SPACES Basquiat D: Julian Schnabel; with , SUNDAY 14 Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani, special screenings David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Courtney Boxing Gym (2010) D: Frederick Love, Parker Posey, Elina Lowensohn, Paul Bartel, BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN Wiseman. (NR, 91 min.) AFS Documentary Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Tatum O’Neal. (R, Tour. See review, p.66. Frederick Wiseman and 107 min.) Hey Look, a Movie About Art. Reserve The symbol (*) indicates full-length reviews available online: austinchronicle.com/film. Richard Lord will be in attendance for a Q&A; see car spots at www.austinstarvingart.com; lawn seating is “A History of Violence,” p.44, for an interview with free. (*) @Blue Starlite Drive-In, 7pm. the director. @Alamo Drafthouse South, 7pm. Leupold, Peter Blankenstein. (NR, 90 min.) Austin Creature From the Black Lagoon (3-D) Comic Con: Guests in Attendance. Coprophiliacs Madagascar (2005) @Alamo Drafthouse Lake (1954) @Blue Starlite Drive-In, 9pm. (See Sunday.) THURSDAY looking for a movie that really rings their chimes will 11 Creek, 11am. (See Saturday.) positively tintinnabulate in response to this arthouse Santo Contra las Lobas (Santo vs. the She- The Bridge on the River Kwai horror number. Williams, Yennie, and Kitamura, the Saturday Night Live Sunday Brunch Wolves) (1976) See p.70. (1957) D: David Lean; with William Holden, actors who portray the movie’s three victims, will be Catch up with the night before on the morning after. Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa. (NR, Stand and Deliver (1988) See p.72. present for a Q&A. (*) @Alamo Ritz, 9:40pm. @Alamo Drafthouse South, 11am. 161 min.) Digital Classics. The big screen is the Titicut Follies (1967) See p.70. Star Wars (1977) D: George Lucas; with Mark place to see this widescreen epic about British sol- The Killing of Jacob Marr (2010) D: Brad Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, diers, interned in a Japanese prison camp, who build Rego; with Morgan White, Brandon Beilis, Alyssa Mann, The Walking Dead TV at the Alamo. @Alamo Alec Guinness. (PG, 121 min.) Nerd-in-chief presents the titular bridge as a morale-boosting exercise. A Elizabeth Drake. (NR, 107 min.) Twenty years after Drafthouse South, Alamo Drafthouse Village, 10pm. Big Screen Monday. @501 Studios, 7pm. winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture, the murdering his parents at the urging of a strange film will be screened in Sony Digital 4K. object he found in the woods, a young man returns @Alamo Drafthouse South, 7pm. to his childhood home and finds it rented out to new- SPACES comers. Will the massacre begin again? The director NBC Thursdays TV at the Alamo. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover TUESDAY and some of the cast of this indie horror film will be 16 @Alamo Drafthouse Village, 10pm. (1989) See p.72. in attendance for a Q&A. @Alamo Drafthouse Village, Amélie (2001) D: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; 3pm. Creature From the Black Lagoon (3-D) with Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, (1954) D: Jack Arnold; with Richard Carloson, Julia Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Artus de Penguern, Dominique SPACES Labyrinth (1986) @Tinseltown South, 12mid; Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor $5. (See Friday.) Pinon, Serge Merlin, Isabelle Nanty, Jamel Debbouze. No Son Invisibles: Maya Women and Paiva. (NR, 79 min.) Hey Look, a Movie About Art. (R, 122 min.) Girlie Night. Celebrate love and little Microfinance (2010) D: Melissa Edison. UT Madagascar (2005) D: Eric Darnell, Tom Reserve car spots at www.austinstarvingart.com; lawn twists of fate in this sepia-in-Technicolor portrait of Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the McGrath; with the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, seating is free. @Blue Starlite Drive-In, 9pm. Paris. (*) @Alamo Ritz, 7pm. Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Dexter Watch Party @Jo’s (Downtown), Studies. 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1969) Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter. (PG, 86 8pm; Free. Muhammad Yunus guides viewers through the stories min.) Kids Club. Free. (*) @Alamo Drafthouse Lake D: Dario Argento; with Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall. of three Chiapas women, demonstrating how micro- Creek, 11am. Documentary Films, Shorts, and (PG, 96 min.) Terror Tuesday. This early Argento film, finance has stimulated change for the better in their Animations Austin Polish Film Festival 2010. This in which an American writer in Rome witnesses a lives. @Mezes Hall (on the UT campus), 7pm; free. Men in Black (1997) @CM Cedar Park, 12mid; program includes works by leading Polish filmmakers, murder in an art gallery, has all the makings of the $5. (See Friday.) young directors, and award-winning students. @Boyd director’s signature horror style: unusual POV shots, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Vance Theatre at the Carver Museum, 4pm. prurient peeping, and widescreen camera choreogra- phy. @Alamo Ritz, 10:10pm. D: Jim Sharman; with Richard O’Brien, Barry Bostwick, Pollock (2000) D: ; with Harris, Marcia FRIDAY 12 , . (R, 95 min.) Austin fans Gay Harden, Amy Madigan, Jennifer Connelly, Jeffrey The Desperate Hours (1955) See p.70. have been dressing up and doing the “Time Warp” Tambor, John Heard, Val Kilmer. (R, 122 min.) Hey Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Labyrinth (1986) D: Jim Henson; with thing live for more than 30 years straight. For more Look, a Movie About Art. Reserve car spots at David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud. info, see www.austinrocky.org. @Alamo Drafthouse Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) @Alamo www.austinstarvingart.com; lawn seating is free. (*) Drafthouse Village, 7pm. (See Monday.) (PG, 101 min.) Cult Classic. Bowie is charismatic as Village, 12mid. @Blue Starlite Drive-In, 7pm. the King of the Goblins who kidnaps a baby boy in TV at the Alamo. @Alamo Drafthouse this imaginative film that mixes puppetry and live Village, 9:35pm. action. (*) @Tinseltown South, 12mid; $5. SPACES Madagascar (2005) @Alamo Drafthouse Lake Men in Black (1997) D: Barry Sonnenfeld; with Anthology of Polish Children’s Animation MONDAY 15 Creek, 11am. (See Saturday.) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent See p.70. D’Onofrio, Rip Torn, . (PG-13, 98 min.) Funny Books (2009) D: James Christopher; Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned Cult Classic. Jones and Smith are an entertaining with Derrick Morris, Mike Shirley, Vivianna Chan, Erin To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb SPACES combo as secret agents who monitor extraterrestri- (1964) D: Stanley Kubrick; with Peter Sellers, George Larson, Stephanie Dunbar, Will Castro. This locally Handmade Nation (2009) D: Faythe Levine. als. (*) @CM Cedar Park, 12mid; $5. C. Scott, Slim Pickens, Sterling Hayden, Kennan Wynn, produced feature film is an homage to the comic (NR, 90 min.) Hey Look, a Movie About Art. Reserve book universe, and this screening is scheduled as James Earl Jones. (NR, 93 min.) Digital Classics. More lethal than a nuclear waste dump, Kubrick’s car spots at www.austinstarvingart.com; lawn seating is SPACES an end-of-the-day extra for Comic Con attendees. free. @Blue Starlite Drive-In, 8pm. Cast and crew will greet guests at 7pm and be avail- komedy at least kills us with laughter. Thirty-five “Freedom on the Fence” D: Andrea Marks able for a Q&A after the screening. See more info years after its making, this film seems even more and Glenn Holsten. (NR, 40 min.) Austin Polish Film at www.twitchydolphin.com. @Marriott Courtyard Hotel, insidiously knowing and “on target” than ever – and Festival 2010. APPF guest director Andrea Marks will 7:30pm. it’s undoubtedly the most hilarious anti-war statement ever put to film. See it before the world ends. (*) WEDNESDAY present her short film on the history of Polish film 17 posters. A reception will follow. A poster exhibit con- Moulin Rouge (2001) D: Baz Luhrmann; with @Alamo Drafthouse Village, 7pm. Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned tinues at AMOA – Downtown through Sunday. Horse Feathers (1932) See p.72. To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb @Art Institute of Austin, 7pm; free. Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh. (PG-13, 135 min.) Musicals That Don’t Suck. Reserve car spots at Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is (1964) @Alamo Drafthouse Village, 7pm. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) D: Joe www.austinstarvingart.com; lawn seating is free. (*) Everybody Talkin’ About Him?) (2010) D: John (See Monday.) Johnston; with Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia @Blue Starlite Drive-In, 8pm. Scheinfeld. (NR, 116 min.) Music Monday. To answer Horse Feathers (1932) See p.72. Strassman, Kristine Sutherland. (PG, 93 min.) Polish Animation and Shorts Austin Polish the question about this enigmatic musician, the film Daylight Savings Special. Reserve car spots at uses promotional films, music videos, home movies, Impulse (1974) D: William Grefe; with William www.austinstarvingart.com; lawn seating is free. Film Festival 2010. The program includes a selection Shatner, Ruth Roman, Jennifer Bishop, Kim Nicholas. of shorts, animation, and documentaries, and guest and television appearances, as well as interviews @Blue Starlite Drive-In, 7pm. with the likes of Robin Williams, Yoko Ono, Van Dyke (PG, 91 min.) Weird Wednesday With William Grefe. director Andrea Marks will be present to show her In his inimitable style, Shatner stars in this story The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) film about the history of Polish poster art, “Freedom Parks, Randy Newman, the Smothers Brothers, and Micky Dolenz. @Alamo Ritz, 9:40pm. about a lethal lonelyhearts gigolo who seduces D: Jack Arnold; with Grant Williams. (NR, 81 min.) on the Fence.” @Austin Film Studios Screening women, bilks their savings, then kills them. Director Daylight Savings Special. Reserve car spots at Room, 5pm. Grefe will be in attendance. (*) @Alamo Ritz, 12mid. www.austinstarvingart.com; lawn seating is free. @Blue Starlite Drive-In, 9pm. Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th imax Anniversary Event (2010) NCM Fathom. Recorded at London’s O2 theatre on Oct. 3, this per- Arabia 3D (2010) D: Greg MacGillivray. (NR, 40 min.) A combination of historical re-creations and con- formance features original cast members and Nick SATURDAY temporary scenes of everyday life, this film follows the story of a 22-year-old Arabian filmmaking student as he Jonas. @Arbor, CM Cedar Park, Hill Country Galleria, 13 returns home from Chicago to make a film about his native culture. Thu. (11/11)-Wed., 1:30, 6:30pm. Metropolitan, Southpark Meadows, Tinseltown North, 7:30pm. Alien vs. Ninja (2010) D: Seiji Chiba; Hubble 3D (2010) D: Toni Myers; narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. (NR, 45 min.) This breathtaking with Mika Hijii, Ben Hiura. (NR, 90 min.) documentary follows NASA’s May 2009 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. (*) Thu. (11/11)- Austin Comic Con. The title says everything you need Sat., 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30pm; Sun., 2:30, 5:30, 8:30pm; Mon.-Wed., 11:30am, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30pm; to know about this new Japanese action comedy. Thu. (11/18), 11:30am, 2:30pm. @Alamo Ritz, 12mid. SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Legends of Flight (2010) D: Stephen Low. (NR, 42 min.) One hundred years of aviation history are Don Pasquale (2010) (NR, 194 min.) The explored in this 3-D film, which also looks to the future of commercial airline travel. Thu. (11/11), 10:30am, The Austin Chronicle is published every Thursday. Info Met: Live in HD. Anna Netrebko performs opposite 3:30, 7:30pm; Fri.-Sat., 10:30am, 3:30, 7:30, 9:30pm; Sun., 3:30, 7:30pm; Mon.-Wed., 10:30am, 3:30, is due the Monday of the week prior to the issue date. The Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John 7:30pm; Thu. (11/18), 10:30am, 1:30, 4:30pm. deadline for the Nov. 26 issue is Monday, Nov. 15. Include Del Carlo in the title role. Music Director James name of event, date, time, location, price, phone number(s), a Levine conducts. @Arbor, CM Cedar Park, Hill Texas: The Big Picture (2003) D: Scott Swofford; narrated by Colby Donaldson. (NR, 39 min.) Panoramic description, and any available photos or artwork. Country Galleria, Metropolitan, Southpark Meadows, shots of Texas grace the screen as the state is shown to be a land capable of growing everything from grape- fruit to microchips. Thu. (11/11)-Sat., 9:30am; Mon.-Wed., 9:30am; Thu. (11/18), 9:30am, 12:30, 3:30pm. Send submissions to the Chronicle, PO Box 49066, Austin, Tinseltown North, noon. TX 78765; fax, 458-6910; or e-mail. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) The Alps (2007) D: Stephen Judson; narrated by Michael Gambon. (NR, 45 min.) John Harlin III attempts Contact Marjorie Baumgarten (Special Screenings): (2009) D: Tom Six; with Dieter Laser, Ashley C. to climb the north face of the Eiger, the site of his father’s death 40 years earlier. The music is by rock band [email protected]; Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura, Andreas Queen. Thu. (11/11)-Wed., 12:30, 4:30pm. Wayne Alan Brenner (Offscreen): [email protected]. 74 T H E A U S T I N C H R O N I C L E NOVEMBER 12, 2010 a u s t i n c h r o n i c l e . c o m