THE LOST BOYS Tonight at the Ritz

Big Screen Horror Classics: THE LOST BOYS
Wednesday, October 15, 9:15pm
The Ritz

Enjoy this 80's Horror classic the way it was meant to be- with BLOODY MARY Cocktail specials and a heaping bowl of Fried Rice or Noodles!

David: How are those maggots?
Michael: Huh?
David: Maggots, Michael. You're eating maggots. How do they taste?

No horror movie captured the excitement, humor and plain weirdness of the '80s like THE LOST BOYS, and its bloodthirsty legacy is still undead and kicking over two decades later! Teen brothers Michael and Sam (Jason Patric and Corey Haim) move in with their grandpa in Santa Carla, 'The Murder Capital of the World.'

Turns out that a pack of leatherclad bad boy vampires led by Kiefer Sutherland is responsible for the body count, and Michael finds himself drawn into a terrifying, nightcrawling transformation. Luckily, local comic shop clerks/monster hunters The Frog Brothers (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander) are up to the task of taking down the venomous threat once and for all! Packed with shocks, laughs, unbelievable '80s fashion and a soundtrack that includes the most ripping sax-rock jam in the history of earholes!

"Come on, be one of us"

Girlie Night Presents:

Girlie Night:
CLUELESS
Tues, 7pm, Alamo Ritz
Tickets available here

The first two nights of Girlie Night were a huge success, and we're all sorts of excited to have the second film in this new series debuting at the Ritz tonight - CLUELESS. There are some people in our society today who try to belittle this film, people who don't recognize the sheer brilliance that Amy Heckerling brought to the screen years before any of us knew that Tina Fey even existed, but those people are so, like, way harsh. As if! The rest of us know that CLUELESS is a total Betty.

To bring the world of Cher's fashion, matchmaking, and overall fabulouslness off of the silver screen and out into the theater, we're not only going to be bringing this classic high school opus back onto the big screen, but we've created a special drink that will only be offered during this movie - the Chertini. It's a blonde and dangerous mix of passion fruit and vanilla vodkas, finished off with passion fruit juice and served with a shot of champagne on the side. If that doesn't get you rollin' with the homies, I don't know what will.

TV at the ALAMO

TV at the Alamo presents
GOSSIP GIRL
Monday at 7

HEROES
Monday at 9:30

I'm not going to take sides in this big crazy KXAN versus Time Warner fight. I've got DirecTV at home, a good Internet connection at the office, and I can pretty much watch NBC shows from wherever I am. But that doesn't change the fact that I love heading up to the Village every week to catch a double header of GOSSIP GIRL and HEROES.

Both shows have been absolutely NUTS so far this season. Will Dan and Serena stay broken up? Will Serena keep being a beeyotch, or will she remember that she wanted to be good friends with Blaire, so she out to stop taking her queen bee status from her?

Why is Noah going along with all this Sylar crap? Will unscarred Peter get scarred this season? Why does the tribal man who paints the future also paint in a comic book style?

Sooooo many questions, and we'll get another dose of answers tonight at the Village. Admission to each show is free, but you can reserve your seat ahead of time by purchasing a $5 food and beverage voucher online. Click here for a GOSSIP GIRL voucher, and here for a HEROES voucher.

WEST SIDE STORY Brunch this Sunday only!

You heard it right! WEST SIDE STORY in magnificent Technicolor with food to match! Buy those tickets here now!

This world-class musical is unarguably among the great classics of the screen, and Alamo chef John Bullington has been preparing for months to match its greatness with his own monumental culinary talents. Get ready to experience the maximum benefits of all your senses when this multicultural melting pot of a movie and menu are presented, all to their greatest effect on our big big screen at the Alamo Ritz! There has never been a feast like this, and like WEST SIDE STORY, it's destined to go down in history as one of the greatest experiences of its kind!

Here's that menu:

I West Side Bagel
Toasted onion bagel with whipped cream cheese and mojito isleno (Puerto Rican olive sauce)

II Shark's Escebeche
Lightly fried and marinated overnight atop baby spinach with grilled chayote

III Egg Riff and Egg Nardo
Fried Egg with irish lamb sausage on a black pepper biscuit with roast garlic gravy topped with fried onions Poached egg on carnival cornbread with pernil al horno (roast pork shoulder) and papaya tarragon sauce

IV Officer Crumpet
Crumpets torn between two rivals, guava-lime jam and strawberry jelly

Plus spice up your brunch with these optional drink specials:

Bloody Maria
Tomato juice livened up with annatto, tamarind and sofrito puree of pickled plantain and fried cilantro

Bloody Antone
Prosecco with blood orange juice and passion fruit

Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS Tonight at the Ritz

Cinema Cocktails: CITY LIGHTS
Tuesday, 10/7, 10:10p
Wednesday, 10/8, 10:30p
Alamo Ritz

Since the Ritz started serving liquor, we've had a the opportunity to highlight some of the great drinkers of the silver screen. And now we celebrate the most lovable souse of them all: Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp! At one time the most recognizable figure on earth, he still opens the door to our heart for blitzed hobos to stumble through. He was the original rambler. The misfit. The vanguard vagabond of the open road, with a bindle on his back, dancing (and sipping) his way through the great depression. But from the very first scene in CITY LIGHTS - which reveals the homeless Tramp passed out in the arms of a 'Prosperity' statue - you know you're in for something even more powerful than gettin' hammered. In the bright lights of his big city, no one has the time or the patience for the little guy. Alcohol, on some pure and perfect level, was Chaplin's great equalizer. Were it not for intoxicating spirits, the penniless Tramp would never have spent the night cavorting about town with a gin-goggled millionaire. But the next morning, sobriety puts the two back in their place, with hilarious and deeply affecting consequences. A timeless masterpiece that has grown even more intoxicating with age, CITY LIGHTS swizzles together the perfect cocktail of love, life and libations.

Drink alongside the Little Tramp with our Charlie Chaplin Martini special!
1oz sloe gin
1oz apricot brandy
lemon juice

Something sweet to wash away the bitter taste of the debate. See you there!

RELIGULOUS - Opens Friday at the Ritz!

RELIGULOUS
Opens Friday, Oct 3 at the Ritz!
Advance tickets available here


Three and a half stars from the Austin Chronicle!

"A film that's destined to make a lot of people mad, but Maher, for all his showy atheistic 'doubt,' isn't just trying to crucify religion -- he truly wants to know what makes it tick. He leaves no stone tablet unturned." - Owen Glieberman, Entertainment Weekly

"Religulous is often brilliant. It's definitely hilarious, sometimes to the point of leaving me wheezing and giggling...9 out of 10..." - Devin Farachi, CHUD.com

Behind all the controversy that has kept RELIGULOUS out of most theaters nationwide there lies a really, really funny movie. It might not be for everyone, but for those of you who don't mind a little doubt, we're certain that a lot of you will enjoy it as much as we intend to. Check out the trailer and see what we're excited by.

No religion is safe from the sharp aim--and still sharper wit--of Bill Maher in this comic look at organized belief systems around the world. This controversial documentary is directed by Larry Charles, who previously made both fans and foes with BORAT.

Local eco-doc THE UNFORESEEN at Barton Springs!

Presented by The City of Austin and The Austin Film Society.

Join the Alamo Rolling Roadshow for a special outdoor screening of Laura Dunn's award-winning, gripping eco-doc THE UNFORESEEN at Barton Springs! This is a must-attend film/event for anyone who considers themselves to be a true Austinite!

The American Dream of owning a house with a white picket fence goes head to head with environmental sustainability in Laura Dunn's lyrical and beautifully crafted documentary THE UNFORESEEN.

Dunn tracks the career of Gary Bradley, a west Texan farm boy who went to Austin and became one of the largest real estate developers in the state. In the '80s, Bradley had plans to transform miles of pristine hill country into large-scale subdivisions. But the development jeopardized Barton Springs, a swimming hole treasured by locals, and served as a lightning rod for mobilizing environmental activism that flourished under Governor Ann Richards. When George W. Bush took the state's executive reins, however, development patterns changed, and the water quality at Barton Springs, as well as the surrounding landscape of Austin, was irreversibly transformed.

Following the screening, stay for an incredible projection installation by artist Luke Savisky, funded by City of Austin and sponsored by the Austin Film Society.


Admission is $3 (in cash) at the door.

Winner: Independent Spirit Truer than Fiction Award

"The kind of transformative viewing experience that has made the current period a golden age for nonfiction film." - VARIETY

"A beautiful, soulful work about real estate development and sprawl, focused on Austin's beloved Barton Springs, and if you think that's impossible you haven't seen it." - SALON

More information on Barton Springs can be found here:

CITY OF AUSTIN : BARTON SPRINGS