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Summers in Austin aren’ getting any cooler. Now for the good news: the Paramount Summer Classic Series is returning for its 44th year, bringing more well-preserved film prints and dazzling digital restorations to our scorching hot town. This summer, we are screening more than 125 — from romance and to thrillers and chillers — and we hope you will join us for this annual three-month-long celebration of the SUMMER CLASSIC FILM SERIES movies! Films screening at the Paramount will be marked with a ( ), Presented by: while films screening at Stateside will be marked with an ( ).

Crazy in Love – Thurs, May 23 – Sun, May 26 Epic Sunday Matinee – Sun, June 2 Everyone can see these characters are in love — except them Clear your schedule for one of cinema’ greatest (and longest) movies OPENING NIGHT FILM! 85TH ANNIVERSARY 65TH ANNIVERSARY! Casablanca Seven Samurai (1942, 102min/&, 35mm) (1934, 105min/b&w, DCP) , Claudette (1954, 207min/b&w/Japanese w/ English subtitles, 35mm) Toshiro Mifune, , Ingrid Colbert, and . Directed by . Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima. Directed by . One of the Bergman, , Claude Of all the road-trip movies, this is easily the swooniest. most astonishing epics of all time, this masterpiece from legendary filmmaker Akira Rains, , Sydney Clark Gable and come together like Kurosawa tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the titular warriors to protect Greenstreet, and . fire and water, she an heiress who has eloped against them from invading bandits. This breathtaking classic seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human Directed by . You her father’s wishes and he a disgraced journalist who emotions and relentless action, into a rich, evocative, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope. 3pm Sun 6/2. must remember this…since we play it every year! As sees in her a career-saving scoop. Mutual benefit always, this breathtakingly romantic and riotously witty becomes romance in one of only three films to sweep tale of two lovers torn apart by war will be screened the Big Five Oscars (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, on 35mm. Because they’ always have , and we’ll They’re Doing Choreography – Tues, June 4 – Wed, June 5 Screenplay). 3:15pm Sat 5/25. Some of cinema’s most renowned choreographers do their best work always have film.Film Fan Members will be treated to an Opening Night Party at 6:30pm before the screening nd with free beer/wine/popcorn and free admission. 42 Street West Side Story 7:30pm Thurs 5/23. (1940, 92min/b&w, DCP) , , (1933, 89min/b&w, DCP) , Bebe Daniels, (1961, 151min/color, DCP) , Rita , and . Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Moreno, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, and George 30TH ANNIVERSARY! and . Directed by . Cary Grant plays an editor who learns that his ex-wife, a The film that launched the Golden Age of Chakiris. Directed by and . When Harry Met Sally former star reporter, is about to settle down and get musicals traces the creation of a Broadway show from Legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins earned a co-director credit for bringing his era-defining musical (1989, 96min/color, DCP) , , married with a boring businessman. Determined to its first casting call through its blockbuster opening night. smash to the screen, chronicling the growing animosity , and Bruno Kirby. Directed by . prevent this from happening, he tries to convince her to Featuring career-making performances from Ginger between two rival City gangs. Leonard Nora Ephron penned this beloved cover one last big scoop. 5:15pm Sat 5/25. Rogers and and the inimitable choreography Bernstein about two graduates who share a road trip to of Busby Berkley. 7pm Tues 6/4. and Stephen New York, engage in a series of heated debates about 55 ANNIVERSARY! 40TH ANNIVERSARY! Sondheim life and love, and unwittingly begin a star-crossed provide the friendship that seems destined to become something (1964, 170min/color, DCP) , Rex All That unforgettable more. Featuring career-topping performances by Billy Harrison, and . Directed by George (1979, 123min/color, DCP) , Jessica music and Crystal and Meg Ryan. 7:00pm Fri 5/24. Cukor. Legendary director adapts Lerner Lange, Ann Reinking, and . Directed by Bob lyrics. and Loewe’s iconic musical into one of Hollywood’s most . directs a warts-and-all, essentially 7:30pm sumptuous stage-to-screen adaptations, thanks in large auto-biographical tale about an eerily familiar musical Wed 6/5. (1987, 103min/color, 35mm) , , part to Audrey Hepburn and director and choreographer who pushes himself too hard. , and . Directed by as a seemingly Self-indulgent? Sure, and you can’t take your eyes off of . Cher deserved all the awards for this incompatible duo who — it. 8:45pm Tues 6/4. nuanced portrayal of a widow who hesitatingly accepts slowly but surely — become her boyfriend’s proposal of marriage. Hesitation turns accustomed to each other’s into full-blown indecision when she falls madly in love faces. Don’t miss this rare 1939: Hollywood’s Golden Year - Tues, June 11 – Thurs, June 13 with the boyfriend’s brother, played by the young, opportunity to see a beloved The 80th anniversary of the year that defined Hollywood’s Golden Age dreamy version of Nicolas Cage. Trust me: you’re going classic on the big screen! to want to buy a glass of wine before the movie starts. 2pm Sun 5/26. 80TH ANNIVERSARY! Arthur plays a traveling entertainer who gets more 8:55pm Fri 5/24. than she bargained for during a stopover in a South Mr. Smith Goes to American port town. There, she meets handsome and Washington aloof daredevil Cary Grant, who runs an airmail Family Film Festival – Sat, May 25 and stares down death while servicing towns $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! (1939, 129min/b&w, DCP) , , , and . Directed by Frank in treacherous mountain terrain. Thrills ensue. 8:55pm Capra. No one but Jimmy Stewart could have portrayed Wed 6/12. Jefferson Smith, a just, noble, and morally upright man 80TH ANNIVERSARY! (1939,The 102min/color/b&w, Wizard 35mm) of JudyOz Garland, , Ray who finds himself stuck in the middle of political power Bolger, , , and Margaret Hamilton. Directed by Victor plays resulting from a U.S. senator’s death. One of the Fleming. Most of us have already fallen in love with this timeless film, thanks most inspirational movies of all time, featuring what is (1939, 110min/b&w, 35mm) , Melvyn to countless television broadcasts and home video releases. But the Yellow easily cinema’s greatest filibuster. 7:30pm Tues 6/11. Douglas, , and . Directed Brick Road and those ruby slippers have never shimmered as brightly as they TH do on the Paramount screen in glorious 35mm. 1pm Sat 5/25. 80 ANNIVERSARY! by . Greta Garbo arrives in Paris on Stagecoach official Soviet business, My Man William (Powell) – Tues, May 28 – Wed, May 29 (1939, 96min/b&w, DCP) , , only to be sidetracked Four films starring everyone’s favorite tipsy detective , , and . by the charms of and the most romantic Directed by . John Ford was one of the most city in the world. This delightful film was marketed with TH accomplished directors ever to take on the 85 ANNIVERSARY! the simple tagline, “Garbo Laughs!” and you’ll see why genre, and this was arguably his greatest achievement. A that’s all it took. 7pm Thurs 6/13. (1936, 94min/b&w, DCP) , Carole fascinating bunch of characters, led by pre-superstardom TH Lombard, and . Directed by Gregory La John Wayne, board a 80 ANNIVERSARY! (1934, 93min/b&w, 35mm) Cava. When a scavenger hunt brings drunken socialites stagecoach bound for William Powell, , and to the city dump looking for forgotten men, Carole New Mexico. As you Maureen ’Sullivan. Directed by Lombard becomes so enamored with down-on-his-luck might have guessed, (1939, 94min/b&w, DCP) , James W.S. Van Dyke. Powell and Loy William Powell that she hires him as the family butler things don’t go Stewart, and . Directed by George star as cinema’s most charming in this deliriously funny smoothly. 7pm Wed Marshall. If you remember ’s parody couple , . 6/12. performance in Blazing Saddles, then you’ll know who also happen to be the finest detectives in New York. Powell is as dignified what to expect from Marlene And just imagine how good they’ be sober! In this and funny as ever, and 80TH ANNIVERSARY! Dietrich’s original dance hall first and best entry in the long-running series, these two Lombard shines as a queen as she encounters revelers, with their wire-haired fox terrier Asta by their seemingly flighty heiress Jimmy Stewart’s courageous side, attempt to solve the murder of an old friend without who knows exactly what lawman Tom Destry in this putting their martinis down. 7:00pm Tues 5/28. (1939, 121min/b&w, DCP) Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, she’s doing. 7pm Wed 5/29. , and . Directed by unforgettable Western. Howard Hawks. In this Howard Hawks classic, Jean 9:05pm Thurs 6/13. (1936, 112min/b&w, 35mm) William Powell, Myrna (1936, 98min/b&w, 35mm) , William Loy, and Jimmy Stewart. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. Powell, Myrna Loy, and . Directed by Jack Powell and Loy return as urbane husband-and-wife Conway. A mega-watt cast of Golden Age favorites Voted Most Likely to Act Out – Sat, June 15 sleuths, Nick and Nora Charles. In this entry, Nora’s dazzles in this Best Picture-nominated screwball comedy Two students who are much more interested in their “extracurricular activities” blue-blooded relatives become involved in blackmail and about an unscrupulous newspaper editor (Tracy) whose murder. Between witty banter and martinis (and an early TH schemes involving Harlow, Powell and Loy put him in 60 ANNIVERSARY! career appearance by Jimmy Stewart), the duo must RUSHMORE way over his head. 8:50pm Wed 5/29. (1998, 93min/color, Digital) , solve another convoluted mystery. 8:50pm Tues 5/28. the 400 blows , , and . Directed (1959, 99min/b&W, DCP) Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire by . Maurier, and Albert Remy. Directed by Francois Precocious high- Happy Anniversary, – Thurs, May 30 Truffaut. François Truffaut’s first feature is also his most schooler Jason Two of the most brain-twisting films of the past 20 years personal. Told through the eyes of Truffaut’s cinematic Schwartzman develops counterpart, Antoine TH TH a crush on a teacher 15 ANNIVERSARY! 20 ANNIVERSARY! Doinel (Jean-Pierre and befriends an Léaud), this renowned Eternal Sunshine of the eccentric tycoon Being classic sensitively who falls in love with Spotless Mind (1999, 113min/color, DCP) , Cameron re-creates the trials of the same woman. Soon, the prep-schooler and the (2004, 108min/color, DCP) , , Diaz, , and John Malkovich. Directed Truffaut’s own childhood, millionaire do battle in an escalating war of dangerous , , , and Tom by . John Cusack plays a struggling street unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive pranks in Wes Anderson’s follow up to his debut, Bottle Wilkinson. Directed by . After learning puppeteer who accidentally discovers a portal into the teachers, and petty crime. 3pm Sat 6/15. Rocket. 4:55pm Sat 6/15. that ex-girlfriend Kate Winslet has had all memories of mind of John Malkovich (as you do). This astonishing their relationship erased, Jim Carrey opts for film set Charlie Kaufman on the path toward the same treatment, only to begin regretting a household name as a – a rare and richly deserved honor. 9:05pm it as the memories begin to fade. A typically Family Film Festival – Sun, June 16 dazzling script from Charlie Kaufman opens Thurs 5/30. up to reveal a bruised but still beating heart. $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! 7pm Thurs 5/30. 20TH ANNIVERSARY! Japanese Horrors – Fri, May 31 A legendary screen monster, and a bizarre haunted house movie you have to see to believe (1999, 90min/color, DCP) , Harry Connick Jr., and . Directed by . At the time of its release, this animated gem TH was under-promoted and under-seen; little did the movie-going public know 65 ANNIVERSARY! (a..a. Hausu) HOUSE they were missing one of the smartest and most imaginative family films ever Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira) (1977, 88min/color/Japanese w/ English subtitles, made. This poignant story of a young boy and his new robot friend from (1954, 96min/b&w/Japanese w/ English subtitles, DCP) Digital) Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba, and outer space has heart and humor in spades. Guaranteed not to leave a dry Akira Takanada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, and Ai Matsubara. Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. This eye in the house. 1pm Sun 6/16. Takashi Shimura. Directed by Ishiro Honda. The roaring hallucinatory head trip follows a schoolgirl who travels granddaddy of all monster movies is also a remarkably with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a home and comes face-to-face with time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack evil spirits, a demonic house cat, a Father’s Day with – Sun, June 16 and -bomb testing in . Godzilla, the poignant bloodthirsty piano, and other ghoulish Treat Dad to a double feature on this special day! embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became visions. It’s actually, somehow, even 50TH ANNIVERSARY! a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more fun than it sounds. 8:55pm Fri Dr. No almost thirty sequels. 7pm Fri 5/31. 5/31. (1962, 110min/color, DCP) , Ursula

Andress, Joseph Wiseman, and . Directed On Her Majesty’s by Terence Young. James Bond roared onto the screen Secret Service Family Film Festival – Sun, June 2 and never looked back in this 007 debut, thanks in large (1969, 143min/color, DCP) George Lazenby, Telly $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! part to Sean Connery’s charismatic Savalas, , and Bernard Lee. Directed by Peter and captivating portrayal. Bond Hunt. In his only appearance as 007, George Lazenby journeys deep underground to My Neighbor TOTORO joins Diana Rigg to battle SPECTRE once again in the thwart the evil schemes of the (1988, 86min/color/dubbed in English, DCP) Tim Daly, Lea Salonga, , and Elle treacherous Swiss Alps. But the group’s powerful leader, villainous Dr. No, a founding Fanning. Directed by . When Satsuki and her sister Mei move with their father to a Ernst Stavro Blofeld (), is launching his most member of the criminal group new home in the countryside, they find country life is not as simple as it seems. They soon discover that the house and calamitous scheme yet: a germ warfare plot that could SPECTRE. 3pm Sun 6/16. nearby woods are full of strange and delightful creatures, including a gigantic but gentle forest spirit called Totoro, who kill millions! 5pm Sun 6/16. can only be seen by children. One of master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s most delightful films.1pm Sun 6/2.

19 FilmSeries1.indd 1 5/3/19 4:52 PM 1969: 50 Years Later – Tues, June 18 – Wed, June 19 You’re Mocking Me, Aren’t You? – Tues, June 25 – Thurs, June 27 (Continued) Four films celebrate their golden anniversary The screen’s finest comedians skewer the cinema’s most beloved genres

50TH ANNIVERSARY! 50TH ANNIVERSARY! Clue Butch Cassidy and the True Grit (1985, 94min/color, DCP) Eileen Brennan, , Madeline Kahn, Christopher (1969, 128min/color, DCP) Lloyd, and Michael McKean. Directed by Jonathan Lynn. A hilarious lampoon of star- Sundance Kid John Wayne, Glen Campbell, filled whodunits, this zany take on the beloved board game features a who’s who of (1969, 110min/color, 35mm) , Robert Kim Darby, and Robert screen comedians. Though it performed terribly at the box office upon initial release, the home video generation (who Redford, and . Directed by George Roy Duvall. Directed by Henry were able to see all three alternate endings in one sitting) has rightfully made it a cult classic. 8:50pm Thurs 6/27. Hill. Two train robbers orchestrate Hathaway. Drunken, hard- a series of heists and then find nosed U.S. Marshal Rooster themselves on the run from the Cogburn (John Wayne) and a Ranger (Glen Eighties High – Fri, June 28 law in this rollicking Western from Campbell) help a stubborn young woman (Kim Darby) It’s tough being a teenager, especially in the 1980s director . Paul track down her father’s murderer. Featuring one of John Newman and Wayne’s most iconic performances. 7pm Wed 6/19. 30TH ANNIVERSARY! proved to be such a potent and uproarious pairing that Pretty in Pink they teamed up again with Hill to make The four 50TH ANNIVERSARY! (1986, 97min/color, DCP) Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Say Anything 7pm Tues 6/18. Stanton, , Annie Potts, James Spader, and years later. (1989, 100min/color, DCP) John Cusack, Ione Skye, Andrew McCarthy. Directed by Howard Deutch. Teen Taylor, and . Directed by Cameron TH (1969, 113min/color, DCP) , , sensations Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy drew 50 ANNIVERSARY! Crowe. After arriving on the Hollywood scene and . Directed by . This raves for their starring performances in this hit love with his script for Fast Times at Ridgemont Bob and Carol and Ted gritty drama features Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in story by John Hughes. She’s a high school girl from High, made his directorial standout roles as a con the wrong side of town. He’s the wealthy heart- and Alice debut with this beloved story about noble man and a Texas hustler throb who asks her to the prom. But as fast as their (1969, 105min/color, DCP) Natalie Wood, Robert underachiever John Cusack and class trying to survive on the romance builds, it’s threatened by the painful reality Culp, , and . Directed by valedictorian Ione Skye falling in love before tough streets of New York, of peer pressure. 7pm Fri 6/28. . After ultra-sophisticated couple Natalie she heads off to college. 8:55pm Fri 6/28. Wood and Robert Culp attend a secluded therapy group, and it remains the only they become modernized in their sexual thinking and -rated movie to ever win behavior. Can that new thinking rub off on best Best Picture. 9:25pm Wed 6/19. Gangster Pictures – Sun, June 30 – Mon, Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon? 9:10pm Tues 6/18. Three of the finest examples of the genre

chance to make a name for himself in this impressive Unsung Filmmakers – Thurs, June 20 – Fri, June 21 The Godfather sequel that jumps back and forth between the parallel Remarkable directors who are finally getting their due (1972, 177min/color, DCP) , , stories of Pacino’s and De Niro’s , , Sterling Hayden, and Diane portrayal, via flashbacks, of a younger Vito (the role Keaton. Directed by . Marlon originated by Marlon Brando). 4:15pm Sun 6/30. A New Leaf Losing Ground Brando roared back into the spotlight as mafia boss (1971, 102min/color, 35mm) , Elaine (1982, 86min/color, DCP) Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, and Vito Corleone in this gangster classic that also made a May, and Jack Weston. Directed by . Trust Duane Jones. Directed by . One of the big star of Al Pacino, Brando’s onscreen son who tries fund playboy Walter Matthau blows through his entire first features directed by an African-American woman to avoid becoming part of the family business. Credit to (1990, 145min/color, DCP) , , inheritance and, completely incapable of earning his since the 1920s, Kathleen director Francis Ford Coppola, who , , and . Directed own money, decides to marry into it. His target: a Collins’ second film is a transformed ’s pulpy, by . Martin Scorsese has crafted painfully shy heiress perfectly played by the film’s writer/ stunning and powerful work often trashy novel into a cinematic many masterpieces but arguably none as viscerally director Elaine May, who puts her considerable comedic of art about two remarkable masterpiece. 1pm Sun 6/30. entertaining as this mobster classic about a young man skills to unforgettable use. 7pm Thurs 6/20. people at a crossroads who grows up in an Italian- in their lives. Never 45TH ANNIVERSARY! American neighborhood and theatrically released, the film was shown on PBS once dreams of joining the Mafia. The Godfather Part II The cast is stacked, from the (1976, 106min/color, DCP) , , and disappeared — until Collins’ daughter rescued the ever-reliable Robert De Niro , Joyce Van Patten, and Carol Grace. Directed negative and created this breathtaking new restoration. (1974, 200min/color, DCP) Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, 7pm Fri 6/21. and Joe Pesci to fresher faces by Elaine May. Director Elaine May zeroes in on the , John Cazale, and Robert De Niro. Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco. 7:30pm Mon 7/1. electric chemistry between frequent collaborators John Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Now it was Al Cassavetes and Peter To Sleep with Anger Pacino’s turn to take the lead and Robert De Niro’s Falk by casting them (1990, 102min/color, DCP) , Paul Butler, together as small- , and Carl Lumbly. Directed by Charles American History – Tues, – Fri, July 5 time mobsters whose Burnett. One of the first features directed by an African- Remembering the extraordinary moments and people who have defined lifelong relationship American woman since the 1920s. In a towering has turned sour. Set performance, Danny Glover plays the enigmatic southern Autobiography of for the screen, tracing the over the course of drifter Harry, a devilish charmer who turns up out of the 13 activist’s life through his rise to the top of the Nation of one night, this restless drama finds Cassavetes holed up blue on the South Central doorstep of his (1995, 140min/color, DCP) , , Islam and his assassination in 1965. in a hotel after his boss puts a hit out on him. Terrified, old friends. In short order, Harry’s presence seems to Kevin Bacon, and . Directed by . has two Oscars – he should’ve had a third for his he calls on Falk, the one person he thinks can save him. cast a chaotic spell on what appeared to be a peaceful NASA must devise performance here. 7:30pm Wed 7/3. 9pm Thurs 6/20. household. 8:45pm Fri 6/21. a strategy to return Apollo 13 to safely after Selma Family Film Festival – Sat, June 22 the spacecraft (2014, 128min/color, DCP) , Tom $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! undergoes massive Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Giovanni Ribisi, and Oprah internal damage, Winfrey. Directed by Ava DuVernay. Director Ava DuVernay tells the gripping and moving true story of The Secret Garden putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. Director the pivotal moment in Dr. Martin Luther Jr’s epic (1993, 102min/color, Digital) Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, , Ron Howard and a well-cast crew of astronauts expertly civil rights struggle - the 1965 protest march from and Dame . Directed by . This charming family recreate the and heroism of this dangerous Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to secure voting rights film is based on the classic children’s story about a lonely orphan girl who mission. 7:30pm Tues 7/2. for African- goes to live with her uncle in a forbidding British manor house. There, she finds Americans. happiness when she discovers a secret garden. 1pm Sat 6/22. 7:30pm Fri MALCOLM X 7/5. (1992, 202min/color, 35mm) Denzel Washington, Spike Happy Anniversary to Hugh – Sat, June 22 Lee, , , and . Two of ’s most beloved films celebrate milestone years Directed by . Spike Lee expertly adapts The 25TH ANNIVERSARY! 20TH ANNIVERSARY! Four Weddings and a Family Film Festival – Sun, July 7 $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! Funeral (1999, 124min/color, DCP) , Hugh Grant, (1994, 118min/color, DCP) Hugh Grant, Andie , Rhys Ifans, and Gina McKee. Directed MacDowell, and . Directed by Mike by . Hugh Grant plays a bookstore (1985, 111min/color, DCP) , , Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Newell. A reserved Englishman (Hugh Grant, of course) owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic , and Ke Huy-Quan. Directed by . In this beloved family meets Andie MacDowell at a wedding and turmoil when famous American adventure yarn, a group of teenagers finds a map leading to a hidden treasure and falls in love with her, but his inability to actress Julia Roberts (who else?) must overcome booby traps, natural obstructions, and a gang of desperate thieves in express his feelings seems to forestall any appears in his shop. 5:20pm their race for the loot. 1pm Sun 7/7. possibility of relationship - until they meet Sat 6/22. again and again. 3:10pm Sat 6/22. Adventure Time – Sun, July 7 Join us for some rip-roaring whimsy, thanks to two of the most beloved films ever made Creature Features – Sun, June 23 They say you should never work with animals... Raiders of the Ark The Princess Bride (1987, 98min/color, 35mm) , Robin urassic ark (1981, 115min/color, DCP) , , JAWS P and John Rhys-Davies. Directed by . Wright, , Chris Sarandon, Christopher (1975, 124min/color, DCP) Roy Scheider, , (1993, 127min/color, DCP) Sam Neill, , Jeff After winning over audiences as the cocky Han Solo in Guest, , and Andre and . Directed by Steven Spielberg. Goldblum, and Richard the films, Harrison Ford brought that swagger the Giant. Directed by Rob Reiner. Once you’ve experienced this petrifying combination Attenborough. Directed down to earth as the remarkably athletic archaeologist Just when we thought we had already of masterful editing, clever camera set-ups, and John by Steven Spielberg. In Jones. In this debut outing, Indy must find the heard all the best stories, director Williams’ tension-building score, you’ll never want to the early days of silent powerful Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do, Rob Reiner and screenwriter William look at water again much less go into it. If you can’t movies, a French film about dodging giant boulders and Goldman introduced a lovable afford film school, just buy a ticket to this movie and a locomotive pulling into warding off poisonous vipers cast of characters and one of the learn from the best. 2pm Sun 6/23. a station had audiences along the way. No one said most unforgettable tales ever told. thinking it was real and screaming for their lives. 100 academia was easy. 3:25pm 5:30pm Sun 7/7. years later, Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur adventure once Sun 7/7. again sent audiences running for the exits, thanks to the most life-like special effects seen up to that point. Do not feed the animals. 4:20pm Sun 6/23. Crime Is No Laughing Matter...Or Is It? – Tues, July 9 – Fri, July 12 A deadly series of crime dramas and You’re Mocking Me, Aren’t You? – Tues, June 25 – Thurs, June 27 75TH ANNIVERSARY! The screen’s finest comedians skewer the cinema’s most beloved genres The Night of the Hunter (1955, 93min/b&w, 35mm) , Shelley Laura TH Though by no means 45 ANNIVERSARY! Winters, and . Directed by . (1944, 88min/b&w, 35mm) , Dana the first , This was the only film directed by Charles Laughton, Andrews, , and . Directed Young Rob Reiner’s heavily who was known mostly for acting in films likeThe Private by . As New York private eye Dana (1974, 106min/b&w, DCP) Gene Wilder, , improvised “document” Life of Henry VIII and Mutiny Andrews attempts to solve the murder of Gene Tierney’s Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, , of a mediocre heavy on the Bounty. Well, what title character, he finds that he is slowly becoming and Teri Garr. Directed by . As far as metal band’s comeback a one-hit wunderkind he obsessed with her. , which includes Clifton Mel Brooks is concerned, every movie genre is fair tour sent the genre soaring to new heights of popularity proved to be, coaxing a Webb’s egotistic newspaper columnist, Vincent Price’s game for mockery. He did it to Westerns with Blazing and laid the groundwork for future efforts, many of them chilling performance out socialite playboy, and all the fans this movie has made Saddles, and he does it again to classic monster directed by Nigel Tufnel himself, Christopher Guest. of Robert Mitchum as a over the years. 9:10pm Wed 7/10. movies with this endlessly quotable classic, co-written 7pm Wed 6/26. murderous evangelist who will stop at nothing to steal a by and starring the irreplaceable Gene Wilder. Only widow’s fortune. 7pm Tues 7/9. someone with an abby-normal brain would miss it. 7pm Tues 6/25. (1973, 129min/color, DCP) Paul Newman, Robert

(1997, 84min/color, 35mm) , , Out of the Past Redford, and Robert Shaw. Directed by George Roy (1947, 97min/b&w, 35mm) Robert Mitchum, Jane TH Christopher Guest, , Larry Miller, Catherine Hill. Hollywood movies of the have a very 15 ANNIVERSARY! Greer, and . Directed by Jacques Tourneur. he Ting O’Hara, , and . Directed by distinct style, but George Roy Hill went for something The image of Robert Mitchum on the poster of this film, T S Christopher Guest. Christopher Guest applies all the a bit more old-fashioned in this cunning caper, using lurking in the darkness with a cigarette hanging out valuable lessons he learned on the set of Spinal Tap to ragtime music and other artistic flourishes to take us (2004, 99min/ of his mouth, has become the visual representation this mockumentary about a town preparing for back to the Great Depression. Newman and Redford color, DCP) Simon of everything represents. Femme fatales and its 150th anniversary celebration by putting on a musical are at it again, this time plotting a big con against a Pegg, Kate Ashfield, foreboding shadows abound in this story of a man who celebrating the town’s history. So darn funny, it led to wealthy mob boss. Will they pull it off? 7:30pm Thurs , Lucy can’t seem to his past. 8:50pm Tues 7/9. Davis, and Dylan a whole series of featuring Guest’s 7/11. Moran. Directed hilarious cast of comedians. 8:40pm Wed 6/26. by Edgar Wright. The Big Sleep The Big Lebowski When flesh-eating zombies go on the hunt for a bite (1946, 114min/b&w, 35mm) Humphrey Bogart, Monty Python and the (1998, 117min/color, DCP) , John to eat, it’s up to slackers and Nick Frost to , , and Elisha Cook Jr. Goodman, , , and Philip save their friends and family from becoming the next Holy Grail Directed by Howard Hawks. Humphrey Bogart and Seymour Hoffman. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan entree. This devastatingly funny zom-com launched Lauren Bacall ignite the (1975, 91min/color, DCP) Graham Chapman, John Coen. The stakes seemingly couldn’t be lower, yet Edgar Wright onto the world stage. 9:05pm Tues screen once again in this Cleese, Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael this enduring cult classic is absolutely riveting from 6/25. classic film noir adaptation Palin. Directed by and Terry Jones. The start to finish. Jeff Bridges turns in a career-defining of ’s TH legendary British sketch comedy troupe took a break performance as The Dude, who abides over the 35 ANNIVERSARY! steamy detective novel. As from their smash-hit TV show to offer their version of the strangest cast of characters ever assembled. Some private investigator Philip events surrounding King Arthur and the Knights of the may call it a “stoner comedy,” but, in the hands of the Marlowe, Bogart accepts Round Table. Of course, when they tell it, it’s one of the Coens, it’s so much more. 7pm Fri 7/12. (1984, 82min/color, DCP) Christopher Guest, funniest movies ever made. 7pm Thurs 6/27. the blackmail case of one of Los Angeles’ wealthiest men Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Bruno and gets caught in a dangerous web of deceit. 7pm Continued on next page... Kirby, and Fran Drescher. Directed by Rob Reiner. (Continued in the next column...) Wed 7/10.

19 FilmSeries1.indd 2 5/3/19 2:58 PM Crime Is No Laughing Matter...Or Is It? – Tues, July 9 – Fri, July 12 (Continued) Glorious – Tues, July 23 – Mon, July 29 (Continued) A deadly series of crime dramas and comedies Some of the most jaw-droppingly gorgeous images you’ll ever see

Bottle Rocket The Black Swan (1996, 91min/color, DCP) , Owen Wilson, and . (1942, 87min/color, DCP) Maureen O’Hara, Tyrone (1951, 113min/color, 35mm) , Leslie , Directed by Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson’s debut feature film stars the Wilson Power, and . and . Directed by . Gene Brothers Three, who embark on a road trip in search of Owen’s previous boss Directed by . Kelly plays an American WWII vet focused on making it played by James Caan. But the more they learn, the more they realize that they do Recently reformed pirate as a painter in Paris, at least until he becomes distracted not know the first thing about crime. 9:15pm Fri 7/12. Jamie Boy is supposed to be by one of the locals played by . Dancing helping the new Governor of and romance ensue, all set to the unforgettable music Jamaica, Captain Morgan, of . 2:45pm Sat 7/27, 4pm Sun rid the Caribbean of nefarious ’s Apu Trilogy – Sat, July 13 7/28. One of the most captivating triple features you’ll ever see buccaneers. But when Jamie falls head over keel for Lady Margaret, he gives caution the heave-ho and sets sail for

to make a sequel to , but after the film’s the adventure of a lifetime! 9pm Tues 7/23. Singin’ in the Rain Pather Panchali international success, he decided to continue Apu’s (1952, 103min/color, 35mm) Gene Kelly, Donald (1955, 125min/b&w, DCP) Kanu Banerjee, Karuna narrative. This follow-up picks up where the first film O’Connor, , , and Cyd Banerjee, and Subir Banerjee. Directed by Satyajit Ray. leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved (1947, 101min/color, DCP) , Jean Charisse. Directed by and Gene Kelly. With the 1955 release of this debut film from Satyajit away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Simmons, Sabu, and . Directed by Michael Take a plot about the arrival of talking pictures, throw Ray, an eloquent and important Varanasi (then known as Benares). 3:25pm Sat 7/13. Powell and . A group of nuns in Gene Kelly’s new cinematic voice made itself choreography and a TH attempt to create a convent in an isolated valley in the heard all over the world. A 60 ANNIVERSARY! Himalayas, only to become increasingly distracted by hit parade of great depiction of rural Bengali life in a Apur Sansar matters of the heart. Is this madness, or basic human songs, and you get style inspired by Italian neorealism, a film buff’s dream (1959, 106min/b&w, DCP) Soumitra Chatterjee, desire? ’s sensuous classic might this naturalistic but poetic evocation just be the reason they invented color. 7pm Wed 7/24. musical. From Kelly of a number of years in the life of a family introduces us Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakraborty, twirling in the rain to both little Apu and, just as essentially, who and Swapan Mukherjee. Directed by to Jean Hagen throwing diction to the wind, is it any Satyajit Ray. By the time this film was will help shape him. 1pm Sat 7/13. A Matter of Life and Death wonder this was declared musical released, Satyajit Ray had directed not of all time? 4:50pm Sat 7/27, 2pm Sun 7/28. only the first twoApu films but also the (1946, 104min/b&w and color, DCP) , Kim masterpiece The Music Room and was well on his way Hunter, and . Directed by (1956, 110min/b&w, DCP) Kanu Banerjee, Karuna to becoming a legend. This extraordinary final chapter and Emeric Pressburger. After miraculously surviving All That Heaven Allows a from his burning plane, RAF pilot David Niven Banerjee, Smaran Ghosal, and Pinaki Sengupta. brings our protagonist Apu’s journey full circle. 5:30pm (1955, 89min/color, 35mm) , Rock encounters American radio operator , to whom Directed by Satyajit Ray. Satyajit Ray had not planned Sat 7/13. Hudson, and . Directed by Douglas he has just delivered his dying wishes, and, face-to-face Sirk. Jane Wyman is unforgettable as a widow who on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When falls in love with ’s intelligent landscape a messenger from the hereafter arrives to correct the Special Event: A Conversation with , Efren Ramirez, designer, only to discover that her society friends and bureaucratic error that spared his life, Peter must mount a even her own children disapprove of the relationship. and Jon Gries – Sat, July 13 fierce defense for his right to stay on earth. 9pm Wed Director paints a devastating picture of a Join us for an anniversary screening of Dynamite followed by an in-person conversation 7/24. with three of the film’s stars! woman whose choices are not her own, a concept with FREE FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL which we are sadly still too familiar. 7pm Mon 7/29. TH TH 15 ANNIVERSARY! SCREENING! 80 ANNIVERSARY! 65TH ANNIVERSARY! Gulliver’s Travels Napoleon Dynamite Magnificent Obsession (2004, 96min/color, DCP) Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, and Jon Gries. Directed by Jared Hess. (1939, 74min/color, 35mm) Lanny Ross, Sam Parker, (1954, 108min/color, 35mm) Jane Wyman, Rock The beloved indie classic Napoleon Dynamite was made almost 15 years ago. Since then Pinto Colvig, and Jessica Dragonette. Directed by Dave Hudson, and Agnes Moorehead. Directed by Douglas much has changed; but the characters, as enduring as they are endearing, stay in our hearts. Fleischer. Produced and directed by legends Sirk. When churlish playboy Rock Hudson foolishly This unique evening includes a full screening of the film followed by a lively, freewheeling, (and brothers) Max and Dave Fleischer, this loose wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him moderated discussion with fan-favorite cast members Jon Heder (Napoleon), Efren Ramirez (Pedro), and Jon Gries adaptation of the beloved Jonathan Swift novel was with equipment that’s therefore unavailable to save local (Uncle Rico). This is a Special Event – No Passes or Flix-Tix. 7:30pm Sat 7/13. ’ response to ’s success hero Dr. Wayne Phillips’s life. As he tries to with and the . Special thanks himself in the doctor’s Good Samaritan image, Hudson to Jim Tucker for providing this rare IB Technicolor print! falls in love with, and further alienates, the doctor’s Martinis and Manicures – Sun, July 14 1pm Sat 7/27. widow, Jane Wyman. 8:45pm Mon 7/29. Check our website for info on the wildly popular Martinis and Manicures events before both shows!

Cine Las Americas Presents – Fri, July 26 Mamma Mia Roman Austin’s Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, which showcases contemporary films from America and the (2008, 109min/color, DCP) , Pierce (1953, 118min/b&w, DCP) , Audrey Iberian Peninsula along with films made by or about Latinxs in the U.S. and the rest of the world, Brosnan, , , Christine Hepburn, and . Directed by . joins us to present a classic film Audrey Hepburn stars as the globe-trotting Princess Anne Baranski, and . Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. who is in the midst of a highly publicized tour of Europe’s Meryl Streep dazzles as an independent hotelier in the capital cities. When she sneaks out of Greek islands who is preparing for her daughter’s Blancanieves wedding with the help of two old friends. Meanwhile her room and escapes her luxurious (2012, 104min/b&w and color/Spanish w/ English subtitles, DCP) Angela Molina, Macarena Sophie, the spirited bride, has a plan, secretly confinement, she runs into American Garcia, Maribel Verdu, and Sofia Oria. Directed by . Set in Southern Spain in inviting three men from her mother’s past in hope of journalist Gregory Peck, leading to the 1920s, this breathtaking tribute to silent films follows a young woman who learns the art of meeting her real father and having him escort her a very eventful day in Rome. 2pm her father, a famous bullfighter, and runs away from her evil stepmother to become a legend. down the aisle. 5:30pm Sun 7/14. Sun 7/14. 7:30pm Fri 7/26.

Monsters and Slashers and Scares, Oh My! – Mon, July 15 – Thurs, July 18 Hot Pursuit – Tues, July 30 – Thurs, August 1 For those who like movies you watch through your fingers The movies that made “great car chases” its own genre

35TH ANNIVERSARY! An American Werewolf A Nightmare on Elm Street (1968, 114min/color, 35mm) Steve McQueen, Robert (1977, 96min/color, DCP) , , (1984, 91min/color, 35mm) Heather Langenkamp, in London Vaughn, , and Robert , and . Directed by Hal , and Robert Englund. Directed by Wes (1981, 97min/color, DCP) David Naughton, Jenny Duvall. Directed by . His new Needham. Get ready to tear up the highway with Craven. Packed with genuine scares, ’s Agutter, Griffin Dunne, and Joe Belcher. Directed assignment seems routine: protecting a Burt Reynolds’ Bandit, a fun-loving, fast-talking definitive slasher is also streaked with darkly surreal by . Two American college students are star witness for an important trial. But trucker who takes on his craziest haul yet - wit. Robert Englund as the horrifically disfigured, backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks before the night is out, the witness lies delivering 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to gleeful became a quipping, laconic them, and only one of them survives. As he heals in the dying, and no-nonsense detective Steve in just 28 hours. With sheriff Jackie Gleason antihero in the numerous sequels, but here he drips with hospital, he’s plagued by violent nightmares that suggest hot on his trail and eager to teach him some respect unforgettable menace. One, two, Freddy’s coming for McQueen won’t rest until the shooters and he is becoming a werewolf. Director John Landis has for the law, the Bandit joins forces with runaway you...7pm Mon 7/15. the kingpin pulling their strings are nailed. great fun with the werewolf legend in this 1980s classic. 7pm Tues 7/30. bride Sally Field. 7pm Thurs 8/1. 9:05pm Tues 7/16. American Psycho The French Connection The Blues Brothers (2000, 102min/color, DCP) , Justin (1980, 133min/color, DCP) Dan Aykroyd, John Theroux, Josh Lucas, Chloe Sevigny, , Cat PeoPle (1971, 104min/color, 35mm) , Fernando Belushi, , , and Carrie , and . Directed by . Rey, and Roy Scheider. Directed by . (1942, 73min/b&w, DCP) , Kent Smith, Fisher. Directed by John Landis. Jake Blues, just out from In 1987 , handsome young professional Gene Hackman stars as Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, Tom Conway, and Jane Randolph. Directed by Jacques prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic Christian Bale lives a second life as a gruesome serial a hard-edged New York cop who snuffs out crime by any Tourneur. In this classic psychological , a home where he and brother Elwood were raised in this killer by night in Mary Harron’s biting, wry comedy, young fashion designer begins to believe that she bears means necessary. This gritty thriller was the first -rated examining the elements that make a man a monster. movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture, and its car chase legendary comedy starring two of ’s the curse of the Cat People, which turns the accursed all-time greats. 8:55pm Thurs 8/1. 8:50pm Mon 7/15. into panthers when their passions are aroused. 7:00pm sequence is the stuff of legend. 9:10pm Tues 7/30. 35TH ANNIVERSARY! Thurs 7/18. Family Film Festival – Sat, August 3 $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! (1984, 106min/color, DCP) Hoyt Axton, Phoebe Cates, House of Wax , and Zach Galligan. Directed by Joe (1953, 88min/color, DCP) Vincent Price, , Dante. Billy Peltzer has just received an unusual present Phyllis Kirk, and . Directed by Andre de Modern Times from his father with a specific set of instructions. In order Toth. Vincent Price stars in this classic horror film as the (1936, 87min/b&w/silent w/English intertitles, 35mm) and . to look after the strange, furry creature known as Gizmo, proprietor of a wax museum who covers his murder Directed by Charlie Chaplin. With the charming and intrepid Paulette Goddard by his side, the Billy has to follow three simple rules: keep him away victims in wax to create disturbingly lifelike museum Little Tramp inadvertently and uproariously points out the indignities inflicted upon people by from water, bright lights and, most importantly, never figures. 8:30pm Thurs 7/18. modernity and its so-called improvements. Talking pictures may have been all the rage in 1936, ever feed him after midnight...7pm Tues 7/16. but Chaplin’s silent masterpiece spoke volumes to Great Depression audiences. 1pm Sat 8/3.

aGLIFF Presents – Sat, July 20 We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes – Sat, August 3 Austin’s All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) joins us to present a classic film in anticipation of their These two characters wouldn’t hurt a fly...or would they? 2019 festival, which runs August 22-25, 2019 25TH ANNIVERSARY! Psycho What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1960, 109min/b&w, 35mm) , Vera (1962, 133min/b&w, 35mm) , Joan The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Miles, , and . Directed by Alfred Crawford, and . Directed by Robert (1994, 98min/color, DCP) , , and Hugo Weaving. Directed Hitchcock. If you’ve never experienced this landmark Aldrich. Screen legends Bette Davis and by Stephan Elliott. With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian thriller, and have somehow avoided spoilers until now, stage an all-out war as desert, Tick, Adam, and Bernadette journey across the Australian Outback in their you might consider living under a rock until tonight rolls showbiz sisters stuck together in a Los battered, pink tour bus “Priscilla.” 7:30pm Sat 7/20. around. There’s nothing more exciting than uncovering Angeles mansion. Davis in particular proves the secrets of the Bates Motel for the first time. And deliciously sadistic in this high-camp, darkly remember – it is REQUIRED that you see Psycho from comic classic. 5pm Sat 8/3. Family Film Festival – Sun, July 21 the very beginning! 3pm Sat 8/3. $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! Is This the Real Life? – Sun, August 4 The Dark Crystal Two sci-fi classics that suggest not everything is what it seems (1982, 93min/color, DCP) , Kathryn Mullen, and . Directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. After arriving in theatres in 1982 to a decidedly mixed reaction 20TH ANNIVERSARY! Blade Runner: The Final Cut from audiences and critics, this imaginative family film has since become a cult classic,

earning considerable praise for its puppetry and animatronic effects. Before CGI, there was (1982, 118min/color, DCP) Harrison Ford, Rutger true movie magic. 1pm Sun 7/21. Hauer, Sean Young, and . Directed (1999, 136min/color, DCP) , Laurence by . Adapted from a novel by Philip K. Dick Fishburne, and Carrie-Anne Moss. Directed by Lilly ( of many a great sci-fi movie), this dark and Wachowski and Epic Sunday Matinee – Sun, July 21 unsettling sci-fi noir takes us into a futuristic world where Lana Wachowski. Clear your schedule for one of cinema’s greatest (and longest) movies replicants, androids A computer hacker who are virtually discovers the true 60TH ANNIVERSARY! indistinguishable from nature of his reality humans, blend in with and his role in the war Ben-Hur the rest of us. That against its controllers (1959, 212min/color, DCP) , , Haya Haraseet, and makes life more difficult in this era-defining thrill ride from writers/directors . Directed by William Wyler. This rousing, epic drama about the heroic for Harrison Ford, who Lilly and Lana Wachowski. Legendary martial arts Judah Ben-Hur and his childhood friend-turned-enemy Messala makes 212 minutes feel more like 10. Sure, there’s has been tasked with choreographer Yuen Woo-ping and visually astonishing the thrilling chariot race sequence and the infamous galley slave scene, but more importantly, there’s Charlton Heston hunting these replicants down. 2pm Sun 8/4. “bullet time” effects contribute to one of the most lending a wealth of humanity and inspiring heroism to William Wyler’s majestic classic. 3:05pm Sun 7/21. breathtaking sci-fi films ever made. 4:15pm Sun 8/4.

Glorious Technicolor – Tues, July 23 – Mon, July 29 Austin Asian American Film Festival Presents – Mon, August 5 Some of the most jaw-droppingly gorgeous images you’ll ever see The Austin Asian American Film Festival, which showcases the best in new Asian and Asian American cinema, joins us to present a classic film The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, 102min/color, 35mm) , Olivia de Haviland, , and Claude Rains. Directed by THE NaMESaKE Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. One of the finest Errol Flynn swashbucklers ever made, this gorgeous Technicolor (2006, 122min/color, 35mm) Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, and Zuleikha Robinson. adventure is based on the beloved English folktale that has appeared in countless forms over the years. But none Directed by Mira Nair. The Ganguli family’s move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong compare to this thrilling adaptation, which features a towering cast filled out by Olivia de Haviland and the dastardly balancing act to be part a new world without forgetting the old. Though the parents (played by duo of Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains. 7pm Tues 7/23. Irrfan Khan and Tabu) long for the family and culture that comforted them in , they take great (Continued on the next column...) pride in the opportunities their sacrifices have afforded their children. 7:30pm Mon 8/5.

19 FilmSeries1.indd 3 5/3/19 2:59 PM Longing – Tues, August 6 – Thurs, August 8 Epic Sunday Matinee – Sun, August 25 Some of the cinema’s richest and most complex characters pursue romance and happiness Clear your schedule for one of cinema’s greatest (and longest) movies 20TH ANNIVERSARY! swooning and sensual first film was groundbreaking upon its release: a love story about , Eyes Wide Shut produced and directed by a woman. Straitlaced (1963, 250 min/color, DCP) , , and Rex Harrison. Directed by (1999, 159min/color, 35mm) , Nicole professor arrives in Reno to file for divorce Joseph . Mankiewicz. The historical drama that brought Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Kidman, , and . Directed by but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the together stars Taylor as the queen of all Egypt and Burton as her Roman lover Mark Antony. . Tom Cruise plays Dr William Hartford, younger free spirit , touching off Unfortunately, her alliance with Caesar (Rex Harrison) runs deeper than politics - a situation who plunges into an erotic foray that threatens his a slow seduction that unfolds against the breathtaking that takes both empires to the brink. 2pm Sun 8/25. marriage - and may even ensnare him in a lurid murder desert landscape. 9:20pm Wed 8/7. mystery - after wife ’s own admission of Play It Again – Tues, August 27 - Thurs, August 29 sexual longing. As usual, Kubrick orchestrates this story Carol Some of the greatest musicians of all time grace the Paramount screen with masterful cinematic flourishes. 7:30pm Tues 8/6. (2015, 118min/color, DCP) , Rooney Mara, , and . Directed by 35TH ANNIVERSARY! The Apartment . Rooney Mara spots the beautiful, elegant (1960, 125min/b&w, DCP) , Shirley Cate Blanchett perusing the doll displays in a (1997, 127min/color, DCP) , Jackie Stop Making Sense department store, and the two women soon MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. Directed by Billy Guerra, Jon Seda, and Edward James Olmos. Directed (1984, 88min/color, DCP) . Directed by begin a love affair with complicated consequences in this Wilder. Often, when a film aims for equal parts humor by Gregory Nava. Though her life was tragically cut . Universally acclaimed as one of the poignant, breathtakingly filmed modern classic. 7pm and heartbreak, it succeeds at neither. Leave it to Billy short at the age of 23, Tejano music sensation Selena best concert films ever made, director Jonathan Demme’s Thurs 8/8. Wilder to give us a masterpiece that sets the standard left us a legacy defined by the pure joy of her stage classic captures the groundbreaking Talking Heads at for both. As Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine flirt with presence and musicianship. their exhilarating peak. 7pm Thurs 8/29. romance in the elevator of their joy-depriving office, their In this poignant film, Jennifer (2017, 130min/color, DCP) Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Lopez, on the cusp of stardom situation seems a perfect setting for dry comedy. And it 35TH ANNIVERSARY! is, until the tears start to flow. 7pm Wed 8/7. Krieps, and . Directed by Paul Thomas herself, captures the generosity Anderson. Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, of spirit and raw talent that renowned dressmaker Daniel Day-Lewis is at the center defined Selena’s all-too-short Purple Rain of British fashion. Women come and go through his career. 7:30pm Tues 8/27. (1984, 111min/color, DCP) (1985, 91min/color, DCP) Helen Shaver, Patricia , Apollonia Kotero, life, until young, strong-willed Vicky Krieps becomes an The late, Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, and Andra Akers. Directed and Morris Day. Directed by Albert Magnoli. irreplaceable fixture in his life. 9:15pm Thurs 8/8. great Prince Rogers Nelson soared to another level by . Producer/director Donna Deitch’s The Last Waltz of superstardom thanks to this semi-autobiographical (1978, 116min/color, DCP) Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, story of “The Kid,” a talented young front man of a Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Remembering Agnes Varda – Fri, August 9 band who immerses himself in his music. In Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, The Band. Directed by Celebrating one of the greatest filmmakers who ever lived addition to the film Martin Scorsese. On Thanksgiving Day, 1976, The Band being an instant gave its farewell concert at Winterland in . cult classic, the Vagabond On hand to help say goodbye to this influential rock Le Bonheur album is still the group were some of the most acclaimed musicians of the (1985, 105min/color, DCP) , Macha (1965, 80min/color, DCP) Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire sixth-best-selling late and ‘70s. Thanks to director Martin Scorsese, Meril, and Stephane Freiss. Directed by Agnes Varda. Drouot, and Marie-Francoise Boyer. Directed by Agnes soundtrack of all we have a vibrant documentary of that historic evening. Sandrine Bonnaire won the Best Actress César for her Varda. Though married to the good-natured, beautiful time. 8:45pm 7:30pm Wed 8/28. portrayal of the defiant young drifter Mona, whose story Therese (Claire Drouot), young husband and father Francois Thurs 8/29. director Agnès Varda pieces together through flashbacks (Claire’s real-life husband, Jean-Claude Drouot) finds himself told by those who encountered her (played by a largely falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive nonprofessional cast). With its sparse, postal worker. Agnès Varda’s provocative film examines, The Last Weekend – Fri, August 30 - Sat, August 31 poetic imagery, Varda’s masterpiece (one of with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of The Summer Film Series draws to a close with two epic romances many) won her the top prize at the Venice Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, Film Festival. 7pm Fri 8/9. self-centered world. 9pm Fri 8/9. 80TH ANNIVERSARY! GIANT (1956, 198min/color, DCP) Elizabeth Taylor, Rock You Can’t Write This Stuff – Sat, August 10 Gone with the wind Hudson, and . Directed by . (1939, 232min/color, 35mm) Clark Gable, Vivien Sometimes real life is stranger (and more captivating) than fiction A marvelous cinematic epic made to the measurements Leigh, , Olivia of Texas’ grandeur, this film proved to be the last of de Havilland, and Hattie Grey Gardens Salesman James Dean’s short career. He certainly goes out with McDaniel. Directed by Victor a bang as Jett Rink, a constant in the sides of (1975, 95min/color, DCP) Directed by Albert Maysles (1968, 91min/b&w, DCP) Directed by Albert Maysles Fleming. We say goodbye Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson’s married ranchers. If and Davis Maysles. This stunning documentary and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin. This to summer with a defining you ever plan on making a 200-minute-long movie, take introduces us to the fascinating Big Edie and Little Edie unexpectedly poignant documentary introduces us to four cinematic epic, featuring note: this is Beale, cousins of Jackie Onassis who were once the Bible salesmen plying their trade along the East Coast career-topping performances how you do center of high society and now live on its outermost in an effort to earn a living. One of the most revealing, from Clark Gable, , it right. 7pm fringes in a dilapidated mansion in the East Hamptons. A authentic, and unforgettable portraits of American and pretty much everyone else Fri 8/30. truly unforgettable film. 3pm Sat 8/10. life you’ll ever see, and a major inspiration for future involved. It also promotes a cheery, nostalgic perspective documentary filmmakers. 4:50pm Sat 8/10. of a time and place that was decidedly not cheery for many who lived through it, and any modern viewing of the film should combine an appreciation of its cinematic Family Film Festival – Sun, August 11 accomplishments with an acknowledgement of its $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! problematic elements. 7pm Sat 8/31.

The Sound of Music (1965, 174min/color, DCP) , , , and Richard Haydn. Directed by Coming This Fall Robert Wise. This beloved musical, full of unforgettable songs and sumptuously filmed on location in Austria, continues This year, the summer fun continues into the fall with these upcoming favorites to win over generation after generation. Even as World War II looms on the horizon, the film can’t help but be a joyous celebration of the healing power of music and the importance of family. 1pm Sun 8/11. An Evening with Bruce Campbell featuring Army of Darkness – Wed, October 23 Hitchcock Week – Tues, August 13 - Sun, August 18 Join us for a screening of the 1993 classic Army of Darkness followed by a conversation with American actor, producer, writer and director Bruce Campbell! Special The master is back for another round Event – No Passes or Flix-Tix. 7:30pm Wed 10/23.

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, 120min/color, DCP) James Stewart, , (1958, 128min/color, DCP) James Stewart, , , and Bernard Miles. Directed by and . Directed by . JOIN THE Alfred Hitchcock. Another pair of innocents, this time If labeling this dizzyingly brilliant work the “best DOUBLE played by James Stewart and Doris Day, get wrapped Hitchcock film” doesn’t do it for you, what if I told you up in the spy game when Stewart hears something he it’s often considered the greatest film ever made, period? FEATURES! FILM FANS CLUB! When two movies are grouped under the Members get free or discounted admission, re- shouldn’t have. The famous Albert Hall sequence has This story of detective Jimmy Stewart falling in love with served seating, free popcorn, plus newly added served as the standard bearer of cinematic tension, while the woman he’s been hired to follow has ascended to same thematic heading, one ticket is good benefits. Full details available online at www. Day scored another chart hit with the memorable song great critical heights over the years, and when you see it for both features when viewed austintheatre.org/filmfan “Que Sera, Sera.” 7pm Tues 8/13, 9:05pm Wed on the big screen you’ll know why. 9pm Thurs 8/15, back-to-back on the same day 8/14. 7pm Fri 8/16. ! or by calling (512) 692-0515 60TH ANNIVERSARY! (1955, 106min/color, DCP) Cary Grant, Grace FLIX TIX Kelly, and Jessie Royce Landis. Directed by Alfred (1959, 136min/color, 35mm) Cary Grant, Eva Marie The Best Summer Movie Bargain! FLIX-TIX gives you a book of 10 admissions, good in any Hitchcock. Few actors Saint, , and . Directed by combination to the Summer Classic Film Series, for only $60. FLIX-TIX also make great gifts! better exemplified Alfred Hitchcock. Writer was determined Hollywood elegance to pen “the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock and sophistication pictures,” and, by succeeding, he etched his name onto than Cary Grant and one of the all-time-great screenplays. Wrapped up in all Ticket Information , and this this magnificent intrigue is Cary Grant, who once again Tickets (available online, by phone, or at the Paramount Box Office) - $12.00 shimmering jewel of a movie gives us both of them. finds himself framed for crimes he didn’t commit. Has (includes a $1 preservation fee) When reformed jewel thief Grant is suspected in the anyone had worse luck than Cary Grant? 2pm Sat Film Fan Admission (available online, by phone, or at the Paramount Box Office) - $7.00 latest string of robberies, he must catch the actual culprit 8/17, 5:05pm Sun 8/18. FLIX-TIX: Book of 10 admissions for $60 ($50 for Film Fans) to prove his innocence. Luckily for us, Kelly has the best TH – good in any combination; expires September 1, 2019 jewel collection around. 9:15pm Tues 8/13, 7pm 65 ANNIVERSARY! Wed 8/14. FLIX-TIX may be mail-ordered for an additional Secure covered parking is available to patrons at the $2 by calling 512-474-1221. FLIX-TIX are also 600 Congress parking garage. For additional parking (1954, 112min/color, 35mm) James Stewart, Grace available online at www.austintheatre.org information, please visit www.austintheatre.org/visit/ Strangers on a Train Kelly, and . Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. directions-parking/ In a way, no movie has more accurately reflected the Available online at www.austintheatre.org. Individual (1951, 101min/b&w, 35mm) , Ruth strangely perverse thrill of watching movies quite like this tickets are available at the Paramount Box Office This project is funded and supported in part by a Roman, and Robert Walker. Directed by Alfred -raising thriller. We are practically seated right next beginning at noon Monday thru Friday and one hour grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and by Hitchcock. Two strangers meet on a train, each of whom to a recently injured Jimmy Stewart as he voyeuristically before the first feature on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets the City of Austin through the Economic Development has a person in his life he’d like to “disappear.” When observes the lives of neighbors in the adjacent may be purchased with cash, personal checks with valid Department/Cultural Arts Division believing an one suggests that they “exchange murders,” with both apartment. When he sees Texas driver’s license, or MasterCard/Visa/Amex/ investment in the Arts in an investment in Austin’s future. men killing the other’s intended victim to avoid any links something he shouldn’t have, Discover. ATM on site. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com. This project is to motive, things start to go downhill in this quintessential funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas things get really interesting. Complimentary Film Notes, written by Austin film buff Hitchcock thriller. 7pm Thurs 8/15, 9:25pm Fri Commission on the Arts, and is supported in part by an 4:35pm Sat 8/17, 3pm Frank Campbell and Stephen Jannise, are provided at 8/16. award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Sun 8/18. each screening. Film Programmer: Stephen Jannise The Paramount Theatre is located downtown at 713 Family Film Festival – Sun, August 18 Congress Avenue, between 7th and 8th streets, and the $10 for adults and $6 for kids 12 and under! Stateside Theatre is next door. 35TH ANNIVERSARY! Programs may be subject to change. For up-to-date info, visit www.austintheatre.org/film or call 512-474-1221. (1984, 94min/color, DCP) , Gerald McRaney, and . Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. One of the great epic fantasies of the cinema and an unforgettable reminder of the magic of physical effects before the computer animation era arrived. Bastian skips class to read the Neverending Story and begins to experience it along with the characters. 1pm Sun 8/18.

70MM Week!! – Tues, August 20 - Sat, August 24 Because the big screen deserves BIG films

SPARTACUS 2001: A Space Odyssey (1960, 197min/color, 70mm) Kirk Douglas, Laurence (1968, 164min/color, 70mm) Keir Dullea, Gary Olivier, , Charles Laughton, Peter Lockwood, and William Sylvester. Directed by Stanley Ustinov, and . Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick. From its startling depiction of our origins to its Kirk Douglas rivetingly portrays the titular slave as he extraordinary imagining of our final evolutionary stage, rebels against all the indecencies of ancient Rome in this mind-altering journey is perhaps Stanley Kubrick’s this remarkable epic. This is the film that kickstarted finest achievement. Stanley Kubrick’s directing career and effectively ended 7:30pm Wed 8/21, a regrettable period in Hollywood’s history when 7:30pm Thurs the formerly blacklisted Dalton Trumbo was publicly 8/22, 3pm Sat announced as the screenwriter. 7:30pm Tues 8/20. 8/24.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department

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