Legendary actor Wings Hauser in Person tonight for VICE SQUAD and RUBBER Premiere!

Mind-blowing Cinematic Insanity!

VICE SQUAD & RUBBER Double Feature with Wings Hauser

Thursday 9:45pm Ritz

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The great, the legendary WINGS HAUSER will be joining us tonight, screening his immortal classic VICE SQUAD and a midnight advance screening of his newest film, the modern classic RUBBER, opening this weekend at Ritz!

This is an ultra-rare opportunity to spend some time with one of the most intense men on planet Earth and enjoy hours of cinematic rage with the screen's greatest beast.

Only double feature tickets will be available in advance, but individual show tickets will be on sale at the door for each film if any are available.

Special perk for Fantastic Fest 2011 badgeholders: If you have pre-purchased your 2011 badge (any badge), bring in your ID and receive a $5 food and beverage voucher good at these shows.

Special thanks to Magnet Films and the great Wings Hauser for making this show possible.

You can find out more information about this great double feature here. And don't miss RUBBER starting Friday at the Ritz!

Found Footage Festival Tonight!

Unbelievable Video Oddities:
FOUND FOOTAGE FESITVAL
Wednesday 3/30, 7:00 & 9:35 @Ritz
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For years, FOUND FOOTAGE curators Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher have sifted through garage sales, thrift stores, and even dumpsters mining for bona fide VHS tape gold. And friends, they have struck paydirt time and again.

We're excited to welcome them back to Austin for a one-night only showcase of their latest and greatest finds (plus a few longtime favorites too). From the curiously-produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, witness the resurrection of these forgotten treasures served up with Pickett and Prueher's informative (and damn funny) observations and commentary.

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Korean Vengeance-fest I SAW THE DEVIL Now Playing at Ritz!

I SAW THE DEVIL
Now Playing at the Ritz
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I SAW THE DEVIL is a shockingly violent and stunningly accomplished tale of murder and revenge from Korean genre master Kim Jee-woon (THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD and A TALE OF TWO SISTERS). OLDBOY's Choi Min-sik plays Kyung-chul, a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. The embodiment of pure evil, he has committed horrifying and senselessly cruel serial murders on defenseless victims, successfully eluding capture by the police.

On a freezing, snowy night, his latest victim is the beautiful Ju-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief and pregnant fiancée of elite special agent Dae-hoon (THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD's Lee Byung-hyun). Obsessed with revenge, Dae-hoon decides to track down the murderer, even if doing so means becoming a monster himself. And when he finds Kyung-chul, turning him in to the authorities is the last thing on his mind.

The lines between good and evil fall away in this diabolically twisted game of cat and mouse. Pushing the concept of revenge to its most extreme limits, Kim Jee-woon brilliantly transcends the police procedural and serial killer genres in surprising and thrilling new ways.

Alamo Iron Chef: Barry Lyndon

Alamo Iron Chef:
Barry Lyndon
Thursday 3/24, 7:30pm @Lamar
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This Thursday, we will present the latest installment of our long running Alamo Iron Chef competition, in which our chefs face off against their kitchen counterparts from Austin’s finest restaurants. Each chef prepares a meal of half-courses. At the end they are judged by a panel of experts and a winner is crowned by our own Chairman Kaga, Alamo founder and CEO Tim League. We never know which chef will emerge victorious but we can be certain that the audience will win every time.

This time, our chefs led by Chief Executive Chef John Bullington will face off against the highly acclaimed Julio-Cesar Florez Zaplana of La Sombra. It will be an epic battle. Are you ready for it?

Atanley Kubrick's BARRY LYNDON presents the story of 18th century Irish adventurer Redmond Barry, and his rise and fall within the aristocracy of the United Kingdom. Shot gorgeously and with a cast full of the greatest character actors of the 1970s, LYNDON is a period piece without match. Roger Ebert describes it as "one of the most beautiful films ever made." That says it all.

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SXFantastic Titles at the Ritz All Week

A Taste of SXSW:
SXFantastic Films at the Ritz
Sunday 3/20-Wednesday 3/23 @Ritz
Advance tickets available here

At the Ritz all next week, we're bringing back four of the SXFantastic films that have been some of the highlights of this year's SXSW! In case you don't know, SXFantastic is Fantastic Fest's sidebar of the film festival, a series of cutting-edge midnight movies selected by our programming team.

We're also bringing back two of our favorite short films from this year's festival, SATAN SINCE 2003 and DENMARK. These films were so perfect that we couldn't resist holding onto them and sharing them one more time, and you're going to absolutely love them.

KILL LIST
Sunday, March 20 - 9:00

THE FP w/ SATAN SINCE 2003 (short)
Monday, March 21 - 9:00

JEZ JERZY w/ DENMARK (short)
Tuesday, March 22 - 9:00

COLD SWEAT
Wednesday, March 23 - 9:35

These screenings are absolutely open to the public, no badge or any special jewelry required. Fantastic Fest badgeholders will get a discount if they buy their tickets at the door.

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Announcing HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN: THE GAME

Hey folks! Good news – we’re officially in the gaming business!

We’ve just launched a game for the iPhone in celebration of Jason Eisener’s HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN! Just in time for SXSW, you can now clean up the streets (one shell at a time) as the loveable hobo that just can’t stand those punks and criminals. Witness the brutal beauty of 8-bit gore!

We just launched this bad boy last week, so be among the first to blow the brains out of some scumbags (via your iPhone of course). You can find out more information about the game here (including screen shots and awesome 8-bit graphics) or you can purchase the game directly from the iTunes store for $2.99 here! Now load up on ammo and protect your fair city (again… via your iPhone…).

SXSW Presents: MARS

Looking for Life and Love on:
MARS
Monday 3/7-Wednesday 3/9 @Ritz
Advance tickets available here

Austinite and University of Texas film professor Geoff Marslett's new feature, MARS, is a marvel of technological innovation and free-spirited filmmaking. Marslett, who in 2009 was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine, wrote software and invented a new style of animation for MARS. The result is a whimsical blend of live action and animation imagery.

The new film, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival 2010 and has since been playing at dozens of fests around the world, is a pensive adventure film set on Mars. Mark Duplass (Star of TV's THE LEAGUE and Writer/Director of CYRUS, THE PUFFY CHAIR, and BAGHEAD) stars alongside newcomer Zoe Simpson in a love story that blooms during an interstellar adventure. Along the way they question the very nature of exploration: Why do we want to know what is out there? How do we react to what we find? Is it really that important? And where does love fit into the whole thing?

Presented by SXSW

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FOUR LIONS DVD Release Party!

Drafthouse Films' First DVD Release:
FOUR LIONS
Tuesday 3/8, 7:40pm @Village
Advance tickets available here

You supported us. When the Alamo Drafthouse decided to start a distribution arm, we came out of the gate running with the awesome and original British comedy FOUR LIONS. It was a gamble, but you made it a huge success! FOUR LIONS has been one of the best received and highest grossing foreign comedies of the year, and it was in large part due to the overwhelmingly positive support of the Austin community.

This hilarious film, named one of the Top 10 Films of 2010 by Time Magazine, is finally ready to be released on DVD; the street date is March 8. And to celebrate, we're giving back to the city that made this all possible. On March 8, we're having a special screening of FOUR LIONS. This will be the last chance to see this film on the big screen.

The best part: it's free! And that's not all. Not only will we have the newly minted DVDs and Blu-rays to sell, but we'll be raffling some limited edition shirts and posters as well.

So make sure to come support the Alamo Drafthouse and Drafthouse Films by attending the DVD Release Party at the Village this Tuesday. It'll be a night to remember.

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AIGA Presents: HANDMADE NATION

Crafters Unite!:
HANDMADE NATION
Sunday 3/6, 7pm @Ritz
Advance tickets available here

HANDMADE NATION documents the new wave of art, craft and design that is capturing the attention of the nation. Filmmaker Faythe Levine traveled to 15 cities and covered more than 19,000 miles to interview artists, crafters, makers, curators and community members. Today’s craft world has emerged as a synthesis of historical technique, punk culture, and the DIY ethos, also influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism and art.

Levine captures the tightly knit community that exists through websites, blogs, and online stores that connect to the greater public through independent boutiques, galleries and craft fairs.

Interviews were conducted on location in artist studios, homes, boutiques, offices and craft fairs, giving the public an exclusive and rarely seen look into the lives of these creative individuals.

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CARMEN 3D Saturdays at the Village

The Royal Opera House and RealD Present:
CARMEN 3D
Every Saturday from 3/5-3/26 @Village
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There is perhaps no greater cultural outing than a trip to the Opera. Every year our friends at Austin Lyric Opera produce some of the greatest shows in the US, staging classic operas and new works for our community. But when Opera season is over, you're left with few options.

Thankfully, RealD has partnered with one of the premier opera companies in the world, the Royal Opera House of London, to tour with a filmed version of one of the most loved operas, Georges Bizet's CARMEN. And that's not all - they're presenting it, for the first time in history, in 3D! Yes, that's right, a 3D Opera.

And while you probably won't see the melodies flying towards your head, you will experience this magnificent opera in the most crisp, gorgeous, state of the art quality imaginable.

It's like having a front row ticket to the greatest opera performance in the world. How could you skip that?

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Oh, hi, Austin... The Room is baaacckkk

The Room returns to Alamo Village with a new weekly slot!
Thursdays at 10 pm starting March 3!
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You asked for it, Austin, and now you've got it... The Room in all its craptastic glory will make a triumphant(!?) return to Alamo Village starting Thursday, March 3. And there it will stay at 10 pm each week so can indulge weekly in this masterpiece of cinematic WTF-ery and induct new members into the cult -- We're thinking the time is especially right to induct those who've always given the excuse that midnight is too late.

Intentional "black comedy"? Completely inept filmmaking? A completely inept attempt at making a black comedy? Did Tommy Wiseau really direct "the Citizen Kane of bad movies"? Or was is it actually the script supervisor? Does it matter? Probably not, 'cause nothing really trumps the 100% pure god-awful/awesome entertainment that is The Room.

So stock up on plastic spoons, inflate those footballs, get your tux dry cleaned, and get ready to make the Village your new home on Thursday nights.