MAY - JUNE 2011

DIRECTORY OF EVENTS

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ALSO INSIDE: MASTER PANCAKE’S NICOLAS CAGE-ATHON : THE 4TH ANNUAL ALAMO PIRATE PARTY : GOOD
BURGER WITH ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BURGERS : THE DUMB & DUMBER QUOTE-ALONG : GIRLIE NIGHT PRESENTS THE
CUTTING EDGE : TOUGH GUY CINEMA PRESENTS TRUE LIES : BRIDESMAIDS PREMIERE WITH WEDDING RECEPTION
PARTY : TOTALLY ‘80S NEW WAVE SING-ALONG : JOE SWANBERG LIVE IN PERSON : AND MORE MORE MORE!
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WELCOME TO THE NEW ISSUE OF
THE ALAMO GUIDE
If you’ve ever flipped through one of our print directory of
events before, you’ve probably already noticed that this issue
has a dramatic update to the layout and style. I know change
can be difficult, but my hope is that having this new design
makes the Guide easier for you to use and also prettier to
look at in general.
We’ve updated our print directory before, of course. When I
started at the Alamo back in 2001, Tim was laying everything
out in a fold out black and white poster that you would hang
on your fridge and refer to when you wanted to see what
was playing at the only Alamo Drafthouse that existed. When
I got promoted to the marketing side of the company, one of
the first things I wanted to do was update the Guide to be
more of a magazine. We based the size and shape on Two
Note Solo, a ‘zine I’d been publishing during my waiter days,
mainly because I had some stands that we could repurpose.
There were only three or four Two Note Solo stands, though,
so we had to make a bunch of new ones anyway. I suppose
we could have made the magazine any shape we wanted,
and probably could have saved some money going with
a standard size and buying pre-fabbed racks online, but
personally I’ve always thought that our slender metal racks
look pretty sharp.
Those early magazine format Alamo Guides had more
articles and interviews in them as well, and that’s something
I’d actually like to re-introduce to these pages in the coming
months. We ran out of time with this particular Guide because
of the task of the redesign itself, but later in the year you can
expect to see long form articles from Devin Faraci, our editor
over at BadassDigest.com, and hopefully we’ll have a few
more voices added into the mix as well.
The original magazine Guides also had a two-month calendar
on the final pages of the booklet, because Tim and I thought
that those pages could be pulled off so readers would still
be able to have something to hang on their refrigerator.
As we added more locations and got more ambitious in
our programming, though, we realized that the deadline
for going to print didn’t always work with the schedules of
special guests we were trying to get to the theater, and the
calendar would either be incomplete or incorrect by the time
we were handing them out. We used the Table of Contents as
a calendar of sorts in the past, but that was always a huge
pain in the ass to format and we wondered if anyone really
read it, so last issue we brought calendars back, and we’ve
kept them on board for this issue, too.
As you can see in the description on the page opposite,
though, the calendar still isn’t 100% complete - we have
too many shows and events happening all around town to
fit them onto one page no matter how small the font is -
but we’ve selected some highlights we think you’ll want to
take notice of, and then we trust you to be alive in the 21st
century and able to rely on a computer or mobile to get final
information.
But the biggest change to the layout of this edition, as you’ve
probably already noticed, is that we are no longer organizing
shows and events on pages based on their series. Instead,
all of our listings are mixed together and you’ll find a show
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based on the date it first plays in any theater. The hope is
that you’ll be able to casually flip through all of the pages,
and in addition to learning about the titles coming up in your
favorite series maybe you’ll find something that you may
have missed back when you used to completely ignore a
couple of pages because you didn’t think you liked the idea
of Girlie Night.
If you really do prefer just looking at one series at a time,
though, you should head over to the also newly redesigned
drafthouse.com. We’ve set our new website up so that each
series actually has its own page, and on that page you’ll be
able to see relevant blog posts, YouTube videos, tweets, and
anything else the series producers want to share, as well as
a full listing of upcoming events in that series.
In an attempt to clean up the overall look and feel of the
Guide, we’ve also updated the format we use for the date
and location listing of each event. You’ll notice that under
the subheading with information about the director, the
presentation format, and all that good stuff, there’s another
line with initials and dates. You can probably figure it out
really simply on your own, but just in case here’s a cheat
sheet:
LC = Lake Creek
RZ = The Ritz
SL = South Lamar
VL = The Village
RRS = Rolling Roadshow
So when you see a listing that says:
LC 5/2, 5/3 : RZ 5/5 : VL 5/5
It means that the event will happen at Lake Creek on May 2
and 3, at the Ritz on May 5, and have another show on May 5
at the Village as well. Easy peasy.
I think that pretty much covers everything. We kick things off
with the May calendar on the page opposite, and you’ll find
the June calendar view on page 21, followed by the listings
for all of our events coming up in that month. I hope you
enjoy the new look and feel, but if you’d like to share any
complaints, compliments, or random ideas or musings about
anything at all, feel free to hit me up online or next time we’re
at the theater together.
Cheers,
Henri Mazza
Chief Creative Officer, Alamo Drafthouse
Twitter: @henrimazza
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AFF presents: MORTIFIED TV at the Alamo: Girlie Night: THE 3 AMIGOS HOBO WITH A Danny Boyle’s
LONE STAR pt 2 @Ritz GLEE CAN’T HARDLY Taco Party & SHOTGUN FRANKENSTEIN
@Ritz @Village WAIT Quote-Along Opens @Lamar
THE BIG LEBOWSKI @Lake Creek @Ritz, Lake Creek
THE BIG UNEASY Quote-Along Terror Tuesday: THOR ROCKY HORROR
@Lamar @Lamar TROLL 1 NOW! SING-ALONG NOW! SING-ALONG Opens PICTURE SHOW
@Ritz @Village @Ritz @Village

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Mother’s Day QUEEN OF THE SUN Girlie Night: The OFFICE SPACE BRIDESMAIDS MASTER PANCAKE MASTER PANCAKE
Feasts: @Ritz CAN’T HARDLY Quote-Along Premiere Party CAGE-ATHON CAGE-ATHON
MAMMA MIA WAIT @Village & Reception @Lake Creeek @Lake Creek
@Lake Creek Music Monday: @Ritz @Ritz
NATIONAL VELVET SLY STONE Weird Wednesday: A SERBIAN FILM Danny Boyle’s
@Lamar @Ritz Terror Tuesday: COP KILLERS Tough Guy: Opens @Lamar FRANKENSTEIN
STEEL MAGNOLIAS SLEDGEHAMMER @Ritz TRUE LIES @Lamar
@Village @Ritz @Lake Creek

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BATTLESHIP UNDER THE Girlie Night: Sommelier: The OFFICE SPACE MASTER PANCAKE MASTER PANCAKE
POTEMKIN w/ live BOARDWALK CAN’T HARDLY NIGHTS OF Quote-Along CAGE-ATHON CAGE-ATHON
score by GOLDEN @Lamar WAIT CABIRIA @Ritz, Lake Creek @Ritz @Ritz
HORNET @Ritz @Ritz
@Ritz Music Monday: NOW! SING-ALONG PIRATES OF THE
RUST NEVER Terror Tuesday: Tough Guy: @Ritz CARIBBEAN
SLEEPS TOURIST TRAP TRUE LIES Opens
@Ritz @Ritz @ Ritz, Village

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GOOD BURGER UNDER THE TV at the Alamo: HeckleVision: The OFFICE SPACE THE HANGOVER 2 Saturday Morning
Burger Party BOARDWALK GLEE Finale THE WICKER MAN Quote-Along Opens @Ritz Kids Club:
@Ritz @Lake Creek @Village @Village @Ritz TIME BANDITS
@Lamar
Zzang!!!: Music Monday: SONS OF PIRATES OF THE NOW! SING-ALONG
TOP SECRET DOGS IN SPACE PERDITION CARIBBEAN Feast @Lake Creek
@Ritz @Ritz @Ritz @ Lamar

29 30 31
THE BIG LEBOWSKI Terror Tuesday:
Quote-Along NEAR DARK
@Lamar @Ritz

Music Monday:
THE CURE IN
ORANGE
@Ritz

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Austin Film Festival Presents: LONE STAR Part 2
Dir. Kyle Killen, 2010
RZ 5/1
Creator Kyle Killen (writer of THE BEAVER) presents his cancelled-too-soon show
LONE STAR -- including some unaired, never seen episodes. Shot in Dallas, LONE
STAR is the story of Robert Allen, a Texas con-man who leads a secret double life.
AIGA Austin presents BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK
SL 5/3
Dir. Richard Press, 2010, 84 min
For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively
and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the
Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.”

THE FANTASTIC ARCADE HAPPY HOUR

MONTHLY AT THE HIGHBALL, BEGINNING 5/1
Like the Fantastic Arcade itself, the Fantastic Arcade Happy Hour is a first-Sunday
celebration of the best in independent video games, with demos, developer chats
and early looks at unreleased and upcoming games from some of the finest indie
studios in Austin and around the world. Come meet, drink and play with the people
who are taking games in directions you never thought possible!

TROLL aka TROLL 1

MORTIFIED
RZ 5/2 & 5/3
This live reading event will make you want to crawl into a hole as you listen to the
most embarrassing love-letters, journal entries and more, read by their writers.
Dir. John Carl Buechler, 1986, 82 min, PG-13, 35mm
RZ 5/3
NO DISCERNIBLE RELATION TO TROLL 2!! New York is a grimy, cruddy place filled
with grimy, cruddy surprises, but nothing could be more unexpected than an
apartment building infested with hairy dwarves bent on opening the gateway to
a magical parallel dimension. Horror luminary Michael Moriarty (Q THE WINGED
SERPENT, THE STUFF) plays family man Harry Potter (!), who joins his son Harry
Potter Jr (!!) on a life-threatening adventure through the seedy Brooklyn underbelly
of mythical fantasy. In addition to cooing sentient mushrooms and a chorus of
singing trolls, the film features Julia Louis-Dreyfus of SEINFELD fame frolicking
naked through the ivy. But it’s never all sunshine and rainbows where trolls are
concerned; especially for inadequate swinger Sonny Bono, who runs afoul of the
wee beasts and is turned into a giant lumpy cucumber and then a forest. Tough
break, but anyone stupid enough to follow the beckoning finger of a naked hairy
spud deserves whatever they get. (Zack)

TERMINAL CITY RICOCHET

Dir. Zale Dalen, 1990, 107 min
RZ 5/2
The punk rock post-apocalypse! No nuclear wars, no viral outbreaks, no
catastrophes…the world has just plain fallen apart. Ruled by heartless technocrat
Mayor Ross Glimore, Terminal City is the epicenter of society’s failures; under his
watch, all artists and musicians are arrested along with anyone else who dares
rock the boat. Rebellious adult paperboy Alex lives with his conservative mother,
hiding out in his basement bedroom playing guitar. He’s arrested for no reason and
labeled as a “rock and roll terrorist,” but escapes along with an amnesiac goalie
and a performance artist. Their greatest foe is revealed as Glimore’s right hand
man, sadistic police squad controller Bruce Coddle (Dead Kennedys frontman Jello
Biafra!). A soundtrack album was pressed by Biafra’s label Alternative Tentacles
Records, but the movie itself never found a proper release, clearly suppressed by
some bloodthirsty secret fascist government agency...until NOW. (Zack)

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 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A SING-ALONG
Dir. The Action Pack, 2011, 120 min
VL 5/4, 5/11, 5/25 : RZ 5/12, 5/19, 5/26 : LC 5/18, 5/26
Don’t worry; this show won’t actually have the full lineup from the latest Now!
That’s What I Call Sing-Along! CD box set. It will, however, put together all of the
actually best current pop songs from rock, hip hop, pop, and even a little country
and blend it all into one sugary sweet poptastic dance party explosion.

Weird Wednesday: THE LOVE BUTCHER

Dirs. D. M. Jones & M. Angel, 1975, 85 min, R, 35mm
RZ 5/4
“I am Lester! And I am ALIVE!” Uncut, pure insanity. A totally unknown actor named
Erik Stern gives the performance of a lifetime as Caleb, a nearsighted, hunchbacked
gardener who silently absorbs the abuse of his female clients by day, then returns at
night as his handsome “brother” Lester to seduce and kill them. Without Stern’s go-
for-the-throat magnificence in the dual role, this would be a fairly tired exercise in
misogyny and warmed-over Hitchcock, but for whatever reason, this was his Moment.
The great spotlight of destiny shone on him just this one time and he rose to the OFFICE SPACE Quote-Along
occasion like a champion. You won’t believe your eyes and ears as Stern/Lester puts Dir. Mike Judge, 1999, 89 min
on different disguises, with corresponding accents, to get close to his prey. Witness VL 5/4, 5/11 : RZ 5/12, 5/19, 5/26 : LC 5/19, 5/25
Lester as a Puerto Rican door-to-door record salesman, a Texas cowboy, and a
naughty British plumber. Stern does it all except pop the popcorn. (Lars) Jump to conclusions with the Action Pack as they bring back everyone’s favorite
workplace-skewering comedy. They’ll be giving away Swingline staplers, and after
the show we’ll all go out behind the theater and beat the crap out of a printer!

THE DIONYSIUM
SL 5/4, 6/1
A typical Dionysium show will feature a lecture, a declamation, a drinking song, a
film or live musical performance, an appeal to Dionysus, a fiction-writing contest,
and plenty of strong drink. But the heart of every Dionysium is the debate, pitting
two experts against each other in toe-to-toe parliamentary combat. check out
www.dionysium.com for full information.

Girlie Night: CAN’T HARDLY WAIT

Dirs. Elfont & Kaplan, 1998, PG-13, 100 min, 35mm
LC 5/4 : RZ 5/10, 5/17 : VL 5/18
CAN’T HARDLY WAIT is the High School party movie of the ‘90s, and it delivers on
everything you would expect from this genre: a lovesick “nerd” unbelievably played
by a totally adorable actor; a smart and sassy indie chick who tells it like it is;
a trifecta of nerds who make lots of X-Files references; twenty different party
montages paired with ‘90s alt rock (yes!); and, of course, major comic relief in the
form of Special K, the white kid who thinks he’s black.
THE THREE AMIGOS Quote-Along w/ Taco Feast!
Bring your yearbooks for a little sharing time before the movie begins, cos like Dir. John Landis, 1986, 104 min, PG
Melissa Joan Hart says, “THESE ARE MEMORIES FROZEN IN TIME PEOPLE!” Join us
on Girlie Night, and we can all laugh together about that time we got locked in a
RZ 5/5 : LC 5/5
bathroom with Seth Green. Yeah, that was awesome. (Sarah Pitre) THE THREE AMIGOS is a guilty pleasure if there ever was one. But we’re not here
to make you feel the guilt, we’re here to bring you the pleasure. And there are few
things more pleasurable than all-you-can-eat tacos -- especially on Cinco De Mayo
(well, really, on any day of the year).

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National Theatre Live presents FRANKENSTEIN
Dir. Danny Boyle, 135 min.
SL 5/5, 5/7, 5/12, 5/14
Oscar winning director Danny Boyle (TRAINSPOTTING) has recently returned to the
theatre to direct this visionary new production, Frankenstein by Nick Dear. Boyle
made two versions of the play; there was no way we could pick one, so this May at
the Alamo you’ll have the chance to catch both versions.
HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN
Opens May 6, Dir. Jason Eisener
We’ve been all hopped up about this movie since we first heard that Jason Eisener’s
winning entry into the Grindhouse trailer contest was actually being made into
a feature film -- And what a feature it’s turned out to be, with ‘80s cinema icon
Rutger Hauer (BLADE RUNNER) starring as the titular Hobo!

THOR
Opens May 6, Dir.
The early trailers made it clear that this is one of the first films in the new Marvel
canon to really go balls-to-the-wall nuts, featuring different worlds, Norse gods,
and so much comic book goodness that we can’t wait.

Celluloid Handbag presents MOMMIE DEAREST Brunch

Dir. Frank Perry, 1981, R, 129 min, 35mm
SL 5/8
Get ya’ greasy facial cream out, slap tha’ rare steak on tha’ table and curl ya’ hands
around the biggest wire hanger ya’ll can find for tha’ most popular MOTHER’S DAY
BRUNCH this town has ever felt! Smack tha’ kids into the car and haul that red ass
down to the ever annual CELLULOID HANDBAG MOTHER’S DAY ROAST of MOMMIE
DEAREST! If you’ve done it before, then get ya’self prepped for the un-preppable! If
it’s ya’ first time at the rodeo, get ready to see heads roll! The BEST DRESSED JOAN
CRAWFORD in the crowd will win prizes beyond belief...and REBECCA HAVEMEYER
will be on hand to host your morning madness the best way she knows how…with
a hanger in one hand and a drink in tha’ other! Audience participation is enforced,
and Christina is a SLUT! Let’s GO…….! (Rebecca Havemeyer)

Master Pancake CAGE-A-THON

LC 5/13-14 : RZ 5/20-21
We here at Master Pancake have been wanting to rip on a Nic Cage movie for a
long time, but we could never agree on which one. He’s made some great pictures
(Raising Arizona, Adaptation), some terrible ones (Wicker Man, Ghost Rider),
and a whole lot of in-betweeners (Con Air, Guarding Tess). Since it was too
hard to settle on just one, Joe suggested we do them all. And so it is with great
privilege we present to you Master Pancake’s first ever Nicolas Cage-a-thon! We’ll
be showing, and mocking, clips of as many Cage performances as we can squeeze
into an hour and a half. Guaranteed to be a great time, because even when Cage Music Monday: SLY STONE: COMING BACK FOR MORE
is in a bad movie his performance makes it worth watching. He combines the Dir. Willem Alkema, 2008, 82 min
explosiveness of Brando, the cool of Keanu, the staccato of Shatner and the crazy
of Swayze. Come out this May as we rattle the Cage and pay perverse tribute to one
RZ 5/9
of the most awesome actors of the last 30 years! A mix of archival performances and interviews with friends and former bandmates,
Alkema’s film unfolds like an episode of CSI with one of the funkiest soundtracks
you can imagine.

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 MAMMA MIA! Mother’s Day Feast QUEEN OF THE SUN: WHAT ARE THE BEES TELLING US?
Dir. Phyllida Lloyd, 2008, PG-13, 108 min Dir. Taggart Siegel, 2010, 83 min
LC 5/8 RZ 5/8-9, 5/16
Watching this movie, it’s clear that we’ll NEVER have as much fun as they had while A documentary that explores the disappearance of bees from their hives and what
making it, but with a Sing-Along party and a multi-course feast at the Alamo Lake it means for humankind.
Creek, this Mother’s Day event will be as close as everyone not named Meryl Streep
can get to that level of bliss.

NATIONAL VELVET Mother’s Day Feast

Dir. Clarence Brown, 1944, 123 min, 35mm
SL 5/8
This Mother’s Day we’re honoring a very special lady on the day designed for the
most special ladies (moms). Elizabeth Taylor, then only 12 years old, plays the
adorable Velvet Brown, who is determined to take an unruly but very talented horse
to the very competitive England’s National Steeplechase.

Terror Tuesday: SLEDGEHAMMER

Dir. David Prior, 1983, 87 min
RZ 5/10
1940s scientists put years of study into creating the nuclear bomb, but it wasn’t
until the first tests at Los Alamos that they realized its inhuman powers of
absolute destruction. Four decades later, filmmaker David Prior similarly unveiled
SLEDGEHAMMER, a shot-on-VHS masterstroke of anti-intellectual decimation.
On that day, cinema quietly crumbled into dust. Ted Prior (star of DEADLY PREY;
brother of the director) leads a cast of self-loathing alcoholics who face off
against a shape-shifting, dimension-crossing spectre with a penchant for blunt
object trauma. By the end, brains, bowels and Budweiser will be smeared across
every inch of the walls. A rewardingly lethal collision of ‘80s slasher video-vomit,
suburban legend and unintentional surrealist art, Prior’s supernaturally disabled
death opera is the most visionary migraine to ever pummel its way into your skull.
If you survive it, you’ll never ever forget it. Screening co-presented by Intervision
Picture Corp. (Zack)

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Mother’s Day Feast

Dir. Herbert Ross, 1989, PG, 117 min
VL 5/8
No better cast has been assembled than the one that gathered to gossip under
the roof of Truvy’s (Dolly Parton) Beauty Spot. This outstanding line up, which
includes Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine and Daryl Hannah, has made STEEL
MAGNOLIAS a quotable masterpiece that will never fail to serve as a reminder to
appreciate one’s mother. M’Lynn and Shelby (Sally Field and Julia Roberts) are the
unforgettable, tear-jerking mother-daughter pair that makes it impossible to get Weird Wednesday: COP KILLERS
through this film without both better understanding the unfathomable love of a DIR. WALTER CICHY, 1973, 93 min, R, 35MM
mother and crying bittersweet tears into your Bleedin’ Armadillo Groom’s Cake.
RZ 5/11
Nihilist whitesploitation from the makers of FLESH GORDON. This movie was
apparently intended to be a Peckinpah-esque existential ballet of bullets and
bloodshed and while it doesn’t succeed exactly, it creates its own world of pain
and psychosis. (Lars)

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BRIDESMAIDS
Opens May 13, Dir. Paul Feig
With a Special “Wedding Reception” pre-party before
the midnight premiere!
From famed cult director Paul Feig (FREAKS AND GEEKS; ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT;
THE OFFICE) and written by SNL superstar Kristen Wiig, BRIDESMAIDS promises a
mix of SEX AND THE CITY and THE HANGOVER. It’s being said that this is the best
thing Wiig has ever done, and she leads an amazing cast of female comedians,
including Maya Rudolph, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy and Wendi McLendon-
Covey.
We’re beyond excited for this one, so in addition to the BRIDESMAIDS themed drink
specials you can expect at the Ritz, we’re also throwing a full on Wedding Party
with everything but a bride and groom. Ladies, this is your chance to come out in
the worst bridesmaids dress you’ve ever had to buy. Gents, grab a used tux or show
off some crappy best man gear. Check out drafthouse.com for tickets and details!
A SERBIAN FILM
Dir. Srdjan Spasojevic, 2010, R, 95 min, 35mm
SL 5/13-19
The breakout controversy of 2010’s SXFantastic Fest midnight movie lineup, A
SERBIAN FILM is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Undoubtedly the most
upsetting thing ever to come out of a movie camera, this film is not for the faint of
heart. You have been warned.
THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
with Live Score by Golden Hornet Project
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1925, 75 min, Restored 35mm
RZ 5/15
At long last, one of the seminal music/film pairings is back. Graham Reynolds’
score to the silent soviet classic POTEMKIN. Join us for this very special afternoon
performance and screening.
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Tough Guy Cinema: TRUE LIES
Dir. James Cameron, 1994, 141 min, R
LC 5/12 : RZ 5/18 : VL 5/18
Harry Tasker leads a double life. Tasker is a government spy who risks his life
day in and day out protecting our freedom, but to his family, Harry is a well-to-
do, 250lb’s of muscle, computer salesman. The two worlds collide when Harry
suspects his wife of cheating on him and utilizes his government connections to
survey her until they both end up kidnapped by a terrorist organization (CRIMSON
JIHAD FOR LIFE!) plotting to detonate a nuclear weapon all over Florida’s bright
sunny face. If that isn’t the perfect recipe for a night out at Tough Guy Cinema
maybe the top choice ingredients of James Cameron, AHNULD Schwarzenegger,
Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tom Arnold (in arguably his greatest role ever) will entice
you to try a piece of this cinematic bliss. Pepper in some horseback roof jumping,
a Harrier Jet through downtown Miami, and some choice one-liners that you can’t
help but belt out (“You’re fired!”) and you will find yourself without an excuse to say
no to a night out with TRUE LIES.
Cinema Club: THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE
w/Jesse Trussell
Dir. John Cassavetes, 1976, R, 135 min, 35mm
RZ 5/15
The Cinema Club is excited to present THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE,
Cassevetes’ masterful story of a flawed nightclub owner and the trouble that
comes with his gambling debts.
Neil Young: RUST NEVER SLEEPS
Dir. Neil Young, 1979, 103 min, PG, 35mm
RZ 5/16
Legendary, epochal concert film showcasing Neil Young and Crazy Horse at what
may prove to be their very best. Yes, this is the movie with the little Jawa dudes
from STAR WARS. We’re not sure why they’re there exactly but if you like Neil Young
at all, even a little bit, you can’t miss this rare 35mm screening.
 UNDER THE BOARDWALK: THE MONOPOLY STORY
Dir. Kevin Tostado, 2010, G, 88 min
SL 5/16 : LC 5/23
A documentary on the history of Monopoly and the Monopoly World Championship.
With a Monopoly after-party at the Highball!

Weird Wednesday: WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS

Dir. Michel Levesque, 1971, 85 min, R, 35mm
RZ 5/18
In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, filmmakers could pretty much assume that their
audiences were just as ripped out of their minds on dangerous drugs as they
themselves were. This accounted for some pretty strange movies. But nothing
you’ve seen can prepare you for the classic WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS. It’s equal
parts Antonioni and Famous Monsters Of Filmland. And not only does this movie
have werewolves and bikers (the motorcycle gang is called The Devil’s Advocates!),
it also has satanic monks, a snake dance, tons of improvised dialogue, some of
the craziest, greatest music ever and, best of all, some incredible, death-defying
stunts. In fact, one really gets the impression that the stuntmen took over the
production midway to stage some sort of drugged-out festival of danger. I don’t
know what was going on in these stuntmen’s lives but they seem totally indifferent
to death. There are a couple of scenes where a burning stuntman runs around
for like three or four minutes, being consumed by ten-foot flames. Now that’s
commitment to the arts! (Lars)

Terror Tuesday: TOURIST TRAP

Dir. David Schmoeller, 1979, 90 min, PG, 35mm
RZ 5/17
Terror nerds are well aware that the American road holds myriad dangers. Many
a frenzied sasquatch, invisible space vampire and/or cannibalistic madman has
transformed our turnpikes into his personal open-air slaughterhouse, but in the
great Halls of Highway Homicide, no film dares examine the darkest precipices
of rural insanity like the crushingly inventive TOURIST TRAP. Rectangle-jawed
screen ham Chuck “The Rifleman” Connors plays mysterious Mr. Slausen, a dubious
yokel who leads a life of quiet isolation in the woods. When a couple carloads of Sommelier Cinema: NIGHTS OF CABIRIA
recreation-hungry youths happen across his private property, Slausen introduces Dir. Federico Fellini, 1957, 117 min, 35mm
them to a bold new cavalcade of nightmares including -- but not limited to -- RZ 5/18
autonomous singing mannequins, gender-bent nutzoids and a telekinetic knife-
throwing fiend. Goddamn! You may have watched a thousand car-broke-down- NIGHTS OF CABIRIA is one of Fellini’s strongest, a film starring his wife and muse
in-a-maniac’s-front-yard movies, but until you’ve seen TOURIST TRAP, you’re still Giulietta Masina as Cabiria, a streetwalker in a slum of Rome. Our guest sommelier
wearing your horror Huggies. (Zack) is Jeremy Parzen, from blog Do Bianchi. Jeremy will be choosing a selection of
Italian wines that will help you drown out the sorrows of Cabiria’s tragic arc.

Best of Fests: SHOTGUN STORIES THE ALAMO’S FOURTH ANNUAL PIRATE PARTY
Dir. Jeff Nichols, 91 min, 35 mm On the Lake - coming this summer
VL 5/11 A few years ago we realized that we didn’t have to have a movie tie-in every time
SHOTGUN STORIES tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers we wanted to throw a party, and we took that realization as inspiration for our first
following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads pirate party on Lake Travis. This year we’re taking the piratey ARRr-ction back out
of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to the big lake, and it just so happens there’s a new PIRATES movie to celebrate,
to protect their family. too! Let’s make Capt. Sparrow proud with our debauchery.

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GOOD BURGER with All-You-Can-Eat Good Burgers! SONS OF PERDITION
Dir. Brian Robbins, 1997, 103 min, PG, 35mm Dirs. Tyler Measom and Jennilyn Merten, 2010, 85 min
RZ 5/22 RZ 5/24
The greatest fast food comedy of all time and YOU eat the burgers! A documentary following the stories of three boys who were exiled from a
polygamist compound and are trying to create new lives in a world they never
knew.

Zzang!!!: TOP SECRET

Dir. Jim Abrahams, 1984, 90 min, PG, 35mm
RZ 5/22
Hands down the nuttiest, craziest comedy of the ‘80s, this live action Mad
Magazine-of-a-movie is crammed full of every possible sight gag, parody, and bad
uncle joke. The plot of crooner Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer in his first film role) getting
caught up in East German intrigue is just a mere launching pad for the ten billion
yuks thought up by the geniuses behind AIRPLANE. This film might actually hold the
record for most jokes per frame. The supporting cast features respectable actors
such as Omar Sharif and Peter Cushing doing crazy, silly ass things. Much like
Jacques Tati’s PLAYTIME or Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES, this is a film worthy of the big
screen experience -- a one–of-a-kind comedy classic!!! Zzang!!!(Bryan Connolly)

Cine Las Americas: E PROIBIDO FUMAR

(SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES)
Dir. Anna Muylaert, 2009, 86 min, 35mm
RZ 5/23
Cine Las Americas presents this new comedy/tragedy from Brazilian director Anna
Muylaert.

Terror Tuesday: HUMAN EXPERIMENTS

Music Monday: DOGS IN SPACE
Dir. Richard Lowenstein, 1986. 103 min. R. 35mm
RZ 5/23
This loose, sometimes funny memoir of the Melbourne punk scene in the ‘70s is
possibly most famous as the only starring role of doomed INXS front man Michael
Hutchence. Here he plays the drug-addled front man of the band Dogs In Space who
lives in a large communal house with his girlfriend and bandmates.
Dir. Gregory Goodell, 1980, 82 min, R, 35mm
RZ 5/24
ROLLING THUNDER star Linda Haynes is a struggling country singer making her way
through the rural nightclub circuit. Her life is suddenly shattered when she runs
over a pedestrian, fumbles across a vicious backwoods massacre and inexplicably
finds herself committed to a home for criminally insane women. To top it off, the
hospital staff are loopy themselves, having devised a method to erase society’s
undesirables by reverting their minds to infancy and starting over from scratch.
This somehow involves removing our heroine’s clothes and covering her with giant
insects. Gruesome, tense and uncomfortable, HUMAN EXPERIMENTS is the kind of
movie that leaves a milky coating on the inside of your eyeballs. Watch for former
youth idol Jackie Coogan and astounding B-list outsider Aldo Ray as villainous,
corrupt jerkwads. (Zack)

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 Celluloid Handbag presents BOOM!
Dir. Joseph Losey, 1968, 113 min, 35mm
RZ 5/25
ELIZABETH TAYLOR IS DEAD AND CELLULOID HANDBAG IS GONNA SHOW HER BEST/
WORST film EVER!!
“It’s a film that’s very very important to me, that really personifies my taste. I used
to show it on first dates. If they didn’t like it I could never go out with them again.
It’s the best failed art film ever. It’s called BOOM!” –John Waters
And there you have it, Ladies and Gentle-readers…the film that sunk a thousand
ships, the film that Anna Wintour allegedly watches every day, and the film that
captures TAYLOR and BURTON (and Noel Coward!?) in one of the most gorgeously
shot, drunkenly acted masterpieces by famed director JOSEPH LOSEY, and written
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS! CHRIST ON A CROSS this is really gonna hurt! Join
REBECCA HAVEMEYER for the hardly ever screened screenin’ of the one and only
masterpiece…BOOM! You will never forget this night. (Rebecca Havemeyer)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN FEAST
Dir. Rob Marshall, 2011, 141 min, PG-13
SL 5/25
Hang on to your peg leg! Jack Sparrow is back and that means it’s once again
time for Alamo Chef John Bullington to shiver your timbers with another amazing
Caribbean feast.
Weird Wednesday: TRADER HORNEE
Dir. Jonathan Lucas, 1970, 84 min, X, 35mm
RZ 5/25
The late, great producer/writer David F. Friedman, who died earlier this year, was a
true legend of showmanship. He was the standard bearer and keeper of the torch
of classic exploitation films. TRADER HORNEE (the E’s are silent, by the way), is
a skin-flick, of course, but it’s also a very funny, juvenile comedy in the mold of
classic Mad Magazine. It’s a parody of jungle films, the once-popular sub-genre of
adventure films that brought us the likes of Tarzan and Jungle Jim. Customarily
in these imperialist fables, a white child is lost in the wilds of deepest Africa and
grows up to become the ruler of the superstitious natives. Here the casual racism
of these movies is lampooned by jive talking, watermelon-eating natives who do
song and dance routines. You won’t believe it. Terrible jokes fly at you relentlessly
until you have no defense against them and are forced to laugh, just to keep from
crying. (Lars)
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VHS Doc Fundraiser: NINJA ANNIHILATION WAR!!!
Dirs. The Fung Brothers, 1987, 82 min, R
RZ 5/25
God knows the ‘80s weren’t perfect. It was the decade of rising budget deficits,
illegal U.S. intervention in Central America, and Duran Duran. But it was also the
Decade of the Ninja. While the black-garbed messengers of death have appeared in
films for a long time, they were usually hiding behind ornamental potted palm trees
or clinging to the ceiling...it took a sharp eye to spot them. These multi-thousand
dollar spectacles usually starred whatever Caucasian actor happened to be in
Hong Kong at the time. They were relentless cut-and-paste jobs that combined
scenes from unrelated films into a dense fabric of digressions, flashbacks, minor-
character subplots that go on at baffling length and - of course - demonstrations
of pole-spinning, star-hurling prowess. Now, we bring you this extremely rare
screening of a lost ninja masterpiece NEVER RELEASED IN THEATERS OR ON VIDEO!
All as a fundraiser for the upcoming Austin-produced doc on VHS majesty! Bring ten
friends and a thousand strangers and TEAR THE NIGHT TO SHREDS!!
HeckleVision: THE WICKER MAN
Dir. Neil LaBute, 2006, 102 min, PG-13
VL 5/25
Awesome. We didn’t even realize that the Pancake boys were going to be mocking
Nic Cage when we decided to let YOU mock him via text messages in this month’s
HeckleVision screening. But we couldn’t be happier that we’ll get to yell about THE
BEEEES! multiple times this May. Also, this movie is perfect.
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THE HANGOVER PART II
Opens May 26, Dir. Todd Phillips, 2011
Director Todd Phillips has reunited the whole gang for the sequel. This time out, the
boys travel to Bangkok for what is supposed to be a subdued pre-wedding brunch
to celebrate their buddy Stu’s nuptials. Needless to say, choosing Bangkok was
probably not the best idea to try for a “subdued” gathering of any kind.
Free Kids Club: TIME BANDITS
Dir. Terry Gilliam, 1981, 110 min, PG, 35mm
SL 5/28
A kid and some little dudes travel through reality to fight the ultimate evil!
Presented by the Austin Chronicle, Ain’t It Cool News, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters
of Austin.
Music Monday: THE CURE IN ORANGE
Ritz, Dir. Tim Pope, 1987, 113 min, 35mm
RZ 5/30, 6/6
Recorded August 9 and 10, 1986, at the Theatre Antique d’Orange in the French
countryside, THE CURE IN ORANGE features a 23-song, Head on the Door-era set
that includes inspired renditions of “A Hundered Years” and “A Forest” — plus
intro and outro, the former of which captures guitarist Simon Gallup’s famous de-
wigging of the newly shorn Robert Smith. Following a short theatrical run, THE
CURE IN ORANGE was released only on VHS and laser disc -- and it’s been out of
print in both formats for years now. Smith announced sometime last year that,
at long last, the film will be released on DVD in 2010. Well, it’s 2011 and still no
DVD. But mope not, Cure fans, now you can see it in glorious 35mm up on the big
screen again!
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Terror Tuesday: NEAR DARK
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 1987, 94 min, R, 35mm
RZ 5/31
99% of vampires are pussies. Prancing little lily-livered mama’s boy drama kids
with NIN stickers on their shiny vinyl lunchboxes. But NEAR DARK documents the
remaining 1% with a white trash vindictiveness that catapults all the elegance
of plasma-sucking straight into the trailer park, as a pack of undead shitkickers
cruise the American backroads in a blackened-window Winnebago searching for
jugular nectar. Most shocking is that these bingeing feral sadists are actually an
intensely likeable family unit, led by PUMPKINHEAD’s Lance Henriksen in his all-
time greatest performance as Civil War veteran Jess. Also watch for Bill Paxton
at his rootin’, tootin’, biker-bitin’ best and that kid from RIVER’S EDGE as junior
throatripper Homer. Last year, Kathryn Bigelow won an Oscar for directing a movie
about army dudes crying, but we forgive her because -- back in the golden ‘80s
-- she turned vampires into monsters again! (Zack)
Weird Wednesday: SHOOT
Dir. Harvey Hart, 1976, 99 min, R, 35mm
RZ 6/1
A bunch of 50-ish National Guardsmen and war veterans (among them Cliff
Robertson, Henri Silva and Ernest Borgnine), all upstanding pillars of their small
town community, go on a hunting trip together. They encounter another group of
hunters in the forest and are fired upon unexpectedly. They shoot back and kill one
of the rogue hunters. When they return home, their daily lives are turned asunder
by paranoia, strife and the reawakened primeval bloodlust that lurks in all men’s
souls. This movie is tremendously strange. It’s mainly just a bunch of brooding,
intense scenes of macho middle-aged men sweating, shooting guns and talking
about killing. This is not for everyone, but it fits my tastes like Canada fits atop
America - as its jaunty, perplexing hat. (Lars)
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THE TOTALLY ‘80s DUMB & DUMBER Master Pancake: Master Pancake:
NEW WAVE SING- Quote-Along BRAVEHEART BRAVEHEART
ALONG @Lake Creek @Ritz @Ritz
@Lake Creek
ROCKY HORROR
Weird Wednesday: PICTURE SHOW
SHOOT @Village
@Ritz

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Joe Swanberg: AFS Best of Fests: Outside In: Girlie Night: Mondo presents Master Pancake: Master Pancake:
UNCLE KENT SILVER BULLETS THE PYRAMID THE CUTTING EDGE THEY LIVE BRAVEHEART BRAVEHEART
@Ritz @Ritz w/ Gary Kent @Lake Creek w/ Shepard Fairey @Ritz @Ritz
@Ritz Live in Person
Joe Swanberg: THE BIG LEBOWSKI OPEN SCREEN @Lamar ROCKY HORROR
ART HISTORY Quote-Along Kids Camp: NIGHT PICTURE SHOW
@Ritz @Lamar TMNT @Ritz @Village
@Village

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PRINCE ACHMED New 35mm Print: Kids Camp: AFS Best of Fests: DUMB & DUMBER Series Title: Series Title:
w/ live score by TAXI DRIVER PONYO OTTAWA Quote-Along MOVIE TITLE MOVIE TITLE
Many Birthdays @Ritz @Village ANIMATION @Ritz @Ritz @Ritz
@Ritz FESTIVAL
Kids Camp: Terror Tuesday: @Village TOTALLY NEW
Video Hate Squad: THE IRON GIANT THE STEPFATHER WAVE SING-ALONG
DEADLY PREY @Lake Creek @Ritz TAXI DRIVER @Ritz, Lake Creek
@Ritz @Ritz

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
LOVE EXPOSURE THE BIG LEBOWSKI Girlie Night: Tough Guy: DUMB & DUMBER BAD TEACHER Saturday Morning
@Ritz Quote-Along THE CUTTING EDGE THE ROCK Quote-Along Opens @Ritz Kids Club:
@Lamar @Ritz @Ritz @Ritz, Lake Creek THE LAST UNICORN
Zzang!!!: w/ Charles Edward
LAST AMERICAN Music Monday: Terror Tuesday: CUTE NIGHT TOTALLY NEW Cheese Band
VIRGIN THE SCOTT & GARY THE BABY @Village WAVE SING-ALONG @Lamar
@Ritz SHOW @Ritz @Ritz
@Ritz

26 27 28 29 30
TV at the Alamo: Cine Las Kids Camp: Celluloid Kids Camp:
PARTY DOWN Americas: HOW TO TRAIN Handbag: THE GOONIES
Marathon w/Rob WE ARE WHAT YOUR DRAGON 3D RUTHLESS PEOPLE @Village
Thomas and cast WE ARE @Lake Creek @Ritz
members live @ Ritz GREASE
@Ritz Terror Tuesday: Horror Remix: SING-ALONG
BLOODY BIRTHDAY BEAST @Lake Creek
@Ritz @Lake Creek

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 DUMB AND DUMBER Quote-Along
Dir. Peter Farrelly, 1994, 107 min, PG-13
VL 6/1, 6/8 : RZ 6/9, 6/16, 6/23 : LC 6/2, 6/15, 6/23
This movie is a quote storm of non-stop hilarity. Plus if you play your cards right
you might be able to order up a ton of food and then Seabass the guy sitting next
to you. If you promise to sing “Mockingbird” with us at The Action Pack’s DUMB
& DUMBER Quote Along we promise we won’t put any Turbo Lax in your drinks...
GREASE Sing-Along
Dir. Randall Kleiser, 1978, 110 min, PG-13
VL 6/1 : LC 6/30
Last summer, Paramount produced a subtitled re-release of GREASE that took Sing-
Along subtitles to a whole new level. This summer, we’re bringing that show back,
and it’s playing every month! Grease is still the word, and I’m still in love with
Olivia Newton-John.
Master Pancake: BRAVEHEART
Dir. Mel Gibson, 1995
RZ 6/3-4, 6/10-11
Featuring an egregiously be-mulleted Mel Gibson (LETHAL WEAPON 3), as Scottish
blowhard/face-painter William Wallace, a warrior and Jesus-figure that Mel can
really sink his nails into. Come out and watch as Master Pancake declares primae
noctis on this overrated classic! (John Erler)
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
Opens June 3, Dir. Matthew Vaughn
This is the fifth in the recent X-Men reboot line, and a prequel to the first three.
It’s also being planned as the first in a trilogy of origin films for the series. While
that may sound chronologically convoluted, look past the remake/sequel/prequel
confusion and see that this might be the best X-MEN ever. Directed by Matthew
Vaughn, this could be the sleeper superhero film of the summer.
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THE 2011 FILMS OF JOE SWANBERG
Independent filmmaker Joe Swanberg is a leader in the contemporary American
cinema. Working outside of established systems of commercial filmmaking, he
uses relatively inexpensive video equipment to create works of art that are exciting,
erotic, and emotionally radiant. He does so at a furious pace: in 2010 he shot seven
films – the three that are finished are on display in this series. The films in this
unofficial trilogy all center on artists and sexual complications. In his customarily
stark visual style, Swanberg presents his characters raw, and the questions these
films raise – about identity, love, and the lines between fantasy and reality – are
essential questions for our time.
UNCLE KENT - With Joe Swanberg Live!
RZ 6/5
UNCLE KENT is a meditation on aging. The titular character, a stoner cartoonist,
invites a girl he meets on chatroulette to spend the weekend at his apartment. The
visit is obviously tense. Premiered at Sundance.
The 2011 Films of Joe Swanberg:
ART HISTORY - With Joe Swanberg Live!
RZ 6/5
ART HISTORY focuses on a film crew shooting a sexually explicit film. The two
actors involved in the scenes have their own ways of dealing with the new intimacy.
Premiered at Berlin Film Festival.
The 2011 Films of Joe Swanberg:
SILVER BULLETS - With Joe Swanberg Live!
RZ 6/6
SILVER BULLETS follows an independent filmmaker who becomes jealous when
his girlfriend gets hired to work in a werewolf movie. Things become complicated
when he hires her best friend to star in his movie, an autobiography in which she’d
play his girlfriend. Presented in part by AFS’ Best of Fests.
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Outside In: THE PYRAMID w/ Gary Kent
Dir. Gary Kent, 1975, 90 min, 35mm
RZ 6/7
OUTSIDE IN is our newest screening series, showcasing underappreciated
geniuses, cinematic wingnuts, anti-art visionaries and the secret heroes of the
big (and small) screen! For our inaugural event, exploitation film legend/top notch
stuntman/special effects artist/beloved Austinite Gary Kent joins us in person (on
his birthday!!) for an extremely rare screening of his paranormal cosmic maelstrom
masterpiece. In this incredibly unseen reality-wrecker, a troubled reporter decides
to exit the World We Know, and enters a forbidden universe of psychic powers,
spectral supernature, firewalking, witchery and the unstoppable power of The
Pyramid! From Brian De Palma to Monte Hellman to Ray Dennis Steckler, Gary
Kent worked with some of the most talented icons in and out of Hollywood. His
film captures all of the creativity, occult insanity and social upheaval of its era
and catapults it into eternity. A one-of-a-kind show honoring a deeply impressive
creator, and a crucial screening that will go down in Alamo history! (Zack)
Terror Tues: THE THRILL KILLERS w/ Gary Kent LIVE!
Dir. Ray Dennis Steckler, 1964, 69 min, 35mm
RZ 6/7
Though Terror Tuesday rarely strays beyond the comfortable confines of ‘70s & ‘80s
horror, this special 1964 tribute screening to actor/author/stuntman/director/living
legend Gary Kent contains all the sleaze, rage and murder that would characterize
drive-in movies for the next three decades.
THE TOTALLY ‘80s NEW WAVE SING-ALONG
Dir. The Action Pack, 120 min, DVD
VL 6/8 : RZ 6/9, 6/16, 6/23 : LC 6/16, 6/22
Feather your hair, put on some heavy eyeliner, and tie your skinny tie as The Action
Pack goes back to the musical well of the ‘80s and brings us the best of Depeche
Mode, OMD, Erasure and all of the other synth pop masterpieces of the ‘80s New
Wave!
24 May - June 2011 Schedule of Special Events - for complete calendar and tickets visit www.drafthouse.com
Weird Wednesday: CAT MURKIL & THE SILKS
Dir. John A. Bushelman, 1976, 102 min, R, 35mm
RZ 6/8
A really gritty, nasty juvenile delinquency docudrama that cuts like a switchblade.
A jarring film in a lot of ways, it’s also one of the most entertaining movies in
the genre. It takes place in and around one of those southern California high
schools that are so familiar from a million T&A comedies, and the soundtrack is
reminiscent of yacht rock, but when the violence and brutality start - school’s out!
There’s a hand-wringing veneer of social concern here but unlike a lot of other
movies that address teenage crime there’s no pretense that these kids are merely
misunderstood, tarnished little angels who need a spanking and/or hug. No - these
teenagers are demons who have escaped from Hell and set up shop in Santa
Monica. With great, letter-perfect dialogue and a killer twist ending. (Lars)
OPEN SCREEN NIGHT
Dir. YOU, 120 min
RZ 6/8
At OPEN SCREEN NIGHT, we play anything. Literally. You bring a DVD or a URL of an
online vid to the theater, and we put it on screen without censoring it at all. If your
video sucks, the audience may gong it after two minutes. But if they love it you’ll go
home with respect AND $100 in cash!
Girlie Night: THE CUTTING EDGE
Dir. Paul Michael Glaser, 1992, PG, 101 min, 35mm
LC 6/8 : RZ 6/14, 6/21 : VL 6/29
This film takes the classic romantic formula of opposites attract, throws in some
‘90s tastic casting and then puts it all... ON ICE! Toe pick!
 TROLL HUNTER
Opens June 10, Dir. André Øvredal
This was a secret screening at last year’s Fantastic Fest, and it infected our brains
when it started rolling. This cult classic in the making follows a group of students
in Norway as they investigate strange animal murders. They soon discover that the
culprits are behemoth trolls, and they uncover a government conspiracy that has
denied their existence for centuries.
Mondo presents THEY LIVE w/ Shepard Fairey LIVE!
Dir. John Carpenter, 1988, 93 min, R, 35mm
SL 6/9
Art guerrilla leader Shepard Fairey of the OBEY empire hosts a special screening!
One of the most beloved films of the ‘80s, THEY LIVE follows a professional wrestler
using hyper-advanced sunglasses to blow the lid off a transdimensional human
enslavement plot. With special Mondo Giveaways!
Music Monday: WHEEDLE’S GROOVE
Dir. Jennifer Maas, 2009, 87 min, NR
RZ 6/13
Special thanks to End Of An Ear Records, Friends Of Sound and Light In The Attic
Records! A look back some thirty years before grunge music put Seattle on the map,
when late 1960s groups like Black on White Affair, The Soul Swingers and Cold, Bold
& Together filled airwaves and packed clubs every night of the week.
Tough Guy Cinema: THE ROCK
Dir. Michael Bay, 1996, 136 min, R
LC 6/9 : VL 6/15, 6/29 : RZ 6/22
Between crafting the awesomeness of BAD BOYS and the cinematic perfection of
ARMAGEDDON, Michael Bay grabbed a pre-crazy “I’ll do anything for money” Nicolas
Cage, and a pre-”I got old as shit” Sean Connery and drafted them to make one of
the coolest action films of the ’90s.
May - June 2011 Schedule of Special Events - for complete calendar and tickets visit www.drafthouse.com
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
with Live Score by Many Birthdays
Dir. Lotte Reiniger, 1926, 65 min, 35mm
RZ 6/12
PRINCE ACHMED is the oldest surviving animated film, but it’s as timeless as
tomorrow. The score will be performed by Many Birthdays, with their signature
blend of dance, punk, cinema, noise, beats, words, color and texture.
VHS = Video Hate Squad! presents DEADLY PREY
Dir. David Prior, 1987, 88 min, R, VHS!!!
RZ 6/12
NEVER FORGET! This new series, brought to you by Max Dropout of VHS Summer,
Lars Nilsen of Weird Wednesday and Terror Tuesday’s Zack Carlson, celebrates the
power, glory and untarnished majesty of the TRUEST of all home video formats!
Video Hate Squad will present movies that are ONLY available on VHS, each title
having never been released on DVD (yawn), Blu-Ray (bleccch!), online streaming
(frrrrrt!) or even 35mm film! These treasures only exist in one form, and when we
shove them into our on-stage VCR, you’ll be transported to worlds you’ve never
even imagined. For our first show, we proudly present the mid-‘80s Rambo-infused
survivalist masterpiece DEADLY PREY, starring baby-oiled manimal Ted Prior as a
killing machine knocked over the edge TO THE MAX. See a shirtless bodybuilder
in warpaint and Daisy Duke jean shorts rip a motherfucker’s arm off and beat
him to death with it! See one lone man murder a heavily-armed platoon with his
bare hands!! See more bullets, explosives and murder than you’ll find in six world
wars!!! SEE DEADLY PREY, GODDAMMIT!!!! (Zack)
TAXI DRIVER
Dir. Martin Scorsese, 1976, R, 113 min, 35mm
RZ 6/13, 6/15, 6/19, 6/20
Martin Scorsese’s classic 1970s New York City nightmare in a glorious new
restoration.
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Terror Tuesday: THE (Original) STEPFATHER
Dir. Joseph Ruben, 1987, 89 min, R, 35mm
RZ 6/14
A psychopath dreams of the perfect suburban life, and he’ll murder anyone that
keeps it from him. Starring Terry O’Quinn of LOST!
BEST OF THE OTTAWA INTL ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Various, 84 min, presented by AFS Best of Fests
VL 6/15
The 2010 International touring programme include such extraordinary films
as: David O’Reilly’s grand prize-winning THE EXTERNAL WORLD; the pulsating
metamorphic madness of Andreas Hykade’s LOVE & THEFT; Dustin Grella’s deeply
moving and brilliantly executed award-winning film PRAYERS FOR PEACE and more!
Weird Wednesday: HOOCH
Dir. Edward Mann, 1977, 96 min, PG, 35mm
RZ 6/15
Here’s a regional North Carolina moonshine movie that, by all rights, shouldn’t
be any good at all but amazingly it works. Gil Gerard, later famous as TV’s Buck
Rogers, plays a good old boy who loves the high-life, or what passes for it in his
backwoods town. When he begins distributing moonshine, it stirs up trouble with
the local godfather, who brings in a trio of New York mob enforcers led by Danny
Aiello to put Gil out of business. There’s your plot. It’s nothing special. But there’s
a perverse sense of humor at the heart of this film. Writer/director Edward Mann
was no dummy. He had a long background writing comic strips and directing
theater. The gags he sets up are of a high quality and the film has a lighthearted
charm that’s never insulting or treacly. It’s just pure hicksploitation goodness from
beginning to end. (Lars)
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Zzang!!!: THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN
Dir. Boaz Davidson, 1982, 92 min, R, 35mm
RZ 6/19
The most brutally heart-wrenching zany boner romp to ever hit the screen! Gary is
a teenage driver for Pink Pizza and, like all red-blooded LA boys, cruises for gooood
trouble with his equally horn-dogged pals. When not seducing girls by substituting
Sweet ’n’ Low for cocaine, they’re measuring the school nerd’s immense penis.
Suddenly, Gary finds himself head-over-heels for the new girl on campus. Nigh-
apocalyptic errors ensue. This enormously underrated high school masterpiece
ricochets between goofball rump chasing and breathtaking, sincere realism.
Monoson’s lead performance really should have earned the 18-year-old a stronger
career, if not a goddamn Oscar. The closing 15 minutes is unquestionably the most
pure and powerful in any teen movie, and should be viewed as a cautionary lesson
by each tortured soul on the precipice of adulthood. Don’t miss this cinematic anvil
to the chest and knee to the groin! ZZANG!!! (Zack)
Music Monday: THE SCOTT & GARY SHOW
Ed. by Jeff Krulik, 80 min
RZ 6/20
Unseen early ‘80s NY public access footage of Butthole Surfers, the still-punk
Beastie Boys and more!
Terror Tuesday: THE BABY
Dir. Ted Post, 1973, 84 min, PG, 35mm
RZ 6/21 - co-presented by Severin Films
There’s only one thing in this world more disgusting than a baby, and that’s a
grown-ass man acting like a baby. And when his entire family is comprised of
schizophrenic, murderous shut-ins, any visitor is destined for a wild time. Like, say,
that young, attractive female social worker for instance. (Zack)
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W/ ERRORS

PRIMUS
STUBB’S STUBB’S STUBB’S STUBB’S
MON MAY 2 AMPHITHEATER SUN MAY 8 AMPHITHEATER MON MAY 16 AMPHITHEATER TUE MAY 24 AMPHITHEATER

MAN MAN BRETT DENNEN

W/ SHILPA RAY
AND HER HAPPY HOOKERS W/ Spain Colored Orange W/ DAWES W/ AUSTIN GIBBS AND HUGO
EMO’S EMO’S
THUR MAY 5 OUTDOORS FRI MAY 6 OUTDOORS FRI MAY 6 LA ZONA ROSA SAT MAY 7 LA ZONA ROSA FRI MAY 13 LA ZONA ROSA

FACE TO FACE THE ANTLERS OLD 97’S THE GLITCH MOB

W/ STRUNG OUT AND BLITZKID W/ LITTLE SCREAM W/ COM TRUISE, R/D AND PSYMBIONIC
EMO’S
TUE MAY 24 LA ZONA ROSA FRI JUN 3 LA ZONA ROSA TUE JUN 7 OUTDOORS FRI JUN 10 LA ZONA ROSA THUR JUL 7 LA ZONA ROSA

Fresh Brew Tour:

DEVIN THE DUDE WHITE LIES DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND SOULIVE ZOE KEATING
W/ Coughee Brothaz W/ Asobi Seksu
EMO’S CENTRAL
SAT MAY 28 OUTDOORS TUE MAY 24 ANTONE’S SAT MAY 28 ANTONE’S SAT MAY 7 ANTONE’S SAT MAY 14 PRESBYTERIAN

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EMBODIMENT OF EVIL
Dir. José Mojica Marins, 2008, 94 min, 35mm
RZ 6/22
The triumphant return of Brazilian horror icon Coffin Joe after decades
underground! Let’s be frank, sometimes comebacks are pretty grim. Not so in this
case! EMBODIMENT OF EVIL feels new and old at the same time, in a good way.
Presented by Cine Las Americas and Synapse Films.
Weird Wednesday: DELIVER US FROM EVIL
DIR. HORACE JACKSON, 1977, 96 min, PG, 35MM
RZ 6/22
Part of the joy of Weird Wednesday is the thrill of uncovering little-known
exploitation auteurs. A good example of a director who developed his own unusual
style in the golden age of the ‘70s is Horace Jackson, whose movies are bitter,
declamatory social tracts about life in the ghetto. They’re all essential viewing
for fans of yelling. This film has the guts to take a stand against the kind of dope-
pushers who stand around outside elementary schools and hook 7-year-olds on
dangerous drugs. The hero is a recovering psychotic who teams up with a committed
teacher and a cute kid in a wheelchair to take on the neighborhood menace. It’s
all played very seriously and earnestly but inevitably the ridiculousness seeps in
around the edges and reaches critical mass before you know it. (Lars)
Girlie Night presents CUTE NIGHT
VL 6/22
If you’ve been to any of our Girlie Night titles in the past, you know our hostess
Sarah Pitre loves to take over the preshow with all sorts of videos of babies and
puppies and kittens and anything else adorable she can find. For this one night
only event we wondered - what if we made an entire show out of that level of cute?
Expect to be squeeing uncontrollably for a full 90 minutes.
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BAD TEACHER
Opens 6/24
A comedy centered around a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being
dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague -- a move that pits her
against a well-loved teacher.
Free Kids Club: THE LAST UNICORN
with The Charles Edward Cheese Band LIVE!
Dirs. A. Rankin & Jules Bass, 1982, 92 min, G, 35mm
SL 6/25
A lonely unicorn undertakes a magical quest in this all-star animated classic!
Watch out for the red bull! Presented by Ain’t It Cool News, the Austin Chronicle
& Toy Joy.
Cinema Club: SALESMAN w/ Ben Steinbauer
Dirs. A. & D. Maysles & C. Zwerin, 1968, 85 min, 35mm
RZ 6/26
At each installment of Cinema Club we welcome a guest presenter. Our guest joins
us in introducing the film and then after the screening we involve the audience in
a discussion about the movie. SALESMAN is the first documentary to be presented
at Cinema Club and we’re very honored to welcome WINNEBAGO MAN director Ben
Steinbauer as our guest. SALESMAN is a shattering documentary made by the
Maysles brothers and Charlotte Zwerin about the daily routines and philosophies
of four travelling bible salesmen. The men, nicknamed “The Rabbit,” “The Badger,”
“The Bull” and “The Gipper,” provide a wealth of insight into postwar America.
We are exposed to the whole up-with-people American belief system and the
dismay and despair that is its ever present shadow. The camera follows these men
everywhere, into living rooms, their hotels and conventions. SALESMAN is one of
the all-time classic docs and it continues to shock and inspire today.
 Cine Las Americas: SOMOS LO QUE HAY
(WE ARE WHAT WE ARE)
Dir. Jorge Michel Grau, 2010, 90 min, 35mm
RZ 6/27
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE is a remarkable reinvention of the horror genre - a visceral
and powerfully emotional portrait of a family bound by a terrible secret and driven
by monstrous appetites.
Celluloid Handbag presents RUTHLESS PEOPLE
Dirs. Abrahams & Zucker, 1986, 93 min, R, 35mm
RZ 6/29
I’VE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY K MART!! ….and there lies one of tha’ best lines outta one
of tha’ best comedies ta’ ever make it outta the film factory, ladies and gentlepigs!
I want ya’ll to think long and hard about how much this film means to ya’, and
then slap ya’self silly cuz it’s about to be slung into ya laps like a cheap bag a’
ransom money when CELLULOID HANDBAG presents the power of BETTE MIDLER
and DANNY DEVITO in the comedy that caught the world by tha’ balls…RUTHLESS
PEOPLE! Brought to you by the killer combo of Zucker/Abrahams, the directors
that gave us AIRPLANE!...this film is a goldmine of crass and sass from the Divine
Miss M, along with a supporting cast to kill ya’ twice! Join ya’ hostess REBECCA
HAVEMEYER as she preps the room for a helluva’ botched kidnappin’ you’ll never
forget! (Rebecca Havemeyer)

Music Monday: COTTONPICKIN’ CHICKENPICKERS

Dir. Larry Jackson, 1967, 92 Min, 35mm
RZ 6/27
Rare 35mm Print in Magenta-Vision! This ridiculous country music-filled farce
farce follows a pair of shiftless backwoods drifters (Del Reeves and Hugh X. Lewis)
as they make their way through the south by thumb, foot and train. When they spy
a chicken house, they sneak in to nab a little nourishment for their campfire. They
soon find themselves in a nest of trouble. Featuring an all-star cast of Hollywood
has-beens: Sonny Tufts, Maxie Rosenbloom and Lila Lee (who was most famous for
being busted for sparking up a doob with Robert Mitchum). Also starring Mel Tillis Weird Wednesday: GIRLS AT THE GYNECOLOGIST
as Hound-hound-hound-dog B-b-b-Berrigan. Watch for the Michael Bay remake Dir. Ernst Hofbauer, 1971, 95 min, X, 35mm
next year. (Lars) RZ 6/29
A tender, sensitive look at the hopes, dreams and aspirations of a group of young
women who have one thing in common - a creepy old lady-parts doctor. Don’t
worry, the clinical details are left to the imagination.

Terror Tuesday: BLOODY BIRTHDAY

Dir. Ed Hunt, 1981, 85 min, R, 35mm
RZ 6/28
Most things that are excreted from the human body get wadded up in a kleenex
and flushed down a toilet, with one exception: children. Instead, we coddle them,
provide them with food and shelter and completely sacrifice our own dreams so
they can live in comfort. And what do we get in return? Savagely murdered! This
film is yet another crystal clear battle cry against the cancer of youth, featuring
countless rampagingly conscience-free acts of anti-adult homicide, all perpetrated
by a trio of preadolescent death machines. See, all three kids were born
simultaneously during a solar eclipse, which apparently instills them with a hunger
for the suffering of innocents. Not to mention a proclivity for peeping through a
hole at nude Julie Brown (the white one). We didn’t need another reminder that
children are garbage, but here’s one anyway. Mandatory abortions in the theater
lobby for all pregnant women in attendance. No charge!! (Zack)

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701 South Lamar Blvd
Austin Texas 78704
512-444-BRIDe(2743)
www.unbridaled.com

Austin Film Society Essential Cinema
OUSMANE SEMBENE: THE FATHER OF POST-COLONIAL
AFRICAN CINEMA [cont’d from April]
TUESDAYS AT ALAMO S. LAMAR, May 3-17
All 35mm prints from New Yorker Films
CEDDO
May 3, Senegal, 1977, 120 min., 35mm
In his most ambitious film, Sembene depicts a 19th century clash of ideas and
power between an expansive Islam and the “Ceddo,” who are the feudal serfs under
the power of a king, who has only recently converted to Islam. The imam begins
to consolidate his power in the king’s village and proclaims a holy war against all
the Ceddo who refuse to leave their animistic religion for the one true God, Allah.
Complicating this confrontation are the kidnapping of the princess and struggles
between the king’s son and his nephew over succession to the throne. In the
midst of all this strife are a delusional white Christian priest, generally sidelined
but tolerated, and an opportunistic white businessman who trades alcohol and
weapons for various goods, including slaves, who are then branded and sold
elsewhere. The discussions within the various factions explore many aspects of
religion, philosophy, government, and warfare. This is a truly important film of
ideas with a surprising finale.
CAMP DE THIAROYE
May 10, Algeria/Senegal/Tunisia, 1987, 157 min, 35mm
World War II is not yet over, but France has been liberated from the German
occupation. Meanwhile, African colonial troops, who participated in the “white
man’s war,” are being repatriated through transit camps such as Thiaroye in
Senegal. With promises of back pay and a fair exchange rate from French francs to
colonial francs, the troops are generally in good humor on arrival. But the food is
unfit for animals and doesn’t even meet the standards of what they were served in
Europe. Demobilization seems to be taking too long and soon the exchange rate is
determined to be unfair. Most of the French military in the camp look down on the
returning infantrymen and reveal the deep-seated racism of the colonists. Tension
rises and the entire situation spirals out of control to a horrifying climax. CAMP DE
THIAROYE and the earlier EMITAI form Sembene’s unquestionably powerful critique
of the evils of colonialism, racism, and abuses of power.
GUELWAAR
May 17, France/Germany/Senegal, 1992, 115 min., 35mm
“GUELWAAR revolves around the mysterious death and even more mysterious
disappearance after death of Pierre Henri Thioune (called “Guelwaar,” the Noble
One), a political activist, philandering patriarch, and pillar of the local Christian
community. To the horror of his fellow Christians, it is discovered that Guelwaar’s
errant corpse was misidentified and mistakenly buried in a Muslim cemetery.
This sets off a tempest of bureaucratic red tape, family conflicts, and religious
factionalism, culminating with a tense standoff at the disputed gravesite. As usual
with Sembene, GUELWAAR is many films in one: black comedy, political allegory,
social satire, family drama, and, in the end, thunderous indictment of the twin
evils of homegrown African corruption and neo-colonial Western aid. In Wolof and
French with English subtitles.” [New Yorker Films]
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AFS Essential Cinema
Auteurs Sans Frontières: Directors Without Borders
Tuesdays at Alamo South Lamar, June 7 - July 26
Directors who leave the comfort of their own homeland to make films run risks
of failure. But they can also uncover stories, themes, and characters that surprise
and entertain us. This series will look at eight masterful films which were made
by directors working in countries other than their native one, with one exception,
a documentary about Henri-George Clouzot’s failure to make INFERNO, as the
borders he crossed were those leading to madness. Unexpectedly, as I put the
series together, I was surprised to see how many films were financed by French
producers, but perhaps that was to be expected, since France welcomes and
encourages filmmakers all over Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. (Chale Nafus)
WHITE MATERIAL
June 7, Dir. Claire Denis, France/Cameroon, 2009, 106 min., 35mm
In an unnamed African country in the throes of a volatile regime change, Maria Vial
is trying to sustain the coffee plantation she runs with her ex-husband André, but
unknown to her, he has other plans. The country is tenuously under the control of a
rebel militia whose leader is on the run. With the regular army preparing to regain
control, French forces have moved out, warning the remaining white residents that
they’re on their own if they stay behind. However, Maria refuses to be driven off
the land, continuing to run the farm as the specter of impending tragedy looms.
[IFC Films]
RIFIFI (Du Rififi chez les homes)
June 14, Dir. Jules Dassin, France, 1955, 122 min., 35mm
Highly respected for his film noir classics in the 1940s, but blacklisted by the
studios during the Hollywood witch hunts, Connecticut-born Dassin finally revived
his filmmaking career in Europe with this film. Starting over, Dassin created the
prototype for many subsequent “heist films.” Tony le Stéphanois, free after a five-
year prison sentence, discovers his girl friend has been unfaithful, so he proposes
to old friends that they commit “one last heist.” This time it will be the burglary
of a very elegant jewelry showroom. Drawing on the stylish chiaroscuro style of
film noir, Dassin created a magnificent film full of tension, striking imagery, long
dialogue-free scenes, sympathetic characters, and despair.
FAREWELL (L’affaire Farewell)
June 21, Dir. Christian Carion, France, 2010, 113 min., 35mm
KGB analyst Sergei Gregoriev is disgusted with the Soviet state and begins
passing vitally important secret papers to French agents, including a naïve
French businessman unaccustomed to secrecy and espionage. Soon the lives of
Pierre Froment and Sergei are inextricably bound together, and as the dangers of
discovery and family dissent increase, so do the tensions mount. In the background
are President Reagan, French President Mitterand, various Soviet leaders, and a
rising Mikhail Gorbachev. This film, starring filmmakers in the two principal
roles, is based on a little-known story of a real-life KGB spy who single-handedly
uncovered the Soviet system of well-placed moles in various Western countries
and thus set into motion the eventual collapse of the super-power.
BLACK ORPHEUS (Orfeu Negro)
June 28, Dir. Marcel Camus, France/Brazil, 1959, 107 min., 35mm
In a beautiful retelling of the classic story of the musician Orpheus and his search
for his beloved Eurydice, French director Marcel Camus updates the story and
places it in Rio de Janeiro during the samba-filled week of Carnaval. In this version,
a singing trolley conductor, Orfeo, is engaged to Mira, but falls hopelessly in love
when he first sees Eurydice, a young woman who has fled her village because of
a stalker. Mira is enraged with jealousy and Eurydice’s stalker is now conveniently
dressed in a Carnaval costume representing Death. With beautiful music and
wonderful dances, the tragedy of Orfeo and Eurydice is made all the more poignant
than even the original.
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Welcometo the Highball, the best diner this side
of 1960, featuring eight lanes of bowling with
rental by the hour; seven different themed karaoke
rooms; and a ballroom event space set to host the
best dance parties, live music, and karaoke nights
that will leave you hoarse for days.

Join us for Happy Hour from 4:30-7:00, Monday

through Friday. We offer free karaoke (WHAT!) in
our private rooms, plus bowling is only $20/hour.
And you know it wouldn’t be a happy hour without
drink specials. We offer $2 Lone Stars, $2 Pints
or $4 Well Drinks, so you can be cheap while still
feeling classy! And if you really want to start the
week off right, check out our Reverse Happy Hour,
featuring all of the same drink deals, on Sunday
nights from 10-2.

Adjacent to the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in

Austin, Texas, The HighBall is also a spot to avoid
the lines and hang out before the movies or enjoy
coffee, dessert and delicious hand-made cocktails
afterwards.

Check out a listing of some of our events on the

following pages, and get full info and tickets at
thehighball.com.

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 TV Dinner: TGIF
May 2, 7pm, Free
Each week at TV Dinner we watch four of the funniest, most memorable and,
yes, even the Very Specialest episodes of an iconic TV show. Even though May 2
falls on a Monday, we’ll be celebrating TGIF with the Olsen Twins and Urkel as we
learn valuable lessons about family and friendship. In between episodes, expect
outbreaks of games, trivia and ridiculous fun.
TV Dinner: THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR
May 9 & 16, 7pm, Free
Now this is a story all about how we’re inviting Will Smith to be the prince of the
Highball! TV Dinner celebrates the freshest man to ever grace the television screen
by watching favorite episodes and mixing in games and trivia. I have a feeling that
the Carlton dance will be involved...
DALE WATSON LIVE
Every Thursday at 8pm, Free
With a recording career spanning over two decades, Dale is basically a state–hell,
national– treasure, rocking roadhouses and dance halls with his signature brand of
honky tonk and country swing. This guy is the real deal, and once you’ve seen him,
you’ll be back every week. And we’ll have some $2.50 local beer waiting for you.
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The 2nd Annual KENTUCKY DERBY PARTY
May 7, 3pm, Free
It’s not like we ever need an excuse to wear big hats and sip mint juleps, but
we’re still excited to host a viewing party for the Kentucky Derby. Join us for an
afternoon of nail-biting racing, themed menu specials, a fancy hat contest and the
opportunity to feel so very rich.
THE HIGHBALL PROM
presented by THE SUPERSET
May 14, 10:30pm, $5
You guys, I can’t believe we’re finally graduating! Let’s celebrate these last four
years by throwing the best prom EVER! This year’s theme is “Under the Sea”, and
the SuperSet will be decking out the ballroom with lights, balloons and a ridiculous
amount of crepe paper. Bring your favorite dance partner and don’t forget to vote
for Prom Queen and King! It will truly be the most magical night of our lives, and
we’ll have a photo booth with Annie Ray so you can treasure those memories
forever. Seniors rule!
The SuperSet have been the mad geniuses behind Storm the Castle, Under the Big
Top, and several of our other big costumed events, and so we can guarantee that
this collaboration between The Action Pack, Houndstooth Design, DJ Fuckin’ A and
the SuperSet dancers will be the single best prom in Austin this spring.
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MOTOWN MONDAYS
featuring THE MATCHMAKER BAND
Every Monday at 10pm, beginning May 16, Free
Ain’t no sound like Motown! Matchmaker is an Austin-based band with the flavors
of Motown, Classic Soul, and Funk. Featuring a 10-piece band including four
vocalists, brass and percussion, you will be sure to party the night away to their
funky retro tunes!

The Matchmaker Band has tore up the Higbhall ballroom alongside the Action Pack
with weekend parties over the spring, and this summer we’re bringing them in
for a Monday night residency that will make Tuesday morning hangovers 100%
acceptable.

THE SUPERSET presents the

SUPER HERO DANCE PARTY
Saturday, June 4, 10:30pm, $5
Since X-MEN: FIRST CLASS and THE GREEN LANTERN both come out in June, we had
to take advantage of this opportunity to throw a super dance party! The SuperSet
will transform the Highball into the ultimate superhero lair, and for one night, you
can shed your boring alter ego and be a hero on the dance floor. Costumes are
encouraged; saving the world is optional.

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Genuine Pub Quiz Trivia
Every Wednesday at 7pm, Free
The quiz consists of eight rounds of eight questions each, played by teams of up
to six people. Questions are read aloud by the quizmasters John Smith and James
Pound, and teams write down the answers, turning them in at the end of each
round.

Old Murder House Theatre presents ROBOCOP LIVE

Friday, June 24, Time TBA, $5

We first heard about the amazing live movie events that Old Murder House Theatre
was producing last winter, when they created stage show versions of DIE HARD and
HOME ALONE and performed them in bars on the east side. We’d been itching for
something that would fit in with the Alamo Drafthouse roots of the Highball for a
while anyway, and so we immediately asked them to bring their next production to
us, and happily for everyone, they accepted!
Teen Angst Tuesdays: MY SO-CALLED LIFE - LIVE
They wowed audiences in the ballroom with their performance of BACK TO THE Every Tuesday in June, 8pm, $5
FUTURE last spring, and from what they’ve told us ROBOCOP will be an even greater
spectacle. They’ll have homemade costumes, ingenious set pieces, and quality Join The Institution Theater every week as they take some of your guiltiest pleasure
acting with superb timing all bringing the story of Detroit’s greatest hero to life. teen dramas and perform episodes LIVE on stage. Relive all those first loves,
Not to be missed! humiliating blows, and everything in between.

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 SPIDER HOUSE PRESENTS

FORMERLY THE UNITED STATES ART AUTHORITY

NEXT DOOR TO SPIDER HOUSE

FOR UPCOMING EVENTS VISIT SPIDERHOUSECAFE.COM
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