 years and heavily in debt to loan sharks gets a shocking visit from a debt collector, Fukuhara. But even more shocking is when Fukuhara offers to pay the debt and more if Fumiya joins him on a walk across Tokyo.  Imagine seeing the most random moments of a weird town like AUstin admist some surprising revelations about yourself and your relations to others.  It's beautiful, funny, poignant, surreal, and sublime. 

You will regret missing this one if you don't see it, trust me.

Rated NR; 101min; Director:Satoshi Miki

Fumiya, a university student for the last 8 years and heavily in debt to loan sharks gets a shocking visit from a debt collector, Fukuhara. But even more shocking is when Fukuhara offers to pay the debt and more if Fumiya joins him on a walk across Tokyo.  Imagine seeing the most random moments of a weird town like AUstin admist some surprising revelations about yourself and your relations to others.  It's beautiful, funny, poignant, surreal, and sublime. 

You will regret missing this one if you don't see it, trust me.

Rated NR; 101min; Director:Satoshi Miki

Fumiya, a university student for the last 8 years and heavily in debt to loan sharks gets a shocking visit from a debt collector, Fukuhara. But even more shocking is when Fukuhara offers to pay the debt and more if Fumiya joins him on a walk across Tokyo.  Imagine seeing the most random moments of a weird town like AUstin admist some surprising revelations about yourself and your relations to others.  It's beautiful, funny, poignant, surreal, and sublime. 

You will regret missing this one if you don't see it, trust me.

Rated NR; 101min; Director:Satoshi Miki

Fumiya, a university student for the last 8 years and heavily in debt to loan sharks gets a shocking visit from a debt collector, Fukuhara. But even more shocking is when Fukuhara offers to pay the debt and more if Fumiya joins him on a walk across Tokyo.  Imagine seeing the most random moments of a weird town like AUstin admist some surprising revelations about yourself and your relations to others.  It's beautiful, funny, poignant, surreal, and sublime. 

You will regret missing this one if you don't see it, trust me.

$7 for general public, Free for AFF Members!

From the Announcement:  "From the Producer of Napoleon Dynamite, comes the tail of Tracy Orbison (Hubbel Palmer), a dopey Midwestern guy who excels as a food-stocking professional.  Tracy politely and passively passes his days scribbling poems in a notebook during shift breaks and day-dreaming of making something more of himself. Although there is already a lot more of him than some think necessary.
 
In a blinding moment of enlightenment, he enrolls in an acting class taught by a pompous Z-list has-been (played by a hilarious William Baldwin). Things don't quite go according to plan, as a tragically comical chain of mishaps leads Tracy to take a more active role in his life by mentoring a young thug while fending off his obnoxious mother (Academy Award Nominee Kathleen Quinlan) and indifferent sister (Mary Lynn Rajskub, Julie & Julia, FOX's "24"), all the while awkwardly attempting to conquer the elusive driver's exam and trying to lose "about ten pounds."

A different kind of everyman, Tracy Orbison reminds us that the caution light flashes even while chasing our dreams. "

The Other Worlds Film Series concludes at the Harry Ransom Center with Stardust (2007) on Monday, December 7, at 7 p.m.

Stardust tells the story of Tristan, who ventures into a magical kingdom to retrieve a fallen star for his beloved, only to find he's one of many who seek the star. Directed by Matthew Vaughn, the film stars Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ricky Gervais, Rupert Everett, and Robert De Niro, whose archive is housed at the Ransom Center.

Seating is free, but limited.

This screening complements the Ransom Center's exhibition Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works. Discover "other worlds" and the changing notions of the solar system, the moon, and the planets over the centuries. In conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, this exhibition, drawn from the Center's collections, showcases important astronomical discoveries of the last 500 years. The exhibition is on display through January 3, 2010.

The Other Worlds Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with Forbidden Planet (1956) on Monday, November 23, at 7 p.m.

Starring Leslie Nielsen and Walter Pidgeon and directed by Fred M. Wilcox, this science-fiction classic tells the story of a crew sent to investigate the sudden silence of a scientist colony on another planet, only to find two survivors and a dangerous secret.

Seating is free, but limited.

This screening complements the Ransom Center's exhibition Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works. Discover "other worlds" and the changing notions of the solar system, the moon, and the planets over the centuries. In conjunction with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, this exhibition, drawn from the Center's collections, showcases important astronomical discoveries of the last 500 years. The exhibition is on display through January 3, 2010.