Special Screening

Screen Door Film is hosting a special screening of Austin filmmaker John Bryant's feature film The Overbrook Brothers. It's a comedy about two continually arguing brothers who discover that one or both may be adopted, so they take a road trip to find out the truth. A panel discussion will be held afterwards, with participants to include John Bryant and Austin Chronicle film critic Marc Savlov.

Alamo is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a feast centered around the 1986 John Landis comedy Three Amigos!

Revival Fest is hosting a special screening of the wacky 1989 Jerry Lee Lewis biopic (well, sort of) Great Balls of Fire! starring Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder.

Alamo has a brand new 35mm print of Sam Raimi's 1981 classic horror film, The Evil Dead. Groovy. Why in the world aren't you buying a ticket right now? Then stick around for Weird Wednesday, while you're at it.

Alamo has a brand new 35mm print of Sam Raimi's 1981 classic horror film, The Evil Dead. Groovy. Why in the world aren't you buying a ticket right now?

Local filmmaker Karen Skloss's documentary Sunshine will be broadcast on PBS at this time as part of the Independent Lens series. KLRU is hosting a free viewing party that includes live music and a panel discussion. You must RSVP using the link above to attend.

The San Francisco Women's Film Institute (WFI) presents the WFI Shorts Tour, "Films by Women that Entertain, Inspire and Motivate." Out of 300 inspiring entries, 11 films were selected to be premiered. The diverse selection of shorts at the tour celebrates the exceptional contributions of women in the world of cinema and represents a convergence of films from around the globe, including the U.S., Italy, France and China.  

The tour includes an Academy Award-winning short and a cross-section of socially conscious films that will entertain, inspire and motivate audience-goers to take action. The films explore the search for self-discovery, the pain of love and loss, and the struggle to meet society’s expectations of beauty. As well as a range of current political and social topics -- from the growing threat of climate change, to the plight of an orca whale forced to live in an aquarium, to education for undocumented immigrants. 

Screenings as follows:

See F.W. Murnau's 1929 silent film Sunrise, which won the first ever Oscar for Best Picture, accompanied by music performed live by My Education.

The Mayor's Book Club is holding a special screening, with free admission, of the 1971 movie  Harold and Maude. What does this dark culty comedy have to do with the Mayor's Book Club? The following explanation is from the Alamo website:

"This year, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell chose Amigoland by local author Oscar Casares. Mr. Casares' novel wrestles with issues of aging and family isolation through a story about two stubborn, estranged and aging brothers who live in a small town on the Mexican border.

"Although far removed from the Mexican border, Hal Ashby's HAROLD & MAUDE wrestles with similar themes. To gain some insight into Mr. Casares' novel, please join us for a screening to the 1971 classic followed by a panel discussion organized by the Mayor's Book Club.

"The panel: Stages of Life specialists Shirley Haulotte (LCSW, chaplain and social worker at Lighthouse Hospice) and Dr. Steven Sonnenberg, M.D. (Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine) will discuss both the film and Mr. Cesares' novel. Pauline Strong (director of UT's Humanities Institute) will moderate."

To honor 4/20, Alamo is screening (at 4:20 pm, natch), a new documentary about medical marijuana in southern California, How Weed Won the West. Looks like local personality Alex Jones is in the film.