Oscar Winners at the Alamo!

See Oscar Winners on the Big Screen!
THE KING'S SPEECH (Lamar)
BLACK SWAN (Lamar)
THE FIGHTER (Village)
SHORT: GOD OF LOVE (Lamar)
SHORT: THE LOST THING (Lamar)

Even before THE KING'S SPEECH won a handful of Academy Awards last night, the MPAA announced that there will be a re-release of the film. The re-release will be an edited PG-13 version. We would like to say that this is silly, and that you should see the R-rated version (only rated R for a few very entertaining scenes of swearing) while you can. We're not sure if they'll be pulling this version, but just in case!

That said, KING'S SPEECH earned Colin Firth the Best Actor Award, Tom Hooper the Best Director Award, and the highly sought after Best Picture of the Year award. BLACK SWAN (still screening at S. Lamar) earned the adorably prego Natalie Portman the Best Actress award. THE FIGHTER, still screening at the Village pulled in both Supporting Actor & Actress (Christian Bale and Melissa Leo). Lastly, if you haven't seen the Oscar Nominated Shorts, we highly recommend popping into the theater to see the two winners on the big screen. GOD OF LOVE and THE LOST THING will both be screening for one more week!

Then, do yourself a favor and watch Luke Matheny's acceptance speech. It's pretty great.

And you thought you knew everything about robot action movies...

ENDHIRAN: THE ROBOT

Special One-Week Engagement, Feb 25 - March 3

Late Nights at Alamo South Lamar

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Like most people, our first awareness of ENDHIRAN: THE ROBOT came via this YouTube post.

In just 589 ridiculous, CGI-laden seconds, we were hooked. We knew we had to have the movie. The American distributors were a little surprised to hear that a mainstream theater was interested in the film but after a wary negotiation, we got it, all 9 reels of it. It's now playing at the Alamo South Lamar.

For us it was just business as usual, keeping our eyes open and finding cool things for our audience. We hadn't realized it was newsworthy, but WIRED thought it was, so much so that they wrote it up today, with quotes from Alamo honcho Tim League and links to other Bollywood (and Kollywood: note the difference) excess.

We even got an unexpectedly glowing review from the Austin Chronicle, whose Marc Savlov called it the "best apocalyptic sci-fi-romcom-melodrama-dance-off date movie of the year." In your face, Bieber!

As if all that weren't enough, the US Official site of the movie is like a trip back to 2002, in a good way. Don't miss the "Press Section." Most people have to eat lead paint to see such wondrous sights! I especially like the fact that the robot is powered by Pentium. I wonder if it has a hotmail account and a CD-ROM.

Beer Party + Birdemic = Birdemic Fest

1 Year Anniversary of BIRDEMIC:
BIRDEMIC FEST
Friday 2/25, Midnight @Village
Advance tickets available here

Birdemic is the greatest cult film of recent memory. It's so hilarious, so insane, so misguided that Vice Magazine describes it as "The Kennedy assassination of jokes.“

We played the pants off of it last year, and even had the film's eccentric creator (who's a personal friend of David Lynch) to the Ritz. Now, it's 1 year later, and director James Nguyen has issued a call to arms that he calls BIRDEMIC FEST!

What is Birdemic Fest, you ask? It's quite simple, really. As Nguyen explains in this absolutely brilliant video, it's a mathematical equation: Birdemic Fest = Beer Party + Birdemic. We're going to be hosting the best Birdemic Fest in the world, right at the Village, this Friday at midnight. Watch the video, get in the mood, and HAPPY BIRDEMIC!

Get your tickets for this great show now.

Celluloid Handbag presents ALL ABOUT EVE
with live performance by Rebecca Havemeyer
Wednesday, February 23
Alamo Ritz 7pm

In honor of the impending Oscar night Celluloid Handbag is bringing you a movie that was nominated for 6 Academy Awards (in 1950). Rebecca Havemeyer will be on stage before the movie singing and dancing and giving out her own very special type of awards. Come on down to the Ritz tonight so we can all celebrate with a movie that embodies all the great traditions of the Oscars from the beautiful women in designer dresses giving quotable speeches, and also the scratching and gouging your way to the top to satisfy that insatiable ego!

Got Something to Share? Come to Open Screen Night!

YOU Control the Screen:
OPEN SCREEN NIGHT
Wednesday 2/23, 9:20 @Ritz
Advance tickets available here

OPEN SCREEN NIGHT is one of our favorite, and most bizarre, Alamo traditions. At this event, we give YOU control over our screen. For this night only, you choose the programming, and we will project absolutely anything you bring. Want to show off the new short film you just made? Perfect, bring it in. Wanna make everyone watch a particularly uncomfortable clip on YouTube? Just give us the URL and we’ll put it up. Have a favorite home movie or super embarrassing clip of your college roommate? Bring that in, too!

And even if you don’t have anything to show this time, come on out to have your mind blown. You never know what you’re going to see at OPEN SCREEN NIGHT, but somewhere in there you’ll definitely get a special treat. And if anything crappy gets shown you’ll only have to suffer through two minutes of it before our gonger can respond to your boos and get that garbage off the screen with one mighty bang on his gong.

Here’s a special note of encouragement from Chris Trew, the emcee of the evening: “The Stand-up comedy open mics in Austin are always packed with hungry performers looking for stage time in hopes of meeting new people to collaborate with or impressing people-in-charge to get some paid gigs. OPEN SCREEN NIGHT isn’t that different. If you’re a filmmaker (especially a comedic filmmaker) then you should be here with your DVD or YouTube link. It would be silly not to. Sure, you might get gonged, but if you do then take the note and come back next month with something better.”

Trew will be joined by his comedy theater The New Movement, who will be bringing their own special videos and will engage in entr’acte antics.

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The Dude Abides!

The Action Pack presents
THE BIG LEBOWSKI QUOTE-ALONG
Get your tickets HERE
Monday Feb. 21 at South Lamar

"I am not 'Mr. Lebowski'. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

The Action Pack is bringing The Big Lebowski Quote-Along back and better than ever. How can it get better you ask? Well first off, we're bringing THE BIG LEBOWSKI QUOTE-ALONG BACK! Complete with highlighted lines for you to quote-along with, karaoke style, inflatable bats to beat each other with as you yell out, "This is what happens when you..." ah you get the idea. We'll also have Hotel California in Spanish for you to sing, over-sized men's underwear to toss in the air, and last but not least...the Jesus.

If that wasn't enough to drag you out of the house tonight maybe this little gem will, ANY TIME two hours before or after the show, you can stroll into the Highball for $3 White Russians and 50% off your first hour of bowling.

So slide on that Little Lebowski Urban Achiever shirt and head on down to S. Lamar early or stay late, because it's going to be totally far out, at least that's just... like our opinion...man.

Get your tickets HERE.

5 Best Picture Nominees, 1 Awesome Sunday

Your last chance to see these gems on the big screen:
Academy Award Best Picture Nominees, Part 2
Starting Sunday 2/20, 11:30am @Lamar

Last week we did our first round of five Best Picture Nominees, in one marathon session. This coming Sunday is round two, where five of the best films of the year will be playing back to back for you to catch-up or relive their magnificence.

TRUE GRIT, BLACK SWAN, WINTER'S BONE, THE KING'S SPEECH, and THE SOCIAL NETWORK. That's one darn good line-up. You can get individual tickets for each show, but the real film lovers will choose to get all of them. That's a day at the cinema!

While you can still see TRUE GRIT, BLACK SWAN, and THE KING'S SPEECH in regular showings at Lamar, the real gems are WINTER'S BONE, the stark indie that won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance last year, and THE SOCIAL NETWORK, the stunning and gorgeous story of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg. These two films are truly fantastic, and the experience of seeing them on the big screen is a privilege you shouldn't let pass you by.

Get your tickets for these great shows now.